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第1题

听力原文：Woman: Hello Members[ The first Board meeting of the current Board took place in

late December and I am happy to report that Executives were returned to their previous roles. For the benefit of all members, I will list the current Board of Directors as well as our Senior Management Team. That will be posted on the company's website. One thing is worth your attention, well, we have a new HR Manager Hannah Eddy. I believe that she will enhance our administration in the following hard days.

The coming year presents both ongoing and new challenges to the Management team on a number of fronts. These challenges include the continued implementation by the government of legislation directly affecting the day-to-day operations of the club. Obviously the introduction of plastic glasses appears not far from the horizon and yet again community clubs are being lumped into the same basket as night clubs operating until the early morning hours. The implementation of a new driver's license (Smart Card) and the issues that this will raise in relation to their use as a form. of identification will need addressing. The final recommendations of the Productivity Commission from its inquiry into gambling and what impact these have if they are adopted. As I have raised previously the results of the Productivity Commission are the most eagerly awaited as they have the potential to change the way the Club operates as well as our continued support of the community in general.

Our courtesy bus service began operating in early December and has proven to be very popular with members. The implementation of this service has not been without complaint. The major complaint has related to the area the service covers. All complaints have been recorded and a review of the operation of this service is being undertaken to determine where and how to operate this service in the most efficient way, although any solution that is implemented will not be able to meet the needs of every member.

Our General Manager Tony and his assistant Steve have purchased 37 additional Gaming Machine licenses from another club and in the coming weeks will ,see the addition of new and updated product to the gaming floor. Whilst we have received approval for an additional 60 machines, these will not all be installed immediately. It is hoped the additional machines will meet the need during our busier periods.

"The happiest people don't necessarily have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything. " Have a fantastic Easter everyone and we look forward to seeing you in the club.

New administration staff

1. The current Board of Directors and ______ will be listed on this report.

2. They will be happy to have Hannah Eddy as their ______.

Ongoing and new challenges

3. The government would continually ______ legislation directly affecting the day-to-day operations of the club.

4. Community clubs are being ______ into the same basket as night clubs' operation.

5. The use of driver's license (Smart Card) and the issues could be regard as a sign of ______ .

Daily operation need

6. Productivity Commission recommend from its ______ into gambling.

7. Productivity Commission are the most eagerly awaited as they have the ______ to change the way the club operates.

8. The courtesy bus service has received ______.

9. A review of the operation of this service is being done to make the service operated ______.

The future

10. Our General Manager and his assistant have purchased 37 additional ______ licenses.

11. Although we have received approval for an additional ______ machines, these will not all be installed immediately.

12. The additional machines are expected to meet the need during our ______ periods.

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第2题

In a new book called Predictions, some of the world's greatest thinkers present a vision o

f the future with overtones of a science fiction film. Futuristic author Arthur C Clarke and others suggest that a new life form. will evolve from artificially intelligent machines. Humans vying for dominance will turn to genetics and cryogenics to compete.

Clarke, although he is seen as a visionary, has got it wrong before. There's no sign of Hal the dominating computer from the film 2001: A Space Odyssey (written by Arthur C Clarke) appearing on the horizon next year to dominate human life. Even so, computers have changed the way that we work and play. The Internet is changing business, seemingly sweeping everything along on an e-tide. The Web will change the way we work -- more of us will work from home.

Futurist Ian Pearson sees a convergence between intelligent computers and biotechnology, the advent of implanted chips and enhanced intelligence. Both machines and humans will have access to a global net with instant access to the world's knowledge. But Pearson also fears that it could divide the world into two classes -- those with access to this knowledge and those without access. And obviously there is a risk in losing control of things that think. Pearson expects machines to be as smart as humans by 2015. After that, computers will continue to get smarter.

The trouble with the digital revolution, says MIT Media Lab director Neil Gershenfeld in his book When Things Start to Think, is that computers may have speeded up many of the processes of modem life, but they still remain relatively difficult to use. "Most computers are nearly blind, deaf and dumb," says Gershenfeld. "These inert machines channel the richness of human communication through a keyboard and mouse. The speed of the computer is increasingly much less of a concern than the difficulty in telling it what you want it to do, or in understanding what it has done, or in using it where you want to go, rather than where it can go."

What's needed now, he concludes, is digital evolution. The real challenge is how to create systems with many components that can work together and change, merging the physical world with the digital world.

"If we can manage the development so that they (thinking machines) stay our friends, in just a few years we'll see progress in every area of life that makes the preceding millennia look like we' ye all been asleep."

