2 . 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.

Choose the best choice from A、B or C according to the passage.
1. Which robot can help you when you are shopping?

A．Budgee.

B．Simon.

C．Paro.

2. We can learn from the passage that Paro ________.

A．can tell whether others pay attention to him

B．was created by Five Elements Robotics

C．is used on patients in hospitals

3. What can Simon do according to the passage?

A．Show feelings.

B．Clean offices.

C．Move cows.

4. Rover can be used in________.

A．a farm

B．a company

C．a supermarket

5. Where does the passage probably come from?

A．A tourist map.

B．A medical dictionary.

C．A science magazine.

3 . Your schooldays can be the best and happiest (最快乐的) days of your life (生活). How can you be happy in your school life?

Be active (积极的) at school

Don’t say things are difficult or boring. Be interested (感兴趣的) in school life and your school subjects. Join some activities (活动). Put up (举起) your hands (手) in class.

Keep healthy

If you don’t eat a good breakfast, you may (可能) think about food in class. If you go to bed late at night (夜晚), you want to sleep in class next day. Do you want to be healthy? You can play soccer, play basketball and run (跑步) every day.

Make friends

Friends are important (重要的) in the school life. After class, you play with your friends. At noon (正午), you have lunch with your friends. A right friend makes your school life nice. And you can ask your friends for help if you meet difficult things.

Complete the chart according to the passage with only one word for each blank.

How to live a     1     and happiest school life
Be active at school	*Find     2     things about school life and school subjects. * Join some activities. * Put up your hands in class.
Keep     3	*Have enough (足够的) sleep. *Eat good breakfast every morning. *Play     4     every day.
Make friends	* Friends are important, so make     5     friends. *Friends are helpful (有帮助的) when we meet difficult things.

4 . How are people supposed to greet each other when they meet for the first time? Shake hands, give a hug or bow? Let’s try to learn more about the greeting ways.

Greeting ways	Done in these countries	Description
	These countries include not only China but also the US, Canada, Mexico, Egypt and so on.	It’s one of the most common greeting ways. Americans or Canadians shake each other’s hands strongly in seconds while people in Mexico or Egypt are gentler and spend more time shaking hands.
	This usually takes place in Japan and South Korea when people greet each other.	In Japan, people are supposed to keep silent when bowing to each other, or they will be considered impolite.
	People in Thailand and Indonesia are supposed to greet each other by placing their hands together in front of the body.	A man puts his hands in front of his face while a woman puts her hands in front of the chest (胸). Sometimes Indonesians shake hands to greet people, too.
	This usually takes place in some European and American countries such as Russia, Brazil and Greece.	Friends or family members are supposed to hug each other when they meet. When doing it, people are used to patting (轻拍) each other on the back.

Choose the best choice from A, B or C according to the passage.
1. How many greeting ways are mentioned in the passage?

A．Three.

B．Four.

C．Five.

2. In which country are people supposed to greet each other by bowing?

A．Canada.

B．Indonesia.

C．South Korea

3. What are Russians supposed to do when they meet their friends?

A．To shake hands with their friends.

B．To bow to their friends.

C．To hug their friends.

4. Which of the following is TRUE?

A．Americans spend more time shaking hands than Mexicans.

B．Japanese people are allowed to talk when greeting each other.

C．In Thailand,a man and a woman put their hands differently to greet people.

5. What is the passage mainly about?

A．Customs

B．History

C．Language.

5 . In Canada, when you see a group of students wearing funny hats or summer T-shirts in winter, don’t get a surprise. Maybe they are enjoying their School Spirit Week.

School Spirit Week is a time for students to show their personalities and class cultures. It is a school festival. Students from primary schools to high schools can hold it in any week of a year. And students’ family and friends can go to the special festival, too.

School Spirit Week usually has a central theme. According to the theme, students wear special clothes and decorate (装饰) their classrooms. Every year, there is a different theme. And the themes for young kids are usually very simple.

Each theme has games, competitions and parties. Students can choose different activities by themselves and they always have fun.

School Spirit Week asks students to use their creativity to make their own clothes. For example, in a fashion (时装) week, students can wear different clothes made of anything on each day. Monday may be funny, followed by Shirt Day on Tuesday and Jeans Day on Wednesday. Thursday can be Sports Shoes Day, followed by School Uniform Day on Friday.

Do you want to have a look at the wonderful photos of the festival? Click (点击) “READ” you will see them.

Judge the following statements true (T) or false (F) according to the passage.
1. School Spirit Week is a time for students to show their love for Canadian culture.
2. Paragraph 3 tells us the activities of School Spirit Week.
3. The themes of School Spirit Week are the same every year.
4. School Spirit Week can help make the students creative.
5. This passage is mainly about an interesting school festival.