阅读理解 The first robots were invented in the 1920s. Robots have appeared in many American films. In some films, they are stronger, faster and cleverer than people. In real life, robots are mainly used in factories. They do some dangerous and difficult jobs for humans. Robots also help disabled people, for example, blind people. Today many blind people have a guide (向导) dog to help them. In the future, guide dogs might be robot dogs. One kind of robot guide dog has wheels. It moves in front of the owner. It is very clever. It knows the speed of its owner's walk. The owner wears a special belt (带子). This belt sends instructions to the owner from the dog, such as“Stop here” “Turn left”or“Turn right”. In the United States, another kind of robot helps disabled people to take care of themselves in their daily life. The robot hears the sound of its owner's voice. It follows instructions such as “Turn the page”or“Make a cup of coffee”. Robots are also used in American hospitals. They can do simple jobs. At one hospital, for example, a robot takes meals from the kitchen to patients' rooms. It never gets lost because this robot has a map of the hospital in its computer memory. Though robots can help people in many different ways, they will never take the place of humans.1. From the passage, we know robots cannot be .A. dangerous animalsB. factory workersC. guide dogsD. hospital helpers2. A robot guide dog .A. goes in front of blind peopleB. walks side by side with blind peopleC. has a map in its headD. helps patients with their meals3. The underlined word“disabled”means .A. 不能的B. 有害的C. 失灵的D. 残疾的4. Some disabled people need robots' help to .A. take care of themselvesB. talk to other peopleC. become scientistsD. do dangerous jobs5. In the passage, the writer wants to tell us that .A. robots are stronger and cleverer than humansB. disabled people cannot look after themselves without the robotsC. robots will take the place of humans some day in the futureD. robots can help humans in many different ways

({B)}TEXT B({/B)} A folk culture is a small isolated, cohesive, conservative, nearly serf-sufficient group that is homogeneous in custom and race with a strong family or clan structure and highly developed rituals. Order is maintained through sanctions based in the religion or family and interpersonal relationships are strong. Tradition is paramount, and change comes infrequently and slowly. There is relatively little division of labor into specialized duties. Rather, each person is expected to perform a great variety of tasks, though duties may differ between the sexes. Most goods are handmade and subsistence economy prevails. Individualism is weakly developed in folk cultures as are social classes. Unaltered folk cultures no longer exist in industrialized countries such as the United States and Canada. Perhaps the nearest modern equivalent in Anglo America is the Amish, a German American fanning sect that largely renounces the products and labor saving devices of the industrial age. In Amish areas, horse drawn buggies still serve as a local transportation device and the faithful are not permitted to own automobiles. The Amish’s central religious concept of Demut "humility", clearly reflects the weakness of individualism and social class so typical of folk cultures and there is a corresponding strength of Amish group identity. Rarely do the Amish marry outside their sect. The religion, a variety of the Mennonite faith, provides the principal mechanism for maintaining order. By contrast a popular culture is a large heterogeneous group often highly individualistic. Secular institutions of control such as the police and army take the place of religion and family in maintaining order, and a money-based economy prevails. Because of these contrasts, "popular" may be viewed as clearly different from "folk". The popular is replacing the folk in industrialized countries and in many developing nations. Folk-made objects give way to their popular equivalent, usually because the popular item is more quickly or cheaply produced, is easier or time saving to use or leads more prestige to the owner.The following statements are true about the folk culture EXCEPT ______. A．there is a well established family or clan structureB．relationships between people are strongC．tradition is dominant and changes are slow and do not often take placeD．division of labour among the people is usually distinct, especially between sexes

听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。【小题1】A．Theft.B．Air crash.C．Cheating.D．Road accidents.【小题2】A．Learn the local customs.B．Have the right documents.C．Book tickets well in advance.D．Make hotel reservations.【小题3】A．Contact your agent.B．Use official transport.C．Get a lift if possible.D．Have a friend meet you.

