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The three youths leaned over the metal rails along the sea-wall and watched a few fishermen pull in
their nets. About thirty metres away, a boat pulled alongside the slippery steps leading ___
1__ to the
sea.
"Hey, look!" exclaimed Rahim. "Those two men are ___
2__ heavy rocks. I thought we no longer do
muscle labour in this technological ___
3__. "
"You don't __
4___ a crane (起重机) to unload less than a dozen rocks, do you?" smiled Joshua.
"But those men don't __
5___ to have muscles at all,"said Michael, rather surprised. Joshua
smiled.
"They are ___
6__ laborers who know how to spread the weight of the rocks they ___
7__. See how
the man positions the rock just at the slope of his
8 . Some of the rock's weight is set ___
9__ his
head, some on the right hand and some on the left hand. His body isn't bent. His legs are well __
10___ ."
"You're right, Josh. He may have a small build. ___
11__ he certainly well knows his job. Dear me!
And to think we have been studying ___
12__! " Rahim thought about all that was happening. Suddenly,
he said, "Technology won't ___
13__ the human being completely, it appears."
"I don't think it will. " ___
14__ Joshua.
"You can harvest a crop of potatoes or wheat with one of those large, multi-purpose tractors, but
you __
15___ use that equipment to harvest tea leaves and tomatoes, will you?""You can get a computer
to __
16___ multiple-choice assessments, but you cannot get the computer to produce of assess essays,
can you?"asked Michael.
"Well, the washing machine leaves my shirt collar quite as ___
17__ as ever — that's domestic
technology for you! " said Rahim.
"One day, perhaps, there won't be anybody ___
18___ who can carry a large rock the way those
men do. It's not going to be a very ___
19___ world, I'm afraid." Sighed Michael.
"You're too much of a pessimist (悲观主义者), Mike." Said Joshua. " __
20___ will always be other
things that will make the world exciting. "
( )1. A. through ( )2. A. loading ( )3. A. way ( )4. A. ask ( )5. A. happen ( )6. A. ambitious ( )7. A. take ( )8. A. shoulder ( )9. A. on ( )10. A. supported ( )11. A. but ( )12. A. chemistry ( )13. A. control ( )14. A. agreed ( )15. A. can't ( )16. A. point out ( )17. A. dirty ( )18. A. caught ( )19. A. exciting ( )20. A. That |
B. across B. unloading B. revolution B. expect B. fail B. experienced B. fetch B. back B. against B. grasped B. however B. physics B. affect B. proposed B. mustn't B. take out B. clean B. arranged B. mysterious B. This |
C. down C. covering C. process C. attempt C. have C. potential C. carry C. chest C. toward C. placed C. so C. biology C. remove C. refused C. won't C. hand out C. old C. left C. technological C. They |
D. up D. uncovering D. era D. hope D. seem D. energetic D. bring D. arms D. under D. strengthened D. therefore D. psychology D. replace D. denied D. needn't D. print out D. new D. convinced D. modern D. There |