Question

    A small robot may help children who are recovering from long-term illnesses in the hospital or at home. These children may feel isolated from their friends and classmates. The robot takes their place at school. Through the robot, the children can hear their teachers and friends. They also can take part in class from wherever they are recovering.

Anyone who has a long-term illness knows that recovering at home can be lonely. This can be especially true for children. They may feel left out. Now, these children may have a high-tech friend to help feel less lonely. That friend is a robot. The robot is called AV1. AV1 goes to school for a child who is homebound while recovering from a long-term illness. And the child’s school friends must help. They carry the robot between classes and place the robot on the child’s desk.

A Norwegian company called No Isolation created the robot. The co-founders of No Isolation are Karen Dolva and Marius Aabel. Dolva explains how the robot AV1 works. She says, from home, the child uses an iPad or a phone to start the robot. Then they use the same device to control the robot’s movements. At school, the robot becomes the eyes, ears and voice of the child.

‘So, it sits at the child’s desk in the classroom and the child uses an iPad or a phone to start it, control its movement with touch, and talk through it.’

The student can take part in classroom activities from wherever they are recovering — whether at home or from a hospital bed. The robot is equipped with speakers, microphones and cameras that make communication easy.

1.What’s the meaning of the underlined word ‘isolated’?

A. Kept apart.    B. Difficult to learn.

C. Unhappy or stressful.    D. Full of hope.

2.What are children unable to do through the robot?

A. Taking part in the class.    B. Talking with his friends.

C. Writing on the blackboard.    D. Hearing their teachers.

3.How do children control the robot’s movements?

A. By talking with the robot.

B. By taking part in class activities.

C. By using the microphones equipped in it.

D. By touching an iPad or a phone.

4.What’s the robot mainly designed for?

A. Children who have just recovered from illnesses.

B. Children who can’t go to school for a long time.

C. Children who are bored with going to school.

D. Children who can’t see, hear or speak.

Answer

1. A

2. C

3. D

4. B

【解析】

本文是一篇说明文，介绍了一款为在疾病中康复而长期无法上学的孩子而设计的机器人，通过它，孩子们可以听到他们的老师和朋友，他们可以在任何康复的地方参与课堂活动。

1.词义猜测题。根据画线词前的“children who are recovering from long-term illnesses in the hospital or at home.”可知，长期在医院或家里康复，他们可能会感觉与朋友和同学隔绝了，由此可知画线词词义为“隔绝、分离”，故A项正确。

2.细节理解题。根据第一段中的“The robot takes their place at school. Through the robot, the children can hear their teachers and friends. They also can take part in class from wherever they are recovering.”及倒数第二段中的“and talk through it.”可知，机器人代替了孩子们在学校的位置，通过机器人，孩子们可以听到他们的老师和朋友，他们可以在任何康复的地方参与课堂活动，也可以通过它交谈，而文中没有提到孩子们可以在黑板上写字，故C项正确。

3.细节理解题。根据倒数第二段中的“and the child uses an iPad or a phone to start it, control its movement with touch, and talk through it.”可知，孩子们通过iPad或手机控制机器人的移动，故D项正确。

4.推理判断题。根据第一段中的“A small robot may help children who are recovering from long-term illnesses in the hospital or at home.”可知，这款机器人是为那些在医院或家里从长期疾病中康复而长期无法上学的儿童设计的，故B项正确。