1．[1]For more than 40 years，robots have worked in factories，doing jobs too boring or too dangerous for humans．Now，new robots are starting to help humans at home and at work．
[2]It was an exciting night at the Detroit Symphony．A special guest was joining the band．The conductor stepped out onto the stage and lifted both arms to direct the musicians．They played a song called"The Impossible Dream"．The audience was amazed．After all，ASIMO，the conductor，is only eight years old and four feet tall．It's just one of many robots being developed to perform tasks that humans usually perform．
[3]Japan has more robots than any other country．Four Out of every 10 worker robots are there．The Japanese government is spending millions of dollars building even more robots．Why the rush for more electronic helpers？More than one fifth of Japan's population is 65 or older，so there are not enough young people in the workforce．
[4]Many of Japan's robots are designed to interact with people．One Japanese hospital has three shiny robots that help out in the waiting room．They greet patients and give directions．"Robots won't ever be doctors，"says hospital spokesperson Naoya Narita．"But they can be guides．"
[5]Since the 1960s，robots have been doing jobs that are too boring or too dangerous for humans．Some stand for long hours in factories，packaging food or putting together cars．Others milk cows on farms all day long．However，these industrial robots don't look like humans．Now that robots are moving into our homes，many are starting to look more like us．Trevor Blackwell's company，Anybots，makes robots．He built a dishwashing robot called Monty．It is as tall as a person and has humanlike hands，
[6]Will the robots of the future look more like machines or people？Either way，Blackwell is happy to let them do the chores．"I'd rather have a robot do dishes，"he says．Wouldn't you？
86．What does the passage mainly talk about？（no more than 8 words）Robots entering human's life/Robots helping humans at home and at work．
87 Why did the audience feel shocked at the Detroit Symphony？（no more than 6 words）．Because the conductor is a robot．
88．Why are the Japanese building so many robots？（no more than 10 words）Lack of enough young people in their workforce/Lacking enough young people in their workforce
89．Complete the following statement with words from Paragraph 4 in the proper form．（no more than 3 words）helping out
90．List three things that the robots have been doing for humans since the 1960s．（no more than 10 words）packing food/putting together car/milking cow．
分析 文章主要介绍了机器人开始在家庭以及工作领域给人越来越多的帮助，如在医院里、在车间里等．
解答 86．Robots entering human's life/Robots helping humans at home and at work．
主旨带概括．通过全文的内容尤其是第一段Now，new robots are starting to help humans at home and at work．可知，文章主要讲如今机器人开始在家庭以及工作领域帮助人．
87．Because the conductor is a robot．
细节题．在第二段最后一句话It's just one of many robots being developed to perform tasks that humans usually perform．得知，人们惊讶的原因在于正在研发的机器人来完成通常由人来完成的任务．
88．Lack of enough young people in their workforce/Lacking enough young people in their workforce．
细节题．在第三段最后提到了日本之所以有这么多机器人主要是因为More than one fifth of Japan's population is 65 or older，so there are not enough young people in the workforce．在日本人口老龄化，没有足够的年轻人．
89．helping out 细节题．在第四段在主要介绍机器人在医院里的作用，可以起到interact with people和人互动，可以help out in the waiting room在候诊室帮忙．
90．packing food/putting together car/milking cow 细节题，在第五段介绍Some stand for long hours in factories，packaging food or putting together cars机器人可以帮忙打包、整合汽车零件、给奶牛挤奶等．
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