1 . A team from an American company called Apptronik think robots should do all the “boring, dirty and dangerous” jobs that humans don’t have to do.
The team showed their latest human-like robot, Apollo, to the world in August this year. Apollo has two round eyes and an expressive mouth. Apollo is about 1.7 meters tall and weighs about 70 kilograms. It can lift 25 kilograms and has been designed to work with humans safely. The robot can work for four hours after being charged.
Some people may feel uneasy about working with a human-like robot, so the team made the robot look more friendly. It has a digital panel that clearly shows the remaining battery life, the work it is doing, when it will finish the work and what it will do next. Apollo can also do some movements, such as turning his head to show where he is going.
At first, the team built Apollo to put it to work in logistics (物流). For example, it can do tiring work inside a warehouse (仓库). But they hope it can do more work in the future. “We are building robots to do all the things that we don’t want to do, and one day even work on the moon, Mars and other planets,” they said.
根据短文内容,判断句子正（T）、误（F）。
1. A team called Apptronik built robots to give people more jobs.
2. Their latest human-like robot, Apollo, can work for 4 hours after being charged.
3. Apollo has two round eyes and a big mouth.
4. Some people don’t feel comfortable working with a human-like robot.
5. The last paragraph tells about the team’s future plans.
2 . Twelve, for Lisa, was a hard year. She moved to a new town with her father after her mother died. She was terribly lonely. To cheer her up, her father bought an old horse for her. She named him Lucky.
Lisa loved Lucky though he was not beautiful. She joined a riding club, but people with beautiful horses all laughed at Lucky. They failed in the events about beauty. Lisa had to be in the speed events. She chose the jumping race.
Joyce rode a big brown house in the race events. She always won the first prize and looked down on others. That made Lisa decide to beat her though it would be her first race.
For the whole next month, Lisa woke up early every day and rode Lucky six miles to the arena（赛马场）. They practiced running and jumping for hours in the hot sun.
Their hard work didn’t make Lisa feel confident（自信的） by the time the show came. She sat at the gate while she watched Joyce and her horse run fast and finish first of all.
Their turn finally came. Lucky jumped over all the fences and Lisa turned him towards the finishing line.
Lucky and Lisa beat Joyce and her beautiful house! The people became silent for a while and then cheered for them loudly.
Lisa got more than the first prize that day. She could be a winner if she wanted something very much and worked hard for it.
根据短文内容判断正、误。正确写“A”，错误写“B”。
1. Lisa lost her father and moved to a new town at the age of twelve.2. Lucky was an ugly and old horse but Lisa loved him.
3. Joyce trained hard with Lucky for a whole month.
4. The people didn’t think Lucky and Lisa would win the match at first.
5. The passage mainly tells us we can’t win if we work hard with our dream.
3 . My grandfather had a small farm. He also worked in a factory.
One autumn, he promised to help his neighbor harvest their corn, but after harvesting (收割) his own corn, Grandpa’s little corn picker (采摘机) broke. At the same time, the factory asked him to work for a longer time than before. He had to leave the farm before the sunrise (日出) and didn’t get home until the sunset (日落). It now seemed impossible to help his neighbor.
One night, Grandpa decided that he wouldn’t let his neighbor’s harvest rot (腐烂) in the field. Without a machine, he’d harvest it by hand.
“When do you think you’d have time to do it?” asked my grandma. “Besides, it’s too dark.”
“I know of one night that I could do it!” he said. “There’s still one more full moon in October. If the weather is clear, I think I can do it. ”
And so a few days later, after a long shift (轮班) at the factory, my grandpa made his way to the field. The weather was cold but clear, and the moon was shining. He worked all night to keep his word. Sometimes, when I want to put off responsibilities (责任), I’d see my grandfather cutting corn in the light of the harvest moon. Behind him, row (行、排) after row of corn stocks (秸秆) stand in respect (尊重) for a man who keeps his word.
根据短文内容判断正误，正确的写（A），错误的写（B）。
1. At last my grandfather didn’t keep his word because his little corn picker didn’t work.
2. My grandfather had to leave the farm before the sunset and arrived home after the sunrise.
3. My grandma thought he couldn’t have time to harvest the corn.
4. It was cold and cloudy that night, and my grandfather worked all night to keep his word.
5. According to the passage, we know no matter how hard it is, we should try to keep our word.
4 . It was a very cold day. It was snowing heavily and the ground was covered with thick snow. The shepherd (牧羊人) thought it was dangerous to climb the hill and it was difficult for the sheep to find some grass there. So he decided to stay in the warm room. He put some hay (干草) in a pen (围栏) so that the sheep could eat it when they were hungry. The dog, who felt cold outside, lay (躺) on the soft hay and soon went to sleep.
