and sadness among elderly people.

【语篇解读】　本文介绍新型的人工智能机器猫。机器猫会给老年人更多的帮助，同时机器猫也离不开他们。被需要的感觉是至关重要的。他们甚至可以帮助防止老年人的孤独和悲伤情绪。

1．What's the purpose of the project?

A．To relieve the pain of the elderly.

B．To promote the sales of a medicine.

C．To invent a robotic cat for the elderly.

D．To help make the robotic cat smarter.

【答案】　D　目的意图题。根据第一段第一句Imagine a cat that does not need someone to clean up after it keeps an older person company and help them remember to take their medicine. 项目的目地是帮助机器猫更聪明。故选D。

2．Compared with the old model，the new robotic cat will be ________.

A．smaller　　 B．Cheaper

C．more talkative　 D．more expensive

【答案】　B　推理判断题。根据第二段最后一句They also want to keep the cost down to just a few hundred dollars. 可知，与旧模型相比新的机器猫更便宜。故选B。

3．What does Paragraph 3 intend to tell us?

A．The cat gives much help to the elderly.

B．The more functions of the cat，the better.

C．There is no cure for dementia at present.

D．Mary Derr would have died without the cat.

【答案】　A　段落大意题。根据第三段最后一句Elliott said a robotic cat that helps her mother to remember to take her medicine and be careful when she walks would be greater. 可知，机器猫会给老年人更多的帮助。故选A。