【推荐1】Honda is a Japanese company (公司) famous for its cars. In 1986, Honda started to make a robot which would be able to walk. In 1997, ASIMO _________. And now, 29 years later, ASIMO can do many kinds of things—It can jump, run, walk and _________ hop (单脚跳行)！

These years, Honda is taking ASIMO all around the world to _________ it to young people. They want to encourage (鼓励) them to study _________. Honda also says that in the future, ASIMO will be able to do _________ work for humans like fire fighting. Many people think that ASIMO is very fantastic because _________ can help people do daily work, such as cleaning or washing up.

ASIMO is not cheap, so not every person has enough money to _________ one. And a robot can’t do everything. “I really don’t think that ASIMO can make the _________ people feel less lonely (孤独的). _________ if your family has an old person, maybe you should call him or her on the phone each week or go to his or her house __________ a cup of tea or coffee. I’m sure he or she will be very happy,” said a scientist in Honda.

【推荐2】阅读下面短文，然后从1-15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。

Artificial intelligence or AI in short, is the science to make computers and machines think and work like humans.

So far, AI scientists and engineers _______ a lot of cool technologies. AI is rapidly catching up _______ the human ability _______ faces. As a result, facial recognition _______ a lot in the world. Chinese police use this technology to identify criminal. Once they caught a criminal when he attended _______ concert. _______ also checks the ID of ride-hailing (网约车) drivers and lets people pay for things with a smile.

AI is also used in self-driving cars _______ are believed to be the future of driving. Most drivers may wave or nod at passers-by to let them cross the street, _______ self-driving cars don’t have this ability. Carmakers are testing a light signal system _______ them “speak” to humans. The system can show ________ self-driving cars will do. For example, if a driverless car is yielding(让路), it will flash two white lights side to side. A rapidly flashing light tells passers-by ________ the car is about to speed up.

Service Robots also show you how ________ AI is. ________ that you come back home from school and your robot housekeeper is waiting for you at the door. After dinner, he teaches you to play the piano, just like a real music teacher. Such thoughts soon ________ in the real world. In the future, more and more service robots will become good home helpers.

AI is ________ powerful that it can help human beings and even replace us in many jobs.