根据短文内容，从下面方框中选择适当的单词或词组填空，使短文内容完整正确。
easier; knock; mess; trouble; virus |
I want to have a robot to help Mum with the daily work. I think that life is 1. when you have a robot, but Dad says that robots are just computers and can catch a 2. easily. When this happens, you can have a lot of 3. with it. Instead of helping you, it will make a 4. at home. It will 5. over lamps and furniture. And then you will decide to return it to the robot shop.
下列各句A、B、C、D中有一处错误，请在不改变句子意思的前提下，将正确答案写在题后的横线上。
1.It’s kind for you to help me with the housework.
A B C D
2.It’s too hot. Why not stay at home and watch TV instead of play football.
A B C D
3.Although he was very tired, but he still cleaned the classroom before he left.
A B C D __________
4.The naughty boy talked so many that he couldn’t hear the teacher.
A B C D
5.There are twenty more trees to be plant. We have to keep on working.
A B C D
根据句子意思，用括号中所给单词的适当形式填空。
1.If I have a robot, I want to make him _________(do) the homework.
2.Someone attacked him with a knife and he bled to ________(die).
3.Tom _________(have) a walk with his dog every afternoon.
4.We spend half an hour ________(read) English every morning.
5.On _______(child) Day, every child will be happy to get the beautiful presents.
根据括号中所给的汉语写出单词，使句子意思完整正确。
1.There’s something wrong with my computer. I have to （重启） it.
2.Simon wants to have a robot with four small （轮子）.
3.I want to go to the bookshop. Could you （借） me your bike?
4.The young mother told her child not to play with the （锋利的） knife.
5.Everyone should try to be _________（有礼貌的） and helpful to others.
“Life is speeding up. Everyone is getting unwell.”
This may sound like something someone would say today. But in fact, an unknown person who lived in Rome in AD（公元） 53 wrote it.
We all love new inventions. They are exciting, amazing and can even change our lives. But have all these developments really improved the quality of our lives?
Picture this. You’re rushing to finish your homework on the computer. Your mobile phone rings, a QQ message from your frien
d appears on the screen, the noise from the television is getting louder and louder. Suddenly the computer goes blank and you lose all your work. Now you have to stay up all night to get it done. How happy do you feel?
Inventions have speeded up our lives so much that they often leave up feeling stressed and tired. Why do you think people who live far away from noisy cities, who have no telephones, no cars, not even any electricity（电） often seem to be happier? Perhaps because they live simpler lives.
One family in the UK went “back in time” to see what life was like without all the inventions we have today. The grandparents, with their daughter, and grandsons Benjamin, 10 and Thomas, 7, spent nine weeks in a 1940s house. They had no washing machine, microwave（微波炉）, computer or mobile phones.
The grandmother, Lyn, said, “The more things you have, the more difficult life becomes.” The boys said they fought less. Probably, they said, because there was less to fight over, such as their computer. Benjamin also noticed that his grandmother had changed from being a “trendy（赶时髦的）, beer-drinking granny”, to one who cooked things.
1.The writer uses the quote（引号） at the beginning of the story to ________.
A. tell us a truth about our lives
B. tell us what life was like long time ago
C. point out what causes such a thing to happen
D. point out some problems we will meet in the life
2.In the passage the writer describes a picture to show that new inventions _______.
A. have speeded up our lives B. have improved the quality of our lives
C. may make people feel very happy D. may bring people some trouble
3.The family chose to spend some time in a 1940s house because _______.
A. they loved to live simple lives
B. they wanted to know how people lived without modern inventions
C. they were troubled by modern inventions
D. living in a different time would be a lot of fun for them
4.According to the passage, which id NOT right?
A. People who live far away from noisy cities often seem to be happier.
B. An unknown Roman was sure that the quality of life would get better.
C. The family had some changes when they lived in a 1940s house.
D. With the improvement of our lives, we often feel stressed and tired.
5.The passage is mainly about ________.
A. problems with technology
B. improvements of our lives with technology
C. changes happening to technology
D. the importance of technology
In 1926, a Frenchman named Niepce needed pictures for his business. But he was not a good artist. So he invented a very simple camera. He put it in a window of his house and took a picture of his garden. That was the first photo. The next important date in the history of photography was in 1837. That year, Daguerre, another Frenchman, took a picture of his reading room. He used a new kind of camera in a different way. In his picture you could see everything clearly, even the smallest thing. This kind of photo was called a Daguerreotype(银版照相). Soon other people began to use Daguerre’s way. Travelers brought back wonderful photos from all around the world. People took pictures of famous buildings, cities and mountains. In about 1840, photography was developed. Then photographers could take picture of people and moving things. That was not simple. The photographers had to carry a lot of film and other machines. But this did not stop them, for example, some in the US worked so hard. Mathew Brady was a famous American photographer. He took many pictures of great people. The pictures were unusual because they were very lifelike(栩栩如生的). Photography also became one kind of art by the end of the 19th century. Some photos were not just copies of the real world. They showed feelings, like other kinds of art.
1.The first photo taken by Niepce was a picture of _______.
A. his business B. his house C. his gardenD. his window
2.The Daguerreotype was _______.
A. a Frenchman B. a kind of picture
C. a kind of camera D. a photographer
3.If a photographer wanted to take pictures of moving things in the year of 1840s, he had to ________.
A. watch lots of films
B. buy an expensive camera
C. stop in most cities
D. take many films and something else with him
4.Mathew Brady________.
A. was very lifelike B. was famous for his unusual pictures
C. was quite strong D. took many pictures of moving people
5.This passage tells us ________.
A. how photography was developed
B. how to show your ideas and feelings in pictures
C. how to take pictures in the world
D. how to use different cameras
