2020-2021學(xué)年高中英語(yǔ)同步課時(shí)作業(yè)1Unit2 新人教版選擇性必修第一冊(cè)

Unit2

ReadingandThinking

一、填空

1.Thereislittlechancethatwewillsucceedinchangingthelaw.（然

而），itisimportantthatwetry.

2.Ticketsare（可獲得的）freeofchargefromtheschool.

3.rdliketogiveyousome（相關(guān)的）suggestions.

4.rmtiredofyour（不斷的）complaint.

5.Doctorsissueda（警告）againsteatinganyfishcaughtintheriver.

6.Asasailor,youmustobeythecaptain's（命令）.

7.Ican'tgiveyouan（立亥U的）replybeforeIdiscusswithmypartners.

8.Makeexerciseapartofyourdaily（常規(guī)）.

9.Maybetherewillbe（自動(dòng)的）kitchenstocookmealsforusinthe

future.

10.Theoldcoupleliveina（偏遠(yuǎn)的）village.

11.Parents5wordsanddeedscan（potential）affectchildren.

12.Asweallknow,fashionis（constant）changing.

13.Thepresident（command）thereleaseoftheprisonerslastyear.

14.Inmyopinion,it'samatterofpersonal（prefer）.

15.Theheatingwillswitchoff（automatic）whenyouleavetheroom.

二.閱讀理解

Dogsareourbestfriends.That5sespeciallytrueafteradisaster,suchas

anearthquake.Whenbuildingsfalldown,search-and-rescuedogshelpfindtrapped

people.Dogs5amazingnosescanpickupthesmellofsurvivors.Nowscientistshave

developedanelectronictoolthatdoesthesamething.It'stakingsmelldetection

（探測(cè)）toawholenewlevel.

Thenewinventionisasortofelectronicnose,whichcandetectextremely

lowlevelsofmanycompounds（化合物）frompeople，sskin.Thisisn，tthefirsttime

engineershavedevelopedsuchanobject.Earliermodels,however,havebeenbulky

andexpensive.Theycouldnotdetectlowlevelsoftargetcompoundseither.Thenew

oneisinexpensiveandsmallenoughtofitinsidehand-heldequipment.

Theelectronicnosecandetectextremelyslightsmellofmorethanone

compoundatthesametime."Beingabletodothis,insuchasmallobject,isthe

significantdiscovery,，zsaysSotirisE.Pratsinis,ProfessorofProcessEngineering

&MaterialsScienceattheSwissFederalInstituteofTechnologyinZurich.Histeam

testeditinspecialspaces.Theywerelikethesmallspaceswherepeoplemightbe

trapped.Chemicalsgivenoffbythevolunteersbuiltupinside.Theelectronic

equipmentdetectedthosecompoundsatunbelievablylowlevels.

Theresultsweregoodnewsfortheresearchteam.Buttheymaybenotfor

ourfour-leggedfriends,whocouldsoonbeoutofajob."Ideally,thistechnology

couldreplacesearch-and-rescuedogs,〃Pratsinissays.

StephenTaylor,anelectricalengineer,agreesthatthenewtechnologyhas

somebenefitsoverdogs.Still,hethinksitmaybetoosoontohaveourtrustyfriends

retire.Hesuspects,〃Iforeseethatsuchanobjectcouldaddtothefineworkdone

bythedogs.〃Tayloralsopointedoutsomepotentiallimitationsofthenewinvention.

，zE-nosesareuseful,butcanbeverylikelytobeaffectedbyunstablereadingsand

interruption,z/hesays.

1.Whydoestheauthortalkaboutdogsatthebeginning?

A.Tocatchthereaders5attention.B.Tointroducethetopicaboute-noses.

C.Toshowwhatsearch-and-rescuedogsdo.D.Toaddbackground

informationfordiscussion.

2.Whichofthefollowingbestexplains"bulky〃underlinedinParagraph2?

A.Complex.B.Fragile.C.Handy.D.Large.

