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 . When you are in China, you should know about how to behave if someone invites you to dinner.
Seating
Seating arrangements (安排) are very important in China. One should first introduce oneself, or let the master do the introduction if unknown to others, and then take a seat according to the master’s arrangement. The seating arrangement is probably the most important part of Chinese dining.
If the guest of honor or the most senior member is not seated, other people are not allowed to be seated. If he hasn’t eaten, others should not begin to eat. When making toasts (敬酒), the first toast is made from the seat of honor.
Consider Others
When helping yourself to the dishes, you should take food first from the plates in front of you rather than those in the middle of the table or in front of others. It’s bad manners to use your chopsticks to search through the food and “dig for treasure”. When finding your favorite dish, you should not eat it up as quickly as possible or put the plate in front of yourself. You should consider others at the table. If there is not much left on a plate and you want to finish it, you should ask others for permission. If they say they don’t want any more, then you can eat.
Concentrate on (专注于) the meal and others at the table. Watching television, using your phone, or carrying on some other activities while having a meal is considered a bad habit.
Elegance (优雅)
It is not good manners to pick up too much food at a time. When eating, you should close your mouth to chew (咀嚼) food well. You should never open your mouth wide or fill it with large pieces of food. Don’t put too much food into your mouth at a time. If there is food around your mouth, use a napkin to wipe it. When chewing food, don’t make noises. Hitting the bowl with chopsticks is impolite, too. Never stick your chopsticks into the food or point at others with your chopsticks.
根据短文内容，判断正(T) 误(F)。1. The passage is about how to eat in Beijing and Shanghai.
2. You can’t sit until the guest of honor or the most senior member is seated.
3. It is not polite to eat it up without permission even if the food is your favorite.
4. You should open your mouth wide or fill it with large pieces of food.
5. You should use a napkin to wipe the food around your mouth.
8 . Mr. Smith loved his wife and nine-year-old son very much. So Mr. Smith worked hard to make money for the family. He was busy and could hardly have time to stay at home.
He had seven days’ Christmas holiday every year. But he only stayed at home on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Then he would go back to work because he could be paid more than usual on Christmas holidays. Every year before his son was five years old, he always asked him what gift he would like on Christmas Day. Then he would buy it for him on the way home. Since his son was five, he asked his father to give him money and he would buy it by himself. So his father had just given him some money for his gift since then.
This year, when Mr. Smith and his family were having Christmas dinner together, his son asked him, “Dad, how much did your boss pay you for an hour’s work on Christmas holidays?” His father said, “20 dollars. But why do you ask this?” “Nothing much,” said his son. After dinner, Mr. Smith said he would go to bed early because he had to get up early to go to work the next day. His son said, “Wait a minute, Dad.” Then he went to his own bedroom and took a paper box back. His father smiled and said, “Dear son, do you want to give me a gift?” The box was opened, and 100 dollars was in it. “Dad, these years I have saved the money for my gifts to buy your five hours’ stay with my mother and me.”
Mr. Smith was moved to tears and said, “I would stay for the whole holiday.”
根据短文内容判断正、误。
（注意：考生将答题卡相应位置涂黑。正确的涂“A”，错误的涂“B”）
1. Mr. Smith only worked for two days during Christmas holidays to make more money.
2. Mr. Smith didn’t buy Christmas gifts for his son or spend time at home during Christmas until he was five.
3. In fact, the son didn’t use the money that his father gave him to buy gifts.
4. The son’s money could pay for his father’s five hours’ work, so his father would stay at home only for five more hours.
5. The story tells us that to be with our family may be more important than work and money.
9 . When I was 16 years old, a boy gave me an important present. It was a smile.
It was the early autumn of my first year at a junior high school, and my old school was far away. As a result, no one knew who I was. I was very lonely, and afraid to make friends with anyone.
Every time I heard the other students talking and laughing, I felt my heart broken. I couldn’t talk with anyone about my problems. And I didn’t want my parents to worry about me.
Then one day, my classmates talked happily with their friends, but I sat at my desk unhappily as usual. At that moment, a boy entered the classroom. I didn’t know who he was. He passed me and then turned back. He looked at me, with a smile on his face. Suddenly, I felt the touch of something bright and friendly. It made me feel happy, lively and warm.
That smile changed my life. I started to talk with other students and made friends. Day by day, I became closer to everyone in my class. The boy with the lucky smile has become my best friend now!
It doesn’t matter because all the dark days have gone. I believe that the world is what you think it is. If you think it lonely, you might always be alone. So smile at the world and it will smile back.
根据短文内容判断正、误。（注意：考生将答题卡相应的位置涂黑。正确的涂“A”，错误的涂“B”）
1. The present the writer got from a girl was a smile.
2. The writer was sixteen when he entered the junior high school.
3. The writer got on well with his classmates gradually.
4. The writer met the boy only once in his junior high school.
5. From the story we learn that we should smile at the world and it will smile back.
10 . Once upon a time, there was a boy who was out playing on the beach with his friends. While they were playing, the boy found a stone which looked strange. It wasn’t the same as other stones. It was a little bit shining. But it was quite dirty. The boy took the stone home because he wanted to polish it.
His friends felt surprised and they asked, “Why are you polishing that ugly stone?”, but the boy didn’t reply. From then on, when they went out to play, the boy would take the stone with him. He would polish it whenever he had a rest.
This went on for some time. Then one day, the boy played with his friends as usual. He had a surprise for them. When he showed the stone to them, they were amazed. It was, in fact, not a common stone at all—it was a beautiful diamond (钻石). The boy had been polishing it until it was completely clean and bright.
In our lives, there will be times when people try to discourage us. The best thing we can do is to continue to work towards our goals. We can turn a rough (粗糙的) stone into a diamond. This story tells us that anything is possible if we go for it.
根据短文内容判断正误，正确的写(A)，错误的写(B)。
1. The boy found the strange stone on the beach.
2. The boy took the stone home because he wanted to sell it.
3. The boy’s friends laughed at him when they saw he always polished the stone.
4. The boy had been polishing the stone until it was completely clean and bright.
5. The story tells us that nothing is impossible if we go for it.
