2014年6月大学英语四级阅读练习之三思维导图

【阅读文章】

Thehumanbraincontains10thousandmillioncellsandeachofthesemayhaveathousandconnections.Suchenormousnumbersusedtodiscourageusandcauseustodismissthepossibilityofmakingamachinewithhuman-likeability,butnowthatwehavegrownusedtomovingforwardatsuchapacewecanbelesssure.Quitesoon，inonly10or20yearsperhaps，wewillbeabletoassembleamachineascomplexasthehumanbrain,andifwecanwewill.Itmaythentakeusalongtimetorenderitintelligentbyloadingintherightsoftware(软件)orbyalteringthearchitecturebutthattoowillhappen.

Ithink-itcertainthatindecadesnotcenturies*machinesofsilicon(桂)willarisefirsttorivalandthenexceedtheirhumanancestors.Oncetheyexceedustheywillbecapableoftheirowndesign.Inarealsensetheywillbeabletoreproducethemselves.Siliconwillhaveendedcarbon‘slongcontrol.Andwewillnolongerbeabletoclaimourselvestobethefinestintelligenceintheknowledge.

Astheintelligenceofrobotsincreasestomatchthatofhumansandastheircostdecinesthrougheconomiesofscalewemayusethemtoexpandourfrontiersfirstonearththroughtheiralnlitytowithstandenvironments,harmfultoourselves.Thusdesertsmaybloomandtheoceanbedsbemined.Furtherahead,byacombinationofthegreatwealththisnewagewillbringandthetechnologyitwillprovide,theconstructionofavast,man-createdworldinspace，hometothousandsormillionsofpeople，willbewithinourpower.

Itcanbeinferredfromthepassagethat_.

A.aftertheinstallationofagreatnumberofcellsandconnectionsrobotswillbecapableofreproduction

B.withtherapiddevelopmentoftechnologypeoplehavecometorealizethepossibilityofmakingamachinewithhuman-likeability

C.oncewemakeamachineascomplexasthehumanbrain»itwillpossessintelligence

D.robotwillhavecontrolofthevast,man-madeworldinspace

【讲解答案】

B推理题。全文反复提到随着科技的发展，人们能够生产出人工智能型的机器。因此B项符合文本的含义。