【正文】 day, Mr. Green needed lots of money and he took the robot to the market to sell him. “Who will buy my robot? He is very smart,” he shouted, “Twenty thousand dollars for my robot!” A man was surprised that he was asking for so much money. Instead of asking Mr. Green why he wanted so much money, he decided to speak to the robot. “Are you worth (值 ) twenty thousand dollars?” he asked the robot. “There is no double about it,” answered the robot. The man liked the robot’s answer so much that he bought him and carried him home. But very soon he found that the robot could say nothing else. He was sorry he bought the robot. He stood in front of the robot and said, “How foolish I was to throw so much money away！ ” “There is no doubt about it,” said the robot. 46. How many sentences could the robot say? A. One word. B. Ten sentences. C. Hundreds of sentences. D. Only one sentence. 47. Why did Mr. Green sell the robot? A. The robot was old. B. The robot was bad. C. Mr. Green didn’t like it. D. Mr. Green needed much money. 48. The man decided to buy the robot after he ______. A. saw the robot B. heard the robot’ s answer C. know the price D. made friend with Mr. Green 49. At the end of the story, the man probably felt the robot was ______. A. sorry for him B. afraid of him C. laughing at him D. trying to surprise him B People’s likes and dislikes are different, so they have different ambitions (愿望 ). Now let’s look at the following characters’ likes, dislikes and ambitions. I enjoy helping people, but I can’t stand working at nights and on weekends. I want to be a doctor or a social worker. — Jim I’m good at explaining things and I really like children. I can’t stand working long time. I think I’d like to be a nur se or a teacher. — Jill I really like doing things with my hands. I also enjoy working with wood. I don’t enjoy working in the same place every day, and I don’t like being in noisy places. I think I’d like to be a factory worker or a carpenter (木匠 ). I’m really interested in meeting people, and I enjoy wearing different clothes every day. I’m not so good at anizing my time or puters. I am going to be a model or an accountant (會計師 ). — Maria — Anita 50. What does Jim want to be? A. A worker or a teacher. B. A model or an accountant. C. A carpenter or a worker. D. A doctor or a social worker. 51. Who doesn’t enjoy working in the same place? A. Jim. B. Anita. C. Jill. D. Maria. 52. Who likes wearing different clothes every day? A. Anita. B. Jill. C. Maria. D. Jim. 53. Which of the following is TRUE? A. Jill can’t stand working long time. B. Jim likes working at nights and on weekends. C. Anita really likes doing things with her parents. D. Maria is good at anizing her time or puters. C Rainforests (熱帶雨林 ) cover six percent of the earth’ s surface (表面 ). There are rainforests in many parts of the world. About 75 percent of animals live in rainforests. There are many beautiful birds, insects and so on. Some of them live on the ground, some live under the ground and others live in the trees, over 30 meters from the ground. It is always hot in the rainforests and the ground is always wet. It is also very dark there. The rainforests are very important for us. We need them! The trees and other plants in the forest help to make the air clean. They also help to control (控制 ) the temperature. Unfortunately, in many places, the rainforests are in danger. For example, many years ago there was a large rainforest in Java, but now there is nothing. The same thing happens now in many other parts of the world. It’ s time to take action to save the rainforests. We can never imagine a world without rainforests. If rainforests disappeared from the earth, we wouldn’ t find any trees, flowers or fruits. What’ s more, we wouldn’ t get clean air, and we