Inventors are always looking for ways to make our lives easier, greener and more fun. Here are just a few examples of inventions.

                                                 Crayons were invented by Edwin Binney and C. Harold Smith. They had a paint company in New York City. The new crayons were made of wax（蜡）and different pigments（颜料）. In 1903,Binney and Smith put the first box of eight“Crayola Crayons”on the market. These new crayons were a great success. 

                                Remote control technology(遥控技术)has been used since the early 1930s. During World War1, Germans used remote control boats. The TV remote control was first put on the market in 1950. Zenith Radio Company created the first TV remote control, called the “lazy Bone”. It could turn the TV on and off and could change programs.

       Bow Lingual（犬语翻译机），named by the US

Time Magazine as a “BEST invention of 2002”，

has two parts. A microphone is tied to the dog’s neck and sends out sound information to the gadget（小挂件）held by the owner. Then the translation is done in the gadget with kinds of dog barks.

          Some students in South Korea have a new language teacher :an robot of English-teaching ：The robot is 157cm tall and speaks both Korea and English .It can make16 kinds of faces .The robot-teachers are helping to solve a shortage of English teachers there. Could robots replace human teachers one day?

1. The first box of crayons was put on the market ________ .

A. in 1900  B. in 1903  C. in 1950   D. in 2002

2.During World War1, Germans used remote control to control _________ .

A. trains    B. planes   C. boats    D. TVs

3._________ is one of the greatest inventions of 2002 according to the US Time Magazine.

A. The crayon                B. Bow Lingual

C. The TV remote control   D. The English- teaching robot

4. The English- teaching robot can speak ________ .

A. English and Chinese     B. English and French

C. Korean and Japanese    D. English and Korean

5.Which of the following is TRUE?

A.Bow Lingual’s microphone is tied to the dog’s neck.

B. The English-teaching robot can make six faces in class.

C. Remote control technology has been used since early 1930.

D. The robot- teachers can help provide the USA with more English teachers.

阅读下面短文，按要求完成各项任务。

    My family loves television．My earliest memories are of watching TV with my family．I think we had five or six television sets at home--the bedrooms．The kitchen，everywhere! At least one television was on all of the time.

    When I went to university，I lived in a dormitory in my first year．Of course I had a TV．so I continued watching my favorite programs．But several weeks later，I realized I had a problem. My courses were hard--much harder than high school，and there was a lot of homework．Also，I felt stressed in my new environment．I started watching more TV to help me have less pressure. Guess what? Soon I was Spending more time watching TV than l was on homework．So I didn’t have a lot of friends．At the end of my first year，my grades weren’t very good，and I was really disappointed in myself．At home that summer．I watched television with my family a lot．At first I thought it was great．But then I noticed something．We talked all the time，but always about TV．Something was missing．Television brought us together，but in a way it also kept us away．

    When I got back to university，I made a decision to do better．I walked into my dormitory，and started to turn the TV on．But then an idea jumped into my head：Stop watching TV! Suddenly it became extremely clear：my old friend television was really my enemy（敌人）!It had kept me from getting good grade?。and from making friends．I had to stop watching TV．So I did．I gave away my f6levision。and I’ve never looked back．，I started doing better in school，made more friends，started having more energy．I don’t know if I'll continue to have a TV—free life．But if I do watch television again，it won’t be like before．I’m sure that television will never again be a major part of my life．

1．请将右边的两个标题与左边相对应的段落连线。

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  Paragraph 2            A．Stay Away From TV

  Paragraph 3                  B．My College Life With TV

2．回答问题。

  What did his family always talk about during the summer vacation?．

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3．从原文中找出与所给句子意思接近的句子。

I'm not sure whether I'll go on living a life without watching TV．

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4．根据上下文将句子 an idea jumped into my head 译为汉语。

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5．根据短文内容，完成下列表格。

―You went to sleep with the TV on last night. 

―Oh, sorry, mom! I forgot _______.

A. turning it off   B. to turn it off   C. to turn it down  D. turning it down