Reading: SATISFACTION GUARANTEED

While-reading exercise:

1) 閱讀理解：

1. Why did Claire feel alarmed at the sight of Tony? C

A. Because he was a robot. B. Because she didn’t like him.

C. Because he was more like a being than a machine. D. Because he never changed his facial expression

2. The robot Tony helped Claire to realize her dreams by ________ . D

A. making her home elegant

B. giving her a new haircut and changing the makeup she wore

C. giving her advice on her dresses D. All the above

3. As a result, the experiment shows ________ . A

A. Claire and Tony fell in love with each other B. Tony had to be rebuilt

C. Tony was angry with his designer D. Both A and B

4. All the following statements are true except ________ . B

A. Tony tried to please Claire B. Claire tried to displease Tony

C. Tony managed to protect Claire D. Gladys admired Claire for her Tony

5. We can infer from the passage that ________ . A

A. Claire liked Tony but feared him B. Claire cried because Tony made her angry

C. Claire forgot Tony as soon as Tony left her D. Tony had no feelings as human beings

2）文脈理解：

A robot named

Tony was tested out by Claire, as her husband Larry Belmont was absent for three weeks.

Claire feel alarmed at the sight of the robot Tony, for he looked like more a handsome man than a clumsy machine.

Claire felt embarrassed when Tony brought her breakfast and offered to dress her on the second morning.

Claire thought it ridiculous that she would be offered sympathy by a robot and, begun to trust Tony.

Tony helped her make herself and her home elegant.

Claire looked at his fingers as they turned each page from a pile of books and suddenly reached for his hand.

Claire was amazed by his fingernails and the softness and warmth of his skin.

Tony gave Claire a new haircut and changed the makeup she wore.

Tony spoke to the salesman by telephone, who was rude to Claire in a dress shop, immediately changing his attitude.

Claire thanked Tony for saying a “dear”, which was heard by Gladys Claffern occasionally.

Claire knew Gladys thought she was having an affair with Tony.

Claire screamed, pushed him away and ran away while he held her firmly in his arms, and she felt the warmth of his body when she fell off a ladder.

Tony folded his arms around her, bending his face close to hers before the party and declared that he didn’t want to leave her and felt more than just the desire to please her.

The experiment proved Tony had prevented Claire from harming herself through her own sense of failure, but Tony would have to be rebuilt by avoiding falling in love with a woman.