Grade 12 Reading Exercise

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 All Exercises
Penguins' Anti-ice Trick
Words: 734    Suggest to finish in 10 minutes.
Britain TV Industry
Words: 876    Suggest to finish in 15 minutes.
Australian Aborigines
Words: 969    Suggest to finish in 15 minutes.
Truth About ART
Words: 971    Suggest to finish in 15 minutes.
Life Without Death
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Mysterious Dark Matter
Words: 1012    Suggest to finish in 20 minutes.
Crime-Fighting Technology
Words: 1038    Suggest to finish in 20 minutes.
Risks Of Artificial Intelligence
Words: 1113    Suggest to finish in 20 minutes.
Reveal How To Think
Words: 1120    Suggest to finish in 20 minutes.
Gender Price Gap
Words: 1135    Suggest to finish in 20 minutes.
In Praise of Amateurs
Words: 1156    Suggest to finish in 20 minutes.
Toddlers Bond With Robot
Words: 1196    Suggest to finish in 20 minutes.
Cognitive Dissonance
Words: 1213    Suggest to finish in 20 minutes.
What A Waste
Words: 1291    Suggest to finish in 20 minutes.
Romantic Kiss
Words: 1309    Suggest to finish in 20 minutes.
Start-Ups Stay Private
Words: 1602    Suggest to finish in 20 minutes.
Gene Editing
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 Today's Question
Questions 1-7: The Reading Passage has eight paragraphs, A-H. Which paragraph contains the following information? Write the correct letter A-H in boxes. You may use any letter more than once.
1. Changes in toddler-robot interactions quality.

2. Comparison of two different robots.

3. The fact that previous robots could maintain people’s interest only for a short time.

4. The importance of touch.

5. The new direction of the study.

6. Technical parameters of the introduced robot.

7. The significance and novelty of the conducted study.
Questions 8-12: Connect each of the statements below with the name of the scientist who expressed it. Answer A, B, or C in boxes.
AFumihide Tanaka
BRonald Arkin
CHiroshi Ishiguro
8. Robots will perform the duties of babysitters in the nearest future.

9. By the end of the study children treated the robot as a living creature rather than a toy.

10. The long-term impact of having a robot as a childhood friend can be negative.

11. The conducted study is the first major study of this sort.

12. Robots can be used in classrooms and assist teachers.
Questions 13-15: Choose the correct letter, A, B, C, or D.
13. For the study, researchers introduced a toddler-size humanoid robot that was
A)58-inch-tall
B)22-inch-tall
C)23-inch-tall
D)45-inch-tall
Answer 13:

14. The researchers sent instructions to the robot to perform different actions EXCEPT
A)laugh
B)dance
C)sit down
D)crawl
Answer 14:

15. The toddlers began to increasingly interact with the robot during
A)the first 11 sessions
B)the next 15 sessions
C)the first 27 sessions
D)the last 15 sessions
Answer 15: