Autistic (患自闭症的) children may learn better from robots than from human beings, according to a study at a school in Birmingham.
Two robots like humans, Max and Ben, have been helping teach autistic children at Sutcliffe Primary School since March last year. The school is the first in the UK to try the new way.
Ian Lowe, the head teacher, said, “The robots have no feelings, so autistic children find that they are less terrible than their teachers.”
He added, “They are really cute-looking. Autistic children are hard to communicate with adults and other children, but for some reasons they like these robots.
“Some children are not able to communicate with others. But they come into school and start to communicate through the robots.”
The robots are knee-high and move like children. The school is using them to teach phonics (声学) and play cards or memory and imitation (模仿) games with children from five to ten.
Dr Guldberg said, “We do many different activities with the robots acting as a model (模特) for the children’s behavior. It is amazing to see how interested and concentrated the children can be when they are working with the robots. It can be very difficult to get autistic children to concentrate.”
He added, “If you can meet the needs of autistic children, you can meet the needs of all children. And you know, when people feel safe and interested, they learn much better.”
1.According to Ian Lowe, teachers are________ in autistic children’s eyes.
A. kind B. serious C. terrible D. strict
2.Which is TRUE about Max and Ben?
A. They are robots with feelings.
B. The can move like teachers.
C. They are interested in autistic children.
D. They can make autistic children concentrate.
3.The school uses the two robots to teach the following things EXCEPT______.
A. phonics B. playing cards
C. imitation games D. sports games
4.The best title for the passage is________.
A. Robots help autistic children learn
B. Two cute-looking robots
C. How to help autistic children learn
D. Autistic children can learn
Dear daughter
You are a wonderful person and your mother and I love you. It will not be long before you leave school to make your way in the world. Can I give you some friendly advice? Here are some things that you should never do.
1. Never get upset with your looks.
We think you look great. Please be happy with the person you are and the body you have. Eat well, take exercise and be healthy. Some girls become upset because they try to lose weight or get the perfect shape. You look fine.
2. Never spend money more than your income (收入).
Never spend money more than your income and save a little every month. Don’t borrow others’ money if possible.
3. Never look down on yourself.
You are great of achieving great things so believe in yourself. When things go badly, never stop believing. Some girls get upset and lose confidence, and then all kinds of problems can follow.
4. Never give less than your best.
We are very proud of what you have succeeded so far. You should be proud too. Keep doing well. Keep trying your hardest at everything you do.
5. Never forget that your parents love you.
Whatever happens in life, your family will still be your family. Whatever difficulties you have, you can always talk to us and we will try to help. We are here for you.
Love
Dad
1.According to the father, some girls become upset because they .
A. aren’t healthy enough
B. don’t make enough money
C. look down on themselves
D. try to have the perfect shape
2.When someone gets upset and loses confidence, .
A. nobody will love him
B. he can’t get good income
C. all problems will follow him
D. his parents won’t believe in him anymore
3.The father thinks his daughter has been a person.
A. happy B. successful
C. perfect D. hard-working
4.The father writes this letter to his daughter in order to tell her .
A. that her parents love her
B. what she should never do
C. how she can become successful
D. that her parents will always help her
Some of the greatest problems we face today are the destruction (破坏) of our environment. Brown clouds, polluted water, endangered wild animals.., these problems seem so huge.
So my family does what we can. We take cloth bags to stores instead of using plastic bags. We walk where we don't have to drive...
But does it do any good? When I am the only one in line at the market with cloth bags, am I doing any good? Does my walking to stores make any real difference to the world?
I recently learned something about flamingos (火烈鸟) which like to get together in groups of a thousand or more. Every year, when the time comes for migration (迁徙), a few of them first take off from the lake. But none of the others seem to notice, so the small group returns. However, the next day they try again. This time few more fly along with them, but most of them still pay no attention, so they return again. They try for several times. Every time a few more birds join in but, since the thousands of others still take no notice, the great migration plan is once more stopped.
