Robots seem to be getting cleverer and cleverer. Here are four examples.
| Budgee ☆He was created by Five Elements Robotics. ☆With two wheels and a little basket, he can carry things for you while you’re at the shops. | Paro ☆He was made by Takanori Shibata. ☆He is used on patients (病人) in hospitals. ☆He can learn a name and even show feelings such as surprise, happiness and sadness. |
| Rover ☆He was created by a team at Sydney University. ☆He is used to make cows move together from a field to a dairy (牛奶场). | Simon ☆He was developed (研制) by the Georgia Institute of Technology. ☆He can clean up offices. ☆In tests, he could tell whether someone was paying attention to (关注) him or not. |
1. Which robot can help you when you are shopping?
| A．Budgee. | B．Simon. | C．Paro. |
| A．can tell whether others pay attention to him |
| B．was created by Five Elements Robotics |
| C．is used on patients in hospitals |
| A．Show feelings. | B．Clean offices. | C．Move cows. |
| A．a farm | B．a company | C．a supermarket |
| A．A tourist map. | B．A medical dictionary. | C．A science magazine. |
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| The most interesting festivals around the world Contents Introduction..................................... 1 ＊Baby Crying Day......................... 2 ＊Cheese--rolling Festival...............4 ＊Color Throwing Festival...............6 ＊Fish Swallowing Festival..............8 ＊International Pillow Fight Day.....11 ＊International Twins Festival ... ... 13 ＊Raincoat Festival ........................ 15 ＊Roswell UFO Festival..................16 ＊Tomato Festival........................... 18 ＊Water Fighting Day......................19 ＊Wife Carrying Festival.................20 ＊World Bodypainting Festival........22 |  Teenagers are known for being creative and full of new ideas. Let’s have a look at one of most useful teenage inventions that might change the world. Kenneth Shinozuku, a 15-year -old from New York, noticed that his grandfather who got Alzheimer’s disease (老年痴呆) would often leave home and get lost. So he invented the wearable sensors (感应器) to help people find their family members like his grandfather. |
 Do you still remember the great snacks in your childhood? Do they remind you of your happy childhood? In the old days, you could always find people making sugar figures at the school gate. First, the maker would take a little maltose (麦芽糖)with a small spoon, using his hands to make a figure, such as the Monkey King, the White Dragon and so on. It was not expensive, only 1 yuan for one. If one child bought a sugar figure, many other children would crowd around and admire it. | |
1. You may read about __________ on Page 19.
| A．Baby Crying Day | B．Color Throwing Festival |
| C．Water Fighting Day | D．World Bodypainting Festival |
| A．Kenneth is a 15-year-old teenager from England. |
| B．The sensors help people who got Alzheimer’s disease. |
| C．People made sugar figures mainly for boys. |
| D．If you have 10 yuan, you can buy 5 sugar figures. |
| A．Food＆Drinks | B．Countries＆Cities | C．Culture＆Technology | D．Sports＆Health |
Joanne Ussery, 54, from Mississippi is a big favourite with her two grandsons because she lives on a plane -a Boeing 727. So a visit to Grandma is very special.
Joanne’s front door is at the top of the plane’s steps, but you don’t need a ticket or a passport when you visit. There are three bedrooms, a living room, a modern kitchen, and a luxury (豪华的) bathroom. On the wall there’s a photo of the plane flying before. There are also four toilets, all with No Smoking signs.
“The plane is 27 years old and it’s the greatest home in the world,” says Joanne. “It has all the things you want in a home: a telephone, air conditioning (空调), a cooker, a washing machine, even a dishwasher. It’s always very warm, even in winter, and it’s very big, 42 meters long. My grandchildren love running up and down. And my friends love parties here. But there is no air service (服务) for them. Haha!”
The plane costs Joanne only $2,000. “Next time,” she says, “I want a Boeing 747, because they have an upstairs (楼上) , and I want to go upstairs to bed!”
1. There are No Smoking signs in the ________.| A．kitchen | B．bedrooms | C．toilets | D．bathroom |
① Two living rooms with telephones.
② A living room with air conditioning.
③ Four toilets with washing machines.
④ A modern kitchen with a cooker and a dishwasher.
| A．②④ | B．②③ | C．①③ | D．①④ |
| A．Joanne doesn’t like the Boeing 727. | B．The plane is still in flying service now. |
| C．Joanne wants to get air service at home. | D．The plane is not very expensive to Joanne. |
【推荐3】In fifty years, there will be no schools. Children will learn things at home by using computers. Their teachers will teach them on the Internet and the students will send their homework by email. The students will not carry their heavy bags to go to school. People will not do the hard jobs any longer because the robots will do them for us. The robots will cook dinner, clean the house and even look after children for us.
