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Robots in class

    Over 600,000 children in the United States spend their long time in hospital each year．Many of them say that they have difficult in returning to school after hospital stays．Thanks to technology，kids who are sick in the hospital no longer have to miss time in the classroom．

    A program called PEBBLES makes it possible for kids in hospital to take part in classroom discussions by using robot．PEBBLES(Providing Education by Bringing Environments to Students)supplies robots to help kids who are staying in hospital keep up with their classmates．

    For Achim Nurse，a 13-yers-old patient at Blythedale Children’s Hospital in Valhalla，New York，PEBBLES helped him so much．When he first learned about the program，he wasn’t so sure it would work．    

   “When I first saw it，it looked difficult，”said Achim．

    However，after 30 minutes of working with the robot，Achim discovered that he had gotten good at operating it．

    The robots work in pairs—一one in the hospital with the student，the other in the classroom．

    The robot in the classroom gives the student in the hospital a feel of“tele-presence．”A live picture of the students is shown on a video screen in the classroom．Meanwhile，in the hospital room，the student knows clear about what is going on in the classroom．

    The robot at the school has four wheels．so it can move around from class to class．Its“face” is an auto-focus(可以自動調(diào)焦的)camera．By using a control box，the student call turn the robot’s head，raise its hand，and adjust the volume(音量)．It is even equipped with a scanner(掃描器)and printer，so if the teacher want to have an exercise or testing class，the student can participate from the hospital．

   “The robot is greeted by students in the classroom．It is also greeted by the sick student。”said Andrew Summa，national director of the robot project．

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容完成下面各題。

1．Try to use the phrase underlined in the first paragraph to make a sentence．

2．Guess the Chinese meaning of“keep up with”．

3．The robot is greeted by students in the classroom．It is also greeted by the student in the hospital．(改寫為同義句)

4．According to the passage，we can know that____

  A．We can operate this kind of robot easily．   

  B．the student in hospital cannot adjust the volume by using control box．

  C．The teacher wants to have a test in the class now. Although the student in the hospital has this kind of robot，he also cannot participate it．

5．What do you think of the robot project in the United States? Do you think it can help sick students? What do you think are its limitations?

What Will Happen in 2050?

     Do you know what our life will be like in 2050? Here are my ideas. Please read them. Probably my predictions will come true in the future.

     One day, you will be woken up by a robot. You go into the bathroom and the robot will bathe(為…洗澡)you. After that, he will use a machine to get you dry. You won't need a towel(毛巾)anymore. Then he tells you that breakfast is ready (He makes breakfast as you order). After breakfast, he cleans the table and asks what he should do next. You say you want to buy a camera, and then he orders it online (網(wǎng)上訂購). Later, another robot comes to your home and gives you the camera.

      Also you needn't go to work outside. You only need to work at home on computers.

      If you want to go out for vacation, you just need to tell your plane robot and he will take you anywhere you want.

  1．According to(根據(jù))the passage      will play an important part in our life in 2050.

    A. computers         B. robots      C. machines        D. computers and robots

  2．Do you need a towel after taking a bath(洗澡)in 2050?

    A. Of course,                     B. Yes, I still need.

    C. Yes, I do.                      D. No, I won't need it anymore.

3. According to the passage,          will do the house work for you.

    A. your robot        B. yourself         C. your parents     D. your servant(仆人)

  4. You will work     

    A. in a factory       B. on a farm        C. at home         D. in a big company

  5. If you want to go on vacation,         will take you there.

    A. a bus            B. a plane robot     C. a train          D. a plane