阅读短文,根据文中信息完成表格(每空一词)
A child-like robot, Wakamaru, developed by a Japanese tech company and joining the roles of a nurse and safety guard, will soon be on the market to look after the growing number of old people with no one to look after them.
Cameras fixed under the “eyebrows” of the robot enable it to “see” as it moves around in a house. The images can be sent to mobile phones. Wakamaru speaks with the voice of either a boy or a girl. It is also designed to provide companionship (陪伴) for people, saying hello to its “papa” when he comes home. Based on a vocabulary of around 10,000 words, it is the first household robot which is able to hold simple conversations. It can not only speak, but also understand answers and react accordingly. It will ask “Are you all right?” if its owner doesn’t move for some time. If the answer is no, or there is no answer, it will dial certain numbers, send images and work as a speakerphone. It can recognize up to ten faces and be set to remind forgetful people to take medicine, eat and sleep.
However, like most robots, it cannot climb stairs. The company developed Wakamaru from robots which have already been made to go around some facilities. “Looking at the aging of society and the falling birth rate, we decided that this could work as a business. We want to offer it as a product that helps society,” said the project chief. The developers plan to sell the robot from April this year at between 5,000 and 6,000 pounds.
The life expectancy (寿命) of Japanese women has been up to almost 85, the highest in the world. At the same time, large families are being replaced by small ones. This has left many Japanese worried about their elderly parents. So the technology has got nation-wide attention in Japan.

• Can (4)
companionship to people like saying hello to its owner
• Can hold (5)
conversations, understand answers and react accordingly
• Can dial certain numbers, (6)
images and work as a speakerphone
• Can recognize as (7)
as ten faces
解析:
本题需结合短文内容,定位原文对应信息提取关键词填空:
1. 根据原文首句“A child-like robot, Wakamaru”,可知第(1)空填child-like;
2. 根据原文“the falling birth rate”,可知第(2)空填falling;
3. 根据原文“Wakamaru speaks with the voice of either a boy or a girl.”,可知第(3)空填either;
4. 根据原文“it is also designed to provide companionship for people”,可知第(4)空填provide;
5. 根据原文“able to hold simple conversations”,可知第(5)空填simple;
6. 根据原文“send images”,可知第(6)空填send;
7. 根据原文“It can recognize up to ten faces”,up to与as many as表意一致,可知第(7)空填many;
8. 根据原文“remind forgetful people to take medicine, eat and sleep”,即该机器人可告知人们何时做这些事,可知第(8)空填when;
9. 此栏对应机器人的缺陷,原文介绍了它无法爬楼梯的不足,故第(9)空填Disadvantages;
10. 根据原文“go around some facilities”,可知第(10)空填around。