4.Whether in the home or the workplace,social robots are going to become more common in the next few years.Social robots are about to bring technology to the everyday world in a more humanized way,said Cynthia Breazeal,chief scientist at the robot company Jibo.
While household robots today do the normal housework,social robots will be much more like companions than mere tools.For example,these robots will be able to distinguish when someone is happy or sad.This allows them to respond more appropriately to the user.
The Jibo robot,arranged to ship later this year,is designed to be a personalized assistant.You can talk to the robot,ask it questions,and make requests for it to perform different tasks.The robot doesn't just deliver general answers to questions; it responds based on what it learns about each individual in the household.It can do things such as reminding an elderly family member to take medicine or taking family photos.
Social robots are not just finding their way into the home.They have other applications in everything from education to health care and are already finding their way into some of these spaces.
Fellow Robots is one company bringing social robots to the market.The company's"Oshbot"robot is built to assist customers in a store,which can help the customers find items and help guide them to the product's location in the store.It can also speak different languages and make recommendations for different items based on what the customer is shopping for.
The more interaction the robot has with humans,the more it learns.But Oshbot,like other social robots,is not intended to replace workers,but to work alongside other employees."We have technologies to train social robots to do things not for us,but with us,"said Breazeal.
32.How are social robots different from household robots?B
A.They can control their emotions.
B.They are more like humans.
C.They do the normal housework.
D.They respond to users more slowly.
33.What can a Jibo robot do according to Paragraph 3?D
A.Communicate with you and help you with homework.
B.Answer your questions and make requests.
C.Take your family pictures and deliver milk.
D.Obey your orders and remind you to take pills.
34.We can learn from the last paragraph that social robots willA.
A.be our workmates
B.train employees
C.improve technologies
D.take the place of workers
35.What is the passage mainly about?D
A.A new design idea of household robots.
B.Marketing strategies for social robots.
C.Information on household robots.
D.An introduction to social robots.
分析 本文属于说明文阅读,作者通过这篇文章主要向我们描述了社会机器人的功能与作用,与其说社会机器人是纯粹的工具倒不如说他是同伴.
解答 32.B.细节理解题.根据文章第二段While household robots today do the normal housework,social robots will be much more like companions than mere tools.可知与其说社会机器人是纯粹的工具倒不如说他是同伴.故选B.
33.D.细节理解题.根据文章第二段"his action to keep his balance against the strong winds made for some heart-stopping(令人担忧的)moments for the audience."可知Jibo的机器人可以服从你的命令,提醒你吃药;故选D.
34.A.推理判断题.根据最后一段Breazeal 的话"We have technologies to train social robots to do things not for us,but with us"可以推断出社会机器人可以和我们一起做事情.故选A.
35.D.主旨大意题.根据全文内容可知,文章主要介绍了社会机器人的功能与作用.故选D.
点评 考察学生的细节理解和推理判断能力,做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句,和题干进行比较,再做出正确的选择.在做推理判断题不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实,要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断.