Question

【题目】Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

For several decades, various types of artificial intelligence kept shocking the world. Robots could 【1】 people in highly competitive games and then quickly destroyed their human competitors.

AI long ago mastered chess, the Chinese board game Go and even the Rubik's cube, which it managed to solve in just 0.38 second.

Now machines have a new game that will allow them to 【2】 humans: Jenga, the popular game in which players 【3】remove pieces from an increasingly unstable tower of 54 blocks, placing each one on top until the entire structure would 【4】.

A newly released video from MIT shows a robot developed by the school's engineers playing the game with surprising accuracy. The machine is equipped with a soft gripper(夹子), a force-sensing wrist and an external camera, allowing the robot to detect the tower’s 【5】 the way a human might do

Unlike in purely recognitive tasks or games such as chess or Go, playing the game of Jenga also requires mastery of physical acts such as pushing, pulling, placing, and arranging pieces. It must 【6】 interactive physical operation, where you have to touch the tower to learn how and when to move blocks.

Imitating it is rather difficult, so the robot has to learn in the real world, by working with the real Jenga tower. Recently, a relevant research was published in the journal Science Robotics. Researchers say the robot demonstrates that machines can learn how to perform certain tasks through actual touching instead of relying heavily on visual 【7】. That physical 【8】 is significant, researchers say, because it provides further proof that robots can be used to perform 【9】 tasks, such as separating recyclable objects from landfill trash and assembling consumer products.

In a cellphone assembly line, the felling of any component is coming from force and touch rather than vision. To become an accomplished Jenga player, the robot did not require as much repetitive practice as you might imagine. Hoping to avoid reconstructing a Jenga tower thousands of times, researchers developed a method that allowed the robot to be trained on about 300 games. Researchers say the robot has already begun facing off against humans, who remain 【10】 players—for now.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】I.

【2】D

【3】B

【4】K

【5】E

【6】A

【7】J

【8】F

【9】C

【10】G

【解析】

本文是一篇科技类短文阅读。人工智能的发展一直震惊着世界，研究人员现以开发新的机器人，可以通过实际触摸来学习如何执行任务。

【1】考查动词。动词encounter遇到。could后面选动词原形。句意：机器人可以在竞争激烈的游戏中遇到人类，然后迅速消灭人类对手。故选I。

【2】考查动词。动词shame使羞愧。to do形式选动词原形。句意：现在，机器有了一个新游戏，它们可以使人类羞愧。故选D。

【3】考查副词。副词strategically战略上。主谓之间选副词，选项只有一个副词，句意适当。句意：玩家从一个由54块积木组成的越来越不稳定的塔上战略性地移走棋子，把每一块积木放在塔顶，直到整个结构倒塌。故选B。

【4】考查动词。动词collapse倒塌。would后面选动词原形。句意：玩家从一个由54块积木组成的越来越不稳定的塔上战略性地移走棋子，把每一块积木放在塔顶，直到整个结构倒塌。故选K。

【5】考查名词。名词weaknesses薄弱。选名词作宾语，根据句意：探测塔的薄弱之处。故选E。

【6】考查动词。动词involve涉及。must后面选动词原形。根据句意：层层叠游戏要涉及互动。故选A。

【7】考查名词。名词clues线索，形容词visual后接名词。根据句意：而不是严重依赖视觉的线索。故选J。

【8】考查名词。名词sensitivity敏感。作主语，而且是单数。根据句意：物理的敏感性很重要。故选F。

【9】考查形容词。形容词delicate需要谨慎处理的，修饰名词tasks。根据句意：机器人可用于执行需要谨慎处理的任务，后面有例子。故选C。

【10】考查形容词。形容词superior更胜一筹的，修饰名词players。根据句意：机器人开始挑战目前更胜一筹的人类。故选G。