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Directions: Each passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions.Some questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole.After reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of Standard Written English. Many questions include a "NO CHANGE" option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is.Question based on the following passage:Living with RobotsRobot butlers used to be the stuff of science fiction, but now, if you have just a few hundred spare bucks, you can buy a self-propelled disk to scoot around and vacuum your living room. It may not be Alfred the butler, but (1) were getting closer every day to having robotic assistants in our daily lives. Some will be drones that perform mundane tasks like delivering packages, but others will “live” in our homes, perhaps looking out for intruders as we sleep, notifying the authoritiesin emergencies, (2) or tasks such as greeting guests or ordering take-out.Engineers are making great strides in creating robots that look, move, and respond like humans do. (3) Although they are not currently available for popular use, but theyre getting closer to being commercially viable. We are beginning to see them in the most ordinary of situations. In Japan (where there are over 750,000 industrial robot workers) there is a hotel, the Henn na, or “Weird Hotel,” (4) it is run, staffed and operated almost exclusively by robots. An animatronic velociraptor checks you in, and a foot-high robot concierge answers your questions (but only in Japanese).1. Although many people are thrilled by the idea of robot helpers, others are concerned (5) by robots taking their jobs.2.Certainly, this is a serious concern, at least in the short-term.3.Automobile factory workers arent happy about the prospect of being replaced by 2,400-lb mechanisms that never take breaks or require sick leave or pension planning.4. Our standards of living increase when mechanical tasks are performed more precisely and at less expense.5. (6) It means that manufactured itemsare safer—because human error is taken out of the manufacturing process—and more reliable. (7)If automation is inevitable, how will low-skilled or medium-skilled workers make a living as the tasks they used to perform (8) will become automated? Clearly, these people will have to find other kinds of work.In fact, this transformation has been underway for a long time. In the last several decades, we have seen an enormous shift in labor from the manufacturing sector to the service sector. Since 1990, the number of U.S. jobs in manufacturing (9) has declined from 18 million to 12 million, although employment in the service and health care sectors has increased (10) to more than compensate for those job losses. Despite what some politicians claim, this shift is happening not because of government regulations or immigration policy, (11) but due to automation. Foreigners are not taking our factory jobs; robots are, and well be better off for it.Q. (9)a)no changeb)have declinedc)declinedd)are decliningCorrect answer is option 'A'. Can you explain this answer? for SAT 2025 is part of SAT preparation. The Question and answers have been prepared according to the SAT exam syllabus. Information about Directions: Each passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions.Some questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole.After reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of Standard Written English. Many questions include a "NO CHANGE" option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is.Question based on the following passage:Living with RobotsRobot butlers used to be the stuff of science fiction, but now, if you have just a few hundred spare bucks, you can buy a self-propelled disk to scoot around and vacuum your living room. It may not be Alfred the butler, but (1) were getting closer every day to having robotic assistants in our daily lives. Some will be drones that perform mundane tasks like delivering packages, but others will “live” in our homes, perhaps looking out for intruders as we sleep, notifying the authoritiesin emergencies, (2) or tasks such as greeting guests or ordering take-out.Engineers are making great strides in creating robots that look, move, and respond like humans do. (3) Although they are not currently available for popular use, but theyre getting closer to being commercially viable. We are beginning to see them in the most ordinary of situations. In Japan (where there are over 750,000 industrial robot workers) there is a hotel, the Henn na, or “Weird Hotel,” (4) it is run, staffed and operated almost exclusively by robots. An animatronic velociraptor checks you in, and a foot-high robot concierge answers your questions (but only in Japanese).1. Although many people are thrilled by the idea of robot helpers, others are concerned (5) by robots taking their jobs.2.Certainly, this is a serious concern, at least in the short-term.3.Automobile factory workers arent happy about the prospect of being replaced by 2,400-lb mechanisms that never take breaks or require sick leave or pension planning.4. Our standards of living increase when mechanical tasks are performed more precisely and at less expense.5. (6) It means that manufactured itemsare safer—because human error is taken out of the manufacturing process—and more reliable. (7)If automation is inevitable, how will low-skilled or medium-skilled workers make a living as the tasks they used to perform (8) will become automated? Clearly, these people will have to find other kinds of work.In fact, this transformation has been underway for a long time. In the last several decades, we have seen an enormous shift in labor from the manufacturing sector to the service sector. Since 1990, the number of U.S. jobs in manufacturing (9) has declined from 18 million to 12 million, although employment in the service and health care sectors has increased (10) to more than compensate for those job losses. Despite what some politicians claim, this shift is happening not because of government regulations or immigration policy, (11) but due to automation. Foreigners are not taking our factory jobs; robots are, and well be better off for it.Q. (9)a)no changeb)have declinedc)declinedd)are decliningCorrect answer is option 'A'. Can you explain this answer? covers all topics & solutions for SAT 2025 Exam. Find important