Question

閱讀短文，掌握其大意，然后從各題所給的A、B、C和D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出最佳選項(xiàng)。

When Alex was a kid, he helped out in his parents’ burger shop. Standing on top of a milk box made him _________ enough to make drinks for customers. When he was a little older, he worked with other workers to cook _________ together.

Now, Alex has his own burger shop. It’s a restaurant called Creator in San Francisco, California. but he doesn’t make burgers by _________. Neither do his workers.

At Creator, some machines cook and sell burgers. Alex made a device (裝置). It washes meat and vegetables, _________ them into pieces and add cheese and relish (調(diào)味品). People like these hamburgers because their tastes are just as good as or___________ than burgers made by hand. And they cost less, too. That’s _________ it’s cheaper to make machines than to pay a kitchen full of workers.

Creator is just one _________. Automation (自動化) is taking over human’s many jobs. That means work is done by machines or computers, not people.

A report says that 400 to 800 million people may be out of jobs by 2030. As technology improves, some work will be done more quickly or cheaply _________ machine. So factories will use robots or computer programmes to _________ the work. That means there will be less work for people. Many people could __________ their jobs. Or they might have trouble finding new ones.

1.A.fat B.tall C.thin D.short

2.A.rice B.dumplings C.burgers D.noodles

3.A.himself B.herself C.myself D.itself

4.A.turn B.look C.put D.cut

5.A.better B.worse C.more D.less

6.A.why B.because C.though D.but

7.A.machine B.person C.example D.job

8.A.by B.at C.in D.of

9.A.draw B.paint C.start D.do

10.A.get B.lose C.love D.hate

Answer 1