Ⅱ.Read and fill in the blanks.
1. People (not go) by bus or train in the Tang Dynasty. Some of them (ride) horse. Most of them travelled on foot.
2. Long ago, people (draw) pictures by hand. Now we use cameras to (take) pictures.
3. People (not have) clocks or watches. They (tell) the time by the sun and the moon thousands of years ago.
4. Before, there (be) no gyms or no libraries. Now there (be) a lot of tall buildings.

1. didn't go, rode 2. drew, take 3. didn't have, told 4. were, are

【分析】
这道题是动词适当形式填空题，解题思路如下：
1. 首先逐句定位时间提示词，判断句子对应的时态：题目里出现的in the Tang Dynasty、Long ago、thousands of years ago、Before都属于过去的时间标志，对应要用一般过去时；出现Now的句子对应一般现在时。
2. 对于一般过去时的肯定句，直接将谓语动词变为对应的过去式即可；如果是实义动词的否定句，需要借助助动词didn't，后面的谓语动词保持原形。
3. 遇到固定搭配比如use sth to do sth时，to后面要接动词原形；遇到there be句型时，要根据后面紧邻的名词的单复数选择对应的be动词形式。
【解析】
1. 第一句时间状语是in the Tang Dynasty（唐朝），属于过去时间，用一般过去时，实义动词go的否定形式为didn't go；第二句描述唐朝时期部分人的出行行为，ride的过去式为rode。
2. 第一空时间状语Long ago（很久以前）是过去时间，draw的过去式为drew；第二空符合固定搭配use sth to do sth，不定式符号to后接动词原形take。
3. 句中thousands of years ago（数千年前）是过去时间，实义动词have的一般过去时否定形式为didn't have；tell的过去式为told。
4. 第一空Before表示过去的状态，后面紧邻的名词gyms是复数，there be句型的过去时复数形式用were；第二空时间状语Now表示现在，后面紧邻的名词a lot of tall buildings是复数，一般现在时的be动词复数形式用are。
【答案】
1. didn't go, rode 2. drew, take 3. didn't have, told 4. were, are
【知识点】
一般过去时，动词过去式，there be句型
【点评】
本题属于小学英语时态类基础题型，核心考点是通过时间标志词区分一般过去时和一般现在时，同时考察了实义动词过去式变形、固定搭配和there be句型的就近原则，整体考点清晰，只要能准确识别时间提示词就能顺利完成作答。
【难度系数】
0.7

Ⅲ.Read and answer.
In ancient times people did all the things by their own hands. But today people needn't do everything with their own hands, because robots help to do many things. Robots are helpful in our lives. Some robots are just machines. People use them in factories to help the workers. These robots are not like the robots in movies. They don't walk or talk. Sometimes, a robot may be just a metal(金属的) arm. The robot arm can do the same job in a factory over and over again. It can do jobs that people may not want to do. A robot never gets tired of doing the same thing. Do you want to have a robot in your own life? I would like to have a robot like Robin, because he can talk and play with me, and he can help me with my homework.
1. Did people have robots in ancient times?
2. Can the robot arm walk or talk in the factory?
3. What can a robot arm do in the factory?
4. Why does the writer want to have a robot like Robin?

1. No, they didn't.
2. No, it can't.
3. It can do the same job in a factory over and over again. / It can do jobs that people may not want to do.
4. Because Robin can talk and play with him, and he can help with the homework.

【分析】
这是一篇基础的英语阅读理解细节题，解题时可以先通读题干明确每道题的提问方向，再带着问题回到原文对应位置定位相关语句，直接提取匹配的信息作答即可：第1题询问古代是否有机器人，直接从文章开头古今对比的内容就能得到答案；第2题询问工厂的机械臂能否行走说话，定位到描述工厂机器人特征的段落即可找到对应依据；第3题询问机械臂的功能，原文直接给出了相关描述；第4题询问作者想要类似Robin的机器人的原因，定位到文末作者的表述提取信息即可，注意作答时要和问句的助动词、情态动词形式保持一致，人称适配正确。
【解析】
1. 定位原文开头语句"In ancient times people did all the things by their own hands. But today people needn't do everything with their own hands, because robots help to do many things"，可知古代人们完全靠手工劳作，没有机器人，因此给出否定回答。
2. 定位原文语句"These robots are not like the robots in movies. They don't walk or talk. Sometimes, a robot may be just a metal arm"，可知工厂里的机械臂不会行走也不会说话，因此给出否定回答。
3. 定位原文语句"The robot arm can do the same job in a factory over and over again. It can do jobs that people may not want to do"，直接提取这两句描述机械臂功能的内容作为答案即可，两个表述均正确。
4. 定位原文末尾语句"I would like to have a robot like Robin, because he can talk and play with me, and he can help me with my homework"，将第一人称转换为对应表述，提取原因内容即可。
【答案】
1. No, they didn't.
2. No, it can't.
3. It can do the same job in a factory over and over again. / It can do jobs that people may not want to do.
4. Because Robin can talk and play with him, and he can help with the homework.
【知识点】
英语阅读细节定位；一般疑问句作答；原文信息提取
【点评】
本题属于低难度的基础阅读题，所有答案都可以在原文中直接找到对应内容，不需要复杂的推理加工，主要考察学生快速定位文本信息的能力，作答时只需要注意回答的句式和问句的时态、助动词/情态动词保持匹配，就不容易出现错误，适合用来巩固基础的阅读理解解题习惯。
【难度系数】
0.8