1 . In 2015, a man named Nigel Richards memorized 386, 000 words in the entire French Scrabble Dictionary in just nine weeks. However, he does not speak French. Richards’ impressive feat is a useful example to show how artificial intelligence works — real AI. Both of Richard and AI take in massive amounts of data to achieve goals with unlimited memory and superman accuracy in a certain field.

The potential applications for AI are extremely exciting. Because AI can outperform humans at routine tasks — provided the task is in one field with a lot of data — it is technically capable of replacing hundreds of millions of white and blue collar jobs in the next 15 years or so.

But not every job will be replaced by AI. In fact, four types of jobs are not at risk at all. First, there are creative jobs. AI needs to be given a goal to optimize. It cannot invent, like scientists, novelists and artists can. Second, the complex, strategic jobs — executives, diplomats, economists — go well beyond the AI limitation of single-field and Big Data. Then there are the as-yet-unknown jobs that will be created by AI.

Are you worried that these three types of jobs won’t employ as many people as AI will replace? Not to worry, as the fourth type is much larger: jobs where emotions are needed, such as teachers, nannies and doctors. These jobs require compassion, trust and sympathy — which AI does not have. And even if AI tried to fake it, nobody would want a robot telling them they have cancer, or a robot to babysit their children.

So there will still be jobs in the age of AI. The key then must be retraining the workforce so people can do them. This must be the responsibility not just of the government, which can provide funds, but also of corporations and those who benefit most.

1. What is the main purpose of paragraph 1?

A．To introduce the topic.

B．To mention Nigel’s feat.

C．To stress the importance of good memory.

D．To suggest humans go beyond AI in memory.

2. Which of the following best explains “outperform” underlined in paragraph 2?

A．Be superior to	B．Be equal to
C．Be similar to	D．Be related to

3. Which of the following jobs is the most likely to be replaced?

A．The writer.	B．The shop assistant.
C．The babysitter.	D．The psychologist.

4. What does the text suggest people do about job replacement of AI?

A．Limit the application of AI to a certain degree.

B．Get more support from the government.

C．Apply for the donation from companies.

D．Upgrade themselves all the time.

2 . The human beings seem to be facing a crisis （危机）． After our best Go players were defeated one by one by the artificial intelligence （AI） AlphaGo， we lost our pride of being at the top of the intelligence chain． And in October， when Saudi Arabia gave citizenship to a robot named Sophia， another privilege of being human was taken away． It looks like everything that separates humans and AI is at risk fight now．

But we keep hoping that instead of "everything"， there's still something left in us that makes us irreplaceable．

To Hao Jingfang， winner of the 2016 Hugo Award for Best Novelette， that "something" is our consciousness． "AlphaGo is intelligent in a certain way， but not intelligent enough to ask the important questions -- Do I like playing Go？ Do I want to play Go today？ Why do I have to play Go when you tell me to？" she once said． In other words， computer programs don't have a choice to say "no"． They probably don't even know what a "choice" is -- all they ever do is calculate．

And to He Huaihong， a philosophy （哲学） professor at Peking University， imagination and creativity are also what make us special． "A machine couldn't have come up with the theory of gravity just because it was hit by a falling apple"， he said． "It's human imagination that connects what seem to be completely random and irrelevant concepts， something that a machine--which works by fixed rules only--can't do， at least for now．"

This is why BBC reporter Viktor Mayer-Schonberger suggested that instead of focusing on how computers have overshadowed us on calculating abilities than humans， we should probably "consider our quality at a different end of the spectrum （光谱）：creativity， originality （原创性）， even plain illogical craziness， instead of hard-nosed （顽固的） logic"， he wrote．

So maybe in the future， as artificial intelligence becomes even more intelligent， humans and A1will learn to use each other's talents for good． If AI can handle the boring tasks like calculating and driving for us， we'll have more time to create， think， and be busy with "being human"．

1. What can we learn about AlphaGo， according to Hao Jingfang？ ______

A．It will be taught to say no in the future．

B．It will be more intelligent than humans one day．

C．It has difficulty answering personal questions．

D．It is unable to think independently as humans do．

2. What does He Huaihong believe is unique to humans？ ______

A．Intelligence．	B．Originality．
C．The ability to make rules．	D．The ability to make choices．

3. What does the underlined word "overshadowed" in paragraph 5 probably mean？ ______

A．Competed with	B．Taken control of
C．Been more successful than	D．Influenced

4. What could be the future of AI according to the author？ ______

A．It will be used to help humans， rather than compete with us．

B．It may develop creativity besides better logical thinking．

C．It might be very dangerous to humans in different fields．

D．It will be applied to provide driving service for humans．