[单项选择]Mendy: Hello, Sammy. It has been quite some time, hasn’t it Sammy: 【D8】______ Mendy: How’s everything Sammy:【D9】______Do you remember Carmen Mendy: The law student Sammy: Yes, that’s right. She’s a lawyer now. Mendy: 【D10】______ Sammy: And do you remember Rita She is now a mother of three children! Mendy: Well, I’ m really happy for both Carmen and Rita. A. That’ s fantastic news! B. Oh yes, eight years to be exact. C. Thanks for telling me that. D. Not bad.【D8】

[单项选择]Mendy: Hello, Sammy. It has been quite some time, hasn’t it Sammy: 【D8】______ Mendy: How’s everything Sammy:【D9】______Do you remember Carmen Mendy: The law student Sammy: Yes, that’s right. She’s a lawyer now. Mendy: 【D10】______ Sammy: And do you remember Rita She is now a mother of three children! Mendy: Well, I’ m really happy for both Carmen and Rita. A. That’ s fantastic news! B. Oh yes, eight years to be exact. C. Thanks for telling me that. D. Not bad.【D9】

[单项选择] Robots (机器人) have been with us for quite some time. They can often be seen in many factories today. They have gone to such far places as the moon. Now, robots have even come into our homes. Some robots can "see". They have TV cameras for eyes. Many robots have computer brains (大脑). But what do they look like Some robots look like persons but many do not. Robots are very useful to us. They can do not only simple jobs for us, such as putting things into boxes, but also some difficult jobs like getting people out of fire and looking for minerals (矿物) in the deep sea. Men can get tired, and they need to sleep. But robots do not eat, sleep or get tired. They can work day and night. Robots can be a lot of fun. They can do jobs to make our life better. In the future, when we have robots in our homes, they will do much of the housework for us. They will wash the dishes, take our lovely dogs for walks, watch our homes, and even talk to us. Where are
A. In homes.
B. In factories.
C. On the moon.

[填空题]For quite a long time, there has been a negative attitude towards left-handed people.

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For some time past it has been widely accepted that babies and other creatures learn to de things because certain acts lead to "rewards"; and there is no reason to doubt that this is true. But it used also to be widely believed that effective rewards, at least in the early stages, had to be directly related to such basic physiological "drives" as thirst or hunger. In other words, a baby would learn if he got food or drink or some sort of physical comfort, not otherwise.
It is now clear that this is not so. Babies will learn to behave in ways that produce results in the world with no reward except the successful outcome.
Papousek began his studies by using milk in the normal way to "reward" the babies and so teach them to carry out some simple movements, such as turning the head to one side or the other. Then he noticed that a baby who had had enough to drink would refuse the milk but would still go on making the learned response with
A. are directly related to pleasure
B. will meet their physical needs
C. will bring them a feeling of success
D. will satisfy their curiosity

[单项选择]It took them quite some time to （　） their rivals before thinking how to do.
A. come to terms with
B. come up with
C. keep pace with
D. come to grips with

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M: Now you spent, er, quite some time, er, as a beat officer or on the beat. Is that right
W: That’s right.
M: When you were training
W: Yes.
M: How long was that for
W: Approximately three and a half years before I specialised as such.
M: And ... and what would that involve
W: It involves doing shift system which is early, lates, nights.
M: Early, lates and nights. Can you explain what hours they are
W: The early shift starts at six o’clock in the morning till two o’clock in the afternoon. Then you’ve got the late shift from two o’clock in the afternoon to ten o’clock at night. And then night duty from ten pm until six am, because obviously all stations have to be manned twenty-four hours a day.
M: Is there any particular aspect of the work that you prefer
W: Not really, er. You do have your preferences. I mean, if it’s pouring down with rain you pref
A. Intervene with beatings.
B. Do the shift work.
C. Drive in a rain.
D. Be at the police station 24 hours.

[单项选择]What time has finally been fixed for Frunk Thompson to come
A. 5:30 p. m. Wednesday. B. 6:10 p. m. Wednesday.
B. 6:10 p. m. Thursday.

[单项选择]There has been some ______ of entry into American schools to Chinese students.
A. limit
B. restriction
C. confine
D. imprisonment