In a world where robots are part of everyday life,people have grown to rely on them for almost everything. Robots clean our houses,help with our homework,and even make our food. There was a time when humans did all these tasks by (1),but that no longer exists now.
One day,a young girl named Lily got a new robot to help with her chores. At first,she was (2) if she would like to have a robot do everything for her. She (3) to enjoy baking cookies with her mum and playing in the garden while they watered the plants together. But the robot could do all these tasks more quickly and (4).
As time passed,Lily noticed that she wasn't (5) with the robot. She missed the fun she had (6) things herself or with her family. The joy of making something completely on her own or (7) in the garden covered in dirt was something she missed so much.
The feeling spread among many people,who regretted relying too much on robots for their (8) activities. They realized that doing things themselves brought them more (9) than they thought. So,Lily and her family decided to use the robot less,finding a balance between convenience and enjoying the simple (10) of life.

1.themselves 2.unsure 3.used 4.properly 5.satisfied 6.doing 7.lying 8.daily 9.happiness 10.pleasure

1.by oneself为固定搭配，they的反身代词为themselves；2.根据上下文，Lily最初不确定是否喜欢机器人代劳，填unsure；3.used to do sth.表示“过去常常做某事”，填used；4.修饰动词do用副词，proper的副词形式为properly；5.be satisfied with为固定搭配，填satisfied；6.have fun doing sth.为固定搭配，填doing；7.与making并列，填lying；8.修饰名词activities用形容词，day的形容词形式为daily；9.more后接名词，happy的名词形式为happiness；10.simple后接名词，pleasant的名词形式为pleasure。

()1. I really don't know ______.
A.when shall we leave for Shanghai
B.when we shall leave for Shanghai
C.why do we have to stay here
D.what we have to stay here

B

本题考查宾语从句的用法。在宾语从句中要用陈述句语序，即“引导词 + 主语 + 谓语”的结构。A选项“when shall we leave for Shanghai”和C选项“why do we have to stay here”都是疑问句语序，不符合宾语从句的要求，所以A、C选项错误。D选项“what we have to stay here”表达有误，what不能引导表示“待在这里原因”的从句，且句子结构也不完整。B选项“when we shall leave for Shanghai”是陈述句语序，符合宾语从句的用法，意思是“我们什么时候动身去上海”，符合句子语境。

()2. The teacher asks me to read aloud ______ everyone can hear me clearly.
A.in order to
B.such that
C.because of
D.so that

D

"in order to"后接动词原形，表目的；"such that"表述错误，正确为"such...that..."；"because of"后接名词/代词/动名词，表原因；"so that"后接从句，表目的或结果。此处"everyone can hear me clearly"是从句，且表目的，用"so that"。