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[研究生入学考试题库]考研英语(一)模拟138 Section Ⅰ Use of EnglishDirections: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on the ANSWER SHEET.  An obsession with technology could cause people to lose their humanity and think like computers, according to the boss of Apple. Tim Cook said: Im not worried about artificial intelligence giving computers the ability to think like humans. Im more 1 about people thinking like computers without values or 2 . The comments come after 3 including the Tesla founder Elon Musk, Microsofts Bill Gates and the physicist Stephen Hawking warned that superintelligent AI 4 an existential threat to mankind.  Mr. Cook, 56, who 5 Steve Jobs as chief executive of the worlds largest company six years ago, said technology was integrated 6 all aspects of our lives and 7 a force for good. But he said the potential 8 consequences were spreading faster and cutting deeper.  He cited threats to security and privacy, fake news and antisocial media. The 9 to fake news and antisocial media appeared to 10 to Apples rivals Facebook and Google. Apple is no longer a 11 manufacturer of hardware, but 12 heavily in technologies such as artificial intelligence, augmented reality and virtual reality.  Analysts 13 that the market for AR and VR 14 will be $120 billion by 2025, up from $3.9 billion last year, and Apple is competing with Facebook, Google and companies including Microsoft and Sony 15 a(n) 16 share of the market.  Mr. Cook claimed that Apples 17 could provide a solution to the dangers posed by technology, saying: When you keep people at the centre of 18 you do, it can have an 19 impact. It means an iPhone that allows the blind person to run a marathon. It means an Apple Watch that catches a heart condition before it becomes a heart attack. It mean