Question

    In real life, robots are mainly used in factories. They do many different jobs. Usually these jobs are too__________ , difficult or boring for humans.

Robots also help disabled people and people who cannot look after __________. For example, scientists are making a robot to help__________ people. Now many of them have a dog to help them. The dog is called a guide dog. In the future, guide dogs might be robot dogs.

One robot dog is called Meldog. It has wheels. It usually “walks”__________ its owner. It is very clever. It knows the speed of its owner's walk. Meldog talks to its owner by _________. The owner wears a special belt. This belt __________ instructions to the owner from Meldog such as “Stop here”, “Turn left” and “Turn right”.

In the United States, another _________ of robot helps disabled workers. This robot, called Kilroy, helps disabled computer operators. The robot _________ the sound of its owner's voice. It follows instructions such as “Turn the page” and “Make a cup of coffee”.

Robots are also used in American __________. They can do simple jobs. For example, they shave (刮脸) patients and brush their teeth and take meals from the kitchen to patients' rooms. It never gets lost__________ this robot has a map of the hospital in its computer memory.

1.A.interesting B.strange C.dangerous

2.A.others B.them C.themselves

3.A.deaf B.blind C.old

4.A.in front of B.behind C.under

5.A.television B.radio C.loudspeaker

6.A.writes B.reads C.sends

7.A.type B.size C.set

8.A.guesses B.thinks C.hears

9.A.cinema B.hospital C.museum

10.A.until B.because C.whether

Answer

1.C

2.C

3.B

4.A

5.B

6.C

7.A

8.C

9.B

10.B

【解析】

机器人发明于二十世纪二十年代，以及机器人在现实生活中的应用．如在工厂，机器人可以被用来帮助人们做一些危险性大的工作，机器人可以帮助残疾人等．在美国的医院，机器人能做一些简单的活儿。

1.句意：通常这些工作对人类来说太危险、太困难或太无聊。

考查形容词。 interesting有趣的；strange奇怪的；dangerous危险的。结合Usually these jobs are too…，difficult or boring for humans 可知这里用dangerous危险的，故选C。

2.句意：机器人还帮助残疾人和不能照顾自己的人。

考查代词。others其他的；them他们；themselves 他们自己。根据 Robots also help disabled people and people who cannot look after可知是不能照顾自己的人，故用反身代词themselves，故选C。

3.句意：例如，科学家正在制造一个机器人来帮助盲人。

考查形容词。deaf聋的；blind瞎的；old旧的。根据后文Now many of them have a dog to help them．The dog is called a guide dog．In the future，guide dogs might be robot dogs．可知导盲狗是帮助盲人，故这里是说制作机器人帮助盲人，故选B。

4.句意：它通常在主人面前“走”。

考查介词。in front of在…前面；behind 在后面；under在…下面。根据It has wheels．It usually"walks"（4）its owner可知是走在主人前面，故选A。

5.句意：Meldog通过收音机和它的主人交谈。

考查名词。television电视；radio收音机；loudspeaker扬声器。根据Meldog talks to its owner by…The owner wears a special belt．This belt…instructions to the owner from Meldog such as"Stop here"，"Turn left"and"Turn right"可知，是通过无线电来交流，故选B。

6.句意：这条皮带向主人发出“在这里停”、“左转”和“右转”等指令。

考查动词。writes写；reads读；sends发送。根据This belt…instructions to the owner from Meldog such as"Stop here"，"Turn left"and"Turn right"．可知是将指令传送给主人，故选C。

7.句意：在美国，另一种机器人帮助残疾工人。

考查名词。kind种类；size尺寸；set装置。根据In the United States，another…of robot helps disabled workers这是介绍另一种类型的机器人，故选A。

8.句意：机器人听到主人的声音。

考查动词。guesses猜测；thinks认为；hears听到。根据The robot…the sound of its owner's voice可知是听声音，故选C。

9.句意：美国医院也使用机器人。

考查名词。cinema电影；hospitals医院；museum博物馆。根据For example，they shave （刮脸） patients and brush their teeth and take meals from the kitchen to patients'rooms可知是在医院，故选B。

10.句意：它从不迷路，因为这个机器人的电脑内存里有医院的地图。

考查连词。until直到；because因为；whether 是否。根据It never gets lost…this robot has a map of the hospital in its computer memory可知，因为机器人有地图所以不会迷路，故选B。