Asian robotics company Yukai Engineering showed its unusual but cute robot, its new breathing robotic pillow “Fufuly”, for the first time in Las Vegas in January, 2023. Later, the cute robotic pillow was familiar to the public at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2023 and won the CES 2023 Innovation Award.

The breathing pillow is a breath-inducing (呼吸诱导) robot that anyone can hold for comfort, according to Yukai Engineering. Yukai Engineering says stressed workers can rest and take breaks with the help of a robotic pillow. The company’s researchers added they wanted to create a product that would relax its users and allow them to take a deep breath.

In order to make the robotic pillow more effective, the robotics company together with the University of Tokyo carried out the breathing and rest studies. Banking on the data of these studies, researchers state that living creatures have a working system that make the rhythm (节奏) and depth of breathing at the same time. Yukai Engineering says that just holding Fufuly while it expands and contracts (收缩) will help users achieve this, calming the mind and improving task performance.

The robot expands and contracts as if it is breathing like a living creature. The University of Tokyo’s research has proved that its changeable movement causes breathing to change in rhythm and depth, which is the most important working system of it. Inside the robot is something called Deep Breathing Technology, which is based on how living things are drawn to the sounds of their partners’ breathing. Besides, the pillow can automatically (自动地) react to users without the remote control.

【小题1】What can we know about the pillow robot from the first two paragraphs?

A．It was firstly showed in Las Vegas.

B．It allows people to have a deep sleep.

C．It is specially designed for stressed workers.

D．It won many awards at the technology show.

【小题2】What does the underlined phrase “Banking on” in paragraph 3 mean?

A．Depending on.

B．Copying.

C．Leaving out.

D．Changing.

【小题3】What’s the key system for the pillow robot to work?

A．Breathing sounds.	B．Remote control.
C．Automatic reaction.	D．Changeable movement.

【小题4】Where is the text most probably taken from?

A．A guidebook.	B．A news report.
C．A research paper.	D．A company introduction.