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“Mum, can I invite my classmate Brett over to stay tomorrow night, please? It's Friday, and we don't have any__1__.Can I, please？” Mum was sitting at the kitchen table.Dad was__2__next to her, resting his head on his arms.Mum could__3__that James wanted so badly to have his friend over.
“I'm so sorry, James，” she said.
“I'm never allowed to have friends come to the house？” “Why, Mum？” James asked sadly, almost in__4__.
“I know it's__5__for you，” Mum said softly.“But I'm just worried other people might think we're a little...strange.And then they would make fun of you.”
“No, they wouldn't, Mum，” James protested.“We're not__6__at all.We're just ordinary people.”
Mum sighed heavily.“To tell you the truth, James, my neck has been so painful that it's given me a heavy__7__.And your poor father — he doesn't feel__8__.He really needs a rest.”
“I can help, Mum！” James said.“__9__I can make you and Dad feel better, can Brett come over? Please？”
“Well...”Mum said.
“Great! Thanks, Mum！” James almost shouted.“Just sit there, don't move.” He rushed over to the kitchen drawer and__10__what he needed — two spanners(扳手)．“Hang on, Mum，” he said.“This won't take a second.” After some__11__， James finished.With a smile of__12__on his face he said, “There! How does that feel？” “Oh, James，” Mum said.“That's much better! How did you do it？”
“Easy，” James said__13__.“Dad had tightened your neck bolts (螺栓) too much! I just__14__them slightly! I learned that in robotic science at school.”
“What about your father? Can you__15__him？” asked Mum.
“I'll try，” James replied.He__16__up Dad's hair at the back of his neck and plugged the electric wire into Dad's head.Then he turned the__17__on.Dad opened his eyes and__18__immediately.“He just let his__19__run too low, that's all，” James said, “Shall I tell Brett to come over straight after school tomorrow？”
“I guess so，” replied Mum.“Your friends will just have to__20__that we are a very unusual family.Thanks, son！”
解题导语：本文是一个科幻故事，叙述的是詹姆士如何利用在学校所学的机器人学问，挂念机器人父母解决了身体上毁灭的问题。
1．A.chance B．message
C．homework D．difficulty
解析：依据文中的“classmate”和“Friday”可知选C。
答案：C
2．A.asleep B．reading
C．alone D．standing
解析：依据下文“resting his head on his arms”头放在胳膊上，可知爸爸正在睡觉。
答案：A
3．A.explain B．see
C．agree D．doubt
解析：句意：妈妈能够理解詹姆士格外期望他的伴侣过来。此处选see表示“理解，明白”。
答案：B
4．A.terror B．tears
C．surprise D．silence
解析：句中“sadly”说明詹姆士很难过，所以选tears与sadly保持全都。
答案：B
5．A.fair B．easy
C．good D．hard
解析：句意：妈妈说：“我知道这对你来说很困难，但是我担忧别人或许会感觉到我们家有点惊异。”本句是指詹姆士始终不带伴侣到家里来是很难做到的事情。
答案：D
6．A.strange B．normal
C．popular D．anxious
解析：依据上文“we're a little...strange”可知选A。
答案：A
7．A.headache B．loss
C．task D．day
解析：依据句中的“painful”可知选A。句意：妈妈说：“我的脖子始终都很疼，甚至让我都感觉头疼了，你爸爸感觉也不好，总是需要休息。”
答案：A
8．A.ill B．funny
C．sorry D．well
解析：参见第7题解析。
答案：D
9．A.As B．If
C．Since D．Before
解析：句中存在假设关系，故选B。
答案：B
10．A.kept B．controlled
C．found D．returned
