One day，David and his friends talked about who there closest（1） 　　were． When it was his turn， he said， "My best friend is Amy，（2） 　　81﹣year﹣old woman living in Florida．"

Their friendship came（3） 　　a game． In the game， David and Amy were on the same team．After this game， they became good friends， David even told her about his dream of music．

However， life was hard for David at that time．He hardly（4） 　　time or money to play music．Most of the time． he had to work in a restaurant． He felt that his dream was hopeless（无望的）．（5） 　　he almost lost heart， Amy gave him lots of help and supported his dream． Two years later， he decided（6） 　　to New York for his dream． There he held his first concert successfully．

After the concert， a famous reporter in New York heard of their story． He wanted to know what（7） 　　So he flew to Florida to interview her． To his surprise， the friendship between Amy and David was（8） 　　than he could imagine．

Later， many people（9） 　　by this story． But Amy thought it was nothing， She said， "As friends we（10） 　　give a hand when they need．"

Since my mother moved to live with us in the city， she has been much heavier than before．As time went by， her health got（1） 　　． So I had to take her to see a （2） 　　． My mother was told to lose weight by doing exercise every day． She had no choice but to follow（3） 　　the doctor said．I told her that I would exercise with her every morning．

On the first morning， she got up very early（4） 　　ran with me in our neighborhood． I tried to run slowly so that she could follow me． After（5） 　　for some minutes， I told her the proper ways of exercise and the importance of eating healthy food． She listened to me carefully． It made me（6） 　　that she told me everything very patiently when I was a kid． On the second morning， I praised her for keeping running with me．

But after two weeks， she wanted to（7） 　　running because she thought the two﹣week exercise didn't work at all． To encourage her， I taught her how to use the facilities（设施） for exercise in our（8） 　　． She began to exercise again．

With my help， it（9） 　　her one month to develop a good habit of daily exercise． "Thank you，my dear daughter． Exercise brings health and happiness to me． I will（10） 　　worry about my health． "Her words touched my heart deeply． I felt happy to make a big difference to my mother's life．"

Now，it seems that artificial intelligence（人工智能） is becoming more and more popular in life， and it has greatly influenced the ways we live， work and play． Can you imagine that you can play table tennis with a robot one day？

Recently，a scientist has invented a special robot that can be a table tennis coach． That means people can practice table tennis not only with humans but also with a robot．

Named Forpheus，the smart table tennis robot is quite special． It can study the movements of human players and the speeds of the ball． In this way， it can exactly judge（判断）the players skill levels（KF）． Then it uses the information to change the ways to play． If the players are just beginners， Forpheus will play in a slow and easy way， but if the players are better ones， the robot will play in a faster and more difficult way． What's more， while playing， it encourages players to try their best with words like "Good job!"， "Come on!" and so on． At the same time， it gives some good chance

improve their skills． So it is both a good partner and a clever coach．

Science and technology is developing quickly these days and it's hard to imagine what will happen in the future． " In the next 20years， it will be possible that one robot teaches another to play table tennis or even Invents another one!" Takuoya， the inventor of the robot， said．

（1）Artificial intelligence has influenced people's life in many ways． 　　

（2）The robot can judge the skill levels of human players exactly． 　　

（3）Forpheus is the name of the inventor of the robot． 　　

（4）One robot will probably teach another to play table tennis in the future． 　　

（5）The robot can encourage the human players， but it can't give advice． 　　

Many animals around us are smart． Let's get to know some of them．

（1）In the test，the dolphin 　　．

（2）When the bees saw the vertical lines， they 　　．

（3） 　　performed better in remembering where the numbers were．

A person has two ears but only one mouth． That means we should listen， not just speak． The word "listen" has the same letters as the word "silent"． Listening silently is a good quality that we should have．Then why is it important to be a good listener？

Listening is really helpful．

When someone is sad or angry， he wants to express his poor feelings． At this moment， we need to listen silently first until he gets calm（冷静的）． Then we may have a good talk with him． Maybe it is a good way to help him out．

Listening is a kind of love．

For example， we may think our parents are always talking too much． But in fact， they do so because they are anxious about our health， study and so on． If we listen patiently， our parents will feel we care about them． A loving silence is often more powerful（有力量的）than words．

Listening is polite behavior．

Sometimes， we just want others to listen to us but forget to listen to others． In fact． That's not polite． In order to show our respect（尊重）for others， we had better listen to them first． Then we can express our ideas．

Listening sounds easy，but it's not． Every head is a world． So we should learn to listen with our ears， eyes and hearts as much as we can， and try to make ourselves

good listeners from now on．

（1）When someone is sad or angry， we should　　 first．

A．express our poor feelings．

B．talk too much with him．

C．tell his parents about it．

D． listen to him silently．

（2）The underlined word "anxious" here probably means "　　"．

A．worried

B．angry

C．satisfied

D．excited

（3）Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage？　　

A． We should ask others to listen to us first．

B． We had better listen to others first．

C． We should let others respect us first．

D． We should express our ideas first．