definitions, questions, meanings, examples, exercises and tests below for Directions: Each passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions.Some questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole.After reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of Standard Written English. Many questions include a "NO CHANGE" option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is.Question based on the following passage:Living with RobotsRobot butlers used to be the stuff of science fiction, but now, if you have just a few hundred spare bucks, you can buy a self-propelled disk to scoot around and vacuum your living room. It may not be Alfred the butler, but (1) were getting closer every day to having robotic assistants in our daily lives. Some will be drones that perform mundane tasks like delivering packages, but others will “live” in our homes, perhaps looking out for intruders as we sleep, notifying the authoritiesin emergencies, (2) or tasks such as greeting guests or ordering take-out.Engineers are making great strides in creating robots that look, move, and respond like humans do. (3) Although they are not currently available for popular use, but theyre getting closer to being commercially viable. We are beginning to see them in the most ordinary of situations. In Japan (where there are over 750,000 industrial robot workers) there is a hotel, the Henn na, or “Weird Hotel,” (4) it is run, staffed and operated almost exclusively by robots. An animatronic velociraptor checks you in, and a foot-high robot concierge answers your questions (but only in Japanese).1. Although many people are thrilled by the idea of robot helpers, others are concerned (5) by robots taking their jobs.2.Certainly, this is a serious concern, at least in the short-term.3.Automobile factory workers arent happy about the prospect of being replaced by 2,400-lb mechanisms that never take breaks or require sick leave or pension planning.4. Our standards of living increase when mechanical tasks are performed more precisely and at less expense.5. (6) It means that manufactured itemsare safer—because human error is taken out of the manufacturing process—and more reliable. (7)If automation is inevitable, how will low-skilled or medium-skilled workers make a living as the tasks they used to perform (8) will become automated? Clearly, these people will have to find other kinds of work.In fact, this transformation has been underway for a long time. In the last several decades, we have seen an enormous shift in labor from the manufacturing sector to the service sector. Since 1990, the number of U.S. jobs in manufacturing (9) has declined from 18 million to 12 million, although employment in the service and health care sectors has increased (10) to more than compensate for those job losses. Despite what some politicians claim, this shift is happening not because of government regulations or immigration policy, (11) but due to automation. Foreigners are not taking our factory jobs; robots are, and well be better off for it.Q. (9)a)no changeb)have declinedc)declinedd)are decliningCorrect answer is option 'A'. Can you explain this answer?.

Solutions for Directions: Each passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions.Some questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole.After reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of Standard Written English. Many questions include a "NO CHANGE" option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is.Question based on the following passage:Living with RobotsRobot butlers used to be the stuff of science fiction, but now, if you have just a few hundred spare bucks, you can buy a self-propelled disk to scoot around and vacuum your living room. It may not be Alfred the butler, but (1) were getting closer every day to having robotic assistants in our daily lives. Some will be drones that perform mundane tasks like delivering packages, but others will “live” in our homes, perhaps looking out for intruders as we sleep, notifying the authoritiesin emergencies, (2) or tasks such as greeting guests or ordering take-out.Engineers are making great strides in creating robots that look, move, and respond like humans do. (3) Although they are not currently available for popular use, but theyre getting closer to being commercially viable. We are beginning to see them in the most ordinary of situations. In Japan (where there are over 750,000 industrial robot workers) there is a hotel, the Henn na, or “Weird Hotel,” (4) it is run, staffed and operated almost exclusively by robots. An animatronic velociraptor checks you in, and a foot-high robot concierge answers your questions (but only in Japanese).1. Although many people are thrilled by the idea of robot helpers, others are concerned (5) by robots taking their jobs.2.Certainly, this is a serious concern, at least in the short-term.3.Automobile factory workers arent happy about the prospect of being replaced by 2,400-lb mechanisms that never take breaks or require sick leave or pension planning.4. Our standards of living increase when mechanical tasks are performed more precisely and at less expense.5. (6) It means that manufactured itemsare safer—because human error is taken out of the manufacturing process—and more reliable. (7)If automation is inevitable, how will low-skilled or medium-skilled workers make a living as the tasks they used to perform (8) will become automated? Clearly, these people will have to find other kinds of work.In fact, this transformation has been underway for a long time. In the last several decades, we have seen an enormous shift in labor from the manufacturing sector to the service sector. Since 1990, the number of U.S. jobs in manufacturing (9) has declined from 18 million to 12 million, although employment in the service and health care sectors has increased (10) to more than compensate for those job losses. Despite what some politicians claim, this shift is happening not because of government regulations or immigration policy, (11) but due to automation. Foreigners are not taking our factory jobs; robots are, and well be better off for it.Q. (9)a)no changeb)have declinedc)declinedd)are decliningCorrect answer is option 'A'. Can you explain this answer? in English & in Hindi are available as part of our courses for SAT. Download more important topics, notes, lectures and mock test series for SAT Exam by signing up for free.

