37.A.robot         B.cushion

C.carpet        D.fingernail

答案　A

解析　从上文看出本文谈论的是机器人。

38.A.invented        B.designed

C.made        D.named

答案　D

解析　由下文可知该美人还没有名字。name作动词时意为“给……取名，为……定名”，符合语境。

39.A.dress        B.clothes

C.shoes        D.skirt

答案　A

解析　a red wedding dress一套红色的结婚礼服。

40.A.or         B.and

C.but         D.so

答案　A

解析　or表示“或者”。

41.A.contains        B.includes

C.connects       D.combines

答案　D

解析　combine兼具，融合。此处指她有众多漂亮女性的面部特点。

42.A.one         B.this

C.that        D.it

答案　A

解析　考查代词，one指a robot。

43.A.desired        B.piled

C.equipped       D.scanned

答案　C

解析　be equipped with被装备有……。

44.A.must         B.can

C.should        D.may

答案　B

解析　can能，会，表示能力，符合语境。must必须;should应该;may也许。

45.A.designer        B.declarer

C.junior        D.haircutter

答案　A

解析　chief designer of the robot机器人的主要设计师。

46.A.Go ahead        B.Thank you

C.Sorry        D.With pleasure

答案　B

解析　由空后的“if you praise her...”可知对别人的表扬要用“Thank you”应答。

47.A.holy         B.pretty

C.elegant        D.outgoing

答案　B

解析　从上文的“beauty”看出应选pretty。

48.A.developed       B.complicated

C.limited        D.improved

答案　C

解析　由常识和下一句可知，现在机器人能理解和说的句子还很少，故用limited有限的，不多的。

49.A.happily        B.slowly

C.particularly       D.freely

答案　D

解析　talk freely with sb.与某人自由自在地谈话。

50.A.Since        B.If

C.Unless        D.When

答案　A

解析　since因为，既然，鉴于。

51.A.study        B.speak

C.ignore        D.understand

答案　B

解析　既然是导游必然要会讲四川话，故选speak。

52.A.pay         B.price

C.cost        D.work

答案　C

解析　从后面的“300,000 yuan”看出是花费。cost在这里作名词，意为“成本，费用”。

53.A.familiar        B.similar

C.opposite       D.reasonable

答案　B

解析　be similar to与……类似。

54.A.produced        B.obeyed

C.envied        D.tested

答案　A

解析　由上下文可知，Asimo是由Honda制造的。

55.A.which        B.where

C.when        D.who

答案　D

解析　从上文的she和her看出，把机器人看作人，故用who引导定语从句。

第三部分  阅读理解(共20小题;每小题2分，满分40分)

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

A

It had been a long，hard，wonderful day.The two of us had walked from the sea’s edge through the length of a beautiful valley，climbed a superb mountain，travelled its narrow，rocky ridge(山脊)，and now stood on its final peak，tired，happy and looking for the perfect campsite.

The experienced backpacker has a natural feeling for such things，and our eyes were drawn to a small blue circle on the map，like an eye winking at us.We could not see it from where we were，but we followed our judgement and went down steeply until it came into view.

We were right.It was a calm pool，with flat grass beside it.Gently taking our packs off，we made the first of many cups of tea before pulling up our tent.Later that evening，over another cup of tea and after a good meal，we sat outside the tent watching the sunset over a sea dotted with islands，towards one of which a ferry was slowly moving.It is not always so perfect，of course.On another trip，with a different companion，a thoroughly wet day had ended at a lonely farm.Depressed at the thought of camping，we had knocked and asked if we could use a barn(谷仓) as a shelter.

Backpacking could be defined as the art of comfortable，self­sufficient(自给自足的) travel on foot.Everything you need is in the pack on your back，and you become emotionally_as_well_as_physically_attached_to_it.I once left my pack hidden in some rocks while I made a long trip to a peak I particularly wanted to climb.I was away for nearly three hours and ended up running the last stretch in fear that my precious pack would not be there.It was，of course.

The speed at which the backpacker travels makes this the perfect way to see any country.You experience the landscape as a slow unfolding scene，almost in the way it was made;and you find time to stop and talk to people you meet.I’ve learned much local history from simply chatting to people I met while walking through an area.At the end of a trip，whether three days or three weeks，there’s a feeling of achievement，of having got somewhere under your own power.

After years of going out walking just for the day，many people start backpacking simply through wanting to stay out rather than cut short a trip.

56.The writer and his companion knew there was a pool because ________.

A.they had been told about it

B.they could see it on the map

C.they had seen it earlier in the day

D.they could see it from the top of the mountain

答案　B

解析　细节理解题。由第二段的“...our eyes were drawn to a small blue circle on the map...”可知，作者和同伴是在地图上看到了这个水塘。

57.What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 2 refer to?

A.The map.        B.The pool.

C.The mountain.       D.The campsite.

答案　B

解析　代词指代题。根据第三段的“It was a calm pool...”可知，it指的是水塘。