六、语法填空。
Robots often appear in books and films. Usually they can think, listen, talk and walk 29. (easy) on two legs, just like humans. In fiction, robots have their own lives. They go to work every day, watch movies or join in all kinds of 30. (activity) just like humans.
In our life, robots come in different shapes and sizes. Many robots look like humans and some of them can even speak. But in fact, they are very different 31. us in lots of ways. They cannot see, hear or think by 32. (they). They cannot laugh or cry 33. they have no feelings. Someone has to build them and decide what things they will be able to do.
Robots help 34. (make) our lives easier. They don't mind 35. (do) dirty or difficult jobs, and can work for long hours without getting tired or bored. Some robots work in very dangerous situations — in deep sea or space 36. (explore).
Scientists are trying to make much 37. (good) robots all the time. Maybe every family will have its own robot to tidy their bedrooms, do the dishes or do other things in 38. future! Do you believe so?

29.easily 30.activities 31.from 32.themselves 33.because 34.(to) make 35.doing 36.exploration 37.better 38.the

【分析】做语法填空时，需先通读全文理解文章大意，再结合每个空格的句子结构、词性要求、固定搭配、上下文逻辑等分析填空：29题修饰动词walk需用副词；30题all kinds of后接名词复数；31题考查固定搭配be different from；32题考查by oneself固定搭配；33题根据前后因果关系选连词；34题考查help (to) do sth；35题考查mind doing sth；36题需用名词作宾语；37题much修饰形容词比较级；38题考查固定短语in the future。
【解析】29. 此处修饰动词walk，需用easy的副词形式easily；30. all kinds of后接可数名词复数，activity的复数为activities；31. 固定搭配be different from表示“与……不同”，故填from；32. by oneself是固定搭配，主语为they，对应反身代词themselves；33. 前后句为因果关系，后句说明原因，用because；34. help (to) do sth是固定搭配，故填to make或make；35. mind doing sth是固定搭配，故填doing；36. 此处需用名词作宾语，explore的名词形式为exploration；37. much修饰形容词比较级，good的比较级为better；38. 固定短语in the future表示“在未来”，故填the。
【答案】29.easily 30.activities 31.from 32.themselves 33.because 34.(to) make 35.doing 36.exploration 37.better 38.the
【知识点】词性转换、固定搭配、形容词比较级
【点评】本题为初中英语常见的语法填空题，主要考查词性转换、固定搭配、反身代词、连词及形容词比较级等基础语法知识，要求学生熟练掌握词汇的不同形式及常用短语，整体难度适中。
【难度系数】0.6