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The idea of humanoid robots is not new. They have been part of the imaginative landscape ever since Karl Capek, a Czech writer,

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问题     The idea of humanoid robots is not new. They have been part of the imaginative landscape ever since Karl Capek, a Czech writer, first dreamed them up for his 1921 play "Possum’s Universal Robots".(The word "robot" comes from the Czech word for drudgery, robota.)Since then, Hollywood has produced countless variations on the theme, from the sultry False Maria in Fritz Lang’s silent masterpiece "Metropolis" to the withering C-3PO in "Star Wars" and the ruthless assassin of " Terminator". Humanoid robots have walked into our collective subconscious, coloring our views of the future.
    But now Japan’s industrial giants are spending billions of yen to make such robots a reality. Their new humanoids represent impressive feats of engineering: when Honda introduced Asimo, a four-foot robot that had been in development for some 15 years, it walked so fluidly that its white, articulated exterior seemed to conceal a human. Honda continues to make the machine faster, friendlier and more agile. Last October, when Asimo was inducted into the Robot Hall of Fame in Pittsburgh, it walked on the stage and accepted its own plaque.
    At two and a half feet tall, Sony’s QRIO is smaller and more toy-like than Asimo. It walks, understands a small number of voice commands, and can navigate on its own. If it falls over, it gets up and resumes where it left off. It can even connect wirelessly to the Internet and broadcast what its camera eyes can see. In 2003, Sony demonstrated an upgraded QRIO that could run. Honda responded last December with a version of Asimo that runs at twice the speed.
    In 2004, Toyota joined the fray with its own family of robots, called Partner, one of which is a four-foot humanoid that plays the trumpet. Its fingers work the instrument’s valves, and it has mechanical lungs and artificial lips. Toyota hopes to offer a commercial version of the robot by 2010. This month, 50 Partner robots will act as guides at Expo 2005 in Aichi, Japan.
    Despite their sudden proliferation, however, humanoids are still a mechanical minority. Most of the world’s robots are faceless, footless and mute. They are bolted to the floors of factories, stamping out car parts or welding pieces of metal, making more machines. According to the United Nations, business orders for industrial robots jumped 18% in the first half of 2004. They may soon be outnumbered by domestic robots, such as self-navigating vacuum cleaners, lawn mowers, and window-washers , which are selling fast. But neither industrial nor domestic robots are humanoid.
From the passage we may infer that Toyota’s Partner______.
选项 A、is much better than any other robots
B、is no more than a mechanic device
C、may be put into mass production
D、may speak like man
答案C
解析 细节推断题。根据题干关键词Toyota’s Partner定位到原文第四段首句，Partner是丰田公司开发的机器人。选项A太绝对；选项B(只不过是一个机械设备：原文没有提及相关信息；选项C的信息出现在原文第四段的第三句，原文中的hopes to与选项C中的may be对应；原文中的offer与选项C中的put into mass production对应；原文中的a commercial version与选项C中的put into对应，故答案为C。选项D的信息出现在原文第四段第二句，但原文只提及这个机器人有一个artificial lips(人造嘴唇)，并没有说这个机器人会说话，文章只是谈论了机器人的外形，有了嘴唇也不一定会说话，故选项D不正确。
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