3.Sally doesn't clean or cut up vegetables.The new salad robot making its debut in San F'rancisco this month is more like a salad vending machine(贩卖机):Press a few buttons on a touchscreen and it drops some refrigerated salad into a bowl.But Sally the Salad Robot could be the latest step in automating some of the more repetitive pans of food preparation.Its creators hope food robots can help with one of Silicon Valley's biggest restaurant problems:a shortage of kitchen workers.
Sally is the first product from Chowbotics,a Redwood City startup developing robots for the food-service industry.CEO and Founder Deepak Sekar spent two years creating Sally with help from Apple Fellow Rich Page."I've always thought cooking was 20% creative work and 80% formulaic work,"said Sekar.Sekar imagines Sally's popping up in shared spaces like cafeterias,airports and schools-that is,places where a healthy meal would be a welcome change from the usual pre-packaged food.Eventually different versions of Sally could find their way into busy restaurant kitchens.
When first thought of﹩30,000 is a lot money for a salad robot.But in the Bay Area,a full-time kitchen employee like a line cook can cost﹩40,000 a year."Sally is the best employee.She doesn't sleep.she doesn't take vacation and she's hardly ever sick,"said Kelly Olazar,former Google chef who works at Chowbotics.It's a constant struggle to hire and retain(留住)restaurant staff.That's largely due to the increased housing prices caused by the same tech employees they're trying to feed.
Sally still needs humans.There are numerous workers in each salad's farm-to-robot journey.Someone has to clean and restock the device at least twice a day.People grow and prepare the foods.Chefs developed the salad recipes and dressings.And Sally is not replacing any jobs at its early locations.Sally's first customers will be diners at Calafia and tech workers at the Calvanize co-working space in San Francisco.
32.Why was Sally created?D
A.To make cooking process faster.
B.To provide cleaner and cooler salads.
C.To improve the kitchen employees'working conditions.
D.To deal with the lack of labor in Silicon Valley's kitchens.
33.What does the underlined word"formulaic"in Paragraph 2 probably mean?C
A.formal.
B.rough.
C.routine.
D.difficult.
34.What may cause restaurant workers to leave Silicon Valley?B
A.Long distances from home
B.High housing prices.
C.Too many tech employees to feed.
D.Large amounts of physical work.
35.What can we know about Sally according to the text?B
A.It is a portable machine.
B.It can comparatively save money.
C.It is intended to be a home robot.
D.It has taken the place of human chefs.
分析 本文主要讲述了在人手紧缺的餐厅,科学家们研发除了机器人,以帮助餐厅解决该问题.
解答 32.D细节题.根据文章内容,Its creators hope food robots can help with one of Silicon Valley's biggest restaurant problems:a shortage of kitchen workers.它的创造者希望食物机器人的出现能够帮忙解决餐厅后厨人手紧缺的问题,结合选项,故选D
33.C 词义猜测题.根据文章内容,."I've always thought cooking was 20% creative work and 80% formulaic work,"said Sekar我总是在想,烹饪其实是百分之20的创作加上百分之80的遵循一 定规律,即按一定的程序做菜.结合选项,故选C
34.B 细节题.根据文章内容,It's a constant struggle to hire and retain(留住)restaurant staff.That's largely due to the increased housing prices caused by the same tech employees they're trying to feed.想要招聘以及留住餐厅员工也是非常困难的事,主要是因为上涨的房价使得他们不得不另寻更高工资的工作,结合选项,故选B
35.B 推理题.根据文章内容,When first thought of﹩30,000 is a lot money for a salad robot.But in the Bay Area,a full-time kitchen employee like a line cook can cost﹩40,000 a year."Sally is the best employee.She 由此可知,在后厨使用Sally 这样的机器人一看的花费是3000美元,而一个全职工人的工资是4000美元,由此可知,它相对而言更节约钱,结合选项,故选B
点评 本文是一个新闻报道类阅读,题目涉及多道细节理解题,做题时结合原文和题目有针对性的找出相关语句进行仔细分析,结合选项选出正确答案.推理判断题也是要在抓住关键句子的基础上合理的分析才能得出正确答案,切忌胡乱猜测,一定要做到有理有据.