A man made a nice talking machine. It could weigh people's weight. The man wanted to try the machine before he could make a lot of machines.

    He put the machine into the waiting room of a station. There were always lots of people in and out.

The first one who used the machine was an Indian woman. She stood on the machine. The machine thought for a few seconds to decide which language to speak. 44Good morning,Madam. ” It said in Indian. uYour weight is 72 kilograms. That's three kilograms more. If you eat more fruit and vegetables,you will be soon all right. Please have a nice day. ”

   The second one to use the machine was a Chinese girl. She stood on the machine and waited to hear her weight. “Good morning,Miss. ”The machine said in Chinese. “Your weight is 45 kilograms. It's all right for your age. Keep eating what you eat every day. Please have a nice day. ”

    The third one to use the machine was a very fat American woman. She thought for a long time to stand on the machine. The machine spoke quickly in English, “Good morning. Will one of you get off?”

1. The machine in this passage could .

   A. weigh and talk to people

   B. tell people what they should eat

   C. speak all kinds of languages

   D. make people laugh

2. According to the machine,if the Indian woman weighs,she will be all right.

   A. 72 kilograms   B. 69 kilograms

   C. 75 kilograms   D. 45 kilograms

3. The machine said to a Chinese girl that she .

   A. should eat more

   B. should eat less

   C. had to eat more fruit

   D. kept herself healthy

4. How was the American woman?

   A. She was healthy.

   B. She liked thinking.

   C. She was too heavy.

   D. The machine didn't like her.

1. A 2. B 3. D 4. C

  導(dǎo)讀這是一篇記敘文，講述了一個(gè)會(huì)說(shuō)話的體重機(jī)在投入使 用之前的一個(gè)測(cè)試過(guò)程。制造者把它放在一個(gè)車站的候車 室，目的是想測(cè)試它說(shuō)話的頻率和功能的準(zhǔn)確性，結(jié)果這個(gè) 機(jī)器人對(duì)每個(gè)人都有不一樣的評(píng)價(jià)。

詳析

1. A細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第一句“ A man made a nice talking machine. It could weigh people's weight. ” 可知，這種機(jī)器會(huì)說(shuō)話，而且能稱出人們的體重。

2. B 推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章“Your weight is 72 kilograms.That's three kilograms more. ”可知，這位印度婦女的適 當(dāng)體重應(yīng)該是69千克。

3. D 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章“It's all right for your age. Keep eating what you eat every day可知，這位中國(guó)女孩的 體重正合適。

4. C細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章最后一句“Good morning. Will one of you get off?”可知，機(jī)器人的意思是“你們是不是有一位要下來(lái)呢? ”說(shuō)明這位美國(guó)婦女很重。

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