beep …beep … There went the bell! Robbie
opened his eyes. He had been sitting in the room for a whole day, and now it
was time for him to do something.
Robbie looked out of the window. It was still
snowing heavily and there was ice on the window. It was another cold day. Robbie
was told to turn the heat on before the family got home. And he did it.
Then Robbie was told to do some cleaning work
at once. It was an easy job for him, but a tough one for his master, Helen. He
kept on working until every room was clean and tidy.
For now, he had to cook supper for the
family.
The first thing Robbie did was to get the big
pot(鍋) in the kitchen. Then
he put some water in the pot and put it on the stove. He used one of his hands
to cut up a chicken and added the pieces to the water to make a good soup. Then
he got some tomatoes, cabbages and carrots to make a vegetable salad.
At ten past eight he laid the table. Then he
put some bread, the chicken soup and the salad on it. What a sweet smell! The
moment he turned on the lights, the whole family came home.
“The soup smells great, Victor,” said Helen. “You
really know how to tell Robbie what to do.”
Robbie is one robot that really saves the
family a lot of work.
1.What is
Robbie?
A. A
cook. B. A
robot C. A
cleaner D. A computer
2.What do the
underlined words “did it” in the second paragraph mean?
A. Looked
out B. got
home
C. turned the heat
on D. did some cleaning
3.What time did
Robbie lay the table?
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4.What can we
learn from the passage?
A. The story happened on a rainy day.
B. Robbie didn’t have to be told what to do.
C. Helen found it easy to do cleaning work at
home.
D. Victor and Helen felt comfortable when
they got home.