3.WhatisParagraph3mainlyabout?

A.Whate-noses,workingprincipleis.

B.Howe-nosesaremade.

C.Whatdifferencesbetweendogsande-nosesare.

D.Howpowerfule-nosesare.

4.WhatdoesStephenTaylormean?

A.Dogsande-nosescouldworktogether.B.Search-and-rescuedogswillretiresoon.

C.E-nosesaremorereliablethannosesofdogs.D.Dogsarebetterat

findingouttrappedpeople.

三.語(yǔ)法填空

GlobalwarmingcouldmakehumansshorterScientistsclaimtohavefound

evidencethatitcausedtheworld5sfirsthorses①___(become)smallernearly

50millionyearsago.Infact,ateamfromtheuniversitiesofFloridaandNebraska

says②___hasfoundalinkbetweentheearthheatingupandthesizeof

horses,duringthelasttimetheworldheatedup.Thescientistsusedfossilsto

followtheevolutionofhorsesfromtheirearliest(3)___(appear)56million

yearsago.Astemperatureswentup,theirsizewent④___.Thescientistssaythat

thecurrentwarmingcouldhavethesameeffect⑤___mammalsandcouldevenmake

humans⑥___(small).“Horsesstartedoutsmall,aboutthesizeofasmalldog.

What's⑦_(dá)__(surprise)isthataftertheyfirstappeared,theythenbecameeven

smallerandthendramaticallyincreasedinsize,andthat⑧___(exact)

correspondsto(符合)theglobalwarmingevent,followedbycooling.〃〃Ithadbeen

knownthatmammals⑨___(be)smallduringthelastwarmtime,⑩___wehadn，t

realisedthattemperaturespecificallywasdrivingtheevolutionofbodysize,〃Dr

BlochsaidintheSciencejournal.

答案以及解析

1.答案：Nevertheless

解析：

2.答案：available

解析：

3.答案：relevant

解析：

4.答案：constant

解析：

5.答案：warning

解析：

6.答案：commands

解析：

7.答案：instant

解析：

8.答案：routine

解析：

9.答案：automatic

解析：

10.答案：remote

解析：

11.答案：potentially

解析：考查詞性轉(zhuǎn)換。句意:父母的言行能潛在地影響孩子。此處修飾后面的動(dòng)詞affect,

應(yīng)用副詞，故填potentiallyo

12.答案：constantly

解析：考查詞性轉(zhuǎn)換。句意:眾所周知,時(shí)尚在不斷地變化。設(shè)空處修飾主句的謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞，故

設(shè)空處應(yīng)用副詞，故填constantly。.

13.答案：commanded

解析：考查時(shí)態(tài)。句意:去年總統(tǒng)下令釋放這些囚犯。分析句子成分可知，設(shè)空處應(yīng)為謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)

詞，根據(jù)時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)lastyear可知應(yīng)用一般過(guò)去時(shí)，故填commandedo

14.答案：preference

解析：考查詞性轉(zhuǎn)換。句意:在我看來(lái)，這是個(gè)人喜好的問(wèn)題。設(shè)空處前是形容詞personal,

所以設(shè)空處應(yīng)用名詞，故填preferenceo

15.答案：automatically

解析：考查詞性轉(zhuǎn)換。句意:你離開(kāi)這個(gè)房間的時(shí)候,暖氣就會(huì)自動(dòng)關(guān)上。此處作狀語(yǔ)，故填

副詞automatically。

二.答案：1-4BDDA

解析：1,推理判斷題。第一段中,作者先介紹了狗的鼻子有很多用途，然后介紹科學(xué)家現(xiàn)在發(fā)

明了可以做同樣事情的電子鼻。由此可以推斷，先提及狗是為了引出電子鼻的話題，故選B

項(xiàng)。

2.詞義猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)第二段中的Earliermodels,however,havebeenbulkyand

expensive...Thenewoneisinexpensiveandsmallenoughtofitinsidehand-held

equipment.可知，早期的電子鼻比較昂貴且“bulky"，新型的電子鼻則體積小巧，可放入手

持設(shè)備內(nèi)，新舊形成對(duì)比，由此猜測(cè)bulky是“龐大”的意思，故選D項(xiàng)。complex意為“復(fù)

