Last weekend, twenty thousand people gathered in the state of Georgia to watch students from twenty-eight countries compete with robots they built. More than ten thousand students and more than five hundred robots took part in the competition.
Almost one thousand and seven hundred high school teams entered a level of competition called LUNACY. The competitors came from eleven countries, including the United States. In January, the organization sent the same supplies for robots to each team. The teams had six weeks to build robots that could compete in the LUNACY game. The playing area had six robots, three on each team. Each robot had a trailer(拖车) connected to it. The robots had to pick up large balls and throw them into the trailers of opposing robots. The robots were moving on a surface where they could slide(滑行). A team from California won the competition.
A second competition involved building a robot that could travel on uneven(不平坦的) surfaces, move objects with unusual shapes and withstand(承受) physical stress.
Another competition was for younger students, aged nine to fourteen years old. Eighty-four teams from twenty-seven countries competed with robots made with LEGO products. They had to design, build and program robots to explore the Earth’s climates.The competitors coming from _______countries entered a level of competition called LUNACY.
| A．twenty-eight | B．twenty-seven |
| C．eighty-four | D．eleven |
_______sent the supplies for robots to each team.
| A．Schools | B．Volunteers |
| C．The government | D．The organization |
Each team can have _______robots to compete in the LUNACY game.
| A．two | B．three | C．six | D．eight |
The underlined word “involved” in this passage can be replaced by “_______”.
| A．included | B．removed | C．corrected | D．invented |
Which statement is NOT true according to the passage?
| A．In January, each team got the same supplies for robots. |
| B．A team from California won the LUNACY competition. |
| C．The writer introduces three kinds of competitions in this passage. |
| D．The students had to design or buy robots for the competition. |
The largest number of people in a race
The biggest race is in San Francisco, the USA. More than 100,000 people run the 12 kilometers in the race. Another famous race is in London every year. This race is longer and harder, it is more than 42 kilometers, but 25,000 people usually finish it.
The youngest international player
The youngest international player in any sport was Jamaica. Her name was Joy Foster. She was the Jamaican table tennis champion (冠军) in1958 when she was 8 years old.
The strongest superlative (最佳者)
Have you ever tried walking backwards? The world record for walking backwards is 12,875 kilometers. A man from Texas, the USA, walked backwards for 18 months in 1931—1032. Nobody else has ever broken this record (打破记录).
The most popular sport
The popular sport team game in the world is football. People play football in villages, streets and stadiums all over the world. The most famous football competition is the World Cup. It happens every four years, and nearly 2,000,000,000 people watch it on TV. The first Women’s World Cup was in 1991.The San Francisco race is not as _______ as the London race.
| A．easy | B．big | C．popular | D．long |
Joy Foster was born in __________.
| A．1950 | B．1952 | C．1958 | D．1966 |
______ walked more than 12,875 kilometers’ backwards.
| A．Few people | B．Nobody else |
| C．One man has | D．Many people |
The best title of this passage is __________________.
| A．Enjoy your sport | B．Different sports |
| C．Sport superlatives | D．Strange sport |
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Here's morning news. Yesterday afternoon a ten-year-old school boy swallowed (吞下) a pen cap!
The boy was daydreaming in class. Without knowing what he was doing, he put a pen cap into his mouth. A few minutes later, he was surprised to find that he had swallowed it! The teacher was shocked(震惊) when the boy stood up and said, "I've just swallowed a pen cap." He was quickly sent to the nearest hospital. There a doctor examined him and said the best way was to give him medicine so that the pen cap could pass naturally. Three hours later the boy successfully made it.
"The boy is really lucky," said the doctor. "It's not rare that small children put things into their mouths for fun. It's very dangerous," he added.Where will we probably get this news?
| A．In a newspaper. | B．On the radio. |
| C．In a textbook. | D．In a magazine. |
What do the underlined words "made it" mean?
| A．swallowed the pen cap |
| B．went to see the doctor |
| C．made the pen cap pass naturally |
| D．had the medicine |
Which sentence is RIGHT according to the news?
| A．The boy was 8 years old. |
| B．The boy was listening carefully in class. |
| C．The boy went to the hospital himself. |
| D．The boy was all right at last. |
Coffee has become the most popular American drink. Today people in the United States drink more coffee than people in any of the other countries. People drink coffee at breakfast, at lunch, at dinner and between meals. They drink hot coffee or coffee with ice in it. They drink it at work and at home. They eat coffee ice-cream and coffee candy. Coffee is black and very strong. Different people like to drink it in different ways. Some people like coffee with cream or sugar in it. Other people like coffee with both cream and sugar in it. In all ways it is served. Coffee has become an international drink.Coffee is an _______drink.
| A．interesting | B．international |
| C．ice cream | D．American |
Different people like to drink coffee
| A．at work or at home | B．in different ways |
| C．with cream or sugar | D．between meals |
The underlined word "strong" here means ____.
| A．坚固的 | B．淡的 | C．清的 | D．浓的 |
_______is the most popular American drink.
| A．Black tea | B．Coffee |
| C．Water with ice | D．Whisky |
Hong Kong has about forty public(公共的) beaches. Some of the beaches are among the best in the world. People can go there for a swim. You can go to most of them by bus. To go to some beaches you must take a boat. There are toilets, changing rooms and places to buy food and drink on most of the beaches.
You will swim there without danger if you remember these instructions(说明)：
1.Never swim alone.
2.Never swim after a meal or when you feel hungry or tired.
3.Do not stay in the water too long.
4.Never go out in a boat if you cannot swim.
Remember : A red flag means that it is dangerous for anybody to go into the water. A blue flag means that it is dangerous for children.We can reach ______ by bus.
| A．all the public beaches |
| B．no public beach |
| C．only a few public beaches |
| D．many of the public beaches |
When you see a blue flag, you know that ______ there.
| A．women should not swim | B．children should not swim |
| C．nobody should swim | D．anybody can swim |
Which of the following is true according to this passage?
| A．You can swim when you see where there is a red flag. |
| B．You should not swim with other people. |
| C．You should not swim after lunch. |
| D．You can’t swim for a short time. |
The passage mainly(主要地) tells us ______ in Hong Kong.
| A．the public beaches and swimming |
| B．the danger of swimming |
| C．the best beaches |
| D．flags and beaches |
阅读表达阅读短文，按要求回答短文后的五个问题。
Do you know anything about the way of shopping in Western countries (西方国家)? People there usually make shopping lists first and then they go shopping. Most people like to go to supermarkets because they can get almost (几乎) everything in one supermarket. For example (例如), many styles of clothes, food and sports things. And the things in supermarkets are cheaper. When they get into the supermarket, they carry a basket. Then they buy things and put them in the basket. After getting everything they want, they pay the money. Most people go to the supermarket once a week.
回答下面五个问题，每题答案不超过16个词。What do people in western countries do before they go shopping?
_______________________________________________________________________________Why do people like to go to the supermarkets?
_______________________________________________________________________________What do people carry when they get into the supermarkets?
_______________________________________________________________________________What do people do after getting everything they want in the supermarkets?
_______________________________________________________________________________How often do most people go to the supermarkets?
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