Question

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 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!

1.The author quoted Bill Gates’ words in Paragraph 2 in order to make the text ________.

A. better-known

B. more persuasive

C. better-organized

D. more interesting

2.An intelligent paperclip machine would harm us because ________.

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

3.How does the author feel about Isaac Asimov’s rules of robotics?

A. Optimistic.B. Sympathy.C. Disappointed.D. Regretful.

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.A

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述的是机器人给我们带来的一些恐惧。

1. 细节理解题。根据第一段第二句I was embarrassed to admit this till I heard that Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft, felt the same way.（我很尴尬地承认这个直到我听说微软的创始人比尔盖茨也有同样的感受。）可知，引用比尔盖茨的话是为了更具有说服力。故选B。

2. 细节理解题。根据第四段倒数第二句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，机器人可能把人体当作生产回形针额外的原材料。故选C。

3. 细节理解题。根据第五段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.（美国作家Isaac Asimov考虑到机器人能走多远，并给我们留下了他的机器人的三个原则，这是个好事。）故可知作者感觉是“正面的”，故选A。

【名师点拨】

细节题的破解一般采用寻读法，即先看试题，再读文章。对有关信息进行快速定位，再将相关信息进行整合、甄别、分析、对比，有根有据地排除干扰项，选出正确答案。寻读法还特别适用于对图形表格类题材的理解。做此类型的题目还要特别注意句子的逻辑关系。英语中有许多功能词，如：表因果关系的because, since, as等；表转折关系的but, however ,on the contrary, on the other hand等等。1小题B细节理解题。根据第一段第二句I was embarrassed to admit this till I heard that Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft, felt the same way.（我很尴尬地承认这个直到我听说微软的创始人比尔盖茨也有同样的感受。）故可知引用比尔盖茨的话是为了更具有说服力。故选B。

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