Here you can find the meaning of Directions: Each passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions.Some questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole.After reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of Standard Written English. Many questions include a "NO CHANGE" option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is.Question based on the following passage:Living with RobotsRobot butlers used to be the stuff of science fiction, but now, if you have just a few hundred spare bucks, you can buy a self-propelled disk to scoot around and vacuum your living room. It may not be Alfred the butler, but (1) were getting closer every day to having robotic assistants in our daily lives. Some will be drones that perform mundane tasks like delivering packages, but others will “live” in our homes, perhaps looking out for intruders as we sleep, notifying the authoritiesin emergencies, (2) or tasks such as greeting guests or ordering take-out.Engineers are making great strides in creating robots that look, move, and respond like humans do. (3) Although they are not currently available for popular use, but theyre getting closer to being commercially viable. We are beginning to see them in the most ordinary of situations. In Japan (where there are over 750,000 industrial robot workers) there is a hotel, the Henn na, or “Weird Hotel,” (4) it is run, staffed and operated almost exclusively by robots. An animatronic velociraptor checks you in, and a foot-high robot concierge answers your questions (but only in Japanese).1. Although many people are thrilled by the idea of robot helpers, others are concerned (5) by robots taking their jobs.2.Certainly, this is a serious concern, at least in the short-term.3.Automobile factory workers arent happy about the prospect of being replaced by 2,400-lb mechanisms that never take breaks or require sick leave or pension planning.4. Our standards of living increase when mechanical tasks are performed more precisely and at less expense.5. (6) It means that manufactured itemsare safer—because human error is taken out of the manufacturing process—and more reliable. (7)If automation is inevitable, how will low-skilled or medium-skilled workers make a living as the tasks they used to perform (8) will become automated? Clearly, these people will have to find other kinds of work.In fact, this transformation has been underway for a long time. In the last several decades, we have seen an enormous shift in labor from the manufacturing sector to the service sector. Since 1990, the number of U.S. jobs in manufacturing (9) has declined from 18 million to 12 million, although employment in the service and health care sectors has increased (10) to more than compensate for those job losses. Despite what some politicians claim, this shift is happening not because of government regulations or immigration policy, (11) but due to automation. Foreigners are not taking our factory jobs; robots are, and well be better off for it.Q. (9)a)no changeb)have declinedc)declinedd)are decliningCorrect answer is option 'A'. Can you explain this answer? defined & explained in the simplest way possible. Besides giving the explanation of Directions: Each passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions.Some questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole.After reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of Standard Written English. Many questions include a "NO CHANGE" option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is.Question based on the following passage:Living with RobotsRobot butlers used to be the stuff of science fiction, but now, if you have just a few hundred spare bucks, you can buy a self-propelled disk to scoot around and vacuum your living room. It may not be Alfred the butler, but (1) were getting closer every day to having robotic assistants in our daily lives. Some will be drones that perform mundane tasks like delivering packages, but others will “live” in our homes, perhaps looking out for intruders as we sleep, notifying the authoritiesin emergencies, (2) or tasks such as greeting guests or ordering take-out.Engineers are making great strides in creating robots that look, move, and respond like humans do. (3) Although they are not currently available for popular use, but theyre getting closer to being commercially viable. We are beginning to see them in the most ordinary of situations. In Japan (where there are over 750,000 industrial robot workers) there is a hotel, the Henn na, or “Weird Hotel,” (4) it is run, staffed and operated almost exclusively by robots. An animatronic velociraptor checks you in, and a foot-high robot concierge answers your questions (but only in Japanese).1. Although many people are thrilled by the idea of robot helpers, others are concerned (5) by robots taking their jobs.2.Certainly, this is a serious concern, at least in the short-term.3.Automobile factory workers arent happy about the prospect of being replaced by 2,400-lb mechanisms that never take breaks or require sick leave or pension planning.4. Our standards of living increase when mechanical tasks are performed more precisely and at less expense.5. (6) It means that manufactured itemsare