Every year landslides cause 25 to 50 deaths and $2 billion in damage in the United States. And in December, a single event killed more than 2000 people in the Philippines. Sending workers to stabilize mountainsides using steel bars can help a lot, but it introduces new difficulties because of dust and loosen heavy, dangerous debris from the work. “It’s a quite dangerous job,” says Giorgio Pezzuto of D’ Appolonia, working with eight other companies. Now there may be an answer: a three-ton robot called Roboclimber.
“The idea is to operate a machine far away that can do the stabilizing job without a human being near,”says Pezzuto, manager for the project, which is supported by a European organization. Engineers say that the machine will be faster and cheaper than manual labor. The robot, a large radio-controlled four-legged spider, has cost at least $2 million so far. It should be able to climb mountainsides, drill holes and insert steel bars there. Testing should begin in May.
小題1:The underlined word “event” refers to_____
A．earthquakeB．debrisC．dustD．landslide
小題2:The purpose in writing this text is _____
A．to tell people how serious the damage caused by landslides is
B．to tell people that sending workers to stabilize mountainsides is a dangerous job
C．to show people how to use a new robot
D．to introduce a new robot that can be used to stabilize mountainsides
小題3:What does the robot look like?
A．human beingB．spiderC．steel barD．a(chǎn) drill
小題4:A landslides cause _____________in damage in the United States Every year .
A．25 to 50 deathsB．more than 2000 people died
C．$2 billionD．both A and C
小題5:The biggest advantage of this product is that____
A．it will be faster and cheaper than manual labor
B．it can climb mountainsides, drill holes and insert steel bars there.
C．it can do the stabilizing job without human beings near
D．it is like a spider

小題1:D
小題2:D
小題3:B
小題4:D
小題5:C

小題1:細節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)文中語句“Every year landslides cause 25 to 50 deaths and $2 billion in damage in the United States. And in December, a single event killed more than 2000 people in the Philippines.”理解可知。
小題2:理解歸納題，通讀全文中的語句理解可知。
小題3:細節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)文中語句“The robot, a large radio-controlled four-legged spider,”理解可知。
小題4:細節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)文中語句“Every year landslides cause 25 to 50 deaths and $2 billion in damage in the United States.”理解可知。
小題5:細節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)文中語句““The idea is to operate a machine far away that can do the stabilizing job without a human being near,””理解可知。
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