Wouldn’t it be nice to have a robot do your housework? Imagine not having to vacuum (吸尘) or clean your room! Today, many scientists and researchers are ______ robots that are becoming more and more human-like, can understand and do something in answer to human voice, and do a lot of work that is normally done by humans. In a city of the future, there may very well be robots that can make our lives ______ by doing chores (讨厌的工作) that we may not like doing.
Today, scientists and researchers are making great progress in the ______ of these “smart” robots. One of the first “smart” robots ever built was named ASIMO, a robot ______ by Honda! A robot who ______ very much like a human, and was built to help people, ______ those who are in wheelchairs or disabled.
A different type of robot, which you may not ______ a “smart” robot, is a popular vacuum cleaner called the “Roomba”. A Roomba is a small, round vacuum cleaner that, once put on the floor, will vacuum the whole floor twice, to ______ it is very clean. It will avoid objects on the way and won’t hit into walls. ______ a Roomba isn’t quite human-like, it is one of the first robots of its kind ______ finish a human task by itself.
【小题1】A.working out | B.working on | C.learning | D.busy |
【小题2】A.much easier | B.easily | C.easy | D.more easily |
【小题3】A.develop | B.developing | C.developed | D.development |
【小题4】A.build | B.built | C.building | D.named |
【小题5】A.look | B.is looking | C.was looked | D.looks |
【小题6】A.special | B.especial | C.especially | D.actually |
【小题7】A.consider as | B.treated as | C.regarded as | D.think of |
【小题8】A.make sure | B.make | C.keep | D.be sure of |
【小题9】A.But | B.If | C.Although | D.When |
【小题10】A.can | B.could | C.to sure | D.to be able to |