Câu hỏi: Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 26 to 30.
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 managed by robots, why not boring and (27) _______ 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 (28) _______. That is, housework is actually very complex. It has never been one job, it has always been many. A factory robot carries out one task endlessly until it is reprogrammed to do something else. It doesn't run the whole factory. A housework robot, on the (29) _______hand, has to do several 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 (28) is...
A. support
B. benefit
C. difficulty
D. advantage
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 managed by robots, why not boring and (27) _______ 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 (28) _______. That is, housework is actually very complex. It has never been one job, it has always been many. A factory robot carries out one task endlessly until it is reprogrammed to do something else. It doesn't run the whole factory. A housework robot, on the (29) _______hand, has to do several 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 (28) is...
A. support
B. benefit
C. difficulty
D. advantage
Kiến thức về từ vựng
A. support (n): sự ủng hộ
B. benefit (n): lợi ích
C. difficulty (n): sự khó khăn
D. advantage (n): sự thuận lợi
A. support (n): sự ủng hộ
B. benefit (n): lợi ích
C. difficulty (n): sự khó khăn
D. advantage (n): sự thuận lợi
Đáp án C.