Question

The end of the World Cup does not mean the end of international competition, in Brazil this year. A major football event will happen in the South American country later this month, but with teams of robots playing the game, which is known as soccer in the United States. The robot teams are guided by teams of humans from around the world. The event is known as RoboCup.

Technology students at the University of Pennsylvania are trying for their fourth victory at the competition, which is held this year in the coastal city Joao Pessoa. The students have won the last three RoboCup competitions.

Watching robots play football is similar to watching children play the game. The kicks are not good, there's a lot of falling down, and people are there to guide and support the team members. Jian Qiao Li is one of the leaders of the University of Pennsylvania team.

He says one goal he has for the robot team is to make sure the machines can find the goal and the ball. He also wants the robots to be able to know where they are on the playing field. And he wants the team to be able to better control the walking and kicking abilities of the robots.

Qin He is another leader of the robot team. She says the abilities of the robots increase every year. Ms. He says the US team is meeting its goals. The robots know the differences between the colors green and red, and they can decide where to go and where the ball is on the playing field. She says if there are three robot players on the field at the same time, they will communicate with each other to decide the different responsibilities for each robot.

U. S. Team member Christopher Akatusuka hopes for another victory in Brazil. The team has won the RoboCup the past three years in the Netherlands, Mexico and Turkey.

“They have every good team player right now. As long as their detection is good, I think they'll be very competitive; we just hope to compete against the real good German teams eventually, because the Germans always do very well, ” says Akatsuka.

Mr Akatsuka says RoboCup is an exciting technology competition.

“Each team develops their own software; basically it's a competition of who has the best software, who has the best decision—making at a given point... it’s really exciting, ” says Akatsuka.

The event begins July 19th and ends July 25th. Some RoboCup participants hope to develop a team of robots that can play against humans by 2050.

1.According to the first paragraph, Robocup _____.

A. is held every four years

B. is played by robots

C. is a symbol of World Cup's ending

D. is a celebration of World Cup

2.The robots' performance of playing the game is _______ .

A. marvelous B. awkward

C. flexible D. awesome

3.The same goal for the robots that Jian Qiao Li and Qin He mention is _______ .

A. to locate the ball B. to communicate with each other

C. to play at will D. to distinguish colors

4. Akatsuka's final hope for his robot team is ______ .

A. to invent the best software

B. to win the championship in Brazil

C. to make the best decision

D. to compete with humans

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.B

3.A

4.D

【解析】

試題分析: 世界杯的結束并不意味著今年在巴西的國際比賽的結束。這個月晚些時候，一屆重要的足球賽事將在這個南美國家舉行，美國賓夕法尼亞大學的技術學生們正努力第四次贏得這個比賽，該比賽將于今年在巴西的海濱城市若昂佩索阿市舉行。這些學生們贏得了上三屆的機器人世界杯比賽。

1. 細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段提到with teams of robots playing the game, which is known as soccer in the United States. The robot teams are guided by teams of humans from around the world. The event is known as RoboCup但是參加比賽的是機器人球隊。足球在美國被稱為“soccer”。這些機器人球隊是由來自世界各地的真人球隊引導。這一賽事被稱作“機器人世界杯”，故選B項。

2.B 細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段提到The kicks are not good, there's a lot of falling down, and people are there to guide and support the team members. 踢得不是很好，而且還摔倒很多次。人們在那邊指導和支持這些機器人球隊成員。根據(jù)選項分析，只有B項符合題意。

3.A 細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第四段提到He says one goal he has for the robot team is to make sure the machines can find the goal and the ball他說，他對機器人球隊的一個目標，是確保這些機器能夠找到球門和球和第五段提到Ms. He says the US team is meeting its goals. 這支美國球隊正在實現(xiàn)其目標，故選A項找到球門的位置。

4.D 細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第四段提到we just hope to compete against the real good German teams eventually, because the Germans always do very well, 我們希望和真正的德國強隊對決，因為德國人一直做得不錯，故選D項。

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