阅读以下短文，从方框中选择单词，根据实际情况用其适当形式填空，使短文意思完整、通顺。每空一词，每词只能用一次。练习一 difference they many little build be bore hundred we try In some science fiction movies, people in the future have 1 own robots. These robots 2 just like humans. They help with the housework, and do the most unpleasant jobs. Some scientists believe that there will be such robots in the future. However, they agree it may take 3 of years. Scientists are now 4 to make robots look like people, and do the same things as 5 . Japanese companies have already made robots walk and dance. This kind of robot will also be fun to watch. Robot scientists are not just trying to make robots look like people. For example, there are already made robots working 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 6 . In the future, there will be 7 robots everywhere, and humans will have 8 work to do. New robots will have many 9 shapes. Some will look like humans, and others might look like snakes. After an earthquake, a snake robot could help look for people under 10 . 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. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 练习二 teach kind try they not thing be she compare much Life for Cathy Taylors there children 1 very busy. Their school days are busy enough. After school, though, Cathy takes the two boys from football to basketball. Then she has to take 2 daughter to piano lessons. The tired children 3 get home until 7 pm. They have a quick supper, and its time for homework. Most children take part in after-school clubs. Activities include sports, language learning, music, and math classes. Pushy parents are nothing new, but now parents seem to push their children a lot more. Parents see other children doing a lot of 4 , and they feel their own children should do the same. Doctors say many children are under too much pressure. Teachers complain about 5 tired kids in the classroom. Linda Miller, a mother of three in London, knows all about such pressure. “In some families, competition starts from a very young age,” she says. “Mothers send their kids to all 6 of classes when they are very young. And they are always 7 them with other children. Its crazy. People shouldnt push their kids so hard. Dr Alice Green agrees. She also says that these children may find it hard to think for themselves when they are older. Parents are 8 to plan their kids lives for them. When these kids are adults, they might find it difficult to plan things for themselves. Parents should learn to give their kids a bit 9 time to themselves. On the one hand, children need organized activities. On the other hand, they also need time and freedom to relax, and they need time to do things by 10 . 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 练习三 sun kill we nation be minute ring one he have People often remember what they were doing when they heard the news of important events in history. In the United States, for example, many people remember what they were doing on April 4, 1968. On this day, Dr Martin Luther King was 1 in the city of Memphis in America. Although some people may not remember who murdered him, they remember what they were doing when they heard the event. Even the most everyday activities can seem important. Robert Allen is now over 40. He 2 just a school student at that time, but he remembers what he was doing when he heard the news. “It was a bright, 3 day.” Robert remembers. “We were 4 fun in the playground when the bell 5 . Our teacher asked us to stop what we were doing and listen. He told 6 the news. “Dr Martin Luther King died just 10 7 ago! We couldnt believe it!” School closed for the day, and Robert and 8 friends walked home together in silence. Not all events in history are as terrible as this, of course. In more recent history, most Chinese remember what they were doing when Yang Liwei became the 9 Chinese astronaut in space. Yang went into space on October 15, 2003. His flight around the Earth lasted about 22 hours. When he returned, he became a 10 hero in China, and became famous all over the world. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.