4．Robots that can chat，find misplaced glasses，draw aeroplanes and play with your children are attracting thousands of visitors during an expo in Tokyo as Japan adapts to changes in society．
Robots，such as the sound，sensitive Chapit，answer simple questions and even joke with people to help them fight loneliness and stay alert in old age．
Japan has one of the world's fastest-ageing societies and the government predicts that by 2050the proportion of people over 65will reach40percent．"Many older people in Japan live alone and have no one to talk to，"said Kazuya Kitamura representative of the expo organizer．"Communication robots accompany people and don't mind listening to the same stories over and over again．"
Matsumoto's"Personal Mobility Robot，"equipped with four cameras and a sensor to  recognize the user's centre of gravity，is designed to help elderly move around without pressing buttons，using joysticks（操纵杆）or rotating wheels as in traditional wheelchairs．
The robot can also help find misplaced glasses by identifying them with a sensor．
Other robots，such as the award-winning"DiGRO"，can support busy parents who have little time to play with their children．The robot can use the Internet to find a simple image and then draw pictures，keeping children company while parents work．
While Chapit，a relatively simple robot，managed to attract a corporate partner many researchers，such as Kiyoshi Matsumoto，a professor at the University of Tokyo，struggle to attract sponsors for more expensive projects．
"We have developed a robot that can assist many people，but we still haven't found a sponsor，"said Matsumoto，who added that the cost of the machine，if mass-produced，would be comparableto that of a car．"In the current economic environment there are few companies willing to invest in such a costly project，"he said．

25．It can be inferred from the text thatB．
A．many children lack love from parents
B．robots helpful to the old will be in great demand
C．robots are the most useful to children
D．robots do better than people in healthcare
26．It is difficult to find sponsors for robots becauseC．
A．Japan is suffering economy depression
B．the robots are of poor design
C．the production of robots costs a lot
D．the future market is worrying
27．What is the author's attitude towards the robots referred to？C
A．Unsatisfied．B．Doubtful．C．Favorable．D．Regretful．

3．"The first and best of victories for a man is to conquer himself； to be conquered by himself is，of all things，the most shameful，"says Plato．Self-control is at the root of all the advantages．Let a man give in to his impulses （冲动） and feelings，and from that moment he gives up his moral freedom．
A single angry word has lost many friends．When Socrates found in himself any temper or anger，he would check it by speaking low in order to control himself．If you are conscious of being angry，keep your mouth shut so that you can hold back rising anger．Many a person has dropped dead in great anger．Fits of anger bring fits of disease．"Whoever the gods would destroy，they first make them mad．""Keep cool，"says Webster，"anger is not argument．""Be calm in arguing，"says George Herbert，"for fierceness （狂怒） makes error a fault．"
To be angry with a weak man is to prove that you are not strong yourself．"Anger，"says Pythagoras，"begins with foolishness and ends with regret．"You must measure the strength of a man by the power of the feelings he conquers，not by the power of those which conquer him．
Self-control is man's last and greatest victory．
If a man lacks self-control he seems t o lack everything．Without it he can have no patience，no power to govern himself； he can have no self-confidence，for he will always be controlled by his strongest feeling．If he lacks self-control，the very backbone and nerve of character are lacking too．
28．What's the main idea of the passage？A
A．Self-control is important for a man．
B．We should learn to be strong．
C．A man who keeps cool won't lose any game．
D．The great heroes in history knew how to control themselves．
29．What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 mean？D
A．If you are mad，the gods will fail you．
B．If you lose your temper first，gods will fail you first．
C．If you can't control yourself，you will be crazy．
D．If the gods want to fail you，they will make you mad first．
30．Which of the following is NOT true，according to passage？C
A．The first and best of victories for a man is to conquer himself．
B．You will make a small mistake serious if you don't keep cool．
C．You must measure a man's strength by the power of the feelings which conquer him．
D．Anger begins with foolishness and ends with regret．
31．Which of the following can't help you avoid anger，according to the passage？D
A．Being calm in arguing．
B．Checking your temper or anger by speaking low．
C．Keeping your mouth shut．
D．Trying to make the other angry first．

