The Greens could not speak any English when they first visited New York． They wanted to walk around to see the   1   , so they thought up a great idea．   2   they left the hotel, they walked to the first street corner and wrote a note in their notebook．   3   they went on．They   4   the notebook would help them find their   5   back if they got lost．

After they walked for hours, they   6   that they had lost their way． They asked a policeman for   7   , but the policeman didn’t speak their language．

Later, they found a man who understand their   8   ．They told him that they couldn’t find their hotel, but they remembered   9   corner the hotel was on． They showed the man the words in the notebook．The man began to   10   ．

The words were “STOP” and “ONE WAY STREET”．

1．A．school                   B．country                   C．city                   D．factory

2．A．Before                    B．After                       C．But                   D．Because

3．A．Then                      B．So                          C．Although           D．As well

4．A．read                       B．thought                   C．liked                 D．looked

5．A．street                      B．road                        C．way                  D．hotel

6．A．remembered                                        B．thought of

C．looked                                                D．found

7．A．help                        B．money                    C．bus                   D．food

8．A．news                      B．situation（处境）  C．word                 D．language

9．A．what                      B．why                        C．which               D．where

10．A．talk                       B．cry                         C．speak                D．laugh

Robots seem very new to most people. But they have a __51__ history. A Greek scientist made the first robot. You may  52  robots in some movies. The robots in the movies are usually stronger, faster and __53__ than people. In real life, most robots are used in factories. They can do lots of dangerous, difficult or__54__ jobs. Some people can’t look __55_ themselves and robots can help them. For example, some people can’t see, and they use a guide dog to help themselves move. But now scientists are__56__ a robot to help them.

Robots are also used in American hospitals. At one hospital, a robot   57  meals from the kitchen to the sick people’s rooms. It never loses (迷失)its __58__ because it has a map of the hospital in its computer system(系统).__59__ the future, robots will even work in space. But robots will  60  take the place of(代替)people but only work for people. They can, however, help us in a lot of different ways.

1.                A．unpleasant      B．long           C．strange   D．interesting

2.                A．look           B．look at          C．see  D．know

3.                A．clever          B．cleverer        C．cleverest D．the cleverest

4.                A．interesting      B．interested       C．boring    D．bored

5.                A．about          B．at             C．for  D．after

6.                A．taking          B．using           C．making   D．predicting

7.                A．flies           B．cooks          C．makes    D．takes

8.                A．way           B．road           C．street    D．meal

9.                A．For            B．Of             C．With D．In

10.               A．ever           B．never          C．still   D．yet

Danish was a very lazy girl. Her mother always asked her to learn to read, __1 __she didn't．It was disappointing．Her mother was __2__ about that．

One morning，Dinah just __3__ and was looking through the window．She saw her cousin skating on the __4__．He was wearing a pair of shoes she had never __5__ before．It was a pair of roller-skates(旱冰鞋)．Dinah thought it was interesting to __6__ on the street．She got up quickly and went outside．She asked her cousin if she __7__ try his shoes on．Her cousin said to her，”I know that your __8__ has been asking you to learn to read，but you haven’t 1earned．It is just because you are __9__．If you can read by New Year’s Day，1 will send you a pair of __10__ like this．”

From then on，Dinah read every day and began to like reading．On New Year’s Day she received a pair of roller—skates from her cousin．

Danish was a very lazy girl. Her mother always asked her to learn to read, __1 __she didn't．It was disappointing．Her mother was __2__ about that．

One morning，Dinah just __3__ and was looking through the window．She saw her cousin skating on the __4__．He was wearing a pair of shoes she had never __5__ before．It was a pair of roller-skates(旱冰鞋)．Dinah thought it was interesting to __6__ on the street．She got up quickly and went outside．She asked her cousin if she __7__ try his shoes on．Her cousin said to her，”I know that your __8__ has been asking you to learn to read，but you haven’t 1earned．It is just because you are __9__．If you can read by New Year’s Day，1 will send you a pair of __10__ like this．”

From then on，Dinah read every day and began to like reading．On New Year’s Day she received a pair of roller—skates from her cousin．

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1.If you work as a driver in the restaurant, you may _______.

        A. never pay for meals              B. pay a little for meals

C. work on weekends                 D. work in the afternoon

2.If you buy the house, you _________.

        A. may pay more than ¥150, 000 for it

]B. must have breakfast in the kitchen

C. have to take a bath in the public bathroom

D. may live on the south side of the city

3.Any customer with a Tianjin Daily of June 1, 2005 will get a small present from _____.

A. every supermarket                B. Huanghe Road

C. Tianjin Daily                    D. Yingbin Supermarket 

4.When will the concert be?

A. July 1, 2005.        B. June 8, 2005.        C. July 3, 2005.    D. June 25, 2005.

5.If two adults and two students want to go to the concert, the tickets will cost RMB ___.

        A. 220 yuan         B. 440 yuan         C. 270 yuan     D. 370 yuan