TOKYO, Japan (AP) – Japan is very serious about robotics (机器人技术). If the droids are going to fit in, they probably need to learn the Japanese custom of serving tea. Fortunately, researchers at the University of Tokyo are exploring just that. In a show this week, a humanoid（有人类特点的）with camera eyes made by Kawada Industries Inc. poured tea from a bottle into a cup. Then another robot on wheels delivered the cup of tea in an experimental room that has sensors embedded in the floor and sofa as well as cameras on the ceiling, to simulate（模仿）life with robot technology.
“A human being may be faster, but you’d have to say ‘Thank you,’” said University of Tokyo professor Tomomasa Sato. “That’s the best part about a robot. You don’t have to feel bad about asking it to do things.”
Sato believes Japan, a rapidly aging society where more than a fifth of the population is 65 or older, will lead the world in designing robots to care for the elderly, sick and bedridden（卧床不起的）.
Already, monitoring technologies, such as sensors that automatically turn on lights when people enter a room, are becoming widespread in Japan.
The walking, child–size Asimo from Honda Motor Co. greets people at showrooms. NEC Corp. has developed a smaller companion robot–on–wheels called Papero. A seal robot available since 2004 can entertain the elderly and others in need of fuzzy companionship.
Sato says his experimental room is raising awareness about privacy questions that may arise when electronic devices（设备）monitor a person’s movements down to the smallest detail.
On the bright side, the tea – pouring humanoid has been programmed to do the dishes.
1.What is the best title of this passage?
A. “Thank You” Will Never Be Needed in Japan
B. Monitoring Technologies Are Widespread in Japan
C. Robot Is Designed to Care for the Elderly.
D. Robot Technologies Are Widespread in Japanese Daily Life.
2.The underlined word “embedded” in the first paragraph probably means .
A. fixed B. established
C. settled D. rooted
3.According to Professor Sato, .
A. the robot serves tea much faster than a human being
B. the robot does anything like human beings
C. tea – serving robot helps to form laziness of the aging society
D. tea – serving robot doesn’t need any reward for the service
4.Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A. A robot can imitate people to complete complicated tasks.
B. A robot has been programmed to clean the dishes.
C. All the problems in the aging society can be solved by robots.
D. The number of aging people is increasing rapidly in Japan.
5.We can infer from the passage that .
A. people are afraid of being monitored by robots.
B. the technology of robots has been highlighted in Japan.
C. robots can completely take the place of human beings.
D. people’s privacy should be strictly protected
Growing up, I wanted to be just like my mom. She was kind. People always seemed to feel comfortable in her presence. For years, she was a volunteer in our community. I loved going to the local nursing home with her where she taught a ceramic class.
On one summer day, Mama told me to get changed and meet her at the car.
I had planned to spend the day at the lake with friends. Why did she have to ruin everything? I imagined the cool lake water. Irritated使烦燥，I climbed into the car and slammed the door shut. We sat in silence. I was too upset to make conversation.
“Tasha, would you like to know where we are going?” Mama asked calmly.
“No,” I said.
“We are going to volunteer at a children’s shelter today. I have been there before and I think it would benefit you,” she explained.
When we reached the shelter, Mama rang the doorbell. Moments later, we were greeted by a woman. She led us to the front room where all of the children were playing. I noticed a baby whose body was scarred with iron marks. I was told it was because she wouldn’t stop crying. The majority of the children had noticeable physical scars. Others hid their emotional wounds.
As I took in my surroundings, I felt a gentle tug猛拉，牵引on my shirt. I looked down to see a little girl looking up at me. “Hi. You want to play dolls with me?” she asked. I looked over at Mama for reinforcement. She smiled and nodded. I turned back and said, “Sure.” Her tiny hand reached up and held mine, as if to comfort me.
My mom taught me a valuable lesson that summer. I returned to the shelter with her several times. During those visits, some of the children shared their troubled pasts with me and I learned to be grateful for what I had. Today as I try to instill (逐渐灌输) these values in my own child, I reflect back to that experience. It was a time that I will never forget.
1.The author admired her mom for ________.
A. her kindness to others
B. her excellent teaching
C. her quality of honesty
D. her positive attitude to life
2.According to Paragraph 3, when she was asked to go out with her mom, the author was ________.
A. excited B. angry
C. surprisedD. worried
3.From the passage we learn most children in the shelter ________.
A. were often punished by staff
B. weren’t allowed to go outside
C. were once treated badly
D. all suffered from mental illness
4.The underlined word “reinforcement” in the passage is closest in meaning to “________”.
A. truthB. help
C. comfortD. support
5.What lesson did the author learn from her experience?
A. To value what you take for granted.
B. To play with children is fun.
C. To love others is to love yourself.
D. To do as what your parents do.
Daniel Defoe (about 1660—1731) was an important novelist in the English literature. When he was young, he served as a soldier and had been to Spain, Italy, France and Germany. At the same time, he went in for politics. He cared much about the development of capitalism(资本主义). He had written a lot of articles against it and he was put into prison twice for that. It was not until that he was nearly sixty that he began to write the famous novel “Robinson Crusoe”, which was published in May, 1709. It spread so rapidly that the story was known to every household very soon.
