The end of the 2014 World Cup does not mean the end of the international competition in Brazil. A major football event which is known as RoboCup will be held in the coastal city Joao Pessoa. Teams of robots from around the world will take part in it and play the game known as soccer in the United States. The robot teams are guided by teams of human beings.
Watching robots play football is similar to watching children play the game. The kicks are not good, there are a lot of falls , and people are there to guide and support the robot players. Students of the University of Pennsylvania are trying for their fourth victory at the competition. The students have won the last three RoboCup competition in the Netherlands, Mexico and Turkey.
Jian Qiaoli is one of the leaders of the University of Pennsylvania team. He says one goal he has set for his team is to make sure the robots can find the ball and know where they are on the playing field. And he wants the team to be able to better control the walking ability of the robots. They should pay more attention to the kicking ability, which is the key to winning the game.
Qin He is another leader of the robot team. She says the abilities of the robots improve every year. The robots know the difference between the colors green and red, and they can decide where to go and where the ball is on the playing field. She says the robots are self-learning and don’t need to be told what to do. If there are three robot players on the playing field at the same time, they will communicate with each other to decide different responsibility for each of them. They have very good team play right now.
As long as the radar detection(雷达探测) works well, the robots will be very competitive. So RoboCup will be an exciting technology competition. Each team develops their own software. Actually, it’s a competition of who has the best software. Some RoboCup participants hope to develop a team of robots that can play against human beings.
1.What does the underlined word “it” in the first paragraph refer to?
A. The 2014 World Cup B. Joao Pessoa
C. RoboCup D. A basketball game
2.What can we learn about the robot players?
A. They look like children.
B. They are from Joao Pessoa.
C. They are not very skillful.
D. They are against human beings.
3.What is the deciding factor for the robots to win the game?
A. The ability to find the ball.
B. The ability to know the position.
C. The ability of walking.
D. The ability of kicking.
4.What’s the best title for the text?
A. The technology competition—RoboCup
B. The international competitions in Brazil
C. How to develop robot players?
D. Can robot players play football?
In spring, you may have seen white foam(泡沫) on a green tree or other plants. As a matter of fact, the foam is where young spittlebugs(吹沫虫) live. These insects are protected by the foam, and they usually don’t do much harm to the plants.
As we all know, in late summer, a mother spittlebug lays her eggs on the plant. The babies will hatch(孵化) in spring. After they come to the new world, they begin to eat juice from the plant. The babies eat more juice than their bodies need for food. The extra juice mixes with a special waste that the spittlebugs produce. When this fluid(液体) is released, it mixes with the air, forming bubbly foam.
What is so great about having a foam home? The space inside is so wet that it can keep the bugs’ soft bodies from drying out. And the foam tastes bad, so it keeps away most animals that would eat the bugs. Some birds will reach their heads through the foam to find the bugs. Wasps and ants might eat them, too. But most of the bugs stay safe inside the foam.
Once the bugs have grown into adults, they stop making foam. They leave their homes and jump from plant to plant in search of food. The adults look a little like tiny frogs. For this reason they are also called froghoppers.
If you see some foam on a plant, you might want to take a careful look inside. Gently push some of the foam aside with a small stick. Deep inside you may see a few insects eating plant juice. They might also be making more foam. Be sure to push the foam back after a moment to cover the insects and keep them safe. Soon the spittlebugs will grow up and leave their foam home. They will join the other insects in the grassland.
1.The eggs of spittlebugs_____.
A. are laid in late spring
B. have to pull through a winter before they hatch
C. are protected by mother spittlebugs all the time
D. will be eaten by ants
2.According to the passage, the white foam_____.
A. does much harm to the plant
B. protects the plant from being harmed
C. is where a mother spittlebug is living
D. is plant juice mixed with spittlebugs’ waste and the air
3.Which of the following is a function of a foam home?
A. Protecting the bugs from being eaten.
B. Helping the bugs find food.
C. Providing enough drinking water for the bugs.
D. Keeping the plant from drying out.
4.After the spittlebugs grow into adults, they______.
