【題目】閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng) （A 、B 、C 和 D ）中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。

The human brain contains 10 thousand million cells and each of these may have a thousand connections. Such enormous numbers used to discourage us and cause us to dismiss the possibility of making a machine with human-like ability, but now that we have grown used to moving forward at such a pace we can be less sure. Quite soon, in only 10 or 20 years perhaps, we will be able to assemble a machine as complex as the human brain, and if we can we will. It may then take us a long time to render it intelligent by loading in the right software (軟件)or by altering the architecture but that too will happen.
I think it certain that in decades, not centuries, machines of silicon (硅) will arise first to compete and then do better than their human ancestors. Once they do better than us they will be capable of their own design. In a real sense they will be able to reproduce themselves. Silicon will have ended carbon's long control. And we will no longer be able to claim ourselves to be the finest intelligence in the known universe.
As the intelligence of robots increases to match that of humans and as their cost declines through economies of scale we may use them to improve environments. Thus, deserts may bloom and the ocean beds be mined. Further ahead, by a combination of the great wealth this new age will bring and the technology it will provide, the construction of a vast, man-created world in space, home to thousands or millions of people, will be within our power.
（1）In what way can we make a machine intelligent?
A.By making it work in such environments as deserts, oceans or space.
B.By working hard for 10 or 20 years.
C.By either properly programming it or changing its structure.
D.By reproducing it.
（2）What does the writer think about machines with human-like ability?
A.He believes they will be useful to human beings.
B.He believes that they will control us in the future.
C.He is not quite sure in what way they may influence us.
D.He doesn't consider the construction of such machines possible.
（3）The word “carbon” (Line 4, Para.2) stands for _________.
A.intelligent robots
B.a chemical element
C.an organic substance
D.human beings
（4）It can be inferred from the passage that _______.
A.after connections with phones, robots will be able to have self-reproduction
B.people have come to realize the possibility of making a machine with human-like ability
C.once we make a machine as complex as the human brain, it will have intelligence
D.robots will have control of the vast, man-made world in space

【答案】
（1）C
（2）A
（3）D
（4）B
【解析】本文是一篇議論文。作者主要討論制作智能機(jī)器人的可能性及其影響。
（1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第一段中的“It may then take us a long time to render it intelligent by loading in the right software (軟件)or by altering the architecture but that too will happen.”使機(jī)器具有智能的方法有兩種，要么安裝合適軟件，要么改變其架構(gòu)，故C正確。
（2）考查觀點(diǎn)態(tài)度。作者在最后一段提到智能機(jī)器人可為人類做很多好事，故他對(duì)機(jī)器人態(tài)度是肯定的，故A正確。
（3）考查詞義猜測(cè)。文中提到“硅”將會(huì)終結(jié)“碳”的長(zhǎng)期統(tǒng)治地位，聯(lián)系上文可知，“硅”指的是智能機(jī)器人，再結(jié)合上文的機(jī)器人會(huì)超越人類，故可確定“碳”指代的是人類。故選D。
（4）考查推理判斷。綜觀全文，作者討論制作智能機(jī)器人的可能性及其影響，B所述與此相符。故選B。

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