解析：句意：詹姆士冲进厨房，找到了他需要的东西——扳手。其他选项不符合语境。
答案：C
11．A.requests B．thoughts
C．repairs D．instructions
解析：依据上文詹姆士从厨房里找到了两个扳手可知，他是用这两个扳手修理东西。故选C。
答案：C
12．A.sympathy B．satisfaction
C．bitterness D．politeness
解析：句意：他一脸的满足之情，问妈妈：“现在感觉怎么样？”
答案：B
13．A.embarrassedly B．gratefully
C．impatiently D．proudly
解析：依据句中的“easy”可知选proudly。
答案：D
14．A.adjusted B．collected
C．produced D．covered
解析：依据“Dad had tightened your neck bolts (螺栓) too much！”爸爸把你脖子上的螺丝拧太紧了，可知应选adjust“调整”。
答案：A
15．A.greet B．accompany
C．help D．ask
解析：依据上文可知爸爸的状况也不好，所以妈妈恳求詹姆士也帮爸爸调整。
答案：C
16．A.lifted B．caught
C．gave D．filled
解析：依据常识，应是把爸爸脖子后面的头发拉起来，再插入一根电线。lift up “抬起，拉起”。
答案：A
17．A.television B．power
C．light D．gas
解析：依据上下文的“electric wire”“too low”可知此处指爸爸的电池电量(power)低。
答案：B
18．A.grew up B．lay down
C．broke down D．sat up
解析：依据上文“resting his head on his arms”头放在胳膊上可知应选sat up。句意：当他打开电源的时候，爸爸马上睁开眼睛，坐了起来。
答案：D
19．A.food B．temperature
C．battery D．blood
解析：依据上文可知这家人很特殊，都是机器人，爸爸身体不好是由于体内的电池电量不足。故选C。
答案：C
20．A.prove B．expect
C．suspect D．accept
解析：句意：你的伴侣不得不接受我们是很特殊的一家人的事实。其他选项不符合语境。
答案：D
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Travel can be stressful, so it is not unusual for airports to offer a room for relaxation.21.________San Francisco Airport has taken 22.________idea one step further, offering a yoga(瑜伽) room for passengers in need of a good stretch before their flights.
With blue walls and a rule of silence, the room in Terminal(航站楼) 23.________(design) at the suggestion of a passenger during an open meeting.Airport yoga lovers are directed to the room 24.________the usual means－a picture, one 25.________ features a figure 26.________(seat) in a full lotus position.
Airport director, John L．Martin, called the room, which opened last week, “another leap forward in providing our travelers with the opportunity and space to relax and reduce pressure on 27.________ own terms”．
The architects set the lights low and warm, and constructed a floating wall 28.________(symbolize) “a light spirit and enlightened mind”．
Yoga teacher, Tamal Dodge said, “How amazing will it be to stretch out 29.________ you get on a plane for a 12hour flight! You are now given the opportunity to 30.________(real) relax and prepare your body for something as tiring as sitting in an airplane seat for hours on end.”
解题导语：旧金山机场开设瑜伽室为有需要的乘客供应伸展身体的场所。
21．解析：上下文有转折意义，用but。句意：旅行会很累，因此，有的机场为旅客供应休息室的举措，也不算稀奇。但是旧金山机场却把这个方法往前推动了一步。
答案：But
22．解析：此处特指“为旅客供应休息室”这个方法。
答案：the
23．解析：此处需填谓语动词，主语是“the room”，故用被动语态。
答案：was designed
24．解析：固定短语，by...means“通过、凭借……方法”。
答案：by
25．解析：考查定语从句。先行词是one，用关系代词that做features的主语。
答案：that
26．解析：be seated“坐，落座”，此处用非谓语动词seated做定语修饰figure。
答案：seated
27．解析：on their own terms“依据他们自己的状况/条件”。
答案：their
28．解析：不定式做目的状语。
答案：to symbolize
29．解析：句意：上机之前能进行熬炼，伸展身体。
答案：before
30．解析：副词修饰动词relax。句意：大家现在有机会真正放松，让身体为连续坐多个小时飞机这样累人的事情做好预备。
答案：really
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