The number of traffic accidents that _______ in developing countries _______ increasing.

A. happen; is     B. happens; is      C. happens; are      D. happen; are

If it looks like a fish and swims like a fish, it usually is a fish. But not the new, lifelike robot fish developed by UK scientists, which have been swimming around the London Aquarium(水族馆) as they wait for their release off northern Spain in 2011.

Equipped with tiny chemical sensors(传感器),the fish will collect data on pollution in the port of Gijón and wirelessly send the information back to the control center.

“It’s a little lab onboard the fish,” said Rory Doyle, a scientist at BMT Group. The robots were designed, and are being built, by professor Huosheng Hu and his team at the University of Essex, UK.

The sensors will search for dangers such as chemical waste and will allow officials to map in real time the sources and effects of pollution, Doyle said. w_w w. k#s5_u.c o*m

He and his colleagues chose a fish design because hundreds of millions of years of evolution(进化) has created an energy-efficient creature, he said. “Nature has done it very, very well.” But copying such a successful design comes at a cost: nearly 29,000 u.s. dollars per robot. m

The fish, therefore, will be built “robust” enough to handle any possibilities, Doyle said. They can’t get caught in nets easily, for instance, and the tracking systems inside can help the robot fish avoid crashes with boats and other things in the way.

So far, it also seems unlikely the robot fish will be mistaken: At the London Aquarium, sharks swim away from the fake fish, possibly because they find the robots electromagnetic fields(电磁场) unpleasant, Doyle said. w_w w. k#s5_u.c o*m

At the same time, scientists are working to ensure that the sounds of the robots and other factors don’t disturb the natural environment, he added.

The robot fish was developed in order to_______. w. k#s5_u.c o*m

A．be displayed on a robot exhibition in Spain

B．be sent to London Aquarium as a gift

C．get information of ocean pollution

D．collect data on the fishes in deep sea

According to Doyle, the robot was designed into fish shape in order to_______.

A．cut the cost of the robot

B．make the robot beautiful

C．reduce the sounds of the robot

D．make the robot work better with less energy

We can infer from the passage that the robot fish______. k#s5_u.c o*m

A．would send pictures of sea life back

B．would not be looked on as a real fish by fishes

C．could swim much faster than fishes like sharks

D．could help find new forms of energy in the sea

The underlined word “robust” in Paragraph 6 probably means_____.

A．small and light    B．big and heavy

C．smooth and soft    D．strong and smart

第二节：短文改错（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同坐的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每行有一处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺此处加一个漏字符号（∧），并写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（﹨）划掉，并写出该加的词再划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一个横线（  ），并写出修改后的词。

注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

       2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从十一处起）不计分。

Dear Amy,

I have a problem, but I’m writing to ask you for                  71. ______

an advice. This is a secret, so don’t tell anyone                   72. ______

else. My cousin and I used to getting                           73. ______

along very well in each other and we were                       74. ______

good friend. Last week we talked about our plan                  75. ______

and we are planning to spend the summer holidays                76. ______

together, but now I don’t think I want invite him home.             77. ______

Recently I has discovered that he’s started to tell lies.               78. ______

When I told him it was wrong to tell lies, but she just laughed       79. ______

at me. “Should I keep quietly or tell his parents?”                 80. ______

                                          Yours

                                          Alice

The windows haven’t cleaned for a long time. They need ______.

A. to clean      B. to be cleaned   C. cleaning          D. B and C

—Robert is indeed a wise man。

—oh, yes  How often  I have regretted ____ __his advice?

A. to take  B.taking  C. not to take D. not taking

 We      today not a victory of a party but a celebration of freedom, symbolizing an end as well as a beginning, signifying renewal as well as change.

       A. enjoy        B. observe      C. watch  D. suspect

You can only be sure of _____ you have at present; you cannot be sure of something _____ you might get in the future.  

A. that; what          B. what; /                            C. which; that        D. /; that

Sarah hopes to become a friend of_______ shares her interests.

   A. anyone                    B. whomever               C. whoever                 D. no matter who

--Oh? ______ you leave ? Stay a bit longer.

-- Sorry, I’ve got an early start tomorrow morning

A. Must     B. Can        C.  May         D. Would

Mr. Wang, a(n)_______editor and writer, is going to attend the conference to be held in Beijing next week.

  A.chief                            B.upper                 C.main                  D.major