【推荐3】We almost hear or watch the weather report on the radio or TV every day. But there is a special _________ in the Charles F. Johnson Elementary School in New York. It gives people warnings (警报) about _________ weather.

One day, there came a _________ from the radio. This sound brought the piece of news: _________ storm (暴风雨) was coming. William Tomic, the headmaster of the school, asked teachers _________ children indoors and put them in a _________ place at once.

A few minutes later, the storm came. However, _________ the warning of the radio and quick work of the headmaster, no one was hurt.

“The radio really did work very well. We were _________ about its work,” William Tomic said, “The parents were happy, too.”

_________ government hopes there will be more such successful stories. It plans to give this kind of radios to all 97,000 public schools in the country.

Every year, more than 10,000 thunderstorms, 2,500 floods, 1,000 tornadoes (龙卷风) and some hurricanes take place in the US, so the warning radios are very __________. They not only give people warnings about bad weather, but also give warnings about other dangerous things.

1.

A．TV

B．radio

C．magazine

2.

A．nice

B．snowy

C．bad

3.

A．sound

B．storm

C．tornado

4.

A．hard

B．strong

C．heavy

5.

A．bring

B．to bring

C．brought

6.

A．safe

B．dangerous

C．wet

7.

A．because

B．because of

C．although

8.

A．surprised

B．scared

C．happy

9.

A．The UK

B．The UN

C．The US

10.

A．useful

B．interesting

C．exciting

【推荐1】“Hello, human.” That’s how Ameca _________ visitors at a museum in Dubai. Then, the machine introduces _________ “I’m a robot, and I work for the Museum of the Future.”

Ameca was _________ at Engineered Arts in the UK. It can have conversations on its own. And now, Ameca is the first robot _________ at the museum!

Ameca is the most advanced (先进的) human-shaped robot in the world. Besides its human-like face and body, it can make facial _________ like humans. It can smile and frown (皱眉). Ameca is _________ very funny! One of the visitors asked if it was _________ to be here. “I’ m not happy,” it said. “But I can look happy.”

“It was our _________ to make the most expressive (富于表情的) robot,” said Morgan Roe, a director of Engineered Arts. “It wasn’t just to make it look like a human, but also to make it _________ like a human.”

Ameca welcomes visitors to the Tomorrow Today exhibition at the museum. The exhibition is about looking __________. Where will we be in 10 years? What about in 50 or 100 years?

Almansoori who works in the museum explained, “We want people to feel excited about the __________. That includes how robots can __________ our lives and how all different technologies are coming to life.”

Humans’ relationship (关系) with machines has greatly developed in recent years, __________ robots won’ t be part of common family members soon. Scientists say it will __________ be twenty years before we see robots in homes, but they may start __________ in places like airports and hotels before long.

1.

A．praises

B．greets

C．prevents

D．mentions

2.

A．herself

B．yourself

C．itself

D．themselves

3.

A．created

B．collected

C．described

D．discovered

4.

A．actor

B．doctor

C．worker

D．visitor

5.

A．hairs

B．expressions

C．illnesses

D．problems

6.

A．only

B．again

C．almost

D．even

7.

A．worried

B．nervous

C．pleased

D．proud

8.

A．goal

B．trip

C．memory

D．trouble

9.

A．build

B．eat

C．act

D．shape

10.

A．down

B．at

C．back

D．ahead

11.

A．future

B．time

C．history

D．art

12.

A．record

B．control

C．influencc

D．stop

13.

A．so

B．but

C．since

D．or

14.

A．probably

B．hardly

C．especially

D．recently

15.

A．failing

B．proving

C．rising

D．appearing

【推荐2】

A robot worked first at a Chinese bank. Many people are__________in the smart robot. Jiaojiao is the first robot to__________at the bank in Dalian, Liaoning Province. It can serve people in many_________.
The smiling robot is able to_________people many different kinds of services. It can work as a guide. It can also answer people's questions. It talks with people__________touching, speaking and through body language.
The robot is able to offer (提供) other perfect services, __________. “Can we take a photo together?” one customer asked. “Come on, _________make sure that you use PS (图像处理软件) please. ” Jiaojiao answered. Many people laughed when they__________Jiaojiao's answer.
The robot has attracted (吸引) a large number of people on its first day at work. Bank of Tokyo­Mitsubishi UFJ, one of the world's largest banks, introduced the new robot__________Nao. He will be able to answer customers' questions about the bank's services. Nao's a bit smaller than a normal bank teller—he is just 23 inches tall and__________about 9 pounds. He speaks 19 languages and Mitsubishi UFJ hopes he'll help a lot of foreign customers for the Tokyo Olympics in 2020.1.

A．worried

B．interested

C．bored

D．surprised

2.

A．play

B．meet

C．speak

D．work

3.

A．ways

B．houses

C．places

D．banks

4.

