Mr Johnson had a hotel in the UK. It was near the airport, so a lot of foreigners stayed for night there. They think it is very convenient. He didn't know any other language but English and he found it difficult for him to understand the foreign visitors. Sometimes he had to use the body language to “talk” with them, and tried his best to make himself understood. But he was often misunderstood(误解)and it brought him a lot of trouble.

A friend of his who learned a few foreign languages in a university would teach him. He was happy and studied hard. At first he learned some, but soon he found it wasn't easy to remember the words and expressions. His friend advised him to write down the useful expressions in his notebook so that he could use them when necessary. He did as he was told. He found it helpful for him to do so.

One evening there were plenty of people in the dining room. They were all busy eating something except a Japanese. He was walking around there and waiting for his wife who was dressing herself up upstairs. Mr Jackson thought to himself, “The man wants to eat something but he doesn’t know any English. Let me help him.”

As he knew only a little Japanese, he had to bring out his notebook and showed it to the man, pointing to the sentence “I’m hungry”. The Japanese had a look at it and gave him two pounds and left.

1. Mr Jackson knew only English so __________.

A. he had a hotel in the UK.

B. he went to study in a university.

C. he couldn’t understand his foreign visitors.

D. he wouldn’t go abroad.

2.Mr Jackson often to “talk” with foreigners with the body language.

A. succeeded B. failed C. feared D. hated

3. Mr Jackson learned foreign languages by __________.

A. remembering words and expressions.

B. writing down words and expressions in his notebook.

C. talking with foreign visitors in the hotel.

D. guessing the meaning of the visitors’ words.

4.The meaning of the underlined word “convenient” is __________.

A. 便利的 B. 廉价的 C. 附近的 D. 舒适的

5.The Japanese thought __________, so he gave him two pounds.

A. Mr Jackson wanted to get some money for food.

B. Mr Jackson wanted him to pay some money.

C. Mr Jackson could bring his wife downstairs

D. Mr Jackson could help him order the food.

We often praise the world of science.

It explains the world and makes our lives easier with technology. One of the most exciting fields in science is artificial intelligence (人工智能 AI). This is an area where scientists are working on creating machines that think like humans.

However, one of the most famous scientists has a very dark warning for us about this type of technology.

“The development of artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race,” said Professor Stephen Hawking to the BBC.

Hawking is a well-known British scientist and writer of bestselling science book A Brief History of Time. This warning came after he used the machine particularly made for him. As Hawking suffers from a serious disease called ALS, he needs an AI computer to communicate. The computer learns how Hawking thinks and suggests the words he may want to use next.

This is a basic type of AI, which is very useful, yet Hawking is frightened of the possibility of creating technology that can match or surpass human intelligence. And it’s easy to imagine how terrible things may be. Many TV shows and films display big, killer machines that are far cleverer than us. “Humans can’t compete because they are limited by slow biological evolution (生物进化),” said Hawking.

In what direction do you think AI is heading? Should we be hopeful or fearful?

1.According the passage, AI machines can ________ nowadays.

A. make our lives easier

B. think like human beings

C. be much smarter than humans now

D. not be controlled by human beings soon

2.What does the underlined word This stand for in paragraph 5?

A. A big, killer machine.

B. A serious disease called ALS.

C. The AI computer Hawing uses.

D. The AI technology scientists work on.

3.The writer took Hawking as an example to ________.

A. explain how AI has helped us

B. show the great hidden use of AI

C. show AI has already become part of our life

D. suggest that AI might become dangerous for humans

4.Which of the following can be the title for this article?

A. The development of AI

B. AI: a friend or an enemy?

C. The future of human beings

D. The fight between humans and AI

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