Has the world just witnessed its first ever robot suicide? Boring housework was seemingly too much for one cleaning robot to take, when it apparently rebelled and decided to end it all.
The robot was given the tiresome task of cleaning up some spilt grain before it climbed on to a kitchen hotplate ___ it destroyed itself, according to reports in Austria. It had reportedly grown tired of
_____(force) to clean the house every day and decided to become a martyr(殉道者) to the robot cause.
“Somehow it seems ____(restart) itself again before it made its way along the work surface. Then it pushed a cooking pot out of the way and basically that was the end of it,” explained fireman Helmut Kniewasser, who
_____(call) to deal with the fire at Hinterstoder in Kirchdorf. “It pretty quickly started to melt underneath and then stuck to the kitchen hotplate. It then caught fire.
___ _____ _____ we arrived, it had become just a pile of ash.” He added: “The entire building
____ _____be evacuated (疏散) and there was severe smoke damage particularly in the flat in which the robot had been in use. “It’s a mystery how it came to be started and ended up making its way to the hotplate.”
____ took an hour to clean and make the building safe. The homeowner plans to charge the robot’s manufacturer.
Keeping a diary in English is one of the ___ __ (effect) ways to improve our English writing ability.
______ (compare) with other forms of writing, it is shorter and takes ___
__ (little)time. It can help us to develop the habit of thinking in English. ___
___ we persist in this practice, gradually we’ll learn how to express ourselves in English. In keeping a diary in English, we certainly run up against many _
__（difficult）. In the first place, _
___ often happens that we have trouble __
___ (find) appropriate words and phrases to give expression to our mind. Secondly, there are many idiomatic ways of saying things in Chinese. And it is extremely hard for us to put them into English properly.
As far as I_____ (concern), my suggestion is that we should always have a notebook and a Chinese-English dictionary within easy reach. Whenever something beats us, we can first put it down in our notebook and then consult our dictionary. We can also turn to our English teacher for help, if necessary. In short, I believe that it is ___
__ great use to keep a diary in English for __
___ development of our writing skills.
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The Dragon Boat Festival is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month according to the Chinese calendar. For thousands of years, the festival __________ (mark) by eating zong zi and racing dragon boats in honour of Qu Yuan, who is said to have committed suicide(自杀) by drowning himself.
Qu was a minister of the State of Chu ______ (situate) in present-day Hunan and Hubei provinces, during the Warring States Period（战国时期）. He was upright, loyal and highly respected. ____
____, he was dismissed from office. ____
____ (realize) that the country was in the hands of evil officials, Qu leapt into River Miluo on the fifth day of the fifth month. Nearby fishermen rushed over to save him but were __
____ (able) to recover his body.
The people of Chu _______ mourned Qu’s death threw rice into the river to feed his ghost ___
____ year on the day of his death. But one year, the spirit of Qu appeared and told the mourners that a huge reptile（爬行动物）in the river had stolen the rice. The spirit then advised __
___ to wrap the rice and bind it _
______ throwing it into the river.
During the Duanwu Festival, zong zi is eaten to symbolize（象征，表示） the rice offerings to Qu. And the dragon-boat races symbolize _______ many attempts to rescue and recover Qu's body.
【原创】Zheng Xiyu works at an office in Beijing's Central Business District. Every day, it takes her roughly 40 minutes to go to work by bus. But she is thinking of _ (switch) to a different way of transport-a bicycle. She's also adapting to a vegetable diet as Iivestock can make many contributions
today's most serious environmental problems. A recent survey shows that 78% of all the 17,000 people
(question) have developed environmentally_
(friend) habits in their daily lives. They are doing things, such as taking reusable shopping bags to the store and setting the air conditioner at
temperature above 26 C in summer. On many popular social networking
(website), people are advocating a low-carbon lifestyle.Their tips include using the stairs and public transport more frequently
_ using elevators and cars. They hope this lifestyle will become more than just a trend within certain groups. As the most populous nation on the planet with the world's
(fast) growing economy, China has become the second biggest emitter(排放者) of greenhouse gases. The recent extreme weather in the southern regions
(reflect) a serious environmental challenge.Experts say there is no time
(delay) with the effort to reduce carbon emissions.
Are you facing a situation that looks impossible to fix?
In 1969, the pollution was terrible along the Cuyahoga River near Cleveland, Ohio. It (be) unimaginable that it could ever be cleaned up. The river was so polluted that it
(actual) caught fire and burned. Now, years later, this river is one of
most outstanding examples of environmental cleanup.
the river wasn’t changed in a few days or even a few months. It took years of work
(reduce) the industrial pollution and clean the water. Finally, that hard work paid off and now the water in the river is
(clean) than ever.
Maybe you are facing an impossible situation. Maybe you have a habit is driving your family crazy. Possibly you drink too much or don’t know how to control your credit card use. When you face such an impossible situation, don’t you want a quick fix and something to change immediately?
While there are (amaze) stories of instant transformation, for most of us the
(change) are gradual and require a lot of effort and work, like cleaning up a polluted river. Just be
(patience).
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为1-10的相应位置上。
If the population of the Earth keeps on increasing at its present rate, there will eventually not be enough resources________(leave) 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 the earth will make
_____ necessary 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
______ the problem,
_________, has recently been suggested by an American scientist, Professor Carl Sagan. Sagan believes
_______ before the Earth’s resources are
_________(complete) exhausted it will be possible to change the atmosphere of Venus and therefore create a new world almost as large as the Earth
.The difficulty is that Venus is much hotter than the Earth.
_________, there is only a tiny amount of water there.
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