Section Ⅱ Welcome to the unit & Reading Step 1 速读———整体理解文意 Ⅰ.明文章大意 What is the main idea of the passage A．The advantage of artificial intelligence. B．The disadvantage of artificial intelligence. C．The applications of artificial intelligence. D．The development，application of artificial intelligence and people’s concern about it. 答案 D Ⅱ.悉篇章结构 What is the structure of the passage？(P＝paragraph) 答案 A Step 2 细读———深度获取细节 1．Why does the author begin the article with a vision A．To stress the point. B．To convey humor. C．To introduce the topic. D．To describe a phenomenon. 答案 C 2．What makes the dream of “AI” come true A．That the term was coined in the mid-1950s. B．That computers have developed since the 1940s. C．That a computer program defeated the best human Go player. D．That the theory was explored by Alan Turing. 答案 B 3．What does the author mean by saying “we are at a turning point in history”？ A．Domestic robots can help us do everything. B．Intelligent robots will work to our advantage. C．Autonomous machines can do much work for us. D．We are getting closer to the dividing line between humans and machines. 答案 D 4．Why does the author quote the words by Stephen Hawking A．To show the author likes Stephen Hawking very much. B．To show the author’s attitude. C．To inform readers of the good saying. D．To make the opinion more convincing. 答案 D 5．What can we learn from the passage A．Every coin has two sides. B．Put the cart before the horse. C．It never rains but pours. D．It’s no good crying over spilt milk. 答案 A Step 3 读后———课文语法填空 Imagine 1.waking(wake) up one morning with the option of staying in bed and pressing a button to send a robot to do all the work for you.How cool that would be! One of the essential aims of AI is to develop computer intelligence 2.capable(capacity) of learning from experience，adjusting to new 3.inputs(input) and performing tasks like humans.4.To achieve(achieve) this aim，many approaches to creating true AI have been put forward，including “deep learning”．The dream of AI has been around for centuries，and the development of computers since the 1940s has made it 5.a reality.Nowadays，AI is being applied in many fields：finance，health care，machine translation and art，to name but a few.But 6.it is clear that we are at a turning point in history.While AI enthusiasts promise us a bright future 7.where intelligent robots will be working to our advantage，thinking machines perhaps will 8.threaten(threat) the existence of humans.As we become more and more dependent on computers，some scientists are urging us to think about the dangers 9.posed(pose) by the advances in AI. 10．Apparently(apparent)，such warnings demand our attention.We need to make sure that we will not fall victim to AI. Ⅰ.补句子 析结构 1．It may seem like building(build) castles in the air，but given the rate at which artificial intelligence，or AI，is being devel ... ...
