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 本文属于说明文阅读,作者通过这篇文章主要向我们描述了智能机器人可能给人类带来伤害以及美国作家Isaac Asimov为此制定了三条机器人规则,作者旨在引起人们对智能机器人的关注.
解答 28.B.推理判断题.根据文章第一段"I was embarrassed to admit this till I heard that Bill Gates,the founder of Microsoft,felt the same way."可知,比尔盖茨也有与我同样的想法.引入名人比尔盖茨是为了增加说服力.故选B.
29.C.细节理解题.根据第四段"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,智能的回形针机可能会把人的身体看做一种特殊的材料,从而追赶你.故选C.
30.A.推理判断题.根据文中最后一段"I'm glad my machines at home are"dumb"我很高兴我所有的机器在家里是"哑巴",可知,作者对机器人的规则是带有希望,充满乐观的.故选A.
31.C.主旨大意题.通读全文,可知作者通过描述智能机器人可能给人类带来伤害以及制定的机器人规则,来引起人们对智能机器人的关注.故答案为C.
点评 考察学生的细节理解和推理判断能力,做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句,和题干进行比较,再做出正确的选择.在做推理判断题不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实,要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断.