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  [2015山东济南第三次诊断] Robots that can chat,find misplaced glasses,draw aeroplanes and play with your children are attracting thousands of visitors during an expo in Tokyo as Japan adapts to changes in society.

Robots,such as the sound-sensitive Chapit,answer simple ques?tions and even joke with people to help them fight loneliness and stay alert in old age.

  Japan has one of the world's fastest-ageing societies and the government pre?dicts that by 2050 the proportion of people over 65 will reach 40 per cent. "Many ol?der people in Japan live alone and have no one to talk to," said Kazuya      Kitamura,representative of the expo organizer. "Communication robots accompany people and don't mind listening to the same stories over and over again." Matsumoto's " Personal Mobility Robot", equipped with four cameras and a sen?sor to recognize the user's centre of gravity,is designed to help the old move around without pressing buttons,using joysticks (操纵杆) or rotating wheels as in traditional wheelchairs.

The robot can also help find misplaced glasses by identifying them with a sen-

sor.

  Other robots,such as the award-winning "DiGRO" can support busy parents who have little time to play with their children. The robot can use the Internet to find a simple image and then draw pictures,keeping children company while parents work.

While Chapit,a relatively simple robot, managed to attract a corporate partner,many researchers,such as Kiyoshi Matsumoto,a professor at the University of To?kyo,struggle to attract sponsors for more expensive projects.

  "We have developed a robot that can assist many people,but we still haven't found a sponsor," said Matsumoto,who added that the cost of the machine,if massproduced,would be comparable to that of a car. "In the current economic environ?ment there are few companies willing to invest in such a costly project," he said.

1. It can be inferred from the text that         .

   A. many children lack love from parents

   B. robots helpful to the old will be in great demand

   C. robots are the most useful to children

   D. robots do better than people in healthcare

2. It is difficult to find sponsors for robots because      .

   A. Japan is suffering economy depression

   B. the robots are of poor design

   C. the production of robots costs a lot

   D. the future market is worrying

3. What is the author's attitude towards the robots referred to?

   A. Unsatisfied.

   B. Doubtful.

   C. Favourable.

   D. Regretful.

Answer 1

[文章大意]本文讲述的^机器人的各种功能.包括陪伴老人、帮助老人走动、帮忙找到放错地) i的眼镜、陪孩子一起玩耍等。

1. B推理判断题。文中在讲述机器人能陪伴那些孤独的老人，能给他们讲笑话，还可以与他们简单交流，听他们讲重复的故事I不会觉得厌烦，还能帮助他们四处走动等.，以及日本即将面临的老龄化社仑可知那些对老人有帮助的机器人会在将来有很大的市场需求。故选B.

2. C细节理解题。从文中K后一段nj"知，机器人的成本太髙，故很难找到赞助商。故选C.

3. C推现判断题。全文前六段都"介绍机器人的各种功能，包拈与人聊天、帮找眼镜、和孩子一起玩耍、帮助老年人走动等，故作者对于机器人的态度^赞赏的。故选C.