2013高考英语二轮阅读理解(四月)训练(7)及答案Thehumanbraincontains10thousandmillioncellsandeachofthesemayhaveathousandconnections.Suchenormousnumbersusedtodiscourageusandeaseustodismissthepossibilityofmakingamachinewithhuman-likeability,butnowthatwehavegrownusedtomovingforwardatsuchapacewecanbelesssure.Quitesoon,inonlyl0or20years,perhaps,wewillbeabletoassembleamachineascomplexasthehumanbrain,andifwecanwewill.Itmaythentakeusalongtimetorenderitintelligentbyloadingintherightsoftwareorbyalteringthearchitecturebutthattoowillhappen.Ithinkitcertainthatindecades,notcenturies,machinesofsilicon(硅)willarisefirsttorivalandthenexceed(超越)theirhumanancestors.Oncetheyexceedustheywillbecapableoftheirowndesigninarealsensetheywillbeabletoreproducethemselves.Siliconwillhaveendedcarbon'slongcontrol.Andwewillnolongerbeabletoclaimourselvestobethefinestintelligenceintheknownuniverse.Astheintelligenceofrobotsincreasestomatchthatofhumansandastheircostdeclinesthrougheconomiesofscalewemayusethemtoexpandourfrontiers,firstonearththroughtheirabilitytowithstandenvironments,harmfultoourselves.Thus,desertsmaybloomandtheoceanbemined.Furtherahead,byacombinationofthegreatwealththisnewagewillbringandthetechnologyitwillprovide,theconstructionofavast,man-createdworldinspace,hometothousandsormillionsofpeople,willbewithinourpower.46.Inwhatwaycanwemakeamachineintelligent?A.Bymakingitworkinsuchenvironmentsasdeserts,oceansorspace.B.Byworkinghardfor10or20years.C.Byeitherproperlyprogrammingitorchangingitsstructure.D.Byreproducingit.47.Whatdoesthewriterthinkaboutmachineswithhuman-likeability?A.Hebelievestheywillbeusefultohumanbeings.1B.Hebelievesthattheywillcontrolusinthefuture.C.HeisnotquitesureinwhatwaytheymayinfluenceusD.Hedoesn'tconsidertheconstructionofsuchmachinespossible.48.Theunderlinedword“carbon”inPara.2standsfor.….A.intelligentrobotsB.achemicalelementC.anorganicsubstanceD.humanbeings49.Arobotcanbeusedtoexpandourfrontierswhen.A.itsintelligenceandcostarebeyondquestionB.itisabletobeartheroughenvironmentC.itismadeascomplexasthehumanbrainD.itsarchitectureisdifferentfromthatofthepresentones50.Itcanbeinferredfromthepassagethat.A.aftertheinstallationofagreatnumberofcellsandconnections,robotswillbecapableofself-reproduction.B.withtherapiddevelopmentoftechnology,peoplehavecometorealizethepossibilityofmakingamachinewithhuman-likeabilityC.oncewemakeamachineascomplexasthehumanbrain.itwillpossessintelligenceD.robotswillhavecontrolofthevast,man-madeworldinspace参考答案46-50.CADAB***************************************************结束例2(2012陕西卷)Whatbringsanationtogether?Ofthefourchoices—sharedvalues,language,history,andreligion,it'ssharedvalues.Inourlatestpollsevenoutof16countrieschosevaluesasthegreatestfactorbringinganationtogether,andsixpreferredlanguage.Bothchoicesscoredhighinthepoll,suggestingthatourvaluesandhowweexpressthemarecloselylinked.Still,historywasnotforgotteninsomecountries,particularlyinMexicoandRussia.EvenCanadaandtheUnitedStateschosenationalhistoriesasthesecond-mostimportantfactorunitingtheirpeople.Thebiggestsurprise?Notonecountrypickedreligionasitstopchoice.RespectyoureldersInmostcountries,theoldestgenerationconsideredvaluesmoreimportanttoanationthandidthosewhoareunder45yearsold.2DoyouspeakCanadian?LanguagescoredlowerinCanadathaninallothercountriespolled,perhapsbecausethecountryspeakstwo...