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    Cows are sometimes ready for milking at night. If they are forced to wait until morning, they feel uncomfortable and may stop producing milk. So, milking workers often have to wake from their sleep.

    But a Swedish company has developed a milking system, based on computer-controlled robotic arms, to solve these problems.

    This new system allows the cows to be milked any time they are ready. And farmers can sleep without worrying about them.

    When they are hungry, the cows enter the new milking station for food. They have to wear tags（标签）—their ID cards-which are automatically scanned（自动扫描）. The computer records each cow’s visit and checks if it is actually ready to be milked. Data on each cow allow the robotic arms to fit the milking machine properly to make sure the cow is comfortable.

    As the milk begins flowing, the computer start to test the milk-checking for bacteria and other contaminants（污染物）. If there is any problem, the flow of milk will go to special tanks that don’t reach the main supply.

    Once the milking ends, the system carefully cleans the cow, as well as itself and prepares for the next anxious beast.

    The system is still being improved. But it is already widely used in Japan and across Europe, such as in Sweden, Denmark, Poland and Germany.

    1. With the help of robotic arms, _______.

    A. the hungry cows can enter the new milking station for food

    B. cows can produce more milk during the night

    C. cows feel more comfortable than being milked by man

    D. cows can be milked any time they are ready

    2. Which of the following is not true according to the passage?

    A. The new milking system was developed by a Swedish company.

    B. The new milking system can clean both the cow and itself once the milking ends.

    C. The new milking system is perfect and it is widely used in Japan and across Europe.

    D. The new milking system allows the cows to be milked any time they are ready.

    3. The best title of the passage is ______.

    A. Uncomfortable Cows

    B. Robots Milk Cows

    C. Flowing Milk

    D. Improving New System

     

    答案：1D2C3B
    解析：

    1、根据第三段：This new system allows the cows to be milked any time they are ready.可得出答案为D。

    2、这是一道判断题，A、B、D与文中所叙的相符，只有C项的陈述与最后一段的内容相悖。最后一段所述：The system is still being improved.

    3、综观全文，可知这篇文章的主题是关于用先进的技术“机器人”挤牛奶。

     


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