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What makes people different from computer programs? What is the missing element that our theories don’t yet (1) ______ for? The answer is simple: People read newspaper stories for a reason: to learn more about (2) ______they are interested in. Computers, on the other hand, don't. In fact,computers don't (3) ______ have interests; there is nothing in particular that they are trying to find out when they read. If a computer (4) ______is to be a model of story understanding ,it should also read for a "purpose".3 y+ ?; R5 u" p9 ]) ]- n2 m4 p' J
Of course ,people have several goals that do not make (5) ______ to attribute to computers. One might read a restaurant guide (6) ______order to satisfy hunger or entertainment goals, or to (7) ______a good place to go for a business lunch. Computers do not get hungry, and computers do not have business lunches.$ E9 c1 k/ q$ W8 R$ z* Z+ n
However ,these physiological and social goals give (8) ______to several intellectual or cognitive goals. A goal to satisfy hunger gives rise to goals to find (9) ______ about the name of a restaurant which (10) ______ the desired type of food ,how expensive the restaurant is,the location of the restaurant, etc. These are goals to (11) ______ information or knowledge, what we are calling (12) ______ goals. These goals can be held by computers too; a computer (13) ______ "want" to find out the location of a restaurant ,and read a guide in order to do so (14) ______ the same way as a person might. While such a goal would not (15) ______out of hunger in the case of the computer,it might well arise out of the "goal" to learn more about restaurants.0 q3 y! P' I+ v6 T8 l. E. x8 J
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element / 'elimənt / n. 元素,成分,要素
5 F. p+ C5 r' d) F+ `, O0 X2 V intellectual /,intil'ektʃuəl/ adj. 智力的,聪明的
8 T: ]0 R" D1 Q4 H" W entertainment /,entə'teinmənt/ n. 娱乐,消遣 ! u* Y/ z- X/ G5 F, }
physiological /,fiziə'lɔdʒikəl/ adj. 生理学的,生理的
& y1 [- t0 L% M' Z cognitive / 'kɔgnitiv / adj. 认知的,认识上的 & P* r5 ^4 v3 Q/ b2 N; R
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1. ... attribute to computers ... :……把……归于电脑,归属于电脑……; J8 V. h: W0 z. \' @8 D& D
2. ... in the case of computer ... :……对于电脑来说……
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# F0 P$ I2 R5 \6 y v) X- F 1. A) express B) explain C) account D) count; e& a" }% y( v7 o( W. M. [# c
2. A) why B) how C) what D) when$ j) x) w9 H% P7 r" {5 b
3. A) once B) even C) ever D) often
: I( O I# C' B: v3 Q4 [- h( v; \ 4. A) program B) instruction C) system D) function% F0 g, }0 L. Y+ S% `& ~
5. A). success B) sense C) scene D) point
# o1 y5 e6 o$ n. a 6. A) of B) or C) in D) and d5 x9 ^ w- I% q5 }, @
7. A) find B) search C) look D) watch
/ b* d* g4 t+ u! b5 g 8. A) way B) play C) rise D) birth
. x. s* {* P) H 9. A) place B) food C)reference D)information中华考试网1 j$ ~1 @+ [/ z9 B
10. A) orders B) sells C)supports D) serves
R+ o" L6 b2 J" M$ `, y! z. I 11. A) acquire B) ask C) require D) consult' T( `$ s" J- J! O- L. L* U, R% _
12. A) understanding B) learning C) knowledge D) awareness. h+ V8 f. R1 O. Q( f) q
13. A) could B) might C)should D) would
" Q0 V$ P* I$ Q( w' O3 H" y: N 14. A) as B) on C)by D) in
& R! B) {$ @% z/ Y& `, y2 s 15. A) arise B) rise C)consent D) derive |