Question

1．For many years，machines have been doing work that people once did，including some difficult jobs．Search and rescue operations in dangerous environments are often seen as the first areas that will employ high technology robots．But there is another area where they may soon take jobs traditionally held by human beings：the restaurant industry．
Teams from around the world competed in early June at the DARPA Robotic Challenge Finals in California．A team from South Korea and its robot called DRC-Hubo，won the first place in the competition．The second and third place winners were from the United Sta tes．The robots were required to drive a vehicle，climb up steps and do mechanical work．Such activities are easy for humans to perform，but more difficult for machines．Not all of the c ompetitors were successful．The failures showed how difficuit it is to design effective walking
machines．
Akihiro Suzuki works at Yaskawa Electric，a company that develops robots．He says robots cannot do everything a human can，but they are able to work without becoming tired．He says robots cannot taste food，change heating levels or seasonings to get the best flavor （風 味）．But he says if a food can be easily prepared，a robot can repeat the same movement to reproduce the same meal．
One Japanese woman who saw the robots working wanted to bring them home．Masayo Mori says she would like to have a husband who could work like a robot．Suzumo Machinery showed its sushi （壽司）maker robot．It performs the often difficult work of wrapping the popular Japanese food．Hiroshi Monden is an official with the company．He says people all over the world now eat sushi，but there are not enough skilled workers to prepare it．He says his machine can help anyone make sushi．
29．In Paragraph 1，the author tells us．C
A．robots just do difficult jobs
B．robots are sometimes dangerous
C．robots are widely used in our life
D．robots are gradually replacing humans
30．Why did some teams fail at the DARPA Robotic Challenge Finals？D
A．Their robots cannot be applied at home．
B．Preparing food is really difficult for robots．
C．Their robots can just repeat the same movement．
D．They failed to design effective walking robots．
31．We can infer from the last paragraph that．B
A．Japanese men are lazy
B．robots are popular in Japan
C．Japan has advanced high technology
D．robots usually take the job of making sushi in Japan
32．In which column can we probably see the text？D
A．Education．B．Culture．C．Health．D．Science．

Answer 1

分析 文章主要講述了機器做了很多人們曾經(jīng)做的那些困難的工作，然后舉例說明機器人在生活中的運用．

解答 29．C 主旨題．第一段主旨句為第一句"machines have been doing work that people once did，including some difficult jobs"，機器做了很多人們曾經(jīng)做的那些困難的工作，然后舉例說明機器人在生活中的運用，可知機器人在"我們"的生活中被廣泛使用，C項正確．A項意為"機器人只做困難的工作"，B項意為"機器人有時很危險"，D項意為"機器人在逐漸取代人類"，均不符合文意．故正確答案為C．
30．D 細節(jié)題．由第二段最后一句"The failures showed how difficult it is to design effective walking machines"可知，因為設計出有效的可行走的機器人很困難，所以他們失敗了，D項正確．A項，"他們的機器人不能在家中運用"，文章未提及，A項錯誤；B項，"機器人很難準備食物"，第三段第四句"He says robots cannot taste food，change heating levels or seasonings to get the best flavor"提及，但這與參賽隊伍失敗并無關系，B項錯誤；C項，"他們的機器人只能重復同樣的動作"，文章未提及，C項錯誤．故正確答案為D．
31．B 推斷題．最后一段舉了三個例子說明日本人在生活中很需要機器人：看到機器人工作想將機器人帶回家的，希望自己的丈夫能像機器人一樣工作或是希望有個做壽司的機器人．可推斷出機器人在日本很受歡迎，B項正確．A項，"日本人很懶"，過度推測文意，A項錯誤；C項，"日本有先進的高科技"，文章未提及，C項錯誤；D項，"機器人在日本通常都做壽司"，文章未提及，D項錯誤．故正確答案為B．
32．D 推斷題．第一段講述了機器人可以替人們做很多工作，第二段講述來自世界各地的團隊參加了機器人峰會，一些國家的機器人獲得了獎項，第三段談到了對機器人準備食物的看法，第四段談到機器人在人們生活中也很受歡迎．通篇都在談論機器人，機器人和科學技術有關，所以本文很可能在科學（science）專欄上刊登．故正確答案為D．

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