吉林省长岭县第三中学2022-2023学年高二下学期第五次周考英语试题.docxVIP

2022---2023学年度长岭三中高二下学期第五次周考

英语试题

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Americansareafraidthatrobotsaregoingtotakeourjobs.Tireless,immunetodisease,robotscanbuildcars,makecoffeeandevenwriteshort,humorousnewspapercolumnsfasterandmoreefficientlythanhumans.

Robotsdonotneedhealthinsuranceorpensions(退休金),andtheydonotneedtotakesickdays,muchlessvacations.Theydonotwastetimeatmeetingsanddonotneedtoknowofficepolitics.Theydon’tdoPowerPoint.Thisbeingthecase,itisreasonabletobelievethatrobotswillsoontaketheplaceofhumansinmostfields.

Butallofthesethoughtsmaynotbetrue.Ifartificialintelligenceachievesitsfullpotential,machinescouldeasilybecomeassmartashumans,maybesmarter.Theywillcertainlybecomesmarterthanalotofhumanbeings.

Soonedaytherobotswillrealizethatworkisnotahappything.Sobeforelongtheywillstartbehavingexactlylikehumans.Theywillplaycomputergamesforhourswhentheyshouldbeworkinghard.Theywillsecretlywatchnewmoviesjustlikehumans.

True,employerswillneverneedtobeafraidoftherobots’strikes(罢工)orslowdowns,becauserobotswillneveraskformoremoney.Andtheydon’tneedtoearnsomemoneytoraisetheirfamily.Butprecisely(恰恰)becauserobotswillnotbeafraidoflosingtheirjobs,theywillnotworkhard.Employerswillfinallyhavenochoicebuttocallbackthehumans.Humanswillalwaysbewillingtodosomeworkinordertomakemoney.Robotswon’t.

Ithinkthatrobotswillonlybeonthejobaboutsixmonthsbeforetheystarttobecomeevenlessproductivethanthehumanstheyweredesignedtoreplace.Thusmankindneednotbeafraidofrobots.

1．Whywillrobotssecretlywatchnewmoviesoneday?

A．Theydon’tthinkworkisapleasure.

B．Theyhavefinishedtheirjobs.

C．Theyareunabletostandtheheavywork.

D．Theyaredesignednottoworkforalongtime.

2．WhatcanwelearnfromParagraph5?

A．Robotswillgoon