新人教选择性必修四 Unit 1 Science Fiction Reading and Thinking SATISFACTION GUARANTEED Larry Belmont worked for a company _____ made robots. Recently it had begun experimenting _____ a household robot. It was going to be tested out by Larry’s wife Claire. Claire didn’t want the robot in her house, especially as her husband would be away on a business trip for three weeks, but Larry persuaded her that the robot wouldn’t harm her _____ allow her to be harmed. It would be a bonus. However when she first saw the robot, she felt alarmed. His name was Tony. He seemed _____(much) like a human than 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 and then asked her _____ she needed help dressing. She felt _____ (embarrass) and quickly told him to go. Now she was being looked after by a robot that looked so human, and it was _____(disturb). One day, Claire mentioned that she didn’t think she was clever. Tony said that she must feel very _____(happy) to say that. Claire thought it was ridiculous that she was being offered sympathy by a robot, but she gradually admired his _____(wise) 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, who wanted to improve his social position with a _____(big) salary. She wasn’t like Gladys Claffern, one of the _____(rich) and most powerful women around. As a favour, Tony promised to help Claire make _____(she) more beautiful and her home more elegant. So Claire borrowed some library books for him to read, or rather, scan. She looked at _____ (he) 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. _____ he was not allowed to accompany her 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 appointment to paint her nails, then she went into _____ expensive clothes shop. The saleswoman there was rude _____ her, so she rang Tony and told him she was being treated _____(bad). He spoke to the woman, who _____ (immediate) changed her attitude. Claire thanked Tony, telling him that he was a “dear”. As she turned around, there _____(stand) Gladys Claffern. How awful to be discovered by her, Claire thought. _____ the look on her face, Claire knew that Gladys thought they were in a relationship. After all, she knew Claire’s husband’s name was Larry, not Tony. Although it was completely innocent, Claire felt _____(guilt). 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 ... ...
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