C
The computer is fast, and never makes a mistake, while people are too slow, and full of mistakes sometimes. That’s what people often say when they talk about computers. For over a quarter of a century, scientists have been making better and better computers. Now a computer can do a lot of everyday jobs wonderfully. It is widely used in factories, hospitals, post office and airports. A computer can report, decide and control in almost every field. Many computer scientists are now thinking of making the computer “think” like a man. With the help of a person, a computer can draw pictures, write music, talk with people, play chess, recognize voice, translate languages and so on. Perhaps computer will one day really think and feel. Do you think the people will be afraid when they find that the computer too clever to listen to and serve the people?
63. A computer is clever because people are _____
A. clever    B. not clever   C. slow  D.making mistakes
64. Which of the following can computers not do now?
A. Draw pictures   B. Talk    C. Invent new things    D.Serve the people
65. What will happen in the future?
A. Most work will be done by the computer.     B. People will no longer use computer.
C. Computers will be used only talk with people.   D. All computers will be put into prison.
66. The passage is written to __________.
A. warn people of the danger of the computer
B. tell people about the computer
C. tell people about computer scientists
D. show how to use the computer
67. The best title for this passage is _________.
A. “Computers”        B. “Computer Scientists”
C. “The Future World”   D. “Talk With Computers”

C

The computer is fast, and never makes a mistake, while people are too slow, and full of mistakes sometimes. That’s what people often say when they talk about computers. For over a quarter of a century, scientists have been making better and better computers. Now a computer can do a lot of everyday jobs wonderfully. It is widely used in factories, hospitals, post office and airports. A computer can report, decide and control in almost every field. Many computer scientists are now thinking of making the computer “think” like a man. With the help of a person, a computer can draw pictures, write music, talk with people, play chess, recognize voice, translate languages and so on. Perhaps computer will one day really think and feel. Do you think the people will be afraid when they find that the computer too clever to listen to and serve the people?

63. A computer is clever because people are _____

A. clever    B. not clever   C. slow  D.making mistakes

64. Which of the following can computers not do now?

A. Draw pictures   B. Talk    C. Invent new things    D.Serve the people

65. What will happen in the future?

A. Most work will be done by the computer.     B. People will no longer use computer.

C. Computers will be used only talk with people.   D. All computers will be put into prison.

66. The passage is written to __________.

A. warn people of the danger of the computer

B. tell people about the computer

C. tell people about computer scientists

D. show how to use the computer

67. The best title for this passage is _________.

A. “Computers”        B. “Computer Scientists”

C. “The Future World”   D. “Talk With Computers”

C

    The computer is fast, and never makes a mistake, while people are too slow, and full of mistakes sometimes. That’s what people often say when they talk about computers. For over a quarter of a century, scientists have been making better and better computers. Now a computer can do a lot of everyday jobs wonderfully. It is widely used in factories, hospitals, post office and airports. A computer can report, decide and control in almost every field. Many computer scientists are now thinking of making the computer “think” like a man. With the help of a person, a computer can draw pictures, write music, talk with people, play chess, recognize voice, translate languages and so on. Perhaps computer will one day really think and feel. Do you think the people will be afraid when they find that the computer too clever to listen to and serve the people?

63. A computer is clever because people are _____

   A. clever    B. not clever   C. slow   D.making mistakes

64. Which of the following can computers not do now?

   A. Draw pictures   B. Talk    C. Invent new things    D.Serve the people

65. What will happen in the future?

   A. Most work will be done by the computer.     B. People will no longer use computer.

   C. Computers will be used only talk with people.   D. All computers will be put into prison.

66. The passage is written to __________.

   A. warn people of the danger of the computer

   B. tell people about the computer

   C. tell people about computer scientists

   D. show how to use the computer

67. The best title for this passage is _________.

   A. “Computers”        B. “Computer Scientists”

   C. “The Future World”   D. “Talk With Computers”

To what degree can a computer achieve intelligence? The answer to this question may lie in a newly-developed US computer program called Smarter Child and the Internet.

If you ran into Smarter Child online, you would be surprised at this kid’s huge memory. It can recite many facts. For example, Smarter Child knows every baseball player in every team this season.