safer—because human error is taken out of the manufacturing process—and more reliable. (7)If automation is inevitable, how will low-skilled or medium-skilled workers make a living as the tasks they used to perform (8) will become automated? Clearly, these people will have to find other kinds of work.In fact, this transformation has been underway for a long time. In the last several decades, we have seen an enormous shift in labor from the manufacturing sector to the service sector. Since 1990, the number of U.S. jobs in manufacturing (9) has declined from 18 million to 12 million, although employment in the service and health care sectors has increased (10) to more than compensate for those job losses. Despite what some politicians claim, this shift is happening not because of government regulations or immigration policy, (11) but due to automation. Foreigners are not taking our factory jobs; robots are, and well be better off for it.Q. (9)a)no changeb)have declinedc)declinedd)are decliningCorrect answer is option 'A'. Can you explain this answer?, a detailed solution for Directions: Each passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions.Some questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole.After reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of Standard Written English. Many questions include a "NO CHANGE" option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is.Question based on the following passage:Living with RobotsRobot butlers used to be the stuff of science fiction, but now, if you have just a few hundred spare bucks, you can buy a self-propelled disk to scoot around and vacuum your living room. It may not be Alfred the butler, but (1) were getting closer every day to having robotic assistants in our daily lives. Some will be drones that perform mundane tasks like delivering packages, but others will “live” in our homes, perhaps looking out for intruders as we sleep, notifying the authoritiesin emergencies, (2) or tasks such as greeting guests or ordering take-out.Engineers are making great strides in creating robots that look, move, and respond like humans do. (3) Although they are not currently available for popular use, but theyre getting closer to being commercially viable. We are beginning to see them in the most ordinary of situations. In Japan (where there are over 750,000 industrial robot workers) there is a hotel, the Henn na, or “Weird Hotel,” (4) it is run, staffed and operated almost exclusively by robots. An animatronic velociraptor checks you in, and a foot-high robot concierge answers your questions (but only in Japanese).1. Although many people are thrilled by the idea of robot helpers, others are concerned (5) by robots taking their jobs.2.Certainly, this is a serious concern, at least in the short-term.3.Automobile factory workers arent happy about the prospect of being replaced by 2,400-lb mechanisms that never take breaks or require sick leave or pension planning.4. Our standards of living increase when mechanical tasks are performed more precisely and at less expense.5. (6) It means that manufactured itemsare safer—because human error is taken out of the manufacturing process—and more reliable. (7)If automation is inevitable, how will low-skilled or medium-skilled workers make a living as the tasks they used to perform (8) will become automated? Clearly, these people will have to find other kinds of work.In fact, this transformation has been underway for a long time. In the last several decades, we have seen an enormous shift in labor from the manufacturing sector to the service sector. Since 1990, the number of U.S. jobs in manufacturing (9) has declined from 18 million to 12 million, although employment in the service and health care sectors has increased (10) to more than compensate for those job losses. Despite what some politicians claim, this shift is happening not because of government regulations or immigration policy, (11) but due to automation. Foreigners are not taking our factory jobs; robots are, and well be better off for it.Q. (9)a)no changeb)have declinedc)declinedd)are decliningCorrect answer is option 'A'. Can you explain this answer? has been provided alongside types of Directions: Each passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions.Some questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole.After reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of Standard Written English. Many questions include a "NO CHANGE" option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is.Question based on the following passage:Living with RobotsRobot butlers used to be the stuff of science fiction, but now, if you have just a few hundred spare bucks, you can buy a self-propelled disk to scoot around and vacuum your living room. It may not be Alfred the butler, but (1) were getting closer every day to having robotic assistants in our daily lives. Some will be drones that perform mundane tasks like delivering packages, but others will “live” in our homes, perhaps looking out for intruders as we sleep, notifying the authoritiesin emergencies, (2) or tasks such as greeting guests or ordering take-out.Engineers are making great strides in creating robots that look, move, and respond