雜的"，紅agile意為“易碎的"，handy意為“方便的”。

3.主旨大意題。第三段主要介紹了電子鼻可以同時(shí)檢測(cè)到多種化合物極其輕微的氣味,故選

D項(xiàng)。

4.推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段中的“Iforeseethatsuchanobjectcouldaddtothefine

workdonebythedogs.”可知,斯蒂芬?泰勒認(rèn)為電子鼻可以配合狗進(jìn)行工作，故選A項(xiàng)。

三.答案：①tobecome②it?appearance④down⑤on?smaller?surprising⑧

exactly⑨were⑩but

解析：①causesb/sthtodosth是固定搭配，意為〃導(dǎo)致某人/某物做某事〃.故填to

become.

②指代前面提到的ateam應(yīng)用it.故填it.

③形容詞性物主代詞their后應(yīng)用appear的名詞形式.故填appearance.

④根據(jù)上下文內(nèi)容可知，溫度上升會(huì)導(dǎo)致馬的體形變小.故填up的反義詞down.

⑤haveaneffecton是固定搭配，意為〃對(duì)....有影響〃.故填on.

⑥此處暗含氣候變暖前后人類(lèi)體形的對(duì)比,應(yīng)用比較級(jí).故填smaller.

⑦be動(dòng)詞后應(yīng)用形容詞作表語(yǔ)，此處修飾的是事物，應(yīng)用surprising,意為〃令人驚訝的〃.

故填surprising.

⑧修飾動(dòng)詞短語(yǔ)correspondsto要用exact的副詞形式.故填exactly.

⑨mammals是復(fù)數(shù)形式，后面的系動(dòng)詞也要用復(fù)數(shù)形式.時(shí)間是duringthelastwarmtime,

應(yīng)用一般過(guò)去時(shí).故填were.

⑩句意為:我們已經(jīng)知道哺乳動(dòng)物在上個(gè)溫暖期個(gè)頭較小，但我們還未意識(shí)到正是溫度驅(qū)動(dòng)

著體形大小的進(jìn)化.由句意可知設(shè)空前后為轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系.故填but.

Unit2

LearningaboutLanguage

一、填空

1.Theseareexamplesofnatural（克?。?

2.Nobodycould（預(yù)測(cè)）thefinalresult.

3.rmsurethat（人工的）intelligencewillhaveapromisingfuture.

4.Ourgovernmenthastakeneffectivemeasurestofightagainstviolent（犯

罪活動(dòng)）.

5.Advancesintechnologyc（結(jié)合）withmoreopenpolicieshavealready

createdaninterconnectedworld.

6.Manycompaniesmakearuletosendbirthdaye-cardstotheir

customers.

7.Explorerswhoworkonscientificresearch（stand）attheArcticPole

thistimetomorrow.

8.Weareconfidentthattheenvironment（improve）byourfurther

effortstoreducepollution.

9.Chinawillsafeguardenergysecuritybyresourceprotection,

(advocate)greenlifestylesandconsumerculture.

10.Thewatchissobeautifulandithappenstobe50percentoff,soIcan，tresist

(buy)it.

11.(oppose)todevelopingthenaturereserve,thelocalpeople

preventedtheconstructionworkersfromenteringtheirvillages.

12.WeChatisagreatwaytokeeptouchwithotherpeopleandquickly

broadcastinformationaboutwhereyouareandwhatyouaredoing.

13.It'shightimethatweplacedgreatemphasistheimprovementoffood

safety.

14.Somepeoplealwaystakeseriouslythe(predict)oftheendofthe

worldinthenearfuture.

15.Inthe(absent)ofcleargoals,wearestuckindailyroutineuntil

webecomeslavesofit.

