1 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入适当的单词，单词的第一个字母已给出。

When Goldie Nejat began developing robots in 2005, she spent much of her time knocking on doors to let people know how her robots w    1     , but few showed interest. “But now, it’s different.” says Nejat, “People calling from around the world ask when my robots are going to be r    2    .” Nejat’s robots are made to meet a growing n    3    : care-giving for the old. The population(人口) of the people over age 80 will be 426 million in 2050, three times l    4     than that now.

Such robots could be especially useful for patients with Alzheimer’s disease(阿兹海默症). They can help with everyday activities from preparing food to telling patients to take m    5    .

Some w    6     that care-giving robots might cut down human communication and make more humans lose their jobs. “But they are made to help humans not to take the p    7     of them.” says Brian Scassellati. He tested robots with different patients, and found that daily communication with robots can help children with autism spectrum disorder(自闭障碍症) i    8     social skills.

As the field grows, scientists try to u    9     human-robot relationships better. Are robots useful because they don’t have f    10     and don’t give opinions? “One thing is clear,” Scassellati says, “robots help people a lot.”

3 . PowerPoint Presentations (PPT) are taking the place of writing on the blackboard with chalk. Someday, will robots take the place of human teachers?

In Japan, a robot is going to enter classrooms to help teachers. Last week the Japanese company Honda Motor Co. showed the public its robot at a Tokyo museum. The robot’s name is Asimo. Students will see Asimo in science classes and learn the wonders of science.

Asimo is 130 centimetres tall with a round head. It can jog, walk up stairs and wave. It can also avoid things on its way and have simple talks with you. Asimo is an experienced worker for humans. It has worked as a guide in showrooms. But this will be the first time it works as a teaching assistant in classrooms and in formal teaching!

How will Asimo help in class? A teacher explained the way Asimo works to students in last week’s show. Asimo has sensors (感应器) inside its body to keep its balance.

The smart Asimo tilted (倾斜) its body when it stood on a shaking platform (平台). Asimo kept its balance. But a wooden person beside Asimo fell (See the above picture).

When you walk, you pass your weight from the heel to the toe. The Japanese teacher explained this with Asimo at the museum. He moved the robot in slow move. Asimo made learning science more interesting for students!

Asimo will soon help teach thousands of primary students and junior high schools in two Japanese cities. Hopefully, robot teachers will arrive at our classrooms in China one day.

Teachers will be helped by a robot     1     Asimo in Japan
Appearance	Asimo is 130 centimetres in     2     with a round head.
3	*It can jog, walk up stairs and wave. *It can also avoid things on its way and have a     4     talk with you. *It can     5     a guide in showrooms. *It works as a teaching assistant in classrooms and in     6     teaching! *It will help teachers in     7     classes. *It can keep its balance     8     it has sensors inside its body.
Advantage	Students will     9     learning science more interesting with the help of Asimo.
Conclusion	It’s    10     that robot teachers will arrive at our classrooms in China one day.

6 . Someday in the future we may not need to have money in our pockets. Is life easier when people don’t need to carry any money? Maybe in the future each of us will have only one small credit card. We will use it instead of money to buy all the things.

        Of course we may still have some of the same problems with cards we now have with money. For example, we lose money from time to time. Maybe we will lose the cards. Maybe someone will take the cards. Someone may even make a card that looks like our cards. Since we can’t buy anything without our cards, the credit cards may be no better than money.

Is there something easier to use than credit cards? Each of us has a thumbprint(拇指指纹). No two thumbprints are the same. Maybe someday the government will keep people’s thumbprints with a number. When you want to buy something, you will put your thumb on a machine or a computer. Each store will posses one. Everyone’s thumbprints will be in the computer. It will be difficult to lose our thumbprints! It will be difficult for someone to steal it or to make one like it.

1. The writer probably agrees that credit cards are _________ to carry than money.

A．easier

B．difficult

C．heavier

D．more difficult

2. What does the underlined words “credit card” probably mean in Chinese ?

A．明信片

B．学生证

C．手机卡

D．信用卡

3. What may be a problem with credit cards in the future?

A．We may not know where to use it.

B．We may not know how to use the cards.

C．We may lose the cards from time to time.

D．We won’t be able to make enough cards.

4. How will the government keep people’s thumbprints someday ?

A．With a note.

B．With a sign.

C．With a number.

D．With a computer.

5. What will be the best way to buy things in the future ?

A．With money.

B．With thumbprints.

C．With ID card

D．With credit cards

7 . What will our life be like in 50 years? No one knows the answer exactly (确切地), but we are sure that it will be very different from the life today. My brother Jim Green makes some predictions. Here are some of his ideas.

First, people will have less work to do, and robots will do most work. People will use robots to make cars, do the housework, look after sick people and teach students. People will spend most of their time playing sports and traveling. So people will become stronger and healthier, and they will live to be about 200 years old.

Second, cars will become very small and computers will control (控制) their speed. So there will be fewer accidents on the road. Planes will be very popular and most people would like to take them to travel.

