阅读下面短文,在空白处填入一个适当的单词或填入括号内单词的正确形式。
Last Saturday, an amazing half-marathon took place in Beijing. It was the 11. (one) half-marathon in the world for human-like robots. About 20 teams from all over China brought their robots 12. (join) the competition. This race was not only a test of technology but also 13. test of how long the robots could keep running.
The race began in the Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area. Robots and human runners started 14. the same time. The robots had to run on two legs. The race was hard for them. They met many 15. (difficulty) during the 21-kilometre race. The ground was hard to run on. 16. the strong wind also caused a lot of trouble. Besides, the signals for communication sometimes 17. (become) weak. Then some robots even turned around and ran 18. the starting line. Some robots fell down or couldn't control 19. (they) on the way. The teams had to 20. (quick) repair them to continue the race.
The robots' batteries (电池) could 21. (change), so they could finish the race. In the end, only 6 robots crossed the finishing line. The 22. (win) was a robot named Tiangong Ultra. What does it look like? It 23. (be) 1.8 metres tall and thin. It runs like a real person. I think this event shows many problems with the robots. But these problems 24. (help) people make robots better in the future. Robots still cannot run 25. (fast) than people, but this race is a big step forward for robot technology.

11. first 12. to join 13. a 14. at 15. difficulties 16. And 17. became 18. to/toward/towards 19. themselves 20. quickly 21. be changed 22. winner 23. is 24. will help 25. faster

【分析】
本题为语篇型语法填空，需结合语境、英语语法规则（包括序数词、词性转换、时态、固定搭配、冠词、介词、反身代词等）逐一分析每个空的要求：先通读全文理解大意，再根据句子结构、搭配、时态等确定单词的正确形式，如定冠词后接序数词、不定式表目的、many后接名词复数、被动语态结构、比较级用于than后等。
【解析】
11. 句意：这是世界上第一个类人机器人半程马拉松。定冠词the后需用序数词，one的序数词为first，故填first。
12. 句意：来自中国各地的20支队伍带来他们的机器人参加比赛。此处表目的，用不定式作目的状语，故填to join。
13. not only...but also...连接并列成分，此处指“一项测试”，test为可数名词单数，且以辅音音素开头，故填a。
14. at the same time是固定短语，意为“同时”，故填at。
15. many后接可数名词复数，difficulty的复数形式为difficulties，故填difficulties。
16. 前文提到机器人遇到困难，此处又说强风也带来麻烦，为并列关系，故填And。
17. 全文讲述过去发生的事件，用一般过去时，become的过去式为became，故填became。
18. 句意：一些机器人甚至转身朝起点线跑去。run to/toward/towards表示“朝……跑”，故填to/toward/towards。
19. 句意：一些机器人在路上摔倒或无法控制自己。主语是robots，对应反身代词themselves，故填themselves。
20. 修饰动词repair需用副词，quick的副词形式为quickly，故填quickly。
21. 句意：机器人的电池可以被更换，所以它们能完成比赛。batteries与change为被动关系，情态动词could后接be+过去分词，故填be changed。
22. 句意：获胜者是一个叫天宫Ultra的机器人。此处指获胜者，用名词winner，故填winner。
23. 描述机器人外观用一般现在时，主语it对应be动词is，故填is。
24. 由in the future可知用一般将来时，故填will help。
25. 由than可知用副词比较级，fast的比较级为faster，故填faster。
【答案】
first to join a at difficulties And became to/toward/towards themselves quickly be changed winner is will help faster
【知识点】
序数词；词性转换；时态运用
【点评】
本题考查语篇语境下的英语基础语法综合运用，涵盖序数词、不定式、固定搭配、被动语态、比较级等核心知识点，需结合上下文逻辑和语法规则分析，难度适中，适合巩固基础语法。
【难度系数】
0.6

The Mina Town School is holding a fun run. This is the information that is taken home with the students.
Unit Eight

26. If Peter with his 10-year-old daughter joins the race, how much should he pay?
A. $4.B. $8.
C. $12.D. $14.
27. What can you learn from the material?
A. The race has 4 check points.
B. They can win a bike as a prize.
C. The fun run race will begin at 8:00 am.
D. They finish the race at the starting line.
28. What type of text is this material?
A. A report.
B. A notice.
C. An email.
D. An instruction.
B

26. C 27. A 28. B

【分析】本题为信息提取类题目，需从活动海报中定位对应问题的关键内容：第26题需计算成人与学生的参赛总费用；第27题需逐一核对选项与海报细节的匹配度；第28题需根据文本形式判断其类型。
【解析】
26. 由海报Entry Fee部分可知，成人参赛费用为$8，10岁的女儿属于Schoolchildren，费用为$4，总费用为8+4=12，对应选项C。
27. 逐一分析选项：A选项，海报中明确标注Check Point1到Check Point4共4个检查点，正确；B选项，奖品为Gold Coast Holiday，非自行车，错误；C选项，比赛时间为周六1:30 pm，注册时间为8:00 am到1:00 pm，错误；D选项，起点为START，终点为FINISH，错误，故选A。
28. 该文本是关于趣味跑活动的通知，包含时间、费用、路线等关键信息，属于通知类文本，故选B。
【答案】26.C 27.A 28.B
【知识点】信息提取、文本类型判断、费用计算
【点评】本题考查从活动海报中提取并分析关键信息的能力，需仔细核对每个选项对应的海报细节，避免混淆时间、费用等信息，难度适中。
【难度系数】0.6