1.They hope to turn our society into one ______ those in need can get help.( )
A. | that | B. | which | C. | when | D. | where |
10.You're surrounded by robots and you probably don't even know it.Most are not all that(41)Band they won't come up to you and speak like a friend.(42)Cyou're unaware of them,they know you're there.Robots are monitoring(43)Din hospitals,providing banking services,(44)Apeople from burning buildings and assisting astronauts in(45)B.Robots are everywhere.
Are robots(46)Dor deadly enemies?Robotic expert Hans Moravec says intelligent robots today are no smarter than the average insect.But,don't feel too(47)Cabout that.For example,army ants in South America(48)Aeverything in their path when they go to war-forests,crops,buildings,people…
In case you(49)Bdon't care about our little mechanical friends,(50)Athis:Robot technology is currently(51)C at a rate 10million times faster than the evolution of(52)D.
Considering the advances in robot technology during the upcoming years,Moravec says that robots must pass through four(53)B of development before they rule the planet.
First robot technology must achieve the ability to(54)A as generalpurpose tools with software running at one million instructions per second (MIPS).Those robots will have the(55)C of reptiles (爬行动物).Next,this happening into 2020,robEots will have acquired brains capable of(56)D300 million MIPS,which will give them the intelligence of smart mice.A hundred billion MIPS will be(57)Bsometime after 2030.By then robots will be provided by their(58)C (humankind) with monkeylike brains.(59)A,at the dawn of 2040,robots will(60)Dhuman intelligence and they will quickly surpass humans and challenge people for supremacy (至高无上) of the planet.
Are robots(46)Dor deadly enemies?Robotic expert Hans Moravec says intelligent robots today are no smarter than the average insect.But,don't feel too(47)Cabout that.For example,army ants in South America(48)Aeverything in their path when they go to war-forests,crops,buildings,people…
In case you(49)Bdon't care about our little mechanical friends,(50)Athis:Robot technology is currently(51)C at a rate 10million times faster than the evolution of(52)D.
Considering the advances in robot technology during the upcoming years,Moravec says that robots must pass through four(53)B of development before they rule the planet.
First robot technology must achieve the ability to(54)A as generalpurpose tools with software running at one million instructions per second (MIPS).Those robots will have the(55)C of reptiles (爬行动物).Next,this happening into 2020,robEots will have acquired brains capable of(56)D300 million MIPS,which will give them the intelligence of smart mice.A hundred billion MIPS will be(57)Bsometime after 2030.By then robots will be provided by their(58)C (humankind) with monkeylike brains.(59)A,at the dawn of 2040,robots will(60)Dhuman intelligence and they will quickly surpass humans and challenge people for supremacy (至高无上) of the planet.
41.A.slow | B.obvious | C.huge | D.valuable |
42.A.In case | B.If only | C.Even if | D.As if |
43.A.researchers | B.scientists | C.presidents | D.patients |
44.A.rescuing | B.forcing | C.sending | D.calling |
45.A.studio | B.space | C.distance | D.town |
46.A.servants | B.leaders | C.competitors | D.friends |
47.A.curious | B.nervous | C.safe | D.pleasant |
48.A.destroy | B.hide | C.smell | D.visit |
49.A.also | B.still | C.again | D.seldom |
50.A.consider | B.explain | C.declare | D.conclude |
51.A.beginning | B.selling | C.exploding | D.reducing |
52.A.farmers | B.theories | C.societies | D.animals |
53.A.stations | B.generations | C.results | D.experiments |
54.A.serve | B.stay | C.settle | D.appear |
55.A.weight | B.memory | C.intelligence | D.sense |
56.A.recording | B.improving | C.dividing | D.processing |
57.A.followed | B.reached | C.corrected | D.loaded |
58.A.neighbor | B.parent | C.creator | D.enemy |
59.A.Finally | B.Luckily | C.Suddenly | D.Regularly |
60.A.collect | B.change | C.discover | D.equal |
9."Paul must have been trying to carry his waste paper to garbage can and dropped a few pieces."I (41)Bpicking them up.(42)Clater I found more pieces.No quiet sighing this time.I(43)A,"Who is throwing garbage?"No answer.Instead,I saw more bits of paper silently floating(44)Bfrom upstairs.Looking up,I saw my seven-year-old son,Paul.
"Stop making a mess.""It's not a mess.They're(45)D.""Sorry,what did you say?"I hadn't heard him clearly.
He didn't answer me.Paul has autism (自闭症) and(46)Aanswers a question,especially when he's(47)Cattentively on something else.He ran down the stairs."Where are my other butterflies?"he asked,(48)Baround.Every time Paul(49)Dfive or more words together,my heart says a(50)Bof thanks.But lately he seems to(51)Dthat the benefits of forming complete sentences when communicating are(52)Aof the effort.
Butterflies,Of course.I rushed to(53)Cthem from the garbage,(54)Bthem off and handed them to my young artist."Want to see them(55)Dagain?"he asked with a shy smile."Oh yes!They're beautiful."I whispered.He ran back upstairs to float his(56)Adown again.They really did look like beautiful butterflies.
That day Paul(57)Ame to look up at (58)Cinstead of down at garbage.How many other masterpieces (杰作) do I miss because I'm too caught up in my(59)Bto take time to appreciate what's right in front of me?Life is not what happens to us.It's(60)Dwe look at it.Now,I look up.
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"Stop making a mess.""It's not a mess.They're(45)D.""Sorry,what did you say?"I hadn't heard him clearly.
He didn't answer me.Paul has autism (自闭症) and(46)Aanswers a question,especially when he's(47)Cattentively on something else.He ran down the stairs."Where are my other butterflies?"he asked,(48)Baround.Every time Paul(49)Dfive or more words together,my heart says a(50)Bof thanks.But lately he seems to(51)Dthat the benefits of forming complete sentences when communicating are(52)Aof the effort.
Butterflies,Of course.I rushed to(53)Cthem from the garbage,(54)Bthem off and handed them to my young artist."Want to see them(55)Dagain?"he asked with a shy smile."Oh yes!They're beautiful."I whispered.He ran back upstairs to float his(56)Adown again.They really did look like beautiful butterflies.
That day Paul(57)Ame to look up at (58)Cinstead of down at garbage.How many other masterpieces (杰作) do I miss because I'm too caught up in my(59)Bto take time to appreciate what's right in front of me?Life is not what happens to us.It's(60)Dwe look at it.Now,I look up.
41.A.laughed | B.sighed | C.amazed | D.shouted |
42.A.Days | B.Years | C.Moments | D.Weeks |
43.A.called out | B.turned up | C.got in | D.added to |
44.A.up | B.down | C.away | D.off |
45.A.planes | B.papers | C.leaves | D.butterflies |
46.A.rarely | B.frequently | C.willingly | D.eagerly |
47.A.devoted | B.depended | C.focused | D.addicted |
48.A.showing | B.looking | C.playing | D.drawing |
49.A.spells | B.puts | C.pushes | D.accumulates |
50.A.sound | B.remark | C.report | D.prayer |
51.A.refuse | B.hear | C.mind | D.realize |
52.A.worthy | B.aware | C.fond | D.typical |
53.A.hide | B.destroy | C.rescue | D.remove |
54.A.tore | B.dusted | C.cut | D.seized |
55.A.throw | B.flow | C.land | D.fly |
56.A.masterpieces | B.schoolwork | C.inventions | D.imagination |
57.A.reminded | B.forced | C.intended | D.permitted |
58.A.mistakes | B.weaknesses | C.beauty | D.scenery |
59.A.amusement | B.housework | C.communication | D.homework |
60.A.when | B.whether | C.where | D.how |