第二节  补全对话。根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出最佳选项，并将其答案标号填入题后的空白处。选项中有两项为多余选项。

— Can you help me?

— Sure, what’s the problem?

—    61    .

— Well, how about San Francisco? We went there last year and had a great time.

—    62  

—Well, there is Golden Gate Bridge of course, and Golden Gate Park. It’s a really big park. You can go for long walks or take a rest in the Japanese Tea Garden. It’s beautiful there.

—    63  

— There is also a place called Fisherman’s Wharf. That’s really popular with tourists. There are lots of shops, cafes and restaurants. And from there you can go on a boat trip to Alcatraz. You know, it’s a small but very beautiful island.

—    64  

— No, you can’t stay on the island; there aren’t any hotels. You can only go for the day. I think I’ve still got a book about San Francisco. I can lend it to you.

—    65  

A.What can you do there?

B.Oh, great! What a great place to stay in!

C.What an idea! What is the best time to go there?

D.I can’t decide where to go for the holiday—any ideas?

E.Thanks a lot. San Francisco, here I come!

F.Hmm, that sounds good.

G.How can I go there?

—Who do you think we should offer_____job?

  —Of course Simon. I can’t think of_____person for the position.

  A.the; a better           B.a; a good                   C.a; the good                D.the; the better

 ______ we have got the chance, we’d better make full use of it.

    A. Now that               B. After                     C. As long as                   D. As soon as

The foreigners paid a visit to the theme park, ________ with satisfaction.

    A. having left     B. to leave           C. leaving          D. left

 – When do you think the lecture will begin?

   – I’m not sure yet, but the speaker is ________ to be here before nine.

   A. possible       B. probable       C. likely        D. perhaps

TOKYO—A child-like robot that combines the roles of nurse, companion and security guard is to go on the market to help the growing ranks of elderly Japanese with no one to look after them.

    The “Wakamaru” robot can walk around a house 24 hours a day, warning family, hospitals and security firms if it perceives (notices) a problem. It will, for example, call relatives if the owner fails to get out of the bath.

    Cameras implanted in the “eye-brows” of the robot enable it to “see” as it walks around an apartment. The images can be sent to the latest cellphones, which display the pictures.

    Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, which developed Wakamaru, plans to start selling the metre-high robots by April, 2005, for about ＄15,000 Cdn.

    Wakamaru, which speaks with either the voice of a boy or girl, is also designed to provide companionship, greeting its “papa” when he comes home.

    It is the first household robot able to hold simple conversations, based on a vocabulary of around 10,000 words. It cannot only speak but can understand answers and react accordingly.

    It will ask “Are you all right ?” if its owner does not move for some time. If the answer is no, or there is no answer, it will telephone preset numbers, transmitting images and functioning as a speakerphone.

    Wakamaru will inform a security firm if there is a loud bang or if an unknown person enters the house while the owner is out or asleep. It can recognize up to 10 faces.

    But like most robots it cannot climb stairs.

    It can be set to remind forgetful people when it is time to take medicine, eat and sleep.

    Mitsubishi adapted Wakamaru from robots it already makes to go around nuclear power facilities. The idea to use the technology in the home came from a company employee.

    The project chief said :“Looking at the ageing of society and the falling birth rate we decide that this could work as a business. We want to offer Wakamaru as a product that helps society.”

    The technology has gained nation-wide publicity in Japan among increasing concern over how to look after the ever-growing number of old people. The life expectancy of Japanese women has shot up to almost 85, the highest in the world.

    At the same time, extended families are being replaced by nuclear families. This has left many Japanese anxious about their elderly parents, whom they rarely see because of their long hours at the office.

55.which of the following is true about the Robot？

A.it is used in some nuclear power facilities

B.ic can recognize asmany as 10 faces

C.it can go up and down the stairs easily

Dit cannot speak but can understand answers。

56.the purpose of this passage is

A.to introduce a new product

B.to show the rapid development of technology 

C.to tell people how to use the robot

D.to solve the ageing problems

57.what can we infer from the passage？

A.the robot can dial proper numbers for help

B.the nuclear families have left many elderly Japanese anxious

C.the robot has given the Japanese a chance to live longer。

D.the robot is likely to have a promising market

58．What is the best title of this passage ?

    A. The Latest Development of Robot Technology

    B. Japanese-built Robot to Help the Old

C. Vast Market of the New Robot

D. Japanese Robot and the Ageing Society

第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1，满分20分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）出可以填入空白的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

More than I realized, Dad has helped me keep my balance.

When I was growing up, I was embarrassed to be seen with my father. He was severely disabled and very   31  , and when we would walk together, his hand on my arm for    32  , people would stare. I would inwardly feel uncomfortable at the unwanted   33  . If he ever noticed or was    34  , he never showed that he knew.

    It was difficult to coordinate our steps — his hesitant, mine   35   － and because of that, we didn’t say much   36   we went along. But as we started out, he always said, “You set the pace. I will try to follow you.”

    Our   37   walk was to or from the subway, which was   38   he got to work. He went to work despite illness and nasty weather. He almost never missed a day, and would   39   it to the office even if others could not. A matter of   40  .

He never talked about himself as an object of pity, nor did he show any envy of the more fortunate or   41  . What he looked for   42   others was a “good heart,” and if he found one, the   43   was good enough for him.

Now that I am older, I believe that his idea is a proper   44   by which to judge people, even though I   45   don’t know exactly what a “good heart” is.   46   I know the times I don’t have one myself.

    He has been gone many years now, but I think of him often. I wonder if he   47   I was unwilling to be seen with him during our   48  . Now that I am older, I’m sorry that I never told him how sorry I was for my feeling   49   to be with him in public and how unworthy I felt to be his daughter. I think of him when I complain about trifles (something unimportant), when I am envious of another’s good fortune, and when I don’t possess a “good heart”.

    At such times I put my hand on his arm to   50   my balance, and say, “You set the pace. I will try to follow you.”

31．A. weak        B. depressed   C. short                 D. cautious

32．A. balance        B. strength       C. comfort            D. courage

33．A. care         B. attention     C. situation          D. friendship

34．A. puzzled         B. confused      C. amazed            D. bothered

35．A. delighted     B. impatient     C. sympathetic         D. determined

36．A. before B. since        C. as                 D. once

37．A. common       B. ordinary       C. average            D. usual

38．A. how          B. why          C. when           D. where

39．A. get           B. make       C. take             D. walk

40．A. joy            B. faith         C. belief           D. pride

41．A. rich           B. successful    C. able              D. hardworking

42．A. on             B. in     C. at                  D. with

43．A. owner  B. keeper C. winner     D. other

44．A. method        B. value        C. standard               D. level

45．A. yet            B. also          C. ever             D. still

46．A. And          B. But           C. Now             D. Then

47．A. sensed          B. smelled        C. agreed              D. recognized

48．A. walks       B. talks         C. stays            D. visits

49．A. afraid       B. proud       C. ashamed          D. disappointed

50．A. find           B. keep         C. refill             D. regain

 Residents in Wuhan will be__________ to watch horse race every week since it is expected to be open formally in 2010.

    A. offensive        B. thankful          C. fortunate      D. fantastic

Along the either side of the street _______ two lines of trees.

A. has        B. have         C. is         D. are

All parents love their children, ______ they make mistakes.

     A. because             B. if                 C. even if                  D. as if