So long as teachers fail to distinguish (differ) between teaching and learning, they will continue to undertake to do for children that which only children can do for themselves. Teaching children to read is not passing reading on to them. It is certainly not endless hours spent in activities about reading. Douglas insists that “reading cannot be taught directly and schools should stop trying to do the impossible”. Teaching and learning are two entirely different processes. They differ in kind and function. The function of teaching is to create the conditions and the climate that will make it possible for children to plan cleverly the most efficient(有效的) system for teaching themselves to read. Teaching is also a public activity: It can be seen and observed. Learning to read involves all that each individual does to understand the world of printed language. Almost all of it is private, for learning is an occupation of the mind, and that process is not open to public scrutiny. If teacher and learner roles are not interchangeable, what then can be done through teaching that will aid the child in the long search for knowledge? Smith has one principle rule for all teaching instructions. “Make learning to read easy, which means making reading a meaningful, enjoyable and frequent experience for children.” When the roles of teacher and learner are seen for what they are, and when both teacher and learner fulfill them properly, then much of the pressure and feeling of failure for both is got rid of. Learning to read is made easier when teachers create an environment where children are given the chance to solve the problem of learning to read by learning. 小题1:The problem with the reading course as mentioned in the first paragraph is that_______. A．too much time is spent in teaching about reading B．reading tasks are given with little guidance C．it is one of the most difficult surses D．students spend limited hours in reading 小题2: The teaching of reading will be successful if _______. A．teachers can make their teaching activities observable B．teachers can teach their students how to read C．teachers can improve conditions at school for the students D．teachers can enable students to develop their own way of reading 小题3:The word “scrutiny” (Paragraph 3) most probably means “_______”. A．unbelief B．control C．inquiry D．observation 小题4:The main idea of the passage is that_______. A．reading is more complicated than believable B．reading ability is something gained rather than taught C．teachers should encourage students to read as widely as possible D．teachers should do as little as possible in helping students learn to read

Que.br>s.ions 11 to 13 are base. on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.Now, listen to the passage.According to today’s weather forecast, which part of Europe has dry weather A．Scandinavian mountains.B．Northwestern Europe.C．Northern Europe.D．Southern Europe.

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Recently，the rural basketball game，held in Taipan Village，Taijiang County，in Southwest China's Guizhou Province，has attracted widespread attention across the country because of its warm atmosphere（氛围）.Since the game was held by local villagers and most players came from villages，the game was known as "Village BA，" termed after "NBA". Villagers there held the basketball game to celebrate the local "Chixin" Festival，a traditional farming festival of ethnic minorities in southern China to celebrate a good harvest in early autumn and pray for another in the coming year. The popularity of the event even overcame the hottest days of the summer in 2022.It not only attracted people from all over the country to cheer for the players，but also had more than 100 million audiences on the Internet at the same time. "The closest thing to the NBA in Asia is not the CBA，but the 'VBA'." netizens said.In March 2023，Guizhou Province hosted the first edition of the local league（联盟） game under the title "Beautiful Countryside" there.On March 27th，the team of Qiandongnan won the title by beating the team from Zunyi City. Interestingly，during halftime，there were also amazing ethnic dance shows，and the prize for the winners of the game was local products，which all highlighted（突出） the local culture. Yao Ming，chairman of the Chinese Basketball Association，said that "Village BA" is not simply a basketball game，but an event gathering all neighboring villagers to enjoy the fun.He hopes the game will get better and help with the development of basketball in China.（1）How dose the writer start the passage？ ____ A．By asking questions.B．By showing facts.C．By giving examples.（2）Which of the following might be the prize of the game？ ____ A．B．C．（3）What does Yao Ming think of "Village BA"？ ____ A．Educational.B．Meaningful.C．International.（4）The passage mainly introduces Village BA from ____ .①the reason for holding the game②the popularity of the event③the prize for the game④the story about Yao MingA．①②③B．②③④C．①③④

This book will show you ________ can be used in other contexts．（ ）A. how you have observedB. how what you have observedC. that you have observedD. how that you have observed

Part III Reading Comprehension (40 minutes)Section ADirections: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.Questions 26 to 35 are based on the following passage.A number of studies have looked at how family life can affect productivity and satisfaction in the workplace. However, there has been underline(26) little research on the influence of leisure activities. So Ciara Kelly and colleagues recruited 129 hobbyists to look at how the time spent on their hobbies their work life.The researchers found that when participants spent longer than underline(28) on their leisure activity, their belief in their ability to perform their job was strengthened. But this was only the underline(29) when they had a serious hobby that was dissimilar to their job, or when their hobby was similar to their work but they only did it underline(30). When their hobby was both serious and similar to their job, then spending more time on it actually decreased their work underline(31).Why might that be? To maintain a serious hobby, people need to invest significant psychological resources, say the authors - so if the activity has the same kinds of demands as their work, they may be left underline(32) and unable to perform well at their job. But if their hobby is quite different from their career, it may not underline(33) in the same way but instead help them develop other knowledge and skills that can underline(34) their confidence at work. "Consider a scientist who is a keen rock climber," says Kelly. "Since climbing is so far underline(35) from their day-to-day work activities, they can still recover from the demands of their job with plenty of resources."fbox{A) boost B) case C) casually D) efficiencyE) estate F) exhausted G) faculty H) interfereI) normal J) prevalent K) relative L) removedM) scratch N) shaped O) surprisingly}