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beep …beep … There went the bell! Robbie opened his eyes. He had been sitting in the room for a whole day, and now it was time for him to do something.

Robbie looked out of the window. It was still snowing heavily and there was ice on the window. It was another cold day. Robbie was told to turn the heat on before the family got home. And he did it.

Then Robbie was told to do some cleaning work at once. It was an easy job for him, but a tough one for his master, Helen. He kept on working until every room was clean and tidy.

For now, he had to cook supper for the family.

The first thing Robbie did was to get the big pot(锅) in the kitchen. Then he put some water in the pot and put it on the stove. He used one of his hands to cut up a chicken and added the pieces to the water to make a good soup. Then he got some tomatoes, cabbages and carrots to make a vegetable salad.

At ten past eight he laid the table. Then he put some bread, the chicken soup and the salad on it. What a sweet smell! The moment he turned on the lights, the whole family came home.

“The soup smells great, Victor,” said Helen. “You really know how to tell Robbie what to do.”

Robbie is one robot that really saves the family a lot of work.

1.What is Robbie?

A. A cook.       B. A robot        C. A cleaner       D. A computer

2.What do the underlined words “did it” in the second paragraph mean?

A. Looked out             B. got home   

C. turned the heat on        D. did some cleaning

3.What time did Robbie lay the table?

4.What can we learn from the passage?

A. The story happened on a rainy day.

B. Robbie didn’t have to be told what to do.

C. Helen found it easy to do cleaning work at home.

D. Victor and Helen felt comfortable when they got home.

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.D

4.D

【解析】短文属于记叙文，描述了机器人Robbie在主人到家之前所做的各种家务。

1.从短文最后一句，可知。   

2.从本句前面一句可知，他做了要他做的事。

3.从“At ten past eight he laid the table.”   可知。

4.根据第二段第二句，排除A；从短文这几句中都可看出，他的做的都是按要求完成的：“was told to turn the heat on”“ was told to do some cleaning work”“ had to cook supper”“ You really know how to tell Robbie what to do”，因此也排除B；根据第三段第二句，排除C；