题目内容
Just as Kobe Bryant said, Yao Ming has built the bridge for all of us, ____ is not only for the sport of basketball, but for the different cultures of this world.
A．who B．it C．which D．that
C
It can greet people, show DVDs and hand out balloons. “Ubiko”, a robot-on –wheels with a catlike face, is joining the crew of temporary workers supplied by a Japanese job-referral company, Ubiquitous Exchange, to stores, events and even weddings. Next month, the 44-inch tall robot will be selling mobile phones at a store.
Ubiko can be hired as a temporary worker for two hours for 105,000 yen, or $890.
“We see this as serious business. There are jobs that robots are better at,” Akiko Sakurai said “people do develop a relation with the robot, and it’s lovable.”
The $255,000 robot, which is equipped with a camera and sensors, greets customers with a nasal electronic voice, shows DVDs with a projector in its head and hands out balloons and other goods with wireless remote-controllable arms.
Ubiko sounds like a Japanese female name, which often ends with “ko”.
Tmsuk, the Japanese company that makes the robot, sold three last month to hospital, where they are working as full-time, rather than temporary, receptionists and guides. One of the hospital’s robots serves as a receptionist and has been programmed to greet visitors. It also has a touch-panel(控制板) on its body, and visitors can use it to get directions for where they want to go.
“Just give it electricity, and a robot can work for long hours, even do repetitive work, and you don’t have to worry about labor laws,” Sudo said.
Japan’s lower birth rate means that in the coming years it could face a labor shortage, and some experts believe robots could be part of the key to that problem. Robots are very popular in Japan partly because of the popularity of cartoons that describe robots as friends and assistants to humans.
【小题1】The news report is mainly to _________________.
| A．give praise to advanced robots in Japan |
| B．introduce the development of robots in Japan |
| C．tell readers the advantage of the robots in Japan |
| D．introduce a newly-developed robot in Japan |
| A．the price of Ubiko is $890 |
| B．the purpose for a store to buy the robot is to greet customers |
| C．Ubiko can work for long hours without using energy |
| D．three robots have been sold to a hospital |
| A．It sounds beautiful, like a girl’s voice. |
| B．It is named after a Japanese girl. |
| C．It will have a wider market. |
| D．It was designed for hospitals. |
| A．The low price of robots. |
| B．The interesting shapes of robots. |
| C．The function of showing DVDs and handing out balloons. |
| D．Cartoon’s showing good relationship between robots and humans. |
| A．It has a face of female. |
| B．There is a projector in its head. |
| C．It is equipped with a camera and sensors. |
| D．It has wireless remote-controllable arms. |
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1. The new system ________ two sub-systems. One is for individuals based on their ID numbers and another is for companies and organizations based on their registration(注册) codes.
2. The price of a room at the hotel ______________ with the season.
3. High life expectancy in Japan is also the result of healthier diets. Fat _______ less than 20 percent of the calories in the Japanese diet.
4. Chen first ____________ director Giddens Ko with her stylish and intelligent nature.
5. The children are very quiet. I wonder what they __________.
6. The cyclists quickly _____________ speed as they headed down the mountain.
7. I watched as she picked up a large pack of T–bones, dropped them in her basket, ________, and then put them back.
8. No matter how many different characters he plays, people often say that he is just a pretty face. But with his latest role, Huang Xiaoming __________ for his talent finally.