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For questions 1-10, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line. There is an example at the beginning (0).

Up to twenty or thirty years ago, office 0) employees in England used to get their tea served by a tea lady, who brought the beverage round on a trolley. As times moved on and the demand for a variety of drinks increased, coin-operated vending machines 1) replaced the great British Tea Lady. Nowadays, it seems that even vending machines might become an

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2) species!

DANGER

The motor 3) Honda has developed a lifelike 'humanoid' robot that can carry a

MANUFACTURE

4) tray and bring a cup of tea straight to your desk. The first models first appeared in 1986 and today's version of Asimo, the Japanese word for legs, stands at a 5) strong 6) of nearly one and a half metres and bears a to an astronaut wearing a backpack.

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HIGH RESEMBLE

These tea robots are 'supersmart'. Serving tea in pairs, their 7) are perfectly timed so as not to get in each other's way. They also have a 8) link so they know where their partner is and what they are doing at any moment. Add the fact that Asimo can recognise drink

MOVE COMMUNICATE

9)

and bring the right drink to the person who ordered it, and it is 10) that the job of the traditional tea lady has become a thing of the past.

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