LastweekendtwentythousandpeoplegatheredinthestateofGeorgiatowatchstudentsfromtwenty-eightcountriescompetewithrobotstheybuilt.Morethantenthousandstudentsandmorethanfivehundredrobotstookpartinthecompetit

LastweekendtwentythousandpeoplegatheredinthestateofGeorgiatowatchstudentsfromtwenty-eightcountriescompetewithrobotstheybuilt.Morethantenthousandstudentsandmorethanfivehundredrobotstookpartinthecompetition.

AlmostonethousandandsevenhundredhighschoolteamsenteredalevelofcompetitioncalledLUNACY.ThecompetitorscamefromelevencountriesincludingtheUnitedStates.InJanuarytheorganizationsentthesamesuppliesforrobotstoeachteam.TheteamshadsixweekstobuildrobotsthatcouldcompeteintheLUNACYgame.Theplayingareahadsixrobotsthreeoneachteam.Eachrobothadatrailer(拖车)connectedtoit.Therobotshadtopickuplargeballsandthrowthemintothetrailersofopposingrobots.Therobotsweremovingonasurfacewheretheycouldslide(滑行).AteamfromCaliforniawonthecompetition.

Asecondcompetitioninvolvedbuildingarobotthatcouldtravelonuneven(不平坦的)surfacesmoveobjectswithunusualshapesandwithstand(承受)physicalstress.

Anothercompetitionwasforyoungerstudentsagedninetofourteenyearsold.Eighty-fourteamsfromtwenty-sevencountriescompetedwithrobotsmadewithLEGOproducts.TheyhadtodesignbuildandprogramrobotstoexploretheEarth’sclimates.

( )36.Thecompetitorscomingfrom_______countriesenteredalevelofcompetitioncalledLUNACY.

A.twenty-eight B.twenty-seven C.eighty-four D.eleven

( )37._______sentthesuppliesforrobotstoeachteam.

A.Schools B.Volunteers

C.Thegovernment D.Theorganization

( )38.Eachteamcanhave_______robotstocompeteintheLUNACYgame.

A.two B.three C.six D.eight

( )39.Theunderlinedword“involved”inthispassagecanbereplacedby“_______”.

A.included B.removed C.corrected D.invented

( )40.WhichstatementisNOTtrueaccordingtothepassage?

A.InJanuaryeachteamgotthesamesuppliesforrobots