In some science fiction movies, people in the future have___46__ own robots. These robots are just like__47___. They help with the most unpleasant jobs.

     Some scientists believe that there ___48__ such robots in the future. But it may take___49__of years, Japanese companies have already made robots walk and dance. But some scientists___50__. They think that it will be difficult for a robot___51__ the same things as a person.

     In the future, there will be more robots__52___, and humans will have ___53__work to do than before. New robots will have many different___54__. After an earthquake, a snake robot could help look for people__55___ buildings. That may not seem possible now, but computers, space rockets seemed impossible a hundred years ago.

One day Mr and Mr Black went shopping by car. They stopped their car near a  41  .They bought many things from the shop and the things were very  42  .They wanted to put them 43  .But Mr Black can’t  44  the door of the car.

“Let’s ask a policeman for  45  .,”said Mrs Black. The policeman was very 46   to help them open the door of the car. At that time a  47  .came up and shouted ,”what are you doing with  48  ?”Mr and Mrs Black looked at the  49  of the car. Then they said  50  to the man.

(    )41. A. school              B. shop          C. post office  D. police station

(    )42. A. night         B. nice                  C. heavy       D. awful

(    )43. A. in their car B. in the shop  C. over there          D. right here

(    )44. A. close         B. find                   C. open                D. look

(    )45. A. help          B. a car                 C. the way         D. work

(    )46. A. sorry         B. early                 C. late                D. friendly

(    )47. A. man          B. friend         C. student           D. teacher

(    )48. A. my bag             B. my car              C. my bike           D. my door

(    )49. A. door          B. number             C. window         D. light

(    )50. A. hello          B. please         C. sorry             D. thank

One day a poor man was traveling on horseback. At noon, he tied his horse to a tree and then  46  to eat something. A few minutes later, a rich man came along and tied his horse to the same tree.

“Please tie your horse to another tree,” said the poor man. “My horse is wild. It will kill yours.”

   47    the rich man said, “I shall tie my horse as I like!” he tied up his horse and had his lunch nearby. After a moment they heard a terrible   48   , the two horses were fighting. They went up to them, but it was too   49   . The rich man’s horse was killed. “See what you horse has done!” cried the rich man. “You will have to   50   it.” And he brought the poor man before Mr. Know.

Mr. Know asked the poor man some questions. But he made no   51   . At last Mr. Know said, “This man is dumb. He cannot speak.”

    “Oh,” the rich man shouted   52   . “He can! He spoke to me when I met him.”

    “Are you sure?” asked Mr. Know. “What did he   53   ?”

    “He told me not to tie my horse to the same tree because his horse was wild and would kill my horse.”

    “Oh,” said Mr. Know. “So he  54  you. Then can you expect to get money  55   him?  ”

    The rich man said nothing and left silently.

46. A. put down         B. set down         C. sat down         D. turned down

47. A. So                   B. But              C. And              D. Though

48. A. song             B. word             C. bell             D. noise

49. A. late             B. slow             C. hard             D. quick

50. A. pay for              B. look for         C. wait for         D. care for

51. A. idea             B. mistake          C. money                D. answer

52. A. quietly              B. angrily              C. happily          D. heavily

53. A. speak                B. tell             C. talk             D. say

54. A. helped               B. thanked          C. warned           D. ordered

55. A. for                  B. from             C. with             D. about

A terrible earthquake happened in Wenchuan on May 12, 2008. 42 people lost their lives and homes. During those days, we could hear a lot of stories about 43. Here is 44 of them. After the earthquake, under a fallen building, some soldiers found that a 45 died in a very strange way. When they were ready to take her away, they were surprised to find that a baby in her arms was still 46. The baby was sleeping and 47 hurt(受伤) at all. Between the dead mother _48 the living baby, there was a cellphone (手机) with a short 49 on the screen, “My dear baby, if you can survive (幸存) , remember that I love you.” Everybody 50 when they read these words.

Besides this story, many other stories also moved (感动) us deeply. 51 these stories, we learn more about love.

You’re lucky if you’re loved by others. You’re great if you love others when you’re in danger.

1.A. All        B. Many     C. Few      D. No

2.A. home   B. life         C. love         D. hope

3.A. one        B. none     C. some     D. each

4.A. man        B. woman    C. boy      D. girl

5.A. alive      B. live         C. life         D. lives

6.A. is         B. isn’t       C. was      D. wasn’t

7.A. or         B. but      C. also     D. and

8.A. story      B. film         C. message  D. song

9.A. smiled     B. shouted C. laughed D. cried

10.A. From B. On       C. To       D. With

Choose the best answer to complete the passage.

The English language is different from any  36  language. Yet English words do not  37  the same. It is always  38 . People need new words  39  new inventions and new ideas. Different words come into use or older words are used  40 a new way.

English can 41 by borrowing words from other languages. The word “tomato” was borrowed from Mexico, the word “coffee” came from Turkey, and “tea” from  42  and so on. Now new space and science words  43  from other countries, too. New words are also made by adding two words  44 . The words “strawberry”, “postman” and “blackboard” are made up of two parts.

Sometimes, new words are  45  forms of old words. The word “photo” was made from “photograph” by cutting off the  46  of the long word. The word “plane” was made by cutting off the  47  part of “airplane”. 48 “smog” was made by using only the first two letters of “smoke” and cutting off the front part of “fog”. And products can become new words. Our “sandwich” was named after  49  named Sandwich, and “jelly(果冻)” was a name made up by the company that  50 made this product.