二.閱讀理解

Nearlyeveryweek,wehearnewsaboutthelatestsuccessesandfailuresin

driverlessvehicles.Butwehearlittleabouthowotherindustriesaredeveloping

thissamekindoftechnology.

Oneindustryheavilyinvolvedinresearchinganddevelopingartificial

intelligence,orAI,isagriculture.Companiesareexperimentingwithhigh-tech

toolsthatcanhelpfarmerssavetimeandmoney,whilereducingenvironment-harming

chemicals.

OneofthecompaniesisecoRobotixofSwitzerland.Itcreatedarobotequipped

withAIandcamerastoidentifyallplantsonafarm.Therobothasfourwheelsto

carryitthroughthefieldsinsearchofweeds.Computer-controlledarmsthenlower

andspraytheweedswithsmallamountsofherbicide(除草齊U).Companyofficialssay

therobotcanfullyoperateonitsownforupto12hoursadaywhilebeingpowered

bythesun.Itusesthesamekindofsensorandpositioningtechnologyusedtoguide

driverlessvehicles.Afarmercanalsocontroltheequipmentthroughasmartphone.

Theco-founderofecoRobotix,AurelienDemaurex,saysthefarmrobotcankill

weedswith20timeslessherbicidethantraditionalmethods.Thisisbecausethe

systemusesexactlytherightamountofchemicalintheexactplacerequiredtokill

theweeds.Currently,farmersspreadweedkillersovermassiveareastodestroy

unwantedplants.

AnothercompanydevelopingfarmroboticsisCalifornia-basedBlueRiver

Technology.Thecompanyhasasystemcalled〃See&Spray”,whichitclaimsisthe

world，sfirstsmartsprayer.Thesystem一whichconnectstothebackofatractor一is

alsoequippedwithAItoidentifyandchemicallykillonlytheweeds.Itcanalso

spraychemicalsonwantedplantstohelpthemgrow.BenChostner,vice-president

ofbusinessdevelopmentforBlueRiverTechnology,explainsinacompanyvideothat

“See&Spray〃technologyusesthesamedeeplearningmethodsusedinfacial

recognition."Thefirsttimethemachinesawapigweed,itdidn，tknowwhatkind

ofplantitwas.Butwetaughtit一bygivingittensofthousandsofexamplesof

pigweed一andnowit'sanexpertinpigweed./z

1.HowwillAIbenefitagriculture?

A.Itwillfundagricultureresearch.B.Itcontributestolow-costfarming.

C.Itcanavoidharmfulchemicals.D.Itfreesallfarmersfromfieldwork.

2.Whatdotheproductsofthetwocompanieshaveincommon?

A.Theyuserecognitiontechnology.B.Theyarepoweredbysolarenergy.

C.Theyareconnectedwithsmartphones.D.Theycanhelpwantedplantsgrowrapidly.

3.WhatdoBenChostner5swordssuggestabouttherobot?

A.Itisenvironmentallyfriendly.B.Itisgoodatself-improving.

C.Ithasthelearningability.D.Itcantrackvariousplants.

4.Whatismainlytalkedaboutinthetext?

A.Theexperimentinfarmingrobots.B.Newtrendinartificialintelligence.

C.Modern〃See&Spray〃technology.D.Artificialintelligenceinagriculture.

三.閱讀下面短文,在空白處填入1個(gè)適當(dāng)?shù)膯卧~或括號(hào)內(nèi)單詞的正確形式。

Areyouinterestedinscience?Whatdoyouthinkaboutself-repair

technology?

InthefirstTerminatormovie,thereisamoment①themetal

machinefromthefuturebeginstorepairhismechanical(機(jī)械的)arm.Theability

ofnon-humanthingstorepairthemselvesis②(surprise)andleavesa

deep(3)(impress)onmanypeople.Thisisperhapsonereasonwhypeople

begantotake(4)interestintheresearchbeingdonebyProfessorDuncan

WassandhisteamattheUniversityofBristol.Theyhavedevelopedaself-repairing

materialthatcould⑤(use)tofixthewingsandbodyofaeroplanes.

