2315.Whenever I had nothing to do,a familiar depression would climb on my back.I'd been this way for months.So I went to my friend for(1)
,who lived on the top of a steep hill. My friend wasn't in.The fog was rolling in.So I was(2)
outside her house waiting.Suddenly I saw a(3)
dashing out of the house next door.Holding up his bleeding hand,the man approached me,crying,"Help!Finger.Cut." I dialed 911 immediately.While waiting for the(4)
,I noticed he hadn't taken his cut finger and asked,"Where is it?" Frozen for a while,he said with(5)
,"Maybe upstairs." Hurrying into the house I began to(6)
the fjye.aiger.In the kitchen a table saw(桌鋸)lay on the floor.I lifted up each foot and looked underneath to ensure I wouldn't (7)
on it.Having searched carefully,I spotted it lying beside the table saw.I grabbed a paper towel,placed it (8)
the finger and picked it up cautiously.After getting outside,I (9)
the man,"Hang tight!The ambulance is on its way." (10)
the ambulance arrived.I handed the finger to the nurse and they drove away.Suddenly I felt good helping someone in need,even if pushing three buttons on a(11)
was all I did.I would(12)
doing it. Then one day after the finger(13)
,I realized I had completely forgotten to be(14)
as I'd been busy playing the role of local hero.I wished I could see him again to(15)
him,because when he lost his finger,he saved my life.
2319.In a robotics lab at the University of Las Vegas,I've come to meet Sophia,who looks pretty human,and is just learning to walk."I want people to see me as the robot I am.However,I wouldn't want to trick people into thinking I'm a human,I just want to communicate with humans in the best possible ways,which includes looking like one,"said Sophia. Sophia has few practical uses right now.But her creators believe she represents a big step on the road to artificial intelligence. David Hanson,from the company Hanson Robotics,said,"Our aspiration is to bring the machines to life,to create living intelligence systems and there you'll see the greatest revolution in artificial intelligence.We're working towards this.Do we know for sure that it can be done?We think it can." And among the thousands of new gadgets(裝置)on show in Las Vegas this week,artificial intelligence is a constant theme.There's a seeing suitcase that can follow its owner around the airport.This friendly robot wanders around your home filming short bursts of video to send to your phone.And Vincent,developed in Cambridge,is a drawing programme that learns to turn simple sketches into works of art. And here is the most obvious example of AI:the race to transform cities with driver less cars.This autonomous cab from Uber's rival,Lyft,still has someone who can take over the wheel.But within a couple of years,this company believes we'll hop into a cab which will take us across town all on its own.
(1)What can we learn about the robot Sophia from the text?
A.She wants to be treated as a human. B.She proves to be the biggest success in AI. C.She has already been applied in different fields. D.She has a clear understanding of her own identity. (2)The underlined word "aspiration" in Paragraph3 probably means
. A.secret B.goal C.promise D.decision (3)The author develops the last two paragraphs by