英語(yǔ)選修7Unit2課文挖空

1、課文挖空：ReadingSatisfaction GuaranteedLarry Belmont worked for a company that made robots. Recently it had begun experimenting witha household robot. It was going to _ （嘗試） by Larrys wife,Claire.Claire didnt want the robot in her house, especially as her husband would _ （離家）for three weeks, but Larry p

2、ersuaded her that the robot wouldnt harm her or allow her to be harmed. Itwould be a bonus. However, when she first saw the robot, she felt _（alarm）.His name was Tony and he seemed more like a human_a machine. He was tall andhandsome with smooth hair and a deep voice although his facial expression n

3、ever changed._ the second morning Tony, wearing an apron, brought her breakfast and then asked herwhether she needed help dressing. She felt _（embarrass）and quickly told him to go. Itwas disturbing and frightening that he looked so human.One day, Claire mentioned that she didnt think she was clever.

4、 Tony said that she must feelvery unhappy to say that. Claire thought it was _（荒謬的） to be offered sympathy by arobot. But she began to trust him. She told him how she was overweight and this made her feel unhappy.Also she felt her home wasnt elegant enough for someone like Larry who wanted to improv

5、e his socialposition. She wasnt like Gladys Claffern, one of the richest and most powerful women around.As a favour Tony promised to help Claire make herself smarter and her home elegant. SoClaire borrowed _ （一堆） books from the library for him to read,_（更確切地說(shuō)）, scan. She looked at his fingers with w

6、onder as they turned each page andsuddenly reached for his hand. She was amazed by his fingernails and the softness and（warm）of his skin. How absurd, she thought. He was just a machine.Tony gave Claire a new haircut and changed the makeup she wore. As he was not allowed toaccompany her to the shops,

7、 he wrote out a list of items for her. Claire went into the city and boughtcurtains, cushions, a carpet and bedding. Then she went into a jewellery shop to buy a necklace. Whenthe clerk at the counter was rude to her, she _ Tony _（打電話給）and told the clerk to speak to him. The clerk immediately change

8、d his attitude. Claire thankedTony, telling him that he was a dear. As she turned around, there_ （stand）Gladys Claffern. How awful to be discovered by her, Claire thought. By the amused and surprised lookon her face, Claire knew that Gladys thought she was _ （有風(fēng)流韻事）. Afterall, she knew Claires husba

9、nds name was Larry, not Tony.When Claire got home, she wept _ a n g e r in her armchair. Gladys was everythingClaire wanted to be. You can be like her, Tony told her and suggested that she invite Gladys and herfriends to the house the night before he was _ （leave） and Larry was to return. By thattim

10、e, Tony expected the house to be completely transformed.Tony worked _ （steady）on the improvements. Claire tried to help once but was tooclumsy. She _（從摔下來(lái)） a ladder and even though Tony was in the next room, hemanaged to catch her _（及時(shí)）. He held her firmly in his arms and she felt the warmth ofhis b

11、ody. She screamed, _ （push） him away and ran to her room for the rest of the day.The night of the party arrived. The clock struck eight. The guests would be arriving soon andClaire told Tony to go into another room. At that moment, Tony _（彎曲胳膊）around her, bending his face close to hers. She cried ou

12、t Tony and then heard him declare that hedidnt want to leave her the next day and that he felt more than just the desire _ ( please) her.Then the front door bell rang. Tony freed her and disappeared from sight. _ was then thatClaire realized that Tony had opened the curtains of the front window. Her

13、 guests had seen everything !The women were impressed by Claire, the house and the delicious cuisine. Just before they left,Claire heard Gladys _(whisper) to another woman that she had never seen anyoneso handsome as Tony. What a sweet victory to be envied by those women! She might not be asbeautifu

14、l as them, but_ of them had such a handsome lover.Then she remembered -Tony was just a machine. She shouted _me_ (讓一個(gè)人呆著) and ran to her bed. She cried all night. The next morning a car drove up and took Tonyaway.The company was very _ (please)with Tonys report on his three weeks with Claire.Tony ha

15、d protected a human being from harm. He had prevented Claire from harming _through her own sense of failure. He had opened the curtains that night so that the other women wouldsee him and Claire, knowing that there was no risk to Claires _ (marry). But eventhough Tony had been so clever, he would ha

16、ve to be rebuilt -you cannot have women failing in lovewith machines.Using language:Isaac Asimov was an American scientist _ writer who wrote around 480 books thatincluded mystery stories, science and history books, and even books about the Holy Bible andShakespeare. But he is _(well) known for his

17、science fiction stories. Asimov had both anextraordinary _ (imagine) that gave him the ability _(explore)future worldsand an amazing mind with which he searched for explanations of everything, in the present and thepast.Asimovs life began in Russia, _ he was born on 2 January, 1920. It ended in NewY

18、ork on 6 April, 1992, when he died as a result of an HIV infection that he had got from a bloodtransfusion nine years earlier.When Asimov was three, he moved with his parents and his one-year-old sister to New York City.There his parents bought a candy store which they ran for the next 40 or so year

19、s. At the age of nine,when his mother _ (懷孕) her third child, Asimov started working part-time inthe store. He _(幫助)through his school and university years until 1942, a year after hehad gained a masters degree in chemistry. In 1942 he joined the staff of the Philadelphia Navy Yard asa junior chemis

20、t and worked there for three years. In 1948 he got his PhD in chemistry. The next year hebecame a biochemistry teacher at Boston University School of Medicine. In 1958 he gave up teaching_ (become)a full-time writer.It was when Asimov was eleven years old that his talent _writing became obvious.He h

21、ad told a friend two chapters of a story he had written. The friend thought he was retelling a storyfrom a book. This really surprised Asimov and from that moment, he started to_ himself_ (認(rèn)真對(duì)待 ) as a writer. Asimov began having stories published in science fictionmagazines in 1939. In 1950 he publi

22、shed his first novel and in 1953 his first science book.Throughout his life, Asimov received many awards, both for his science fiction books and hisscience books. Among his most famous works of science fiction, one for which he won an award wasthe Foundation trilogy (1951-1953), three novels about the death and rebirth of a great empire in agalaxy of the future. It was loosely based on the fall of the Roman E