Evolution is a consequence of interaction, says Gershenfeld. "And information technology is profoundly changing how we interact. Therefore it' s not crazy to think about the impact of this on evolution."

From paragraph 4, we can deduce that______.

A．the speed of computers is faster than ever

B．scientists encounter unprecedented difficulties

C．the intelligence of computers is more important than the speed

D．there is much room for the improvement of computer intelligence

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第3题

Do you wake up every day feeling too tired, or even upset？ If so, then a new alarm clock c

ould be just for you.

The clock, called Sleep Smart, measures your sleep cycle, and wait 【B1】______ you to be in your lightest phase of sleep 【B2】______ rousing you. Its makers say that should 【B3】______ you wake up feeling refreshed every morning.

As you sleep you pass 【B4】______ a sequence of sleep states--light sleep, deep sleep and REM (rapid eye movement) sleep--that 【B5】______ approximately every 90 minutes .The point in that cycle at which you wake up can 【B6】______ how you feel later, and many 【B7】______ have a greater impact than how much or little you have slept .Being roused during a light phase 【B8】______ you are more likely to wake up energetic.

Sleep Smart 【B9】______ the distinct pattern of brain waves 【B10】______ during each phase of sleep, via a headband equipped 【B11】______ electrodes (电极) and a microprocessor. This measures electrical activity of the wearer's brain, in much the 【B12】______ way as some machines used for medical and research 【B13】______ , and communicates wirelessly with a clock unit near the bed. You 【B14】______ the clock with the latest time at 【B15】______ you want to be wakened, and it 【B16】______ duly(适当地) wakes you during the last light sleep phase before that. The 【B17】______ was invented by a group of students at Brown University in Rhode Island 【B18】______ a friend complained of waking up tired and performing poorly on a test." 【B19】______ sleep-deprived people ourselves, we started thinking of 【B20】______ to do about it, "says Eric Shashoua", a recent college graduate and now chief executive officer of Axon Sleep Research Laboratories, a company created by the students to develop their idea.

【B1】

A．beside

B．near

C．for

D．around

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第4题

In a few decades, artificial intelligence （AI) will surpass many of the abilities that w

In a few decades, artificial intelligence (AI) will surpass many of the abilities that we believe make us special. This is a grand challenge for our age and it may require an "irrational" response.

One of the most significant pieces of news from the US in early 2017 was the efforts of Google to make autonomous driving a reality. According to a report, Google's self-driving cars clocked 1,023,330 km, and required human intervention 124 times. That is one intervention about every 8,047 km of autonomous driving. But even more impressive is the progress in just a single year: human interventions fell from 0.8 times per thousand miles to 0.2, a 400% improvement. With such progress, Google's cars will easily surpass my own driving ability later this year.

Driving once seemed to be a very human skill. But we said that about chess, too. Then a computer beat the human world champion, repeatedly. The board game Go(围棋)took over from chess as a new test for human thinking in 2016, when a computer beat one of the world's leading professional Go players. With computers conquering what used to be deeply human tasks, what will it mean in the future to be human？ I worry about my six-year-old son. What will his place bе in a world where machines beat us in one area after another？ He'll never calculate faster, never drive better, or even fly more safely. Actually, it all comes down to a fairly simple question： What's so special about us？ It can't be skills like arithmetic, which machines already excel in. So far, machines have a pretty hard time emulating creativity, arbitrary enough not to be predicted by a computer, and yet more than simple randomness.

Perhaps, if we continue to improve information-processing machines, well soon have helpful rational assistants. So we must aim to complement the rationality of the machine, rather than to compete with it. If I'm right, we should foster a creative spirit because a dose of illogical creativity will complement the rationality of the machine. Unfortunately, however, our education system has not caught up to the approaching reality. Indeed, our schools and universities are structured to mould pupils to be mostly obedient servants of rationality, and to develop outdated skills in interacting with outdated machines. We need to help our children learn how to best work with smart computers to improve human decision-making. But most of all we need to keep the long-term perspective in mind: that even if computers will outsmart us, we can still be the most creative. Because if we aren't, we won't be providing much value in future ecosystems，and that may put in question the foundation for our existence.

51. What is the author's greatest concern about the use of AI？

A) Computers are performing lots of creative tasks.

B) Many abilities will cease to be unique to human beings.

C) Computers may become more rational than humans.

D) Many human skills are fast becoming outdated.

52. What impresses the author most in the field of AI？

A) Google's experimental driverless cars require little human intervention.

B) Google's cars have surpassed his driving ability in just a single year.

C) Google has made huge progress in autonomous driving in a short time.

