职称英语理工类考试考前每日一练 阅读下面这篇短文,短文后有2项测试任务:第23~26题要求从所给的6个选项中为第2,3,5和6段每段选择1个正确的小标题:第27~30题要求从所给的6个选项中选择4个正确选项,分别完成每个句子。请将答案涂在答题卡相应的位置上。 Robots 1 The most sophisticated Japanese robots, which have Vision systems and work at very high speeds, are still based on American designs. Studies of robots,particularly computer control software, are considered to be generally less advanced in Japan than in America or Europe. 2 Although industrial robots were originally developed as devices for simply handling objects, today their commonest uses are for more skilled work like welding , spray-painting and assembling components. 3 In Britain, robot sales appropriately peaked in 1984, but have been declining ever since. This is partly because British wage rates are too low to make robots financially attractive and partly .because engineers now have more experience with robots and are more aware of the difficulties of introducing them effectively. 4 It has been calculated that a robot uses on average about 100 times more energy than a human to do an equivalent job. 5 It is estimated that 20% of all comic book heroes in Japan are robots. This is an enormous number because comics are so popular that they make up a third of all material published in Japan. |