1 . In some science fiction movies，the robots are just like humans. They help with the housework and do the most _______ jobs.

Some scientists believe that there will be such robots in the future. _______ , they agree it may _______ hundreds of years. Scientists are now trying to make robots _______ people and do the same things as us.

But robot scientist James White _______ . He thinks that it will be _______ for a robot to do the same things as a person. _______ , it's easy for a child to wake up and know where they are. Mr White thinks that robots won't be able to do this. But other scientists disagree. They think that robots will be able to talk to people _______ 25 to 50 years.

Robot scientists are not just trying to make robots look like people. For example, there are already robots _______ in factories. They do simple jobs over and over again. People would not like to do such jobs and would get bored. But robots will ________ get bored.

In the future, there will be more robots everywhere, and humans will have ________ work to do. New robots will have many different ________ . Some will look like humans, and ________ might look like snakes. After an earthquake, a snake robot could help look for people under buildings. That may not seem possible now, but computers, space rockets and even electric toothbrushes ________ impossible a hundred years ago. We never know ________ will happen in the future!

1.

A．interesting

B．unpleasant

C．pleasant

D．popular

2.

A．But

B．So

C．However

D．While

3.

A．use

B．spend

C．pay

D．take

4.

A．look like

B．look at

C．look for

D．look up

5.

A．agrees

B．disagrees

C．likes

D．dislikes

6.

A．easy

B．difficult

C．important

D．possible

7.

A．For example

B．Instead

C．Such as

D．Besides

8.

A．after

B．for

C．over

D．in

9.

A．worked

B．work

C．working

D．to work

10.

A．always

B．easily

C．never

D．often

11.

A．more

B．less

C．fewer

D．little

12.

A．shapes

B．colours

C．sizes

D．actions

13.

A．the other

B．other

C．the others

D．others

14.

A．seem

B．seemed

C．got

D．look

15.

A．that

B．how

C．what

D．when

2 . Ⅶ.短文填空

Robots were invented to service human beings. They do some dull and d    1     work instead of humans. Because robots will never get b    2     and they are not afraid of danger. For example，a few years later，robots will go to a war，no m    3     human. It can even be designed as an advanced（先进的）killing weapon. A    4     there are a great part of the work will be replaced by a robot，what a robot does is only running its master's p    5     .

Robots are s    6     with human beings，but just in appearance. They may have similar s    7     ，but they are quite different in nature. Because robots can not t    8     and they have no emotion（情感）.Think about you are a doctor，you can think how to cure，use which kind of m    9     .What a robot does is just some rigid tips，So they will never take the place of human d    10     .

3 . What's going to happen in the future

What's going to happen in the future？Here are some things that scientists say is most likely to happen 10to 30 years from now.

1 Digital money

We used to pay with cash for everything we bought. In fact，we are already using one type of digital money，when we swipe（刷卡）our bus pass or use a credit card to shop online.

You have to admit that using a card is much easier than searching your pocket for change. It is also safer than carrying a lot of cash on your person. People in Sweden completely stopped using cash last year and the US might be next.

2 Bionic（仿生的）eye

People who are blind may have a chance to get their sight back-by wearing bionic eyes. A blind eye can no longer sense light，but a bionic eye can use a camera to “see” the environment and send data into the brain.

Although the bionic eye that's out now only allow patients to see lights and unclear shapes，a high resolution（分辨率）version could be just a few years away.

3 Self-driving car

Unlike a human driver，a self-driving car won't be distracted（分神）by a phone call，the radio or something outside the window. Sensors（探测器）and cameras on the car would allow it to keep strictly to the rules of the road and keep a safe distance from other cars. This would greatly reduce the number of road accidents Many vehicle companies are now planning self-driving cars. By 2040，driverless vehicles will be the main vehicles on the road.

