Is that Yao Ming playing basketball?! Ha! It looks like the Chinese player, but it is a robot! The Yao Ming robot was one of the many “stars” at the 2017 World Robot Conference (WRC). It was from Aug. 23 to 27 in 2017 in Beijing.
Robots from across the world came to WRC. Some can work in factories. Some go to outer space or underwater. But service robots were the big hits at the WRC. Service robots can help do many jobs in our daily lives, such as washing, teaching and playing sports.
For example, the Yao Ming robot can teach kids how to play basketball. If schools use it, it can bring lots of fun to PE classes.
Alpha 2 is a housekeeper robot. If you want to turn on the lights, or TV, just tell it before going to sleep, children may also want to hear Alpha 2 tell them a bedtime story.
A supermarket robot makes shopping easier. You can talk with the robot. It will help you find things. It also carries them for you. You can even use the robot to pay for your things.
Do you want to have a service robot, too?
1. How long was the WRC?| A．Two days. | B．Five days. | C．One week. | D．One month. |
| A．Factory robots. | B．Space robots. | C．Service robots. | D．Underwater robots. |
| A．售货员 | B．厨师 | C．教练 | D．管家 |
| A．Turn on the TV. | B．Find things in the supermarket |
| C．Tell a bedtime story. | D．Teach children to play basketball. |
| A．Sports. | B．Stars. | C．Jobs. | D．Robots. |
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【推荐1】Athletes from various countries displayed the charm of competition sports during Beijing Winter Olympics. One of the reasons why this Winter Olympics can be successfully held is the robots who work hard behind the scenes.
In the dining hall, instead of human waiters, food arrives from the ceiling. To our surprise, the cooking robot can make delicious dishes according to the programs; food even like burgers are being prepared automatically.
It doesn’t stop there. Elsewhere in the media center, a robotic arm is serving up cocktails. It takes just 70-90 seconds to measure, shake and serve.
Look at this robot. Although it is only 140 cm tall, it only takes one minute to sterilize (灭菌) 36 square meters. The space even more than 1,000 square meters can be easily dealt by itself. The robot can hold 16 liters of disinfection (消毒) water at one time, and spray (喷雾) around through the small fan above its head.
1. One of the reasons why Beijing Winter Olympics can be successfully held is___________.| A．the robots who work for Beijing Winter Olympics |
| B．the robots who hold 16 liters of disinfection water |
| C．the workers who are smart and fast |
| A．55 seconds | B．95 seconds | C．75 seconds |
| A．The robot is 140 mm tall. |
| B．The robot can sterilize more than 1,000 square meters with other robots. |
| C．The robot can spray around through the small fan above its head. |
A． | B． | C． |
【推荐2】Stargazing（观星） is rising in China. If you like seeing stars, this is the article to read!
When the night arrives, try looking up at the sky. It will help you shake off your worries and get closer to nature. Stargazing is becoming popular in China, especially among the young.
Stargazing can happen in the city. You can go to a park with equipment （设备） to look at the stars. There is also a big group of people who enjoy watching the night sky using only the naked（裸 的） eyes. But to get great pictures of stars, many stargazing lovers travel across provinces. The best conditions for stargazing are dry air, little to no rainfall, light to no air pollution, and a location on a mountain or in the desert.
Here are the top 10 most beautiful places for stargazing in China.
★ Ngari Dark Sky Park, Tibet
★ Changbai Mountain Scenic Area, Jilin
★ Taklimakan Desert, Xinjiang
★ Chaka Salt Lake, Qinghai
★ Nam Co Lake, Tibet
★ Seven Stars Terrace Scenic Spot, Jinan
★ Heimahe Town, Qinghai
★ Yamdrok Lake, Tibet
★ Huangshan Mountain Scenic Area, Anhui
★Kuocang Mountain, Zhejiang
Using stargazing apps can help you enjoy the beauty of the night sky easily. Try these two apps and see!
STAR WALK
This app is friendly to stargazing beginners. Just let the app view the sky through your phone’s camera. It will show stars in the direction you’re facing. You can also track （追踪） the movement of planets. There is a “Visible Tonight” section. It helps you watch objects you can see on a given evening.
STELLARIUM MOBILE
This app is known for its good constellation （星座） pictures and big database, which has over 1.69 billion stars. You can find and label （标注） your favourite constellations and planets by pointing your phone at the sky. Zoom in, you can see very clear photos of galaxies（星系）. The app can be connected to most telescopes.
1. ________ most beautiful places for stargazing are located in Tibet.| A．Two | B．Three | C．Four | D．Five |
| A．follow the movement of planets | B．label your favourite planets |
| C．take clear photos of the sky | D．use it alone without a camera |
| A．Jane, who is crazy about photographing | B．Lily, who has interest in indoor activities |
| C．Jim, who likes playing basketball | D．Tom, who loves nature and space |
【推荐3】①Have you ever seen a self-driving car? Have you ever wondered how an iPhone’s face recognition (人脸识别) works?
②All of these technologies have something in common: they use artificial intelligence (人工智能), or “AI”. AI is already all around us, and millions of people are using artificial intelligence every day. Even if you have used AI before, you might not know exactly how it works.
