第二节完形填空 ( 满分30分)
In South Korea, a robot made its teaching debut. Children could __36__ take their eyes off a new teacher when the instructor __37__ their classroom. __38__ with intense curiosity by the pupils, __39__ said, “How are you, my students? Let’s get __40__. Have you opened your books?”
Although the voice __41__ like human, the teacher was not. It was a robot __42__ Tiro, __43__ was recently invited for one day __44__ a human instructor with __45__ 30-minute English class at Euon Primary School in the central South Korean city of Daejon, 250 kilometres __46__ of Seoul.
Tiro asked questions __47__ English such as, “How many giraffes (长颈鹿) __48__ on the board?” It also __49__ the name of the next student to participate in a __50__ task on the screen on its chest.There were a few glitches (失灵) in the experiment, __51__. Tiro, which was connected to a computer, sometimes fell into an __52__ moment of silence when something went wrong with the computer.
Still, the Tiro-run class was too short to __53__ the children. “I hope every class will have such a __54__ teacher,” ten-year-old Baek Ji Woong said.
The regular teacher was also happy with her new __55__. “I believe that robotic teachers like Tiro are going to be helpful for teachers and students alike,”Jeon Myong Jin said.
36. A. hardly         B. happily        C. only             D. merely
37. A. comes                 B. came          C. entered into               D. entered
38. A. Greeting         B. Greeted         C. Having greeted   D. To greet
39. A. the teacher          B. teacher             C. pupil                 D. the pupil
40. A. start                   B. starting         C. started            D. beginning
41. A. is sounded           B. sounding       C. sound                D. sounded
42. A. name                  B. named         C. was named        D. was called
43. A. which          B. who          C. when          D. where
44. A. help            B. assist          C. to ask          D. to assist
45. A. a                 B. an              C. the              D. /
46. A. south                  B. the south       C. in south             D. out the south
47. A. with            B. in                     C. for              D. on
48. A. have                   B. there are        C. having                     D. are there
49. A. displays                     B. displayed       C. shows               D. shown
50. A. role-playing        B. roled-playing     C. role-play           D. role-played
51. A. though                B. as though      C. therefore           D. too
52. A. embarrass           B. embarrassing     C. embarrassed     D. embarrasses
53. A. satisfy                B. satisfying      C. be satisfied        D. be satisfying
54. A. robot           B. robotic              C. robots          D. robber
55. A. teacher         B. student          C. pupil          D. assistant

单词拼写（10分，每词一分）根据首字母提示或句意拼写出完整的单词。

1.  We all_______(钦佩)her for the way she saved the child from the fire.

2.  Just to satisfy my_______(好奇心),how much did you pay for your house?

3.  The ______(氛围)over dinner was warm and friendly.

4.  You are only ______(稍稍)underweight for your height.

5.  Several _______(十年)have passed since I graduated from the college.

6.  Let’s get something to eat ; I’m s________.

7.  Medals were a_______ to the best speakers on the debating team.

8.  It’s said Yoga is of great b_______ to human health.

9.  I’ll come tomorrow if weather p________.

10. The s_______ of the disease frightened the villagers.

One day, Raul was miles away from the small ranch (牧场)house in a large valley. Everything seemed to be all right, yet he felt strange and somewhat uneasy. The wind had picked up, and angry, dark clouds  31  across the sky. He could smell the rain coming. And it did.  32 , the lightning flashed through the clouds, nearly  33  Raul. The thunder (雷声) was so loud that he buried his head in his hands and rubbed his eyes. Then he heard it — hoof beats (蹄声). He  34 . There before him stood a tall, white horse. An old man stared down at him from its back.
“Wh-wh-who are y-y-you?” asked Raul. “Oh, my name is Gray Cloud,” the old man answered  35 , “come with me.”
Raul followed on with his horse. A  36  feeling came over him. All  37  them the rain was pouring down,  38  not a drop fell on them. They seemed to be  39  back toward Raul’s home. Raul lost track of time. Then all at once, he found  40  at the ranch gate. The old man turned his horse, waved his hand, and smiled. Lightning flashed again. The old man and his horse were  41 .
Raul’s father ran out across the yard to  42  him. “We have been  43  about you. Are you okay? Hurry. Let’s get in out of the  44 .”
“Wait,” said Raul. “Have you ever heard of an old man called Gray Cloud?”
“Can’t say I … wait. I believe my great-grandfather used to tell stories about a man called Gray Cloud. He died a long time ago. They all say he was  45  by lightning during a terrible thunderstorm. Why do you ask?” At this, Raul was really more shocked than puzzled.

— I’m hungry. Let’s get something to eat.

— Look, there’s a restaurant over there. Let me ____ you to dinner today.

根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并将答案标号填写在本题下面相应题号后的横线上。选项中有两项多余选项。（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

（Zhang=Z   Mr. Smith=M）

Z: Hello, are you Mr. Smith from the United States?

M: Yes, Robert Smith. Please call me Robert.__ 1___.

Z: My pleasure. Welcome to China. My name is Zhang Lin. You can call me Lin. This is my card.

M: Thank you. And __2___.

Z: Oh, good, thanks. How was the journey?

M: __3___, although a little tiring..

Z: Then let’s get your things and go to the hotel now.

M: Oh, thank you. __4___?

Z: It’s about thirty minutes’ drive. By the way, we are going to have a dinner party for you this evening.

M: It’s very kind of you. __5___?

Z: Six thirty. I’ll pick you up at six o’clock.

M: Ok, see you then.

Z: Bye.