The year 2025 marked a turning point in robotics, with China surpassing the United States in the shipment of humanoid robots. While American...

The year 2025 marked a turning point in robotics, with China surpassing the United States in the shipment of humanoid robots. While American companies capture headlines with sophisticated prototypes, Chinese firms are focusing on mass production and delivery. Last year, the global market absorbed a total volume of roughly 13,000 units, (18) __________, signaling a shift in the center of gravity for the robotics industry. These machines are no longer science fiction; they are becoming retail products ready for deployment.

Consequently, Western competitors like Tesla and Figure AI, long accustomed to technological dominance and premium pricing models, (19) __________ as affordable alternatives flood the market. The distinct advantage of the Chinese strategy lies not just in volume, but in accessibility. (20) __________. A robot costing less than $1,500 opens doors for household adoption that a $30,000 machine simply cannot enter.

Some skepticism remains regarding the capability of these low-cost units. (21) __________. Critics who label viral videos of synchronized robots as "fake" may be missing the bigger picture of a supply chain that is maturing rapidly. (22) __________, for if they continue to underestimate the competition, they may find themselves obsolete in a market they helped invent.

[Adapted from e.vnexpress.net]

Question 18:

A. the vast majority of which originate from aggressive domestic startups like AgiBot 

B. with all of them having originated from the aggressiveness of domestic startups like AgiBot

C. aggressively starting domestic bots like AgiBot originates most of these products

D. the aggressive origination of the vast majority from domesticated startups like AgiBot

Question 19: 

A. their grip on global market share is faced by the starkness of a slipping reality lately

B. currently face a stark reality regarding their slipping grip on global market share 

C. now facing the starkness of reality regarding the slip of their gripped global market

D. to starkly face the real grip slippage regarding their share of the global market now

Question 20:

A. Yet, the utility of vast supply chains by domestic firms prices functional units closer to smartphones than automobiles

B. Domestically supplied chains are utilized by firms to price the function of units closer to smartphones than automobiles

C. Specifically, domestic firms utilize vast supply chains to price functional units closer to smartphones than automobiles 

D. Domestically utilizing vast supply chains prices the functionality of units closer to smartphones than automobiles do

Question 21: 

A. Dismissing the rapidity of industrial scaling ignores milestones as stunts, even if doubts are persistent

B. Ignorance of rapid industrial scaling persists in doubting these milestones as mere stunts to be dismissed

C. Despite the persistence of doubts, the dismissal of milestones as stunts ignores rapidly scaling industries

D. While doubts persist, dismissing these milestones as mere stunts ignores the rapid industrial scaling 

Question 22:

A. Scarcely established, these giants realize the sheer velocity of transforming the market at once

B. Little do these established giants realize the sheer velocity of this market transformation 

C. No sooner do these giants establish the market than they realize its sheer velocity of transformation

D. Hardly realizing the sheer velocity, these giant establishments are transformed by the market