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1、xx-2019学年高二英语上学期寒假作业(VIII)第一节（共10小题；每小题2分，共20分）阅读下面短文,从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。Thehumanbeingsseemtobefacingacrisis(危机).AfterourbestGoplayersweredefeatedonebyonebytheartificialintelligence(AI)AlphaGo,welostourprideofbeingatthetopoftheintelligencech
2、ain.AndinOctober,whenSaudiArabiagavecitizenshiptoarobotnamedSophia,anotherprivilegeofbeinghumanwastakenaway.ItlookslikeeverythingthatseparateshumansandAIisatriskrightnow.Butwekeephopingthatinsteadof“everything”,there’sstillsomethingleftinusthatmakesusirreplaceab
3、le.ToHaoJingfang,winnerofthexxHugoAwardforBestNovelette,that“something”isourconsciousness.“AlphaGoisintelligentinacertainway,butnotintelligentenoughtoasktheimportantquestions——DoIlikeplayingGo?DoIwanttoplayGotoday?WhydoIhavetoplayGowhenyoutellmeto?”sheoncesaid.I
4、notherwords,puterprogramsdon’thaveachoicetosay“no”.Theyprobablydon’tevenknowwhata“choice”is——alltheyeverdoiscalculate.AndtoHeHuaihong,aphilosophy(哲学)professoratPekingUniversity,imaginationandcreativityarealsowhatmakeusspecial.“Amachinecouldn’thaveeupwiththetheor
5、yofgravityjustbecauseitwashitbyafallingapple”,hesaid.“It’shumanimaginationthatconnectswhatseemtobepletelyrandomandirrelevantconcepts,somethingthatamachine——whichworksbyfixedrulesonly——can'tdo,atleastfornow.”ThisiswhyBBCreporterViktorMayer-Schonbergersuggestedtha
6、tinsteadoffocusingonhowputershaveovershadowedusoncalculatingabilitiesthanhumans,weshouldprobably“considerourqualityatadifferentendofthespectrum(光谱)：creativity,originality(原创性),evenplainillogicalcraziness,insteadofhard-nosed(顽固的)logic”,hewrote.Somaybeinthefuture,
7、asartificialintelligencebeesevenmoreintelligent,humansandA1willlearntouseeachother’stalentsforgood.IfAIcanhandletheboringtaskslikecalculatinganddrivingforus,we’llhavemoretimetocreate,think,andbebusywith“beinghuman”.29.WhatcanwelearnaboutAlphaGo,accordingtoHaoJin
8、gfang?A.Itwillbetaughttosaynointhefuture.B.Itwillbemoreintelligentthanhumansoneday.C.Ithasdifficultyansweringpersonalquestions.D.Itisunabletothinkindependentlyashuman
