The computers changed our lives in the 1980s. The Internet changed our lives in the 1990s. Now, it is the robots’ turn.
NSK, Japanese robotics company, is working hard on a robot guide dog. The robot makes good use of wheels on its four legs to roll around on the floor. It can also lift its legs to climb up and down stairs.
Blind people can give orders to the robot by pressing the handgrips (手柄). It can also tell its human owner what’s going on.
Such robots will probably never take the place of real dogs, but they have their own advantages. They can use GPS and street maps to lead their owners to the places they want to go.
Another example is a new cooking robot being used in a restaurant in Beijing. It can cook all the dishes on the menu, and you only need to wait several minutes. The dishes are as tasty as those cooked by real cooks. The robots never get tired and are always careful enough to avoid mistakes.
There will be more and more robots like these in our everyday life in the future. It’s not a dream that every home will have a robot. Robots are not only able to help people do housework, they can also help doctors do the difficult operations, play chess with people, play the piano and so on.
Experts believe robots will be used everywhere. In the future, robots will become part of the family and provide service to people. We all look forward to the robot age.
根据短文内容，判断句子正（T）、误（F）。【小题1】NSK, a company in China invented a robot guide dog.
【小题2】The robot guide dog can’t lift its legs to climb up and down stairs.
【小题3】The robot guide dog receives orders from blind people when they press the handgrips.
【小题4】The cooking robot can cook a dish within several minutes.
【小题5】Robots will enter our daily life, being part of our family and offering service to people.
Students at Dalian Nationalities University in China have designed a bike washing machine that will wash your clothes while you are riding on it.
The idea isn’t new, as other designers have tried to design similar machines.
| A．Because of the small size of it, it would certainly take many spin cycles (一圈圈地把衣物甩干) to complete the laundry. |
| B．The invention is called Bike Washing Machine or Biwa. |
| C．But both of the two inventions will not be used completely instead of a traditional washing machine. |
| D．However, none have made it successful to market. |
| E．When you ride this bike, the pedaling (踩踏板) moving makes the washing machine work. |
Facing our future
The face is usually the first thing you notice when looking at someone. Everyone has something about their face that’s a little different. And that little difference makes facial recognition possible.
You can find this technology in many popular films. In the sci-fi classic 2001: A Space Odyssey, a powerful computer is able to “read” the emotions (情绪) of astronauts by scanning (扫描) their faces. And in the 1987 action film Robocop, a cyborg (半人半机器) police officer identifies (识别) a criminal by scanning his photo on a computer.
Today, facial recognition tech is no longer just in films. It has been used as a security measure (安保手段) or to identify threats (威胁).
For example, in 2018, facial recognition technology helped identify and catch criminals who were attending concerts by Hong Kong singer Jacky Cheung. And if you use a recent model of Apple’s iPhone, you can unlock the phone with your face. But these are just a few of the things we can use facial recognition for. The possibilities (可能性), it seems, are endless (无尽的).
Grab, a ride-hailing (叫车服务) company in Southeast Asia, is developing facial recognition technology that can keep passengers safe. The technology works by scanning both the driver’s face and the passenger’s face. This way, passengers can be sure that their driver is the correct one.
Retailers (零售商) are also looking to facial recognition technology to drive (促进) business. With the technology, retailers are able to “see” what their shoppers are actually looking at in stores. Later, they use this information to provide suggestions (建议) for customers in the future.
【小题1】A powerful computer can “read” the________ of astronauts in 2001: A Space Odyssey.| A．emotions | B．information | C．dreams | D．heights |
| A．scanning his ID card | B．scanning his photo |
| C．searching for his information | D．tests |
| A．keep drivers safe | B．count the number of cars |
| C．limit the number of passengers | D．keep passengers safe |
| A．sell more products |
| B．see daily sales |
| C．provide accurate suggestions for customers |
| D．choose better goods |
| A．capture criminals | B．capture emotions |
| C．promote products | D．All of the above. |
We all know that the computers changed our life in the 1980s and the Internet changed our life in the 1990s. Can you predict(预期) that the robots will change our life in the new century(世纪)? It’s not a dream to have a robot in every home in the future.
Now, robots are able to help people do some housework. They can also help the doctors do the difficult operations, play chess with people and some other things.
It is really funny to have a cooking robot. It can cook all the dishes on the menu(菜单). What you only need to do is just choosing your favourite dish and waiting for two to four minutes. That’s so cool!
In the future, the robot will be a home helper. He can look after us like a nurse, protect(保护) us like a policeman or give us lesson like a teacher. He will become parts of our family and help us any time.
We all look forward to the new robot age.
【小题1】________ changed our life in the 1990s.| A．The robots | B．The computers | C．The Internet |
| A．发明 | B．手术 | C．修理 |
| A．difficult | B．cool | C．funny |
| A．a home helper | B．a teacher | C．a nurse |
| A．a funny cooking robot | B．the Internet age | C．the robots age |
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