【正文】 The Robot Activity Support System or RAS, uses sensors installed in a WSU smart home to determine where its residents are, what they are doing and when they need assistance with daily activities. It navigates (定位) through rooms and around obstacles to find people on its own, provides video instructions on how to do simple tasks and can even lead its owner to objects like their medication or a snack in the kitchen.RAS bines the convenience of a mobile robot with the activity detection technology of a WSU smart home to provide assistance in the moment, as the need for help is detect。8．閱讀理解 故選A。該劃線句子的字面意思是：機(jī)器人保姆可能會(huì)覺得自己已經(jīng)獲得了未來的工作，但事實(shí)上，他們的位置可能會(huì)更好。故選C。 （3）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。 （2）考查詞義猜測(cè)。也就是說，Starship Technologies公司創(chuàng)造的是一款配送物品的機(jī)器人。根據(jù)第一段中的The robot, created by a startup called Starship Technologies in 2014, is basically a cooler on wheels。本文以對(duì)相關(guān)信息進(jìn)行了介紹說明。We still need someone to look after robots in the future.D.Robot carers will have a petitive advantage in the future.B.A lot of job opportunities will be created.D.Autonomous vehicles will bee much cheaper.B.D.are in relation ofB.are in the category ofD.A restaurant robot.B.A factory robot. Mckinsey estimates that millions of jobs globally could be lost to automation by 2030. A huge number of jobs will be produced as autonomous vehicles are released into the environment, Ramsey said. In 2016, Bosch started training students from Schoolcraft College, a munity college in Michigan, in autonomousvehicle repair。s digital eyes will roll depending on its mood. Rodriguez, who heads business development for the startup, was tasked, early on, with monitoring the KiwiBot for problems – even carrying it, should the motors fail. Since April 2018, though, the KiwiBot has largely been left unattended, and the majority of human interactions involve technical checks and loading food into the robot. To eliminate the boring work, the team is developing a restaurant robot to collect and load orders – which could happen in 2020. However, Rodriguez assured me that his staff won39。s campus while it delivered Red bull and other drinks to students. To retrieve (檢索) orders, the app encourages students to give the robot a wave。 Broadly speaking, jobs of caring for robots fall under the umbrella of careers in automation, which include maintenance, engineering and programming. The demand for people with this skill set is considerable, with 20 million to 50 million new jobs to be expected in this category by 2030, according to the Mckinsey Global Institute. In the year that ended in June 2018, had almost three times the number of positions on the recruitment mittee that ended in June 2016.s job was to monitor how it handled various grounds, field ments from the public, and press the off switch if necessary. He said, People would also ask if it could deliver beer. It couldn39。 During the winter of 2017, an 18year old college student named Canon Reeves spent much of his time trailing a kneehigh robot around Fayetteville, Arkansas, as it delivered Amazon packages to students. The robot, created by a startup called Starship Technologies in 2014, is basically a cooler on wheels。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，詞義猜測(cè)和主旨大意三個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇科研類閱讀，要求考生在捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息的基礎(chǔ)上，進(jìn)一步根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進(jìn)行分析，推理，概括和歸納，從而選出正確答案。本文主要講述了人類以及其他動(dòng)物對(duì)狼的恐懼對(duì)維持健康、平衡的生態(tài)系統(tǒng)是有益的，因?yàn)槭巢輨?dòng)物不會(huì)過度繁殖，從而保護(hù)了植物的生長(zhǎng)。故選B。根據(jù)最后一段中的“The research is one more piece of evidence for why protecting these top predators is important not just for wolves as a species, but for hundreds of species at every level of an ecosystem.”可知，這項(xiàng)研究再次證明了為什么保護(hù)這些食肉動(dòng)物不僅對(duì)狼這個(gè)物種很重要，而且對(duì)生態(tài)系統(tǒng)的各個(gè)層面的物種都很重要。故選D。 （2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第三段中的We were really surprised at that可知，黃石公園在意想不到的方面從重新引入狼中獲益。The introduction of wolves in Yellowstone National Park is a success.【答案】 （1）A（2）D（3）B（4）A 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，研究表明人類以及其他動(dòng)物對(duì)狼的恐懼對(duì)維持健康、平衡的生態(tài)系統(tǒng)是有益的，其中黃石公園灰狼的引進(jìn)就是一個(gè)典型的例子。The fear of wolves put them in danger of disappearing.C.It provides evidence that wolves are endangered animals.（4）What is the main idea of the passage? A.It helps prove the importance of protecting wolves.C.To study what good wolves can do to ecosystems.（3）What is the significance of the research? A.To show how wolves benefit from ecosystems.C.Accept.（2）For what purpose was a documentary made? A.Notice.Understand.Expect. To learn more about just how wolves are beneficial, a short documentary from Quest explains how the presence of wolves influences the behavior of deer, which eventually makes entire ecosystems more biologically diverse and healthy. In this documentary, biologist Aaron Wirsing explored why wolves and other top predators （捕食者）were needed for diverse ecosystems to develop. Using a simple video camera, Wirsing is gaining a unique view point on predatorprey relationships and changing the way we think about wolves.t adopted ecologicalprocess management—allowing natural ecological processes to take place with least human intervention. Yellowstone has benefited from the reintroduction of wolves in ways that we did not anticipate, especially the plexity of biological interactions（互動(dòng)） in the park, explained Mark Boyce, a professor in the Department of Biological Sciences. We were really surprised at that and we39。 Wolves strike fear into the hearts of many species, humans included. Our fear of them has brought them to the edge of dying out, as we have cruelly killed them as petitors and troublemakers. But researchers are discovering that the very fear they put into prey（被捕食者）species is exactly what helps make ecosystems（生態(tài)）healthy. 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及推理判斷，代詞指代和主旨大意三個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇科研類閱讀，要求考生根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進(jìn)行分析，推理，概括和歸納，從而選出正確答案。因此蝙蝠與鳥不同，蝙蝠可以倒掛著。根據(jù)第三段中的Another interesting characteristic of bat flight is the way in which bats landupside down! Unlike birds which touch down on the ground or on tree branches, ba