At noon the sheep wanted to eat the hay. They were all afraid of the dog and none could get close to it. At last the strongest sheep came to the hay. Before he started to eat, the dog heard it and opened his eyes. He barked loudly to warn (警告) him. The sheep ran away quickly. Looking at the dog, the sheep began to talk angrily.
“What a selfish (自私的) dog!” said one of the sheep. “He cannot eat the hay, and yet refuses to allow those who can to eat!”
In our daily life, we should not do things as the dog did. We shouldn’t be selfish people. Something that seems not to be useful for us may be great treasure for others.
根据短文内容判断正误，正确写的A，错误的写B。
1. The story happened on a cold and snowy winter.
2. The shepherd put the hay there in order to let his dog to sleep on it.
3. The sheep felt hungry and wanted to eat the hay at noon.
4. The dog barked to the strongest sheep to warn him to stop eating the hay.
5. The passage tells us never to be selfish people who do bad things to others.
5 . Once, some fish lived in a pond (池塘). One evening, some fishermen passed by the pond and saw the fish. “This pond is full of fish!” they told each other excitedly. “We must come back tomorrow morning and catch them!” they said.
When the oldest of the fish heard this, he was worried. He called the other fish together and said, “Did you hear what the fishermen said? We must leave this pond at once. The fishermen will return tomorrow and kill us all.” The second oldest of the fish agreed. But the younger fish laughed. He said, “We have lived in this pond all our lives, and no fishermen have ever come here. Why should these men return? I am not going anywhere. My luck will keep me safe.”
The oldest of the fish left the pond that evening with his family. The second oldest of the fish saw the fishermen coming the next morning and left the pond with all his family at once. The younger fish didn’t want to leave even then.
The fishermen caught and killed all the fish left in the pond.
The first fish that saw trouble ahead (预先) and acted before trouble arrived and the fish who acted as soon as trouble came both survived (幸存). But the fish that depended on (依赖) luck and did nothing at all died. It is also the case (情况) in life.
根据短文内容判断正误，正确的写(A)，错误的写(B)。
1. Some fishermen wanted to catch the fish in the pool.2. The oldest of the fish decided to leave in order to keep safe.
3. The younger fish thought he was lucky enough to keep himself safe.
4. The fishermen came back and killed all the fish left the next evening.
5. The passage tells us that acting in time can help us avoid (避免) danger and we shouldn’t always depend on luck.
6 . Once upon a time, there was a great king. He had a smart servant and he always took the servant everywhere.
One day, the king got bitten (咬) by a dog. He asked the servant, “Is this some kind of bad luck?” The servant said, “Good or bad, hard to tell.”
Then one day, the king lost his finger. He asked the servant again, “Is this some kind of bad luck?” The servant still replied, “Good or bad, hard to tell.”
The king got very angry to hear the same words again. So he sent the servant to jail (监狱).
A few days later, some barbarians (野蛮人) caught the king. They wanted to sacrifice (以……做祭献) the king. However, they found that the king’s fingers were not complete (完整的), so they decided to set the king free.
The king set the servant free as soon as he went back. He finally understood the servant’s words “Good or bad, hard to tell.”
He said sorry to the servant but the servant wasn’t angry with him at all. He told the king. “Something that seems to be good can be bad later. If you didn’t put me in jail. I would have to go with you and the barbarians would have sacrificed me.”
The story tells us good things and bad things can turn into each other sometimes.
根据短文内容判断正误，正确的写(A)，错误的写(B)。1. The servant asked the dog to bite the king.
2. The king got angry with the servant because he was bored with hearing the same answer.
3. The barbarians wanted to put the king in jail at first.
4. Staying in jail saved the servant in some way.
5. From the passage, we can learn that we should never trust good words.
7 . In America and England, if you go to a birthday party, you’ll have a good meal and a lot of drinks. After that, you will play different kinds of games.
The children aged 10-14 will have a “sleepover” party.
Usually this kind of party is on a Friday or a Saturday night when the children do not have lessons the next morning. For this kind of part, the birthday person invites (邀请) 5-6 close friends over for dinner. After dinner, the children will eat cakes and ice-creams, and the birthday person will open his or her gifts.
During the evening, the children may go skating, go to watch basketball or soccer games or something else. Also, the children will eat pancakes at midnight and then go on talking and playing games, such as card games or computer games. Next morning the mother will make a big breakfast of some nice food such as cakes, bread with meat or eggs.
Then the parents will pick up the children at about nine o’clock next morning.
阅读短文内容，判断正误。正确的写T，错误的写F。
1. In America and England, children usually have a “sleepover” party on a Tuesday night.
2. The birthday person will open his or her gifts after dinner.
3. During the evening, the children will eat a birthday cake at midnight and then go on talking.
4. At about 9 o’clock next morning, the parents will pick up their children.
5. This passage mainly tells us why children in America and England have “sleepover” parties.
8 . The Tower Bridge was set up over the River Thames in London in 1894. It is the only bridge over the River Thames that can be raised and opened in the middle. It used to be raised about 50 times a day, but now it is raised only 4 to 5 times a week. The Tower Bridge stands just on the south side of the Tower of London. People often think they are of the same age. But in fact, the Tower of London was built a thousand years ago, while the Tower Bridge only has a history of over one hundred years.
