选修 7 Unit 2 课文填空 加 课文改写

1、Unit 2 SATISFACTION GURANTEED Larry Belmont worked for a company that made robots. Recently it _ (begin) experimenting with a household robot. It was going _ (test) out by Larry's wife, Claire. Claire didn't want the robot in her house, especially as her husband _ (be) absent for three weeks

2、, but Larry persuaded her that the robot wouldn't harm her _ allow her _(harm). It would be a bonus. However, when she first saw the robot, she felt alarmed. His name was Tony and he seemed more like a human than a machine. He was tall and handsome with smooth hair and a deep voice although his

3、_ (face) expression never changed. On the second morning Tony, wearing an apron, _ (bring) her breakfast and then asked her whether she needed help dressing. She felt embarrassed and quickly told him to go. It was disturbing and frightening _ he looked so human. One day, Claire mentioned that she di

4、dn't think she was clever. Tony said that she must feel very unhappy _ (say) that. Claire thought it was ridiculous _ (offer) sympathy by a robot. But she began to trust him. She told him how she was overweight and this made her feel unhappy. Also she felt her home wasn't elegant enough for

5、someone like Larry who wanted to improve his _ (society) position. She wasn't 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 more elegant. So Claire borrowed a pile of books from the library for

6、him to read, or rather, scan. She looked at his fingers with wonder as they turned each page and suddenly reached for his hand. She was amazed by his fingernails and the _ (soft) and warmth of his skin. How absurd, she thought. He was just a machine. Tony gave Claire a new haircut and changed the ma

7、keup she _ (wear). As he was not allowed to accompany her to the shops, he wrote out a list of items for her. Claire went into the city and _ (buy) curtains, cushions, a carpet and bedding. Then she went into a jewellery shop to buy a necklace. When the clerk at the counter was rude to her, she rang

8、 Tony up and told the clerk to speak to him. The clerk immediately changed his attitude. Claire thanked Tony, telling him that he was a "dear". As she turned around, there stood Gladys Claffern. How awful _ (discover) by her, Claire thought. By the amused and _ (surprise) look on her face,

9、 Claire knew that Gladys thought she was having _ affair. After all, she knew Claire's husband's name was Larry, not Tony. When Claire got home, she _(weep) with anger in her armchair. Gladys was everything Claire wanted to be. "You can be like her," Tony told her and suggested tha

10、t she invite Gladys and her friends to the house the night before he was to leave and Larry was _ (return) By that time, Tony expected the house to be _ (complete) transformed. Tony worked steadily on the _ (improve). Claire tried to help once but was too clumsy. She _ (fall) off a ladder and even t

11、hough Tony was in the next room, he managed to catch her in time. He held her firmly in his arms and she felt the warmth of his body. She screamed, pushed him away and _ (run) to her room for the rest of the day. The night of the party arrived. The clock _ (strike) eight. The guests would be _ (arri

12、ve) soon and Claire told Tony to go into another room. At that moment, Tony folded his arms around her, _ (bend) his face close to hers. She cried out "Tony" and then heard him declare that he didn't want to leave her the next day and that he felt more than just the desire to please he

13、r. Then the front door bell rang. Tony _ (free) her and disappeared from sight. It was then _ Claire realized that Tony had opened the curtains of the front window. Her guests _ (see) everything! The women were impressed by Claire, the house and the delicious cuisine. Just before they left, Claire h

14、eard Gladys _ (whisper) to another woman that she had never seen anyone so handsome as Tony. What a sweet victory _ (envy) by those women! She might not be as beautiful as them, but none of them had such a handsome lover. Then she remembered -Tony was just a machine. She shouted "Leave me alone

15、" and ran to her bed. She cried all night. The next morning a car _ (drive) up and took Tony away. The company was very pleased _ Tony's report on his three weeks with Claire. Tony had protected a human being from harm. He had prevented Claire from harming herself through her own sense of f