根据短文内容完成表格（每格限填一词）。

Thirty years in the     1
Digital money	Advantages	Using cards is much easier and     2     than using cash.
	The future	Sweden stopped taking cash last year and America may follow its     3     .
Bionic eye	4	A bionic eye can use a camera to "see" the environment and send data directly to the brain so the     5     may have a chance to get their sight back.
	The future	Although now blind people wearing a bionic eye can only see lights and unclear shapes, there could be     6       ones in just a few years.
Self-driving car	How it     7	Sensors and cameras make it possible to keep a safe distance from other cars.
	Advantages	A self-driving car will strictly keep to the     8     rules and the number of road accidents will be greatly           9     .
	The future	Many vehicle companies are planning self-driving cars. Driverless     10     will no longer be science fiction in 30 years.

4 . Do you find it difficult to put down your mobile phone?
If yes, you’re not alone. These days, many people are facing the stress in the use of mobile phones. They reach for their mobile phones when they wake up in the morning, and keep checking their social media apps to get the latest updates (更新).
A report from Google shows that 70 percent of people don’t want to spend much time on their phones. This is why Google introduced an app called Dashboard for the new Android operating system(安卓操作系统). This new app includes functions (功能) that help users manage the time. For example, users can see how many times they’ve unlocked their phone, how many times they’ve checked their social media apps, and how much time they spend on each app every day.
Once the users see this information, they’ll be able to make some changes. With the App Timer (计时) function, users can set a time limit for how long they can use each app for every day. After they’ve hit the limit, they won’t be able to use the app until the next day. And with another function, the app gets incoming calls silent when the user puts the phone face down.
If people truly want to make full use of their free time instead of losing hours on their phones, these new functions are just one way of doing that.
After all, who needs to use an app to stop you from using other apps? The easiest answer would be just to use your willpower.
1. Where does the users’ stress come from?

A．Too many updates of the apps.	B．Too many functions of the apps.
C．Too much information they receive.	D．Too much time they spend on the phone.

2. Which of the followings is NOT included in Dashboard’s functions?

A．It stops the users from using willpower.

B．It checks how much time the users spend on apps.

C．It lists how many times the users have unlocked the phone.

D．It shows how many times the users have checked social media apps.

3. What does the underlined word “limit” in Paragraph 4 mean?

A．目的

B．标准

C．许可

D．限制

4. Which picture shows the phone gets incoming calls silent?

A．

B．

C．

D．

5. What does the writer think of Dashboard?

A．Its design is perfect.	B．It may be helpful to some people.
C．It needs more functions.	D．It has too many functions.

5 . We’ve come a long way from blackboards and chalk. Modern technology (技术) has provided us with lots of ways we can make learning more interesting.   Perhaps most importantly of all, it’s also more interactive (互动).
Some kinds of tools (工具) have been developed. They make the 21st century learning experience much more interactive and interesting. Attracting the attention of students is always difficult, but these tools have made a big difference in how pupils learn.
For example, an interactive whiteboard is different from a traditional chalkboard. It allows the teachers to show images and provide sound as well.   If you imagine a large computer screen with colorful images and sound added in, you can see why so many pupils are drawn in by what they see and hear in a modern classroom.
Various audio (声音的) tools also help to make sure that everyone can hear what the teacher has to say. In the past, if a teacher said something that a child missed, perhaps the child was too timid (胆小的) or nervous to ask them to repeat it. Now they are less likely to miss out simply because they’re sitting too far away from the teacher to hear them.
The 21st century classroom is able to teach pupils more than one thing. For example, imagine a history lesson is given in a modern classroom. How is it different from a classroom setting in the past? The answer is simple. The students will not only learn about history itself, they will also learn how to use the modern equipment (设备) that helps the teacher get their message across.
Modern technology can make teaching and learning easier. Student response (应答) system makes everyone able to express their opinions or answers without having to speak up. Since everyone can do it, the teacher can see who needs more help in other ways.
It’s clear that this kind of classroom technology is making a great difference in modern classrooms.

Topic	Modern technology helps us make teaching and learning more interesting and interactive.
1     of using modern technology in the classroom	1. Make it much easier to attract pupils’     2     by using different tools. ●Whiteboards allow teachers to show colorful images and provide sound. ●Audio tools make students hear the teacher’s     3     even if they sit too far away from the teacher. 2. Make students learn more than one thing. ●Help students learn the knowledge of a       4     and the use of modern equipment as well. 3. Make teaching and learning easier. ●Student response system makes students give their opinions or answers without     5     up and allows teachers to help students when necessary.
Conclusion	Modern classroom technology makes a great difference to teaching and learning.