Then one day something changes. The same small group of birds once again starts flying and a small number more join in just as before, then more. Finally, they all take flight and the migration really begins. What a spectacular sight it must be—thousands of flamingos taking off into the sky at once!
A few can make a difference. Even if you're the one to take the first step, and continue trying, others will someday take notice and together we will solve even our greatest problems.
1.Where would you most probably read this passage?
A. A guidebook.
B. A movie poster.
C. A personal blog(博客).
D. A geology(地质) magazine.
2.What does the underlined word "spectacular" in Paragraph 5 probably mean?
A. Frustrating. B. Surprising.
C. Terrible. D. Fantastic.
3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Even if we can walk there, we still drive over.
B. Flamingos like to get together in groups of a thousand or more.
C. Brown clouds and polluted water are the only problems we face today.
D. When a few of the flamingos first take off from the lake, all the others follow at once.
4.What's the writer's purpose of writing this article?
A. To show that the writer loves to see the migration of flamingos.
B. To tell readers to continue trying and it can make a difference.
C. To introduce a special kind of flamingo to readers.
D. To show that there're many problems in the world.
Come and see the Indian elephants and the new tigers from America. The bears are waiting to meet you, and the monkeys from China are waiting to throw things at you. The lovely dogs from Australia are waiting to laugh at you, and the giraffes from Zambia are waiting to look down on you.
Tickets
Grown-ups：＄2.00
Children：Over 12 ＄ 1.00 Under 12 Free
Opening time
9:00 a.m.— 4:00 p.m.
Except Friday 10:00 a.m. — 3 :00 p.m.
Keep the zoo clean！
Do not touch，give food or go near the animals.
1.How many kinds of animals are talked about in the passage？
A. Four B. Five C. Six D. Seven
2.Now Mr. Smith is in the zoo with his two sons, one aged 14 and the other 10, how much are the tickets together？
A. $4.00 B. $2.00 C. $3.00 D. $1.00
3.Which of the following is the visiting time？
A. 8:30 a.m. Monday B. 9:30 a.m. Friday
C. 3:00 p.m. Sunday D. 5:00 p.m. Tuesday
完形填空
George lived with his sick mother in a poor village. One bright sunny________in July, he went early to the forest two miles away. He was asked to________some wood. After working hard for half a day, he looked around for a ________ place to rest and eat his lunch. Suddenly some fine red wild ________ caught his eye.
“How good these will be with my bread and butter!” George thought. He at once set to work to ________ all he could find and then seated himself by the river. Just as he was lifting the ________ strawberry to his mouth, he thought of his mother. “Shall I ________them for her?” He imagined ________they would make her happy, yet still looking at them with longing (渴望的) eyes.
“I will eat half, and take the other half to her,” he said. Then the strawberries was ________two. But he found each half looked so small that he put them together again.
“I will only taste one.” He took one, but soon put it back. Finally, he carefully________ them with leaves, deciding to keep them all________ his mother.
________the sun was beginning to go down, George went home with all his strawberries. The nearer he came to his home, the________he wished to taste them. Just as he threw down his wood, he heard his mother’s weak ________ “ Is that you, George?” He ran to his mother and happily offered his wild strawberries. “Oh, George! You saved them for your sick mother, did you?” George ________ nodded his head.
1.A. morning B. noon C. afternoon D. night
2.A. set up B. pick up C. put up D. give up
3.A. hot B. dark C. cool D. noisy
4.A. apples B. strawberries C. pears D. peaches
5.A. buy B. grow C. make D. collect
6.A. first B. last C. other D. next
7.A. cut B.keep C.take D. make
8.A. what B. when C. how much D. how many
9.A. divided into B. grown into C. cut into D. broken into
10.A. showed B. locked C. covered D. washed
11.A. to B. from C. for D. on
12.A. Whenever B. When C. Although D. If
13.A. less B. more C. longer D. stronger
14.A. shout B. sound C. noise D. voice
15.A. angrily B. gently C. worriedly D. politely
---David, the weekend is coming. What shall we do?
---_______ go hiking in the countryside?
A. What about B. Why not C. Why don’t D. Let’s
