题目

二、结合上下文,根据语法规则在空格处填入适当的词汇。-|||-Robot,it is a word that seems very modern,a word that creates a strong mental-|||-picture,a picture of something(1) looks and acts like a human.Robots are not-|||-humans,of course,they are machines.-|||-The word robot,and robots themselves,are less than 100 years old.But humans-|||-(2) (dream)of real and imaginary copies of themselves for thousands of years.-|||-Early people made little human statues out of clay.And they cut wood and stone-|||-(3) (look)like humans.-|||-What is the future of robots?The goal of scientists is(4) (create)a true-|||-human-like robot.Some experts have described this robot of the future (5) one-|||-that can act independently with the physical world through its own senses and actions.-|||-Humans have the ability to see,hear,speak and solve problems. Engineers have built-|||-robots that have one or two of these abilities.But it takes a number of big expensive-|||-computers (6) (make) the robots work.-|||-The(7) (big)problem in creating a human-like robot is copying human-|||-intelligence. The way the human mind works is almost impossible to copy.A simple-|||-computer (8) do mathematical problems far beyond the ability of even the-|||-smartest human mind.But the human mind is better than a thousand supercomputers-|||-(9) speaking, hearing andproblem-solving. Several American and Japanese-|||-companies are working (10) (develop)the senses of sight and touch for robots.-|||-The development of these senses will make robots much more useful.-|||-However,the most important human ability -the most difficult to copy - is-|||-promem-somen an methern gro mot must be able to change the way it acts-|||-(11) it faces an unexpected sination. Huma do it all the time. Computers-|||-must do it for robots. This means computers must have a huge base of information about-|||-many things. They must be able to find quickly the(12) (need)information in-|||-their systems. And they must make choices about how to act. So far,this is beyond the-|||-ability of computers.

题目解答

本题主要考查定语从句、动词时态、非谓语动词、形容词最高级、情态动词、介词、连词等语法知识。解题关键在于：

第（1）题

定语从句引导词
先行词picture为物，从句looks and acts like a human缺少主语，需用关系代词that/which。

第（2）题

现在完成进行时
时间状语for thousands of years表示动作从过去持续至今，且强调动作仍在进行，故用have been dreaming。

第（3）题

不定式作目的状语
cut wood and stone的目的是look like humans，需用不定式to look表目的。

第（7）题

形容词最高级
修饰名词problem，表示“最大的问题”，需用big的最高级biggest。

第（8）题

情态动词can
表示“能够做某事”，需用can，强调计算机的能力。

第（9）题

介词in
短语in speaking, hearing and problem-solving表示“在……方面”，需用介词in。

第（10）题

不定式作目的状语
work的目的是develop the senses，需用不定式to develop。

第（11）题

时间状语从句连词
表示“当……时”，需用when引导时间状语从句。

第（12）题

形容词作定语
修饰名词information，表示“需要的信息”，需用need的过去分词形式needed。