Mr Wu has found an advertisement for robots in a magazine. He is calling the robot shop to find out more details. Complete the conversation with the correct forms of the words in the box.

battery     customer   iron    order    properly

quality   regret   satisfied   satisfy   virus

Shopkeeper: Hello,New Star Robot Shop. May I help you?

Mr Wu: Hi,I saw your advertisement in a magazine and Tm thinking of

⑴ a robot.

Shopkeeper: What do you need your robot to do?

Mr Wu: I need one that can clean my flat,  (2) clothes and

cook meals.

Shopkeeper: I see. What else?

Mr Wu: I need it to be able to listen to me and talk with me.

Shopkeeper: So you need one with a speaker.

Mr Wu: Right. I hope my robot will be able to do the things ⑶ according to my instructions.

Shopkeeper: OK. We'll try to (4) your needs.

Mr Wu: By the way,how many (5) do your robots use?

Shopkeeper: Most of our robots use two. They can last for 200 hours.

Mr Wu: Oh,I don't want my robot to catch any (6)

Shopkeeper: Don’t worry. The (7) of our robots is up to standard.

Mm,I think Model II will be suitable for you. All the

(8) who have bought this model are (9) with it. You could give it a try and Tm sure you won't (10) it. Would you like to come to our shop and have a look?

Mr Wu: OK.

(B1 Simon has found a report on the annual meeting of robots in another magazine. Read the report with him.

                     Annual meeting of robots is a great success!

    This year's annual meeting of robots was held last month in Paris,France. The French hosts were very friendly,and all the robots enjoyed their time in this beautiful city.

   A very special event was the robot cookery class. Robots learnt how to cook different dishes from around the world. I think all the robots especially enjoyed the Italian cookery class一robots from Italy taught everyone how to make delicious pizzas and spaghetti. It was great fun!

   The title of "Most Beautiful Robot” went to Electrica Robottie from India. She needed to travel a long way to get to Europe,but she was pleased to be at the meeting in Paris. After dancing,beauty and intelligence tests,the judges agreed that Electrica Robottie was the winner of this year's competition. Electrica Robottie was very happy with the result and said it was a big honour for her and her country.

   The competition for the strongest robot was next. Robots from around the world carried cars and ran long distances to show us their strength. All the robots did very well. This year,the strongest robot was Techo Tim from Germany. He is 190 cm tall.

    In order for us all to see the new types of robots this year,there was a new robot show on the final day of the meeting. This is what we had all been waiting for. We saw robots from China with digital cameras inside them.

We also saw a new type of robot from Switzerland—it is powered by solar batteries. It was very interesting for all the robots.

   The president of the International Robot Society,Kim Pyoota from South Korea,closed the meeting by thanking all the robots for coming to Paris.

 He said the meeting was a great success. Next year,the meeting will be held in Sydney,Australia.

(B2,Simon is taking notes about the report. Help him complete the table below.

            Annual meeting of robots in Paris

(B3  Annie wants to know something about the meeting. Help Simon answer her questions.

1 What did robots from Italy teach everyone to cook?

2 Which country is the winner of "Most Beautiful Robot" from?

3 How tall is Techo Tim?

4 When was the new robot show?

5 How did the meeting go?

6 Where will the meeting be held next year?

(A Daniel is reading an article about Mr Jiang in Robot magazine. Read the article with Daniel.

   A year after Mr Jiang sent back his first robot to the robot shop,he read in the newspaper that a new model,Robot II,came out. , After Mr Jiang returned his first robot to the shop,his mother started to go to Mr Jiang's home to do the housework. However,his mother was getting old and Mr Jiang did not want her to do any more housework.

  So Mr Jiang picked up the phone and called the salesperson. In order to know more about the new model,he asked many questions. Finally,Mr Jiang decided that he would try Robot II.

   Robot II arrived a few days later. It could do the things Robot I could do. In the morning,it woke Mr Jiang up. It made breakfast. Then it ironed Mr Jiang's shirts. After Mr Jiang went to work,Robot II cleaned the house. It put rubbish into the bin. It washed the dishes. It cleaned up the mess on Mr Jiang's desk. It did the laundry. In the evening,it prepared dinner. It could even go shopping and buy newspapers.

As a result,Mr Jiang had more free time for his hobbies. He could go out and see his friends more often. He no longer needed to get up early in the morning. When he came home from work,he could watch TV,read books and rest the whole evening.

  Robot II was much better than Robot I. It even knew how to play games. Robot II would play chess with Mr Jiang in his free time.

   Mr Jiang was very satisfied. Sometimes he wondered what the robot shop had done to improve the robot so much in just a year.

(A Daniel is telling Simon about Robot II. Complete what he says with the correct words from the article.

(1) was a new robot that came out a year after the old model. When

Mr Jiang read about the new model in the (2) he decided to buy one because he didn't want his mother to do housework any more. In the morning,Robot II

⑶ Mr Jiang up. It ⑷ breakfast and (5) Mr Jiang s shirts. Then Robot II (6) the house and put the (7) into the bin. In the evening,Robot II prepared

(8) for Mr Jiang.

(A3 Help Simon decide whether the following sentences are true or not Write a T if a sentence is true or an F if it is false.