16、ailure. He had opened the curtains that night so that the other women would see him and Claire, _ (know) that there was no risk to Claire's _ (marry). But even though Tony had been so clever, he would have to be rebuilt -you cannot have women _ (fall) in love with machines.Unit2 A BIOGRAPHY OF I

17、SAAC ASIMOV1. Best known for his science fiction stories, Isaac Asimov was an American scientist and writer _ (writing) around 480 books _(include) mystery stories, science and history books, and even books about the Holy Bible and Shakespeare.2. Asimov had both an extraordinary imagination that gav

18、e him the ability to explore future worlds and an amazing mind _ _ he searched for explanations of everything, in the present and the past. 3. Asimov's life began in Russia, _ he was born on 2 January; it ended in New York on 6 April, 1992, _ he died as a result of an HIV infection that he had g

19、ot from a blood transfusion nine years _(early). 4. It was _ Asimov was eleven years old _ his talent for writing became obvious. He had told a friend two chapters of a story he _(write). The friend thought he was retelling a story from a book. 5. Throughout his life, Asimov received many awards, _

20、for his science fiction books and his science books. Among his most famous works of science fiction, one _ which he won an award was the Foundation trilogy (1951-1953), three novels about the death and rebirth of a great empire in a galaxy of the future. 6. These books are famous because Asimov inve

21、nted a _ (theory) framework which _(design) to show how ideas and thinking may develop in the future. He is also well known for his collection of short stories, I, Robot (1950), in which he developed a set of three "laws" for robots. For example, the first law states that a robot must not

22、injure human beings or allow them _ (injure). Some of his ideas about robots later influenced other writers and even scientists researching into artificial _ (intelligent). 选修7 第二单元课文改写1. “Satisfaction Guaranteed” is adapted from a science fiction _(tell) a story about a household robots _(test) out

23、 by a housewife, _husband is working in a company.2. The test proved that the household robot was helpful, almost able to do everything. As a matter of fact, it looked like _ handsome a young man that the housewife fell in love _ it.3. Before the test, the housewife was unwilling to have a robot _(t

24、est) in her house. It was not until she knew that the robot wouldnt harm her or allow her harmed _she was persuaded to accept the human-like robot as her companion during her husband three-week _(be) away.4. The robot looked like a real handsome young man_ a deep voice and a _(fix) facial expression

25、. The lady felt_ (embarrass) when _(enquire) whether she needed help dressing.5. The lady felt it _(disturb) and frightening _ he looked so human, and she felt it ridiculous _(offer) sympathy by a human-like robot.6. Unlike Gladys Claffern, Claire felt unhappy as she was _(overweigh) and her house w

26、as not elegant enough for her husband to raise his _(society) position.7. While _(watch) Tony, the robot, _(scan) a book with wonder, Clair suddenly reached _ his hand, and she_(amaze) by his fingernails and the _(soft) and warmth of his skin.8. _ (Not allow) to accompany Clair to the shops, Tony wr

27、ote out a list of things _(buy) for the improvements of the house.9._(thank) Tony and told him that he was a “dear”, Clair turned around _ (find) that there_ (stand) Gladys. How awful she felt _ (discover) by her! The amused and_(surprise) look on her face _ (show) that Gladys thought she _(have) an

28、 affair with a man _(call) Tony.10. To get Clair _(envy) and help her regain her confidence, on the night just before he was to leave and her husband was to return, Tony _(arrange) “a good play” before a group of ladies, one of_ was Gladys. _ a sweet victory _ was to be envied by those women!11. The

29、 company was very _(pleasure) with Tonys_ (prevent) a human being from harm and helped the lady to regain her confidence by making her feel good about herself so that she would not feel like a_(fail). But, being too clever, the household robot would have to_(rebuild) _ that women would not fall in love with “him”.12. The biography_(tell) us that Isaac Asimov was a scientist and writer best_ (know) for his science fiction stories.13.With _ extraordinary imagination and an amazing mind, Asimov was able to search for _(explain) of everything, in the present and past.14. As