Invertors are always looking for ways to make our lives easier, greener and more fun. Take a look at 2010’s coolest inventions in science and technology. What in the world will inventors dream up next?

Robot Teachers

Some students in South Korea have a new language teacher: an English-teaching robot. The robot help students practice speaking English. South Korea needs about 30,000 foreigners to teach English. The robot teachers are helping to solve a shortage(短缺)English teachers. Could robots take the place of the human teachers one day?

A Touch Tablet (书写板)

　 Apple, creator of the iPhone and iPod, had another hit invention this year with iPad. The iPad is a touch-screen tablet computer. It gives users video, websites, books and games at their fingers. Apple sold 3 million iPads in the first 80 days on the market.

　 Up, Up and Away

It took him 30 years to develop it, and now Glen Martin’s is ready to take off. The Martin Jetpack (喷气动力背包), a personal flying machine, allows the users to fly 2.4 km into the air. Unfortunately, you can not fly for very long. The jetpack only holds the fuel(燃料) for about 30 minutes’ flight. It will sell for S 100,000. Field tests begin in 2011.

71.The robot teachers can ___________

　 A. train students to speak English 　　　　　　 　B. help students learn Japanese and English　　　　　　 C. take the place of the human English teachers now

72.The underlined word “ hit” means ______.

　 A.撞击　　 　　　　　　　 B. 妙语 　　　　　　　 C. 成功

73. Glen Martin spent ______on his flying machine.

　 A. a very short time　　　　　　　 B. quite a long time　　　 　 C. just a little money

74. Which invention can you use to fly in the air?

　 A. The iPad　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. The robot　　　　　　　　　　　 C. The Martin Jetpack

75. The best title for this passage may be ________

　 A. Coolest Inventions of 2010 　　　　　　　　　　

B. Most Useful Comouter of 2010　　 　　　

C. Greatest Discoveries of 2010

My name is Sally. I study in a great middle school in our city．I take a l to school every day. Our yellow school bus is 2 ，and it can hold(容纳)40 people at a time．The driver（司机)is very nice. He says“hello”to us when he  3 us every morning. On the school bus, I make friends with some students  4 other grades(年级)．We usually  5 about our families, friends and school lives.
Tina is our  6 teacher．She also takes the school bus to work every day．She’s beautiful and her English classes are  7 interesting. On the bus，she often tells us something about life. She is  8 a friend to us．We all like to listen to her  9 we call learn(学习)a lot from her. The school bus brings(带来) me lots of  10 . It makes my life interesting．
【小题1】A. car    B. bus     C. train
【小题2】A. big    B. quick    C. old
【小题3】A. asks    B. meets    C. leaves
【小题4】A. for    B．with    C. from
【小题5】A. talk    B. think    C. dream
【小题6】A. Chinese B. math    C. English
【小题7】A. either  B. also    C. only
【小题8】A. for    B. with    C．like
【小题9】A. so     B. because  C. but
【小题10】A. fun    B. health   C.problems

Judy had very bad luck yesterday. In the morning, she came to school late, because her alarm clock didn’t go off. Usually she goes to school at 7:20 am. But yesterday, it was already 8:00 am when she got up. The teacher was angry(生气的) and asked her to stay in the classroom after school. At 5:00 pm, it was time for students to go home. But Judy couldn’t. She stayed until(直到) 5:30 pm. When she just went out of the classroom, it began to rain. She didn’t have an umbrella. On her way home, she fell off(摔下) her bicycle. When she got home, she was wet all through.

1.Judy was a(n)       .

2.What does the underlined “go off” mean?

3.When did Judy’s classmates go home?

4.How did Judy go home?

5.Which is the best title?

用所给单词的适当形式填空

1.Our teachers are all very _____________ （friend） to us students.

2. A cat has four _______________ （foot）.

3. What about going ______________ （swim） this afternoon?

4.My brother and my uncle are ______________ （policeman）.

5. It is quite _______________ （comfort） to take the train.

6. What an _______________ （interest） film it is!

7. How many _______________ （child） stand in front of the class?

8. There will be a heavy __________ （snowy） next week.