今天小編給大家?guī)?019年*英語等級考試三級模擬試題九閱讀C，希望對大家有所幫助。
We can make all the jokes we want about taking baths ourselves,but if we are ill in bed and can't get up,we'll be thankful to the nurses who help us get clean.While I am not a nurse,and have never given anyone a bath,I would imagine that it would take a lot of sympathy(同情)and patience to do so.
Yet those who attended the International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems last month were introduced to Cody,a robot that can bathe human beings.
The robot has a base that can be turned to all directions,two human-like arms,and movable wrists(腕).It uses a camera to locate parts of the human body.It then uses bath gloves to clean with a little pressure.
The robot was designed at the Georgia Institute of Technology.Charles Kemp of the Healthcare Robotics Lab is the senior researcher for the project.In a test run,Cody was able to remove 96%of a test subject's dirt—not bad for a robot.
But don't go asking for Cody yet—he's still a model.Yet researchers believe that one day Cody may take the place of nurses for this task.Researchers say that Cody will give patients dignity and protect their personal information.I suppose that would depend on the patient.I'm not sure whether a robot using a camera would make me feel very dignified.
Even so,I can appreciate the need.We don't have enough nurses to go around,and those places that are the most short-handed,for example,nursing homes,are those that have the most patients who are unable to bathe themselves.Still,before I get there,I hope they think of a better way to solve the problem.
1、In the writer's opinion,Cody is ________.
A.acceptable but not perfect
B.strange but not creative
C.clever and strong
D.lovely and careful
參考答案：A
參考解析：作者觀點題。從第五段的后一句和后一段的頭一句和—后一句可知A項說明了作者的態(tài)度。
2、The writer thinks bathing others must ________.
A.be a lot of fun
B.make you feel thankful
C.take a lot of patience
D.make you feel dignified
參考答案：C
參考解析：細節(jié)理解題。從頭一段的“I would imagine that it would take a lot of...patience to do so”可知C項正確。
A.people are becoming lazier
B.it can bring down the cost of nursing
C.there are not enough nurses
D.there are too many nursing homes
參考答案：C
參考解析：細節(jié)理解題。從后一段的“We don't have enough nurses to go around,and those places that are the most short-handed...”可知答案為C項。
4、We know from the fourth and fifth paragraphs that ________.
A.Cody can bathe patients better than a real nurse can
B.robots like Cody are being produced in large numbers right now
C.Cody can take the place of nurses completely in hospitals
D.researchers think Cody can protect patients'personal information
參考答案：D
參考解析：細節(jié)理解題。從第五段的“Researchers say that Cody will...protect their personal information”可知D項正確。
5、What is the third paragraph mainly about?
A.Why and where Cody was designed.
B.What Cody looks like and who designed it.
C.What Cody can do and where it will work soon.
D.How Cody works and what has made that possible.
參考答案：D
參考解析：主旨大意題。第三段的頭一句話介紹了機器人的部件，后兩句介紹了它是如何工作的，正是前面所述的這些部件使得機器人得以工作。
參考譯文：
我們可以開所有關于自己洗澡的玩笑，但是如果我們生病躺在床上，不能起床，我們會感謝那些幫助我們打掃衛(wèi)生的護士。雖然我不是護士，也從未給過任何人洗澡，但我想這需要很多同情心和耐心。
然而，上個月參加智能機器人和系統(tǒng)國際會議的人被介紹給科迪，一個可以給人類洗澡的機器人。
這個機器人有一個可以向四面八方轉動的底座，兩條人形手臂和可移動的腕帶。它使用攝像機來定位人體的各個部位。然后用沐浴手套稍微用力清洗。
機器人是在喬治亞理工設計的。醫(yī)療機器人實驗室的CharlesKemp是該項目的高級研究員。在一次測試中，科迪能夠去除96%的測試對象的污垢，這對機器人來說并不壞。
但別問科迪，他還是個模特。然而研究人員相信有一天科迪可能會代替護士來完成這項任務。研究人員說，科迪會給病人尊嚴，保護他們的個人信息。我想這要看病人的情況了。我不確定一個使用相機的機器人是否會讓我覺得自己很有尊嚴。
盡管如此，我還是很感激你的需要。我們沒有足夠的護士四處走動，而那些人手短的地方，例如療養(yǎng)院，是那些有多病人不能洗澡的地方。不過，在我到達那里之前，我希望他們能想出一個更好的方法來解決這個問題。
