四、阅读短文，在文中空白处填入1个适当的单词，或用括号内所给单词的正确形式填空。
(2025·四川遂宁改编)
The Yellow River runs from the mountains the sea. It gave birth to one of oldest and most famous cultures in the world—the Yellow River culture. In the hearts of (China) people，the Yellow River is the mother river. It is expected to play a more important role in our country’s (develop).
The river got its name Huanghe in Chinese its water is yellow，as it took lots of yellow sand to the water when it ran through the Loess Plateau(黄土高原).
The river starts from Qinghai Province in the northwestern China. It runs through a lot of places before (run) into the Bohai Sea. The river (feed) about 12% of China’s population and provides water for about 15% of fields and more than 60 (city).
So far，our country (make) great efforts in the environmental protection of the river. Each year over 400 million tons of sand is prevented from being washed into it. Our mother river has become much (clear) than before.
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四、1. to 2. the 3. Chinese 4. development 5. because 6. running 7. feeds 8. cities 9. has made 10. clearer

五、完形填空。
In some science fiction movies，robots are just like humans. They help with housework and do most jobs.
Some scientists believe that there will be such robots in the future. ，they agree it may hundreds of years. Scientists are now trying to make robots that people and do the same things as us.
But robot scientist James White . He thinks that it will be for a robot to do the same things as a person. ，it’s easy for a child to wake up and know where he or she is. Mr White thinks that robots won’t be able to do this. But other scientists disagree. They think that robots will be able to talk to people 25 to 50 years.
Robot scientists are not just trying to make robots that look like people. For example，there are already robots in factories. They do simple jobs over and over again. People would not like to do such jobs and would get bored. But robots will get bored.
In the future，there will be more robots everywhere，and humans will have work to do. New robots will have many different . Some will look like humans，and may look like snakes. After an earthquake，a snake robot could help look for people buried(被掩埋的). That may not seem possible now，but computers，space rockets and even electric toothbrushes also impossible a hundred years ago. We never know will happen in the future!
()1. A. interesting
B. unpleasant
C. pleasant
D. popular
()2. A. But
B. So
C. However
D. While
()3. A. use
B. spend
C. pay
D. take
()4. A. look like
B. look at
C. look for
D. look up
()5. A. agrees
B. disagrees
C. likes
D. dislikes
()6. A. easy
B. difficult
C. important
D. possible
()7. A. For example
B. Instead
C. Such as
D. Besides
()8. A. from
B. for
C. over
D. in
()9. A. worked
B. work
C. working
D. to work
()10. A. always
B. usually
C. never
D. often
()11. A. more
B. less
C. fewer
D. little
()12. A. shapes
B. colours
C. sizes
D. actions
()13. A. the other
B. other
C. the others
D. others
()14. A. seem
B. seemed
C. looked
D. look
()15. A. that
B. how
C. what
D. when

五、1. B 【点拨】本句意为“它们（机器人）帮忙做家务并做大部分令人讨厌的工作”。
2. C 【点拨】理解上下文可知此处存在转折关系，而 but 后不用逗号。
3. D 【点拨】此处意为“这可能要花数百年时间”。take 费时。
4. A 【点拨】look like 看起来像……
5. B 【点拨】本句开头 But 表示转折，故指该科学家不同意上述观点。
6. B 【点拨】由上下文可知，该科学家认为机器人像人一样做同样的事会很难。
7. A 【点拨】本句是举例说明。for example 要用逗号与后面句子隔开。
8. D 【点拨】在一般将来时的句子中，用“in+时间段”表示在某段时间之后。
9. C 【点拨】此处表示已经在工厂工作的机器人，用现在分词短语作后置定语。
10. C 【点拨】句意：但是机器人从不会感到厌烦。never 从未，绝不。
11. B 【点拨】由前句句意可知，会有更多的机器人参与工作，那么人们的工作就相对减少了，因此用形容词的比较级，且 work 是不可数名词。故选 B。
12. A 【点拨】由下句句意可知，将来的机器人会有许多不同的形状。
13. D 【点拨】others 指其他机器人，没有限制范围。
14. B 【点拨】由前句可知用 seem，又由本句时间状语可知用过去式。
15. C 【点拨】本句意为“我们永远都不知道将来会发生什么事！”