2 . What’s next after the smartphone?

Humans can play tricks today that magicians couldn’t have imagined 50 years ago. Armed with only a tiny device today, our smartphone allows us to access a lifetime’s worth of information, connect with anyone in real time even if they are miles away. But the most astonishing part of this technological “magic” is the speed at which new opportunities and experiences are coming out.

For generations, we have seen the inevitable connection between humans and technology as advancements are applied to serve us and improve our quality of life. And the rate of technological progress is doubling every year.

Twenty years ago, who would have thought that we would be walking with robots and cyborgs (半人半机器的生物)? With the development of technology, we humans are accepting digital technologies to improve and expand our senses and abilities. Take Moon Ribs and Neil Harbison for example. They are both cyborgs, with Ribs having a chip put into her arm so she can feel earthquakes all around the world in real time and Harbison, who is color blind, has an antenna (天线) put into his head to allow him to be aware of visible and invisible colors via sound waves.

This is only the beginning. As we continue to spend more time with machines, the more they will become embedded (嵌入) in our lives. Technology already feels like it has a mind of its own, and over the next two decades, this will become even more pronounced.

Machines will eventually become as intelligent as us, and, while today they may just live in our pockets, tomorrow they could be in our blood stream and our minds, linking us to the cloud. And as this gap separating humans and machines continues to close, we will reach a point where they can be hardly identified. Technology and humanity will fuse (融合) together some day in the near future.

1. The first paragraph of the passage is intended to tell readers _____.

A．smartphone brings us convenience and lifetime’s worth of information

B．the magical and powerful functions of smartphone

C．the most astonishing technological magic of smartphone

D．new opportunities and experiences are approaching at a high speed

2. The writer of this passage takes Moon Ribas and Neil Harbisson for example to _____.

A．make a comparison between the two of them

B．introduce the founders of the Cyborg Foundation

C．prove they are much more intelligent than human beings

D．show that machines has become embedded in human lives

3. Neil Harbison is a cyborg that can _____.

A．help human to create other cyborgs

B．sense colours by using sound waves

C．see both visible and invisible colours

D．feel earthquakes all around the world

4. What is the main idea of this passage?

A．The new technologies related to smartphone in the near future.

B．Machines will eventually become as intelligent as human beings.

C．The future tendency that technology and humanity will fuse together.

D．We are reaching a point where we can’t tell technologies and machines apart.

3 . There’s a good chance something you've bought online has been in the hands of a “ picker” first. These are the workers in warehouses(仓库)who pick, pack and ship all those things we’re ordering.

At Amazon and other companies, they’re working side by side with robots. Experts say while the robots are replacing some human workers, the machines aren't quite ready to take over completely.

When a robot finds its storage unit, it slides underneath, lifts it up and then delivers it to a worker 一 they’re called pickers. On a recent day, the computer told a picker to grab what looked like a fantasy board (棋盘)game. The picker found it, canned it and placed it on the conveyor belt.

^“In a traditional fulfillment center where the associate would walk to the different items , it can take hours to fulfill a customer order. “ Robinson says.

Now, with the help of robots, that task takes minutes 一 and fewer humans.

So is this a sign we're entering a new industrial revolution?

“It’s definitely going to take over a lot of jobs. " says Karen Myers, a scientist at SRI, one of Silicon Valley's oldest research centers.

At the same time, she says, we're running against the limits of technology. Take “the picker” at the Amazon fulfillment center. Myers says those skills are proving to be uniquely human.

“Our fingers are incredibly flexible and the current generation of robotic operators, they’re getting much_, much better,” she says. “But they're just not quite there yet. ”

There’s also the robot’s brain.

Remember that board game the Amazon worker was looking for? She could barely see the box filled into the storage bin — but she could tell it was a board game. Robots can’t do that.

Technologists say that, increasingly, humans will work side by side with robots — instead of robots working alone.

Amazon says robots and humans enabled the Tracy warehouse to fulfill customer orders faster. That means more customers and more human workers.

1. A picker does some tasks except .

A．picking goods

B．producing goods

C．spotting goods

D．packing goods

2. With the help of robots, some tasks are .

A．more efficient

B．less straight

C．more difficult

D．less profitable

3. Compared with robots, humans are more .

A．powerful

B．artificial

C．flexible

D．energetic

4. What is the best title for the text?

A．Robots replacing humans completely.

B．The advantages of shopping online.

C．The future of robots.

D．Robots and humans working side by side.

4 . 你们班学生就是否应该开发人工智能机器人展开了讨论。请你根据下列提示, 用英语写一篇短文, 阐明你的观点。
词数: 100 左右。
提示: 1.你赞同开发机器人。

2.机器人的应用可以使人类免除大量繁重的劳动。

3.人类将拥有更多闲暇（leisure）时间。

4.机器人的应用不会使人懒惰，只会激起人们对人工智能研究的兴趣。

5.机器人不能独立思考，需按人类的指令工作，因而不存在机器人“统治世界”的问题。

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5 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
No one knows what would happen in the future for sure.     1    we often think of the future and wonder what the world would be like     2    a hundred years’ time.
Think of space. By that time perhaps    3    permanent station on the moon will have been set up. Perhaps people     4    (be) able to visit the moon as tourists. Cheap rockets for space travel will have been developed,     5    (permit) long journeys throughout the solar system. When that time comes, people will be taking holidays in space and visiting other planets, such     6    the Mars Colony and the Venus Exploration outpost.
Scientists of the future will almost certainly find other ways to make life last    7    (long). They will    8    (probable) find cures for most diseases. Hospitals will may have “body banks”     9    can give you almost any new part you need to keep on    10    (live ). People in the future may live to be a lot older than 100 years.

6 . Everyone has probably seen a movie or two about robots going against man. As a kid it was interesting, but not a reality. But today. when we look at how far scientists have come, it's not just a funny thought but a real possibility.

Honda has already created a robot with eyes, legs, arms and hands and it can act just like a person. There is no end to what a robot could do in the future. Just think what we can do in twenty to thirty years. We're dealing with almost an entire new species of human-like robots that could be cleverer than us. Can we continue to use these robots in a way that they serve us, or will they become so wise that they will want independence?

I am really not sure just how far scientists are going to perfect robots. But once this type of robot is made，they will be able to think, make decisions, sense the movement of others and decide what it wants to do.

A new invention has led to the introduction of a female robot, which was introduced at an entertainment show in Vegas. The robot called Roxy sells for between seven and ten thousand dollars. It is built to accompany females. This female robot companion is called true companion md you can find such robots on the Internet. Robots used to have limited uses, but now they are almost in every field, This has opened the door many dangerous possibilities in the future.

1. Why does the writer mention movies about robots?

A．To prove robots can go against man.	B．To lead to the topic of the passage.
C．To show that robots are liked by film makers.	D．To show that people are interested in robots.

2. What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 suggest?

A．There is an end to the development of robots.

B．Robots will look exactly like human beings soon

C．Robots may be able to do anything in the future.

D．Human beings don't know what kind of robot they want

3. According to the writer, a perfect robot        

A．can think as human beings do	B．will always serve human being
C．is still not as clever as human beings	D．will surely go against human beings

4. It is implied in the passage that the writer worries that         .

A．human beings cannot create a perfect robot	B．robots may be harmful in the future
C．robots may be bard to recognize	D．robots have limited uses