Robots in class

    Over 600,000 children in the United States spend their long time in hospital each year．Many of them say that they have difficult in returning to school after hospital stays．Thanks to technology，kids who are sick in the hospital no longer have to miss time in the classroom．

    A program called PEBBLES makes it possible for kids in hospital to take part in classroom discussions by using robot．PEBBLES(Providing Education by Bringing Environments to Students)supplies robots to help kids who are staying in hospital keep up with their classmates．

    For Achim Nurse，a 13-yers-old patient at Blythedale Children’s Hospital in Valhalla，New York，PEBBLES helped him so much．When he first learned about the program，he wasn’t so sure it would work．    

   “When I first saw it，it looked difficult，”said Achim．

    However，after 30 minutes of working with the robot，Achim discovered that he had gotten good at operating it．

    The robots work in pairs—一one in the hospital with the student，the other in the classroom．

    The robot in the classroom gives the student in the hospital a feel of“tele-presence．”A live picture of the students is shown on a video screen in the classroom．Meanwhile，in the hospital room，the student knows clear about what is going on in the classroom．

    The robot at the school has four wheels．so it can move around from class to class．Its“face” is an auto-focus(可以自动调焦的)camera．By using a control box，the student call turn the robot’s head，raise its hand，and adjust the volume(音量)．It is even equipped with a scanner(扫描器)and printer，so if the teacher want to have an exercise or testing class，the student can participate from the hospital．

   “The robot is greeted by students in the classroom．It is also greeted by the sick student。”said Andrew Summa，national director of the robot project．

根据短文内容完成下面各题。

1．Try to use the phrase underlined in the first paragraph to make a sentence．

2．Guess the Chinese meaning of“keep up with”．

3．The robot is greeted by students in the classroom．It is also greeted by the student in the hospital．(改写为同义句)

4．According to the passage，we can know that____

  A．We can operate this kind of robot easily．   

  B．the student in hospital cannot adjust the volume by using control box．

  C．The teacher wants to have a test in the class now. Although the student in the hospital has this kind of robot，he also cannot participate it．

5．What do you think of the robot project in the United States? Do you think it can help sick students? What do you think are its limitations?

Most dictionaries will tell you a number of things about a language. There are three important things. These three things are spelling, pronunciation and meanings.

First, a dictionary tells you the spelling of a word．If you are not sure about the spelling of a word, you can try to find the correct spelling in a dictionary. Words are listed in alphabetical order （按字母顺序）-a, b, c and so on. For example, on a dictionary page the word “poor” —p, o, o, r—comes before “poverty”—p, o, v, e, r, t, y—and the word “poverty” comes before the word “power”—p, o, w, e, r. The words are always given in alphabetical order.?

Second, a dictionary will tell you pronunciation. Most dictionaries give phonetic（语音的）,or sound alphabet. The phonetic spelling tells you how a word is pronounced．There are a few different phonetic alphabets. Many dictionaries use the International（国际的）Phonetic Alphabet to show pronunciation.

Third, a dictionary will tell you the meanings of words. You can look up a word and find out what it means. Many words have more than one meaning, and a good dictionary will tell you all of the word’s meanings. For example, in English the common word “get” has over 20different meanings.?

1. According to the passage, which of the following is one of the three important things?

A．How to write a word well                    B．How to use a word

C．How to make a sentence                     D．How to read a word correctly

2. Of the three words “remove”, “remote” and “remount”,        in a dictionary?   

A．“remount” comes first and “remove” comes last  

B．“remove” comes first and “remote” comes last   

C．“remote” comes first and “remove” comes last  

D．“remove” comes first and “remount” comes last  

3. Many words have        .   

A．several meanings         B．few meanings    C．one meaning      D．no meaning

4. A good dictionary will tell you        .

A．more of the word’s pronunciation        B．more of the word’s meanings  

C．more of the word’s spelling                 D．more of grammar

5. Phonetic alphabets are used to show        .  

A．spelling                         B．handwriting     C．meanings         D．pronunciation

Most dictionary will tell you a lot of things about a language. There are three important things. These three things are spelling, pronunciation (发音) and meanings. First, a dictionary will tell you the spelling of a word. If you are not sure about the spelling of a word, you can try to find the correct spelling in a dictionary. Words are listed in alphabetical order(按字母顺序)  -a, b, c and so on. For example, on a dictionary page the word "poor"-p, o, o, r-comes before "poverty"  -p, o, v, e, r, t, y-and the word "poverty" comes before the word "power"  -p, o, w, e, r. The words are always given in alphabetical order.

    The second thing, a dictionary will tell you how a word is pronounced. There are a few different pronunciations. Most dictionary give phonetic (语音的), or sound alphabet. The phonetic spelling will tell different phonetic alphabets. Many dictionaries use the international phonetic alphabet (国际音标) to show pronunciation.

    The third thing, a dictionary will tell you the meaning of words. You can look up a word and find out what it means. Many words have more than one meaning and a good dictionary also tell you all of the word's meanings. For example, the word "get" has over 20 meanings.

1. In the passage, which of the following is one of the three important things?

A. How to write a word well.         B. How to use a word.

C. How to make a sentence.          D. How to read a" word correctly.

2. Of the three words "remove", "remote", and "remount",          in a dictionary.

A. "remount" comes first and "remove" comes

B. "remove" comes first and "remote" comes last

C. "remote" comes first and "remove" comes last

D. "remove" comes first and "remount" comes last

3. Many words have         .

A. several meanings                B. few meanings

C. one meaning                    D. no meaning

4. A good dictionary will tell you         

A. more of the word's pronunciation  B. more of the word's meaning

C. more of the word's spelling        D. more of grammar

5. Phonetic alphabets are used to show       

A. spelling                      B. handwriting

C. meaning                       D. pronunciation