第四部分  阅读理解(共20小题;每小题2分，满分40分)

VIII. 阅读理解

A: 阅读下面材料 ，从每题所给的三个选项(A、B和C)中，选出最佳选项。

This is a mystery story book. Two children called Calder and Petra try to find out who stole an expensive Vermeer painting. Look at each picture in the book carefully. There is something hidden in each one.

This game is good for your thumbs(拇指) and fingers. You have to press the lights when they light up. Do you think it sounds easy? Well, think again because it’s very difficult. If you miss a lot of lights, you’ll not win the game.

This might look like a toy, but it’s a talking Internet phone. Just connect the Verballs to your USB port on your computer and you can phone all your friends all around the world. You’ll have fun with it!

This is a colorful set which will help you to paint. Each color has a number and the numbers are on the picture for you to follow. Painting beautifully has never been easier. Everyone will think you are the next teenager genius.

61. What can be found in the pictures in the book Chasing Vermeer?

A. The background of the story.

B. Something about the thief.

C. The value of the painting.

62. What do the players do when playing the game GYA-II?

A. They press the lights with thumbs and fingers.

B. They call their foreign friends to play together.

C. They follow the numbers of the set colors.

63. The writer thinks it fun to______.

A. read the book Chasing Vermeer

B. paint pictures with the colorf ul set

C. phone friends all over the world

64. Which of the following can be used to talk on the Internet?

A. Chasing Vermeer.  B. GYA-II.        C. Verballs.

65. How does the writer think of painting with the colorful set?

A. Easy.     B. Wonderful.    C. Difficult.

B: 阅读下面材料 ，从每题所给的三个选项(A、B和C)中，选出最佳选项。

Saya, the life-like woman robots started her work as a teacher at a primary school in Tokyo Japan days ago. She gave lessons to  the pupils there. You won’t hurt it, hit it or play with it.

Professor Hiroshi Kobayashi of Tokyo University of Science, who built Saya, said she didn’t mean to take the place of human teachers with Saya, but to show the joys of technology. “We didn’t want to do all the work of a teacher, but to build this robot to teach children about technology. And Saya may be a help to the schools which have not enough teachers.”

“In some villages and small schools, there are children who know little about new technology and also there are some teachers that can’t teach these lessons,” Kobayashi said. “So we hop e the robot can make the children become interested in new technology.”

Many of the children were very interested in Saya, and did not take their eyes off her when they were listening to the report. When class was over, some students touched her face and felt her.

Japan, home to almost 400,000 industrial robots of the world, hopes that they can make more and more robots in the future. And they hope to make some robots to look after the older people.

66. From the passage, we know that Saya is ______.

A. a woman teacher in a small school

B. a student of Hiroshi Kobayashi

C. a robot made by Hiroshi Kobayashi

67. Saya came to the school to ______.

A. give the students technology lessons

B. listen to the report of Hiroshi Kobayashi

C. show her computer technology

68. What did many of the children do when Saya came to their school?

A. They felt afraid of Saya.

B. They showed great interest in Saya.

C. They made friends with Saya.

69. We can learn from the passage that ______.

A. Saya became tired of teaching at last

B. most schools in Japan are short of teachers

C. Japan hasn’t built robots that can take care of the old people

70. What would be the best title for the passage?

A. A Science Professor      B. A Primary School       C. A Robot Teacher