Choose the best choice according to what you read.
1. In fifty years, children will learn things at ______.
| A．home | B．school | C．net café(网吧) |
| A．TV | B．computers | C．VCD |
| A．The mothers. | B．The fathers. | C．The robots. |
| A．Cook dinner. | B．Clean the house. | C．Learning things. |
| A．Yes, they can. | B．Yes, they do. | C．No, they can’t. |
【推荐1】Do you like to eat mooncakes? Do you know that the history of mooncakes is related to two wars?
In the Tang dynasty, there was an emperor named Li Shimin. Once, his army won a war and returned on the Mid-Autumn Festival. While Li was celebrating with his army, a Tibetan trader (西藏商人) gave him some round cakes as a gift. Li was happy and sent these cakes to his soldiers. After that, these round cakes became popular. Many people ate them during the Mid-Autumn Festival. Later, the cakes were named as “mooncakes.”
Zhu Yuanzhang was the first emperor of the Ming dynasty. He ended the Yuan dynasty through an uprising (起义). When he organized the uprising, it was difficult to send messages secretly (秘密地). One of his friends came up with an idea. He gave mooncakes with a note hidden inside of them to other people. The note read, “Uprising on the fifteenth night of the eighth lunar (农历的) month.” After the successful uprising, Zhu gave mooncakes as gifts to his people. It became a custom to eat mooncakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival from then on.
1. Which day is mentioned in the passage above?| A．The first day of the first lunar month. | B．The fifteenth day of the eighth month. |
| C．The fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month. | D．The second day of the second lunar month. |
| A．How Mid-Autumn Festival comes. | B．How to spend Mid-Autumn Festival. |
| C．The history of the wars. | D．The history of mooncakes. |
| A．custom | B．geography | C．science | D．comic |
【推荐2】How would you like to spend your weekends? Here is some advice(建议).
Westin Restaurant — It has the most delicious food. And it plays the most wonderful music. However, the food is the most expensive. And the waiters aren’t friendly at all.
East Lake — It is the best place to go on weekends. There are beautiful trees and flowers. The most important thing is that it is free for visitors. However, sometimes it’s kind of crowded because of too many people.
Wanda Cinema — Many people like it because it has the biggest screens and the most comfortable seats, and the workers always do their best to help you. But the tickets are more expensive than those in any other cinema.
Shopping Mall — I always go shopping at it because it’s the closest to my home. People can buy the cheapest things. But there is a bad thing. The workers here are boring. They always ask you to buy things you don’t need at all.
1. The writer thinks that the waiters in Westin Restaurant are _________.| A．boring | B．kind | C．funny | D．unfriendly |
| A．eat the most delicious food | B．watch movies on the biggest screens |
| C．watch the most beautiful flowers | D．buy many things at a low price |
| A．Westin Restaurant | B．East Lake | C．Wanda Cinema | D．Shopping Mall |
【推荐3】Chinese Dragon Boat Festival is also known as Duanwu Festival. It’s one of the three most important lunar (阴历的) festivals in China, along with Spring Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival.
The date of the festival is said to be the date when Qu Yuan died—the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, so the date varies from year to year, such as it is June 20 in 2015, June 9 in 2016, May 30 in 2017, June 18 in 2018, June 7 in 2019, June 25 in 2020 and June 14 in 2021.
Although the date is different, the custom is the same. With a history of over 2,000 years, people celebrate it with all kinds of activities on that day. They hold dragon boat racing, eat zongzi, drink realgar wine (雄黄酒), wear sachets (香囊) and so on. But dragon boat racing is the most popular activity during the Dragon Boat Festival.
1. Which of the following is NOT the most important lunar festival in China?| A．May Day. | B．Dragon Boat Festival. |
| C．Spring Festival. | D．Mid-Autumn Festival. |
| A．推迟 | B．变化 | C．提前 | D．递进 |
| A．June 20 | B．May 30 |
| C．June 14 | D．June 7 |
| A．For over 2,000 years. |
| B．For about 2,500 years. |
| C．For less than 2,000 years. |
| D．For more than 3,000 years. |
| A．Eating zongzi | B．Wearing sachets |
| C．Drinking realgar wine | D．Dragon boat racing |
