Tell your car to make a phone call without holding the phone．Tell your car to send an e-mail without touching the computer or even tell your car to send a call for help．Sound like something from a science fiction（科幻）movie．Well, thanks to a new "talking car" , this is soon to become reality．

Road Track．the Israeli（以色列）producer of Chevrolet（雪弗莱）, has built a computer platform called Chevy Star．It offers the driver a wide range of things you can get with your voice．

It uses a box the size of a mobile phone attached to（贴到）the rear view mirror（后视镜）．The driver can use it to be in touch with Road Track' s Offices．Many operators（接线员）work round the clock so as to answer the phone and the needs of drivers．

To get into the car, the driver has to say a secret code, such as “Open Sesame”（芝麻开门）, for the doors to open and the engine to start．Upon entering the car, the driver has three buttons: one for emergencies, another for telephone calls and a third for practical information．When the driver presses the emergency（紧急事故）button, the operator calls the car to ask if there is a problem．If the driver is lost, the operator can use a map to help the driver find his or her way．“It depends 100 percent on the voice, so you don't need to take your eyes off the road or hands off the wheel to use it．You just speak out and then the operator gives you instructions,” said Danny Laguna of Chevrolet．The operator also alerted（警惕的）when the driver hits your brake（刹车器）too hard．And if operators find a problem anywhere on the car, they warn the driver straight away．Need to make a phone call? Just press the button and read out the number to dial．E-mail can also be dictated（口授）．The driver also has many practical things to choose from; the weather, the latest world or local news, what's on a the cinema or theatre．

1．How many buttons are there in the car?

A．One．                    B．Three．                  C．Two．                   D．Four．

2．If the driver is lost, he or she should                ．

A．press the emergency button                         B．press the telephone call number

C．press the practical information button       D．hit the brake too bard

3．To get into the car, the driver has to                ．

A．say secret code                                                 B．press practical information

C．open the door of the car                              D．ask for help

4．Press the practical information button to get            ．

A．the help from the operators                          B．the latest world or local news

C．a phone call                                                D．the door closed

In some science fiction movies, evil robots refuse to die, no matter how hard people fight back.
Now science fiction has become science fact. For the first time, scientists have made a robot that can take a beating and keep on going. Scientists from Cornell University made the robot, which looks like a spider with four legs.
Until now, even the most advanced (先进的) robot was almost certain to break down when it was damaged (毁坏). That is because its computer inside simply doesn’t know how to make the machine work after its shape has changed. 
To deal with this problem, the scientists put eight motors (发动机) and two sensors (传感器) that read how the machine is working. They all give signals to the machine’s software. Using this information, the computer can then figure out the machine’s shape at any moment.
The new technology is a big advance in robot-making, scientists say, and it’s far from scary. It may someday help scientists create better artificial (假的) arms and legs and give new freedom to people who lose them. It might also help scientists understand how people and animals figure out their own sense of place in space.
“It has been difficult to design robots that can work well when the environment changes or when it’s damaged,” says Olaf Sporns of Indiana University in US. “With this work, we are nearer to solving this problem.”
【小题1】Why do robots easily break down when they are damaged?

1.You love peace and do not like to ___________ (争论) with others.

2.Blindness can be treated with modern ___________（医药）and skills.

3.It is ____________ (不可能) for her to finish the work in half an hour.

4.Orange can bring you ____________ (成功) and cheer you up when you are feeling sad.

5.The teacher asked the students to read as many ____________ (杂志) as they could during the reading week.

6. Blue is a calm and __________ (peace) color. It can make you feel relaxed.

7. I think the clever girl can work out the problem__________ (easy).

8.The two American scientists ___________ (work) in the computer company since they came to Nanjing

9.Look at the sign！We are not ________ to park cars here. (允许)

10.The Chinese _________ cares about the people in the drought-hit areas all the time. (政府)

11. What an _________ (愉快) journey we had yesterday!

12.Our Maths teacher spent 2 hours _________ the tough problems to us like this. (解释)

13. So far, five ________ of the boys in Tom’s class have visited the Slender West lake（twelve）

14.I’m __________ sorry to bring you so much trouble. (True)

15. Many students sent Mrs. Wang lots of beautiful flowers on her _________ birthday. (Forty)