八年级报纸电子版·深圳版（第15期）

1. 莎士比亚是世界上最著名的作家之一; 2. 1564年，他出生在一个富裕的(rich)家庭；家乡在英国 中部的一个小镇； 3. 7岁时上学，学到许多知识； 他一生创作了大量的戏剧 (drama)和诗歌；《罗密欧与朱丽叶》是他最著名的作品之一； 4. 1616年去世，享年52岁。 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

阅读训练营

What will happen if robots could have their own kid? It’s a question from a group of scientists in Europe. Their new great project (项目)plans to have smarter robots by reproducing (繁殖).

The idea may sound impossible, but they have already shown it can be true. Now, two “robot parents” have had their first “robot baby”.

In this project, robots are put into a place where they live, work, and reproduce. The experts help them to move in front of the red light (光线）. They can talk with others. Once they want to reproduce, the robots will send their genomes (基因组）through the Wi-Fi.

“We have two robots that meet and reproduce, just as in the animal kingdom, and this results in a baby,” says a worker from the project.

The robots live, work, and reproduce in an “Arena” where they are able to choose his or her lover.

Robots are changing the world we live in today. Japan leads the world in making robots. In this country, many robots work in life. So making smarter robots is very important.

根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。

()1. The project aims (旨在）to _______. A. make smarter robots B. sell smarter robots

C. help robots make a house D. help robots learn languages

()2. What does file underlined word “they” refer to? A. The parents of robots. B. The scientists. C. The kids of robots. D. Japanese.

()3. When a robot wants to reproduce, it will _______. A. always live with his family

B. run away from the red light C. refuse to speak with anybody

D. send his or her genomes through the Wi-Fi

()4. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? A. A robot can reproduce a baby by itself. B. Two robots have had their own baby. C. Every robot can have its own child now. D. China is good at making robots in the world.

()5. What does the writer think of making smarter robots? A. Important. B. Unimportant. C. Impossible. D. Meaningless.

完形小测

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从A、B、C项中，选出最佳选项。

My hero is a doctor, John Smith. He has 1 lots of children’s lives. He works every day at the hospital. On May 9, 2014, I had to stay in hospital because I got a kind of serious disease — kidney inflammation (肾炎). Dr Smith worked very 2 to find out the reason of the disease. 3, he saved my life through his hard work. Dr Smith tried to study the 4 for other children like me. He even risked (冒…的危险）his life for his 5 . He did lots of different tests on his 6 to find the right medicine. Dr Smith made a difference to others’ lives. I saw him take care of many other children in the 7 . In addition, he 8 helped other doctors by teaching them something about kidney inflammation. He did his best to 9 others healthy. You can phone him at any time and he’ll phone you back as 10 as possible to see how he can help you. Dr Smith is a great doctor and I want to be someone like him in the future. ()1. A. ended B. saved C. protected ()2. A. hard B. fast C. badly ()3. A. On the way B. In a way

C. At last ()4. A. skill B. disease

C. science ()5. A. friends B. patients

C. family ()6. A. body B. book

C. record ()7. A. library B. farm

C. hospital ()8. A. always B. finally

C. seldom ()9. A. help B. let C. keep ()10. A. difficultly B. carefully C. soon

非常解读

One day, while my friend Jenny and I were travelling through Germany, we were very hungry. But we didn’t have much money. We decided to stop at a village market to get something to eat. I took some cookies and went to the front counter (柜台）to check. Near the counter, I saw some packaged(包装好的）cookies in a large box. They looked good and were a lot cheaper than the cookies I had in my hand, so I took them instead.

Then we left the store and looked for a place to eat our sandwiches and the cookies. We found a place under a tree and we ate our sandwiches first, and then the cookies. We thought the cookies were great.

“Let’s get some cookies again,” I said. “They’re cheap and they really taste good.” Jenny could read some German, but I couldn’t. I gave the package to her, so she could look for the brand (商标）name. She looked at it carefully and then she started to laugh.

“Why are you laughing? I asked.

“Because they’re dogs’ cookies!” she said. 根据短文内容，回答下列问题。 1. Where did the story happen?

__________________________________________________________________ 2. What did the writer take at first in the market?

__________________________________________________________________ 3. What did they think of the packaged cookies after they ate them?

__________________________________________________________________ 4. Why did the writer give the package to Jenny?

__________________________________________________________________ 5. Why did Jenny laugh?

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