阅读理解题型分类练（九） 主旨大意题———段落大意类 A （2024·合肥质检）A pair of researchers of Leibniz University Hannover has demonstrated the means by which robots might be programmed to experience something similar to pain in animals.As part of their demonstration at last week’s IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation held in Stockholm， Johannes Kuehn and Sami Haddadin showed how pain might be used in robots， by interacting with a BioTac fingertip sensor on the end of a Kuka robotic arm that had been programmed to react differently to differing amounts of pain. The idea of developing an artificial robot nervous system may seem contrary to all expectations， but Kuehn says doing so is important in the same way that it is good for humans to feel pain.“Pain is a system that protects us，” says Kuehn.“When we avoid the source of pain， it helps us not get hurt.” So when robots can feel and react to pain， they will become smart enough to avoid it.The more dangerous the robot registers the threat to be， the faster it will withdraw and avoid the source of danger.Additionally， Kuehn and Haddadin say humans working alongside robots that feel pain， especially those in heavy machinery， will be protected around them. They have tested out some of their ideas using a robotic arm with a fingertip sensor that can detect pressure and temperature.It uses a robot-tissue patch （小片） modeled on human skin to decide how much pain should be felt and thus what action to take.For example， if the arm feels light pain， it slowly withdraws until the pain stops， and then returns to its original task.Severe pain， meanwhile， causes the arm to go into a kind of lockdown mode until it can get help from a human operator. Such robots are likely to raise a host of questions， of course， if they become more common — if a robot acts the same way a human does when touching a hot plate， are we to believe it is truly experiencing pain？Only time will tell， of course， but one thing is evident： Kuehn and Haddadin’s work could lead to robots that are more human-like than ever. 语篇解读：本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了科研人员为机器人开发了类似动物的“痛感”系统，并论述了此研究的重要性和可能带来的问题。 1.What can we learn about the robots in the demonstration？（ ） A.They can learn skills like animals. B.They can communicate with people. C.They have the ability to feel pain. D.They respond differently to requests. 解析：C 推理判断题。根据第一段中的showed how pain might be used in robots ...to differing amounts of pain可知，在演示中的机器人被编程以感受不同程度的“痛感”，类似于动物的痛感。由此推断，演示中的机器人有感受疼痛的能力。 2.What is Paragraph 2 of the text mainly about？（ ） A.The significance of teaching robots to feel pain. B.The principle of robots’ avoiding of injuries. C.The analysis of the artificial robot nervous system. D.The value of protecting human workers from injuries. 解析：A 段落大意题。第二段解 ... ...
