Unit 1 Science Fiction语法填空
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Larry worked for a company___________ made robots. Recently it had begun experimenting ________ a household robot. It was going to _____________( test) out by Larry’s wife, Claire. Claire didn’t want the robot in her house, especially as her husband would be away _______ a business trip for three weeks, but Larry persuaded her___________ the robot wouldn’t harm her or allow her _____________(harm). It would be a bonus. However, she felt _______________(alarm) when first ___________(see) the robot named Tony. He seemed more like a human ___________ a machine. He was tall and handsome ________________ smooth hair and a deep voice, although his _______________(face) expression never changed.________ the second morning, Tony brought her breakfast. To her______________(embarrass), he asked her whether she needed help dressing. It was _______________(disturb) to be looked after by a robot that looked so human.One day, when _____________(tell) that Claire didn’t think she was clever, Tony said that she must feel very unhappy to say that. Claire thought it ridiculous to ______________(offer) sympathy by a robot, but she gradually showed her _______________(admire) for his wisdom and integrity and began to trust him. He always treated her ______________ dignity. She told him how she was unhappy that her home wasn’t elegant enough for Larry, ___________ wanted to improve his social position with a bigger salary. She wasn’t like Gladys, one of ________________(rich) and most powerful women around.As a favour, Tony promised to help Claire make herself more beautiful and her home more elegant. So Claire borrowed some library books for him to read, or rather, scan. She looked at his fingers with wonder as they turned each page. How absurd, she thought. He was just a machine.Tony gave Claire a new hairstyle and improved her makeup. As he was not allowed _______________ (accompany) to the shops, he wrote out a list of things ___________ he would need for his work on the house. Claire went downtown and bought these things. She had an _______________(appoint) to paint her nails. Then she went into __________ expensive clothes shop, only ________________ (treat) rudely by the saleswoman. So she rang Tony and told him she was being treated badly. He spoke to the woman, __________ immediately changed her attitude. Claire thanked Tony, ________ (tell) him that he was a “dear”. As she turned around, there ___________(stand) Gladys. How awful to be discovered by her, Claire thought. By the look on her face, Claire knew that Gladys thought they were __________ a relationship. After all, she knew Claire’s husband’s name was Larry, rather than Tony. Although it was _____________(complete) innocent, Claire felt guilty.When Claire got home, she wept. Gladys was everything ______________Claire wished to be. Tony told her she was being sensitive and was just as good as Gladys. He suggested that she _____________ (invite) Gladys and her friends to the house the night before he was to leave and Larry was to return. By that time, Tony expected that the house,____________ was being thoroughly transformed, would be ready.Tony worked ________________(steady) on the improvements. Claire was working on a light _____________ (suspend) from the ceiling__________ she fell off the ladder. _________ Tony had been in the next room, he managed to catch her ________ time. As he held her, she felt the _______ (warm) of his body. She screamed, pushed him away, and __________(run) to her room.The night of the party arrived. When the clock ___________(strike) eight, Claire had to dismiss Tony for the rest of the night, as the guests would be arriving soon. At that moment, Tony took her ________ his arms, bringing his face close to ___________(her). She heard him declare that he did not want to leave her the next day, and ____________ he felt more than just the desire to please her. Then the front door bell rang.The Time MachineIt was at ten o’clock today___________ the first of all Time Machines began its career. After giving it a last check , I sat myself in the leather seat. I pushed the starting lever on the main panel forwards an inch then immediately backwards again. _________(look) around, I saw my laboratory exactly as before. Had anything happened I thought my mind had tricked me. Then I saw the clock. A moment before, it was a minute or so past ten; now it was nearly half past three!I drew a breath, ______________ (grip) the lever and pushed it forwards. The laboratory went hazy around me. My niece came in to fetch something, maybe her handkerchief, _______________ (apparent) without seeing me. It __________ (probable) took her a minute, but to me she moved like a rocket! I pushed the lever further. Night came as if a lamp was being turned out, and in another moment ____________(come) the day. Tomorrow night came ,and then __________(skip) to day, again and again, faster and faster still.It is hard to explain the strange and unpleasant feeling of time travelling. It felt like I was being drivenfast on a ___________ (wind) road. As my pace grew faster, the walls of the laboratory fell away, ____________ (leave) me in the open air. The sun and moon looked as if they were being thrown across the sky, but soon there was ______________(divide) between night and day. Around me I saw trees growing like ___________ (puff) of smoke; they grew, spread, and died in moments. I saw huge buildings rise up, then disappear like in a dream. The whole surface of the earth was being changed, melting and flowing before my eyes. I calculated that I was being pushed through time at hundreds of years a minute.I had a strong urge to look at the random things_____________ were being flashed before my eyes! I had thought about the risk of __________(stop) the Time Machine many times. So long as I travelled at maximum speed, it didn’t matter. _________ if I stopped and the same space was being occupied by something else, we would be forced together and explode like a bomb! Like _________ impatient fool, I pulled the lever backwards hard. With a sudden jolt, the Time Machine was flipped on its side, _____________( throw) me through the air.I ________________(stun) for a moment, and then heard the sound of thunder. I was sitting in the rain in some mud next to the machine. “A fine welcome,” I said, “for a man _____________ has travelled thousands of years to be here!”
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