Question

1．For many years，machines have been doing work that people once did，including some difficult jobs．Search and rescue operations in dangerous environments are often seen as the first areas that will employ high technology robots．But there is another area where they may soon take jobs traditionally held by human beings：the restaurant industry．
Teams from around the world competed in early June at the DARPA Robotic Challenge Finals in California．A team from South Korea and its robot called DRC-Hubo，won the first place in the competition．The second and third place winners were from the United Sta tes．The robots were required to drive a vehicle，climb up steps and do mechanical work．Such activities are easy for humans to perform，but more difficult for machines．Not all of the c ompetitors were successful．The failures showed how difficuit it is to design effective walking
machines．
Akihiro Suzuki works at Yaskawa Electric，a company that develops robots．He says robots cannot do everything a human can，but they are able to work without becoming tired．He says robots cannot taste food，change heating levels or seasonings to get the best flavor （风 味）．But he says if a food can be easily prepared，a robot can repeat the same movement to reproduce the same meal．
One Japanese woman who saw the robots working wanted to bring them home．Masayo Mori says she would like to have a husband who could work like a robot．Suzumo Machinery showed its sushi （寿司）maker robot．It performs the often difficult work of wrapping the popular Japanese food．Hiroshi Monden is an official with the company．He says people all over the world now eat sushi，but there are not enough skilled workers to prepare it．He says his machine can help anyone make sushi．
29．In Paragraph 1，the author tells us．C
A．robots just do difficult jobs
B．robots are sometimes dangerous
C．robots are widely used in our life
D．robots are gradually replacing humans
30．Why did some teams fail at the DARPA Robotic Challenge Finals？D
A．Their robots cannot be applied at home．
B．Preparing food is really difficult for robots．
C．Their robots can just repeat the same movement．
D．They failed to design effective walking robots．
31．We can infer from the last paragraph that．B
A．Japanese men are lazy
B．robots are popular in Japan
C．Japan has advanced high technology
D．robots usually take the job of making sushi in Japan
32．In which column can we probably see the text？D
A．Education．B．Culture．C．Health．D．Science．

Answer 1

分析 文章主要讲述了机器做了很多人们曾经做的那些困难的工作，然后举例说明机器人在生活中的运用．

解答 29．C 主旨题．第一段主旨句为第一句"machines have been doing work that people once did，including some difficult jobs"，机器做了很多人们曾经做的那些困难的工作，然后举例说明机器人在生活中的运用，可知机器人在"我们"的生活中被广泛使用，C项正确．A项意为"机器人只做困难的工作"，B项意为"机器人有时很危险"，D项意为"机器人在逐渐取代人类"，均不符合文意．故正确答案为C．
30．D 细节题．由第二段最后一句"The failures showed how difficult it is to design effective walking machines"可知，因为设计出有效的可行走的机器人很困难，所以他们失败了，D项正确．A项，"他们的机器人不能在家中运用"，文章未提及，A项错误；B项，"机器人很难准备食物"，第三段第四句"He says robots cannot taste food，change heating levels or seasonings to get the best flavor"提及，但这与参赛队伍失败并无关系，B项错误；C项，"他们的机器人只能重复同样的动作"，文章未提及，C项错误．故正确答案为D．
31．B 推断题．最后一段举了三个例子说明日本人在生活中很需要机器人：看到机器人工作想将机器人带回家的，希望自己的丈夫能像机器人一样工作或是希望有个做寿司的机器人．可推断出机器人在日本很受欢迎，B项正确．A项，"日本人很懒"，过度推测文意，A项错误；C项，"日本有先进的高科技"，文章未提及，C项错误；D项，"机器人在日本通常都做寿司"，文章未提及，D项错误．故正确答案为B．
32．D 推断题．第一段讲述了机器人可以替人们做很多工作，第二段讲述来自世界各地的团队参加了机器人峰会，一些国家的机器人获得了奖项，第三段谈到了对机器人准备食物的看法，第四段谈到机器人在人们生活中也很受欢迎．通篇都在谈论机器人，机器人和科学技术有关，所以本文很可能在科学（science）专栏上刊登．故正确答案为D．

点评 本文是一个社会文化类阅读，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．