6 . “I’m Sunny. I have a robot friend. Its _____ is Robbi. It is made of metal. It can move on wheels and it lives on electricity (电). ”

“Come on, Robbi! Fetch (取) _____ some milk.”

“OK, Sunny, I _____,” says Robbi. It goes into the kitchen and comes back with a glass of milk.

“Do you _____ anything else?”

“Yes, some biscuits, please.”

Then Robbi goes back to the _____ and brings me some biscuits. I can also ask it to do other things. I know it won’t be _____. It is helpful and it can do all the _____ at home. It cleans the floor, washes the clothes and does other things.

Robbi can also sing songs. But it can only sing _____ songs. My mom says there’re a number of songs in its _____.

Every weekend, all my good friends come to my ______. We gather around it and talk to it. Robbi brings us a lot of fun. We all love it very much.

1.

A．family

B．name

C．address

D．number

2.

A．you

B．it

C．him

D．me

3.

A．did

B．have

C．will

D．am

4.

A．want

B．drink

C．buy

D．eat

5.

A．shop

B．kitchen

C．bedroom

D．living room

6.

A．happy

B．funny

C．angry

D．sorry

7.

A．housework

B．homework

C．meals

D．school things

8.

A．different

B．new

C．old

D．the same

9.

A．body

B．memory

C．brain

D．head

10.

A．school

B．family

C．home

D．room

7 . 七. 首字母填空
Robots are smart because they have computer brains. They can help people work in d     1     places.   They can also do difficult jobs. Brine, the robot mail carrier, b    2     mails to a large office building in Washington D.C. He is one of 250 robot mail carriers in the United States. But have you e     3     heard about a robot teacher?
Mr Green is a fourth-grade robot teacher. He has s    4     advantages as a teacher. One advantage is that he does not f     5     details. He knows each child's name, their parents' names and w    6     each child knows and needs to know. He even knows each child's pets and hobbies. Mr Green does not make mistakes. Each child goes and t    7     him his name, then dials an ID number. His computer brain puts the child's voice and number together.   He identifies the child with no mistakes. Then he starts the lesson.
Another advantage is that Mr Green is flexible(灵活的).If the children need more t    8    to do their lessons, they can move switches and change the timetable. In this way they can repeat Mr Green's lesson over and over again When the children do a good job, he tells them something interesting about their hobbies. At the e     9    of the lesson the children switch Mr Green off. The children like Mr Green very much They feel happy and r     10     in his class. And when they make a mistake, they don't feel upset. They have a lot of fun with a robot teacher.

8 . Hello Kitty, the cat with no mouth, has become the first cartoon kitty to go to space. A seventh grader from America came up with the idea for her science project at school.

Lauren Rojas, a 13-year-old girl, once watched a television programme. In the programme, a balloon was released into the sky. She thought she could do the same with her Hello Kitty doll.

Lauren spent about a month building a small silver rocket and a weather balloon by herself. She put the Hello Kitty doll into the rocket and tied it with the balloon. After testing wind direction and temperature, she set the balloon free. Lauren Rojas said she wanted to test the effects of altitude on the balloon’s air pressure and temperature. To record the journey, she put cameras to the rocket.

After a few minutes, the balloon rose more than 90,000 feet above the ground. It was near outer space. There, the air was so thin that the balloon burst. The balloon was 53 times larger than its original size before bursting open. Hello Kitty’s rocket fell back down to Earth with the help of a parachute. It landed in a tree 47.5 miles from the launch site.

Hello Kitty went along for the ride in the rocket just for fun. “I have liked her ever since I was 6 years old,” Lauren told the New York Daily News. “I thought it would be really fun to add a toy inside the rocket.”

Lauren loves carrying out science experiments. This experience sparked her interest in science even further.

1. What idea did Lauren come up with for her science project?

A．Watching a television programme.

B．Making a science experiment with her friends.

C．Sending a Hello Kitty doll into space.

