Question

【題目】 Have you heard of sumo(相撲)？It’s a sport s【1】 to wrestling(摔跤). In fact, robots do sumo too.

Three students from Jinan Experimental Middle School won the sumo competition d【2】 the 16th Robofest World Championship in 2016. Robofest is an international competition that challenges students to design, build and programme robots. In 2016, it was h【3】 at Lawrence Technological University in the USA.

Two robots fight each other on a table for the match. A bottle is in the c【4】 of the table. If a robot pushes the other robot or the bottle off the table and r【5】 on the table for three seconds, it will win.

The Chinese team won two rounds. What were the secrets that helped them win? First, they made their robot p【6】. Their robot looked like a large forklift(鏟車). Also, they used a high-powered motor. The motor made their robot stronger when it f【7】 with each other. At the same time, their robot was very c【8】. The team designed some programmes to help their robot deal with different problems.

In one round, their robot was pushed to the end of the table and a【9】 fell off. But suddenly, it stopped and moved the other way i【10】. Their robot had a special programme. As soon as it discovered the table’s end, it would move back and present itself from falling off. Really amazing, right？

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】similar

【2】during

【3】held

【4】centre/center

【5】remains

【6】powerful

【7】fought

【8】clever

【9】almost

【10】instead

【解析】

本文介紹了在2016年第16屆Robofest世界錦標(biāo)賽中，來自濟(jì)南實(shí)驗(yàn)中學(xué)的三名學(xué)生獲得了相撲比賽的冠軍。Robofest是一項(xiàng)國(guó)際競(jìng)賽，挑戰(zhàn)學(xué)生設(shè)計(jì)、制造和編程機(jī)器人。

【1】句意：它是一種與摔跤相似的運(yùn)動(dòng)。

be similar to與…...相似，故此處為similar。

【2】句意：在2016年第16屆Robofest世界錦標(biāo)賽中，來自濟(jì)南實(shí)驗(yàn)中學(xué)的三名學(xué)生獲得了相撲比賽的冠軍。

此處表示在世界錦標(biāo)賽期間，用介詞during。

【3】句意：它于2016年，在美國(guó)勞倫斯理工大學(xué)舉辦。

it代指的是an international competition，表示比賽被舉行，用be held，故此處為held。

【4】句意：一個(gè)瓶子在桌子的中心。

in the centre/center of在……中心，故此處為centre/center。

【5】句意：如果一個(gè)機(jī)器人把另一個(gè)機(jī)器人或瓶子從桌子上推開，并在桌子上停留三秒鐘，它就贏了。

根據(jù)for three seconds, it will win.可知，停留三秒鐘，它就贏了，主語it是第三人稱單數(shù)，謂語用第三人稱單數(shù)形式，故此處為remains。

【6】句意：第一，他們讓機(jī)器人更強(qiáng)大。

make sth+形容詞，表示“使某物……”，根據(jù)后文的Also, they used a high-powered motor.可知，它們非常強(qiáng)大，故此處為powerful。

【7】句意：當(dāng)他們的機(jī)器人互相打斗時(shí)，發(fā)動(dòng)機(jī)使他們的機(jī)器人更強(qiáng)壯。

fight with和……打斗，根據(jù)made此處用一般過去時(shí)，故此處為fought。

【8】句意：同時(shí)，他們的機(jī)器人非常聰明。

根據(jù)后文的The team designed some programmes to help their robot deal with different problems.可知，機(jī)器人能解決不同的問題，因此它們是聰明的，故此處為clever。

【9】句意：在一輪比賽中，他們的機(jī)器人被推到了桌子的一端，差點(diǎn)摔下來。

根據(jù)their robot was pushed to the end of the table可知，機(jī)器人被推到了桌子的一端，因此差點(diǎn)摔下來，用副詞almost。

【10】句意：但突然，它停了下來，向相反的方向移動(dòng)。

結(jié)合句意，停下來了，表示向相反的方向，用副詞instead。