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  Claude Sammut,a professor of computer science and engineering at the University of New South Wales in Australia,said it would soon be possible for robots to defeat the stars of the future.

  For many years,Mr Sammut has been a member of a project called RoboCup,where robots have been programmed to learn how to play football and compete against others in a football match.

  As he explains,the robots are having difficulty in learning how to control the ball and move the ball on their own,but he is still full of confidence that one day in the fu?ture they will show the same skills as Wayne Rooney,who is one of the best football players in the world.

  Mr Sammut also saidIn 1968,John McCarthy and Donald Michie made a bet with David Levy,who was then the chess champion in Scotland,that within 10 years a computer programme would be able to beat him. It took a little bit longer than 10 years (nearly 30 years) but eventually such programmes came into being.”

  "In the same spirit of a grand challenge,RoboCup aims to develop a team of robots that can defeat the world soccer champion team by the year 2050. To achieve this,or come even closer to the ambition,the robots will have to be able to sense and act in completely unstructured environments. This will require major advances in percept—f感知) ，decision making,learning,and cooperative behaviours. Con?sidering robots are integrated hardware and software systems,great advances will also be needed in sensors (传感器) ，energy storage,and materials."

4. The RoboCup is aimed to develop robots that know how to         .

   A. play computer football games

   B. play football and win in real matches

   C. understand the rules of the football game

   D. improve the skills of real football players

5. What kind of difficulties are the robots facing in playing football?

   A. They can't run as fast as real people.

   B. They can't recognize their partners accurately.

   C. They can't control the ball well by themselves.

   D. They can't pass the ball to their partners.

6. The idea of designing a computer program that could defeat a chess champion came forth         .

   A. in 1968   B. in 1978

   C. in the 1990s   D. 30 years ago

7. What's the best title for this passage?

   A. Scientists' wisdom in designing robot football players

   B. Robot football players to beat the world's best team by 2050

   C. Robot football players' bright future

   D. Mr Sammut―the father of robot football players  

Answer 1

[文章大意].本文主要叙述机器人足球队在研发中面临的一些难题，同时预测它们有望在2050年击败人类最好的足球队。

4. B细节理解题。根据第一.段"…where robots have heen pro?grammed to learn how to play football and compete against others in a football match."可知应选B.

5. C细节理解题。根据第:二段"…the robots arc having diffi?culty in learning how to control the ball and move the ball on their own..."可知应选C.

6. A细节理解题。根据第四段"'In 1968. John McCarthy and Donald Michie made a bet with David Levy,who was then the chess champion in Scotland... '"知应选A。

7. B主旨大意题。文章主要讲的是机器人足球队在2050年可能会打败人类最好的足球队，故B项能体现文章的大意。