填空题.A. considers B. daily C. essentially D. eventually E. flooding F. lease G. norm H. normal I. operations J. perishable K. progress L. proper M. released N. rotten O. throwback At first glance, the black and white Robomart vehicle, with its minimalist design and rounded body, looks like a vision of the future. But if you ignore the lack of a steering wheel and human driver, the electric, grocery-filled machine—about the size of a minivan—is actually something of a 1 . For much of U.S. history, 2 kitchen items such as produce, milk, eggs and ice arrived outside people's homes on a 3 basis, first by horse-drawn wagon and later by truck. This curbside service would 4 fall victim to refrigeration, automobiles and the rise of the supermarket, making weekly shopping trips the modem American 5 , according to Boston Hospitality Review. Now Robomart—a Santa Clara, Calif. -based start-up—seeks to merge the old with the new. From AmazonFresh to Peapod and Instacart, there's no shortage of grocery delivery services 6 the marketplace. But Robomart founder and CEO Ali Ahmed said his company isn't a grocery delivery service. Instead, he 7 Robomart an on-demand, remote-controlled "grocery store on wheels". Last week, Robomart announced a new partnership with grocery store chain Stop & Shop and will begin 8 in the Greater Boston area in the spring. But some local officials say the company hasn't received 9 permitting to do so, according to The Boston Globe. Moving forward, Ahmed said, Robomart hopes to partner with other retailers that would 10 its vehicles and brand them as their own, creating self-driving grocery fleets.