1 Robot II came out several years after Mr Jiang tried his first robot.

2 Mr Jiang tried Robot II,although his first robot was not very good.

3 Robot II could do a lot of housework for Mr Jiang.

4 Robot II could not go shopping or buy newspapers for Mr Jiang.

5 When Mr Jiang came home every day,he found his house in a mess.

6 Robot II could play games with Mr Jiang.

7 Mr Jiang was not satisfied with Robot II.

1.2.3.4.5.6.7.

(A  It is Famous People Week now at Sunshine Middle School. The school has posted some articles about famous people around the world on the noticeboard. Read the articles below about Michelle Kwan and Nelson Mandela.

Mlclielle Kwan—the queen on Ice 

Michelle Kwan was born on 7 July 1980 in California.

Her parents moved to the USA from Hong Kong in the early 1970s.

Michelle started skating at the age of five. She took part in many competitions and won many awards. A few months before the 1998 Winter Olympics,things got out of control—Michelle fell on the ice after doing a very simple jump and broke her toe. It was a sad accident,but she did not give up. She soon went back to training. At the 1998 Winter Olympics,she skated wonderfully. Her toe was broken,but she was still able to leap and spin beautifully,and she won the silver medal.

Although Michelle enjoys skating a lot,she says that winning is not everything. She believes happiness comes from enjoying what you are doing.

Neison Mandela-a fignter for trie rights of black Africans

   Nelson Mandela was born on 18 July 1918 in Umtata,South Africa. He was sent to a school at seven. Later,he went to another school and studied English and History. In 1937,Mandela attended college. He became interested in African culture. He found that black Africans were treated badly, and he wanted to fight for their rights.

   In 1962,Mandela was sent to prison. However,people did not forget the efforts he had made for black Africans. Mandela came out of prison in 1990. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1993 for his contribution to the equality of black Africans. In 1994,he became the first black African tc be elected president in the country. After that,he worked even harder for the riahts of the Deoole in South Africa.

Mandela passed away on 5 December 2013. He once said that in an ideal society all persons can live together with equal opportunities.

(A2  Simon has read the articles on the noticeboard. He is telling his mother about Michelle Kwan. Help him answer his mother's questions.

Simon: Mum; Tve read about the famous ice skater Michelle Kwan at school.

Mrs Luo: Really? Was Michelle Kwan born in Hong Kong?

Simon: No. She ⑴ .

Mrs Luo: How old was she when she started skating?

Simon: She (2)  when she started skating.

Mrs Luo: Did she win any awards?

Simon: Yes. She won many awards. She won the (3) 

at the (4) ; although she broke her toe a few months before the competition.

(A3  Simon is making notes about Nelson Mandela. Help him complete the table below.

Nelson Mandela

(C  The sentences below are informal language. Change them to formal language and write the sentences in the blanks.

1 It rained cats and dogs yesterday afternoon.

2 Hi,Mr Wu. Fd like to join the Art Club.

3 The Spring Festival is in Jan. or Feb.

4 This is Prof. Wang. He teaches English literature at a university.

5 Bruce hasn't started doing his homework yet. He;s going to do it asap.

6 I'm afraid I can't finish it tonight.

7 He really has a big mouth.

(B ： Abbreviations are often used in informal writing. Write the abbreviations of the words below. You may use a dictionary to help you.

1 September            2 kilogram

3 especially            4 Thursday

5 mathematics          6 Wednesday

7 July               8 centimetre 

9 government            10 minute

11 information          12 transitive verb

an astronaut             become a pilot        China's aircraft

for further research       in the laboratory      Mathematics and Physics

spin out of control        travel in a spacecraft

Annie: What documentary are you watching,Simon?

Simon: It's called Beautiful Space. It's about the development of

(1)  

Annie: Interesting!You dream of (2) , don't you?

Simon: Yes. I like planes,but now I think it;s amazing to (3) to

the Moon.

Annie: That's what (4) does.

Simon: Yes. I admire Yang Liwei the most. Do you know about him?

Annie: Of course. He went into space in Shenzhou 5 in October 2003. How great he was!

Simon: Yang Liwei is the first person in China to go into space. He's very brave.

It's sometimes very dangerous to an astronaut because the spacecraft may

(5) on its way back to the Earth,but Yang successfully

brought the spacecraft down.

Annie: I heard that he also collected something to take back to the Earth

(6)

Simon: Yes. The scientists need them so that they could do experiments

(7) . China has a long way to go in space exploration.

Annie: I think we should study hard to learn more about space.

Simon: Sure. We should be good at all the subjects,especially

(8).

(C2 h Sandy and Amy are talking about their history projects. Complete their conversation. Use the correct tenses of the verbs in brackets.

⑴ you (do) your history project,Amy?

I  (3) (be) to North Hill in Sunshine Town.

I (4) (collect) enough infornnati’on about it. Ill write about North Hill.

Daniel and Simon (8) (finish) their projects already. They (9) (work) together yesterday at Simon 's home.

No,but I (2) (decide) what to write about.

I want to write about the changes in Moonlight Tbwn. What about you,Sandy?

I  (5) (interview) an old man in Moonlight

Town last Sunday. He (6) (live) in the

area since he was born. He (7)(tell) me

a lot about the area.

oh they're really quick. I'll start to work on it

enough information to start.

6. He his right leg two hours ago and to hospital by his classmates.

a .has broken; was sent   b.broke; was sent    c .has broken; has been sent

5. Until now I three articles about the USA.

a. wrote     b .have wrote      c.have written