I visited the nearby car factory today with my uncle, who works there. One thing I noticed was that most of the work is now done by robots. Welding (焊接), painting, testing, and many other jobs are performed by robots now.
The whole dashboard (仪表板) of the car is now put into the car from above, through the windshield, by a robot. It would have taken two men to do this in the past, and it would have hurt their backs quite a bit. It got me thinking: is it a good thing that robots are replacing factory workers? On one hand, robots generally do a more accurate job than people. They aren’t likely to make many mistakes, and if something goes wrong with one car, an alarm goes off. They do exactly the same thing, every time, without fail. A human worker is never able to do exactly the same thing every time. On the other hand, robots also reduce costs for companies. Companies don’t have to pay robots wages or injury compensation (补偿) if they’re broken. If something in a robot does go wrong, it won’t have to take time off work for a year, or even forever, as could happen to a real person if he breaks his back or burn himself while welding.
The obvious downside to all of this is that it increases the unemployment rate. The company will have to bring in some very talented individuals who know how to operate the robots. Unlike regular factory workers, these intelligence workers usually demand a higher pay.
小题1:We can learn from the first paragraph that _______.
A．all the workers are replaced by robots now
B．robots do much of the work instead of workers now
C．there were no workers in the car factory
D．the author’s uncle made robots in the factory小题2:According to the text robots _______.
A．can do work as accurately as workers
B．never break down
C．can do exactly the same thing repeatedly
D．ask for less money from companies小题3:The underlined word "downside" in the last paragraph probably means "_______".
A．weakness
B．favor
C．assistance
D．strength小题4:It can be inferred from the last paragraph that _______.
A．companies refuse to pay for intelligence workers
B．robots have helped all of the workers
C．robots can help solve the problem of unemployment
D．using robots in factories widely will have a long way to go小题5:What is the author’s attitude towards using robots in factories?
A．He is doubtful about it.
B．He thinks it necessary.
C．He is strongly against it.
D． The text doesn’t mention it.