2．I had the meanest mother in the whole world．While other kids ate candy for breakfast，I had to have cereal，eggs or toast．When others had cokes and candy for lunch，I had to eat a sandwich．As you can guess，my supper was different from the other kids'also．But at least，I wasn't alone in my sufferings．My sister and two brothers had the same mean mother as I did．
    My mother insisted upon knowing where we were at all times．You'd think we were on a chain gang．She had to know who our friends were and where we were going．She insisted if we said we'd be gone an hour，that we be gone one hour or less-not one hour and one minute．
    We had to wear clean clothes and take a bath everyday．The other kids always wore their clothes for days．We reached the height of insults because she made our clothes herself，just to save money．
    The worst is yet to come．We had to be in bed by nine each night and up at eight the next morning．We couldn't sleep till noon like our friends．So while they slept---my mother actually had the nerve to break the Child Labor Law．She made us work．We had to wash dishe s，make beds，learn to cook and all sorts of cruel things．I believe she laid awake at night thinking up mean things to do to us．
    Through the years，things didn't improve a bit．We could not lie in bed，"sick"like our friends did，and miss school．Our marks in school had to be up to par．Our friends'report cards had beautiful colors on them，black for passing，red for failing．My mother，being as different as she was，would settle for nothing less than ugly black marks．
    As the years rolled by，first one and then the other of us was put to shame．We were graduated from high school．With our mother behind us，talking，hitting and demanding respect，none of us was allowed the pleasure of being a drop-out．
    My mother was a complete failure as a mother．Out of four children，a couple of us attained some higher education．None of us have ever been arrested or divorced．Each of my brothers served his time in the service of this country．She forced us to grow up into God-fearing，educated，honest adults．Using this as a background，I am now trying to raise my three children．I am filled with pride when my children call me mean．Why？Because now I thank God every day for giving me the meanest mother in the whole world．
21．What can we infer from the passage？D
A．The author is not happy to have such a mean mother．
B．The author's mother broke the Child Labor Law to make money．
C．The author's mother failed to educate her children to be honest adults
D．The author is strict with her children．
22．Why couldn't the author eat candy for breakfast？C
A．Because she preferred cereal，egg s or toast to candy．
B．Because her mother couldn't afford for candy．
C．Because her mother thought it not good to eat candy for breakfast．
D．Because her mother had to gave candy to the author's sister and two brothers．
23．The author's mother made her children work becauseC．
A．she had trouble falling into sleep
B．she could not keep such a big family without her children's help
C．she was teaching her children to live by themselves．
D．she had no time to do housework．

1．一Bill，could 1 ask you a rather personal question？
一Sure，_________．（　　）

A．

pardon me

B．

good idea

C．

go ahead

D．

forget it

20．一Beijing International Airport，please!I'll be there by eight．
一              ，but I'11 try my best．（　　）

A．

It's impossible

B．

I can't promise

C．

All right

D．

No problem

19．It has been raining every day so far．I hope tomorrow will              fine．（　　）

A．

turn up

B．

turn to

C．

turn into

D．

turn out

18．Almost a decade after the hit Finding Nemo made clownfish seem totally warm and lovable，environmentalists are now looking for a real-life sequel：Saving Nemo．
    In the United States，a request has been made to extend the protections of the Endangered Species Act to marine species including the clownfish．
But before you start shedding tears for Nemo and his buddies，keep in mind that this request is not based on any evidence of a decline in the clownfish population．Instead，what has sparked concern is the worsening health of coral reefs，which more than one million aquatic species including the clownfish depend on to thrive，even survive．
    In ways it makes more sense to move to protect a species when its habitat declines rather than its actual population．The most important mission of the Endangered Species Act is the protection of species'habitats； without their habitats，there's almost no hope of saving endangered animals，except perhaps in a zoo．
　  Earlier this year，alarming news came about the world's largest coral reef system，Australia's Great Barrier Reef （GBR，大堡礁）．A study has shown the Reef is in sharp decline，with half of its coral cover gone in the past 27 years．
　   Katharina Fabricius，an Australian coral reef ecologist co-authoring the study，has been diving and working on the GBR since 1988-and has watched the decline．"There are still a lot of fish…but not the same color and diversity as in the past，"she said．
　  The study team used information from more than 2，000 surveys to determine the rate of decline between 1985 and 2012．That overall 50-percent decline，they estimate，is a yearly loss of about 3.4 percent of the Reef．If the trend continued，the coral cover could halve again by 2022．
　  Several main factors are responsible for the decline，the study found．Intense tropical cyclones （热带气旋），believed to be fueled by global warming，have caused massive damage to reefs in the central and southern parts of the Reef．Meanwhile，population explosions of the coral-consuming crown-of-thorns starfish （长棘海星） have affected coral populations along the length of the Reef．Two severe coral bleaching （变白） events，caused by ocean warming，have also had major damaging impacts in northern and central parts of the GBR．
72．A request has been made in the United States to save the clownfish becauseB
A．it is a totally warm and lovable species        
B．the health of its habitat is worsening
C．its population has dropped sharply          
D．few clownfish can be found in zoos
72．What does the underlined word"thrive"in Paragraph 3 probably mean？C
A．To feed oneself
B．To keep oneself safe．
C．To grow and develop well
D．To attract attention．
74．According to the article，what is the AUTHOR'S attitude toward the request in the U．S．？A
A．He/she supports it．
B．He/she finds it ridiculous．
C．He/she thinks it is reasonable but needs revising．
D．There's no WAY to tell．
75．According to the article，all of the following factors contribute to the decline of Great Barrier Reef's coral cover exceptA
A．the growing popularity of scuba （水肺）diving around the Reef
B．stronger tropical cyclones fueled by global warming
C．the rapidly growing population of type of coral-eating starfish
D．coral bleaching caused by rising temperature of the ocean water．