like humans do. (3) Although they are not currently available for popular use, but theyre getting closer to being commercially viable. We are beginning to see them in the most ordinary of situations. In Japan (where there are over 750,000 industrial robot workers) there is a hotel, the Henn na, or “Weird Hotel,” (4) it is run, staffed and operated almost exclusively by robots. An animatronic velociraptor checks you in, and a foot-high robot concierge answers your questions (but only in Japanese).1. Although many people are thrilled by the idea of robot helpers, others are concerned (5) by robots taking their jobs.2.Certainly, this is a serious concern, at least in the short-term.3.Automobile factory workers arent happy about the prospect of being replaced by 2,400-lb mechanisms that never take breaks or require sick leave or pension planning.4. Our standards of living increase when mechanical tasks are performed more precisely and at less expense.5. (6) It means that manufactured itemsare safer—because human error is taken out of the manufacturing process—and more reliable. (7)If automation is inevitable, how will low-skilled or medium-skilled workers make a living as the tasks they used to perform (8) will become automated? Clearly, these people will have to find other kinds of work.In fact, this transformation has been underway for a long time. In the last several decades, we have seen an enormous shift in labor from the manufacturing sector to the service sector. Since 1990, the number of U.S. jobs in manufacturing (9) has declined from 18 million to 12 million, although employment in the service and health care sectors has increased (10) to more than compensate for those job losses. Despite what some politicians claim, this shift is happening not because of government regulations or immigration policy, (11) but due to automation. Foreigners are not taking our factory jobs; robots are, and well be better off for it.Q. (9)a)no changeb)have declinedc)declinedd)are decliningCorrect answer is option 'A'. Can you explain this answer? theory, EduRev gives you an ample number of questions to practice Directions: Each passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions.Some questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole.After reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of Standard Written English. Many questions include a "NO CHANGE" option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is.Question based on the following passage:Living with RobotsRobot butlers used to be the stuff of science fiction, but now, if you have just a few hundred spare bucks, you can buy a self-propelled disk to scoot around and vacuum your living room. It may not be Alfred the butler, but (1) were getting closer every day to having robotic assistants in our daily lives. Some will be drones that perform mundane tasks like delivering packages, but others will “live” in our homes, perhaps looking out for intruders as we sleep, notifying the authoritiesin emergencies, (2) or tasks such as greeting guests or ordering take-out.Engineers are making great strides in creating robots that look, move, and respond like humans do. (3) Although they are not currently available for popular use, but theyre getting closer to being commercially viable. We are beginning to see them in the most ordinary of situations. In Japan (where there are over 750,000 industrial robot workers) there is a hotel, the Henn na, or “Weird Hotel,” (4) it is run, staffed and operated almost exclusively by robots. An animatronic velociraptor checks you in, and a foot-high robot concierge answers your questions (but only in Japanese).1. Although many people are thrilled by the idea of robot helpers, others are concerned (5) by robots taking their jobs.2.Certainly, this is a serious concern, at least in the short-term.3.Automobile factory workers arent happy about the prospect of being replaced by 2,400-lb mechanisms that never take breaks or require sick leave or pension planning.4. Our standards of living increase when mechanical tasks are performed more precisely and at less expense.5. (6) It means that manufactured itemsare safer—because human error is taken out of the manufacturing process—and more reliable. (7)If automation is inevitable, how will low-skilled or medium-skilled workers make a living as the tasks they used to perform (8) will become automated? Clearly, these people will have to find other kinds of work.In fact, this transformation has been underway for a long time. In the last several decades, we have seen an enormous shift in labor from the manufacturing sector to the service sector. Since 1990, the number of U.S. jobs in manufacturing (9) has declined from 18 million to 12 million, although employment in the service and health care sectors has increased (10) to more than compensate for those job losses. Despite what some politicians claim, this shift is happening not because of government regulations or immigration policy, (11) but due to automation. Foreigners are not taking our factory jobs; robots are, and well be better off for it.Q. (9)a)no changeb)have declinedc)declinedd)are decliningCorrect answer is option 'A'. 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