第4部分:阅读理解(第31~45题,每题3分,共45分)1 I) `8 s- u4 N$ K9 {2 e; v
下面有3篇短文,每篇短文后有5道题,每道题后面有4个选项。请根据文章的内容从每题所给的4个选项中选择1个最佳答案,涂在答题卡相应的位置上。4 b5 e) J; Q3 n( U7 i) v7 ?
第一篇
Z% W# @+ F) r/ v8 F9 G Almost Human?
( }: h0 \) G2 X4 M0 W o, r Scientists are racing to build the world’s first thinking robot.This is not science fiction:some( F+ W/ k- j( v4 J, F) i
say they will have made it by the year 2020 Carol Packer reports
* T9 n! x2 Z) z, R3 B Machines that walk,speak and feel are no longer science fiction.Kismet is the name of an
0 `* ]) E! O2 m2 v1 q( f android(机器人)which scientists have built at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology(MIT).
8 y& Q$ e% p- }; F, D Kismet is different from the traditional robot because it Can show human emotions.Its eyes,ears+ W$ l3 B3 n3 N' E' b' ?
and lips move to show when it feels happy. sad or bored.Kismet is one of the first of a new
, P, P' |* g9 f( Z generation of androids——robots that look like human beings——which Can imitate human
' a |& Y k8 J feelings.Cog,another android invented by the MIT, imitates the action of a mother.However,
0 O, @% i7 ^ ?5 M) A scientists admit that So far Cog has the mental ability of a two—year—old.: M( ~! p" }' Q, N! ^8 l+ `
The optimists(乐观主义者)say that by the year 2020 we will have created humanoids(机8 ]6 ?; z/ m* t
器人)with brains similar to those of all adult human being.These robots will be designed to look3 F4 Y8 [( a0 q5 k1 k4 d
like people to make them more attractive and easier to sell to the public.What kind of jobs will8 W" O' q2 ~8 A) J
they do? In the future,robots like Robonaut,a humanoid invented by NASA,will be doing& Z$ f; a( c. K. F) `7 @
dangerous jobs,like repairing space stations.They will also be doing more and mom of the5 a' ^* t$ L- V3 y
household work for us In Japan,scientists are designing androids that will entertain us by
/ S2 N' Z. W2 z% N3 Z3 h: P dancing and playing the piano.
% J8 J; a0 K& V Some people worry about what the future holds:will robots become monsters(怪物)?Will# h" s0 G2 W+ ` O8 R+ E; G* [
people themselves become increasingly like robots? Experts predict that more and more people" ?2 ~) F+ H4 X: _
will be wearing micro—computers,connected to the Internet,in the future.People will have8 p+ C$ z' |5 H# v* ~3 b2 v
micro—chips in various parts of their body,which will connect them to a wide variety of gadgets( F! e3 T& u( a$ X) n5 g' c% Q
(小装置).Perhaps we should not exaggerate(夸大)the importance of technology,but one; O, ]1 O& k/ w" f8 u& s' I9 b
wonders whether,in years to come,we will still be falling in love,and whether we will still feel
9 v! d, d2 ]. r& @' J0 h6 Q! ` pain.Who knows?
1 O% z6 k( z! ]9 Y" m6 z% P 31 Kismet is different from traditional robots because
, ~( z: W% w" I1 p# W" }3 Z' j9 I A it thinks for itself
9 \: z& R$ B6 } ~! l$ p7 h9 U u B It is not like science fiction; V9 ~, ?) _( m
C it can look after two—year-old.
" a s; v( ~" r* ~ D it seems to have human feelings.+ X- k9 M8 E% I# O: P
32 What makes Cog special?
6 p- ~" ~8 g: X( d- n G4 [+ C* u' i" e A It looks like a mother.. a, U0 n: |. F0 t
B It behaves like a child.
0 s$ T/ [+ O* M$ ]0 P C It can imitate the behavior of a mother.
3 b2 X1 k1 x3 H \# J0 |; j D It has a huge brain.
: L1 J$ M) A* [% o/ q% @ In about 15 years’ time from now,robots4 T2 H2 m, ~& u' P8 ^
A will become space designers.1 f5 \4 D5 x S) t8 }4 Z
B will look like monsters.' ?$ s/ d7 n& N; A# `3 ~! U8 }
C will behave like animals.8 q6 Y4 @- k7 y; Q* |/ K
D will think like humans.( ^$ z. m6 V* O6 G
34 In the future robots will also
1 m. q" c) \/ ~1 _ A explore space.& c+ k! L) D: n# p, x: `
B entertain people.
3 M5 Y' p1 [0 H/ \: O* d/ n C move much faster.3 ^8 S+ G/ f' J+ |
D do a11 of the housework.
1 n- K: S1 N% P; k: w# ? 35 What is the writer’s attitude to robots in the future?0 l- o. t6 o; e5 ^: f. t
A Critical.
3 ]0 g5 [! {' t( C0 s) `; r B Hostile.' j& H7 }! L9 B+ j; h/ L# \( D
C Objective.: ]& J& A3 K: X# G" W2 Q9 }
D Enthusiastic |