词汇测试-Bok3(unit1-8).docVIP

Vocabulary Test—Book3(Unit1-8) Unit 1 1. The specter of automation unemploying us all may have finally arrived. (B) A. 招募 B. 解雇 C. 援助 2. But the mass job shrinkage that these observers all expected did not come. (A) A. 收缩 B. 徒增 C. 转变 3. Mostly they farmed to keep themselves alive and then farmed some more so they could barter or sell some surplus. (A) A. 过剩 B. 资源 C. 流通 4. Millions of farmers and farm hands now made superfluous had to move on. (C) A. 大量的 B. 增长的 C. 多余的 5. The early water-and-steam-powered factories that employed many formerly rural Americans themselves displaced millions of craftsmen, a process some scholars have labeled “deskilling”. (C) A. 剥夺机会 B. 减弱力量 C. 降低技术性 6. For example, early 19th century shoemakers hand-crafted shoes, starting with the raw leather and ending with the laces, but by mid-century assembly-line shoes were undercutting their business. (A) A. 取代 B. 削弱 C. 提升 7. In one of William Gibson’s early mind-bending stories, the protagonist suddenly needs to fly a jump jet. (A) A. 主人公 B. 发明家 C. 小说家 8. We now have cochlear implants that allow the deaf to hear, and a host of other spare mechanical parts to replace defective organs. (C) A. 稀缺的 B. 完好无损的 C. 有缺陷的 9. A bionic eye, to help people suffering from macular degeneration, is in the works, and artificial synapses are being tested as possible replacements for damaged optic nerves. (A) A. 视觉的 B. 听觉的 C. 嗅觉的 10. An implantable electronic hippocampus — the world’s first brain prosthesis — is being developed for people who lose the ability to store long-term memories following a stroke, epilepsy or Alzheimer’s disease. (B) A. 可脱卸的 B. 可植入的 C. 可折叠的 11. Too much, and the machine has trouble suppressing unwanted actions, or tries to do two incompatible things at once — like patients with Huntington’s disease, Tourette’s syndrome or schizophrenia. (B) A. 不矛盾的 B. 不相容的 C. 不完整的 12. And it does this without outside help or an electronic c