Martin Luther King, Jr. was a famous leader in American history. He was a great leader of the civil rights movement. He was born in 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia. He believed that people should not judge each other by skin color.

His dream was for black people and white people to be able to live in peace with one another. He dreamed black children and white children would be able to play together. He thought they should also go to the same schools, use the same restrooms, and drink from the same drinking fountains.

Martin Luther King, Jr. risked his life many times in his struggle for black civil rights. He did not believe in violence. Martin Luther King, Jr. used his voice to tell people his ideas. He was very good at speaking to people. He spoke of his dreams for America. He gave his famous “I Have a Dream” speech in 1963. His ability to talk about things instead of fighting earned him good fame. He received the Nobel Prize for Peace when he was thirty-five years old.

1.He believed that people should not judge each other by .

A. the birthplace B. skin color C. the country D. the family

2.Martin Luther King, Jr. did a lot of things for .

A. black civil rights B. white civil rights C. his freedom D. his friends

3.When did he receive the Nobel Prize for Peace?

A. In 1963. B. In 1964. C. In 1966. D. In 1967.

4.What’s the main idea of the passage?

A. It’s about American history.

B. It’s about the Nobel Prize for Peace.

C. It’s about a famous leader of the civil rights movement.

D. It’s about people and their dreams.

Thanks to endless photos on social media and the wealth of information on the Internet, future people should have a clear picture of how we lived in the 21st century.

But Martine Rothblatt, a business woman from the US, wants to go a step further by digitally cloning (克隆) human minds.

These “mindclones” would have all of our thoughts, feelings, and be able to think just like us. Rothblatt imagines that mindclones will first begin as digital (数字的) assistants(助手) in our mobile devices (装置), until they become walking, talking versions (版本) of us – but these are far from reality at the moment.

Mindcloning technology is still very young, and it might be a long time before we can send our man-made selves to school so we don’t have to sit through math class. However, scientists at Stanford University in the United States recently created a circuit (电路) board modeled on the human brain that could simulate(模拟) 1 million neurons (神经元) and billions of connections in the brain.

Finally, Rothblatt sees mindclones having their own rights as people, and even falling in love and getting married.

“Let’s say [the ex Apple CEO] Steve Jobs meets another mindclone. They fall in love. Mindclones are just people without bodies. Once the mindclones fall in love, they are going to get married. That’s what people do,” she said.

But Rothblatt’s idea that the digital versions of ourselves would have the same rights as people is not shared by everyone. Some people have thought that the mind must be embedded (嵌入) in biology for it to be thought as “life”, HuffPost reported.

1.According to Rothblatt, mindclones ______.

A. will finally become robots B. will be used in our mobile devices

C. will become reality soon D. have more rights than people

2.What is the latest development in mindcloning technology?

A. We can send our man-made selves to school.

B. People can improve their studies by using mindclones.

C. Steve Jobs and a mindclone will get married.

D. A circuit board has been modeled after a human brain.

3.What does the last paragraph mainly tell us?

A. The writer agrees with Rothblatt’s idea.

B. The writer disagrees with Rothblatt’s idea.

C. Not everyone agrees with Rothblatt about mindclones’ rights.

D. It’s meaningless to discuss the rights of “mindclones”.

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