17．James Cleveland Owens was the son of a farmer and the grandson of black slaves．His family moved to Cleveland when he was 9．There，a school teacher asked the youth his name．"J．C．，"he replied．
She thought he had said"Jesse"，and he had a new name．
Owens ran his first race at age 13-After high school，he went to Ohio State University．He had to work part time so as to pay for his education．As a second year student，in the Big Ten games in 1935，he set even more records than he would in the Olympic Games a year later．
A week before the Big Ten meet，Owens accidentally fell down a flight of stairs．His back hurt so much that he could not exercise all week，and he had to be helped in and out of the car that drove him to the meet．He refused to listen to the suggestions that he give up and said he would try，event by event．He did try，and the results are in the record book．
The stage was set for Owens'victory at the Olympic Games in Berlin the next year，and his success wou．ld come to be regarded as not only athletic but also political．Hitler did not congratulate any of the African American winners．"It was all right with me，"he said years later．"I didn't go to Berlin to shake hands with him，anyway．"
Having returned from Berlin，he received no telephone calls from the president of his own country，either．In fact，he was not honored by the United States until 1976，four years before his death．
Owens'Olympic victories made little difference to him．He earned his living by looking after a school playground，and accepted money to race against cars，trucks，motorcycles and dogs．
"Sure，it bothered me，"he said later．"But at least it was an honest living．I had to eat．"
In time，however，his gold medals changed his life．"They have kept me alive over the years，"he once said．"Time has stood still for me．That golden moment dies hard．"

56．Owens got his other name"Jesse"whenC．
A．he went to Ohio State University        
B．his teacher made fun of him
C．his teacher took"J．C．"for"Jesse"
D．he won gold medals in the Big Ten meet
57．In the Big Ten meet，OwensB．
A．hurt himself in the back                   B．succeeded in setting many records
C．tried every sports event but failed        D．had to give up some events
58．We can infer from the text that Owens was treated unfairly in the US at that time becauseA．
A．he was not of the right race            
B．he was the son of a poor farmer
C．he didn't shake hands with Hitler      
D．he didn't talk to the US president on the phone
59．When Owens says"They have kept me alive over the years"，he means that the medalsC．
A．have been changed for money to help him live on
B．have made him famous in the US
C．have encouraged him to overcome difficulties in life
D．have kept him busy with all kinds of jobs
60．What would be the best title for the text？A
A．Jesse Owens，A Great American Athlete    B．Golden Moment-A Life time Struggle
C．Making A Living As A Sportsman           D．How To Be A Successful Athlete．

16．I still remember how nervous I am on my first day in the new school （76）将am改为wasthree years ago，while I found it difficult to follow my teacher in the first （77）将while改为when
English class．The teacher spoke English throughout the class，that was  （78）将that改为whichtotally different from the lesson I had before．（79）在had前加had
In the morning class the next day，the English teacher came to me （80）√
while I was reading the text loud like other students．After listening to  （81）将loud改为aloud/loudlyher for a while，She gave me a big smile and said she liked my voice （82）将her改为mevery much．The smile shone on the whole day and the following day．A （83）将day改为daysweek later on，I volunteered to take charge of the English study in my class （84）去掉on
Thanks to the comforted smile，I began to feel confident from then on．（85）将comforted改为comforting．

15．Up to now，Hope Project has helped thousands of students who would_________ have dropped out of school．（　　）

A．

therefore

B．

anyway

C．

otherwise

D．

nevertheless