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第二部分Week Eleven人与社会热点话题☑
Week Eleven
人与社会
热点话题
Monday
◆答案P198
■阅读理解
日常生活中的机器人
©关键词:robot
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@体裁:应用文
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©建议时间:7'
Don't you think robots are a part of your life?In
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factories,robots put together everything from toys to
Water Bots
cars.Some homes have robots that sweep floors or
Robots that work in water-
mow the lawn(剪草坪).And more robots are soon
and look like familiar sea
to come.
creatures-are
making
news
Like a Human
lately.One of them is a robotic
Robots don't expect any
fish.Researchers built the robo-
thanks for all the work they do for
fish to swim in water to detect
us.After all,they don't have
pollution.There's even a robotic
feelings.But that may be changing
penguin called the AP,which uses
with Nexi,a robot created by
flippers(魚鳍)to paddle and can
scientists at the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology.Nexi can
move in all directions.
move its face to show anger.
Experts predict that by 2025 we could have
happiness,or sadness.It can also
robots in every household!You might be living or
raise its eyebrows to show
working with one of them every day!
surprise.
1.By moving its face,Nexi might show its
How would you like a robot
A.feelings
B.power
to help clean up your toys,or one
C.interest
D.opinions
that plays hide-and-seek with you?
2.If a patient needs assistance out of bed,which
Nao can be programmed to do both
may be a good helper?
those activities,and more.A two-
A.Nexi.
B.AP.
foot-tall robot,Nao was designed
C.Nao.
D.RIBA.
by a company in France to be a
helper and companion.It can talk,
3.According to the passage,a robotic fish might
walk and even remember faces,
be used for
voices,and places.Also,it can be
A.discovering fish
programmed to assist with daily
B.picking up rubbish
tasks,such as checking e-mails.
C.studying sea creatures
Robots at Work
D.finding out pollution
Need a lift out of bed?
4.Which subtitle can be filled in the blank?
RIBA,short for "Robot for
A.Household Helpers
Interactive Body Assistance",will
B.Programme Desi