Unit 4. Life and Technology 单元素养评估测试卷 -高一英语下学期同步精品课堂（上外版2020必修第三册）

Unit 4. Life and Technology 单元素养评估测试卷 第I卷 I. Listening Comprehension II. Grammar and Vocabulary Section A Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank. Social robots are going to become a lot more common in the next few years, ___1___ in the home or the workplace. Social robots are about to bring technology to the everyday world in a more humanized way, said Cynthia Breazeal, chief scientist at the robot company Jibo. ___2___ household robots today do the normal housework, social robots will be much more like companions than mere tools. For example, these robots will be able to distinguish when someone is happy or sad. This allows them ___3___ (respond) more appropriately to the user. The Jibo robot, ___4___ (arrange) to ship later this year, is designed to be a personalized assistant. You can talk to the robot, ask it questions, and make requests for it to perform different tasks. The robot doesn’t just deliver general answers to questions; it responds based on ___5___ it learns about each individual in the household. It can do things such as reminding an elderly family member to take medicine or taking family photos. Social robots are not just finding their way into the home. They have potential applications ___6___ everything from education to health care and are already finding their way into some of these spaces. Fellow Robots is one company ___7___ (bring) social robots to the market. The company’s “Oshbot” robot is built to assist customers in a store, ___8___which can help the customers find items and help guide them to the product’s location in the store. It can also speak different languages and make recommendations for different items based on what the customer is shopping for. The more interaction the robot has with humans,