Данные тесты направлены на контроль навыков чтения к теме "Технический прогресс". Предлагаемая подборка тестов может использоваться для работы над чтением в 10 -11 классе с любыми УМК базового уровня либо как очень познавательный материал для дополнительного повторения. Тесты посвящены различным вилам роботов используемых человеком и телефонам, содержат иллюстрацииКонтроль навыков чтения к теме "Технический прогресс". Предлагаемая подборка тестов может использоваться для работы над чтением в 10 -11 классе с любыми УМК.
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Предлагаемая подборка тестов может использоваться для работы над
чтением по теме «Технический прогресс» в 10 11 классе с любыми УМК
базового уровня либо как материал для дополнительного повторения.
1) Read and
Find and write down the meaning of the words in the second column
find the most interesting information about these gargets
iPhone 6 driving record sales for Apple in China
Prospective iPhone 6 buyers in
Hong Kong face weeks of waiting
to buy a new phone from Apple,
according to Forbes. One Apple
Store employee said that customers
had spent as long as two months
attempting to reserve an iPhone 6
or 6 Plus through the company's
online reservation system.
The reservation system tried to
prevent resellers from buying
devices in Hong Kong and
smuggling them to mainland China,
which has a large tax on such purchases. An Apple ID and a
Hong Kongbased mobile phone number are required to sign up
with photo to make the reservation.
However, one man was arrested on Monday while trying to
cross the border into China with 94 iPhones taped to his body.
Chinese Romeo spends $82,000 on 99 iPhones 6 to
impress a girl he wanted to
marry…
With “Singles’ Day” looming in
China (Nov. 11), one man thought the
time was right to make a proposal to his
girlfriend, preventing them both from
having to participate in any future
11/11 festivities.
Prospective
according to
employee
to reserve
reservation system
to prevent
reseller
to smuggle
tax
purchase
require
sign up
to arrest
to cross
border
tape
to impress
to marry
to spend money
proposal
to participate
tech
gadget
average The young Guagzhou tech worker spent 500,000 yuan ($82,000)
on Apple's latest gadget, which is more than 17 years the average
worker's salary, according to CNN.
He arranged the iPhones into the shape
of a heart, and still had some money to
buy a bunch of flowers.
But that wasn’t enough. She said no. In
front of his colleagues and friends, she
turned him down.
According to Weibo social network, the man asked the young lady to
step into the heart where he offered her flowers and a life together.
What she actually said to him has not been reported, but
witnesses said she rejected him. The rejected man now has the job of
trying to get some of his money back selling the phones at a
discounted price.
salary
to arrange
shape
bunch
in front of
to turn down
social network
witness
to reject
to get back
discount
2) Match texts with pictures. Find key –words and tell the class about the
most interesting robot.
1. Titan
German industrial robot manufacturer KUKA Robotics
created the world’s largest and strongest robot in June
13, 2007, which they named Titan. Finding a place in
the Guinness Book of World Records, the KUKA KR
1000 Titan 6axis robot delivers the power of a mid
sized car with its nine motors and a payload of 1000 kg.
This record holding robot can bridge distances of up to
6.5 m and ensure precise handling of several heavy
engine blocks, steel sections, components of ships and
aircrafts and even precast concrete parts. It’s considered
by some to be the world’s strongest robot.
2. Schaft
The Schaft robot is an award winning robot by Google
presented in the 2013 DARPA Robotics challenge. A
humanoid robot, Schaft could perform several
autonomous tasks, able to navigate disaster areas and
work with any tools and materials at hand. With the
strength of 10 average people, the Schaft robot is able to
lift and clear heavy debris during rescue operations, and
as a HRP2 built robot, Schaft has an extra level of
articulation presented by the innovative motors used to
power and perform its movements. This conventional
robot, with its long arms and squat torso, weighs 209 lbs
and is 4’10” high, capable of moving at a speed of
A
B 2km/hr. Operating drills, manipulating safety valves,
and turning a doorknob are some of the skills many
other robots cannot handle, but that this robot has
mastered.
3. KeepOn
KeepOn is a small creaturelike robot which is designed
to perform nonverbal, yet simple and natural,
interaction with children. Designed and developed in
2007 by Hideki Kozima, a cognitive science researcher
at Miyagi University of Japan, KeepOn is an interactive
toy designed to help children with autism in their social
development and interpersonal coordination, and goes
costs anywhere from $40 to $100, depending on the
retailer.
4. Stanley
An automated car created by the Stanford Racing Team
from Stanford University together with the Volkswagen
Electronic Research Laboratory (ERL), Stanley is one of
the best automated cars, even winning the 2005 DARPA
Grand Challenge and its $2 million prize. Stanley was
specially designed for the 132 mile DARPA Grand
Chanllenge course in California’s Mohave Desert, where
it finished the race in 6 hours 54 minutes, with an
average speed of over 19mph. Stanley could analyze the
terrain with its Sick AG LIDAR, and its GPS system
helped in position sensing. Stanley is currently
showcased at the Smithsonian National Air and Space
Museum.
5. ISobot
An incredible humanoid robot, I Sobot is one of the
smallest humanoid robots, with a height of just 6.5
inches and a weight of 12 ounces. The ‘Robot of 2008’
winner in Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and
Industry (METI) also comes in at a price of $300. It has
become the mostproduced robot in the world. Its
advanced technology, together with the entertainment
value it offers, are based primarily on its 17 miniature
servo motors. This small robot can walk, play air guitar,
and perform about 200 moves. This robot uses the gyro
sensors for balancing, and can be controlled by either
remote control or voice commands.
C
D
E 6. BigDog
Created in 2005 by Boston Dynamics with Foster
Miller, the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and the
Harvard University Concord Field Station, the BigDog
is the most advanced rough terrain robot on earth.
Designed to serve military uses, the machine is around 3
feet long, 2.5 feet tall, and weighs 240 pounds, The
robot can move on difficult terrain at a speed of four
miles per hour, and is able to carry up to 340 pound of
weight, navigating with its onboard LIDAR and stereo
vision systems. This robot has also been renovated and
updated with modifications that enhance its power and
locomotive features.
7. PackBot
PackBots are the robots made by iROBOT in 2001, and
first used by the US military in Afghanistan in 2002 to
find antipersonnel mines, search buildings, and clear
caves and bunkers. Around 800 PackBot robots were
used in total in several parts of Iraq and Afghanistan,
helpful in gathering information and details during the
war. With its unique propulsion system, the PackBot
could run at a speed of 14km/hr, and could be even
carried in a backpack to be deployed at a very quick
rate. With its extensive GPS receiver’s different sensors,
it could be controlled with ease via computer. The
PackBots assisted with bomb disposal and improvised
explosives detection, and could be used to analyze
environmental conditions during warfare.
8. Pleo
Unveiled by Caleb Chung in 2006, Pleo is one of the
most appealing looking (though relatively useless)
robots on the market. An animatronic pet dinosaur that
has lifelike animations, the robot is designed with a
sophisticated virtual intelligence that allows it to learn
from its experiences, and the environment it is kept in.
Pleo became especially popular among children, as it
could be used for both entertainment and educational
purposes. With its amazing sensors, Pleo could
recognize colors and patterns, hear and respond to
sounds, and even sense food or medicine. It also exhibits
lively behavior like eating and sleeping. Though
announced to be sold at a cost of $200, it is now
available for purchase at a price of $469.
F
G
H 9. Curiosity Rover
A car sized robot specially to explore the Gale Crater on
Mars as a part of the NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory
mission (MSL), Curiosity was launched on November
26, 2011 from Cape Canaveral and landed on August 6,
2012 on Aeolis Palus in the Gale Crater of Mars. This
robot became one of the most popular robots of 2012,
made to investigate the climate and geology of Mars.
The Curiosity robot will serve as the basis for a planned
Mars 2020 rover mission, for which its twoyear mission
was extended indefinitely in 2012. This project is also a
part of NASA’s longest projects, which involved 10
years of preparation and a total cost of $2.5 billion.
10. WheeMe
The first body massaging robot in the world, WheeMe is
a palm sized robot which caresses and massages the
body with a slow and steady movement. An automated
robot, WheeMe can steer automatically over the body
without ever falling or losing its grip, providing a
delightful sense of bodily pleasure. The WheeMe is
made by DreamBots, an Israeli company operating in
China and the USA since 2011. Weighing just 240
grams, this device has proven itself a great therapeutic
device, and costs only $69.
I
J Teacher’s notes
Answers:
1 – J
2 – E
3 – H
4 – A
5 – F
6 – I
7 – C
8 – D
9 – B
10 – G
You might also want to preteach vocabulary before starting this
exercise. Here are some words I write on the board:
Payload
Humanoid
Clear debris
Operate drills
Nonverbal
Terrain
Enhance Propulsion
Deploy
Appealing
Sophisticated
Launch
Lose grip
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