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ROBOTS
Ever since it was first possible to make a real robot, people have been hoping for the invention of a machine (15) _______ would do all the necessary jobs around the house. If boring and repetitive factory work could be (16) _______ by robots, why not boring and repetitive household chores too?
For a long time the only people who really gave the problem their attention were amateur inventors. And they came up against a major difficulty. That is, housework is actually very complex. It has never been one job, it has always been many. A factory robot (17) _______ one task endlessly until it is reprogrammed to do something else. It doesn’t run the whole factory. A housework robot, on the other hand, has to do several different types of cleaning and carrying jobs and also has to cope (18) _______ all the different shapes and positions of rooms, furniture, ornaments, cats and dogs. (19) _______, there have been some developments recently. Sensors are available to help the robot locate objects and avoid obstacles. We have the technology to produce the hardware. All that is missing the software- the programs that will operate the machine.
Điền vào ô trống 19
A. However
B. Therefore
C. Besides
D. Moreover
Đáp án A.
Tạm dịch: (19) _______, there have been some developments recently: _______ gần đây có vài tiến triển. Vậy chỗ trống điền liên từ chỉ sự tương phản “However” là phù hợp vì câu phía trước thể hiện những khó khan mà “housework robot” phải đương đầu như phải làm các loại việc lau chùi, khuân vác khác nhau…
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Certificates provide proof of your _______.
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It seems that the thief took _______ of the open window and got inside that way.
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The students got high marks in the test but Mary stood out.
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There has been a widespread _______ about whether North Korea has successfully miniaturized a nuclear weapon and whether it has a working H-bomb.
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Rocks have forming, wearing away and re-forming ever since the Earth took shape.
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The nesets of most bird species are strategic placed to camouflage them against predators
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The mountain climbers proceeded forward on their long trek up the side of the mountain.
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We should participate in Tree-Planting Campaigns _______ our city greener, fresher.
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“Remember to phone me when you arrive at the airport, _______?”
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Onion crisis is _______ to arise in India. This demand-supply imbalance has resulted from the government’s inability to preserve the crop for non-harvesting seasons
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What _______ can be drawn from the experiment of two American physicists, Clinton Davisson and Lester Germer?
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If you are an independent traveler, we can arrange _______ a tour.
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ou should have made your children do housework as soon as they were able to do soY
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Emma is calling to Mrs. White’s home.
Emma: “Hello, may I speak to Mrs. White, please?”
Call receiver: “_______.”
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Today, Amur leopard, one of the world’s most endangered wild cats, is found only in the Amur River basin of eastern Russia, having already gone extinct from China and the Korean Peninsula