Unit 5 Week 2

How does the author begin this passage?

• She describes how Flippy looks and sounds.

• She tells a story about a surprising day at a restaurant.

• She explains why robots are better than human cooks.

• She states that a kitchen robot can both solve and create problems.

According to paragraph 1, why were some people in the restaurant afraid?

• They could be burned by the kitchen grill.

• They might be injured by the new robot.

• The food being served might not be safe.

• They could lose their jobs to a robot.

Which sentence from the passage

best

supports the answer to Part A?

• “Flippy could not add dressings, lettuce, or tomatoes to the burgers.”v

• “Robots can do some jobs more efficiently than people.”

• “Flippy took orders through a digital system and cooked them perfectly.”

• “Robots will continue to improve, but they will never take over completely.”

How does the author organize this passage?

• She compares kitchen robots to factory robots.

• She explains how a robot was built step by step.

• She describes how robots might solve and create problems.

• She tells a story about a restaurant in order through time.

It kept the surface of the grill clean and did not

misbehave.

What is the meaning of

misbehave?

• to cause to behave

• to behave before

• to behave badly

• to behave again

And working with a robot took some

adjustment, because

everyone else in the kitchen needed to work around Flippy.

What is the meaning of

adjustment?

• a place of adjusting

• the act of adjusting

• the benefits of adjusting

• one who adjusts

What does the graph show? Choose

two

answers.

• Where people in the United States spend the most money.

• Fast food sales have doubled between 2007 and 2017.

• People in the United States spent more than $2.5 billion on fast food

• The United States sells more fast food than other countries.

• Fast-food sales continue to increase every year.

Which sentence from the passage does the graph

best

support?

• “Flippy would solve a few problems in restaurant kitchens.”

• “However, Flippy had problems, too.”

• “In most restaurant kitchens, teamwork is key.”

• “But the fast-food industry is growing.”

According to the passage, which statement is true about kitchen robots?

• They will never perform some tasks that customers enjoy.

• They will soon replace all of the workers in restaurant kitchens.

• They are not well suited to working where food is cooked and served.

• They cause too many problems to be used around people.