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Life in the year 3018 is very different 1 the life in the 21st century. We still do many things you did, but we do them 2 . For example, we have robots to help us and keep us company ( 陪伴 ). A robot is a machine that looks just 3 a human being ( 人类 ). It can walk and talk and can do almost 4 we human beings do.
My robot is a lot like me and we have 5 fun together. She helps me with my homework 6 we often go swimming. She can take good care of me if anything 7 ,so I always feel safe when we are together. She can also send me message, just like old fashionable ( 时尚的 ) email, and I can get information from her memory ( 记忆 ). It’s great 8 a robot. I am never lonely and I always have someone to talk 9 .
I would like to tell you more about life in the year of 3018, but I have to send my robot to clean up my room. Maybe 10 , I will be able to travel back to the 21st century and visit you.
（） 1. A. as B. from C. with D. like
（） 2. A. different B. difference C. differently D. the same
（） 3. A. like B. for C. at D. after
（） 4. A. something B. thing C. everything D. nothing
（） 5. A. many B. few C. much D. a few
（） 6. A. but B. nor C. yet D. and
（） 7. A. happening B. happens C. happened D. happen
（） 8. A. have B. has C. to have D. having
（） 9. A. to B. about C. from D. of
（） 10. A. one day B. in one day C. that day D. yesterday
A group of swans flew down to a beach where a crow 乌鸦 ) was jumping around. The crow watched them with disdain ( 鄙视 ).
“You have no flying skills at all!” he said to the swans. “All you can do is to moveyour wings. Can you turn over in the air? No, that’s beyond you. Let’s have a flying competition. I’ll show you what real flying is!
One of the swans, a strong young male, took up the challenge. The crow flew up and began to show his skills. He flew in circles, performed other flying tricks, and then came down and looked proudly at the swan.
Now it was the swan’s turn. He flew up, and began flying over the sea. The crow fl after him, making all kinds of comments ( 评价 ) about his flying. They flew on and on til they couldn’t see the land and there was nothing but water on all sides. The crow was making fewer and fewer comments. He was now so exhausted that he found it hard to stay in the air,and had to struggle to keep himself from falling into the water.
The swan pretended ( 假装 ) not to notice, and said, “Why do you keep touching the water,brother? Is that another trick?”
“No,” said the crow. He knew he had lost the competition. “I’m in trouble because of my pride! If you don’t help me, I’ll lose my life ...”
The swan took pity on him, and took him on his shoulders and flw back to the beach.
（） 1. What’s the correct order of the following events?
a. The crow showed off its flying skills
b. The swan felt pity for the crow and saved it.
c. The crow laughed at the swan’s flying
d. The crow followed the swan and got into trouble.
e. The crow challenged the swans and a strong young swan accepted it.
A. e, c, d, a, b B. a, e, c, d, b C. c, e, a, d, b D. e, a, d, c, b
（） 2. What does the underlined word “exhausted” in Paragraph 4 mean?
A. Tired.B. Angry.C. Frightened.D. Regretful.
（） 3. Why did the crow keep touching the water?
A. It was showing another flying skill
B. It was struggling to keep itself from falling into the water.
C. It was thirsty and wanted to drink some water.
D. It was enjoying itself by doing so.
（） 4. What can we infer ( 推断 ) from the passage?
A. The crow didn’t know flying
B. Flying skills were useless.
C. The swan saved the crow because they were good friends.
D. The swan was better at long-distance flying than the crow
（） 5. What does the story tell us?
A. No pains, no gains.B. The early bird catches the worm.
C. Pride goes before a fall.D. Practice makes perfect.
Travelling is Jane’s favourite. She has been to many places of interest in the world with her family. Last year they went to London.
It was an early Friday morning. They took a taxi to the train station and took a train to London. When they arrived in London, they visited the Tower of London, the Tower Bridge,the British Museum and many other places of interest. They enjoyed themselves in London for a week. They had a lot of interesting experiences during the trip. The most interesting one was that they met a parrot in a pet shop. In the pet shop, they saw a parrot with a red string tied ( 系 ) to its left leg and a green string tied to its right leg. They asked the owner why the parrot had these strings tied to its legs. “Well, this is a well-trained parrot. If you pull the red string, he speaks English; if you pull the green string, he speaks French.” answered the shop owner.
“And what will happen if I pull both?”
“It will fall down.”
1. Where did Jane go last year?______________________
2. How did Jane get there? ______________________
3. How long did they stay there? ______________________
4. What was the most interesting part of the trip? ______________________
5. What language could the parrot speak? ______________________
1. be different from 与……不同
2. keep sb. company 陪伴某人
3. a human being 一个人
4. fashionable adj. 时尚的
5. clean up the room 打扫房间
6. be able to do sth. 能够做某事
7. flying skill 飞行技能
8. flying competition 飞行竞赛
9. take up the challenge 接受挑战
10. lose the competition 输了比赛
11. take pity on sb. 同情某人
12. places of interest 名胜
13. take a taxi to ... 乘出租车去……
14. many other places 许多其他地方
15. pet shop 宠物店
16. well-trained adj. 训练有素的