The Tower Bridge was first painted chocolate brown. Then in 1977, it was painted red, white and blue. Its picture also appeared in the opening of the 2012 Summer Olympic Games held in London. So come to visit the famous bridge. You are sure to have a wonderful experience.
根据短文内容判断正误，正确的选择A，错误的选择B。
1. The colour of the Tower Bridge hasn’t changed for more than a hundred years.
2. In 1894, the Tower Bridge was built in London.
3. The Tower of London has a longer history than the Tower Bridge.
4. The Tower Bridge is now raised less often than in the past.
5. This passage means to introduce the Tower of London.
9 . At noon the rush hour passed. In the small restaurant, all the guests left. When the boss was about to take a break to read a newspaper, an old lady and a little boy came in.
“How much is a bowl of beef soup?” The grandma sat down, took out her purse, counted money and asked a bowl of beef soup. The grandma pushed the bowl towards the little boy, who really wanted to eat. He looked at his grandma and said, “Grandma, did you really have lunch?” “of course.” His grandma just ate a piece of pickled radish（脆萝卜）slowly. The little boy ate up the meal in a few minutes.
Seeing this sight, the boss went over to them and said, “Old lady, congratulations. You are lucky. You don’t need to pay because you are our 100th guest.”
Afterwards, one day, the little boy squatted at the door of the restaurant. He was counting something. The boss was touched when he saw the boy.
When the boy saw a guest walk into the restaurant, he put a small stone into the circle on the ground, but the lunch time almost passed, and the stones were only 40.
The boss called up all the old customers. The customers started coming one after another.
“71. 72. 73. 74…” the boy counted. At last, when he put the 99th stone into the circle, he hurried to pull his grandma’s hand and went into the restaurant.
“Grandma, this time it’s on me.” the little boy said kind of proudly. The grandma became the real 100th guest and she got a bowl of beef soup. As his grandma did before, the small boy put a piece of pickled radish in his mouth.
1. Grandma asked only a bowl of beef soup because she ______.| A．was full at that time | B．didn’t like beef soup |
| C．wanted to share the soup | D．didn’t have much money |
| A．brave and calm | B．kind and helpful | C．rich and successful | D．smart and hardworking |
①Boss called up all his old customers. ②Boy entered the restaurant with Grandma.
③ Grandma got a bowl of free beef soup. ④ Boy counted guests outside the restaurant.
| A．①②④③ | B．④①②③ | C．②③①④ | D．③②④① |
| A．The 100th Guest. | B．A Boy at the Door. |
| C．The Best Restaurant. | D．A Piece of Pickled Radish. |
10 . Kumquat is a funny name for a fruit. But the fruit doesn’t taste funny. It’s delicious! Kumquats are small fruits that look like little oranges. The Chinese name for this fruit means golden oranges!
The peel of other fruits like oranges and lemons taste sour. But the peel of the kumquat is sweet, and you can eat it. The inside of the kumquat is sour. So when you eat a kumquat, it tastes both sweet and sour.
The Daming Kumquat Factory has been making delicious kumquat products for 60 years. You can come to the factory to learn about the delicious fruit and taste the products! The fruit can be dried and used in candy. It can also be used in baked goods. You can also walk around the factory. The owners of the Daming Kumquat Factory think nature and the environment are very important. They try to keep the factory area as natural as they can. Most of the roads are dirty roads. And they don’t use any chemicals (化学物质) on their plants.
The Daming Kumquat Factory makes a lot of kumquat jam (酱). You can even make your own. To make the jam, first remove and throw away all the kumquat seeds. Then boil the kumquats. After the kumquats are cooked, they are mixed together with juice. Then everything is cooked in a pot with some sugar. After cooking, pour the jam into bottles, and let it cool. Then enjoy your kumquat jam!
1. What is the first paragraph mainly about?| A．A special type of jam. | B．An interesting kind of fruit. |
| C．Sweet and sour tastes. | D．A funny fruit name. |
| A．The product. | B．The taste. | C．The fruit. | D．The candy. |
| A．To show the processing in the factory is very traditional. |
| B．To show the products in the factory may be very delicious. |
| C．To show the products in the factory are environmental-friendly. |
| D．To show the owners of the factory are good at selling products. |
a. Cook everything in a pot with sugar. b. Let the kumquats jam cool.
c. Throw away the kumquat seeds. d. Boil the kumquats and mix them with juice.
| A．a-b-c-d | B．b-c-a-d | C．c-b-d-a | D．c-d-a-b |