D．Flying a rocket to the Moon.

2. The rocket flew into the space ________.

A．slowly all by itself	B．with the help of a balloon
C．with the help of a parachute	D．in a small plane she built

3. Lauren set the weather balloon free in order to ________.

A．test how altitude influences the balloon

B．record the journey with a camera

C．make herself become a famous girl

D．add a toy inside the rocket for fun

4. What happened to the rocket after the balloon’s bursting open?

A．It flew into outer space at once.

B．It became larger than its original size.

C．It reached 90,000 feet above the ground.

D．It fell down and got stuck in a tree.

5. We can infer from the passage ________.

A．Lauren put the video recordings on the Internet

B．Lauren will become more interested in science

C．Lauren won’t carry out science experiments any more

D．Lauren got an A+ on her project

9 . Thumbs Down to Texting (屈指发短信)

Do you have a mobile phone? Do you send text messages to your friends and family?

Text messaging or “texting” is becoming very popular. But, scientists have discovered that texting can give us problems with our hands. Be careful! Too much texting can cause swelling in our thumbs. Our thumbs were not made for pushing small buttons, over and over . Scientists call this problem RSI. We spoke to a doctor called Harriet Wilson, who treats many sick people with RSI. She says we need to see how much time we are spending in typing text messages. If we are spending more than 10-15 minutes at once, we could have problems in the future.

As mobile phones develop, they are getting smaller with buttons closer together. Texting with a smaller phone is worse than using a larger phone with bigger buttons. Using a computer keyboard and playing video games can cause the same problem. So more and more people could find themselves with RSI. Among them, most are university students and teenagers, as they do not know the risks of spending so much time using computer, video games and mobile phones. If we don't do something about this, too many young people could grow up in terrible pain.

根据短文内容，完成下列小题。
1. What is becoming very popular now?
____________________________________________________________
2. Does the word “once” mean “one time” in the second passage?
____________________________________________________________
3. What kind of people are easier to have the problem of RSI?
____________________________________________________________
4. What can also cause RSI except texting?
____________________________________________________________
5. Which is easier to cause the problem of RSI, using smaller mobile phones or larger ones?
____________________________________________________________

10 . Have you noticed your life becoming a little easier? Now, when you go to a certain shopping mall, you can enjoy its free Wi-Fi there. When you want to take a taxi, you can book one with your phone. In fact, all these can be seen as the basic parts of a smart city.
The idea of a smart city was brought up by US company IBM in 2010. Generally, a smart city is a city that uses digital technologies such as the Internet to improve city planning, save money and resources, and make our life convenient. How smart can a city be? Here are great examples that we can learn from.
In 2009, Dubuque became the first smart city in the US. The city used smart water meters to take the place of traditional water meters. They can detect（探测）water waste and leakage（泄漏）and send data to let the house owner know. The same system is used for other city resources like electricity and natural gas. This way, people know how they use their resources and are glad to help reduce waste.
Santander in Spain also gives us a look at the future. If people point a phone toward a nearby bus stop, the phone immediately shows all bus lines that serve the stop as well as their arrival times. The government organized a research team and provided an App（应用程序）that collects data on almost everything: light, temperature, and the movements of cars and people. Opening the App near a supermarket provides immediate information on special things.

1. According to the passage, which of the following is RIGHT?

A．Digital technologies are used in smart cities.

B．An English company first raised the idea of a smart city.

C．A smart city is mainly made up of free Wi-Fi and phones.

D．A smart city is still an idea and hasn’t come into being.

2. The underlined word “convenient” is the closest in meaning to _____.

A．useful

B．normal

C．suitable

D．easy

3. Compared to traditional water meters, smart water meters do better in _____.

A．cleaning water	B．supplying water
C．saving water	D．producing water

4. The example of Santander shows the use of smart systems in aspects（方面）EXCEPT _____.

A．business	B．health care
C．traffic controlling	D．public transportation

5. What’s the main idea of the passage?

A．Digital technologies help improve city planning.

B．Smart cities will make our future life better and smarter.

C．Smart cities are very common in both Dubuque and Santander.

D．Spain and the US take the leading position in building smart cities.