Question

    Chinese researchers have developed a robot designed to help doctors treat the new coronavirus and other highly contagious (传染的)diseases.

The machine has a long robotic arm attached to a base with wheels. It can perform some of the same medical examination tasks as doctors. For example, the device can listen to sounds made by patients'hearts and lungs.

Cameras record the robot's activities, which are controlled at a distance so doctors can avoid coming in close contact with infected patients. Doctors and other medical workers can run the machine from a nearby room, or from much farther away.

The robot's main designer is Zheng Gangtie, an engineer and professor at China's Tsinghua University in Beijing. He told Reuters news agency that he got the idea for the machine when the number of cases of the COVID-19 virus was rising quickly in the city of Wuhan.

One of Zheng's friends, head of Bering's Tsinghua Changgung Hospital, told him that one of the biggest problems in dealing with COVID-19 was that healthcare workers treating patients were getting themselves infected. Zheng said he wanted to do something to help this situation.

So the engineer gathered a team and went to work on the robot. Zheng said the team was able to change two robotic arms. The new robot is almost completely automated (自动化的), Zheng said. It can even disinfect itself after performing actions involving patient contact.

"Doctors are all very brave," Zheng told Reuters. "But this virus is just too contagious…We can use robots to perform the most dangerous tasks."

However, Zheng said he had heard from some doctors that it would be better not to build such robots. This is because many patients still desire a personal presence to help calm them during treatment.

The team now has two robots and both have been tested by doctors at hospitals in Beijing. One machine was once taken to Wuhan's Union Hospital, where doctors there were trained to use it.

Zheng would like to build more of the robots, but money from the university has run out, each robot costs about$72,000 to make. He does not plan to commercialize the design, but hopes that a company can begin that process.

1.What are Paragraph 4 and 5 mainly about?

A.When the robot was designed. B.How the robot is controlled.

C.Who the robot is intended for. D.Why the robot was invented.

2.The underlined word"disinfect"in Paragraph 6 most probably means _____.

A.clean B.destroy C.decorate D.break

3.What difficulty is Zhang Gangtie faced with?

A.Patients refusing to use the new robot.

B.Healthcare workers getting themselves infected.

C.Being short of money to produce more of the robots.

D.Having no teammates to commercialize the design.

4.Which of the following might be the best title of the passage?

A.Doctors are Fighting against Coronavirus

B.Coronavirus is Under Control in China

C.Chinese Robot is Invented to Replace Doctors to Cure Diseases

D.Chinese Robot is Designed to Help Doctors Fight Coronavirus

Answer

1.D

2.A

3.C

4.D

【解析】

这是一篇说明文。文章介绍了北京清华大学教授郑钢铁和他的团队研发了一款机器人，用来帮助医生治疗新型冠状病毒和其他高度传染性疾病。

1.

主旨大意题。根据第四段关键句“He told Reuters news agency that he got the idea for the machine when the number of cases of the COVID-19 virus was rising quickly in the city of Wuhan.”可知，当武汉的新型冠状病毒病例数迅速上升的时候，郑钢铁有了发明这个机器人的想法。再根据第五段关键句“Zheng said he wanted to do something to help this situation”可知，他发明机器人的目的是为了避免治疗病人的医护人员被感染。由此可以推断出，文章第四段和第五段主要讲的是为什么要发明这款机器人。故选D项。

2.

词义猜测题。A．clean使……干净；B．destroy毁灭；C．decorate装饰；D．break损坏。根据上文The new robot is almost completely automated可知这种新机器人几乎是完全自动化的以及划线词所在的句子“It can even disinfect itself after performing actions involving patient contact.”可知，它甚至能_____它自己在执行与患者接触的动作后。机器人发明的目的是避免医生被病人感染，可以推断出，机器人所具有的优势就是不会被感染，也就是说在与病人密切接触后，它能够自我清洁，使自己变干净，免受感染。"disinfect"意思是清洁，故选A项。

3.

细节理解题。根据最后一段关键句“Zheng would like to build more of the robots, but money from the university has run out, each robot costs about$72,000 to make.”可知，郑钢铁想要建造更多的机器人，但是大学的钱已经用完了。由此可推断出他面临的困难是缺乏生产更多机器人的资金。故选C项。

4.

主旨大意题。通读文章，文章主要讲的是郑钢铁和他的团队研发了一款机器人，用来帮助医生治疗新型冠状病毒和其他高度传染性疾病，但并不能取代医生的位置。根据文章倒数第二段关键句“One machine was once taken to Wuhan's Union Hospital, where doctors there were trained to use it.”可知，武汉协和医院的医生已经接受过使用机器人的培训了，也可以证明机器人的发明是用来帮助医生抗击冠状病毒的。故选D项。