【题目】Predictions of many robots in industry have yet come true. For ten years or more, manufacturers of big robots have explained how their machines can make industry more competitive and productive. The maker for ___【1】___ robots is oversupplied now, and the driving force of the robotics revolution is __【2】__ to be with maker of machines that handle a few kilos at most.

Heavy-robot manufacturers are in some difficulty ___【3】___ finding customers. They are offering big ___【4】___ just to get in the door. There has been a ___【5】___ growth everywhere in the numbers of robots, so we admit we are either deceiving ___【6】___or that the market is slowly growing,” said John Reekie, chairman of Colen Robotics. “The following things must happen ___【7】__ the robotics revolution to occur. We must achieve widespread robot literacy. ___【8】___ there has been a computer ___【9】__program, there must be a robot literacy program. __【10】___, some kind of artificial intelligence needs to be ___【11】___.

Colen makes educational robots and machine tools. It is small ___【12】__ with companies like ASEA or Fujitsu Fanuc. But Colen with others in departments in universities such as Sirrey, Manchester, and Durham possesses an advantage ___【13】__ the giants. The big companies sell very expensive ___【14】__to nosiness with expert knowledge of automation. The ___【15】__companies make robots for teaching people, and now they have realized that there is a need for small, ___【16】__robots that they can meet.

The little companies either bring their educational machines ___【17】___ an industrial standard or design from the start. One technique that they all adopt is to choose ___【18】__ components when possible. The major cost making ___【19】___their models is the electronics, which will fall in price. There is __【20】___scope for reductions in mechanical costs. The use of standard parts, which are easily placed, should give these robots a mechanical life of something in the order of five years.

A. small B. educational C. big D. business

A. claimed B. called C. thought D. told

A. to B. with C. over D. in

A. money B. discounts C. prices D. costs

A. exciting B. encouraging C. satisfying D. disappointing

A. ourselves B. customers C. companies D. us

A. to B. for C. in D. with

A. As if B. Even though C. Just as D. Although

A. custom B. literacy C. poem D. tradition

A. However B. Finally C. Whereas D. Because

A. capable B. possible C. probable D. available

A. compared B. comparing C. contrasted D. contrasting

A. than B. above C. over D. from

A. tools B. robots C. machines D. electronics

A. other B. big C. little D. robot

A. expensive B. artificial C. educational D. low-cost

A. up-to B. on C. in D. about

A. mechanical B. standard C. cheap D. small

A. much B. many C. both D. some

A. more B. less C. no D. least

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