1. Robots
Warming up & Reading
Millie

2. It can do many different things.
What can a robot do?

3. robot waiter
robot worker

4. play music
dance
sing

5. pour tea
sweep the floor
cook dinner

6. play football

7. explore dangerous places

8. play with us

9. serve us

10. What can a robot do? Robots rescue work take care of human Housework
Play with human
And so on…

11. What kind of robot do you think Tony was?
A. an entertaining robot.
B. an industrial robot.
C. a robot that can do jobs in the shop.
D. a robot that can do jobs in the house.

12. 2. Who did Claire turn to for help when a salesman was rude to her in the shop?
A. Tony
B. her husband
C. the manager of the shop
D. Gladys Claffern

13. 3. Why did Gladys envy Claire?
A. Because she had a handsome lover.
B. Because she was beautiful.
C. Because she was very rich.
D. Because she was very powerful.

14. 4. Why should Tony be rebuilt according to the text?
A. Because he harms people who are beautiful.
B. Because we can’t let women fall in love with machines.
C. Because he is too frightening.
D. Because he can’t help the wife in the family.

15. 5. Larry Blemont brought a robot back home in order to______
A. help his wife
B. accompany his wife
C. test out the robot
D. entertain his wife

16. 6. Which of the following is NOT Tony’s characteristic?
Clumsy.
B. Handsome.
C. Helpful.
D. Smart.

17. 7. We can infer that when Claire first saw Tony, she felt alarmed by _____. A. his appearance B. his ability C. his facial expressions D. his cleverness

18. 8. Which of the following is the right description about Gladys. A
8. Which of the following is the right description about Gladys? A. She was a rich and powerful fat woman. B. She had everything that Claire wanted and envied. C. She was the one whom Claire turned to for help when she was annoyed. D. She had a bad relationship with Claire.

19. 9. Tony did the following things to help Claire EXCEPT _______.
A. giving her a new haircut
B. changing her makeup
C. having the house completely transformed and improved
D. going into a jewellery shop to buy her a necklace

20. 10. Which of the following is NOT the reason why Tony opened the curtains? A. To let other women see everything. B. To show the risk of Claire’s marriage. C. To let other women envy Claire. D. To make Claire elegant just like her neighbor.

21. 11. As a result, the experiment shows _____.
A. Claire and Tony fell in love with each other
B. Tony had to be rebuilt
C. Tony was angry with his designer
D. Both A and B

22. 12. All the following statements are true except _____.
A. Tony tried to please Claire
B. Claire tried to displease Tony
C. Tony managed to protect Claire
D. Gladys admired Claire for Tony

23. 3 Fill in the blacks. Characterist ics of Tony
He was tall and handsome although his _____ __________ never changed. He had ______ and black hair, deep _____, and soft and warm ____.
facial expressions
smooth
voice
skin

24. Things Tony did to make Claire and her home elegant
He gave Claire a new _______ and changed the makeup she wore.
He wrote out a(n) ___ of items for Claire to buy as he was not allowed to __________ her to the shops.
haircut
list
accompany

25. Things Tony did to make Claire and her home elegant
Knowing the salesman was rude to Claire, Tony made the salesman change his _______.
He worked steadily on the ____________ of the house and it _________ Claire’s neighbor.
attitude
improvements
impressed

26. 5 Finish the following chart.
Claire’s attitude to the robot
She was unwilling to accept it, because she was afraid of being ________.
How Claire felt when first seeing the robot
She felt ________.
harmed
alarmed

27. What Tony did
• prepare meals
• do some reading
• make up Claire
• __________ the house
Why Tony hugged Claire before the party
To make Gladys and other women _____ Claire.
The result of the test
Though it was __________, Tony would have to be rebuilt.
improve
envy
pleasing

28. 6 Read the story and decide whether the following statements are true or false.
Larry was going to be away from home so he hired a robot to accompany his wife.
2. Claire didn’t like the idea at the beginning, but she agreed to it at last.
3. Tony could understand Claire when she said she was not clever. F T T

29. 4. It was Claire that first decided to invite
Gladys and her friends to her house.
5. Claire’s guests were filled with
admiration when they saw her house
was completely changed.
6. The company was satisfied with Tony’s
report because he had successfully
made a woman fall in love with him. F T F