Last weekend, twenty thousand people gathered in the state of Georgia to watch students from twenty-eight countries compete with robots they built. More than ten thousand students and more than five hundred robots took part in the competition.

Almost one thousand and seven hundred high school teams entered a level of competition called LUNACY. The competitors came from eleven countries, including the United States. In January, the organization sent the same supplies for robots to each team. The teams had six weeks to build robots that could compete in the LUNACY game. The playing area had six robots, three on each team. Each robot had a trailer(拖車) connected to it. The robots had to pick up large balls and throw them into the trailers of opposing robots. The robots were moving on a surface where they could slide(滑行). A team from California won the competition.
A second competition involved building a robot that could travel on uneven(不平坦的) surfaces, move objects with unusual shapes and withstand(承受) physical stress.
Another competition was for younger students, aged nine to fourteen years old. Eighty-four teams from twenty-seven countries competed with robots made with LEGO products. They had to design, build and program robots to explore the Earth’s climates.
小題1:The competitors coming from _______countries entered a level of competition called LUNACY.
A．twenty-eightB．twenty-seven
C．eighty-fourD．eleven
小題2:_______sent the supplies for robots to each team.
A．SchoolsB．Volunteers
C．The governmentD．The organization
小題3:Each team can have _______robots to compete in the LUNACY game.
A．twoB．threeC．sixD．eight
小題4:The underlined word “involved” in this passage can be replaced by “_______”.
A．includedB．removedC．correctedD．invented
小題5:Which statement is NOT true according to the passage?
A．In January, each team got the same supplies for robots.
B．A team from California won the LUNACY competition.
C．The writer introduces three kinds of competitions in this passage.
D．The students had to design or buy robots for the competition.

小題1:D
小題2:D
小題3:B
小題4:A
小題5:D
本文主要講述的是機(jī)器人大賽的一些情況。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第二段第二行可知。
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第二段第三行可知。
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)The playing area had six robots, three on each team. 可知
小題4:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)語境可知選A。
小題5:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。D項(xiàng)中的buy robots不符合文章。
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