Unit 1 A land of diversity reading课时作业

阅读理解(共15小题，满分30分)

　　 A

　　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 in trod­used to Cody, a robot that can bathe human beings.

　　The robot has a base that can be turned to all directions, two human­like 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 short­handed, 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．What is the third paragraph mainly about?

　　　　A．Why and where Cody was designed.

　　　　B．How Cody works and what has made that possible.

　　　　C．What Cody can do and where it will work soon.

　　　　D．What Cody looks like and who designed it.

　　2．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．researchers think Cody can protect patients' personal information

　　　　D．Cody can take the place of nurses completely in hospitals

　　3．In the writer's opinion, Cody is ________.

　　　　A．clever and strong

　　　　B．strange but not creative

　　　　C．acceptable but not perfect

　　　　D．lovely and careful

　　B Transport Guide

The Brisbane City Council (BCC) is responsible for bus and ferry services within the city limits and suburbs.Most buses will either arrive at the city or an interchange where connecting buses can be caught.BCC buses operate from 5：30 am to 11：00 pm Monday to Thursday and 5：30 am to 12：00 am on Fridays.On weekends and public holidays buses operate less frequently.Prepaid bus tickets can be purchased from the QUT (Queensland University of Technology) bookshop，the campus newsagency，most other newsagencies and general stores，and any BCC Customer Service Centre.Short­term students at QUT cannot use their ID cards to