5．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? A. Robots can do many tasks. B．All robots have the same size.
C．Robots are unable to find their way by themselves. D．Robots cannot get help if they run into difficulties.
A [细节理解题。根据第一段“‘Robot－nurses’perform a variety of tasks such as delivering medicine，food and laboratory samples to sickrooms and taking away waste.”可知机器人可完成很多任务。]
6．What is the main idea of Paragraph 5?
A. Experiments show “Robot－nurses” perform well. B．“Robot－nurses” can save time.
C．“Robot－nurses” can cut the number of medicine. D．“Robot－nurses” vary in size.
A [段落大意题。第五段用一些实验证明机器人护士能够节省时间，防止药物用尽等等，所以总结概括为实验表明机器人护士表现很好，B，C选项不全面，D项第五段没有提及。]
7．What is the attitude of the author to robot－nurses? A．Disappointed. C．Negative.
B．Positive. D．Disapproval.
B [推理判断题。根据全文内容可知作者提到了机器人护士的若干益处，另外通过文章最后可知患者常常抱怨护士没时间照顾病人，所以任何能够解放护士的事都应是好事，是有益的，而机器人护士恰恰把护士解放了出来，因此可知作者对它的态度应是积极肯定的。]
Ⅱ.任务型阅读——说明文 (2016·镇江第一学期期末考试)
A selfie stick is a monopod(单脚架)used to take selfie photographs by positioning a smartphone or camera beyond the normal range of the arm.The metal
sticks are typically extendable，with a handle on one end and an adjustable clamp(夹子)on the other end to hold a phone in place.Some have remote or Bluetooth controls，letting the user decide when to take the picture，and models designed for cameras have a mirror behind the viewscreen so that the shot can be lined up.In contrast to a monopod for stabilizing a camera on the ground，a selfie stick's arm is thickest and strongest at the opposite end from the camera in order to provide better grip(控制)and balance when held high up in the air.
Homemade selfie sticks could date back as early as 1925.A photo from that year shows a man taking a photograph of himself and his wife，with the aid of a long pole which is pointed towards the camera and out of frame.Amateur box cameras of the period would not have been able to capture a self－portrait in focus when held at arm's length，requiring photographers to use remote shutter(快门)devices such as cables or sticks.
The 1983“Minolta Disc－7”camera had a convex mirror on its front to allow the composition of self－portraits，and its packaging showed the camera mounted on a stick while used for such a purpose.A“telescopic extender”for compact handheld cameras was patented in U．S.in 1983.Canadian inventor Wayne Fromm patented his Quik Pod in 2005，and it became commercially available in the United States the following year.Despite positive reviews for the Quik Pod over the next few years in mainstream press，the term“selfie stick”itself did not become widely used until 2014.
People attach their cell phone or camera to the end of the selfie stick，raise it in front of themselves and then make a sound or press a shutter button on the stick handle which is connected to the camera(usually using a port such as a headphone jack)，or press a button on a wireless remote(often via Bluetooth)，or use the camera's built－in timer to take a photo after a number of seconds have passed.The first two methods usually adapt the device's physical means of pressing the camera shutter such as the volume controls or the dedicated camera button of the device，which are replicated(复制)on headphones with on－cord controls，and are seen by the device as headphone devices.
The device gives more practical use in situations that require assistance for difficult photographs.It allows the user to take photographs in otherwise dangerous
situations such as taking a photo over a cliff or from the door of an airplane.The device is sometimes used to take selfies that involve the photographer inside a moving vehicle.
Bans and restrictions on the use of selfie sticks have been imposed across a range of public venues(场所)generally on the grounds of safety and inconvenience to others.
Several concert venues in Australia and the United Kingdom have banned the use of selfie sticks，along with some music festivals in the United States.Organisers have cited their role in the“illegal recording”of bands' sets，and the inconvenience and safety issues to fellow audience members.The sticks have been banned in some museums，galleries and historical sites because of concerns about possible damage to artworks and other objects.
Theme parks including Walt Disney World Resort and Six Flags have banned selfie sticks.The sticks have always been banned on rides at Disney World for safety reasons，but after a number of instances where rides had to be stopped because of a guest pulling out a selfie stick in mid－ride，such as incidents on California Screamin' and Big Thunder Mountain Railroad，Disney issued a park－wide ban on the accessorie(配件)．
本文主要介绍了自拍杆的定义、历史、用途以及对自拍杆的限制和禁止等方面的信息。
1．longer/extended/extendable [根据文章第一段的The metal sticks are typically extendable，with a handle on one end and an adjustable clamp(夹子)on the
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