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1、1 Unit 3Life in the future Warming Up we have expectations hopes as well as fears But I think we should be rather sanguine about our future We should be happy and believe good things will happen 1 Why will people probably feel a little lonely in 2050 A Because the number of people will become much s
2、maller B Because people won t communicate with each other much often C Because people won t like making friends with each other D Because there will be less face to face communication 2 The underlined word sanguine in the last paragraph most probably means A optimistic B disappointed C surprised D c
3、urious 3 What does the passage mainly talk about A What high technology will appear in the year 2050 B How people will communicate in the year 2050 C What our life will be like in the year 2050 D How people will travel and spend their holidays in the year 2050 B As Artificial Intelligence AI becomes
4、 increasingly sophisticated 复杂的 there 6 are growing concerns that robots could become a threat This danger can be avoided according to computer science Professor Stuart Russell if we figure out how to turn human values into a programmable code Russell argues that as robots take on more complicated t
5、asks it s necessary to translate our morals into AI language For example if a robot does chores around the house you wouldn t want it to put the pet cat in the oven to make dinner for the hungry children You would want that robot preloaded with a good set of values said Russell Some robots are alrea
6、dy programmed with basic human values For example mobile robots have been programmed to keep a comfortable distance from humans Obviously there are cultural differences but if you were talking to another person and they came up close in your personal space you wouldn t think that s the kind of thing
7、 a properly brought up person would do It will be possible to create more sophisticated moral machines if only we can find a way to set out human values as clear rules Robots could also learn values from drawing patterns from large sets of data on human behaviour They are dangerous only if programme
8、rs are careless The biggest concern with robots going against human values is that human beings fail to so sufficient testing and they ve produced a system that will break some kind of taboos 禁忌 One simple check would be to program a robot to check the correct course of action with a human when pres
9、ented with an unusual situation If the robot is unsure whether an animal is suitable for the microwave it has the 7 opportunity to stop send out beeps 嘟嘟声 and ask for directions from a human If we humans aren t quite sure about a decision we go and ask somebody else The most difficult step in progra
10、mming values will be deciding exactly what we believe in moral and how to create a set of ethical rules But if we come up with an answer robots could be good for humanity 4 How do robots learn human values A By interacting with humans in everyday life situations B By following the daily routines of
11、civilized human beings C By picking up patterns from massive data on human behaviour D By imitating the behaviour of property brought up human beings 5 What will a well programmed robot do when facing an unusual situation A keep a distance from possible dangers B Stop to seek advice from a human bei
12、ng C Trigger its built in alarm system at once D Do sufficient testing before taking action 6 What is most difficult to do when we turn human values into a programmable code A Determine what is moral and ethical B Design some large scale experiments C Set rules for man machine interaction D Develop
13、a more sophisticated program C Many automobile makers present their newest designs at car shows around the world Many designers seek to create the car of the future One device that is popular 8 among car manufacturers 生产商 is an autopilot Autopilot permits a car to drive itself without human control
14、A recent car show in Geneva Switzerland also presented other possible designs including cars manufactured in 3 D printers Rinspeed is a Swiss design company It showed a vehicle based on the US electric car Tesla Model S but the Rinspeed car includes a large television and an espresso coffee maker Fr
15、ank Rinderknecht is the CEO of Rinspeed He says he does not want to just sit and watch the steering wheel 方向盘 turn as he rides in a car with autopilot I want to ride I want to sleep relax watch movies news anything else So that s the vision which we have One day on the boring motorway traffic you ju
16、st do anything which makes your life better said Rinderknecht One of the most interesting ideas presented at the show is a car built on a 3 D printer The German engineering firm EDAG designed the car The body of the vehicle called Genesis is printed in one piece from a material called thermoplastic 热塑性塑 料 Christoph Horvath is spokesman for EDAG To create a car without the use of any tool This would be a real revolution for the industry said Horvath EDAG says it based its design on a turtle shell
