TOKYO, Japan (AP) – Japan is very serious about robotics (机器人技术). 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(有人特点的)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(卧床不起的).
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(设备)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.
1.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.
2.The underlined word “embedded” in the first paragraph probably means .
A.fixed B.established C.settled D.rooted
3.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
4.Which of the following statements is NOT true?A.
A robot can imitate people to complete complicated tasks.
B.A robot has been programmed to clean the dishes.
C.All the problems in the aging society can be solved by robots.
D.The number of aging people is increasing rapidly in Japan.
5.We can infer from the passage that .
A.people are afraid of being monitored by robots.
B.the technology of robots has been highlighted in Japan.
C.robots can completely take the place of human beings.
D.people’s privacy should be strictly protected
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TOKYO, Japan (AP) – Japan is very serious about robotics (机器人技术). 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(有人特点的)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(卧床不起的).
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(设备)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.
1.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.
2.The underlined word “embedded” in the first paragraph probably means .
A.fixed B.established C.settled D.rooted
3.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
4.Which of the following statements is NOT true?A.
A robot can imitate people to complete complicated tasks.
B.A robot has been programmed to clean the dishes.
C.All the problems in the aging society can be solved by robots.
D.The number of aging people is increasing rapidly in Japan.
5.We can infer from the passage that .
A.people are afraid of being monitored by robots.
B.the technology of robots has been highlighted in Japan.
C.robots can completely take the place of human beings.
D.people’s privacy should be strictly protected
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Saya, the life-like woman robots started her work as a teacher at a primary school in Tokyo Japan days ago. She gave lessons to the pupils there. You won’t hurt it, hit it or play with it.
Professor Hiroshi Kobayashi of Tokyo University of Science, who built Saya, said she didn’t mean to take the place of human teachers with Saya, but to show the joys of technology. “We didn’t want to do all the work of a teacher, but to build this robot to teach children about technology. And Saya may be a help to the schools which have not enough teachers.”
“In some villages and small schools, there are children who know little about new technology and also there are some teachers that can’t teach these lessons,” Kobayashi said. “So we hope the robot can make the children become interested in new technology.”
Many of the children were very interested in Saya, and did not take their eyes off her when they were listening to the report. When class was over, some students touched her face and felt her.
Japan, home to almost 400,000 industrial robots of the world, hopes that they can make more and more robots in the future. And they hope to make some robots to look after the older people.
1. From the passage, we know that Saya is ______.
A. a woman teacher in a small school
B. a student of Hiroshi Kobayashi
C. a robot made by Hiroshi Kobayashi
2.Saya came to the school to ______.
A. give the students technology lessons
B. listen to the report of Hiroshi Kobayashi
C. show her computer technology
3.What did many of the children do when Saya came to their school?
A. They felt afraid of Saya.
B. They showed great interest in Saya.
C. They made friends with Saya.
4.We can learn from the passage that ______.
A. Saya became tired of teaching at last
B. most schools in Japan are short of teachers
C. Japan hasn’t built robots that can take care of the old people
5. What would be the best title for the passage?
A. A Science Professor
B. A Primary School
C. A Robot Teacher
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The old lady is ________ seriously ill ________ we can’t tell her about the death of his son.
A. very; that B. too; to C. so; that D. such; that
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Tokyo is_______ capital of Japan. It is north-east to Shanghai.
A.the B.a C.an D./
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Students have to take tests. Sometimes, robots do too. Torobo from Japan is one of these robots.
Torobo is a robot brain with two arms. It is part of a project called “Can a Robot Get into the University of Tokyo?” A group of Japanese scientists started it in 2011.
To go to the University of Tokyo, Torobo has to take Japan’s national college entrance exam. So in 2013, the robot started to take the test with Japanese students. Sadly, Torobo has failed the test every year. It couldn’t get a good enough score for the University of Tokyo. This year it was the same.
Torobo has a big database(数据库). So it is good at knowledge and calculations (计算). That’s why it got high scores in physics, history and math. But Torobo is not good at thinking by itself. So it got low scores in language and writing.
Scientists started the Torobo project to learn about the intellectual abilities(智能) of machines. Now after Torobo’s four years of hard work, they may have learned a lot.
1.Torobo is a robot from Japan and it has to take Japan’s national college entrance exam.
2.A group of Japanese scientists started a project called “Can a Robot Get into the University of Tokyo?” in 2011.
3.Torobo passed Japan’s national college entrance exam and got into the University of Tokyo in 2013.
4.Torobo is good at physics, history, math, language and writing.
5.Scientists want to learn about the intellectual abilities of machines by starting the Torobo project.
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Students have to take tests. Sometimes, robots do too. Torobo from Japan is one of these robots. Torobo is a robot brain with two arms. It is part of a project called “Can a Robot Get into the University of Tokyo?” A group of Japanese scientists started it in 2011.
