There was once a wise old woman who lived in the hills. She seemed to know _______ in the world. All the children liked to go and ask her questions. She _______ gave the right answers.

There was a naughty(淘气的) little boy among the children. He didn’t believe the woman was the _______ person in town. One day he caught a little _______ and held it in his hands. Nobody _______ it. Then he gathered his friends around.

“Let’s trick the old woman,” he said. “I’ll ask her what I’m holding in my hands. _______, she’ll answer that I have a bird. Then I’ll ask her whether(是否) the bird is alive or dead(死的). If she says the bird is dead, then I’ll open my hands and let the bird fly _______. If she says the bird is alive, then I’ll _______ kill it and show her the dead bird. Either way, she’ll be _______.” The children thought it was a clever ________. So they went to the woman’s house.

“Granny, we have a question for you,” they all shouted, “________ is in my hands?” the little boy asked.

“Why, it must be a bird,” the old woman answered.

“Is it alive or dead?” the boy asked again.

The old woman ________ for a moment and then answered, “It is as you wish, my child.”

Do you know the movie I, Robot? It tells us a story about the future.

The year is 2035 and robots are just as common as mobile phones. People depend on(依靠) their robots to do lots of things, for example, babysitting, cooking, doing chores and taking their dogs for a walk. Robots have to obey humans’ words. They have to do as their owners tell them to do. Because their designers make them do so. A police officer called Spooner hates robots. He doesn’t think humans can get on well with(与……相处融洽) their robots at all! But the scientist Susan has different ideas. Susan works on robots’ mind and she thinks one day robots will become more powerful than humans and help humans make progress(取得进步).

When Spooner and Susan work together, they find that something is wrong with the world’s robots. A few robots have their own ideas and they’re trying to get out of humans’ control(控制)! Of course these robots’ dream doesn’t come true. Humans work hard to control their robots again and they make it at last.