Some cool inventions are listed in Science Magazine's 25 best inventions of 2018. They are "making the world better, smarter and -- in some cases -- a little more fun", according to the magazine's website. Do you want to lean more about some of the inventions? Let's find out.

● Spark

Spark is a new type of drones (飛行器) made by a Chinese company (公司) in Shenzhen called DJI. It can help people take photos and videos. Spark might be the smallest drone ever made. When folded, it is as small as a can of cola (可樂罐). The coolest part is that users can control the small drone just by using hand gestures(手勢). For example, if you wave (揮動) your hand from left to right, the drone will fly in the same direction. When you want it to land, you just put your hand out. The drone will come to you and land on your hand.

● Social Robot

Robots may not be good communicators. But Jibo, made by US company Jibo Inc, may be different. With a big, round head and round, fat body, Jibo looks like a cartoon character. As soon as you say, "Hey, Jibo." It will giggle(咯咯地笑), dance and turn to face you. When it talks to you, it moves its head and body naturally to communicate with you. Although it has no eyes or mouth, Jibo uses animated icons (生動的表情), such as a smile icon, to show emotions. Right now Jibo can only do some basic things, like taking photos or reading the news to you. But it may learn to do more in the future.

1.According to the passage, we know _______.

A. Spark might be bigger than any other drones.

B. Spark is controlled by using hand gestures.

C. Spark can only fly towards the same direction.

D. Spark is created by a US company.

2.Jibo is ________.

A. a robot

B. a drone

C. a wheel

D. the name of a magazine

3.What can we know about Jibo?

A. It has a round head and a thin body.

B. It looks like a cartoon character.

C. It can do lots of difficult work.

D. It has two eyes and a mouth.

4.What do the two inventions have in common?

A. Both of them are made by Chinese companies.

B. Both of them have big bodies.

C. Both of them can fly in the sky.

D. Both of them can help us take photos.

1.B 2.A 3.B 4.D 【解析】 本篇文章難度適中，主要講述2018年兩大最好的發(fā)明。 1.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Spark might be the smallest drone ever made可知，排除A；根據(jù)For example, if you wave (揮動) your hand from left to right, the drone wi...

（題文）假設(shè)你是Susan,在家里你的父母總是對你有很多要求,有時你是否感到厭煩?你是怎樣解決的?請你根據(jù)下列表格提示用英語寫一篇短文。

父母的要求	每天打掃房間；不能玩電腦游戲；晚上10點前必須睡覺……
你的看法	雖太嚴(yán)厲，但理解他們……
你的解決方式	與父母多交流，為父母做些家務(wù)……

要求:1.文章必須包括表格中所給提示內(nèi)容,可以展開思路,自由地適當(dāng)發(fā)揮。

2.不能出現(xiàn)真實的校名、人名和其它真實信息。

3.詞數(shù)80詞右。前兩句已經(jīng)給出,不計入詞數(shù)。

My name is Susan. There are too many rules in my family. I have to clean the room every day. I am not allowed to play computer games in my free time. I can't go out on school nights. I must go to bed ...

The bed piano allows a music lover to play ______ piano while he is lying in bed.

A. a B. an

C. / D. the

D 【解析】 句意：句意：床上鋼琴可以讓音樂愛好者躺在床上彈鋼琴。根據(jù)句意床上鋼琴可以讓音樂愛好者躺在床上彈鋼琴。play+某種樂器，中間要加定冠詞the，play the piano彈鋼琴；故答案選D。

(2018·山東臨沂) Did you read your favorite books _____ April 23? It was World Book Day.

A. for B. at

C. on D. in

C 【解析】 句意：4月23日你讀過你最喜歡的書嗎？那天是世界讀書日�？疾榻樵~的用法。in泛指一般意義的上午、下午或晚上以及月或年等較長的時間；on表示星期幾或某一特定的日期；at表示時間的某一點、某一時刻或年齡等；for用于表示一段時間。April 23四月二十三日，具體到某月某日需用介詞on，故選C。

(2018·山東臨沂) We couldn’t buy anything because ______ of the shops were open.

A. all B. both

C. nothing D. none

D 【解析】 句意：我們不能買任何東西，因為沒有一家商店開門�？疾椴欢ù�詞辨析。all表示“三者或三者以上都”；both表示“兩者都”，和and連用；nothing表示“什么也沒有”，不和of連用；none表示“三者或三者以上 沒有一個”。all of全都，none of都不；根據(jù)句意，可知none of符合句意，故選D。

(2018·山東臨沂) Could you please speak a little louder? I ______ hear you very well.

A. can’t B. mustn’t

C. shouldn’t D. needn’t

A 【解析】 句意：請你說大點聲好嗎？我不能很好地聽到你說的話�？疾榍閼B(tài)動詞辨析。can't不能，表示不能夠；mustn't不許，表禁止；shouldn’t不應(yīng)該，表勸誡；needn’t無需，表示沒必要。本句表示“不能夠”，根據(jù)句意語境，可知BCD三項意思都與句意不合，故選A。

（題文）(2018·山東臨沂) Jane _______ to call me last night, but she didn’t.

A. supposed B. supposes

C. was supposed D. is suppose

C 【解析】 句意：詹妮昨天晚上應(yīng)該打電話給我的，但是她沒有。考查被動語態(tài)。supposed to猜想會/應(yīng)該，be supposed to do本應(yīng)該會，固定短語。Jane是動詞suppose的受動者，需用被動語態(tài)；last night昨天晚上，是過去的時間，系詞需用was；根據(jù)句意語境，可知選C。

(2018·山東臨沂) They ______ about a comedy this time yesterday.

A. were talking B. are talking

C. have talked D. will talk

A 【解析】 句意：昨天這個時候，他們正在談?wù)撘粋�喜劇片�？疾閯釉~時態(tài)。this time yesterday昨天這個時間，用于過去進(jìn)行時，需用was/were+現(xiàn)在分詞結(jié)構(gòu)。they是復(fù)數(shù)人稱，系詞需用were，根據(jù)句意語境，可知選A。

(2018·山東臨沂) Of all the blue holes in the world, Sansha Yongle Blue Hole in the South China Sea is now _______. It is 300.89 meters deep.

A. deeper B. very deep

C. as deep as D. the deepest

D 【解析】 句意：在世界上所有海洋藍(lán)洞中，中國南海三沙永樂龍洞是最深的。它300.89米深�？疾樾稳菰~最高級。根據(jù)上文Of all the blue holes in the world，結(jié)合句意和語境，可知用deep的最高級，形容詞最高級需用定冠詞the修飾，故選D。

(2018·山東臨沂) I didn’t see you ______ in. You must have been very quiet.

A. comes B. to come

C. come D. have come

C 【解析】 句意：我沒有見你進(jìn)來，你一定是悄悄地進(jìn)來的�？疾榉侵^語動詞。see sb. doing sth.看見某人正在做某事，強(qiáng)調(diào)正在做的動作；see sb. do sth.意為“看見了某人做某事”，強(qiáng)調(diào)看見動作的全過程。根據(jù)句意，“我”沒有看見come這個動作正在發(fā)生，故選C。