Is that Yao Ming playing basketball?! Ha! It looks like the Chinese player, but it is a robot! The Yao Ming robot was one of the many “stars” at the 2017 World Robot Conference (WRC). It was from Aug. 23 to 27 in 2017 in Beijing.

Robots from across the world came to WRC. Some can work in factories. Some go to outer space or underwater. But service robots were the big hits at the WRC. Service robots can help do many jobs in our daily lives, such as washing, teaching and playing sports.

For example, the Yao Ming robot can teach kids how to play basketball. If schools use it, it can bring lots of fun to PE classes.

Alpha 2 is a housekeeper robot. If you want to turn on the lights, or TV, just tell it before going to sleep, children may also want to hear Alpha 2 tell them a bedtime story.

A supermarket robot makes shopping easier. You can talk with the robot. It will help you find things. It also carries them for you. You can even use the robot to pay for your things.

Do you want to have a service robot, too?

【小题1】How long was the WRC?

A．Two days.

B．Five days.

C．One week.

D．One month.

【小题2】What were the big hits at the WRC?

A．Factory robots.

B．Space robots.

C．Service robots.

D．Underwater robots.

【小题3】What does the underlined word “housekeeper” mean?

A．售货员

B．厨师

C．教练

D．管家

【小题4】What can supermarket robots do?

A．Turn on the TV.	B．Find things in the supermarket
C．Tell a bedtime story.	D．Teach children to play basketball.

【小题5】What is the passage about?

A．Sports.

B．Stars.

C．Jobs.

D．Robots.