一、短文填词：根据短文内容，用括号里的词或通过上下文的意思，填空，注意词形变化：
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China's (1) (woman) football team has booked its spot at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics after drawing 2-2 with South Korea after extra time in the second leg of Asian Qualification playoffs (亚洲区预选赛附加赛第二回合) here (2) Tuesday. Chinese star player Wang Shuang contributed one goal and one assist as the Steel Roses came from 2-0 behind to beat South Korea 4-3 on aggregate in the Olympic Qualification playoffs.
"The match was even harder than I (3) (expect). I would like to thank all my players for not giving up when we were 0-2 behind. As (4) as they can carry on the spirit, I believe that our team will become better and better," Chinese head coach Jia Xiuquan said.
Going into the match 2-1 down from the first leg , the South Koreans took high-pressure tactics from (5) front and was in a dominant position in the first half. They broke the deadloc
k in the 30th minute when Kang Chae-rim scored after a precise cross from Cho So-hyun.
In the last minute of the first half, Chinese goalkeeper Peng Shimeng saved a close-range header (头球) from a corner, (6) couldn't keep the ball out of the net from a rebound shot. The goal was first credited to South Korean forward Choe Yu-ri, but the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) later ruled it as Chinese defender Li Mengwen's own goal.
Coach Jia changed his tactics in the second half as Yang Man came off the bench and became the (7) (turn)point of the match. The 1.86-meter center forward controlled the majority of long balls and headed home a free kick (任意球) from Wang in the 68th minute.
"The only thing we could do then was to fight (8) (brave). I made some changes at the half break. My players carried out the plan well," Jia noted. "My players were under great (9) (press), I am very (10) of what they did on the field ."
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The American robotics company Boston Dynamics is antenna是什么意思 (1) (know) for YouTube videos of its dog-like “Spot” and humanoid(类人型的) “Atlas” robots. It recently made public a new robot called Stretch. It is designed to do only one job: to move containers, or boxes, in large buildings called warehouses(仓库).
Michael Perry is a manager of business development for Boston Dynamics. He said Stretch is the first robot designed for one job (2) the company has built. He added that the robot was developed because (3) requests from companies around the world. “We heard across warehousing that truck unloading is one of the most physically difficult and (4) (pleasant) jobs. And that’s where Stretch comes into play,” Perry said.
Stretch has a small base that permits it to move around small spaces in warehouses without (5) (have) to design them again. The robot also has (6) arm with highly (7) (develop) cameras that can identify and deal with boxes of many shapes and sizes. Perry said Stretch can pick up boxes that (8) (weigh) about 23 kilograms. He adds that the robot can move about 800 boxes in one hour.
Experts say the warehousing industry experienced strong growth in 2020. That growth (9) expected to continue this year. They say online buying during the COVID-19 health crisis drove the need for a huge expansion in delivery services. Boston Dynamics has not made the public know a price for Stretch. But the company said the system can be set (10) in present buildings.
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A Hong Kong robotics company says it plans to produce thousands of humanoid robots in 2021. Four different humanoid models will start leaving factories during the first half of the year. One of the four is a robot named Sophia, (1) has received worldwide attention in recent years for looking and speaking in a very human-like way.
The company’s CEO, David Hanson, said the COVID-19 pandemic has (2) need for robots. “The world of COVID-19 is going to need more and more robots to keep people safe.”
The company says it plans to offer its humanoid robots (3) helpers in the medical field. For example, they can be (4) to take temperature or do physical exercises with older people. They use cameras to recognize human faces and activities. The robots are built with tools to help them develop (5) over time. These social robots can also help take care of the sick or elderly in many kinds of medical uses.
Hanson said he believes robotic solutions to the pandemic are very useful for healthcare. He said the company’s robots are so human-like. They could also serve the public in the supermarket (6) in the airline. “The humanoids can be so useful during these times when people are terribly (7) ,” Hanson said.
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