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 2. What role do you think the robot will play in your life? Let's read and find the answers.
The robots are coming to people's life.
The computers changed our lives in the 1980s, the Internet changed our lives in the 1990s, and the robots will change our lives in the new century. Do you think there will be robots in people's homes? It's not a dream that every home will have a robot.
Now, robots are not only able to help people do the housework, they can also help the doctors do the difficult operations, play chess with people, play the piano and so on.
A new cooking robot is used in Beijing. It can cook all the dishes on the menu, you only need to wait two to four minutes. In the future, the robot will be a nurse, a security guard, or a partner in your life.
Experts believe robots will be used everywhere from the industrial robots to service robots. In the future, robots will become part of the family, and provide close service for people. We all look forward to the new robot age.
(1)________ changed our lives in the 1990s.
(2) According to the passage, we know that a new cooking robot is being used in________.
(3) What can the robots do now?
________.
(4) Experts believe robots will be used________.
(5) What is the best title of the passage?
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答案：
(1)The Internet
(2)Beijing
(3)They are not only able to help people do the housework, they can also help the doctors do the difficult operations, play chess with people, play the piano and so on.
(4)everywhere
(5)Robots Are Coming

 3. All kinds of inventions are very important for our life. How much do you know about them?
The invention of the camera goes far into the past. In the 1500s, men were experimenting (实验) with cameras that made images (像). But it was not until the early 1800s that man found a way to make the pictures permanent (永久的). Even then, photography was a new field. Most families had their pictures taken by a photographer. People did not own cameras because taking pictures and developing the film were too difficult.
In 1884, George Eastman changed photography by inventing a kind of film fit for a small camera. Because the new film was easy to use, many people began to buy cameras. When they had used up their film, people returned their cameras to the factory. There, the film was developed, and pictures were printed. Then more film was put into the cameras, which were sent back to the owners, along with their pictures.
Eastman's camera made it easy to take pictures. Today's cameras are even easier to use, and people can put in their own film. Photography has become a growing hobby.
There are also many new jobs in the field of photography. One of the most important kinds of work is in news reporting. Newspapers, magazines, and television all need pictures to tell their stories. Photographers help scientists by taking pictures through microscopes (显微镜) and telescopes (望远镜). Deep-sea divers take pictures of ocean plants and animals, while astronauts take their cameras into space. Man finds new uses for the camera every day.
(1) What did George Eastman invent in 1884?
________
(2) Why did people send their cameras to a factory long time ago?
________
(3) What is the passage about on the whole?
________

答案：
(1)In 1884, George Eastman invented a kind of film fit for a small camera.
(2)Because they wanted to develop the film.
(3)This passage is about photography.