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.
| 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4: | | A．in front of | B．behind | C．under | D．above |
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| 小题5: | | A．television | B．radio | C．loudspeaker | D．mobile telephone |
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| 小题6: | | A．posts | B．writes | C．reads | D．sends |
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| 小题7: | | A．type | B．size | C．set | D．double |
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| 小题8: | | A．guesses | B．thinks | C．hears | D．sees |
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| 小题9: | | A．cinema | B．hospitals | C．museum | D．theatre |
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| 小题10: | | A．until | B．before | C．because | D．whether |
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