A football event will happen on July 19th and ends on July 25th, but with teams of robots playing the game. The robot teams are guided by teams of humans from around the world. The event is known as RoboCup. It is an exciting technology competition. It’s really exciting.

Watching robots play football is similar to watching children play the game – they can’t kick the ball well, a lot of balls fall down, and people are there to guide and support the team members.

Jian Qiao Li is one of the leaders of the University of Pennsylvania team. He says one goal he has for the robot team is to make sure the machines can find the goal and the ball. He also wants the robots to be able to know where they are on the playing field. And he wants the team to be able to control the walking and kicking abilities of the robots better.

Qin He is another leader of the robot team. She says the abilities of the robots increase every year. Ms He says the US team is meeting its goals: the robots know the difference between the colors green and red, and they can decide where to go and where the ball is on the playing field. She says the robots are self-learning and do not need to be told what to do. She says if there are three robot players on the field at the same time, they will communicate with each other to decide the different responsibilities for each robot.

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1.The RoboCup is guided by __________.

A the South American country

B teams of humans from around the world

C teams of robots

D teams of famous soccer players

解析：选B。细节理解题。依据第一段的“The robot teams are guided by teams of humans from around the world.”可知机器人组是由来自世界各地的人类团队指导。故选B。

2.The underlined word they in the 2nd paragraph refers to_________.

A the children

B the balls

C the leaders

D the robots

解析：选D。理解推断题。依据上文的“Watching robots play football is similar to watching children play the game,”可以判断这里的“they”指robots，故选D。

3.Jian Qiao Li’s goal to the robot team is to __________.

A let the robots be able to find the goal and the ball

B let the robots be able to compete on the playing field

C let the robots be able to guide the game

D let the robots be able to play for the RoboCup

解析：选A。细节理解题。依据第三段的“He says one goal he has for the robot team is to make sure the machines can find the goal and the ball.”可知李建桥对机器人团队的目标是确保机器可以找到目标和球。故选A。

4.From the passage we know that the abilities of robots ___________.

A are becoming slower

B increase every month

C increase every year

D are not able to be changed

解析：选C。细节理解题。依据第四段的“She says the abilities of the robots increase every year. ”可知机器人的能力每年都有所增加。故选C。

5.According to the passage, which of the following is NOT TRUE?

A The robots of the US know the difference between the colors green and red.

B The robot event is an exciting technology competition.

C The US team’s robots can communicate with each other.

D The US team is better than the French team.

解析：选D。综合性判断题。根据最后一段的“the robots know the difference between the colors green and red,”可判断A与原文相符；依据第一段的“It is an exciting technology competition.”可判断B与原文相符；依据最后一段的“they will communicate with each other to decide the different responsibilities for each robot.”可判断C与原文相符；D在原文中没有体现，故选D。