ProfessorWassandhisteamfoundinspirationintheprocessesofthehuman

body.AsProfessorWassexplains,Z/Ifyoucut⑥(you)finger,thereare

mechanisms(結(jié)構(gòu))thatrepairthatdamage.Canweputtheself-healing(自愈)

functionsthatwehaveinanairplanewing?Ifyoudothat,you5renotgoingtorepair

ahugeholeintheairplanewing.Whatweshouldbeable⑦(repair)are

thetinycracksthatlead⑧theproblemslateron.〃

When⑨(ask)aboutotherpossibleapplications,ProfessorWass

says.，zBicycleframes(框架)orsportsequipmentare⑩(general)where

youcanimaginethisbeingused.z/

答案以及解析

、

1.答案：clones

解析：

2.答案：predict

解析：

3.答案：artificial

解析：

4.答案：crime

解析：

5.答案：combined

解析：句意:科技的進(jìn)步以及更加開(kāi)放的政策已經(jīng)創(chuàng)造出一個(gè)聯(lián)系密切的世界。

6.答案:it

解析：makeitarule(todosth)意為“定下規(guī)矩(做某事)"，it是形式賓語(yǔ)，真正的賓

語(yǔ)是動(dòng)詞不定式短語(yǔ)。

7.答案：willbestanding

解析：句意為:從事科學(xué)研究的探險(xiǎn)家們明天這個(gè)時(shí)候?qū)⒄驹诒睒O。根據(jù)句中的時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)

thistimetomorrow可知，此處指將來(lái)某一時(shí)刻正在發(fā)生的動(dòng)作，應(yīng)用將來(lái)進(jìn)行時(shí)。故填will

bestanding,.

8.答案：willbeimproved

解析：句意為:我們相信環(huán)境會(huì)在我們進(jìn)一步減少污染的努力下得到改善。設(shè)空處作從句的

謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞,根據(jù)句中的further可知,此處指發(fā)生在將來(lái)的動(dòng)作,應(yīng)用一般將來(lái)時(shí)；improve與

從句主語(yǔ)theenvironment之間是被動(dòng)關(guān)系，故用被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)。故填willbeimprovedo

9.答案：advocating

解析：句意為：中國(guó)將通過(guò)資源保護(hù)來(lái)保障能源安全,倡導(dǎo)環(huán)保的生活方式和消費(fèi)文化。分析

句子結(jié)構(gòu)可知,設(shè)空處應(yīng)用非謂語(yǔ)形式,advocate與主語(yǔ)China之間是邏輯上的主動(dòng)關(guān)系，故

用現(xiàn)在分詞作狀語(yǔ)。

10.答案：buying

解析：cantresistdoingsth意為"忍不住做某事”，為固定搭配。故填buying。

11.答案：Opposed

解析：beopposedto為固定搭配,意為“反對(duì)……”，此處為形容詞短語(yǔ)作狀語(yǔ),省去be

動(dòng)詞，故填Opposedo

12.答案：in

解析：句意為:微信是一個(gè)與他人保持聯(lián)系以及即時(shí)發(fā)布位置與動(dòng)態(tài)的不錯(cuò)方式。keepin

touchwith為固定搭配，意為“與......保持聯(lián)系”。

13.答案：on

解析：句意為:到了我們高度重視改善食品安全的時(shí)候了。placeemphasison意為“重視”，

為固定搭配。故填on。

14.答案：prediction

解析：句意為:一些人總是把不久后是世界末日的預(yù)言當(dāng)回事。設(shè)空處作take的賓語(yǔ)，其前

有定冠詞the限定,應(yīng)用名詞。故填predictiono

15.答案：absence

解析：句意為：由于缺乏明確的目標(biāo)，我們被困在日常生活中，直到成為生活的奴隸。設(shè)空處

作介詞in的賓語(yǔ)且前有定冠詞the限定,應(yīng)用名詞。故填absence。

二.答案：1-4.BACD

解析：1.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段Oneindustryheavilyinvolvedinresearchingand

developingartificialintelligence,orAI,isagriculture.Companiesare

experimentingwithhigh-techtoolsthatcanhelpfarmerssavetimeandmoney,while

reducingenvironment-harmingchemicals.可知，人工智能通過(guò)幫助農(nóng)民節(jié)省時(shí)間和金錢(qián)即