D) Google has become a world leader in the field of autonomous driving.

53. What do we learn from the passage about creativity？

A) It is rational.

B) It is predictable.

C) It is human specific.

D) It is yet to be emulated by AI.

54. What should schools help children do in the era of AI？

A) Cultivate original thinking.

B) Learn to work independently.

C) Compete with smart machines.

D) Understand how AI works.

55. How can we humans justify our future existence？

A) By constantly outsmarting computers.

B) By adopting a long-term perspective.

C) By rationally compromising with AI.

D) By providing value with our creativity.

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第5题

The AlphaGo programs victory is an example of how ...

The AlphaGo programs victory is an example of how smart computers have become. But can artificial intelligence (AI) machines act ethically, meaning can they be honest and fair？ One example of AI is driverless cars. They are already on California roads, so it is not too soon to ask whether we can program a machine to act ethically. As driverless cars improve, they will save lives. They will make fewer mistakes than human drivers do. Sometimes, however, they will face a choice between lives. Should the cars be programmed to avoid hitting a child running across the road, even if that will put their passengers at risk？ What about making a sudden turn to avoid a dog？ What if the only risk is damage to the car itself, not to the passengers？ Perhaps there will be lessons to learn from driverless cars, but they are not super-intelligent beings. Teaching ethics to a machine even more intelligent than we are will be the bigger challenge. About the same time as AlphaGo’s triumph, Microsoft’s “chatbot” took a bad turn. The software, named Taylor, was designed to answer messages from people aged 18-24. Taylor was supposed to be able to learn from the messages she received. She was designed to slowly improve her ability to handle conversations, but some people were teaching Taylor racist ideas. When she started saying nice things about Hitler, Microsoft turned her off and deleted her ugliest messages. AlphaGo’s victory and Taylor's defeat happened at about the same time. This should be a warning to us. It is one thing to use AI within a game with clear rules and clear goals. It is something very different to use AI in the real world. The unpredictability of the real world may bring to the surface a troubling software problem. Eric Schmidt is one of the bosses of Google, which owns AlphaGo. He thinks AI will be positive for humans. He said people will be the winner, whatever the outcome. Advances in AI will make human beings smarter, more able and “just better human beings.” 1. What does the author want to show with the example of AlphaGo's victory？ A. Computers will prevail over human beings. B. Computers have unmatched potential. C. Computers are man’s potential rivals. D. Computers can become highly intelligent. 2. What does the author mean by AI machines acting ethically？ A. They are capable of predicting possible risks. B. They weigh the gains and losses before reaching a decision. C. They make sensible decisions when facing moral dilemmas. D. They sacrifice everything to save human lives. 3. What is said to be the bigger challenge facing humans in the AI age？ A. How to make super-intelligent AI machines share human feelings. B. How to ensure that super-intelligent AI machines act ethically. C. How to prevent AI machines doing harm to humans. D. How to avoid being over-dependent on AI machines. 4. What do we learn about Microsoft's “’chatbot” Taylor？ A. She could not distinguish good from bad. B. She could turn herself off when necessary. C. She was not made to handle novel situations. D. She was good at performing routine tasks. 5. What does Eric Schmidt think of artificial intelligence？ A. It will be far superior to human beings. B. It will keep improving as time goes by. C. It will prove to be an asset to human beings. D. It will be here to stay whatever the outcome.

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Will robots take over the workforce？ And if they do, what jobs will be left for us humans？

Many discussions take a【C1】______view that the workforce will indeed be【C2】______by robots in the future—and why that is a good thing. Carl Bass, the chief executive of Autodesk, acknowledged that workplace automation has【C3】______or reduced many manufacturing jobs, and will continue to do so in the future,【C4】______major shifts in the labor market. Entire【C5】______such as trucking, will eventually be disrupted by robotic【C6】______like self-driving cars, he said. But, Bass asked: "Are the jobs【C7】______to automation ones that you would want for your children？" Few parents, he said, dreamed their kids would someday become fuel pumpers or elevator【C8】______jobs already replaced by automation. In the next 30 years, Bass added, smart machines and robots will【C9】______humans on the planet. Bass presented some【C10】______ideas to help societies deal with the structural【C11】______generated by a robot-heavy workforce, including taxing economic output rather than income, or【C12】______a "negative income tax," in which governments pay citizens a subsidy in order to【C13】______a level of income. "With our【C14】______and imagination, we will find harmony with the robots," Bass said. 【C15】______, other discussions focused on identifying jobs which were likely to remain【C16】______from robots. For example, hairdressers might be considered safe. But not because robots cant cut hair—the relationship between hairdressers and their【C17】______simply cant be robotized(And, some people might be【C18】______of a robot holding a sharp blade so close to their necks,【C19】______plenty of robots already perform. delicate surgery.) Another job【C20】______safe？ Roboticist.

