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TOKYO, Japan (AP) – Japan is very serious about robotics (機(jī)器人技術(shù)). If the droids are going to fit in, they probably need to learn the Japanese custom of serving tea. Fortunately, researchers at the University of Tokyo are exploring just that. In a show this week, a humanoid（有人特點(diǎn)的）with camera eyes made by Kawada Industries Inc. poured tea from a bottle into a cup. Then another robot on wheels delivered the cup of tea in an experimental room that has sensors embedded in the floor and sofa as well as cameras on the ceiling, to simulate（模仿）life with robot technology.
“A human being may be faster, but you’d have to say ‘Thank you,’” said University of Tokyo professor Tomomasa Sato. “That’s the best part about a robot. You don’t have to feel bad about asking it to do things.”
Sato believes Japan, a rapidly aging society where more than a fifth of the population is 65 or older, will lead the world in designing robots to care for the elderly, sick and bedridden（臥床不起的）.
Already, monitoring technologies, such as sensors that automatically turn on lights when people enter a room, are becoming widespread in Japan.
The walking, child–size Asimo from Honda Motor Co. greets people at showrooms. NEC Corp. has developed a smaller companion robot–on –wheels called Papero. A seal robot available since 2004 can entertain the elderly and others in need of fuzzy companionship.
Sato says his experimental room is raising awareness about privacy questions that may arise when electronic devices（設(shè)備）monitor a person’s movements down to the smallest detail.
On the bright side, the tea – pouring humanoid has been programmed to do the dishes.
【小題1】The underlined word “embedded” in the first paragraph probably means       .

A．rooted

B．settled

C．fixed

D．established

【小題2】According to Professor Sato,       .

A．the robot serves tea much faster than a human being

B．the robot does anything like human beings

C．tea – serving robot helps to form laziness of the aging society

D．tea – serving robot doesn’t need any reward for the service

【小題3】We can infer from the passage that        .

A．people are afraid of being monitored by robots.

B．robots can completely take the place of human beings.

C．the technology of robots has been highlighted in Japan.

D．people’s privacy should be strictly protected

【小題4】What is the best title of this passage?

A．“Thank You” Will Never Be Needed in Japan

B．Monitoring Technologies Are Widespread in Japan

C．Robot Is Designed to Care for the Elderly.

D．Robot technologies are widespread in Japanese daily life.

Answer 1

【小題1】C
【小題2】D
【小題3】C
【小題4】D

解析試題分析：本文敘述了在日本的機(jī)器人被廣泛使用，可以在家倒茶、可以用機(jī)器人看來照顧年老體弱多病的日常起居。機(jī)器人也能陪人娛樂，現(xiàn)在在日本越來越多的機(jī)器人很受歡迎。
【小題1】詞義猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)in the floor and sofa as well as cameras on the ceiling, 安裝在在地上,沙發(fā)的傳感器以及在天花板上的相機(jī)，故選C。
【小題2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)That’s the best part about a robot. You don’t have to feel bad about asking it to do things.”機(jī)器人不需要任何回報(bào)的服務(wù)，故選D。
【小題3】推理判斷題。根據(jù)Sato says his experimental room is raising awareness about privacy questions that may arise when electronic devices（設(shè)備）monitor a person’s movements down to the smallest detail. 推出故選C。
【小題4】標(biāo)題歸納題。綜觀全文這里主要講述在日本機(jī)器人被使用的清況，故選D。
考點(diǎn)：科普類短文。
點(diǎn)評(píng)：詞義猜測(cè)題有逐漸增加的趨勢(shì)，尤其是猜測(cè)詞組、句義題。因?yàn)椴聹y(cè)詞組、句義題涉及題材背景、句子結(jié)夠、文章主旨、作者的觀點(diǎn)態(tài)度等。聯(lián)系主旨、整合上下文信息是解答這類題的關(guān)鍵。近幾年閱讀理解的生詞率略有上升，加大了猜測(cè)力度。命題者著重考查考生利用同義或反義關(guān)系、構(gòu)詞法、語法和語篇文脈等理解生詞的能力。