英语选修7Unit2课文挖空

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Larry Belmont worked for a company that made robots. Recently it had begun

experimenting with a household robot. It was going to _____________( 尝试) by Larry's wife,

Claire.

Claire didn't want the robot in her house, especially as her husband would ________(离家)

for three weeks, but Larry persuaded her that the robot wouldn't harm her or allow her to be

harmed. It would be a bonus. However, when she first saw the robot, she felt ________（alarm）.

His name was Tony and he seemed more like a human______a machine. He was tall and

handsome with smooth hair and a deep voice although his facial expression never changed.

______ the second morning Tony, wearing an apron, brought her breakfast and then asked

her whether she needed help dressing. She felt ________(embarrass)and quickly told him to go. It

was disturbing and frightening that he looked so human.

One day, Claire mentioned that she didn't think she was clever. Tony said that she must feel

very unhappy to say that. Claire thought it was __________(荒谬的) to be offered sympathy by a

robot. But she began to trust him. She told him how she was overweight and this made her feel

unhappy. Also she felt her home wasn't elegant enough for someone like Larry who wanted to

improve his social position. She wasn't like Gladys Claffern, one of the richest and most powerful

women around.

As a favour Tony promised to help Claire make herself smarter and her home

_______elegant. So Claire borrowed __________(一堆) books from the library for him to read,

___________(更确切地说), scan. She looked at his fingers with wonder as they turned each page

and suddenly reached for his hand. She was amazed by his fingernails and the softness and

_________(warm)of his skin. How absurd, she thought. He was just a machine.

Tony gave Claire a new haircut and changed the makeup she wore. As he was not allowed

to accompany her to the shops, he wrote out a list of items for her. Claire went into the city and

bought curtains, cushions, a carpet and bedding. Then she went into a jewellery shop to buy a

necklace. When the clerk at the counter was rude to her, she _______ Tony ______(打电话给…)and told the clerk to speak to him. The clerk immediately changed his 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. By the amused and surprised

look on her face, Claire knew that Gladys thought she was _______________(有风流韵事). After

all, she knew Claire's husband's name was Larry, not Tony.

When Claire got home, she wept ________ anger in her armchair. Gladys was everything

Claire wanted to be. "You can be like her," Tony told her and suggested that she invite Gladys and

her friends to the house the night before he was _______(leave) and Larry was to return. By that

time, Tony expected the house to be completely transformed.

Tony worked _______(steady) on the improvements. Claire tried to help once but was too

clumsy. She __________(从…摔下来) a ladder and even though Tony was in the next room, he

managed to catch her ________(及时). He held her firmly in his arms and she felt the warmth of

his body. She screamed, _______ (push) him away and ran to her room for the rest of the day.

The night of the party arrived. The clock struck eight. The guests would be arriving soon

and Claire told Tony to go into another room. At that moment, Tony ____________(弯曲胳膊) around her, bending his face close to hers. She cried out "Tony" and then heard him declare that he

didn't want to leave her the next day and that he felt more than just the desire _______( please) her.

Then the front door bell rang. Tony freed her and disappeared from sight. _______ was then that

Claire realized that Tony had opened the curtains of the front window. Her guests had seen

everything !

The women were impressed by Claire, the house and the delicious cuisine. Just before they

left, Claire heard Gladys _________(whisper) to another woman that she had never seen anyone

so handsome as Tony. What a sweet victory to be envied by those women! She might not be as

beautiful as them, but_______ of them had such a handsome lover.

Then she remembered -Tony was just a machine. She shouted "________ me______"(让…一个人呆着) and ran to her bed. She cried all night. The next morning a car drove up and took

Tony away.

The company was very ________(please)with Tony's report on his three weeks with Claire.

Tony had protected a human being from harm. He had prevented Claire from harming _______

through her own sense of failure. He had opened the curtains that night so that the other women

would see him and Claire, knowing that there was no risk to Claire's _________(marry). But even