For questions 1-16, complete the following article by writing each missing word in the space. Use only one word for each space.

ROBOTS

The popular idea of a robot is a machine that acts (1) and resembles a human being. But the robots that are increasingly (2) used for a wide range of tasks do not look human-like (3) all. The robots (4) work in car factory production lines look something like cranes. The mobile robots used (5) army bomb-disposal squads look like wheelbarrows on tracks. And children (6) likened a mobil robot used in school to teach (7) computer programming to a giant sweet. Robots (8) , however, resemble human beings in the range of actions that they can carry out. Instead of repeatedly performing (9) one action, like an automatic machine, a robot can perform (10) chain of different actions. Its movements are controlled (11) by oil or air pressure or by electric motors, and its brain is a small computer that directs its movements. Inside the computer's memory (12) the instructions (13) carrying out a tasks - picking chocolates from a container and putting them in the right part of a display box, for example. By changing the programme, the robot can (14) made to vary the task, or do (15) different within the limits of the activities it is designed (16) .