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公共课英语一模拟题 2020 年(24) (总分：90.00，做题时间：180 分钟) Section Ⅰ Use of English(总题数：20，分数：0.00) . Nuclear bombs can destroy us. Facebook 1 our privacy. Artificial intelligence (AI) and robots can 2 us or, 3 , take our jobs. Synthetic biology and gene-editing have humans 4 God. Social media make us depressed: weve never been so connected 5 never so alone. Those are just a few of the complaints 6 against technology. For most of human history, 7 , technology was mostly seen as a force for 8 . More people would 9 because of technical progress, from refrigeration to vaccination, than perish because of it, 10 deadly inventions such as gunpowder. Technology was viewed as the 11 of open inquiry and debate, and its advance was 12 welcomed. More was better. Today a techlash is under way. It comes in many forms, but two 13 . First, a belief that web titans such as Facebook, Amazon and Google have grown too 14 ; and, second, a view that AI and algorithms are not transparent or accountable. Both concerns 15 the individual against potentially overwhelming power—of the company, the platform, the algorithm. Take the web giants. They 16 a vast amount of data on their users. Much of this is 17 , from medical matters to political views. So protecting privacy is vital—yet many people have been shocked 18 revelations about the 19 of the information Facebook holds, and the companys relaxed approach to safeguarding it. That has further 20 fears about the platforms growing influence on society and politics. 1. （分数：10.00） A.excavates B.undermines C.reveals D.protects Section Ⅱ Reading Comprehension(总题数：0，分数：0.00) Text 1(总题数：5，分数：0.00) . Giant corporations often claim