1．[1]For more than 40 years，robots have worked in factories，doing jobs too boring or too dangerous for humans．Now，new robots are starting to help humans at home and at work．
[2]It was an exciting night at the Detroit Symphony．A special guest was joining the band．The conductor stepped out onto the stage and lifted both arms to direct the musicians．They played a song called"The Impossible Dream"．The audience was amazed．After all，ASIMO，the conductor，is only eight years old and four feet tall．It's just one of many robots being developed to perform tasks that humans usually perform．
[3]Japan has more robots than any other country．Four Out of every 10 worker robots are there．The Japanese government is spending millions of dollars building even more robots．Why the rush for more electronic helpers？More than one fifth of Japan's population is 65 or older，so there are not enough young people in the workforce．
[4]Many of Japan's robots are designed to interact with people．One Japanese hospital has three shiny robots that help out in the waiting room．They greet patients and give directions．"Robots won't ever be doctors，"says hospital spokesperson Naoya Narita．"But they can be guides．"
[5]Since the 1960s，robots have been doing jobs that are too boring or too dangerous for humans．Some stand for long hours in factories，packaging food or putting together cars．Others milk cows on farms all day long．However，these industrial robots don't look like humans．Now that robots are moving into our homes，many are starting to look more like us．Trevor Blackwell's company，Anybots，makes robots．He built a dishwashing robot called Monty．It is as tall as a person and has humanlike hands，
[6]Will the robots of the future look more like machines or people？Either way，Blackwell is happy to let them do the chores．"I'd rather have a robot do dishes，"he says．Wouldn't you？
86．What does the passage mainly talk about？（no more than 8 words）Robots entering human's life/Robots helping humans at home and at work．
87 Why did the audience feel shocked at the Detroit Symphony？（no more than 6 words）．Because the conductor is a robot．
88．Why are the Japanese building so many robots？（no more than 10 words）Lack of enough young people in their workforce/Lacking enough young people in their workforce
89．Complete the following statement with words from Paragraph 4 in the proper form．（no more than 3 words）helping out
90．List three things that the robots have been doing for humans since the 1960s．（no more than 10 words）packing food/putting together car/milking cow．
分析 文章主要介紹了機器人開始在家庭以及工作領域給人越來越多的幫助，如在醫(yī)院里、在車間里等．
解答 86．Robots entering human's life/Robots helping humans at home and at work．
主旨帶概括．通過全文的內(nèi)容尤其是第一段Now，new robots are starting to help humans at home and at work．可知，文章主要講如今機器人開始在家庭以及工作領域幫助人．
87．Because the conductor is a robot．
細節(jié)題．在第二段最后一句話It's just one of many robots being developed to perform tasks that humans usually perform．得知，人們驚訝的原因在于正在研發(fā)的機器人來完成通常由人來完成的任務．
88．Lack of enough young people in their workforce/Lacking enough young people in their workforce．
細節(jié)題．在第三段最后提到了日本之所以有這么多機器人主要是因為More than one fifth of Japan's population is 65 or older，so there are not enough young people in the workforce．在日本人口老齡化，沒有足夠的年輕人．
89．helping out 細節(jié)題．在第四段在主要介紹機器人在醫(yī)院里的作用，可以起到interact with people和人互動，可以help out in the waiting room在候診室?guī)兔Γ?br />90．packing food/putting together car/milking cow 細節(jié)題，在第五段介紹Some stand for long hours in factories，packaging food or putting together cars機器人可以幫忙打包、整合汽車零件、給奶牛擠奶等．
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