To go to the University of Tokyo, Torobo has to take Japan’s national college entrance exam. So in 2013, the robot started to take the test with Japanese students.
Sadly, Torobo has failed the test every year. It couldn’t get a good enough score for the University of Tokyo. This year it was the same.
Torobo has a big database (数据库). So it is good at knowledge and calculations (计算). That’s why it got high scores in physics, history and math.
But Torobo is not good at thinking by itself. So it got poor scores in language and writing.
Scientists started the Torobo project to learn about the intellectual abilities (智能) of machines.
Now after Torobo’s four years of hard work, they may have learned a lot.
1.According to the passage, Torobo is __________.
A. a student B. a robot C. a scientist D. a project
2.Why did Torobo get poor scores in language and writing?
A. It only has a robot brain.
B. It failed the test many times.
C. It is good at knowledge and calculations.
D. It is not good at thinking by itself.
3.Which of the following is not TRUE?
A. Torobo is a robot brain with two arms.
B. Torobo is better at writing than at physics.
C. Torobo is better at math than at writing.
D. Scientists may be studying the intellectual abilities.
4.The passage comes from_______.
A. a newspaper B. a film C. an advertisement D. a novel
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Can you be __________ about the meeting? It’s very important.
A. serious about B. worried about C. full of D. strict with
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—I’d like to learn more about the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. Do you know ______?
—Yes, it is reported that it has been put off until 2021.
A.when it will be held B.where it will be held C.how long it will last
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The 32nd Summer Olympic Games. will be held in Tokyo, Japan in 2020. Recently, the organizers showed the medals (奖牌) to be presented at the Games. The design of the medals is simple, but they look shiny from any direction. And do you know that these medals were made from old smartphones and other electronics (电子产品)?
The idea was first introduced in 2016 by a group of young Japanese environmentalists. They wanted people to pay attention to the amount of e-waste created by the country's tech-loving people who change their electronics very often. To protect the environment, the Organizing Committee started the "Everyone's Medal" program in April 2017. The program encouraged people to drop used electronics in certain places. By the time the collection ended in March 2019, 78,985 tons of used smartphones and other small electronics had been collected. The program finally got 32 kilos of gold, 3,500 kilos of silver (银), and 2,200 kilos of bronze-more than enough metals (金属) to make every medal.
The Olympic Committee hopes the Tokyo 2020 Olympic medals will draw people's attention to the fast increase in e-waste not just in Japan, but worldwide and cause people to rethink upgrading (更新) electronics unnecessarily.
Though Japan is the first Olympic host country to make all the medals by using metals from used electronics, it is not the only one to think of the idea. Brazil made 30% of the silver and bronze medals for the 2016 Summer Olympics from recycled materials(回收材料).
1.What do Japanese people use to make medals for the coming Summer Olympic games?
______________________________
2.Why did young Japanese environmentalists suggest making the special medals?
______________________________
3.How long did the "Everyone's Medal" program last?
______________________________
4.How did the program collect metals for medals?
______________________________
5.Is Brazil the first Olympic host country to make all the medals by using e-waste?
______________________________
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Tokyo, March 11, 2011
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Could it have been worse?
More than a minute before the earth under their feet began to shake, many millions of Japanese people got cell phone alerts; TV networks interrupted (打断,中断) their broadcasts and turned to the latest announcement of Japanese government; loud speakers started suddenly to warn people of the coming tsunami; bullet trains came to a stop. The earthquake on March 11 was the first test of the nation’s earthquake early-warning technology (地震预警技术). However, in the fight of Man vs Nature, Nature won again. Hundreds, if not thousands of people, lost their lives in Japan. Scientists believe it is the fifth-strongest quake in the world since 1900 and the most powerful on record ever to hit Japan.
Lin tells of calm survivors
When the office began to shake, his friends were calm and still working. But the shaking became stronger. People shouted at him: “Run out of the building, now!” This was Lin Jia’s first experience of an earthquake. Lin, 26, has been in Japan for three months, working as a software engineer in Shinagawa, Tokyo. Lin stayed with others in a bus station all afternoon. Buildings were shaken by a series(系列) of aftershocks. He was nervous, but the people around him were so calm and organized that he gradually (逐渐) calmed down.
1. What does the underlined word “alert” mean?
A. 闹钟 B. 警报 C. 短信 D. 铃声
2. How many ways of earthquake early-warning are mentioned in the passage?
A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5
3. Which of the following is NOT true?
A. Lin Jia has never met with an earthquake in Japan.
B. There have been five earthquakes in Japan since 1900.
C. The earthquake is the most powerful on record ever to hit Japan.
D. The local government warned people of the coming earthquake in some ways.
4. What is the most important after an earthquake according to the article?
A. Keep away from the nuclear power plants.
B. Running out of the building.
C. Keep calm and organized.
D. Get the cell phone alerts
5. Where does this article probably come from?
A. a newspaper B. an advertisement C. a diary D. a novel
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