阅读下面短文,理解其大意,然后从每小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中,选出一个能填入空白处的最佳选项。

Rose was telling her granddaughter Lily stories about how she had written a best?selling ______ in her early 30's.

“Did you always know you wanted to be a ______, Grandma?” asked Lily. Rose smiled at her granddaughter. “I ______ knew it on my first day of primary school.”

“I felt like that on my first day of primary school too! It was singing. I used to be sure that I would be a singer,” said Lily. “Why ‘used to’, Lily?” Rose asked.

“Well,” began Lily, “I ______ be the best singer in the class. But there was a new girl coming to my class, and she was better at singing than I was. What was the point(意义) of ______ as she was much better than me?”

“You know, Lily,” Rose said. “Although I was the best at writing in primary and middle school, when I got into high school, I met a girl in my English class. She was always the best writer; I used to ______ because of it, thinking that I was no longer the best writer, I was ______.”

“So what did you do?” Lily asked. “I did what any person would do,” said Rose. “I did everything to be better than her.”

“Did you ever write better than her in your class?” Lily asked. “No. But I realized that it wasn't about being the best out of everyone, it was about being the very best that I could be. So I ______ my love for writing, and look where I am now...” Rose ______.

“Wow!”said Lily in surprise. “But what's that girl doing now?” “Who knows, but there's one thing I am ______: she hasn't written a best?selling book yet.”

1.A. magazine B. newspaper C. book

2.A. singer B. writer C. teacher

3.A. hardly B. already C. once

4.A. used to B. tried to C. wanted to

5.A. working B. thinking C. trying

6.A. change B. imagine C. cry

7.A. nobody B. somebody C. anybody

8.A. broke B. followed C. started

9.A. shouted B. smiled C. agreed

10.A. sure B. worried C. satisfied

阅读下面短文,根据短文内容,在下面的表格中填入与文章意思最符合的单词。每空一词。

Have you ever had the feeling that no one can understand you? Well, here comes “Pepper”. It could be about to change all that. Pepper is the first robot to read human feelings. Using its emotion recognition functions(情感识别功能), Pepper can make jokes, dance and even sing to people when they are around it.

The robot looks like a lovely girl. It is four feet tall with a tablet computer in its chest. It has humanlike hands, a girl?like body and baby?like voice. It was shown to attract people at stores on Friday.

Pepper can tell facial expressions, human voice and signs, then make an answer. Pepper is designed to be a family robot, but it isn't like the household robot on the cartoon. Pepper is used at the home or store, where we enjoy pleasure and entertainment.

At home, not only can it tell jokes, it also helps people in trouble. If a natural accident happens, it can encourage them, make them laugh and feel relaxed.

Pepper will be on sale at the price of $2,000 in August, 2015.At present, several Peppers are on show at stores for people to visit. Before selling Peppers, the creators want them to store more knowledge in order to get better along with human beings.

Pepper—A Robot Of Human Wisdom

Basic feature(特征)

◆The first robot to read human1.with its emotion recognition functions.

Description of

appearance

◆It's four feet tall with a 2. computer in its chest.

◆It has human?like hands, a girl?like body and baby?like voice.

Brief introduction

◆The creators designed it to be used at home or 3..

◆It can not only make an answer by telling facial expressions, human voice and signs, but also can help people who are in4..

Preparations for sale

◆Peppers are now still at stores for people to visit.

◆When more 5. is stored in Peppers, the more perfect robots will be on sale soon.

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