Question

完形填空

通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳选项。

In some science fiction movies, people in the future have their own robots. These robots are just like humans. They help with the housework and do the most _______ jobs.

Some scientists believe that there will be such robots in the future. However, they agree it may take hundreds of years. Scientists are now trying to make robots look like people and _______ the same things as us. Japanese companies have already made robots walk and dance. This kind of robots will also be fun to watch.

But robot scientist James White disagrees. He thinks that it will be _______ for a robot to do the same things as a person. _______  , it's easy for a child to wake up and know where he or she is. Mr. White thinks that robots won't be able to do this. But other scientists disagree. They think that robots will be able to talk to people _______ 25 to 50 years.

Robot scientists are not just trying to make robots look like people. For example, there are already robots _______ in factories. These robots look more like huge arms. They do simple jobs over and over again. People would not like to do such jobs and would get bored. But robots will  _______ get bored.

In the future, there will be more robots everywhere, and humans will have _______ work to do. New robots will have many different _______. Some will look like humans, and others might look like _______. After an earthquake, a snake robot could help look for people under buildings. That may not seem possible now, but computers, space rockets and even electric toothbrushes seemed impossible a hundred years ago. We never know what will happen in the future!

1.A. unpleasant        B. pleasant          C. bored       D. interesting

2.A. to do             B. doing             C. do         D. did

3.A. easy              B. possible          C. exciting    D. hard

4.A. Such as           B. For example      C. Instead     D. However

5.A. after             B. before            C. about      D. in

6.A. work              B. working          C. to work   D. worked

7.A. no               B. ever              C. never       D. always

8.A. less              B. a little          C. fewer      D. a few

9.A. names             B. colours           C. sizes      D. shapes

10.A. turtles        B. snakes          C. frogs      D. spiders

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.D

4.B

5.D

6.B

7.C

8.A

9.D

10.B

【解析】

题分析：这篇短文主要讲述了在未来社会的机器人，详细的描述了机器人的特点，及在社会生活中的巨大作用。

1.A考查形容词与语境理解。A.Unpleasant不愉快的；B.Pleasant令人愉快的；C. bored 无聊的；D. Interesting有趣的。句意：它们帮助做家务并且做最不令人愉快的工作。根据句意及语境是机器人主要做那些令人不愿意做的工作，故选A。

2.C考查动词与语境理解。句意：现在科学家正尽力使机器人看起来像人并和我们一样做同样的事情。根据句意应选此空是make sb. do sth.，让某人做某事，故选C。

3.D考查形容词与语境理解。A. easy 容易的；B. possible 可能的；C. exciting 令人激动的； D. hard 困难的。句意：他认为让机器人像人一样做同样的事情是很困难的。根据句意及语境可知这一段描述的是机器人不能和人一样，有些事情它们做不到，故选D。

4.B考查短语与语境理解。A. Such as例如；B. For example举例；C. Instead代替；D. However然而。句意：例如对于一个小孩醒来并知道他或她在哪儿这很容易。根据句意及题干分析此空是举例，但such as一般是举一些并列的例子，故选B。

5.D考查介词与语境理解。A. After在……之后；B. Before在……之前；C. about 关于； D.in 在里面，在将来多久之后。句意：他们认为在25年到50年之后机器人能够和人们谈话。In+时间段表示将来多久之后，故选D。

6.B考查动词与语境理解。句意：例如在工厂里已经有机器人工作了。根据句意及题干分析此空在句中表示伴随，所以用现在分词，故选B。

7.C考查副词与语境理解。A. no 没有；B. Ever曾经；C. Never从不；D. Always总是。句意：但机器人从来不会感到无聊。根据句意及语境是它们不会感到无聊，故选C。

8.A考查形容词与语境理解。A. less 更少的；B. a little 一些；C. fewer 更少的；D. a few一些。句意：人们会有更少的工作做。此空修饰不可数名词work，所以排除C、D；根据上文In the future, there will be more robots everywhere, 此空应用比较级，故选A。

9.D考查名词与语境理解。A. names 名字；B. colours 颜色； C. sizes 大小；D. Shapes形状。句意：新的机器人有许多不同的形状。通过下文可知此空是指它们有不同的形状，故选D。

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考点：科普类短文阅读