任务型阅读 (本题有5小题，每小题1分；共计5分)
以下是Sam对他最喜爱的一种名叫albatross的鸟，进行研究后所完成的报告中的一页，
读有关信息，然后从A—E中选择正确的标题填入相应的板块中，完成71～75小题。
Sam’s Project | |
The albatross | |
1. There are more than 12 different types of albatross and the largest kind is the Wandering Albatross. Albatrosses are mainly found in Antarctica(南极洲), but some can be found near Alaska, China and Japan. | |
2. Albatrosses eat mainly squid(鱿鱼) and fish, but they will follow ships to pick up food scraps. | 3. Albatrosses can live for a very long time, and one was recorded as living for 85 years. |
4. Albatrosses are very large birds that can fly very long distances. They spend most of their lives flying. In fact one albatross has been recorded as flying 6000 km in 12 days. | 5. The mother lays a single egg every two years. The baby usually comes out of the egg after about two months. |
Resources used www.Birdtalk.org (website) Amazing Birds (video) Seabirds magazine (Volume 2) | |
A. What do they eat. B. How long can they live. C. How do they have a baby. D. Where do they live. E. How do they travel. |
语法填空（本题有10小题，每小题1分；共计10分)
阅读下面短文, 用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空, 或者在所缺空格内填入适当的词使短文意思通顺、完整。
The first robots were invented in the1920s. Since then robots1. (appear) in many American films. In some films, they are stronger, faster and cleverer2. people.
In real life, robots are3. (main) used in factories. They do some dangerous and difficult jobs for humans.
Robots also help disabled(残疾的) people, for example, blind people. Today many blind people have a guide dog4. (help) them. In the future, guide dogs might be robot dog.
One kind of robot guide dog has5. (wheel). It moves in front of the owner. It is very clever. It knows the speed of its owner’s walk. The owner6. (wear) a special belt(带子). This belt sends instructions7. the owner from the dog, such as “Stop here”, “Turn left” or “Turn right”.
In the United States, another kind of robot helps disabled people to take care of8. (them) in their daily life. The robot hears the sound of its owner’s voice. It follows instructions such as “Turn the page” or “Make a cup of coffee”.
Robots are also used in American hospitals. They can do simple jobs. At one9. , for example, a robot takes meals from the kitchen to patient’s rooms. It never gets lost because this robot has a map of the hospital in its computer memory.
10. robots can help people in many ways, they will never take the place of humans.
根据短文内容和括号内所给汉语意思，写出空白处各单词的正确形式（每空一词）。
It’s said that there’s going to be another large car 1. (展览) in Jiaxing. With the growing number of cars, people find that the roads are getting more and more 2. (拥挤) and it’s harder to 3. (停车) in the city centre. Some drivers haven’t got into the 4. (习惯) of obeying the traffic rules, that’s the main reason why there are 5. (事故) nearly every day. Many people have got 6. (受伤).
Something must be done to stop such kind of things from 7. (发生). For example, people have to look at the road 8. (标志) carefully. Sometimes we can 9. (分享，合用) a car to go to work or school. The government needs to support the public transportation more so that 10. (少) private cars will be used.
If everyone does his or her own part, the future of our city will be much brighter!
用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，每词仅用一次。
1.Larry has put on too much weight because of his __________ diet.
2.Jack finds it difficult to pronounce some English words __________.
3.I could hardly believe she had made a video about water pollution all by__________.
4.If we teenagers offer to do more volunteer work, the future of the world __________ much brighter.
5.Our knowledge of the universe __________ so much in the past hundreds of years with the development of modern science and technology.
Imagine the situation. You are driving along a desert or on a mountain. You have no idea where you are. You passed the last house two hours ago. Then your car breaks down. It is night and it is cold. You have no mobile phone. What do you do? Well, next time take a GPS with you. This invention may be able to help you. It is a device(装置) which uses satellites (卫星) to find the user’s position(位置). It can find your position to within 20 metres. A GPS cannot start your car, but at least you will know where you are.
GPS, which means Global Positioning System, is a small radio receiver. It looks like a mobile phone. You can hold it in your hand, or put in your pocket. It is sometimes put into a watch or a telephone. We also find GPS devices in cars, planes or boats. Some of these devices have electronic maps, so you know where you are. For example, in a city they can tell you the name of the street.
There are three parts to the Global Positioning System. The first part is the receiver. You can hold it in your hand, or have it fixed into your car, plane, etc. The second part is a group of satellites orbiting the Earth. The receiver contacts at least four of the satellites and calculates(计算) its position. The third part of the system is a network of ground stations. They are all over the world. They control the satellites and make sure they are working well.
Some people think that in the future the GPS will be as common as the mobile phone. They are becoming cheaper and more and more accurate(精确的). There are also new uses for the GPS. Perhaps they will become like watches. Everyone will have one and you will never be lost again.
1.We can learn from the passage that ______.
A. a GPS can help you start your car
B. there are three parts to the GPS
C. a GPS can’t be put into a watch
D. the GPS are becoming more and more expensive
2.The underlined word “They ” in Paragraph3 refers to “______”.
A. receivers B. GPS devices
C. satellites D. ground stations
3.The passage is mainly about ______.
A. the introduction of the GPS
B. the history of the GPS
C. the three parts of the GPS
D. the shape of the GPS
4.What can we infer推断 from the passage?
A. All GPS devices have electronic maps.
B. People in many countries will use the GPS for free.
C. The receiver of the GPS contacts at least five of the satellites.
D. The GPS will become more and more common in everyday life.
“My dear lady,” says Holmes. “You’re shivering. Are you cold? Do you want a cup of hot tea? ”
“I’m not cold,” the woman replies, “I fear for my life!”
“We are here to help you. Don’t worry about anything. I don’t know you. But I know many things about you. For example, I know how you travel. You came to London by train. You also ride to the train station on a horse-drawn wagon(马车).”
“Why, yes. You’re right. But how do you know these things?”
“ I see a return ticket in your glove. I see fresh mud on the left arm of your dress. Now tell us your problem.”
“My name is Helen Stoner,” she states, “My mother and father are dead. I am living with my stepfather, Dr Grimesby Roylott. He comes from a rich family. But they are no longer rich. They have nothing except a small piece of land and a huge old house. We are living in the house. Dr Roylott is using my mother’s money for expenses(开支). Part of it was for my sister and me. It was for our marriages.”
Holmes is sitting in his chair. His eyes are closed. He is listening carefully to Helen’s story. He hears every detail(细节).
Helen continues. “My stepfather has no friends. He fights with everyone. He is strong and gets angry quickly. Everyone is afraid of him.”
“He has no friends at all?” asks Holmes.
“No. He talks to no one except the gypsies. They are poor people who travel from place to place. A band of gypsies is staying on our land right now.”
“Are you and your sister afraid of the gypsies?”
“My dear Mr Holmes. You are making me so sad. My sister is dead. That is why I am standing here in this room.”
1.How does Holmes know a lot of things about Helen before she tells her story?
A. By guessing.
B. By studying the details about her
C. By asking her sister
D. By talking to people who know her well
2.Paragraph6 beginning with “My name is …” is mostly about______.
A. Helen’s dead sister
B. Helen’s trip to London
C. the house Helen lives in
D. Helen’s stepfather and the family
3.Which of the following can best describe the gypsies according to the passage?
A. They are very rich
B. They are afraid of other people
C. They live on a horse-drawn wagon
D. They move from one place to another
4.The passage is probably from ______.
A. a novel B. a guide
C. a poem D. an advertisement