③ “AI” is defined as (被定义为) the ability for a computer to think and learn like people do. With AI, computers can finish tasks like people, including processing language, problem-solving, and learning.
④If you have ever watched a video on YouKu or DouYin, for example, you may have noticed that you will receive recommendations (推荐) for other videos based on (基于) what you already watched. That’s because of AI!
⑤Most people use search engines (搜索引擎) like Google and Baidu every day. Search engines use AI to rank (排名) websites in your search results to help you find the most useful websites for you.
⑥Even though AI is already used a lot today, computer scientists predict artificial intelligence will be even more popular in the future. Because of this, many jobs will also need us to understand how Al works so we can solve big problems.
1. Which of these is not an example of how AI is used today? ________.| A．to help students talk to teachers | B．to recommend new videos to watch |
| C．to open a cellphone with your face | D．to drive a car without a driver |
| A．listening to a new language | B．understanding language |
| C．speaking a language | D．reading a language |
| A．All Intelligence | B．Alternate Internet |
| C．Artificial Intelligence | D．Artistic Inspiration |
| A．① and ② | B．③ and ⑥ | C．⑤ and ⑥ | D．② and ⑤ |
【推荐1】Listening is an important part of learning English. Here are some suggestions on listening. We hope they can help you.
★Relax yourself
Before you start to listen to something, you need to relax. This can help your listening. Don’t get nervous or excited.
★Listen carefully to the first sentence
The first sentence tells you a lot about the whole passage, so listen carefully to it.
★Think what you’re listening
When you listen, try to do some thinking. For example: What happened? When, where and how? What was the result and what does the speaker want to tell us? In this way, you can understand the passage better.
★Listen to important facts
It’s important for you to remember some important facts. For example, if the passage is a science report, you should try to remember it’s findings, and how the scientists get the results. This is also helpful to your listening.
1. Before you start to listen to something, you need to be ________.| A．relaxed | B．nervous | C．excited | D．sad |
| A．the first sentence | B．the second sentence |
| C．the last sentence | D．A, B and C |
| A．What happened? | B．When did the thing happen? |
| C．What does the speaker want to tell us? | D．How old is the speaker? |
| A．Yes, it is. | B．No, it isn’t. | C．Yes, it isn’t. | D．No, it is. |
| A．their family | B．how the scientists get the results |
| C．how old they are | D．what they like |
【推荐2】Music is important in our life and it is an international language. The songs that are sung or played by instruments are beautiful to all people everywhere.
Popular music in America is what every student likes. Students carry small radios with earphones and listen to music before class, after class and at lunch. Students with cars buy large speakers(扬声器) and play the music loudly as they drive on the street.
Adult drivers listen to music on the car radio as they drive to work. They also listen to the news about sports, the weather, politics, and activities of the American people. But most of the radio broadcast is music.
Pop or popular music singers make much money. They make a CD or tape which radio stations use in very state. Once the popular singer is heard throughout the country, young people buy his or her tapes. Some of the money from these tapes comes to the singer. Wherever the singer goes, all the young people want to meet him or her. Now the singer has become a national star.
Besides pop music, there are two other kinds of music that is important to Americans. One is called folk music. It tells stories about the common life of Americans. The other is called western or country music. This was started by cowboys who would sing at night to the cows they were watching. Today, any music about country life and the love between a country boy and his girl is called western or country music.
1. In America, every student likes _________.| A．folk music | B．country music | C．pop music | D．western music |
| A．sports | B．the weather | C．politics | D．music |
| A．They sell cows. | B．They watch cows. |
| C．They sing and dance. | D．They travel around. |
| A．Three. | B．Four. | C．Five. | D．Six. |
| A．Music in America | B．Music Listeners | C．Cowboys in America | D．International Language |
【推荐3】Li Hua is a Chinese girl. She is a middle school student now. She is good at singing, dancing, and playing the piano, but she can’t play the guitar. She wants to learn it this summer holiday. She is going to join the Music Club next term. She loves drawing pictures so she also wants to join the Art Club.
Linda is from the US. She is in Guangzhou with her family now. She has lots of hobbies. She can play basketball very well and she is in the Sports Club now. She can dance and sing too. She wants to join the Dance Club next term.
Anna comes from Japan, and now she is in Beijing, China, with her parents and her little brother. She can speak a little Chinese and she’d like to make a lot of Chinese friends. She is very interested in table tennis but she can’t play it. She wants to learn it at her school. She wants to join the Table Tennis Club next term.
1. What Li Hua and Linda both can do?A． | B． | C． | D． |
| A．Li Hua. | B．Linda. | C．Anna. | D．Nobody. |
| A．She is an American girl. | B．Anna is in China by herself. |
| C．Anna can speak Chinese very well. | D．Anna wants to learn table tennis. |
| A．Three. | B．Four. | C．Five. | D．Six. |
| A．The change of the girls. | B．Three girls’ families and their hobbies. |
| C．Three girls’ interests and clubs. | D．Some interesting clubs in China. |
