Question

read the selection and choose the best answer to each question.
are people ready for robots?
1 say the word
obots,\ and many people think of unrealistic science - fiction movies or books about the future. but the future is here. robots are becoming increasingly involved in peoples lives. some movies portray robots as thinking beings bent on taking over the world. the reality could not be more different. robots help people in almost every aspect of life.
2 in some workplaces, robots and humans work together. a factory in the netherlands that produces oil - burner parts is using robot, or collaborative robot, technology. there, human workers use multiple robot arms in order to assemble gas nozzles for the oil burners. the robot arms allow the workers to assemble a far greater number of parts per hour than the workers could on their own.

1. part a at the beginning of the article, it can be inferred that some people think robots are —

• an appropriate use of technology
• unnecessary in a home setting
• objects to be feared
• a threat to many industrial jobs

Explanation:

To solve this, we analyze the passage. The first paragraph says some movies portray robots as "thinking beings bent on taking over the world", and the reality is different (robots help). But for the inference about what some people think, we look at common fears from sci - fi portrayals. The option "objects to be feared" aligns with the idea that some people, influenced by sci - fi, see robots as threatening. The other options: "an appropriate use of technology" is the reality (not initial inference), "unnecessary in a home setting" is not supported (passage talks about workplaces and general life, not home), and "a threat to many industrial jobs" – the passage shows robots help workers assemble more, so not a threat in that way. So the correct inference is that some think robots are objects to be feared.

Answer:

C. objects to be feared (assuming the options are labeled A, B, C, D with C being "objects to be feared")