2019年公共英語三級閱讀練習(xí)題九

　　We can make all the jokes we want about taking baths ourselves, but if we are ill in bed and can't get up, we'll be thankful to the nurses who help us get clean. While I am not a nurse, and have never given anyone a bath, I would imagine that it would take a lot of sympathy (同情) and patience to do so.

　　Yet those who attended the International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems last month were introduced to Cody, a robot that can bathe human beings.

　　The robot has a base that can be turned to all directions, two human­like arms, and movable wrists (腕). It uses a camera to locate parts of the human body. It then uses bath gloves to clean with a little pressure.

　　The robot was designed at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Charles Kemp of the Healthcare Robotics Lab is the senior researcher for the project. In a test run, Cody was able to remove 96% of a test subject's dirt—not bad for a robot.

　　But don't go asking for Cody yet—he's still a model. Yet researchers believe that one day Cody may take the place of nurses for this task. Researchers say that Cody will give patients dignity and protect their personal information. I suppose that would depend on the patient. I'm not sure whether a robot using a camera would make me feel very dignified.

　　Even so, I can appreciate the need. We don't have enough nurses to go around, and those places that are the most short­handed, for example, nursing homes, are those that have the most patients who are unable to bathe themselves. Still, before I get there, I hope they think of a better way to solve the problem.

　　小題1:The writer thinks bathing others must ________.A.be a lot of fun

　　B.make you feel thankful

　　C.take a lot of patience

　　D.make you feel dignified

　　小題2:What is the third paragraph mainly about?A.Why and where Cody was designed.

　　B.What Cody looks like and who designed it.

　　C.What Cody can do and where it will work soon.

　　D.How Cody works and what has made that possible.

　　小題3:We know from the fourth and fifth paragraphs that ________.A.Cody can bathe patients better than a real nurse can

　　B.robots like Cody are being produced in large numbers right now

　　C.Cody can take the place of nurses completely in hospitals

　　D.researchers think Cody can protect patients' personal information

　　小題4:There is a need for Cody because ________.A.people are becoming lazier

　　B.it can bring down the cost of nursing

　　C.there are not enough nurses

　　D.there are too many nursing homes

　　小題5:In the writer's opinion, Cody is ________.A.acceptable but not perfect

　　B.strange but not creative

　　C.clever and strong

　　D.lovely and careful

　　參考答案及解析

　　小題1:C

　　小題2:D

　　小題3:D

　　小題4:C

　　小題5:A

　　文章大意：美國科研人員設(shè)計出一種能給臥床不起的病人洗澡的機器人。

　　小題1:答案：C　細節(jié)理解題。從第一段的“I would imagine that it would take a lot of... patience to do so”可知C項正確。

　　小題2:答案：D　主旨大意題。第三段的第一句話介紹了機器人的部件，后兩句介紹了它是如何工作的，正是前面所述的這些部件使得機器人得以工作。

　　小題3:答案：D　細節(jié)理解題。從第五段的“Researchers say that Cody will... protect their personal information”可知D項正確。

　　小題4:答案：C　細節(jié)理解題。從最后一段的“We don't have enough nurses to go around, and those places that are the most short­handed...”可知答案為C項。

　　小題5:答案：A　作者觀點題。從第五段的最后一句和最后一段的第一句和最后一句可知A項說明了作者的態(tài)度。