A．collect

B．use

C．offer

D．agree

5.

A．by

B．on

C．with

D．without

6.

A．as well as

B．neither

C．too

D．either

7.

A．but

B．or

C．so

D．as

8.

A．thought

B．heard

C．realized

D．learned

9.

A．named

B．names

C．naming

D．to name

10.

A．sees

B．feels

C．says

D．weighs

【推荐3】10-year-old Mikaila Ulmer from Texas is building a lemonade (柠檬水) kingdom, hoping to save bees in danger.

It all _________ when Mikaila was 4 years old and she was bitten (咬) by bees twice in one week. This _________ her to become very scared whenever bees were near. In order to help her manage this _________ , Mikaila's parents asked her to do some research on bees. She learned that bees are quite _________ to flowers, gardens and trees. She also learned that they are dying _________ . In the past year, bee farmers have reported _________ nearly 42% of them. Many believe that this could be because people use too many pesticides(杀虫剂).

This is when she set her mind to create a _________ to help save bees. She started her company BeeSweet Lemonade. Her special lemonade recipe (配方) _________ her great-grandmother's cookbook. She adds _________ to it, instead of sugar, in order to call attention to the problems bees face. Mikaila __________ lemonade almost every day at her lemonade shop. And when she sells lemonade, she takes every chance to tell her __________ about the problems that bees face.

The project began __________ a small activity and is starting to grow. Mikaila plans to sell almost 140,000 bottles of BeeSweet lemonade this year. They can be found on the shelves at Whole Foods Markets. __________ can also be bought in many restaurants and other places near her home.

Does Mikaila have any time to just be a kid? Sure! __________ it comes to weekend, Mikaila usually does something fun. However, she doesn't mind the hard work. She says that she is __________ when she sees people enjoy her lemonade. The more people enjoy it, the more they're learning about bees.

1.

A．started

B．ended

C．stopped

D．continued

2.

A．taught

B．told

C．caused

D．reminded

3.

A．sadness

B．fear

C．danger

D．hate

4.

A．helpful

B．fair

C．similar

D．polite

5.

A．quickly

B．bravely

C．quietly

D．naturally

6.

A．meeting

B．hiding

C．picking

D．losing

7.

A．dish

B．job

C．sport

D．product

8.

A．fell off

B．got into

C．came from

D．led to

9.

A．water

B．milk

C．tea

D．honey

10.

A．drinks

B．sells

C．packs

D．lists

11.

A．tourists

B．passengers

C．patients

D．customers

12.

A．about

B．as

C．towards

D．behind

13.

A．He

B．It

C．She

D．They

14.

A．When

B．Because

C．Since

D．Unless

15.

A．afraid

B．happy

C．nervous

D．bored

【推荐1】Jilly, a sixth-grader in Pennsylvania, like any other student, loves to talk with her friends between classes.

One school day, Jilly was talking to her friend Melanie. Their teacher Ms. Melissa walked by. She had emailed some homework to Jilly. She asked Jilly if it had _________. In fact, Jilly was really at home instead of in the classroom. She was   _________ with her teacher and classmates on an iPad.

The iPad is part of a   _________. The screen _________ at the top. There are wheels at the bottom. Jilly uses video chat to show up on the _________ . She _________ the robot with a computer to decide where the robot goes.

Jilly has an illness. Her body does not make enough _________ which human bodies use to do work. Jilly does not have a lot of energy so she is too _________ to go to school most days. A teacher was _________ to give her lessons at home. However, being taught alone made Jilly feel __________ and   sad. Last year, school leaders advised Jilly to try the robot. She and her family loved the idea. It lets Jilly be __________ of the classroom. She can take tests. She can have fun with friends. She can __________ go on field trips.

Jilly is not the only student who uses a helper robot. Paul works at a different school district.   He’s also too sick to go to school. The other students get used to the robot right away. They treat the robot __________ their friend. They __________ it from class to class. They even greet it in the hallway!

Recently, Jilly’s social studies class learned about ancient Egypt. The robot stood by her desk at school. Jilly sat in front of her computer at home working with her friends. They looked up facts about Egypt. They talked and laughed __________ they worked. On the iPad, Jilly gave a thumb up.

1.

A．touched

B．arrived

C．lost

D．changed

2.

A．communicating

B．arguing

C．drawing

D．eating

3.

A．house

B．book

C．robot

D．body

4.

A．catches

B．sits

C．puts

D．takes

5.

A．wall

B．bed

C．wheelchair

D．screen

6.

A．wakes

B．invents

C．controls

D．solves

7.

A．energy

B．time

C．wonder

D．sound

8.

A．tired

B．late

C．healthy

D．busy

9.

A．dreamed

B．cut

C．sent

D．studied

10.

A．clever

B．lazy

C．excited

D．lonely

11.

