Today, we have to use 【小题1】 (switch) for our lights, knobs for our appliances, and remote controls for our TVs and air conditioners. In the future, we will be using 【小题2】 (advance) technology every day for automatic control of just about everything in our home. The future home will use integrated sensors to tell when you leave home each morning, and then go into an energy-efficient mode all 【小题3】 itself.

Robot teachers are now very popular with pupils in some primary schools in South Korea. Compared with human teachers, the robot teachers are more patient. They never get 【小题1】 (anger) and are always kind to the students. That's 【小题2】 children can always get on well with their robot teachers.

English－teaching robots 【小题3】 (send) to three primary schools for eight weeks last December.   【小题4】 (equip) with a microphone and a video camera, the robots teach students as teachers. Researchers found that the English－teaching robots helped raise students' interest in the language and build up their 【小题5】 ( confident). More and more students came to like studying and they got better grades in exams. Meanwhile, other robot teachers, 【小题6】 can teach math, science and art, have also been developed.

Many people think these robot teachers should be used   【小题7】 faraway village schools so that the children there can also receive a good education. To give rural school children more learning 【小题8】 (chance), the South Korean government has expressed great interest in 【小题9】 (develop) these robots. No doubt there will be more and more robot teachers working with students. Perhaps they will 【小题10】 (complete) replace human teachers one day in the future. Who knows?

Since the beginning of the 21st century, artificial intelligence (Al) 【小题1】(find) its way in different areas in the entertainment industry. Disney, which is one of the world’s leading entertainment 【小题2】(company), has decided to make use 【小题3】 the technology in its theme parks,where robot cartoon characters will soon walk among guests. Disney will also make 【小题4】 (it) robots Micky Mouse and Donald Duck communicate with tourists.

“I think Al is going to be 【小题5】(immense) important for what we do,” said Jon Snoddy, an official of the entertainment company. “Robot characters that can move around among our guests need to understand where they're going and know 【小题6】 to behave in a world with humans.”

However, the company also knows some of the fears surrounding Al. “【小题7】 （scare）kids won't be part of what we do,” said Mr. Snoddy. “We will go and do tests in our parks to find out what kids find 【小题8】（interest）about these things. We will carry out tests 【小题9】（make） sure the robot characters make 【小题10】   positive impression on kids. ”