Question

【题目】Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

Social robots are going to become a lot more common in the next few years, 【1】 in the home or the workplace. Social robots are about to bring technology to the everyday world in a more humanized way, said Cynthia Breazeal, chief scientist at the robot company Jibo.

【2】 household robots today do the normal housework, social robots will be much more like companions than mere tools. For example, these robots will be able to distinguish when someone is happy or sad. This allows them 【3】 (respond) more appropriately to the user.

The Jibo robot, 【4】 (arrange) to ship later this year, is designed to be a personalized assistant. You can talk to the robot, ask it questions, and make requests for it to perform different tasks. The robot doesn’t just deliver general answers to questions; it responds based on 【5】 it learns about each individual in the household. It can do things such as reminding an elderly family member to take medicine or taking family photos.

Social robots are not just finding their way into the home. They have potential applications 【6】 everything from education to health care and are already finding their way into some of these spaces.

Fellow Robots is one company 【7】 (bring) social robots to the market. The company’s “Oshbot” robot is built to assist customers in a store, which can help the customers find items and help guide them to the product’s location in the store. It can also speak different languages and make recommendations for different items based on what the customer is shopping for.

The more interaction the robot has with humans, 【8】 (much) it learns.But Oshbot, like other social robots, 【9】 (not intend) to replace workers, but to work alongside other employees. “We have technologies to train social robots to do things not for us, but with us,” said Breazeal.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】either

【2】while

【3】to respond

【4】arranged

【5】what

【6】in

【7】bringing

【8】the more

【9】is not intended

【解析】

这是一篇应用文。文章介绍了社交机器人将以一种更人性化的方式把技术带到日常世界。

【1】考查固定搭配。句意：未来几年，社交机器人将变得更加普遍，无论是在家里还是在工作场所。根据or the workplace，可知此处用either，固定短语either...or...“要么……要么……，不是……就是……”。故填either。

【2】考查连接词。句意：今天的家用机器人做着普通的家务，社交机器人将更像是伙伴而不仅仅是工具。根据social robots will be much more like companions than mere tools可知，前后句为对比转折句，连词while“虽然，在……期间，（对比两件事物）……而”符合题意。故填while。

【3】考查不定式。句意：这使它们能够更适当地响应用户。根据allows them可知，此处用不定式，短语allow sb. to do sth.“允许某人做某事”。故填to respond。

【4】考查过去分词作定语。句意：Jibo机器人将于今年迟点上市，它被设计成一个个性化的助手。arrange与the Jibo robot是逻辑动宾关系，应使用过去分词作定语。故填arranged。

【5】考查宾语从句的引导词。句意：它的反应基于它对家庭中每个人的了解。此处是what引导的宾语从句，what在句子作learn的宾语。故填what。

【6】考查介词。句意：它们在从教育到医疗保健的各个领域都有潜在的应用，并且已经在这些领域找到了自己的出路。根据everything from education to health care可知，用介词in表示“在……方面”。故填in。

【7】考查非谓语动词。句意：Fellow Robots是一家将社交机器人推向市场的公司。此句已有谓语动词is，此处要用非谓语动词，且one company与动词bring是主谓关系，应使用现在分词形式。故填bringing。

【8】考查固定句式。句意：机器人与人类互动越多，它的学习能力就越强。根据The more interaction the robot has with humans,可知用the more。句式The+比较级…, the+比较级…“越……越……”。故填the more。

【9】考查被动语态。句意：但和其他社交机器人一样，Oshbot并不是为了取代工人，而是为了和其他员工一起工作。短语be not intended to“不打算……”，主语为Oshbot，时态为一般现在时。故填is not intended。

第8小题考查了常用句式The+比较级…, the+比较级…“越……越……”

1. The+比较级…, the+比较级…句型常表示“越……，就越……”，是一个复合句（表示一方的程度随着另一方的变化而变化，其中的两个the 都是副词，而不是冠词），其中前面的句子是状语从句，后面的句子是主句。the用在形容词或副词的比较级前。例如：

①The more he gets, the more he want. 他越来越贪。

②The more she learns, the more she wants to learn. 他越学越想学。

2. The+比较级…, the+比较级…句型，主从句的时态常用一般现在时或一般过去时。例如：

①The higher the ground is, the thinner air become. 离地面越高，空气就越稀薄。

②The harder he worked, the more he got. 他工作越努力，得到的就越多。