# Roberts company - 科目：雅思听力真题（Part 4） - 考频：中频 - 最近考试：2022.10.8/2019.8.17/2016.12.10/2010.9.16 - 题目数：10 - 来源页：https://www.yaquan.site/paper/679b6709-5edc-443e-8dd6-d56f003eb017（在线机考练习与音频请访问该页面） - 数据更新：2026-10-29 ## 题目原文 00:00:01,320 Section four. You will hear the beginning of a lecture about the Roberts Company. First, you have some time to look at questions thirty-one to forty. 00:00:22,240 Now listen carefully and answer questions thirty-one to forty. 00:01:00,280 Good morning. In the last few lectures, I've been talking about the history of technology in the modern world. But today, I want to use Roberts as our case study, which is a company that develops complex camera technology for a range of industries and disciplines. 00:01:18,700 Since the camera was invented in eighteen sixteen, it has changed and improved dramatically, with cameras now in existence that can fit on the head of a pin. The company has been founded on a series of principles by which the company operates in its day-to-day business. The most important of these being to enhance the present development of camera technology. 00:01:42,940 Roberts has a philosophy pioneering innovation, having been responsible for the invention of numerous technologies since it was founded by Dwayne Roberts in nineteen fifty-seven. It has achieved many of its aims over the years, but its principles and founding aim persists through time, which is to explore new facts and imagine the unimaginable. The cameras produced by Roberts have a multitude of potential applications that are currently being explored. One of these is an anti-gravity camera that they aim to attach to a space satellite from where it will record live high definition video and provide fascinating new views of planet Earth. 00:02:29,220 It could also prove useful in exploring other planets by providing researchers with never before seen images of the universe. 00:02:38,340 Roberts are also experimenting with attaching the cameras to small drones that will fly through the rainforest in search of plants that could be used to develop future medicine. 00:02:50,620 The camera also has the potential to be used on the roads, as it is twenty percent cheaper than the speed cameras that are currently in operation. This means that more of them could be distributed across the road network where they can control traffic by making sure that all cars abide by the speed regulations. 00:03:14,700 Despite this diverse range of potential applications, the cameras are presently used for very different, more domestic purposes. 00:03:23,620 Roberts cameras are presently used as nanny cams, which allow parents to watch their nannies to ensure that they are responsibly attending to the children that they have been employed to care for. 00:03:36,200 These cameras give parents peace of mind and more control over their child's welfare whilst they are at work or otherwise occupied. 00:03:45,060 The highest sales of the company are in toys that have the cameras hidden within them. This clever idea means that the cameras are camouflaged from view and do not look out of place in the child's nursery. 00:03:58,520 The toys are also very robust, 00:04:02,020 so children can play with them without damaging them in the process. The toys are designed to look like animals and come in a range of shapes, sizes, and colors, as well as different animal species such as monkeys and bears. 00:04:16,469 These toys are incredibly popular and can be bought in any toy store for only twenty dollars. 00:04:23,740 Always eager to be constantly improving their products, Roberts are now working on a product that will change the way people see photography. 00:04:32,580 This new contraption is a mini camera that is built into eyewear such as glasses and sunglasses, where it can capture the world as you see it. 00:04:42,960 Holidaymakers and tourists no longer have to carry a big, heavy camera around with them on their travels. 00:04:50,200 They can instead purchase a set of eyewear with a built-in camera, which will capture the moment with a simple tap. Roberts are also developing a model of this tiny camera for use during medical procedures and operations. The camera will be used during non-invasive keyhole surgeries to enable the surgeon to see what they are doing inside the body without having to make a large incision. This innovative application for the camera could make surgeries a lot faster, and the saved time and energy will also make it far more efficient. 00:05:26,180 As the patient will no longer have to undergo a large incision for their surgery, it also means that their recovery will be much faster with a greatly reduced chance of post-op infection. 00:05:39,060 If any of you have an interest in working in this field of technological invention, Roberts is a very diverse and fast-growing company that would be a fantastic internship opportunity. 00:05:51,620 Every year, they organize a series of competitions where entrants stand the chance of winning a place in their internship program. So I would suggest that all of you enter. 00:06:03,540 That wraps up the lecture for today. Please remember that attendance is mandatory. 00:06:11,840 That is the end of section four. ## 题目与答案 ### 31. Founding The most important principal of the company is to improve the 31_____ development of camera technology. Founding The most important principal of the company is to improve the 31_____ development of camera technology. **答案**：present 原文定位：The most important of these being to enhance the present development of camera technology 同义替换：「improve」↔「enhance」 ### 32. Aim It was founded by Dwayne Robert in 1957 and mainly explore 32_____ . Aim It was founded by Dwayne Robert in 1957 and mainly explore 32_____ . **答案**：new facts 原文定位：It has achieved many of its aims over the years, but its principles and founding aim persists through time, which is to explore new facts and imagine the unimaginable ### 33. Potential Applications recording high-definition video discovering 33_____ Potential Applications recording high-definition video discovering 33_____ **答案**：other planets 原文定位：It could also prove useful in exploring other planets by providing researchers with never before seen images of the universe 同义替换：「discovering」↔「exploring」 ### 34. searching plants in the rainforest to experiment 34_____ searching plants in the rainforest to experiment 34_____ **答案**：future medicine 原文定位：Roberts are also experimenting with attaching the cameras to small drones that will fly through the rainforest in search of plants that could be used to develop future medicine ### 35. distributing more across the road network to control 35_____ distributing more across the road network to control 35_____ **答案**：traffic 原文定位：This means that more of them could be distributed across the road network where they can control traffic by making sure that all cars abide by the speed regulations ### 36. At present 36_____ are the best sellers in the company. At present 36_____ are the best sellers in the company. **答案**：toys 原文定位：The highest sales of the company are in toys that have the cameras hidden within them 同义替换：「best sellers」↔「highest sales」 ### 37. They are designed to look like 37_____ . They are designed to look like 37_____ . **答案**：animals 原文定位：The toys are designed to look like animals and come in a range of shapes, sizes, and colors, as well as different animal species such as monkeys and bears ### 38. The company is working on a tiny 38_____ to change the way people are photography. The company is working on a tiny 38_____ to change the way people are photography. **答案**：camera 原文定位：This new contraption is a mini camera that is built into eyewear such as glasses and sunglasses, where it can capture the world as you see it 同义替换：「tiny」↔「mini」 ### 39. Other applications Surgeries could be faster and more 39_____ . Other applications Surgeries could be faster and more 39_____ . **答案**：efficient 原文定位：This innovative application for the camera could make surgeries a lot faster, and the saved time and energy will also make it far more efficient ### 40. Internship opportunity To get it, the students can participate in the 40_____ organised by the company every year. Internship opportunity To get it, the students can participate in the 40_____ organised by the company every year. **答案**：competitions 原文定位：Every year, they organize a series of competitions where entrants stand the chance of winning a place in their internship program 同义替换：「opportunity」↔「winning a place in」 --- 以上内容由鸭圈雅思真题库（www.yaquan.site）提供，收录近期雅思考试真题回忆，支持在线机考模式免费练习。