Third, people will be able to live in the sea, on the moon or on Mars. The earth won’t be crowded or noisy. So there will be more space for people to plant trees. There will be less pollution, and the air will become much fresher.

Finally, water shortage will become one of the most serious problems. If people don’t save water now, there will be water wars in 50 years.

1. Jim Green thinks that in 50 years robots will help people do the following things EXCEPT(除了) ________.

A．look after sick people	B．drive cars
C．teach students	D．do the housework

2. Jim Green thinks most people will travel ________ in 50 years.

A．by bike

B．by plane

C．by train

D．by car

3. According to Jim Green, ________ in 50 years.

A．every family will have a car

B．people won’t need to work

C．computers will control the cars’ speed

D．the earth will become crowded and noisy

4. The underlined word “shortage” means ________ in the passage.

A．短缺

B．丰富

C．清澈

D．浑浊

5. This passage mainly tells us ________ in 50 years.

A．the schools

B．the cars

C．the robots

D．the life

8 . We are now living in the 21st century. Is your classroom living in the 21st century, too? Tony is a student in Grade 8 at an American middle school. He was surprised when he saw his modern ______ on the first day of school.

In Tony’s classroom, there are many new electronics, like iPads. This semester, they will ______ the electronics to take notes, watch videos and do projects and homework. “It’s ______,”said Tony,“ I prefer using an iPad to work on math or other projects ______ my team members.”

The school uses new technology in classrooms to help students see, hear, touch and sometimes experience their tasks, “Technology is pretty common in most of our classroom now,” the head teacher said, “We’re trying to use technology to ______ the world up to kids. It can bring the outside world in. ” Science teacher Mr. Miller agrees. “It is a ______ way for students to know the outside world.” he said.

Mr. Miller now regards himself as a guide of learning ______ as a teacher. “If they have a question for me, I will try to teach them ______ to find the answers rather than tell them what the answers are,” he said. Dale, another student, loves technology. He was not really interested in class before. ______ now he likes the classes very much. “It helps me use what I know about technology at school,” Dale said, “Most importantly, I ______ the classroom. This, of course, will help my studies.”

1.

A．dormitory

B．playground

C．library

D．classroom

2.

A．allow

B．use

C．want

D．help

3.

A．boring

B．relaxing

C．amazing

D．disappointing

4.

A．on

B．by

C．at

D．with

5.

A．open

B．look

C．put

D．call

6.

A．wrong

B．slow

C．quick

D．bad

7.

A．because of

B．instead of

C．according to

D．thanks to

8.

A．why

B．what

C．when

D．how

9.

A．But

B．And

C．Or

D．So

10.

A．stand

B．hate

C．enjoy

D．dislike

9 .

On Oct. 16, 2016, Chinese astronauts of the Shenzhou-11 mission (任务), Jing Haipeng and Chen Dong, met the press（新闻发布会）Sunday ahead of Monday’s launch.

Sitting under a national flag, the astronauts _______ in good spirits and answered several questions.

“_______ the job is challenging, risky and dangerous, there is nothing more I would rather do,” Jing Haipeng, 50, who is commander of this mission, told reporters. It will be Jing’s _______ spaceflight following his Shenzhou-7 mission in September 2008 and Shenzhou-9 mission in March 2012.

On Monday, China successfully launched   (发射) manned spacecraft Shenzhou-11 carrying the two astronauts who will remain in space for 33 days. The spacecraft was sent up at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in _______ China’s Gobi desert at 7: 30 am. Beijing time Monday with a Long March-2F Y11 carrier rocket. The spacecraft has entered its designated orbit (轨道). The launch _______ a success by Zhang Youxia, about 19 minutes after the blast-off (发射).

Three weeks before the task, the family members of Jing Haipeng and ChenDong still knew nothing. Chen Dong has been a (an) _______ for many years before joining the space team. He and his wife now have a pair of five-year-old twin sons. One-month mission is not the longest time that Chen _______ away from home. When he was a pilot , he once did not come back home for half a year during a mission.

Chen Dong described the experience as “no seeing, no _______.” But with the help of Virtual Reality (虚拟现实) (VR) technology, astronauts will meet their family during free time. “If I see them (family members) , it will be different somehow,” Chen said.

For Jing, he looks very calm. In his first space mission on Shenzhou VII, his wife was so nervous _______ she almost did not sleep during those three days. Now that it is his third, his wife has ________ it.

1.

A．met

B．came

C．appeared

D．stood

2.

A．Until

B．Although

C．Because

D．But

3.

A．first

B．second

C．third

D．fourth

4.

A．northwest

B．southwest

C．northeast

D．southeast

5.

A．was told

B．was announced

C．was spoken

D．was said

6.

A．astronaut

B．engineer

C．pilot

D．scientist

7.

A．has stayed

B．left

C．has left

D．stayed

8.

A．listening

B．watching

C．noticing

D．missing

9.

A．one

B．it

C．this

D．that

10.

A．got used to

B．used to

C．been used for

D．been used by