[填空题]The British predecessors have been displaced or annihilated by waves of invaders.

[填空题]The British predecessors have been displaced or annihilated by waves of invaders.

[单项选择]Text 4 British scientists have been given £ 1 million by the European Commission to find out if a robot (机器人) can safely be employed to stir (搅拌) soup. The research, based at the Bristol Robotics Lab (BRL), will look at the problems of a human and a robot working together in the same space; for example, in a kitchen where the service robot is performing a task such as stirring soup while you add cream. Professor Chris Melhuish explained, “When we work with other humans, we are trying to understand facial expression, body movements, quality of voice, as well as sharing a goal and understanding and following spoken instructions.” “For example, in the soup situation, not only does the robot need to know what the goal is (making the soup)but he also needs to know how hard to stir the soup, what it means when you hold up your hand to say enough ^ to understand the look of pain on your face if you accidentally get wet with hot soup, and to stop stirring when told. The res
A. understand human instructions
B. show feelings by the looks on its face
C. follow the thoughts in its master’s mind
D. express itself through body movements

[填空题] To others and themselves the British have a reputation for being conservative— not in the narrow political sense, but in the sense of adherence to accepted ideas and unwilling to question them. The reputation comes partly from their 【B1】. For 900 【B2】 they have suffered 【B3】 invasion nor revolution (except in 1649 【B4】 1688) nor disastrous defeat in 【B5】. Their monarchy (君主政体) survives 【B6】 serious question. Under its normal 【B7】 the political arrangements have been 【B8】 stable that, except for the 【B9】 interruptions in the seventeenth 【B10】, they have been adopted throughout 【B11】 centuries to meet changing needs without violent 【B12】. Britain, in 1978, was 【B13】 in managing without 【B14】 written constitution; some fragmentary definitions of 1688 still 【B15】. There had been 【B16】 quarrels, social and economic as well 【B17】 political, but the quarrels had been 【B18】, usually 【B19】 compromise. The underlying 【B20】 had not been broken.
A. A．centuries
B．years
C．minutes
D．seconds

[单项选择]Since the 1960s, the British have become more adventurous in their diet and now eat a wide (67) of food from around the world. Many (68) foods such as beef and potatoes have given (69) to seafood and pasta dishes. Fast food has also become more (70) , and hamburger restaurants now (71) the traditional fish-and-chip shops (72) popularity. Numerous Chinese and Indian restaurants and pizza houses provide take-away (73) , and many pubs (public houses) serve (74) from snacks to full meals as well as alcoholic beverages. Traditional English dishes include roast beef and steak-and-kidney pie.
The English generally eat three (75) a day. The traditional English breakfast consists (76) any or all of the following: bacon, sausages, grilled (77) fried tomatoes, mushrooms, eggs, or toast. (78) , fewer people now eat a cooked breakfast on a regular basis, (79) various combinations o