降低成本造福農(nóng)業(yè),故選B項(xiàng)。

2.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段中的OneofthecompaniesisecoRobotixofSwitzerland.It

createdarobotequippedwithAIandcamerastoidentifyallplantsonafarm.和

最后一段中的Thesystem一whichconnectstothebackofatractor一isalsoequipped

withAItoidentifyandchemicallykillonlytheweeds.可知，這兩家公司的產(chǎn)品的共

同之處是他們都使用識(shí)別技術(shù),故選A項(xiàng)。

3.推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段中本?喬斯特納的話可知,該技術(shù)使用了與人臉識(shí)別相同的深

度學(xué)習(xí)方法。在人們教它大量例子之后,它由不認(rèn)識(shí)藜草轉(zhuǎn)變成為藜草專(zhuān)家,所以他的話表明

這個(gè)機(jī)器人有學(xué)習(xí)能力,故選C項(xiàng)。

4.主旨大意題。第二段中的Oneindustryheavilyinvolvedinresearchinganddeveloping

artificialintelligence,orAI,isagriculture.是全文的主題句，結(jié)合全文內(nèi)容可知，

這篇文章主要講了人工智能在農(nóng)業(yè)中的應(yīng)用，故選D項(xiàng)。

三.答案：①一⑤when;surprising;impression;an;beused;⑥一⑩your;torepair;to;

asked;generally

解析：①考查定語(yǔ)從句。設(shè)空處引導(dǎo)定語(yǔ)從句，修飾先行詞amoment且在從句中作時(shí)間狀語(yǔ),

故填when。

②考查形容詞。設(shè)空處作表語(yǔ)，說(shuō)明主語(yǔ)theabilityofnon-humanthingstorepair

themselves的特征，故填surprisingo

③考查名詞。leaveadeepimpressionon...意為“給...留下深刻印象”。

(4)an考查冠詞。takeaninterestin...意為“對(duì)...感興趣”。

⑤考查被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)。material與use之間是被動(dòng)關(guān)系,且設(shè)空處前有情態(tài)動(dòng)詞could,故填be

usedo

⑥考查代詞。設(shè)空處在此作定語(yǔ)，意為“你的〃，故填your。

⑦考查非謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞。beabletodosth.意為“能夠做某事”。

⑧考查介詞。leadto意為“導(dǎo)致，造成”。

⑨考查非謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞。ask與ProfessorWass之間是邏輯上的動(dòng)賓關(guān)系，故填asked。

⑩考查副詞。設(shè)空處修飾謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞are,故填副詞generally（通常）。

Unit2

UsingLanguage&AssessingYourProgress

一、填空

1.—從……中獲益

2.人工智能

3.—與……保持聯(lián)系

4.adj.效率高的

5.adj.可獲得的

6.adj.相關(guān)的

7.n.距離

8.n.創(chuàng)新

9.adv.自動(dòng)地

10.____adv.不斷地

11.Youmustmakesurethetimeis_（準(zhǔn)確的）.

12.Theyaredeterminedto_（抵制）pressuretochangethelaw.

13.Theauthoriswritingan_（文章）onthecausesoftheFirstWorldWarnow.

14.Whatmadeyoudecideona_（職業(yè)）asadoctor?

15.Thereisnoimmediate__（可能性）ofpeaceinthiscountry.

16.Nowwe511beabletolivein__（奢華）fortherestofourlives.

