Question

【題目】

It’s a sad story: someone keeps failing an exam for four years. It’s the story of Torobo, a robot from Japan.

Torobo has been trying to enter the University of Tokyo in Japan. The university, also called Todai, is one of Asia’s top universities. Since 2013, Torobo has taken the national college entrance exam with other Japanese students. However, the robot has failed to get the required (必需的) score for Todai every year. This year was no exception.

Torobo is part of a project called “Can a Robot Get into the University of Tokyo?” Japan’s National Institute of Informatics started the project in 2011. Torobo does not walk around. It is a robot brain that has arms to complete the test.

Researchers of the project want to find out what intellectual abilities (智能) will be replaced by machines. Results show that Torobo has grown in ability year by year. This year it got a score higher than Japan’s national average(平均分), which is enough to enter other good universities, but not Todai. With its big database, Torobo is good at solving knowledge-based problems and mathematical calculations (數(shù)學(xué)運(yùn)算). That’s why it got good scores in physics, history and math. But Torobo has a hard time thinking independently (獨(dú)立地). As a result, it got weak scores in language and writing.

Luckily, after four years of suffering, researchers have decided to free Torobo from taking the test. They will grow Torobo’s ability in the fields it’s doing well in, so that it can be used in those industries(工業(yè)) in the future.

So while Torobo will never graduate from Todai, it can still look forward to a bright future!

【1】According to the story, Torobo is _______while Todai is _______.

A. a university, a robot B. a robot, a university

C. a student, a computer D. a computer, a student

【2】We can tell from the story that Torobo _______for four years.

A. has taken the college entrance exam B. has missed the college entrance exam

C. has been studying in the University of Tokyo D. has taught the college courses

【3】Which of the following is TRUE about Torobo?

A. Torobo can’t have a bright future because it will never graduate from Todai.

B. Torobo will go on taking the college entrance exam.

C. Torobo is useless to humans.

D. Torobo’s ability in the fields it’s doing well in will be better in the future.

【4】Why did Torobo get low scores in two subjects?

A. Because it cannot solve knowledge-based problems.

B. Because it is not good at mathematical calculations.

C. Because it cannot think independently.

D. Because it only has arms to complete the test.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】 B

【2】 A

【3】 D

【4】 C

【解析】

日本國家信息研究院開始了一個項目，題目為“機(jī)器人能進(jìn)入東京大學(xué)嗎？”，Torobo就是這個項目的一部分，但是它四次考東京大學(xué)都失敗了。盡管如此，在Torobo擅長的領(lǐng)域里，它仍然會有一個光明的未來。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第一段中It’s the story of Torobo, a robot from Japan. 和第二段中

Torobo has been trying to enter the University of Tokyo in Japan. The university, also called Todai, is one of Asia’s top universities.可知，Torobo是一個機(jī)器人，Todai是東京大學(xué)。故應(yīng)選B。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文開頭It’s a sad story: someone keeps failing an exam for four years.和第二段中Since 2013, Torobo has taken the national college entrance exam with other Japanese students. However, the robot has failed to get the required (必需的) score for Todai every year. This year was no exception.可知，自從2013年起，Torobo參加了四年的高考，想進(jìn)入東京大學(xué)，但是都失敗了。由此可知應(yīng)選A。

【3】推理判斷題。根據(jù)短文第五段中They will grow Torobo’s ability in the fields it’s doing well in, so that it can be used in those industries(工業(yè)) in the future.可知，在Torobo擅長的領(lǐng)域里，它會有一個更好的未來，由此可知D選項符合文意，故選D。根據(jù)短文最后兩段中Luckily, after four years of suffering, researchers have decided to free Torobo from taking the test. They will grow Torobo’s ability in the fields it’s doing well in, so that it can be used in those industries(工業(yè)) in the future. So while Torobo will never graduate from Todai, it can still look forward to a bright future!可知其他三個選項不對。

【4】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第四段中But Torobo has a hard time thinking independently (獨(dú)立地). As a result, it got weak scores in language and writing可知，Torobo不能獨(dú)立思考，所以它的語言和寫作這兩項分?jǐn)?shù)比較低。由此可知應(yīng)選C。

這篇短文給我們介紹的是日本的一個機(jī)器人連續(xù)四年參加高考但都失敗的經(jīng)歷，但盡管如此，這個機(jī)器人在很多方面都是非常優(yōu)秀的，它仍然有一個光明的未來。短文是科普類的文章，在理解上稍有難度，注意閱讀時把握文章中心思想。后面的題目設(shè)置有細(xì)節(jié)理解題和推理判斷題，推理題考查學(xué)生們在理解文章事實的基礎(chǔ)上，進(jìn)行合理的推測和判斷的能力，這種題型是基于文章，又超出文章，做題時，注意結(jié)合選項，在短文中搜索事實，用排除法作答。例如第3小題，這個題目的信息主要集中在文章的最后兩段中，根據(jù)They will grow Torobo’s ability in the fields it’s doing well in, so that it can be used in those industries(工業(yè)) in the future.可知，在Torobo擅長的領(lǐng)域里，它會有一個更好的未來，由此可知D選項符合文意，故選D，同時也排除了C。根據(jù)So while Torobo will never graduate from Todai, it can still look forward to a bright future!可知A不對；根據(jù)Luckily, after four years of suffering, researchers have decided to free Torobo from taking the test.可知B不對。