【正文】 . doubt B. believe C. mind D. imagine 60. A. So B. Still C. Instead D. However 第二卷 注意：請將答案寫在答題卡上。選項中有兩項為多余選項。 (click on “gear up,” then “Mini motoring gear”). 29. Which toy is said to have the special design for children’s safety? A. ROBOSAPIEN B. MINI PEDAL CAR C. FLAX ART HOSPITAL PUZZLE AND PLAY SET D. TINY LOVE ACTIVITY BALL 30. Which toy are fit for threeyearold kids? A. 1 and 3． B. 2 and 4． C. 1 and 2． D. 3 and 4． 31. Educational value is mentioned in all the toys EXCETP _________. A. FLAX ART HOSPITAL PUZZLE AND PLAY SET B. TINY LVE ACTIVITY BALL C. ROBOSAPIEN D. MINI PEDAL CAR 32. This passage is written for __________. A. parents B. children C. the writer D. the boss D Whether in the home or the workplace, social robots are going to bee a lot more mon in the next few years. Social robots are about to bring technology to the everyday world in a more humanized way, said Cynthia Breazeal, chief scientist at the robot pany Jibo. While household robots today do the normal housework, social robots will be much more like panions than mere tools. For example, these robots will be able to distinguish when someone is happy or sad. This allows them to respond more appropriately to the user. The Jibo robot, arranged to ship later this year, is designed to be a personalized assistant. You can talk to the robot, ask it questions, and make requests for it to perform different tasks. The robot doesn’t just deliver general answers to questions。 . 3. ROBOSAPIEN This small, remotecontrol robot is really powerful. It performs 67 preprogrammed functions, including throwing, kicking, picking up and dancing. You can even program your own functionwhich, sadly, does not include doing windows. $99。t read or write. C OUR KIDS ARE AMAZING especially pared with everybody else’s (who seem to cry all the time). How do you show your love for your kids this holiday season? With toys that are smooth and colorful, interactive and exciting. And with ones that have educational valuebecause you are the boss. 1. FLAX ART HOSPITAL PUZZLE AND PLAY SET Here is a toy that doesn’t need powerand the bike have to put it together themselves. This 50piece puzzle set is made of softedged hardwood and makes a plete hospital, with an Xray room. It also includes eight patients, a car and a driver. $135。s love for his grandpa wouldn39。t know how to read or write all his life. B. He felt embarrassed when the clerk asked him to sign his name. C. He had always signed with an X in the country store before the new clerk came. D. He was a hardworking man but slow at learning. 27. The underlined word pricked in paragraph 7 means ________. A. ignored B. fooled C. hurt D. worried 28. What can we infer from the last paragraph? A. It39。d say is that whether he could read or not, he was never just Grandpa X to me. 26. Which of the following statements about the writer39。t know how to read and he thought it was too late in life for him to start. What I would want to tell Grandpa more than anything else, if I could speak to him today, is that it39。s bar in half. Want some? I asked. He took it and bit into it. In spite of his smile, the sadness in his eyes said that chocolate wouldn39。. I could see he wanted nothing more than to get out of there. I wasn39。ve always signed with an 39。t seen him so embarrassed (尷尬 ) before, especially in front of a teenager girl. I can39。re supposed to sign your name, she said. Grandpa39。t eat their cattle any more. B. Because they will be fined if they kill lions there. C. Because if a lion kills their cattle, they will be paid for the dead animals from the fund. D. Because there are less than 30,000 lions in the wild now. 25. What do you think of the Masai? A. Reasonable. B. Cruel. C. Poor. D. Stupid. B Grandpa picked up several items and placed them on the counter (柜臺 ). He told the clerk it would be on credit. The clerk was new and didn39。 meat D. because they wanted to protect their farms and cattle 24. According to the passage, why haven39。s Frank Hawkins explains, The Masai have been living with wildlife for many generations and it has been a conflicting relationship in many ways. They pete with the animals for food as lions eat their cattle. We39。 A At the beginning of the 20th century there were more than a million lions worldwide. Today there are less than 30,000 in the wild. The remaining lions are increasingly threatened by habitat loss, hunting and activities to protect farms and cattle. For generations, Masai tribesmen on the large African plains in southeastern