vegetable salad.

　　At ten past eight he laid the table. Then he put some bread, the chicken soup and the salad on it. What a sweet smell! The moment he turned on the lights, the whole family came home.

　　"The soup smells great, Victor, "said Helen. "You really know how to tell Robbie what to do. "

　　Robbie is one robot that really saves the family a lot of work.

1. What is Robbie?

A. A cook. B. A robot.

C. A cleaner. D. A computer.

2. What do the underlined words "did it" in the second paragraph mean?

A. looked out B. got home

C. turned the heat on D. did some cleaning

3. The story happened on a　　　　　.

A. sunny day B. rainy day

C. snowy day D. hot day

4. What can we learn from the passage?

A. It's hard for Robbie to do some cleaning work.

B. Robbie didn't have to be told what to do.

C. Helen found it easy to do cleaning work at home.

D. Victor and Helen felt comfortable when they got home.

四、词汇运用(20分)

(Ⅰ)根据句意及首字母或汉语提示完成单词。(10分)

1. People put the rubbish into the river and there is much p　　　　　.

2. What will you do next summer h　　　　　?

3. China will be e　　　　　richer in 10 years.

4. I hope there will be fewer　　　　　(工厂)in our city.

5. Many　　　　　(科学家)are researching the space.

(Ⅱ)从方框中选词并用其适当形式填空。(10分)

6. Many　　　　　(predict)didn't come true.

7. A tiger is a　　　　　(danger)animal.

8. There are many people　　　　　(talk)under the tree.