2005年职称英语等级考试B级
阅读理解第一篇（P318）
Almost Human?
Scientists are racing1 to build the world's first thinking robot.This is not science fiction：somesay they will have made it by the year 2020.Carol Packer reports.
Machines that walk，speak and feel are no longer science fiction.Kismet is the name of an android（机器人）which scientists have built at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology（MIT）.（31）Kismet is different from the traditional robot because it can show human emotions.Its eyes，ears and lips move to show when it feels happy, sad or bored.Kismet is one of the first of a new generation of androidsrobots that look like human beingswhich can imitate human feelings.
31.Kismet is different from traditional robots because
A.it thinks for itself
B.It is not like science fiction
C.it can look after two-year-old.
D.it seems to have human feelings.
解：本题的标志词是Kismet，关键字组是different from traditional robots，大家在文章第二段的第二句话中找到了考试试题在文章中的地方，细细读这句话。选项D和这句话的意思是最接近的，由于第二句话中有如此一句it can show human emotions，选项中的feelings和文章中的emotions是近义词替换，这是阅读理解正确项的一个出题原则。因此是正确答案。
（32） Cog，another android invented by the MIT, imitates the action of a mother.However, scientists admit that so far Cog has the mental ability of a two-year-old.
32.What makes Cog special?
A.It looks like a mother.
B.It behaves like a child.
C.It can imitate the behavior of a mother.
D.It has a huge brain.
解：本题的标志词是Cog，接着读文章，在文中探寻关于Cog的论述。关于Cog的论述出目前31题所对应的原文的后面，只有两句话，仔细读完这两句话后，大家发现选项C和原文是对应的，只不过文中的单词action被替换成了它的近义词behavior，这是职称英语考试中，阅读理解选项设置的一个特征，即近义词替换。
（33）The optimists（乐观主义者）say that by the year 2020 we will have created humanoids（机器人）with brains similar to those of all adult human being.These robots will be designed to look like people to make them more attractive and easier to sell to the public.What kind of jobs will they do?
33.In about 15 years' time from now，robots
A.will become space designers.
B.will look like monsters.
C.will behave like animals.
D.will think like humans.
解：本题的标志词是表示时间的15 years' time，在读文章时应该注意文章中时间词出现的地方。
大家接着读第三段，读完将来，大家在文章中没发现15 years' time.但依据模糊定位的原则，第三题所对应的原文就出目前第二题所对应的原文的下面，大家再仔细读第三段。在第一句话中，只出现了时间词2020，题目问的是从目前起15年将来，机器人会，大家一经计算，15年将来，那就是2020年了。所以题目是间接的提问，需要经过大家的计算。那样这道考试试题所对应的原文就是第三段的前两句话，读完后大家发现选项D.will think like humans.和文章中的句子with brains similar to those of all adult human being.是最接近的，选项D是对文章句子的同义改写，这又是阅读理解考试试题选项设置的一个原则。
（34）In the future，robots like Robonaut，a humanoid invented by NASA，will be doing dangerous jobs，like repairing space stations.They will also be doing more and more of the household work for us In Japan，scientists are designing androids that will entertain us by dancing and playing the piano.
34.In the future robots will also
A.explore space.
B.entertain people.
C.move much faster.
D.do all of the housework.
解：这道考试试题的标志词是表示时间的词组In the future.大家接着第三题所对应的原文接着往下读，发现下面一句话中出现了这个表示时间的词组，因此大家认定正确答案就在这类句子之中。读完这类句子后大家发现选项B在这类句子的最后一句话中出现了。选项D是不正确选项，一般说来假如选项中出现比较绝对化的单词，如选项D中的all，与every、each、the best等等，这个选项一般说来都是不对的，这是阅读理解错误选项设置的一个原则。
Some people worry about what the future holds：will robots become monsters（怪物）?Will people themselves become increasingly2 like robots? Experts predict that more and more people will be wearing micro-computers，connected to the Internet，in the future.People will have micro-chips in various parts of their body，which will connect them to a wide variety of gadgets3 （小装置）.Perhaps we should not exaggerate（夸大）the importance of technology，but one wonders whether，in years to come，we will still be falling in love，and whether we will still feel pain.Who knows?
35.What is the writer's attitude to robots in the future?
A.Critical （批评的）
B.Hostile4 （敌意的）
C.Objective（客观的）
D.Enthusiastic （热情的，热心的）
解：这道题问的是作者对于以后计算机的态度。是最后一道考试试题，依据模糊定位的原则，大家应当依据最后一段来答卷，由于文章中就剩下最后一段大家没读。目前读一下。从作者的叙述来看，并没对以后计算机的利弊做出评价。文章是以一个疑问句结尾的：who knows?
从这一点看来，作者的态度是客观的、中性的。因此选项C是正确答案。
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