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py birthday” B. dance C. send a birthday gift D. write ( ) 17. What does NAO look like? A. He has a large body with a large head. B. He has big eyes and a large head. C. He has small eyes and a small head. D. He has a small body with a small head. ( ) 18. When might people have robots like NAO in their homes? A. In 2020. B. About 15 years later. C. In 2030. D. About 25 years later. ( ) 19. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? A. NAO isn’t a self guided robot. B. NAO can’t help kids with their homework. C. NAO is more than fifteen thousand dollars. D. NAO can move and sense, but he can’t think. ( ) 20. Where is the passage probably from? A. A storybook. B. A science magazine. C. A picture book. D. A dictionary. B China Youth says that more and more girl students have entered colleges to study in the recent few years. As we know, once the number of boys was larger than that of girls and boys did much better than girls in our country for a long time. Now, things have changed a lot. In recent years, the proportion of girl students is growing fast. In 1998, about % of college students were girls. In 2021, it was % and in 2021, the number was %. There are several reasons for this. Firstly, there is little difference between boys and girls in their intelligence(智力 ). That’s to say, girls are as clever as boys. Secondly, boys have more interests than girls, so they may not always do well in their study. Thirdly, girls are more careful than boys. They work harder at school and they do better in all exams. Another reason is that with the development of society, people pay more and more attention to girls’ education. ( ) 21. China Youth says that more and more ______. A. boys are cleverer than girls B. boys can’t go to school C. girls have entered colleges D. girls begin to study at school ( ) 22. % refers to (指 ) the number of ______. A. girls at schools in 1998 B. girls in colleges in 2021 C. boys at schools in 2021 D. boys in colleges in 1998 ( ) 23. The writer gave us ______ reasons to explain the question. A. two B. three C. four D. five ( ) 24. What does the underlined word “proportion” mean in Chinese? A. 身高 B. 比例 C. 特性 D. 速度 ( ) 25. Which of the following sentences is TRUE? A. Boys may not do well in their study as girls because they don’t like studying. B. Boys are much cleverer than girls because they’re interested in many things. C. Girls’ intelligence is the same as boys’. D. Girls study harder, but they couldn’t get better grades than boys. C What is the hottest topic at your school recently? A middle school in Hangzhou held an activity called “making money” last weekend. About 200 Junior 1 and Junior 2 students were divided into(被分成) 30 teams. They went out to make money by selling things. What did they choose(選擇) to sell? Some sold newspapers。 some chose bottled water。 some sold environmentallyfriendly shopping bags and bamboo baskets. Hu Qing’s team decide d to sell some useful books in front of the Children Activity Center. They thought parents would like to buy the books for their children. But unfortunately, they met urban management officers (城管 ). The officers asked them to leave. “We played hide andseek (捉迷藏 ) with the officers for the whole morning” said Hu. “Finally we had to give up (放棄) .” Wang Bing and her team sold ice cream in a square. They didn’t meet any officers. But few people were interested in what they were selling. The team then put up a board saying “For Country Kids”. It worked. More people came to their stall ( 小攤 ). A foreigner even gave them 100 yuan. “He didn’t want any change. He said he wanted to help the children,” said Wang. “We were t