Câu hỏi: Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each the numbered blanks.
ROBOTS
Ever since it was first possible to make a real robot, people have been hoping for the invention of a machine (26) _______ would do all the necessary jobs around the house. If boring and repetitive factory work could be (27) _______ by robots, why not boring and repetitive household chores too?
For a long time the only people who really gave the problem their attention were amateur inventors. And they came up against a major difficulty. That is, housework is actually very complex. It has never been one job, it has always been many. A factory robot (28) _______ one task endlessly until it is reprogrammed to do something else. It doesn't run the whole factory. A housework robot, on the other hand, has to do (29) _______ different types of cleaning and carrying jobs and also has to cope with all the different shapes and positions of rooms, furniture, ornaments, cats and dogs. (30) _______, there have been some developments recently. Sensors are available to help the robot locate objects and avoid obstacles. We have the technology to produce the hardware. All that is missing the software- the programs that will operate the machine.
The word or phrase which best fits the gap (29) is...
A. little
B. some
C. much
D. few
ROBOTS
Ever since it was first possible to make a real robot, people have been hoping for the invention of a machine (26) _______ would do all the necessary jobs around the house. If boring and repetitive factory work could be (27) _______ by robots, why not boring and repetitive household chores too?
For a long time the only people who really gave the problem their attention were amateur inventors. And they came up against a major difficulty. That is, housework is actually very complex. It has never been one job, it has always been many. A factory robot (28) _______ one task endlessly until it is reprogrammed to do something else. It doesn't run the whole factory. A housework robot, on the other hand, has to do (29) _______ different types of cleaning and carrying jobs and also has to cope with all the different shapes and positions of rooms, furniture, ornaments, cats and dogs. (30) _______, there have been some developments recently. Sensors are available to help the robot locate objects and avoid obstacles. We have the technology to produce the hardware. All that is missing the software- the programs that will operate the machine.
The word or phrase which best fits the gap (29) is...
A. little
B. some
C. much
D. few
Kiến thức : Đọc điền từ
Giải thích:
- Ta thấy: sau chỗ trống là danh từ số nhiều (different types) nên chọn SOME
- little và much không dùng với danh từ đếm được: loại A, C
- few dùng với danh từ số nhiều nhưng mang nghĩa phủ định – không hợp với ngữ cảnh
Đáp án đúng: B
Thông tin: A housework robot, on the other hand, has to do (29) __some__ different types of cleaning and carrying jobs and also has to cope with all the different shapes and positions of rooms, furniture, ornaments, cats and dogs
Tạm dịch: Mặt khác, một robot làm việc nhà phải thực hiện một số loại công việc dọn dẹp và mang vác khác nhau và cũng phải đối phó với tất cả các hình dạng và vị trí khác nhau của phòng, đồ đạc, đồ trang trí, mèo và chó
Giải thích:
- Ta thấy: sau chỗ trống là danh từ số nhiều (different types) nên chọn SOME
- little và much không dùng với danh từ đếm được: loại A, C
- few dùng với danh từ số nhiều nhưng mang nghĩa phủ định – không hợp với ngữ cảnh
Đáp án đúng: B
Thông tin: A housework robot, on the other hand, has to do (29) __some__ different types of cleaning and carrying jobs and also has to cope with all the different shapes and positions of rooms, furniture, ornaments, cats and dogs
Tạm dịch: Mặt khác, một robot làm việc nhà phải thực hiện một số loại công việc dọn dẹp và mang vác khác nhau và cũng phải đối phó với tất cả các hình dạng và vị trí khác nhau của phòng, đồ đạc, đồ trang trí, mèo và chó
Đáp án B.