IN THE FUTURE, PEOPLE MAY ______ IN TO SPACE ON SPACESHIPS.A. TRAV...

10. In the future, people may ______ in to space on spaceships.

A. traveling B. to travel C. travel D. will travel

C. READING

I. Read the following passage and choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D) to fill in each of the

blank spaces below.

During July 2003, the Museum of Science (1)_______ Cambridge, Massachusetts exhibited what

Honda calls ‘the world’s most advanced humanoid robot’, ASIMO (the Advanced Step in Innovative

Mobility). Honda’s brainchild is on tour in North America and delighting audiences wherever it

(2)_________. After 17 years in the making, ASIMO stands at four feet tall, weighs around 115 pounds

and looks like a (3)________ in an astronaut’s suit. Though it is difficult to see ASIMO’s face at a

distance, on closer inspection it has a smile and two large ‘eyes’ that conceal cameras. The robot cannot

work autonomously – its (4)________ are ‘remote-controlled’ by scientist through the computer in its

backpack. Yet watching AIMIO perform at a show in Massachusetts it seemed uncannily human. The

audience cheered as ASIMO walked forwards and backwards, side to side and up and downstairs. After

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the show, a number of people told me that they would like robots (5)______more of a role in daily life –

one even said that the robot would be like ‘another person’.