It’s a question anyone might ask in the future: Should your household robot be c

It’s a question anyone might ask in the future: Should your household robot be cool? Or practical?

For Sony Corporation, robots ought to be entertaining. The company’s 　51 robot, SDR—4X, can sing and dance. But for automaker Honda Motor Co. Ltd, such 52 should perform useful tasks for their 53 masters.

“It is in the end a machine, a 54 ” said Masato Hirose, Honda’s chief engineer. Sony’s chief researcher Toshi Doi said robots performing such tasks as 55 for ill or disabled people would not necessarily need a human 56 . “The attractiveness of the SDR—4X is its 57 ”, he said. “It has feelings. It has instincts (直觉).”

Drawing from its 58 of 60,000 words, an SDX—4X robot 59 last week that it can ask a 60 in a high voice: “please 61 still for a minute while I memorize your face.” It also 62 off its ability to walk on uneven (高低不平的) floors, and come to its owner when it’s 63 .

While Honda’s robot is 64 used mainly for entertainment, it is 65 that one day it will be a useful companion. So its robots have been 66 to be 120cm tall—more than twice the height of the SDR—4X. Hirose said 120cm is the 67 a robot that moves around a home should be.

“If you are going to have something that can move with 68 in a human surroundings, then it is better to 69 the robot like a human,” he said.

Hirose said that he hopes the robot will be 70 enough so that he can buy one for himself and let it get him a beer.

16. A. earliest B. latest　 C. coolest D. largest

17. A. matters B. people　 C. machines D. inventions

18. A. human　 B. own C. creative D. modern

19. A. tool 　 B. robot　 C. toy D. slave

20. A. looking B. working C. leaving D. caring

21. A. appearance B. character 　 C. job D. ability

22. A. purpose 　 B. appearance　 　 C. personality D. material

23. A. storage B. use C. project D. creation

24. A. said 　 B. announced　 C. showed　 D. imagined

25. A. friend B. partner 　 C. servant D. guest

26. A. hold 　 B. lie C. take D. make

27. A. left B. showed　 C. put D. dropped

28. A. tired　 B. called　 C. controlled　 D. made

29. A. also B. still　 C. again　 D. even

30. A. planned B. hoped　 C. reported D. described

31. A. expected B. raised　 C. proved　 D. designed

32. A. cheapest B. dearest C. smallest D. biggest

33. A. ease B. care C. difficulty　 D. foot

34. A. buy B. use C. invest　 D. design

35. A. useful　 B. smart　 C. cheap　 D. low

试题答案

16-20 BCAAD  21-25 ACACD    26-30 ABBAB  31-35DCADC