streets". An official at the security conference commented that the future is here now, saying: "The age of the robots is no longer coming. It has arrived."

24. What was Robocop's first official duty?

　　A. To spot criminals in the crowd.

　　B. To serve guests at a meeting.

　　C. To organize a secure conference.

　　D. To offer help to the people on the street.

25. What has made Robocop "smart"?

　　A. Its built - in tablet. B. Its social skills.

　　C. Its language talent. D. Its ability to recognize people.

26. What can we learn from the spokesman?

　　A. Human police will become smarter.

　　B. RoboCop has done a good job at the meeting.

　　C. More Robots will soon appear as part of the Police force.

　　D. Robots will help Dubai Police do dangerous work.

27. What do the underlined sentences mean in the last paragraph?

　　A. The age of robots is now on the way.

　　B. Robots will change the world.

　　C. Scientists are making smarter robots.

　　D. The age of robots is already here.

　　One ambitious high school student knew exactly how to show his family that he got accepted into his dream college-by surprising them on Christmas Day.

　　Barrington Lincoln, class president at Lutheran High School North in Ferguson, got accepted into Morehouse College in Atlanta back on Dec. 15. But for months, he knew he wanted to make the news known in a big way to his mother and aunt, Lincoln told ABC News. "I thought of the surprise in October," he said, adding that once he got accepted he would purchase two school T-shirts from Morehouse's online store.

　　On Christmas Day, in a live video on Twitter, Lincoln, 17, gifted his mom Lisa McDonald and his aunt Shirley Gray the T-shirts with the school's name on it. When the two sisters opened the gifts, they had no idea what they meant.

In the video, Lincoln nudges (用肘轻推) his family, "You know what that means right? I got in!" While McDonald falls heavily on the couch in delight, Gray asks, "You've been holding out on us?"