英語六級閱讀考試加分訓(xùn)練題及詳解

英語六級閱讀考試加分訓(xùn)練題及詳解

英語六級閱讀考試加分訓(xùn)練題及詳解

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Someoftheoldworriesaboutartificialintelligencewere

closelylinkedtothequestionofwhethercomputerscould

think.Thefirstmassiveelectroniccomputers,capableofrapid

calculationandlittleornocreativeactivity,weresoon

dubbed（取外號）electronicbrains.Areactiontothis

terminologyquicklyfollowed,computerswerecalledhighspeed

idiots,anefforttoprotecthumanvanity.Butnoteveryone

realizedtheimplicationsofthehigh-speedidioLtag.Ithasnot

beenpointedoutenoughthateventhehumanidiotisoneofthe

mostintelligentlifeformsonearth.Iftheearlycomputers

wereeventhatintelligent,itwasalreadyaremarkablestate

ofaffairs.

Oneconsequenceofspeculationaboutthepossibilityof

computerthoughtwasthatwewereforcedtoexaminewithnew

caretheideaofthoughtingeneral.Itsoonbecameclearthat

wewerenotsurewhatwemeantbysuchtermsasthoughtand

thinking.Wetendtoassumethathumanbeingsthink,somemore

thanothers,thoughweoftencallpeoplethoughtlessor

unthinking.Dreamscauseaproblem,partlybecausetheyusually

happenoutsideourcontrol.Theyareobviouslysometypeof

mentalexperience,butaretheyatypeofthinking?Andthe

千里之行，始于足下。

questionofnonhumanlifeformsaddsfurtherproblems.Manyof

uswouldmaintainthatsomeofthe

higheranimals-dogs,cats,apes,andsoon-arecapableofatleast

basicthought,butwhataboutfishandinsects?Ifthinkingis

demonstratedbyevidentelectricalactivityinthebrain,then

manyspeciesarecapableofthought.Oncewehaveformulated

clearideasonwhatthoughtisinbiologicalcreatures,itwill

beeasiertodiscussthequestionofthoughtinartifacts（A

工制品）.Andwhatistrueofthoughtisalsotrueofthemany

othermentalprocesses.Oneoftheimmensebenefitsofa

researchisthatwearebeingforcedtoscrutinize,withnew

rigor,theworkingofthehumanmind.

Itisalreadyclearthatmachineshavesuperiormental

abilitiestomanylifeforms.Nofernoroaktreecanplaychess

aswellaseventhesimplestdigitalcomputer,norcanfrogsweld

carbodiesaswellasrobots.Itseemsthat,viewedintermsof

intellect,thecomputershouldbesetwellaboveplantsandmost

animals.Onlythehigheranimalscancompetewithcomputerswith

regardtointellectandeventhenwithdiminishingsuccess.

1.Whatdidpeoplethinkoftheearlycomputers?

2.Accordingtotheauthor,theearlycomputers

isthanhumanidiots.

3.Asaresultofspeculatingwhethercomputercould

think,wehadtoresearchmorecarefullyto

get.

4.Whydodreamscausetheproblemwhethertheyareatype

第2頁/共4頁

ofthinking,accordingtotheauthor?

5.Whatdoestheauthorwanttoillustratebymentioningthe

fernandtheoaktree?

答案：

1.[Theywerecalledhighspeedidiots/Theycancalculate

rapidlybutareidiots.]

[定位]第1段第2、3句。

解析：此題有關(guān)人們對早期電子計算機(jī)的看法。從第1段第2、

3句所提到的計算機(jī)的兩個外號^electronicbrains"和“high

speedidiots"可推理得出：人們對于當(dāng)時消失的計算機(jī)其實(shí)是持嘲

諷和輕視態(tài)度的，認(rèn)為它們雖然運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn)速度快，但是很笨。

2.[lessintelligent]

[定位]依據(jù)earlycomputers查找到第1段最終一句。

解析：原文倒數(shù)第2句提到，即使是humanidiot,也是最

intelligent的生命形式。接著最終一句用if“假設(shè)”說明白早期的

計算機(jī)并沒有白癡的人聰慧，由此可知題目應(yīng)填入lessintelligento

3.[theideaofthoughtingeneral]

[定位]依據(jù)resultofspeculating查找到第2段第1句。

解析：題目中的前半部分是對原文主語的同義改寫，主句中的

hadtoresearchtoget???相當(dāng)于原文中的wereforced

千里之行，始于足下。

toexamine...,因此examine后面的.賓語就是答案所在。

4.［Becausetheyusuallyhappenoutsideour

control./Becausetheyareusuallybeyondourcontrol.

［定位］依據(jù)dreamscauseaproblem查找到第2段第4句。

解析：原文提到Dreamscauseaproblem后即明確解釋緣由：

partlybecausetheyusuallyhappenoutsideourcontrol,答案

可以照搬原文，也可以用介詞beyond進(jìn)行同義改寫。

5.［Machineshavesuperiormentalabilitiestomanylife

forms./Computersaremoreintelligentthanplantsandmost

animals.］

［定位］末段前三句。

解析：末段第2句提到的內(nèi)容是支持該段首句和第3