Question

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In some science fiction movies, people in the future have their own robots. They are just like

humans. These robots __1__ ( use) by the people to do the « housework and the most unpleasant jobs.

Some scientists __2__ (mink) that there will be such robots in the future.

However, they agree it may take hundreds of years. Now scientists   3   (try) to make robots look like people and do the same thing as us. Over the years, Japanese companies __4__ (make) robots walk and dance already.

But scientist James White _5__ (disagree). He thinks that it will be difficult for a robot to do the same thing as a person. Once he gave us an example. It was easy for a child to wake up while he _6__ ( sleep) and know where he was, but robots couldn’t do this. But other scientists disagree. They think that robots __7__ (be) able 10 talk to people in 25 to 50 years.

Scientists are not just trying to make robots look like people. Several years ago, some robots _8_   ( invent). Those robots looked like huge arms. They did the simple jobs over and over again. People would not like to do such jobs and would get bored.

In the future, new robots will have many shapes. Some might even look like snakes. After an earthquake, a snake robot could help look for people under buildings. That may not seem possible now, but computers and space rockets __9__ ( seem) impossible a hundred years ago. We don't know what__10__ (happen) in the future. Let's wait!

1. ________ 2. ________ 3. ________4. ________ 5. ________

6. ________7. ________ 8. ________ 9. ________ 10. ________

Answer 1

1. are used    2. think    3. are trying    4. have made 5. disagrees

6. was sleeping 7. will be  8. were invented  9. seemed  10. will happen