A hot dog is one of the most popular American food. It was named after frankfurter, a German food. You may hear “hot dog” ___16___ in other ways. People sometimes __17___ “hot dog” to express pleasure(快樂). For example, a friend may ask ___18___ you would like to go to the cinema. You might say, “Great. I’d love to. ” Or, you could say,”__19____! I’d love to go.” People ___20__ use the expression to describe someone who is a “show-off”, who tries to show everyone else how ___21__ he is. You often hear such a(n) ___22__ called a “hot dog”. He may be a basketball player, for example, who __23____ the ball with one hand making a(n) __24__ catch seem more difficult. You know he is a “hot dog” because when he makes such a catch, he bows(鞠躬) to crowd, hoping to __25___ their cheers.

Have you finished packing ________ ?

A. still

B. yet

C. never

D. ever

?Have you ________ been abroad?

?________ .

A. ever; Never

B. never; Still

C. before; Ever

D. just now; Not yet

Robots seem very new to most people. But they have a __51__ history. A Greek scientist made the first robot. You may  52  robots in some movies. The robots in the movies are usually stronger, faster and __53__ than people. In real life, most robots are used in factories. They can do lots of dangerous, difficult or__54__ jobs. Some people can’t look __55_ themselves and robots can help them. For example, some people can’t see, and they use a guide dog to help themselves move. But now scientists are__56__ a robot to help them.

Robots are also used in American hospitals. At one hospital, a robot   57  meals from the kitchen to the sick people’s rooms. It never loses (迷失)its __58__ because it has a map of the hospital in its computer system(系統(tǒng)).__59__ the future, robots will even work in space. But robots will  60  take the place of(代替)people but only work for people. They can, however, help us in a lot of different ways.

1.                A．unpleasant      B．long           C．strange   D．interesting

2.                A．look           B．look at          C．see  D．know

3.                A．clever          B．cleverer        C．cleverest D．the cleverest

4.                A．interesting      B．interested       C．boring    D．bored

5.                A．a(chǎn)bout          B．a(chǎn)t             C．for  D．a(chǎn)fter

6.                A．taking          B．using           C．making   D．predicting

7.                A．flies           B．cooks          C．makes    D．takes

8.                A．way           B．road           C．street    D．meal

9.                A．For            B．Of             C．With D．In

10.               A．ever           B．never          C．still   D．yet