8.Robots make me nervous-especially the ones which seem to think for themselves.I was embarrassed to admit this till I heard that Bill Gates,the founder of Microsoft,felt the same way.
Gates said in an interview with the social networking and news website Reddit:"I am in the camp that is concerned about super intelligence.First the machines will do a lot of jobs for us and not be super intelligent.That should be positive if we manage well.A few decades after that though the intelligence is strong enough to be a concern."
Well,maybe I don't have to worry about my computer and kitchen equipment yet.After I use them I can always pull the plug.But in the future,machines might find a way to prevent us from switching them off.There's a terrible thought!
Maybe the problem with computers too clever for us is not that they are evil like some we've seen in sci-fi movies.What could put us in danger is that they might be too efficient.That's what philosopher Nick Bostrom from Oxford University believes.He says that machines are indifferent(漠然)to humans and in pursuit of their own goals,the destruction of people might be just additional damage.Bostrom gives us an example:A machine which might have as its only goal to produce as many paperclips as possible might look at human bodies as extra material for paperclips and go after you.Because it is,well,a machine,it would not take pity on you.
It's a good thing that American writer Isaac Asimov thought about how far robots can go and left us his three rules of robotics.They state that a robot may not hurt a human being or allow the human being to come to harm.
I'm glad my machines at home are"dumb".All my cleaner wants to take over is the carpet in my living room.Let's hope they don't create an appliance which wants to take over the world!.
28.The author quoted Bill Gates'words in Paragraph 2in order to make the textB.
A.better-known B.more persuasive C.better-organized D.more interesting
29.An intelligent paperclip machine would harm us becauseC.
A.it is much cleverer than us
B.it would take over the world
C.it would see us just as material
D.it has the strong feeling of destroying us
30.How does the author feel about Isaac Asimov's rules of robotics?A
A.Optimistic. B.Sympathy. C.Disappointed.D.Regretful.
31.What does the text mainly focus on?C
A.The benefits of future robots.
B.The new applications of robots.
C.The concern for super intelligence.
D.The popularity of robots in the future.
分析 本文屬于說明文閱讀,作者通過這篇文章主要向我們描述了智能機器人可能給人類帶來傷害以及美國作家Isaac Asimov為此制定了三條機器人規(guī)則,作者旨在引起人們對智能機器人的關(guān)注.
解答 28.B.推理判斷題.根據(jù)文章第一段"I was embarrassed to admit this till I heard that Bill Gates,the founder of Microsoft,felt the same way."可知,比爾蓋茨也有與我同樣的想法.引入名人比爾蓋茨是為了增加說服力.故選B.
29.C.細節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)第四段"A machine which might have as its only goal to produce as many paperclips as possible might look at human bodies as extra material for paperclips and go after you."可知,智能的回形針機可能會把人的身體看做一種特殊的材料,從而追趕你.故選C.
30.A.推理判斷題.根據(jù)文中最后一段"I'm glad my machines at home are"dumb"我很高興我所有的機器在家里是"啞巴",可知,作者對機器人的規(guī)則是帶有希望,充滿樂觀的.故選A.
31.C.主旨大意題.通讀全文,可知作者通過描述智能機器人可能給人類帶來傷害以及制定的機器人規(guī)則,來引起人們對智能機器人的關(guān)注.故答案為C.
點評 考察學生的細節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力,做細節(jié)理解題時一定要找到文章中的原句,和題干進行比較,再做出正確的選擇.在做推理判斷題不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實,要根據(jù)文章事實進行合乎邏輯的推理判斷.