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　　You'll see a new doctor at a hospital near London if you go there. He is very clever, but he never speaks and doesn't go to medical school. He can work 24 hours and never be tired. He is one metre tall with a face like a TV screen. He has no arms or legs, although he has a lot of buttons （按钮） and switches. The new doctor is, of course, a computer. Doctors often need to ask their patients about their health in the past. But busy doctors can only spend a few minutes with each patient. The new machine, however, can ask a patient questions for an hour if necessary. So when the doctor meets his patient he already has a lot of helpful information.

　　Several clinics and hospitals in Britain are using these computers now. The computers show each question on TV screen. Then the patient pushes one of the three buttons：“Yes”, “No”, or“I don't know”. The computer is really quiet human If a very personal question is asked, it will be followed by “I hope these questions aren't upsetting （使……烦恼） you.” Or if you answer “No” to the question “Is your father alive”, the machine will reply “I am sorry to hear that.”

　　Most patients like the metal doctor. Some patients even prefer it. They can answer very personal questions more comfortably.

　　There are plans for better computers-perhaps ones that can speak. But the machine will never do the doctor's job. They will help doctors to give their patients better service.

1．The computer doctor can speak ________.

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2．The metal doctor's face is, in fact, a ________.

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3．In that hospital, the busy doctors can get a lot of information about the patients ________.

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4．Many patients like to talk with the metal doctor because it ________.

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A．never feels tired

B．works hard

C．makes them comfortable

D．is very friendly with them

5．The computers in the future will ________.

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A．take the place of human doctors

B．do everything for us

C．help people become doctors

D．help doctors serve patients better

 (A)

A crow（乌鸦）is sitting in a big tree. She has a big piece of meat in her mouth.“My babies will have a nice breakfast,”she thinks. An old fox（狐狸）is looking for his breakfast. He sees the crow and the meat.“How can I get that piece of meat?”he thinks.

“Good morning, Mrs. Crow.”says the fox,“How are you?”But the crow doesn’t say a word. “You have very nice babies, Mrs. Crow.”says the fox,“How are they? May I see them ?”Still the crow doesn’t say a word.

“You are very beautiful, Mrs. Crow, and you have a beautiful voice（嗓子）,too.”says the fox,“Would you please sing a song for me? ”Mrs. Crow thinks“How nice Mr. Fox is! I must sing him a song.”So she opens her mouth and begins to sing. At that time, the meat drops down（掉下）from her mouth.

(    ) 1. There’s       in the crow’s mouth.

A. a piece of bread

B. a cup of tea

C. a big piece of meat

(    ) 2. The old fox       very much.

A. wants to eat the piece of meat

B. wants to eat the crow

C. wants the crow to sing for him

(    ) 3. The crow doesn’t say a word to the fox because       .

A. she doesn’t like the fox at all

B. her babies are not well

C. she has a piece of meat in her mouth

(    ) 4. When she opens her mouth, the fox       .

A. gets the piece of meat

B. eats the baby crows

C. climbs up the tree

(    ) 5. Who has a nice breakfast?

A. The crow.

B. The old fox.

C. The baby crows.

(B)

Mr. Day was a teacher at a school in a big city in the north of England. He usually went to France or Cuba for a few weeks during his summer holidays and he spoke French quite well.

But last year Mr. Day said to one of his friends,“I’m going to have a holiday in Japan, but I can’t speak Japanese. So I am going to go to evening classes and have Japanese lessons for a month before I go.”

He studied very hard for a month, and then his holidays began and he went to Japan.

When he came back a few weeks later, his friend asked him,“Did you have any trouble with your Japanese when you were in Japan, Dick?”

“No, I didn’t have any trouble with it,”answered Mr. Day,“But the Japanese did!”

Read the passage and choose the best answers.（阅读短文，选择最佳答案。）

(    ) 6 Mr. Day was a teacher at a school in       .

A. England         B. France             C. Cuba                    D. Japan

(    ) 7 Every year he was in        for a few weeks during his summer holidays.

A. France          B. Cuba            C. France and Cuba   D. France or Cuba

(    ) 8 But last year he went to       .

A. China            B. Japan              C. Cuba                    D. France

(    )9 Mr. Day stayed in Japan for       .

A. a few days     B. a few weeks    C. ten months           D. more than a year

(    ) 10 Which of the following sentences is right?

A. Mr. Day studied very hard, and he could speak Japanese quite well.

B. Two months later, he went to Japan.

C. Mr. Day can speak English and French well.

D. Mr. Day didn’t have much trouble with his Japanse.

(C)

Skin-diving (潜水) is a new sport today. This sport takes you into a wonderful new world. It is like a visit to the moon. When you are under water，it is easy for you to climb big rocks (岩石)，because you are no longer (不再) heavy.

Here, under water, everything is blue and green. In the day, there is much light. When fish swims nearby (附近), you can catch them with your hands.

When you have tanks (罐) of air on your back, you can stay in deep (深的) water for a long time. But you must be careful when you dive in deep water.

To catch fish is one of the most (最) interesting parts of this sport. Besides (除……之外)，there are more uses for skin-diving. You can clean ship without taking them out of water. You can get many things from the deep sea.

Now you see that skin-diving is both useful and interesting.

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(    ) 11 Skin-diving is a new sport. It can take you to       .

A. the moon                                        B. a new world of land

C. the mountains (山脉)                        D. deep water

(    ) 12In deep water       .

A. there is much light                            B. there is no light at all

C. you can find a lot of blue fish            D. everything looks blue and green

(    ) 13 With tanks of air on your back, you can       .

A. catch fish very easily                        B. stay under water for a long time

C. climb big rocks                                D. have more fun

(    )14 From this passage, we can know        under water.

A. we become fat                                 B. we become thin

C. we become lighter (更轻)                 D. we become heavier (更重)

(    )15 Which of the following is NOT true?

A. Skin-diving is a new sport.

B. Skin-diving is like a new sport.

C. The only use of skin-diving is to have more fun.

D. Skin-diving is interesting and useful.