1、(1)SATISFACTION GUARANTEED(Adapted)Larry Belmont worked for a company that made robots. Recently it _1_(begin) experimenting with a household robot. It was going to be tested out by Larrys wife, Claire. Claire didnt want the robot in her house, especially as her husband would be away on a business t
2、rip for three weeks, but Larry persuaded her that the robot wouldnt harm her or allow her _2_(harm). It would be a bonus. However, when she first saw the robot, she felt _3_(alarm). His name was Tony. He seemed more like a human _4_ a machine. He was tall and handsome _5_ smooth hair and a deep voic
3、e, _6_ his facial expression never changed. On the second morning, Tony brought her breakfast and then asked her _7_ she needed help dressing. She felt embarrassed and quickly told him to go. Now she _8_(look) after by a robot that looked so human, and it was _9_(disturb). One day, Claire mentioned
4、that she didnt think she was clever. Tony said that she must feel very unhappy _10_(say) that. Claire thought _11_ was ridiculous that she was being offered sympathy by a robot, but she gradually admired his _12_(wise) and integrity and began to trust him. He always treated her _13_ dignity. She tol
5、d him how she was unhappy that her home wasnt elegant enough for Larry, _14_ wanted to improve his social position _15_ a bigger salary. She wasnt like Gladys Claffern, one of the richest and _16_(powerful) women around.As a favour, Tony promised to help Claire make herself more beautiful and her ho
6、me more elegant. So Claire borrowed some library books for him to read, or rather, scan. She looked at his fingers _17_ wonder as they turned each page. How absurd, she thought. He was just a machine. Tony gave Claire _18_ new hairstyle and improved her makeup. As he was not allowed _19_ accompany h
7、er to the shops, he wrote out a list of things that he would need for his work on the house. Claire went downtown and bought these things. She had _20_ appointment to paint her nails, then she went into an expensive clothes shop. The saleswoman there was rude to her, so she rang Tony and told him sh
8、e _21_(treat) badly. He spoke to the woman, _22_ immediately changed her attitude. Claire thanked Tony, _23_(tell) him that he was a dear. As she turned around, there stood Gladys Claffern. How awful _24_(discover) by her, Claire thought. By _25_ look on her face, Claire knew that Gladys thought the
9、y were in a relationship. After all, she knew Claires husbands name was Larry, not Tony. Although it was completely innocent, Claire felt _26_(guilt).When Claire got home, she _27_(weep). Gladys was everything Claire wished to be. Tony told her she was being sensitive and was just as good as Gladys.
10、 He suggested that she _28_(invite) Gladys and her friends to the house the night _29_ he was to leave and Larry was to return. By that time, Tony expected that the house, _30_ was being completely transformed, would be ready. Tony worked steadily on the _31_(improve). Claire tried to help by workin
11、g on a light _32_(suspend) from the ceiling, but she fell _33_ the ladder. Even though Tony had been in the next room, he managed _34_(catch) her in time. As he held her, she felt the _35_(warm) of his body. She screamed, _36_(push) him away, and ran to her room.The night of the party arrived. The c
12、lock _37_(strike) eight. The guests would be arriving soon, so Claire _38_(dismiss) Tony for the rest of the night. At that moment, Tony took her in his arms, _39_(bring) his face close to hers. She heard him declare that he did not want to leave her the next day, and that he felt more than just the
13、 desire _40_(please) her. Then the front door bell _41_(ring).(2)THE TIME MACHINE(Adapted)It was at ten oclock today _1_ the first of all Time Machines began its career. I gave it _2_ last check, and sat _3_(my) in the leather seat. I pushed the starting lever on the main panel forwards _4_ inch the
14、n immediately backwards again. Looking around, I saw my laboratory exactly as before. Had anything happened? I thought my mind _5_( trick) 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, _6_(grip) the lever and pushed it
15、forwards. The laboratory went hazy around me. My niece came in _7_(fetch) something, maybe her handkerchief, apparently without seeing me. It probably took her a minute, but to me she moved like a rocket! I pushed the lever _8_(far). Night came as if a lamp _9_(turn) out, and in another moment came
16、the day. Tomorrow night came, then _10_(skip) to day, again and again, faster and faster still. _11_ is hard to explain the strange and unpleasant feeling of time travelling. It felt like I was being driven fast on a _12_(wind) road. As my pace grew faster, the walls of the laboratory fell away, and
17、 I _13_(leave) in the open air. The sun and moon looked as if they were being thrown _14_ the sky, but soon there was _15_(divide) between night and day. Around me I saw trees growing like puffs of smoke; they grew, spread, and died in moments. I saw huge buildings rise up, then disappear like in a
18、dream. The whole surface of the earth was being changed, _16_(melt) and flowing before my eyes. I calculated that I was being pushed _17_ time at hundreds of years a minute.I had _18_ strong urge to look at the random things that _19_(flash) before my eyes! I had thought about the risk _20_ stopping
19、 the Time Machine many times. So long as I travelled _21_ maximum speed, it didnt matter. But if I stopped and the same space _22_(occupy) by something else, we would be forced together and explode like a bomb! Like _23_ impatient fool, I pulled the lever backwards hard. With _24_ sudden jolt, the Time Machine _25_(flip) on its side, and I was thrown _26_ the air.I _27_(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 who has travelled thousands of years to be here! 4 / 4
