一、完形填空。
（湖南长沙期末）One day, Confucius led his students to the State of Chu. When crossing through a large forest, they saw an old man catching cicadas(蝉) with a bamboo 1. It was so easy for the man. Confucius said, “You do well in catching cicadas. You must have some special 2.”
“That’s right!” the old man answered. “The cicadas are not 3. They will fly away at once 4 there is a very low sound. So people who want to catch cicadas must train their hands to hold a bamboo stick 5 shaking. If you can place five pellets(小球) on the top of the bamboo stick without falling off, you can catch cicadas as easily as picking up a ball from the 6.”
He then added, “But that is not enough. People must be good at 7 themselves. Right now, I am standing like a tree, with my 8 reaching out like a part of the tree. Last of all, one must be attentive(专心的). When I am catching cicadas, I only see their wings. Whatever happens, 9 will disturb(打扰) me.”
Then Confucius turned to his students and 10, “Whatever you do, you will succeed if you are attentive. This is what this old man taught us.”
()1. A. stick B. sign C. book
()2. A. hobbies B. skills C. hands
()3. A. bad B. silly C. smart
()4. A. before B. until C. even if
()5. A. like B. for C. without
()6. A. school B. sky C. ground
()7. A. sharing B. hiding C. pushing
()8. A. feet B. knees C. arms
()9. A. nothing B. anything C. something
()10. A. said B. ordered C. changed

1. A 2. B 3. B 4. C 5. C 6. C 7. B 8. C
9. A 10. A

二、阅读理解。
A
（江苏连云港期末）Look! With a hat made of solar panels, a robot is walking through many Longjing tea plants. The smart robot is a helper for local tea planters during the tea-picking season.
As one of China’s 10 most famous teas, Longjing tea is known for its green colour, nice taste and beautiful shape. People always pick it by hand, but local tea gardens often don’t have enough workers. So a team from Zhejiang Sci-Tech University started making tea-picking.
The robot has got better and better over the years. In 2023, the first one used solar power—it could find 86% of tea buds and pick over 60% of them successfully. In 2024, the second robot worked 50% faster. It took the place of 1.5 workers and picked 750 grams of dry tea every day. By 2025, the third robot had four robot legs. It moved easily on hills, found 90% of tea buds, and replaced 2 good workers.
The robot solves the worker shortage problem. It works 24 hours non-stop and doesn’t damage tea leaves. But it still faces some problems: it can’t spot curled buds well, works more slowly on rainy days, and is too expensive for small tea farmers.
Now the robot is still on its way to the best. The team plans to help it spot buds better and work in more types of tea gardens. In the future, it will become an even more perfect helper for tea planters.
( )1. How does the writer show us the robot at the beginning?
A. By using an old saying.
B. By telling a story.
C. By describing a picture.
D. By listing the numbers.
()2. What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 2 refer to?
A. Local tea garden.
B. Longjing tea.
C. The special taste.
D. The robot.
()3. Paragraph 3 mainly talks about the tea-picking robot’s .
A. design
B. looks
C. energy
D. changes
()4. What can we know about the robot from the text?
A. It works well in all kinds of different weather.
B. It is always a perfect helper for the tea planters.
C. Almost every tea garden can use the robot to help.
D. Scientists are studying to make the robot work better.

A. 1. C 2. B 3. D 4. D