In real life, robots are mainly used in factories. They do many different jobs. Usually these jobs are too
43 , difficult or boring for humans.
Robots also help disabled people and people who cannot look after
44 . For example, scientists are making a robot to help blind 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” in front of its owner. It is very clever. It knows the speed of its owner’s walk. Meldog talks to its owner by
45 . The owner wears a special belt. This belt
46 instructions to the owner from Meldog such as “Stop here”, “Turn left” and “Turn right”.
In the United States, another
47 of robot helps disabled workers. This robot, called Kilroy, helps disabled computer operators. The robot
48 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
49 . 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
50 this robot has a map of the hospital in its computer memory.
| 小题1: | | A．interesting | B．strange | C．dangerous | D．safe |
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| 小题2: | | A．others | B．another | C．them | D．themselves |
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| 小题3: | | A．television | B．radio | C．loudspeaker | D．mobile telephone |
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| 小题4: | | A．posts | B．writes | C．reads | D．sends |
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| 小题5: | | A．type | B．size | C．set | D．double |
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| 小题6: | | A．guesses | B．thinks | C．hears | D．sees |
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| 小题7: | | A．cinema | B．hospitals | C．museum | D．theatre |
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| 小题8: | | A．until | B．before | C．because | D．whether |
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