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With COVID-19 outbreaks at different stages around the world, in many countries lockdowns (封城) are being carefully eased off while urging citizens to keep on practicing the social distancing rules. Singapore is trying a new way of carrying it out—a robot dog.
The government has arranged Spot, a yellow and black robotic dog made by Boston Dynamics Company, at one local park. The same robot has ever been seen dancing to hit song “Uptown Funk” before. However, 2020 is an extremely difficult year and the company is trying to assist the national coronavirus-control effort. In turn, the job has been handed over to Spot.
The four-legged robot dog patrols (巡查) the park and broadcasts a pre-recorded message to encourage visitors to observe safe distancing measures. As it walks around the park, the dog says in a female voice, “Let’s keep Singapore healthy. For your own safety and for those around you, please stand at least one meter apart. Thank you.”
Spot is one of the world’s most advanced robots and unlike wheeled robots, it is capable of going pretty much anywhere a dog can go and can walk up to three miles per hour over different areas, making it ideal for operation in public parks and gardens. Furthermore, it is remotely controlled and has cameras with 360-degree vision and analytic tools to scan the surroundings and help officials estimate the number of people gathering in the park.
For now the project is currently set to run in a limited trial for two weeks at one park during off-peak (非高峰) hours. But if all goes well, authorities will consider expanding the program to improve enforcement (强制) of social distance throughout on Singapore.
Spot is also being used in other ways during the public health crisis beyond just patrolling a park The government says it’s also using Spot in another capacity—at a local isolation facility where the robot helps bring medicine to patients.
12. What do we know about Spot in the passage?
A. It’s a dog-like robot that can speak.
B. It’s a robot that can sing a popular song.
C. It’s a wheeled robot that can walk anywhere.
D. It’s a robot newly invented during the pandemic (流行病).
13. How does Spot carry out its duty in the park?
A. It enforces people to follow the rules.
B. It politely tells people to keep apart.
C. It works day and night to patrol the park.
D It warns visitors against throwing trash anywhere.
14. What is mainly talked about in paragraph 4?
A. Some smart features of the robot.
B. The robot dog’s basic equipment.
C. The working condition of the robot.
D. The experiment process of the project.
15. What is the best title of the text?
A. Spot, a Dog like Robot, Walks in the Park.
B. A New Program is Expanding in Singapore.
C. A Multi-skilled Robot Goes Beyond the Park.
D. Singapore Leads the Top in Fighting COVID-19.
【答案】12. A    13. B    14. A    15. A
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