V. Questioning and answering
Now let's go over the text again by questioning and answering.
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A: What did Larry Belmont work for
B: Larry Belmont worked for a company that made robots.
A: What was the company experimenting with recently
B: Recently it was experimenting with a robot that could be used to do the housework.
A: By whom was it going to be tested out
B: It was going to be tested out by Larry's wife, Claire.
A: Why didn't Claire want the robot in her house
B: Claire didn't want the robot in her house, especially as her husband would be absent for three weeks
A: How did Claire feel when she first saw the robot
B: When she first saw the robot, she felt alarmed.
A: What was the robot like
B: The robot, called Tony, didn't look like a machine at all. He was tall and handsome although his facial expressions never changed. His hair was smooth and black and his voice was deep.
A: What did the robot do the second morning
B: On the second morning Tony brought her breakfast and then asked her whether she needed help dressing.
A: How did Claire react
B: She felt embarrassed and quickly told him to go. It was disturbing and frightening that he looked so human.
A: What did Claire mention one day
B: One day, Claire mentioned that she didn't think she was clever.
A: And what did Tony, the robot, say to her
B: Tony said that she must feel very unhappy to say that.
A: How did Claire feel about a robot's sympathy
B: Claire thought it was ridiculous to be offered sympathy by a robot.
VI. Reading the text again to discover the leading sentence of each paragraph
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A robot used to do the housework was going to be tested out by Larry's wife, Claire.
The robot, called Tony, didn't look like a machine at all.
It was disturbing and frightening to Claire that Tony looked so human.

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