The first robots were invented in the 1920s. Robots have appeared in many American films. In some films, they are stronger, faster and cleverer than people.
In real life, robots are mainly used in factories. They do some dangerous and difficult jobs for humans.
Robots also help disabled people, for example, blind people. Today many blind people have a guide dog to help them. In the future, guide dogs might be robot dogs.
One kind of robot guide dog has wheels. It moves in front of the owner. It is very clever. It knows the speed of its owner’s walk. The owner wears a special belt (带子). This belt sends instructions to the owner from the dog, such as “Stop here”, “Turn left” or “Turn right”.
In the United States, another kind of robot helps disabled people to take care of themselves in their daily life. The robot hears the sound of its owner’s voice. It follows instructions such as “Turn the page” or “Make a cup of coffee”.
Robots are also used in American hospitals. They can do simple jobs. At one hospital, for example, a robot takes meals from the kitchen to patients’ rooms. It never gets lost because this robot has a map of the hospital in its computer memory.
Though robots can help people in many different ways, they will never take the place of humans.
From the passage, we know robots cannot be ______.
| A．dangerous animals | B．factory workers |
| C．guide dogs | D．hospital helpers |
A robot guide dog ______.
| A．goes in front of the blind people |
| B．walk side by side with blind people |
| C．has a map in its head |
| D．helps patients with their meals |
The underlined word “disabled” means ______.
| A．不能的 | B．有害的 | C．失灵的 | D．残疾的 |
Some disabled people need robots help to ______.
| A．take care of themselves |
| B．talk to other people |
| C．become scientists |
| D．do dangerous jobs |
In the passage, the writer wants to tell us that ______.
| A．robots are stronger and cleverer than humans |
| B．disabled people cannot look after themselves without the robots |
| C．robots will take the place of humans some day in the future |
| D．robots can help humans in many different ways |
Try reading the following sentences as fast as you can. “She sells seashells by the seashore. The shells she sells are surely seashells. So if she sells shells on the seashore, I’m sure she sells seashore shells.”
Not very easy, was it? What you’ve just read is called a tongue twister (绕口令). It is an exercise made up of sounds that are hard to pronounce in order to help people pronounce words faster and more correctly. Try the next example.
“Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. Did Peter Piper pick a peck of pickled peppers? If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, where’s the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?”
Tongue twisters usually do not have much meaning. They are just designed to improve people’s ability to pronounce words. Although they may be very difficult, these exercises are very important to people who are trying to speak English correctly. This is because tongue twisters help people to tell the differences between similar sounds.
So if you wish to pronounce words more smoothly（顺利地，流利地）, you’d better try picking out some tongue twisters and practising them.
| A．listening | B．writing |
| C．pronunciation | D．communication |
| A．it is very boring to read |
| B．it teaches us a lot of knowledge |
| C．we don’t know who “she” is |
| D．the sounds of “s” and “sh” are similar |
| A．Story Time | B．Study Garden |
| C．Latest News | D．Lost and Found |
Lily is from New York , the U.S.A. She is twelve. She is in Shanghai NO.3 Junior High School. She is in Class Eight, Grade One. Her phone number is 66786019. Dongdong is from Kunming. His English name is Tom. He is eleven .He is in Class Seven,Grade One. His telephone number is 24524233. They are not in the same class. They are good friends
阅读短文,选择正确的答案.Lily is from_____.
A． English B. China C. the U.S.ADongdong is in Class______.
A． Six B. Seven C. EightLily and Dongdong are good___________ .
A． students B.friends C. teachersWhere is Tom from ? He is from______________
A． The U.S.A B. Japan C. ChinaHow old is Lily ? She is ________________
A． ten B. eleven C. twelve
Hello, I’m Lucy. I am from the USA. But now I’m in China. My teacher is Miss Chen. She is from Tianjin. She is Chinese. I have a sister. Her name is Lily. She is in China , too.We are in the same school.
阅读短文,判断句子正(用 “T” )误(用 “F” )Lily and Lucy are from Canada.
They are in China now.
Miss Liu is their teacher.
Miss Chen is from Dalian.
Lily and I are students.
My name is Maria. I want to have a pen pal.
I’m a middle school student. Every evening, I’m very busy with my study. I do my homework for about two hours every day. Sometimes I listen to music. I hardly ever watch TV. English is my favorite subject and I read English for about an hour every day. I have a lot of good habits. I exercise every day. I eat a lot of vegetables. I eat fruit and drink milk every day. I never drink coffee or eat junk food. I always sleep eight hours every night. I’m very healthy. My healthy lifestyle helps me to study well and get good grades. Do you want to be my pen pal? Please tell me something about you.
Information Card
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What Maria wants to have |
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| 2. |
The thing Maria is busy with very evening |
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| 3. |
How often Maria listens to music |
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| 4. |
Maria’s favorite subject |
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| 5. |
How many hours Maria sleeps every night |
What do we do when we go camping? First, we make a plan. We take food, clothing, a knife, and things for cooking and eating. We take things to keep us away from（远离）insects（昆虫） and the sun.
Then we put everything into the car and we drive to the woods（森林）. We look for a place for campers(露营者) and we look for a good place for our tent(帐篷). The place should have a lot of moving air. This will keep some insects away. High land with water on both sides of it is good. Then we put up our tent. We put everything into the tent, and we are ready for fun. We can swim in the lake, walk in the woods, climb a mountain, row a boat, or go fishing.
In the evening we come back to the tent, and we build a big fire because it can keep the insects away. We sit around the fire and talk. We may tell interesting stories or we may sing songs.
At night we lie down on the grass. We can look up at the stars. It is a busy day, so we try to go to sleep early.
Everything is dark. Everything is quiet. We hope we won’t hear music from the radio in the next tent. We hope it won’t rain. Before going camping we should first ______.
| A．make a plan |
| B．take some food |
| C．take things to keep us warm |
| D．take something for cooking and eating |
We go to camp ______.
| A．by bus | B．by car |
| C．by bike | D．on foot |
Campers can take part in（参加） ______ activities.
| A．one or two | B．only a few |
| C．many | D．two or three |
In the evening we build a fire because ______.
| A．it is cold at night | B．it can keep us warm |
| C．it can keep the insects away | D．it is dark and quiet |
Campers like to ______ at night.
| A．hear music from the radio | B．go to sleep early |
| C．have rain | D．be busy |