| 2005年职称英语等级考试B级
阅读理解第一篇（P318）
Almost Human?
Scientists are racing to build the worlds first thinking robot.This is not science fiction：some say they will have made it by the year 2020.Carol Packer reports.
Machines that walk，speak and feel are no longer science fiction.Kismet is the name of an android（机器人）which scientists have built at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology（MIT）.（31）Kismet is different from the traditional robot because it can show human emotions.Its eyes，ears and lips move to show when it feels happy, sad or bored.Kismet is one of the first of a new generation of androids——robots that look like human beings——which can imitate human feelings.
31.Kismet is different from traditional robots because
A.it thinks for itself
B.It is not like science fiction
C.it can look after two-year-old.
D.it seems to have human feelings.
解：本题的标志词是Kismet，关键词组是different from traditional robots，我们在文章第二段的第二句话中找到了试题在文章中的位置，细细读这句话。选项D和这句话的意思是最接近的，因为第二句话中有这样一句it can show human emotions，选项中的feelings和文章中的emotions是同义词替换，这是阅读理解正确项的一个出题原则。因此是正确答案。
（32） Cog，another android invented by the MIT, imitates the action of a mother.However, scientists admit that so far Cog has the mental ability of a two-year-old.
32.What makes Cog special?
A.It looks like a mother.
B.It behaves like a child.
C.It can imitate the behavior of a mother.
D.It has a huge brain.