[单项选择]The novel The Soul of a New Machine, universally acclaimed on publication and for several weeks a best-seller, is a unique achievement. （）
A. abolished 
B. abbreviated
C. abridged   
D. applauded

[单项选择]Most people didn’t knowEvery new machine contains
A. a credit card.
B. a special coin.
C. a small computer.

[单项选择]Most people didn’t knowThe new machine serves
A. instant coffee and teA．
B. B．fresh coffee and te
C. coffee powder and tea bags.

[单项选择]His new novel is said （） into a film last year.
A. to make
B. to have made
C. to be made
D. to have been made

[单项选择]This new machine is technically far （） to the previous type.
A. superior
B. junio
C. senior
D. equal

[填空题]His new novel is ______ (concern) with tropical forest.

[单项选择]The instructions on how to use the new machine（） that nobody seemed to be able to understand.
A. were very simplistic
B. was very confused
C. were so confusing
D. was so simplistic

[填空题]If a new machine is going to be delivered on the third-market, modifications have to be made______
A. A．in packaging features
B．to minor extent
C．to great extent

[单项选择]

A new kind of machine (21) to take the place of humans. These machines (22) do jobs that are too dangerous for humans. (23) , they are being developed to work in nuclear power centers, deep waters and outer space.
This is how the new machines work. A machine (24) placed in an area far away from the person who controls it. The person wears a special hard bat with tiny television screens. The screens (25) the person see and hear exactly what the machine is (26) and hearing. This gives the person the feeling of being in the same place (27) the machine. The person controls the machine. The machine (28) the person’s movements exactly. If the person raises his right arm, the machine raises the right arm, too. This means an (29) worker can do a dangerous job while (30) in a safe place. For example, a person can direct the machine (31) a bomb (32) going near the bomb himself.
The new
A. let
B. enable
C. cause
D. allow