There are robots all around us. Some do very____1____jobs like flying airplanes and driving subway trains. And some do simple jobs.

When an automatic washing machine____2____, water goes in. The machine waits until the water is hot____3____washing the clothes. It does this by "feedback(反馈)". Information about what's happening is "fed back" into the robot to tell it____4____next.

Our eyes, ears and other senses(感官) are our feedback. They tell us____5____around us. So robots are like people in____6____ways. They work and they have feedback.

But____7____robots look like people. Many are hidden away. Robots control (控制) the temperature of our houses, our cookers, our hot water systems. We can set the controls to the temperature we want. The robot does____8____. Its feedback usually come from a thermostat(自动调温器).

One kind of thermostat is a strip of metal, which bends when it gets hot. At the right temperature, it bends just enough____9____a switch. This turns off the heat. As the air around it gets____10____, the metal gets straight, and this turns the heat on again.

1. A. easy 　　　　　　B. simple　 　　　　　C. different 　　　D. difficult

2. A. is switched on　 　B. is switched 　　　C. is switching　　 D. switches on

3. A. after 　　　　　　B. before　 　　　　　C. as soon as　　　 D. while

4. A. how to do　　　　 B. what to do　 　　　C. what to do it 　D. to do what

5. A. what will happen B. what's happening　 C. to happen what　 D. something will happen

6. A. some 　　　　　　B. any 　　　　　　　C. two　　　　　　 D. three

7. A. many 　　　　　　B. a lot of 　　　　　C. very few 　　　　D. a little

8. A. something 　　　　B. something other things C. half the work　 D. the rest

9. A. to work 　　　　　B. working　　　　　 　C. to working　　 　D. works

10. A. cold 　　　　　　B. hot　 　　　　　　　C. cool 　　　　　　D. warm

A)

Telephone Message

From: Bill To: Ann Date: Jan.12, 2004 Time: 8:00 p.m. Message: Bill called to say that Miss Gao was ill in hospital. He wants to go to see her with you at 9:00 tomorrow.

根据电话留言，完成对话。

A: Hello! 1.____________　

B: I'm sorry she isn't in. This is her mother. 2.__________

A: That's very kind of you, Mrs. Brown. 3.___________ and we want to go to the hospital to see her tomorrow.

B: Sorry to hear that. I'll let Ann know. 4._________

A: We'll meet her at 9:00 at the gate of the People's Hospital.

B: OK. 5.___________　

A: Thank you. Good-bye!

B: Good-bye!

B)根据对话内容，从所给的A-G七个选项中选出五个能补全对话的最佳选项。

L: It's Sunday tomorrow. ____1____

W: Oh, I'm going to watch a football match. It's between Korea and China.

L: Wonderful! I really hope we'll win this time.____2____

W: At 3 o'clock in the afternoon. I have two tickets here. I can let you have one. ____3____

L: I would like to. But I can't. We are going to have a basketball match tomorrow afternoon.

W: What a pity!____4____

L: A team from No.2 Middle School.

W: ____5____

L: In our school.

W: Good luck to you and your team then!

L: Thank you. See you later.

W: See you.

A. Would you like to go with me?

B. Who are you going to play against?

C. You don't want to go, do you?

D. Where are you going to play?

E. What do you think?

F. What time will it start?

G. What are you going to do?

15.当那只碗里装满热水时，酒就会变暖。

When the bowl _________ _________ _________ hot water，the wine would_________ _________.

14.格林先生以前曾是一位医生。

Mr. Green _________ _________ _________ doctor.

13.到目前为止还没有人能解决这道难题。

_________ _________，no man_________ _________able to solve the problem.

12.他十五岁时出版了一本小说。

He published a novel_________ _________ _________ _________15.

11.不管这件事有多难，我们都将不会放弃。

_________ _________ _________difficult it is，we'll never_________ _________.

10.那位老太太给我们做了最传统的食物，并为我们唱了一支老歌。

The old woman cooked us_________ _________ _________food. She sang us an old song _________ _________.

9.调制解调器用以将计算机和电话线连起来。

The modem is used_________ _________a computer _________a telephone line.

8.他是法国二十世纪七十年代的一位著名记者。

He was a famous French journalist _________ _________ _________.