【C1】

A．blue

B．rosy

C．pessimistic

D．neutral

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第7题

In Chinese higher education systems, electrical engineering mainly focuses on

A、power systems

B、electrical machines and drives

C、power equipment and apparatus

D、solid state electronics

E、communication protocol

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第8题

Text 4Timothy Berners-Lee might be giving Bill Gates a run for the money, but he passed up

his shot at fabulous wealth—intentionally—in 1990. That’s when he decided not to patent the technology used to create the most important software innovation in the final decade of the 20th century: the World Wide Web. Berners-Lee wanted to make the world a richer place, not a mass personal wealth. So he gave his brainchild to us all.

Berners-Lee regards today’s Web as a rebellious adolescent that can never fulfill his original expectations. By 2005, he hopes to begin replacing it with the Semantic Web—a smart network that will finally understand human languages and make computers virtually as easy to work with as other humans.

As envisioned by Berners-Lee, the new Web would understand not only the meaning of words and concepts but also the logical relationships among them. That has awesome potential. Most knowledge is built on two pillars: semantics and mathematics. In number-crunching, computers already outclass people. Machines that are equally adroit at dealing with language and reason won’t just help people uncover new insights; they could blaze new trails on their own.

Even with a fairly crude version of this future Web, mining online repositories for nuggets of knowledge would no longer force people to wade through screen after screen of extraneous data. Instead, computers would dispatch intelligent agents, or software messengers, to explore Web sites by the thousands and logically sift out just what’s relevant. That alone would provide a major boost in productivity at work and at home. But there’s far more.

Software agents could also take on many routine business chores, such as helping manufacturers find and negotiate with lowest-cost parts suppliers and handling help-desk questions. The Semantic Web would also be a bottomless trove of eureka insights. Most inventions and scientific breakthroughs, including today’s Web, spring from novel combinations of existing knowledge. The Semantic Web would make it possible to evaluate more combinations overnight than a person could juggle in a lifetime. Sure scientists and other people can post ideas on the Web today for others to read. But with machines doing the reading and translating technical terms, related ideas from millions of Web pages could be distilled and summarized. That will lift the ability to assess and integrate information to new heights. The Semantic Web, Berners-Lee predicts, will help more people become more intuitive as well as more analytical. It will foster global collaborations among people with diverse cultural perspectives, so we have a better chance of finding the right solutions to the really big issues—like the environment and climate warming.

第36题：Had he liked, Berners-Lee could have _____.

［A］created the most important innovation in the 1990s

［B］accumulated as much personal wealth as Bill Gates

［C］patented the technology of Microsoft software

［D］given his brainchild to us all

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第9题

选词填空：The robotics revolution is set to bring humans face to face with an old fear-man-made creations

Section A（2016年6月英语六级卷二试题）

Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage.

The robotics revolution is set to bring humans face to face with an old fear-man-made creations as smart and capable as we are without a moral compass. As robots take on ever more complex roles, the question naturally_____(27). Who will be responsible when they do something wrong？ Manufacturers？ Users？ Software writers？ The answer depends on the robot.

Robots already save us time, money and energy. In the future, they will improve our health care, social welfare and standard of living. The _____(28)of computational power and engineering advances will _____(29)enable lower-cost in-home care for the disabled,_____(30)use of driverless cars that may reduce drunk and distracted-driving accidents and countless home and service-industry uses from street cleaning to food preparation.

But there are _____(31)to be problems. Robot cars will crash. A drone (遥控飞行器)operator will _____(32)someone's privacy. A robotic lawn mower(割草机)will run over a neighbor's cat. Juries sympathetic to the _____(33)of machines will punish entrepreneurs with company-crushing _____(34)and damages What should government do to protect people while _____(35), space for innovation？

Big. complicated systems on which much public safety depends, like driverless cars, should be built _____(36)and sold by manufacturers who take responsibility for ensuring safety and are liable for accidents. Governments should set safety requirements and then let insurers price the risk of the robots based on the manufacturer's driving record. not the passenger's.

A.arises

B.ascends

C.bound

D.combination

E.definite

F.eventually

G.interfere

H.invade

I.manifesting

J.penalties

K.preserving

L.programmed

M.proximately

N.victims

O.widespread

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Smart machines are expected to do what we don’t want to do; meanwhile, we can have time to do what we want to do.