想不开？！华盛顿的保安机器人把自己淹死了！

                                                                                               

Sometimes people make jokes about jumping into a river or out of a window when they feel unhappy, but one security robot seems to understand this on a literal level.
We don’t yet know the full story of what happened. It seems a security robot ran itself right into a water fountain inside an office building. No one knows why the incident occurred. Did it hate its job? Did it just hear some bad news? 
The security robot is five feet tall and 300 pounds. Its rocket-like shape and armless design make it difficult for it to get back up after toppling over, but today’s fall straight into a fountain seems truly like an act of free will. 

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1.Why did the incident occur?

A No one knew it.

B The robot hated its job.

C The robot wanted to swim.

D The robot heard some bad news.

解析：选A。细节理解题。根据第二段第三句No one knows why the incident occurred.可知没人知道为何发生落水事件，故选A。

2.How much does the robot weigh?

A 5 pounds.

B 30 pounds.

C 50 pounds.

D 300 pounds.

解析：选D。细节理解题。根据第三段第一句The security robot is five feet tall and 300 pounds.可知保安机器人站立时高5英尺，重达300磅，故选D。

3.The security robot is ___.

A round shape

B like a cube

C rocket-like

D colorful

解析：选C。细节理解题。根据第三段第二句Its rocket-like shape and armless design make it difficult for it to get back up after toppling over, but today’s fall straight into a fountain seems truly like an act of free will. 可知火箭外形和无臂设计使得它跌倒后很难重新爬起来，故选C。

4.What’s the meaning of underlined “toppling over”?

A 爬山

B 跌倒

C 跳跃

D 飞行

解析：选B。词义猜测题。根据上下文可知topple over在原文意为“跌倒”，故选B。

5.What’s the main idea of the passage?

A A robot ran into a water fountain.

B A security robot was dangerous.

C A robot who has several arms.

D A robot hated its job.

解析：选A。主旨大意题。根据全文内容可知文章围绕一个掉进池子里的机器人展开叙述，故选A。