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  [2015山東濟(jì)南第三次診斷] 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 (操縱桿) 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]本文講述的^機(jī)器人的各種功能.包括陪伴老人、幫助老人走動(dòng)、幫忙找到放錯(cuò)地) i的眼鏡、陪孩子一起玩耍等。

1. B推理判斷題。文中在講述機(jī)器人能陪伴那些孤獨(dú)的老人，能給他們講笑話，還可以與他們簡(jiǎn)單交流，聽(tīng)他們講重復(fù)的故事I不會(huì)覺(jué)得厭煩，還能幫助他們四處走動(dòng)等.，以及日本即將面臨的老齡化社侖可知那些對(duì)老人有幫助的機(jī)器人會(huì)在將來(lái)有很大的市場(chǎng)需求。故選B.

2. C細(xì)節(jié)理解題。從文中K后一段nj"知，機(jī)器人的成本太髙，故很難找到贊助商。故選C.

3. C推現(xiàn)判斷題。全文前六段都"介紹機(jī)器人的各種功能，包拈與人聊天、幫找眼鏡、和孩子一起玩耍、幫助老年人走動(dòng)等，故作者對(duì)于機(jī)器人的態(tài)度^贊賞的。故選C.