A．teacher

B．part

C．matter

D．end

12.

A．never

B．almost

C．still

D．even

13.

A．from

B．through

C．like

D．for

14.

A．walk

B．throw

C．break

D．build

15.

A．if

B．as

C．although

D．until

【推荐2】What’s your dream house like? Some new 3-D houses will come into our ________soon in the Netherland(荷兰). It is the first _________to build such houses in the world.
Workers ________to build five houses with 3-D printers(打印机). We can ________the first house in 2019. It’s a three-bedroom house. Its walls are made _________a kind of special material. And the material looks like white ice cream. The workers need to print __________layer(一层) by layer to build the walls. After that, workers also need to make the walls strong.
The 3-D houses have many advantage(优点). They use less material than our houses. They’re good for our________. And they don’t ________too much money. Our houses _________come in only a few shapes(形状), but 3-D printing can make buildings in any shape.
Do you want to live in the house? It will make your life__________.1.

A．family

B．market

C．life

D．class

2.

A．farm

B．town

C．country

D．city

3.

A．order

B．knock

C．hate

D．plan

4.

A．see

B．start

C．find

D．match

5.

A．in

B．about

C．with

D．of

6.

A．you

B．it

C．her

D．them

7.

A．food

B．health

C．town

D．machine

8.

A．collect

B．take

C．cost

D．spend

9.

A．seldom

B．never

C．sometimes

D．usually

10.

A．difficult

B．interesting

C．popular

D．expensive

【推荐3】App Helps Blind People Run

Many companies have __________ apps to help blind people. Microsoft created an app that can describe a photo. Huawei made an app that uses sounds to tell users if people who they are talking to look happy, sad or angry. Now, Google is testing an app that will allow blind people to run __________.

At a Google event in 2019, a blind runner, Thomas Panek, asked a group of experts __________ they could create something to help blind people run on their own without a guide dog or a human assistant.

Panek, CEO of Guiding Eyes for the Blind, had always loved running. But he started losing his eyesight when he was 8, and by his early __________ he was blind. Later in life, he started running with other people or a guide dog to help him. But he didn’t like being dependent __________ others.

The Google team soon created Project Guideline. The Guideline app uses a smartphone camera to a __________ painted on the ground. Through headphones, the app makes sounds when a person moves away from the line. The further the person moves away from the line, the __________ the sounds become when they get in either the left car or the right car.

__________ first trying the app inside, Panek used it while running outside in a park last August. “For the first time in my life, I didn’t feel like a blind man, I felt free,” Panek said. In November, 2020, Panek __________ ran 5 kilometers around New York City’s Central Park using the app.

Panek hopes the app Project Guideline can help more people like him. And Google will also continue to work hard to __________ the app to help the blind.

1.

A．copied

B．developed

C．drawn

D．described

2.

A．along

B．alone

C．lonely

D．well

3.

A．whether

B．that

C．where

D．when

4.

A．twenty

B．twentieth

C．twenties

D．twentys

5.

A．with

B．for

C．on

D．in

6.

A．picture

B．line

C．photo

D．mark

7.

A．loud

B．aloud

C．loudly

D．louder

8.

A．Before

B．If

C．Until

D．After

9.

A．quickly

B．suddenly

C．successfully

D．careful

10.

A．develop

B．change

C．master

D．improve

【推荐3】As space science develops, people have learned more and more about space. Space is not only amazing but also _________. That is to say, while working in space, astronauts are facing success as well as danger.

Scientists have _________ that the radiation (辐射) is the greatest danger to astronauts. When astronauts are working in space, the radiation from the sun and other stars is bad for their health. But the _________ of the radiation won’t be found until their children even grandchildren are born. Some special medicine may _________ a little, but no really effective medicine has been found so far.

Space rubbish is also thought to be a great danger to astronauts. It's reported that there were 9,000 man made things flying in space. Those _________ things in space are called space rubbish. A small piece of these even knocked a spaceship window and caused some _________.

Although space is really dangerous, it interests many people on the Earth. For example, China _________ launched (发射) the Shenzhou-16 manned spaceship, _________ three astronauts to its space station.

We may even _________ space and live there in a few years. It is our _________ to help protect the space environment, as it depends what our future life will be like.

1.

A．beautiful

B．dangerous

C．strange

D．peaceful

2.

A．looked up

B．picked up

C．found out

D．set off

3.

A．difference

B．harm

C．meaning

D．difficulty

4.

A．work

B．appear

C．cause

D．explain

5.

A．important

B．basic

C．useless

D．loud

6.

A．illness

B．excuse

C．damage

D．fear

7.

A．recently

B．hardly

C．often

D．really

8.

A．asking

B．agreeing

C．holding

D．sending

9.

A．ask for

B．decide on

C．take place

D．leave for

10.

A．description

B．attention

C．responsibility

D．technology