17.Thereportadvocatedthatallbuildingsshould（fit）withsmoke

detectors.

18.Thedesignofthebicyclehasmanagedtoreducetheeffectsofwind

（resist）anddrag.

二.閱讀理解

ManyleadingAIresearchersthinkthatinamatterofdecades,artificial

intelligencewillbeabletodonotmerelysomeofourjobs,butallofourjobs,

forevertransforminglifeontheearth.

Thereasonwhymanypeoplerejectthisassciencefictionisthatwe've

traditionallythoughtofintelligenceassomethingmysteriousthatcanonlyexist

inbiologicalorganisms,especiallyhumans.Butsuchanideaisunscientific.

FrommypointofviewasaphysicistandAIresearcher,intelligenceissimply

acertainkindofinformation-processingperformedbyelementaryparticles（基本

粒子）movingaround,andthereisnolawofphysicsthatsaysonecan51buildmachines

moreintelligentthanusinallways.Thissuggeststhatwe'veonlyseenthetip

oftheintelligenceicebergandthatthereisanamazingpotentialtounlockthe

fullintelligencethatispotentialinnatureanduseittohelphumanity.

Ifwegetitright,theupsideishuge.Sinceeverythingweloveabout

civilizationistheproductofintelligence,amplifying（擴(kuò)大）ourownintelligence

withAIhasthepotentialtosolvetomorrow，stoughestproblems.Forexample,why

riskourlovedonesdyingintrafficaccidentsthatself-drivingcarscouldprevent

ordyingofcancersthatAImighthelpusfindcuresfor?Whynotincrease

productivitythroughautomationanduseAItoaccelerateourresearchand

developmentofaffordablesustainable（可持續(xù)的）energy?

rmoptimisticthatwecandeveloprapidlywithadvancedAIaslongaswe

wintheracebetweenthegrowingpowerofourtechnologyandtheknowledgewithwhich

wemanageit.Butthisrequiresgivingupouroutdatedconceptoflearningfrom

mistakes.Thathelpeduswintheracewithlesspowerfultechnology.Wemessedup

withfireandtheninventedfireextinguishers(滅火器)，andwemessedupwithcars

andtheninventedseatbelts.However,it'sanawfulideaformorepowerful

technologies,suchasnuclearweaponsorsuperintelligentAI一whereevenasingle

mistakeisunacceptableandweneedtogetthingsrightthefirsttime.

(1)HowdomanypeoplefeelaboutleadingAIresearchers'predictions?

A.Worried.B.Curious.C.Doubtful.D.Disappointed.

(2)Whatdoestheauthorthinkofintelligence?

A.Weknowlittleaboutit.

B.Itbelongstohumanbeings.

C.Itistoodifficulttounderstand.

D.Wehaveagoodcommandofit.

(3)Whatdoestheunderlinedword〃upside"inParagraph4probablymean?

A.Cost.B.Potential.C.Quantity.D.Advantage.

⑷What'simportantforusintheracebetweenpeopleandtechnology?

A.Learningfromfailure.

B.Increasingourintelligence.

C.Avoidingmakingmistakes.

D.Makingaccuratepredictions.

三.七選五

〃0K,class.Countoffbyfives.〃①Sometimes,breakingintosmall

groupslastsaslongastheclassdoes.Othertimes,itsignalsthestartofaz/group

project”—whichmeansyou'11beworkingwithafewclassmatesforaday,several

days,orlongeronanassignment.

Everwonderedwhythistypeofprojectissopopularinschool?Orwhatyou

candotomakesureyourgroupprojectisfair,fun,andsuccessful?Youwantagood

grade,right?

②Mostthingsaredonewiththehelporideasofotherpeople.

Groupprojectsaregreatpracticeforhighschool,college,andreallife,whenyou

willprobablyhaveajobthatrequiresworkingwithothers.Rightnow,groupprojects

canbefunandtheyoftenallowyoutodoabigger,moreinterestingprojectthan

youcouldalone.