2012高考英语二轮复习专题限时训练专题2阅读理解37.docVIP

2012高考英语二轮复习专题限时训练 专题2 阅读理解 37 （25分钟） A The Cave Crawler mining robot Why do human beings still risk their lives under ground and doing one of the dirtiest and most dangerous jobs in the world? It’s an increasingly urgent question,given the recent high-profile(引人注目的)mining accidents in Sago, W. Va., and Huntington, Utah. A small group of engineers and robotics experts envision(展望)a day in the not-too-distant future when robots and other technology do most of the dangerous mining work.. One of the first mining robots was developed five years ago at Carnegie-Mellon University’s Robotics Instit