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Unit1PlacesofInterest

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(2017·重庆市高三二模)Robotsperformingtasksaccordingtoapredeterminedsetofinstructionsarenothingnew.Butrobotsabletolearnhowtocookbywatchingvideosareacompletelydifferentapproach,whichisconductedbyagroupofresearchersattheUniversityofMaryland.

IfyouhavepostedavideoofyourfavoriterecipeonthepopularwebsiteYouTube,chancesarethatitwillbeusedbyarobot.UniversityofMarylandsprofessorYiannisAloimonos,leaderofthegroup,said“ThereexistsalargeamountofvideoinformationontheInternetthatourrobotscancapitalize_on.”

“Atpresent,thevideosarefedelectronically，”saidresearchscientistCorneliaFermuller.“Originally,wetookourownvideos,ourcameraslookingatusdoingthecooking，”sheexplained.“And,astherobotadvances,itreactstogoodqualityvideos.Anditwillreacttoevenlowerqualityhomemadevideos.”

Sofar,therobotnamedJuliacanmakeasimplesaladbybreakingeachtaskintobasicparts,suchasgraspingaspoon,bringingittothebowl,stirringthesaladandobservingtheresults.

Butwhyteacharobothowtounderstandavideowhenitcaneasilyfollowafixedprogram？Aloimonosbelievespredeterminedinstructionslackflexibility.Hethinksoneoftheproblemsishowtomaketherobotunderstandandusewhatitlearnsduringacertaintask,theso-calledfeedback(反馈意见);anotheristheintroductionoflanguage.

“Ibelieveitwilltakequitesometimebeforetherobotsareabletounderstandmetaphorical(比喻性的)language，”headded.“But，”hesaid，“wedontneedthattocreateanewworldwheretherobotswillbeworkingforus.”

语篇解读：本文是一篇科普说明文。机器人按既定指令完成任务并不让人觉得新鲜，但能看着视频学做饭的机器人，你可能前所未闻。

1．Theunderlinedphrase“capitalizeon”inParagraph2probablycanbereplacedby________.

A．takeholdof B．makeuseof

C．keeptrackof D．catchsightof

解析：选B词义猜测题。由第二段的第一句“Ifyouhaveposted...usedbyarobot.”可知，机器人能利