F.The kids might take their bedrooms with them as they leave.
正确答案:E
答案解析:本题的难度比上一道明显降低，考生只要认真阅读文章，不难确定答案。可用排除法和代入法。本题的上文谈到随着孩子的出生，成长，和离家，家庭组成就会发生变化，带来房子的布置也会相应发生变化，下文谈到房子需要不断改造以适应家变化的需要，很明显此处很可能继续谈论房子的改变问题，回来看选项，使用排除法和代入法，可以确定E是正确答案。
5、Robotic Highway Cones
A University of Nebraska professor has developed robotic cones and barrels. These robotic cones and barrels can move out of the way, or into place, from computer commands made miles away. . They can even be programmed to move on their own at any particular part of the day, said Shane Farritor, an assistant
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professor of mechanical engineering at Nebraska.
For example, if workers arrived at 6 am, the cones could move from the side of the highway to block off the lane at that time. And they can return to the original place at the end of the day. \said. \remove people from hazardous jobs on the highway putting barrels and cones into place,\allowed Farritor to work on the project with graduate students at Nebraska and his assistant Steve Goddard.
The robots are placed at the bottom of the cones and barrels and are small enough not to greatly change the appearance of the construction aides. \\there's a kind of rubbery, black base to them. We replace that with a robot. .
Farritor has talked with officials from the Nebraska Department of Roads about how the robots would be most useful to what they might need
The robots could come in handy following a slow-moving maintenance operation, like painting a stripe on a road or moving asphalt, where now the barrels have to be picked up and moved as the operation proceeds. \block off a l0-mile strip for the operation. \
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While prototypes have been made, they are not in use anywhere. Farritor said he has applied for a patent and is considering what to do next. He is thinking about starting a small business. . He is also thinking about marketing the robots to roads departments and others across the country which may benefit from them.【单选题】
A.And they can return to the original place at the end of the day.
B.He is thinking about starting a small business.
C.Farritor was \
D.Word on the idea began in 2002 using a National Academy of Sciences grant
E.We replace that with a robot.
F.These robotic cones and barrels can move out of the way, or into place, from computer commands made miles away.
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正确答案:D
答案解析:本段的第2句有The fund，fund之前用的是定冠词the，说明前面已有句子提到过fund或其他类似资助的词。D句说的是grant，所以D句是答案。
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