Every country has its favorite food. Italians like to eat pizza. Indians like to eat hot food. Japanese like to eat fish. Often they don’t cook it.
In England, one of the most popular kinds of food is fish and chips. People usually buy it in a fish and chip shop. They put it in paper bags, and take it home, or to their workplace. Sometimes they eat it in the park or on the road. The world’s favorite food is American fast food. If you go to some important cities in the world, you can find people eating hamburgers and chips.
Fish and chips, and Chinese take-away food are very popular in England. But they are less popular in the USA, they eat take-away food, too, like chicken. But the most popular kind of take-away food is the hamburger. It looks like bread with meat in it. Ham (火腿) is a kind of pork, but the hamburger does not have any pork in it. The beef is inside a kind of cake hamburgers are delicious. They are also popular in England and Australia.
1. Italians like to eat __________.
A. dumplings B. pizza C. hot food D. fish
2. Fish and chips are very popular in _____.
A. England B. Australia C. the USA D. Canada
3. In different countries people eat ______ food.
A. different B. the same
C. the different D. same
4. The hamburger does not have any _____ in it.
A. beef B. pork C. fish D. chips
5. Hamburger is a kind of ______.
A. meat B. drink C. food D. vegetable
Our life will be different from now with robots appearing in our home. So what will the future be like？Here are some students' ideas.
I expect to live in a more beautiful and cleaner city. The street will be cleaned by the robots once a day.
—Ben
There will be more kinds of food to choose from and the food will be more delicious.The robots can make the food for us.
—Karen
We do not have to spend much time on heavy work because robots will take most of our work，for example，washing the clothes. So we will have more vacations. We can take a vacation on the moon. We will not live on the earth but on the moon or other planets.
—Mark
I expect that most families will have their own planes made by their robots. And travel will become more convenient．The plane is faster than any other transportation.
—Sue
I expect robots can make the clothes for us. The clothes could change their size and color by themselves.
—Sam
1.There will be ________ for us in the future.
A. fewer vacations B. more money C. more types of food D. more work
2.Robots will NOT help us to ________.
A. clean the city B. wash clothes C. cook D. drive a plane
3.Which is NOT true according to the passage?
A. We can travel to the moon.
B. There may be no person on the earth.
C. We can spend little time on housework.
D. The train will be the fastest transportation.
4.The underlined word “convenient” means “________”．
A. easy B. crowded C. boring D. quiet
5.What is the best title for the passage?
A. Robots in the Future B. Cities in the Future
C. Transportations in the Future D. Future Life with Robots
We humans can play the piano . of course we play the piano with our ten fingers . But Teotronica can play with its 19 fingers . Teotronica is not a human . It is a robot . It is a special robot which can play the piano like humans .
Nattei Suzzi is the inventor of Teotronica . Matteo Suzzi comes from Italy and he is more than thirty years old . He was interested in science when he was young . He always likes to use his head to create amazing things . He spent four years making the musical robot . He made the piano-playing robot at a cost of about 4,700 dollars .
Teotronica is a special and great robot . It has more fingers than humans . It plays the piano faster than a human . Teotronica can sing as well when it plays the piano . It is the first robot to do so and many people feel excited to see it ,. Teotronica can even use its eyes to interact with humans because there are cameras in its eyes .Teotronica is amazing , isn’t it ?
1.How many fingers does Teotronica have ?
A. Ten B. Fifteen C. Nineteen D. Twenty
2.How long did it take Matteo Suzzi to make Teotronica ?
A. Two years . B. Three years .
C. Five years . D . Four years .
3.How can Teotronica interact with humans ?
A. By using its eyes .
B. By using its arms .
C. By moving around .
D. By playing music and singing .
4.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage ?
A. Matteo Suzzi is only nineteen years old .
B. Matteo Suzzi was interested in music when he was young .
C. Matteo Suzzi spent 7,400 dollars creating Teotronica .
D. Teotronica can sing when it plays the piano .
5.What’s the best title for the passage ?
A. An Amazing Robot and a Musician .
B. A Musician Robot and Its Inventor
C. An Inventor from the USA
D. Differences Between Humans and Robots
Do you have a beautiful dream? I know almost everyone ________ their own dreams. The dreams are very important ________ them. The dreams can make them__________harder.
I am studying in a school now. My dream is _________a teacher in West China. Many children there want to go to school_________they can't. Their families are very poor and the parents have _________ enough money to send their children to school. But going to school and studying is the only ________to change their life. Teachers are greatly needed there, so I want to be a teacher to help them. I________ kind to my students and make friends with them. I will give them love and teach ________ how to be a useful person. I think it is a great _________in the world.
1.A. has B. have C. is D. are
2.A. at B. to C. in D. with
3.A. to work B. to study C. work D. working
4.A. be B. to make C. to do D. to be
5.A. and B. but C. or D. so
6.A. not B. much C. many D. any
7.A. way B. mean C. success D. moment
8.A. am B. will be C. was D. am going to
9.A. they B. their C. them D. theirs
10.A. room B. book C. school D. job
—Did Judy invite you ________ dinner with her?—Yes，but I refused.
A. to have B. have C. having D. had
—When did you go to bed last night?—I didn't go to bed ___ I finished reading the novel.
A. if B. until C. though D. because
