69．Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

　　 A．Saya is the first life – like female robot in history.

　　 B．Robots like Saya will replace human teachers in the future.[来

　　 C．Some children in the countryside know little about new technology.

　　 D．It’s difficult for most Japanese teachers to teach children about technology.

68．What can we learn from Paragraph 3?

　　 A．Saya needn’t be remotely controlled while having classes.

　　 B．Robots like Saya will replace human teachers in the future.

　　 C．Some children in the countryside know little about new technology.

　　 D．It’s difficult for most Japanese teachers to teach children about technology.

67．The underlined word “podium” in Paragraph 2 probably means “　　　　 ”.

　　 A．a surface for teachers to stand on　　　　　　　　 B．a board for teachers to write on

　　 C．a toy for students to play with　 D．a video for students to watch

66．Saya was first designed to 　　　　．

　　 A．be touched by students 　　　　　 B．teach children about science

　　 C．work as a robot receptionist　　 D．work together with scientists

65．Whichofthefollowingwordscanbeusedtofillintheblankinthelastparagraphy?

　　 A．lone 　　　　　 B．loving 　　　　 C．busy 　　　　　 D．lazy

C

Saya, the teacher doesn’t mind being pinched(掐), or if the students play in class: she’s a robot designed to show children that science and technology can be fun subjects．

Saya, a life – like female who started her career as a robot receptionist at Japanese companies and was then reprogrammed to teach, gave a lesson to fifth – graders at Tokyo’s Kudan Elementary School after being carried to the podium in the classroom．

Professor Hiroshi Kobayashi, who built Saya, says she’s not meant to replace human teachers, but to bring the joy of technology to children. “We’re not looking at making something that will take over from teachers. Our main reason for building this robot is to use new technology to teach children about technology,” he said. “But Saya may be able to help in schools where there’s a shortage of teachers,” he added. “In the countryside and in some small schools, children don’t have the chance to come into contact with new technology and also few teachers there can teach these lessons．So we hoped to be able to develop this robot to be remotely controlled to teach these classes.”

Many of the children were attracted by Saya, and didn’t take their eyes off her throughout the lecture. When class was over, some students pinched her. “ It’s so much more fun than regular classes,” said10 – year – old Nanako Iijima．

The children’s human teacher, however, was not as impressed with the robot as her students. “I am impressed that they’ve got robots to go this far, but on the other hand they still have a long way to go before they can make it a truly robotic teacher.” Akito Fukuda, the school’s science teacher said．

Japan, home to almost half of the world’s 800,000 industrial robots, expects the industry to expand to $10 billion in the future including models that will be able to care for its fast – growing elderly population．

64．According to George Rhoden, which of the following factors contributes to so many young blacks turning to crime?

　　 A．That they are poorly educated．

　　 B．That they are influenced by their fathers．

　　 C．That many of them come from incomplete families．

　　 D．That their parents are too busy to take care of them．

63．Whatmeasurehasthegovernmenttakentodealwiththeproblemofknifecrime?

　　 A．Punishing the parents of teenagers carrying knives．

　　 B．Arresting the teenagers carrying knives．

　　 C．Forming a specialist knife crime unit．

　　 D．Fining the teenagers carrying knives．

62．What Sir Paul Stephenson said suggests that　　　 ．

　　 A．drug selling has replaced knife crime as the top concern for London police

　　 B．drug selling had been the top concern for London police in the past

　　 C．knife crime used to be the top concern for London police

　　 D．London police now pay no attention to drug selling

61．From the above, we can see that 　　　in knife crimes in London．

　　 A．there are more whites than Asians as victims

　　 B．there are more blacks than whites as victims

　　 C．Asians make up the smallest group of criminals

　　 D．blacks make up the second largest group of criminals

60．Which statement is CORRECT according to the passage?

　　 A．Every recipient could get $100 in cash from Father Maurice Chase．

　　 B．Father Maurice Chase gave the cash away not only on his birthday but also on other occasions．

　　 C．Although Father Maurice Chase gave the cash away on his birthday, he didn’t receive anything in return．

　　 D．Father Maurice Chase earned a lot of money as assistant to the president of Loyola Marymount University．

B

Research by Scotland Yard published in a London newspaper, has proven that knife crime in London is a serious non – white phenomenon, with 165 of the 225 under- 18s accused of knife crime in the past three months being from the black or other non – white groups．

According to Scotland Yard, only 60 of the 225 crimes were white．Despite being a small minority of the knife holding criminals, whites did, however, make up the single largest group of victims of knife crime．

According to the Scotland Yard report, whites made up 222 of the 637 victims of knife crime over the last three months．This number could probably be higher, as 292 victims were not identified by race．

This month Scotland Yard Deputy Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson suggested knife crime has replaced drug selling as the top concern for London police．

Sir Paul said so as he announced a specialist knife crime unit to deal with teenagers carrying knives in the capital．It will use a team of 75 specialist officers to find criminal group members and their supporters．

Detective Inspector, George Rhoden, president of the National Organisation of Black Law Enforcement Executives said, “In the black community we have all noticed that there is major concern about gun and knife crime．Clearly we are not the only part of the community affected by the problem of children who have no fathers, but parental responsibility should be of major concern.”

Around 59 percent of black Caribbean children and 54 percent of mixed – race youngsters are looked after by a 　　　　parent．In the white British population, the number is 22 percent．