Question

The end of the World Cup does not mean the end of international competition, in Brazil this year. A major football event will happen in the South American country later this month, but with teams of robots playing the game, which is known as soccer in the United States. The robot teams are guided by teams of humans from around the world. The event is known as RoboCup.

Technology students at the University of Pennsylvania are trying for their fourth victory at the competition, which is held this year in the coastal city Joao Pessoa. The students have won the last three RoboCup competitions.

Watching robots play football is similar to watching children play the game. The kicks are not good, there's a lot of falling down, and people are there to guide and support the team members. Jian Qiao Li is one of the leaders of the University of Pennsylvania team.

He says one goal he has for the robot team is to make sure the machines can find the goal and the ball. He also wants the robots to be able to know where they are on the playing field. And he wants the team to be able to better control the walking and kicking abilities of the robots.

Qin He is another leader of the robot team. She says the abilities of the robots increase every year. Ms. He says the US team is meeting its goals. The robots know the differences between the colors green and red, and they can decide where to go and where the ball is on the playing field. She says if there are three robot players on the field at the same time, they will communicate with each other to decide the different responsibilities for each robot.

U. S. Team member Christopher Akatusuka hopes for another victory in Brazil. The team has won the RoboCup the past three years in the Netherlands, Mexico and Turkey.

“They have every good team player right now. As long as their detection is good, I think they'll be very competitive; we just hope to compete against the real good German teams eventually, because the Germans always do very well, ” says Akatsuka.

Mr Akatsuka says RoboCup is an exciting technology competition.

“Each team develops their own software; basically it's a competition of who has the best software, who has the best decision—making at a given point... it’s really exciting, ” says Akatsuka.

The event begins July 19th and ends July 25th. Some RoboCup participants hope to develop a team of robots that can play against humans by 2050.

1.According to the first paragraph, Robocup _____.

A. is held every four years

B. is played by robots

C. is a symbol of World Cup's ending

D. is a celebration of World Cup

2.The robots' performance of playing the game is _______ .

A. marvelous B. awkward

C. flexible D. awesome

3.The same goal for the robots that Jian Qiao Li and Qin He mention is _______ .

A. to locate the ball B. to communicate with each other

C. to play at will D. to distinguish colors

4. Akatsuka's final hope for his robot team is ______ .

A. to invent the best software

B. to win the championship in Brazil

C. to make the best decision

D. to compete with humans

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.B

3.A

4.D

【解析】

试题分析: 世界杯的结束并不意味着今年在巴西的国际比赛的结束。这个月晚些时候，一届重要的足球赛事将在这个南美国家举行，美国宾夕法尼亚大学的技术学生们正努力第四次赢得这个比赛，该比赛将于今年在巴西的海滨城市若昂佩索阿市举行。这些学生们赢得了上三届的机器人世界杯比赛。

1. 细节理解题。根据第一段提到with teams of robots playing the game, which is known as soccer in the United States. The robot teams are guided by teams of humans from around the world. The event is known as RoboCup但是参加比赛的是机器人球队。足球在美国被称为“soccer”。这些机器人球队是由来自世界各地的真人球队引导。这一赛事被称作“机器人世界杯”，故选B项。

2.B 细节理解题。根据第三段提到The kicks are not good, there's a lot of falling down, and people are there to guide and support the team members. 踢得不是很好，而且还摔倒很多次。人们在那边指导和支持这些机器人球队成员。根据选项分析，只有B项符合题意。

3.A 细节理解题。根据第四段提到He says one goal he has for the robot team is to make sure the machines can find the goal and the ball他说，他对机器人球队的一个目标，是确保这些机器能够找到球门和球和第五段提到Ms. He says the US team is meeting its goals. 这支美国球队正在实现其目标，故选A项找到球门的位置。

4.D 细节理解题。根据倒数第四段提到we just hope to compete against the real good German teams eventually, because the Germans always do very well, 我们希望和真正的德国强队对决，因为德国人一直做得不错，故选D项。

考点：科技类阅读。