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1、历年英语六级阅读真题(2012,6---2006,12)2012年12月英语六级阅读真题 (1)PassageOne AmidallthejoblossesoftheGreatRecession,thereisonecategoryofworkerthattheeconomicdisruptionhasbeengoodfor:nonhumans. Fromself-servicecheckoutlinesatthesupermarkettoindustrialrobotsarmedwithsawsandtaughttocarveupanimalcarcassesinslaughte
2、r-houses,theseever-more-intelligentmachinesarenownotjustassistingworkersbutactuallykickingthemoutoftheirjobs. Automationisn’tjustaffectingfactoryworkers,either.Somelawfirmsnowuseartificialintelligencesoftwaretoscanandreadmountainsoflegaldocuments,workthatpreviouslywasperformedbyhighlypaidhumanl
3、awyers. “Robotscontinuetohaveanimpactonblue-collarjobs,andwhite-collarjobsareunderattackbymicroprocessors,”saysEdwardLeamer,aneconomicsprofessoratUCLA’sAndersonSchoolofManagementanddirectoroftheUCLAAndersonForecast,asurveyoftheU.S.andCaliforniaeconomies.Leamersaystherecessionpermanentlywipedout
4、2.5millionjobs.U.S.grossdomesticproducthasclimbedbacktopre-recessionlevels,meaningwe’reproducingasmuchasbefore,onlywith6percentfewerworkers.Tobesure,roboticsarenottheonlyjobkillersoutthere,withoutsourcingstealingfarmoregigsthanautomation. JeffBurnstein,presidentoftheRoboticsIndustryAssociation,
5、atradegroupinAnnArbor,Mich.,arguesthatrobotsactuallysaveU.S.jobs.Hislogic:companiesthatembraceautomationmightusefewerworkers,butthat’sstillbetterthanfiringeveryoneandmovingtheworkoverseas. It’snotthatrobotsarecheaperthanhumans,thoughoftentheyare.It’sthattheyarebetter.“Insomecasesthequalityrequi
6、rementsaresostringentthatevenifyouwantedtohaveahumandothejob,youcouldn’t,”Burnsteinsays. Samegoesforsurgeons,whoareusingroboticsystemstoperformanever-growinglistofoperations—notbecausethemachinessavemoneybutbecause,thankstothegreaterprecisionofrobots,thepatientsrecoverinlesstimeandhavefewercomp
7、lications,saysDr.MyriamCuret. Surgeonsmaysurvivetherobotinvasion,butothersatthehospitalmightnotbesolucky,asiRobot,makeroftheRoomba,arobotvacuumcleaner,hasbeenshowingoffAva,athree-foot-talldroidonwheelsthatcarriesatabletcomp
