2023年中考英语真题分项汇编（全国通用）：专题14 阅读理解 考点4 议论文和新闻报道（第02期）（原卷版）.docxVIP

2023年中考真题英语分项汇编 专题09 阅读理解 考点4 议论文和新闻报道（第02期） （2023·广东广州·统考中考真题） Computer scientist Mary has an idea for a new robot to help her work with children. How should it look? The robot should have arms to be able to lift things. And if it is going to communicate with people, it will also need a face. Scientists believe that giving a robot a face can make it seem more friendly. Humans would also like to pay more attention to robots with faces. But what kind? For Mary, she wants to make sure that her new robot doesn’t look too much like a human. She wants people to just treat it as a machine-person. If it looks more like a human than a machine, she thinks users might find it a bit creepy and feel afraid. Mary also believes that robot faces don’t need to look a lot like ours. Her research shows that we can enjoy communicating with robots whether or not they look like humans, because our brains are able to look for faces. Just put two circles on top of a robot’s body, and we will see a face. Dave feels differently. He believes that although at first we might be afraid when seeing a robot with a lifelike face, we may soon get used to it. If robots are going to work closely with humans, they should look as much like us as possible. After all, faces are an important part of the way we communicate. To make his robots look as much like real people as possible, Dave invented a special skin (皮肤) for their faces. With this skin, robots can show human-like expressions and appear to be angry, sad, happy or surprised. Dave’s robots are also programmed to copy expressions. How? Just imagine his robot is looking at you. The cameras in its eyes send pictures of your face to its central computer! 1．Why do scientists think a robot needs a face? A．It will become more beautiful. B．It can do better in lifting things. C．It will pay more attention to children. D．It can better communicate with people. 2．What does the underlined word “creepy” mean in paragraph 2? A．Uncomfortable to look at. B．I