When visiting Beijing, the Palace Museum is a must-see for many people.
Last year, the museum received 14.2 million visitors, which is twice the number of visitors in 2002. This year it is expected to increase by 10 percent. Compared with other popular museums around the world, the number of visitors at the Palace Museum is very high. Last year the Louvre(罗浮宫) in Paris welcomed 8.8 million visitors and the British Museum in London received 5.8 million.
A large number of visitors can bring a lot of money from ticket sales. But there are also worries that people will do demage(破坏) to relics(文物) and old buildings.
To solve the problem, some people suggested taking cultural objects out of the Palace Museum. In this way, visitors coming for ancient buildings and cultural objects will go to different places. “It is a sign of progress. Letting more people see these treasures is more important than keeping them in their original(原始的) place,” said Song Xiangguang, a professor at Peking University.
However, Shan Jixiang, director of the Palace Museum, doesn’t agree on this idea. He thinks that the most important thing in protecting the Palace Museum is to keep it complete. “The 1.8 million cultural relics and the historical buildings are two key parts of the museum. They can’t be separated.” he said.
Shan said that they are planning to increase the space that is open to the public. This will not only feed visitors’ curiosity(好奇), but also spread them out so they are not putting too much pressure on one area.
Shan also wanted to set up an appointment system. “ If visitors make an appointment before they come, we can make better and different visiting routes(路线) for them.” Shan said.

【小题1】How many visitors did the Palace Museum welcome in 2002?

用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空。
【小题1】Daniel told me that he__________ (take) care of my pet for me in the next few days..
【小题2】Britain was the first country in the world__________ (have) a free health system.
【小题3】Boats float in the direction of wind if they__________ (not control).
【小题4】You can show your support to our school football team by_________ (cheer) for our players.
【小题5】When I came into the house, my daughter__________ (sweep) the floor clean.
【小题6】It’s said the prices for house sale _________ (fall) a lot in the past ten months.
【小题7】Cold viruses can also__________ (spread) by objects, such as telephones, plates and keyboards.
【小题8】Our Maths teacher__________ (prepare) the new lesson with other teachers in the office from 2 to 4 yesterday afternoon.

Not long ago, the only time you could see a robot was when you were reading a novel or watching a movie such as Star Wars (星球大战) . Today, however, a lot of things in science stories have been science facts. Robots are starting to appear in our everyday lives. These robots have different sizes, shapes, and colors. But they all have the same type of man-made “brain”. Leading the robot revolution （革命）are industrial(企业) robots that work in factories. Industrial（工业） robots can do different kinds of jobs that are often boring and sometimes dangerous. Robots are also coming to American homes, though not as quickly as they are entering factories. These robots aren’t as friendly and bright as those you saw in  Star Wars. But, their makers say, today’s home robots “walk”, sense objects(感知物体) in their way (and sometimes knock into them), and even carry objects (which they sometimes drop). Well, nobody is perfect.
We may laugh at home robot today, but some day they may see and hear better than humans do. We humans can only see certain wavelengths（波长） of light, and hear certain sounds. That’s because the abilities of our eyes and ears are limited. Robots, however, need not have the same limits as we have. Robot may also be equipped with devices that pick up information humans can’t. To understand what their sensing devices(传感器) pick up is a hard job. Remember, man—made brains handle(处理)information, including all kinds of data, as zeroes and ones. Imagine the difficulty in trying to explain to a robot what a football looks like—using only zeroes and ones.
【小题1】 From the passage, we can see that factory robots _________.

Look at the centre circles of Diagram (图)A and Diagram B. Which of the centre circles looks larger? In fact, they are exactly the same size.

Then look at the picture on the right. What do you see? A vase? Or two faces？Does the picture change quickly from one to the other again and again? Maybe or maybe not, but you can never see them at the same time.

    “What’s happening? Is something wrong with my eyes?” You may wonder at what you see. Don’t worry. Here is how it goes:

    When we look at things, our eyes send messages to our brains and then our brains interpret（解读）the information. However, sometimes our brains interpret the received information in a wrong way. It seems that our eyes are playing a joke on us. This often happens and we call it “visual illusion(视觉错误)”.

Movie makers often make use of visual illusions. They make the objects around actors much smaller or bigger than usual. This makes us believe that the actors are much larger or smaller than they usually are. The movies Jurassic Park and Honey I shrunk the kids just make use of visual illusions.

【小题1 】Why does the centre circle in Diagram A look smaller than that in Diagram B?

A. something is wrong with our eyes

B. the two circles are not the same size

C. our brains interpret the information in a wrong way

D. the two pictures change quickly from one to the other

【小题2 】 What do movie makers make use of visual illusions for ?

A. To help the actors look better

B. To make the actors much braver

C. To help the actors become stronger

D. To make the actors seem different in size

【小题 3】In the picture below, it seems that Line AB is shorter than Line CD, but in fact Line AB is as long as Line CD.

Which paragraph can explain what has happened to our eyes?

A. The second one.

B. The third one.

C. The fourth one.

D. The sixth one.

【小题 4】 What’s the right order according to the passage?

    a. We look at things with our eyes.

    b. Our brains interpret the messages.

    c. Our brains tell us what we have seen.

    d. Our eyes send messages to our brains.

    A. a d b c          B. c a b d        C. a c d b      D. b c a d

【小题 5】Where may this passage be from?

        A. A letter                         B. An English newspaper

        C. A science book               D. An advertisement