VII. Выберите правильную видовременную форму глагола.

25. The American writer A. Asimov firstly ……… Rossum’s Universal Robots in a short story in 1941 .

a) introduce

b)was introduced

c)introduced

26. A group of students …… already ……. their lab work on the pneumatic robot design.

a)was begun

b)have begun

c)begun

27. In nearest future domestic robots …….. housework for us.

a)will do

b)done

c)do

28. Today the design teams and the engineers ………… the conception of new modern industrial automatic machines for plants and factories.

a)discusses and invents

b)are discussing and inventing

c)discussed and invented

29. Most robots ………. to save people from dangerous jobs or routine work.

a)is designed

b)are designed

c)designed

VIII. Заполните пропуски предлогами.

30. The first machines had to be operated and controlled ………….. .

a) at people

b)by workers

c)on co-workers

31. Attention was focused ……. robots application in flexible manufacturing systems.

a)by

b)on

c)at

32. It combines automatic machining with automatic transfer ………. operations.

a) between b) among c) across

IX. Заполните пропуски прилагательным или наречием в нужной форме.

33. The industrial company has achieved __________ results in production than the competitive one.

a)the best

b)better

c) lessgood

34. Factories are ……... automated that workers only control and maintain robots.

a) such high

b)the highest

c)so highly

35. Walking robots help …….. people with physical disabilities in some countries.

a)many

b)much

c) big

X. Переведите текст письменно.

We are to put into operation robotic complexes and many flexible automated manufacturing systems which will reduce the number of monotonous and unskilled jobs and bring about a radical reduction in the proportion of manual labour.

Modern robots are impressive. In many years they have learned to weld, paint and do other work. Today robots will eventually conquer the world. They are used in industry mainly on a par with automatic machine tools and automatic production lines, including rotary and rotary-conveyer ones, and teamed up with other equipment. While steadily reducing in cost, robots are gaining in efficiency and reliability and will promote their wider use. Robots should be used only where they can yield maximum overall effect, both economic and social. Today robots are at their best in welding, painting, electroplating and other jobs. They do all this more efficiently, improve the quality of end products, and release human operators from unhealthy work zones. This trend towards the priority development of assembly-line robots in different fields is being looked at the international robotics congress.