三、综合填空
Yesterday, I read a report on fruit-picking robots. As I heard about the pricey (昂贵的)
robotic arms of these machines, I (1) (fill) with something like sadness. Our
children and grandchildren, I'm afraid, (2) (be) unable to understand how our
food is grown, nor will they be able to experience the fun of fruit-picking.
I once spent a few weeks on (3) farm in New Zealand. There, I met about 50
apple-pickers from Vanuatu. At night, we listened to pop music and washed our clothes as they
told me about their experiences of picking pineapples and peaches. Life on the farm was hard.
The rooms were small and dark. There was nothing in them (4) a kettle (水壶)
and a shower. However, the trip (5) (leave) me with many great memories then.
When my son was little, I used to drive (6) (he) half an hour out of town to
a farm every few weeks. There, we could pick strawberries. He loved it. He was
(7) (exciting) about the smell of the plants, the feel of the soil and the art of
(8) (guess) which piece of fruit had the potential (潜力) to be the most
delicious. And he saw where our fruit came from. I wanted him to understand the effort and
energy during the process of producing food.
Doorstep deliveries and washed and sliced (切好的) salad vegetables have already started
to destroy (损害) our understanding of (9) our food is grown and what it looks
like. Robotic fruit-pickers, I fear, will be just another step in this (10) (direct).
I'm afraid that we are making the whole act of eating a hands-off experience. Where is, then,
the fun of it?

三、1. was filled 2. will be 3. a 4. but/except 5. left
6. him 7. excited 8. guessing 9. how 10. direction