人教版八年级英语上册 Unit 5 Do you want to watch 综合(3)

（一）

(Mr. Zhang is showing Wei Fang and Li Lei a modern factory.)

Mr. Zhang: You can’t see many workers here, but you can see a lot of robots. Look, that robot has two big hands. Wei Fang: How strong it looks!

Mr. Zhang: Yes. It does much work for us.

Li Lei: There are so many big boxes here. What are the robots doing?

Mr. Zhang: They are making fridges.

Wei Fang: How fast they are working!

Li Lei: How much time do they need to make a fridge, Mr. Zhang?

Mr. Zhang: About five minutes.

Wei Fang and Li Lei: Only five minutes! What a modern factory it is!

根据短文内容填空：

There are a lot of ________ in the________ factory. They are very________ They have two________ . They can do ________ ________ ________ work. They work very ________ . They only need about

________ minutes to ________ a fridge.

（二）

Karl was standing before the queen (女王). "You saved my horse," the queen said. "Now I want to give you a gift." The queen showed him two " boxes. In one box, there were lots of beautiful jewels (宝石), and in the other, there were two chickens.

"Only one box can be yours," the queen said. "Make a wise choice (明智的选择)."

"That's easy," Karl said. "I'll take the chickens." Some of the people around them laughed. They thought he made a foolish choice.

"And why did you choose the chickens?" the queen asked. "Well, I don't know much about jewels," Karl answered. "But I do know about chickens. The chickens will give eggs to my family for a long time."

The queen smiled. "The jewels you see are only colored glass (玻璃). The chickens are much more valuable ( 宝贵的)," she said. "You made a wise choice." Karl thanked the queen and got the box of chickens.

"You are a smart man," the queen said. "I need a smart man to help take care of my horses. Would you like the job?" Karl smiled and said, "Yes. Thank you!"

The job paid well. Now Karl's family could have a good life all because of his choice.

（1）The queen wanted to give Karl a gift because he（）

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