Question

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 States. 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 com­petitors 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 (風(fēng) 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 (壽司）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.

1.In Paragraph 1，the author tells us .

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

2.Why did some teams fail at the DARPA Robotic Challenge Finals?

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.

3.We can infer from the last paragraph that .

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

4.In which column can we probably see the text?

A.Education. B. Culture. C. Health. D. Science.

Answer 1