六、完形填空。
In some science fiction movies, the robots are just like humans. They help with housework and do the most 1 jobs.
Some scientists believe that there will be such robots in the future. 2, they agree it may 3 hundreds of years. Scientists are now trying to make robots 4 people and do the same things as us.
But robot scientist James White 5. He thinks that it will be 6 for a robot to do the same things as a person. 7, 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 8 25 to 50 years.
Robot scientists are not just trying to make robots look like people. For example, there are already robots 9 in factories. They do simple jobs over and over again. People would not like to do such jobs and would get bored. But robots will 10 get bored.
In the future, there will be more robots everywhere, and humans will have 11 work to do. New robots will have many different 12. Some will look like humans, and 13 may look like snakes. After an earthquake, a snake robot could help rescuers (救援人员) look for people buried (被掩埋的). That may not seem possible now, but computers, space rockets and even electric toothbrushes also 14 impossible a hundred years ago. We never know 15 will happen in the future!
()1. A. interesting
B. unpleasant
C. pleasant
D. popular
()2. A. But
B. So
C. However
D. While
()3. A. use
B. spend
C. pay
D. take
()4. A. look like
B. look at
C. look for
D. look up
()5. A. agrees
B. disagrees
C. likes
D. dislikes
()6. A. easy
B. difficult
C. important
D. possible
()7. A. For example
B. Instead
C. Such as
D. Besides
()8. A. till
B. for
C. over
D. in
()9. A. worked
B. work
C. working
D. to work
()10. A. always
B. usually
C. never
D. often
()11. A. more
B. less
C. fewer
D. little
()12. A. shapes
B. colours
C. sizes
D. actions
()13. A. the other
B. other
C. the others
D. others
()14. A. seem
B. seemed
C. looked
D. look
()15. A. that
B. how
C. what
D. when

六、1. B 【点拨】由上下文可知，机器人帮忙做家务并且做着人最不喜欢做的工作。
2. C 【点拨】理解上下文可知，此处存在转折关系，而 but 后不用逗号，故用 however。故选 C。
3. D 【点拨】“It takes (sb. ) some time to do sth.”是固定句型。
4. A 【点拨】look like 看起来像……
5. B 【点拨】本句开头的 But 表示转折，指该科学家不同意上述观点。
6. B 【点拨】由上下文可知，这位科学家认为让机器人像人一样做同样的事会很难。
7. A 【点拨】本句是举例说明，用 for example，且用逗号与主句隔开。
8. D 【点拨】在一般将来时的句子中，用“in+时间段”表示一段时间之后。
9. C 【点拨】此处表示现在已经有在工厂工作的机器人，用现在分词短语作后置定语。
10. C 【点拨】句意：但是机器人从不会感到厌烦。
11. B 【点拨】由前一句句意可知，会有更多的机器人做人做的工作，那么人做的工作就相对减少了，且 work 是不可数名词。
12. A 【点拨】由后一句句意可知，未来的机器人会有各种不同的形状。
13. D 【点拨】others 指其他机器人，没有限制范围。
14. B 【点拨】根据上文可知，用 seem，由本句的时间状语可知，用 seem 的过去式。
15. C 【点拨】句意：我们永远都不知道未来会发生什么事！