A. continue to make foam
B. take on a different look
C. begin to eat tiny frogs
D. begin to do harm to plants
书面表达（满分25分）
假定你是李华，参加了你校今天（九月二十七日，星期五）举办的以“我的梦想”为主题的英语演讲比赛。请你写一篇英语日记，描述比赛的情况及你的表现和感受。
注意：
1. 词数100左右（开头已经给出，但不计入总词数）；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Friday 27th September 2014
I attended the English speech contest on the topic “My Dream” held by my school this afternoon. _____________________________________________________________________________
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假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2．只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
Dear Miss Kate,
I learned from the newspaper that you’re looking for an English teacher for our school. I am writing to you to apply of the teaching position and I believe I am the right person you are looking for.
Firstly, allow me to introducing myself. My name is Li Hua, and I am an eighteen-year-old girl. I had just graduated from high school but taken the University Entrance Examination. I have a good command of English and I have gone to America study English for two years. However, I am a very patient person and love the children very much. I’m sure I’ll do a good job if I’m accepted.
I sincerely hope you can give me a chance. I am looked forward to your reply.
Yours,
Li Hua
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
Robinson Crusoe is an English sailor. After many adventures and dangers, he comes to Brazil, 1. he settles down another voyage — to West Africa, for the purpose of trading 2. the natives. During a storm, the ship 3. (destroy) off the coast of an island without people, and he alone manages to swim ashore, 4. all the rest of the crew are drowned. He builds himself a house, and lives first by hunting, then raising livestock (牲畜) and crops. He saves a savage (野人) from the hands of cannibals (食人者), gives 5. the name Friday, and makes him into a perfect servant. After some time he rescues three more 6. (prison) from the cannibals. For many years he manages to live on the island.
One day 7. English ship visits the island, its crew intending to leave the captain and his officers ashore. Robinson succeeds 8. helping the captain regain control of the ship.
Robinson, 9. (take) Friday with him, is invited aboard the ship and returns to England. After some years he revisits his island colony, 10. is becoming more and more prosperous, but Friday is killed during an attack by the Indians.
完形填空（共20小题；每小题1．5分，满分30分）
阅读下面的短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
“Everything happens for the best,” my mother said whenever I was faced with disappointment. “If you on, one day something will happen. And you’ll realize that it wouldn’t have happened if not for that ahead.”
Mother was right, as I discovered after graduating from college. I had decided to for a job in radio, then my way up to sports announcer. I went to Chicago and knocked on the door of every station-- got turned down every time. In one studio, a kind lady told me that big stations couldn’t risk hiring a(n) person. So I went home to Dixon, Illinois.
While I was what to do, my father said Montgomery Ward had a store and wanted a local to manage its sports department. The job sounded just for me. But I wasn’t hired. My disappointment must have shown. “Everything happens for the best.” Mom me. I tried WOC Radio in Davenport, Iowa. The program director told me they had already hired an announcer.
Stepping out of his office with a broken heart, I asked , “How can a get to be a sports announcer if he can’t get a job in a radio station.” I was waiting for the elevator when I heard the director calling, “What was that you said about ? Do you know anything about ?” I nodded. Then he stood me before a and asked me to broadcast an imaginary game. I did a 15-minute build-up, and was told I would be Saturday’s football game!
On my way home, as I had done many times since, I thought of words: “If you carry on, ..”I often wonder what direction life might have 0 if I’d gotten the job at Montgomery Ward.
1.A. keep B. carry C. go D. hold
2.A. fresh B. interesting C. mysterious D. good
3.A. eagerness B. excitement C. disappointment D. poverty
4.A. wait B. try C. work D. ask
5.A. work B. follow C. do D. drive
6.A. and B. when C. before D. so
7.A. unknown B. lazy C. inexperienced D. clumsy
8.A. confusing B. wondering C. thinking D. dreaming
9.A. found B. hired C. opened D. owned
10.A. reporter B. advertiser C. manager D. athlete
11.A. correct B. fit C. ready D. right
12.A. interrupted B. reminded C. warned D. followed
13.A. aloud B. madly C. quickly D. quietly
14.A. salesman B. fan C. fellow D. student
15.A. sports B. dreams C. me D. radio
16.A. basketball B. football C. volleyball D. baseball
17.A. classroom B. square C. board D. microphone
18.A. attending B. watching C. broadcasting D. reading
19.A. our neighbor’s B. my teacher’s C. the director’s D. Mom’s
20.A. taken B. rode C. came D. moved
