GRE Text Completion Question 3921
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While the modern concept of the robot is often (i) _____to the American science fiction writer Isaac Asimov, the word was actually brought into usage by Karl Capek, a Czech writer. Capek wrote about a servant class of creatures who looked almost (ii) _____to humans, but were actually artificial clones. Capek noted in his late papers that his brother had contributed the word “robot,” deriving it from a Czech word for “slave.” Robots, to Capek, did not symbolize the dream of a future technologically-advanced era, but rather the horror of his current world, filled with the (iii) _____of fascist dictatorships and mass production.
| Blank(i) | Blank(ii) | Blank(iii) |
|---|---|---|
| A proposed | D identical | G nuisances |
| B attributed | E amenable | H actualities |
| C queried | F comely | I scourges |