【FootballissopopularinChina.Almosteveryoneisinterestedinthesport—youngandoldboysandgirlsandnowevenrobots.LastweekatHangzhouGuangmingMiddleSchoolkidsfromseveralschoolsplayedfootballwiththeirrob】
FootballissopopularinChina.Almosteveryoneisinterestedinthesport—youngandoldboysandgirlsandnowevenrobots.
LastweekatHangzhouGuangmingMiddleSchoolkidsfromseveralschoolsplayedfootballwiththeirrobots.
Robotfootballwasverydifferentfromhumanfootball.Onlytworobotsplayedineachmatch.Thefieldwasasbigasaping-pongtable.Onehalfwasblackandtheotherwaswhite.Eachrobottriedtocatchthe“football”andscoreagoal.Therobotwithmoregoalswon.
GaoLingeaboyfromGuangmingMiddleSchoolhelpedmakeoneoftherobotsforthematch.
“Myschoolboughtthemainboard(主板)”saidGao14.“ThenIdecidedwhatmyrobotlookedlikeandmadeacomputerprogrammeforit.”
Gao’srobotwaseightcentimeterstallandhadtwoarms.Ithadfoursensors(传感器)to“see”and“kick”thefootball.
YingXuehaia12-year-oldstudentfromGao’sschoolalsomadearobot.HisrobotplayedagainstGao’s.Thematchdecidedwhowouldgotothefinalgame.Yinglostthegame.Sohegavemanyofhisrobot’spartstoGao.
EvensoGao’srobotdidn’twinthefinal.Itplayedwellinthefirstfiveminutes.Thenitsloweddown.Bytheendofthematchitcouldhardlymove.Whatwaswrong?GaoandYingfoundtheproblem—theirrobotranoutofbatteries(电池)!
“We’llsolvetheproblemandbeattheotherschoolnexttime!”saidthetwoboys.
1.Howmanyrobotsareneededinonematch?
A.Onlyone. B.Two. C.Three. D.Four.
2.Thethirdparagraphmainlytalksabout________.
A.awonderfulrobotfootballgame. B.howtoletrobotsscoremoregoals
C.therulesoftherobotfootballgames. D.thewayforrobotstowinthematch
3.WhydidGaoLingelosethefinal?
A.Becausehisrobothadnopower. B.Becausehebroketherulesofthematch.
C.BecauseheusedYingXuehai’sparts. D.Becausehisrobotwentwrong.
4.Fromthepassageweknowthatifyouwanttotakepartinthematch________.
A.youmustgotoHangzhou. B.youmustknowsomethingaboutcomputers
C.youmustknowhowtoplayfootballontheplayground
D.youmustgetalongwithGaoLingeandYingXuehai