He knows every word in the dictionary and the weather in every major city areas across the US. However, if you ask Smarter Child other questions, you get strange answers. A question about Smarter Child’s age returns. “One year, 11 days, 16 hours, 7 minutes, and 47 seconds!” Asking where he lives，you get, “In a clean room in a high-tech building in California.”

Smarter Child uses the vast information on the World Wide Web as his memory bank. To answer questions about spelling, for instance, Smarter Child goes to American Heritage Dictionary online. For the weather, he visits www.intellicast.com.

Some scientists believe that by joining the many systems of the Internet, an artificial being with the combined knowledge of, say, Albert Einstein, Richard Nixon and Britney Spears can be born. However, if Smarter Child wants to think and learn on his own like the boy-computer David in the movie A. I. (Artificial Intelligence), he must overcome two problems.

The first is that computers find it difficult to read web pages because the files are labeled in different ways. That’s why programmers need to tell Smarter Child where to look for the weather. It would be a much more difficult task to let him find it himself.

Another problem is that while Smarter Child can process information more exactly and faster than any human, he lacks common sense—a basic grounding of knowledge that is obvious to any young child.

From the text we can infer that www.intellicast.com is a website          .

A. which is specially designed to help Smarter Child

B. where we people can find Smarter Child

C. where weather forecasts are made

D. which is about artificial intelligence

It is probably most difficult for Smarter Child to         .

A. tell us how to spell a difficult word     

B. tell us how the American government is run

C. provide us with a famous poem by Shakespeare

D. learn the ability to tell right behaviors from wrong ones

Which of the following is TRUE according to the text?

A. Smart Child has his own memory bank big enough for all kinds of information.

B. A.I. (Artificial Intelligence) is probably the name of a film about a boy-computer.

C. Smart Child can recognize different files and find information needed on his own.

D. We have similar product now which has the knowledge of Einstein, Nixon and Spears.

Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

A. A New Web Child            B. Smarter Child

C. The Future of Internet             D. Intelligence Development 

       To what degree can a computer achieve intelligence? The answer to this question may lie in a newly-developed US computer program called Smarter Child and the Internet．

       If you ran into Smarter Child online, you would be surprised at this kid’s huge memory．It can recite many facts．For example, Smarter Child knows every baseball player in every team this season．

       He knows every word in the dictionary and the weather in every major city areas across the US．However, if you ask Smarter Child other questions, you get strange answers．A question about Smarter Child’s age returns．“One year, 11 days, 16 hours, 7 minutes, and 47 seconds!” Asking where he lives，you get, “In a clean room in a high-tech building in California．”

       Smarter Child uses the vast information on the World Wide Web as his memory bank．To answer questions about spelling, for instance, Smarter Child goes to American Heritage Dictionary online．For the weather, he visits www．intellicast．com．

       Some scientists believe that by joining the many systems of the Internet, an artificial being with the combined knowledge of, say, Albert Einstein, Richard Nixon and Britney Spears can be born．However, if Smarter Child wants to think and learn on his own like the boy-computer David in the movie A．I．（Artificial Intelligence）, he must overcome two problems．

       The first is that computers find it difficult to read web pages because the files are labeled in different ways．That’s why programmers need to tell Smarter Child where to look for the weather．It would be a much more difficult task to let him find it himself．

       Another problem is that while Smarter Child can process information more exactly and faster than any human, he lacks common sense—a basic grounding of knowledge that is obvious to any young child．

1．From the text we can infer that www．intellicast．com is a website          ．

       A．which is specially designed to help Smarter Child

       B．where we people can find Smarter Child

       C．where weather forecasts are made

       D．which is about artificial intelligence

2．It is probably most difficult for Smarter Child to         ．

       A．tell us how to spell a difficult word

       B．tell us how the American government is run

       C．provide us with a famous poem by Shakespeare

       D．learn the ability to tell right behaviors from wrong ones

3．Which of the following is TRUE according to the text?

       A．Smart Child has his own memory bank big enough for all kinds of information．

       B．A．I．（Artificial Intelligence） is probably the name of a film about a boy-computer．

       C．Smart Child can recognize different files and find information needed on his own．

       D．We have similar product now which has the knowledge of Einstein, Nixon and Spears．

4．Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

       A．A New Web Child B．Smarter Child

       C．The Future of Internet                          D．Intelligence Development