1．Which advantage does the giant robot have for the consumers?

　　A．It saves a great deal of time.

　　B．It decorates houses beautifully.

　　C．It provides energy­saving apartments.

　　D．It builds environmentally friendly houses.

　　解析：选A　细节理解题。根据第二段第一句可知，巨型机器人的明显优势是它可以节省大量的时间。

　　2．The underlined part "to get on the property ladder" (in Paragraph 3) means "________"．

　　A．to print objects　　　 B．to purchase a house

　　C．to predict disasters D．to accumulate wealth

　　解析：选B　词义猜测题。根据第三段画线部分之前的内容"Contour Crafting could greatly decrease the cost of homeowning, making it possible for millions of displaced people ..."中的"decrease the cost of"并结合选项可推知，由于建房成本大大降低了，所以许多人可以买得起房子了。因此B项与画线部分意思相近。

　　3．The new construction technology can satisfy the needs of ________.

　　A．low­income residents

　　B．people at different income levels

　　C．middle­income people

　　D．wealthy immigrants

　　解析：选B　推理判断题。根据第四段最后一句"As a result, it could be ideal to print out expensive homes according to customers' demands."可知，它可以根据客户的需要建设出豪宅。由此结合第三段第一句可推知，新的建设技术能满足不同收入水平的人们的需求。

　　4．What influence will Contour Crafting have on construction industry?

　　A．Many construction workers will lose jobs.

　　B．Professionals will be hired to make robot builders.

　　C．More rural people will engage in construction.

　　D．Construction workers will update their skills.

解析：选D　推理判断题。根据最后一段最后两句可知，随着巨型机器人技术的发展，在建筑业会有新的就业机会，而建筑工人的主要任务是维护机器。由此可推知，建筑工人将会更新自己的技能。