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 ______ robots is oversupplied now, and the driving force of the robotics revolution is __
__ to be with maker of machines that handle a few kilos at most.
“ Heavy-robot manufacturers are in some difficulty ______ finding customers. They are offering big ___
___ just to get in the door. There has been a ___
___ growth everywhere in the numbers of robots, so we admit we are either deceiving ___
___or that the market is slowly growing,” said John Reekie, chairman of Colen Robotics. “The following things must happen ___
__ the robotics revolution to occur. We must achieve widespread robot literacy. ___
___ there has been a computer ___
__program, there must be a robot literacy program. __
___, some kind of artificial intelligence needs to be ___
___.
Colen makes educational robots and machine tools. It is small _____ with companies like ASEA or Fujitsu Fanuc. But Colen with others in departments in universities such as Sirrey, Manchester, and Durham possesses an advantage ___
__ the giants. The big companies sell very expensive ___
__to nosiness with expert knowledge of automation. The ___
__companies make robots for teaching people, and now they have realized that there is a need for small, ___
__robots that they can meet.
The little companies either bring their educational machines ______ an industrial standard or design from the start. One technique that they all adopt is to choose ___
__ components when possible. The major cost making ___
___their models is the electronics, which will fall in price. There is __
___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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One afternoon I was sitting at my favorite table in a restaurant, waiting for the food I had ordered to arrive. Suddenly I that a man sitting at a table near the window kept glancing in my direction, he knew me. The man had a newspaper in front of him, which he was to read, but I could that he was keeping an eye on me. When the waiter brought my ,the man was clearly puzzled by the way in which the waiter and I each other. He seemed even more puzzled as went on and it became that all the waiters in the restaurant knew me. Finally he got up and went into the . When he came out, he paid his bill and .without another glance in my direction.
I called the owner of the restaurant and asked what the man had . "Well," he said，"that man was a detective. He you here because he thought you were the man he . "What?" I said, showing my The owner continued, "He came into the kitchen and showed me a photo of the wanted man. I say he looked very much like you! Of course, since we know you, we told him that he had made a ." "Well, it's really I came to a restaurant where I'm known, " I said." , I might have been in trouble."
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Starting from my early young age，I was a happy child．However，at age twelve，my life had a huge ．I developed obsessive compulsive disorder(OCD)．I started to wash my hands ten times an hour to germs and I frequently checked my kitchen oven to make sure that it was ．This way of life continued for four years，and by then，my OCD had led to ．I was no longer the happy little girl I had been．I told my mother that I was suffering from depression．So mum took me for a ．The medicine didn’t help me very much．I was still sad，believing that my life no longer ．
One autumn evening two years ago，I rock bottom．I even thought suicide(自杀)was the only . to my depression problem，so I wrote a suicide to my family．As I was folding the note，my fell on a photograph. It was a picture of a lovely little girl with dark—blue eyes .of adventure and curiosity．It took me a few minutes to that the smiling girl in the photo was me．The photo had been taken at one weekend at my uncle’s house when I was seven．Suddenly I felt a and it was like my younger self had sent me a message．Once I had been a little girl，and I had to become strong like that again．
I tore up my suicide note and swore that l would have to the depression with my mind，too．I could make myself happy again．It has been two years I “rediscovered” myself．I am OCD-and depression-free．I am prepared for whatever life may bring．My hero is a seven-year-old girl， back at me from a photo on my desk．
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My daughter performed on behalf of her class in the annual school concert today. She played so ________ that I could not help cheering her. The very ________ reminded me of her experiences of piano practicing.
When she was five, we gave her a piano as a birthday present. With great________ , she began learning it. However, when she was no longer ________ , shebecame sick of it. ________ , it is a tough job to learn the piano, not to mention the daily routine (常规) of ________ .
When her first teacher left, my friend ________ me to an American teacher whoseway of teaching was completely American. After practicing, she would give my daughter some ________ comments, and then point out what should be ________ . Every time she came, ________ beginning the lesson right away, she would first play some _______ . She said, “To learn the piano, you should learn not only the ________of playing, but more importantly, to ________ the music and love it.”
After some time, my daughter became fond of her lessons. Sometimes she ________ would like to ________ a little bit when her skill had reached a certain level.
Surprisingly, my daughter said to me one day, “Mom, I was________ thatyou didn’t give up my piano lessons. Learning it is like climbing a mountain. You’ll feel ________ when you are on the way. When you look ________ from where you are, you will realize that you have been making ________ . But if you ________ ,you’ll never take one more step. ” That was the very thing I wanted to teach her.
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A man wanted to become wealthy．He was told a story one day that there was a ________pebble (鹅卵石）among the pebbles on the beach of the Black Sea．It could turn everything it touched into________．This pebble could be________ only by touching it: unlike the other pebbles it was________when touched．The man rushed to the beach of the Black Sea and began to ________ the pebble．
________ he picked up a pebble that felt cold, he threw it into the sea．He________ this practice day after day．Each pebble that felt cold was________ thrown into the sea．
One morning, he ________ to take hold of a pebble that felt warm, unlike the other ________ . The man threw the pebble into the sea．He hadn’t ________to, but he had formed a habit．Habits can be hard to ________ ．
In fact, if we repeat any behaviour ________ enough, it becomes a habit．But some habits can work in our favour, such as ________ attitudes and healthy ways of life．Our habitual attitudes and behaviour can either ________us or hinder(阻碍) us．
Is there behaviour or an attitude you would like to make into a ________ ? Then reinforce (强化) it by ________ it at every opportunity．
When it comes to habits, ________ may not make perfect．But practice will certainly form ________ behaviour. Your habits will form who you are．So form the habits that are ________ to you and let them mold (塑造) you into the person you want to be．
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“Ring! Ring! Ring!”The telephone rang for a long time in Bill Hewlett’s house．Bill was the director of a large ________company called Hewlett-Packard．At that time，computers had already ________ but they were huge machines that cost a lot of money．
Bill answered the telephone________ ．He did not like being disturbed while he was reading his newspaper．A young-sounding ________ on the other line said，”My name is Steve Jobs．I in a ________of the Hewlett-Packard Explorers’Club．I went on a fieldtrip to one of your company ‘s laboratories and was ________ by the 9100A computer．I’ve never seen anything so splendid!”He ________ for a while and continued．”I in looking for some computer ________ to build a frequency counter．Well．I thought you might be able to ________ me．”
There was ________ ．Then，Bill asked the young boy for his ________．Steve revealed that he was twelve．There was another silence．________ by the boy’s enthusiasm，Bill invited Steve to his office．
A few days later，Bill Hewlett gave Steve what he needed．Steve was also offered a ________ job in one of his laboratories．
Eight years later，Steve Jobs set up a ________ with his close friend，Steve Wozniak．Their first step was to find a ________ for the company．Steve Jobs loved apples and had worked off an apple ________ before．Although there was no ________ between apples and computers，________ thought‘Apple’would be a catchy name．”I like the name．We’11 be in a great ________ in the telephone directory，”Steve Wozniak said confidently．That was how Apple was ________ in 1976．
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