“Robinson Crusoe” can be divided into three parts. The first part is about Crusoe’s three voyages, the second part about his hunting, hiding in caves farming and his hard struggles against nature on a small island, the third about the things which happened after his return from the island. The second part is the body of the novel, in which Robinson’s characters are clearly shown. Defoe wrote his novel in a simple style and his language is easy to understand. His novel writing set a milestone of the modern English novel. In his later part of life, He was in poor health and lived very poorly. He died on April 24, 1731.
1.Deniel Defoe was _______ and the writer of _______.
A. an Englishman, “A Tale of Two Cities”
B. an American, “A Million Pound Note”
C. a French, “The Lost Necklace”
D. an English, “Robinson Crusoe”
2.How old was he when he began to write his famous novel Robinson Crusoe?
A. He was in his sixties.
B. He was in his fifties.
C. He was over 60.
D. He was sixty.
3.Robinson Crusoe can be divided into ______ parts and the first is about _______.
A. three, his journeys by sea
B. three, his characters
C. two, his lonely life
D. four, his fame
4.“Every household” in this passage means ________.
A. all members of a family
B. all people
C. every building
D. persons living in the same house
5.What was Defoe’s contribution(贡献) to the English literature?
A. He wrote a very interesting story.
B. He made people happy while reading his story.
C. He set a milestone of the modern English novel.
D. He was active in politics and was against capitalism.
Several days ago， a (shock) news broke out. A Malaysian airplane (MH370) with 239 passengers just disappeared after its departure from the airport. Almost two hours later， the plane just vanished into air，as if it never existed before.
Rumors about its (disappear) have spread fast around the world. Some people said that the plane was kidnapped by the space aliens，the so called UFO. has never been proved or confirmed true. Some people claim the aircraft exploded in the midair before landing. This might be true to some extent，but we still need more confirmative proof.
The people care most about the passengers are the family members of the passengers. They _ (wait) anxiously and even getting desperate after waiting (hope) for almost four days. tortures them most is not the sad news of their beloved ones' death， the newsless. They could get no news from anywhere or anybody about the wreckage失事.This has been driving them into craziness day by day.
We hope these people board will soon be found well and safe， and with their family members they could get together and reunited.
The cultures of the East and the West really distinguish each other a lot. This is because the culture systems are two systems on the whole.
The of the eastern cultures is mainly from two countries: China and India. Both of the two cultures are gestated孕育 by . In China, the mother river is the Yellow River while the Indian one is the Hindu River. These two cultures were developed for several thousand years and formed their own . Then in Dang Dynasty of China, the Chinese culture went overseas to Japan, into the Japanese society and shaped the Japanese culture nowadays. Though a bit different from the Chinese one, it belongs to the same .
When the two mother rivers gave birth to the eastern culture, another famous culture was on the Mesopotamian Plain美索不达米亚平原 ---- the Mesopotamian Civilization. This civilization later on developed into the cultures of the Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome. And these two are well-known as the of the European culture. Like the Chinese culture, the European one also waters. When the colonists of England in America, their culture went with them over the Atlantic Ocean. So the American culture doesn't from the European one a lot.
At the same time, the difference of the language systems _ the cultural differences. In the East, most languages belong to the pictographic language while the Western languages are mostly based on the Latin system, for example, the one I’m using to write this paper.
Other factors like human race difference counts as well. But what’s more, as a result of the far distance and the steep险峻的areas between the East and West, the two cultures seldom until recent centuries. So they grew up totally in their own ways with almost no with the other.
1.A. connectedB. separateC. ancientD. remote
2.A. preservationB. developmentC. resourceD. origin
3.A. coastsB. lakesC. riversD. mountains
4.A. stylesB. habitsC. waysD. means
5.A. hurriedlyB. graduallyC. unfortunatelyD. suddenly
6.A. madeB. crashedC. mixedD. applied
7.A. cultureB. nationC. influenceD. system
8.A. brought upB. brought outC. brought aboutD. brought along
9.A. bottomB. keyC. baseD. basement
10.A. crossedB. drunkC. swamD. dived
11.A. touched down B. put downC. got downD. settled down
12.A. evolveB. judgeC. distinguishD. rise
13.A. adds to B. results toC. turns toD. takes to
14.A. approachedB. contacted C. involved D. communicated
15.A. impact B. differenceC. connection D. familiarity
Latest statistics from the Ministry of Health showed that the incidence rate of kidney cancer increased on average by 2.5 percent annually, with men aged 55 to 65 at particular risk. "It has now become the 10th most common cancer type among men and will be on the rise in the future," said Ma Jianhui, a leading doctor at the Department of Urological Surgical Oncology of the Cancer Institute and Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences.
Chinese senior cancer specialists warned the public that rising kidney cancer, one of the major health problems in China in recent years, is largely due to an unhealthy lifestyle associated with obesity, smoking and drinking. Lack of healthy diet is also one of the major causes.
Though many people already know their unhealthy ways, they keep on doing it. "I smoke because I work in sales and it helps me cope with the stress of meeting targets," said Wu, after she smoked inside a public restaurant. "I know it is bad for me and I'm trying to quit, but I'm still very healthy now, and I'm optimistic about my future."
【写作内容】
1、以约30个词概括短文的要点；
2、以约120个词就“生活方式与健康”谈谈你的看法，并包含以下内容：
（1）列举你周围的不健康的生活方式；
（2）这些生活方式带来了的影响；
（3）推荐你所知的健康的生活方式。
【写作要求】
1. 作文中可以使用亲身经历或虚构的故事，也可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不得直接引用原文中的句子。
2. 作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。
【评分标准】
概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，语篇连贯。
