Larry Belmont worked for a company that made robots. Recently it had begun experimenting with a household robot, ______ was going to be tested out by Larry’s wife, Claire. Claire didn’t want ____
____ robot in her house, especially as her husband would be ___
____(absence) for three weeks, but Larry persuaded her that the robot wouldn’t harm her or allow her ____
___(harm). However when she first saw the robot, named Tony, she felt alarmed because he seemed more like a human than a machine. He was tall and handsome ____
_____ smooth hair and a deep voice although his facial expression never changed.
On the second morning Tony, _______(wear) an apron, brought her breakfast and then asked ___
_____ she needed help dressing. She felt embarrassed and quickly told hem to go. ____
___ was disturbing and frightening that he looked so human. One day, Claire mentioned that she didn’t think she was clever. Tony said that ____
__ must feel very unhappy to say that. It was ridiculous to be offered sympathy by a robot. But she __
____(begin) to trust him.
Sarah and Janet have been friends since they_____ (start) school. They do everything together: study, read, watch TV, surf the Internet, play sports and listen to music. Anyone__
___ has a problem can ask the other for help. When Sarah was in the __
__ (three) grade, some of the other students made fun of her__
___ she was shy. Janet told the other students to stop_
____ (make) fun of Sarah, and she helped Sarah overcome her shyness. In the fifth grade, Janet had____
_____ (difficult) in her maths class. She studied hard, ___
_____ she just couldn’t understand the homework. Sarah helped Janet___
____ her homework and___
_____ (patient) explained every exercise to Janet. After six months, Janet did much better and even got __
___ “A” in the maths exam.
Lionel Messi, player from the SOUTH American country of Argentina, is the greatest soccer player alive today . At a young age, he
(move ) to Spain and now plays
(profession ) for the Barcelona soccer club. Messi started playing soccer at the age of 5 for a small soccer team
(own ) by his father . Even as a young boy, he did very well. But when he was 11 years old , he found out he had a sickness which would prevent him from growing much
(tall ). There was a way to help him grow more,
his parents did not have enough money to pay for his medical needs. So, they looked around for a soccer club
would be able to do this for them . The clubs in Argentina couldn’t help him, but the famous Barcelona club in Spain offered
(accept ) Messi on the junior team and pay for the bills. The Messi family happily took the offer and moved to Spain . In the Barcelona soccer club, Messi was one of the best
(play ) through his teen years.
his incredible talent , Messi has surprised the word.
If the population of the Earth keeps on (increase) at its present rate, there will
(eventual) not be enough resources left to support life on the planet. By the middle of the 21st century, if present trends continue, we
(use) up all the oil that drives our cars, for example. Even if scientists develop new ways of feeding the human race, the crowded conditions on Earth will make it
(necessity) for us to look for open space somewhere else. But
of the other planets in our solar system are capable of supporting life at present. One possible solution to the problem,
, has recently been suggested by an American scientist, Professor Carl Sagan. Sagan believes that
the Earth’s resources are completely
(exhaust), it will be possible to change the atmosphere of Venus and
create a new world almost as large as the Earth itself. The difficulty is that Venus is much hotter than the Earth.
, there is only a tiny amount of water there.
Last year, I was on a trip in Sanxiarenjia in Yichang,Hubei. I waited for the boat(take) me along the Yijiang River. Out of nowhere, a shirtless man ran up to me and asked to take a photo with me.
both smiled as he said I was the first foreigner he had ever seen. He said “thank you” and ran off again.
The experience was funny, and it wasn’t the first time this(happen) to me. In fact, almost all the foreigners I know in China have experienced the
thing. Girls with blonde hair seem to be the most
(photograph). Most of them were surprised at first, but they now enjoy having their photo taken with happy students.
Of course, many countries in the West are home to different ethnicities. So it is normal to see peoplelook different. But it’s different in many areas of China.
Personally, I think it’s fine to take photos with strangers. But try to ask first. Once I(wait) for my friend in an art district when a group of girls began giggling (咯咯地笑) at their phones. I noticed one of them was pointing the camera at me,
(secret) taking photos. When I spotted them, they smiled and asked if they
take a photo with me. Maybe it is shyness, but I prefer when people ask
they take a photo. Most foreigners will say yes.
Wang Peng felt very frustrated when he realized none of his regular customers would eat in his restaurant. In his opinion, could be better than his fried mutton kebabs, fatty pork or his sugary cola. Something terrible
(happen).
(curious) drove him into Yong Hui’s newly-opened slimming restaurant and he
(amaze) at the menu there: raw vegetables, fruit and water. It was obvious
Yong Hui was telling
(lie) when promising to make the customers thinner. In order to win his customers back, he went to the library to do some research.
he found out was that Yong Hui’s menu didn’t give the customers energy-giving food. So Wang Peng wrote his own sign, saying “Energy-giving food served”. In fact, there was a weakness in Wang Peng’s menus
. Food at his restaurant contains too much fat. So
only solution is to combine the two menus together so as to provide a
(balance) menu with food full of energy as well as fibre.