【正文】 esearchers.People will get along with each other if they like to eat similar things,C.People who eat similar food are more likely to trust each other.D.people who have similar tastes to their boss39。B.food plays an important role in earning people39。D.advertises his products on TVC.has the same taste as them The researchers added, “Although similarity in food consumption is not a sign of whether two people will get along, we find consumers treat this as such. They feel more trusting of those who consume as they do. It means people can immediately begin to feel friendship and develop a bond, leading to smoother transactions from the start.” In a test, participants were told to watch TV where someone pretending to be a member of the public praised a certain product. The volunteers were given Kit Kat bars to nibble, while the TV people ate either a Kit Kat or grapes as they talked. The reason is thought to be so called similarity attraction theorywhere people tend to like others who have similar tastes or habits to themselves. But this is believed to be one of the first studies highlighting the role of food in this relationship. Researchers at Chicago University in the US conducted a series of experiments to examine food39。 If you want to convince the boss you deserve a pay rise or promotion, the solution could be simple —eat the same food as they do. Psychologists have discovered managers are much more likely to instantly trust us if we choose the same dishes as them.除了一般的事實(shí)題可直接從文中找出答案外，其他諸如對條件變化、因果關(guān)系以及作者意圖等較為深層的邏輯推斷題，則必須要建立在對全文的理解基礎(chǔ)上，通過文章所提供的線索，加以綜合分析，才能做出正確的推斷?！军c(diǎn)評】推論性考察題一般包括事實(shí)推斷、指代推斷、邏輯推斷和對作者意圖與觀點(diǎn)的推斷。根據(jù)最后一段最后兩句In the end, they hope to create an exchange between the human and the cat in which the human feels the cat needs them. By doing so, the researchers hope they can even help prevent feelings of loneliness and sadness among elderly ，被需要的感覺是至關(guān)重要的。故答案選A。(3)段落大意題。根據(jù)第二段最后一句They also want to keep the cost down to just a few hundred ，與舊模型相比新的機(jī)器貓更便宜。故答案選D。(1)目的意圖題。被需要的感覺是至關(guān)重要的。The feeling of being needed is vital to the elderly.【答案】（1）D（2）B（3）A（4）D 【解析】【分析】本文是說明文，主要介紹新型的人工智能機(jī)器貓。Each family can afford such a cat in the future.B.Mary Derr would have died without the cat.（4）What can we infer from the last paragraph? A.There is no cure for dementia at present.B.The cat gives much help to the elderly.D.C.B. A.To help make the robotic cat smarter.（2）Compared with the old model, the new robotic cat will be To invent a robotic cat for the elderly.B.s the purpose of the project? A. It is an idea that has appealed to Jeanne Elliott. Her 93yearold mother Mary Derr lives with her in South Kingstown. Derr has dementia (癡呆). The Joy for All cat that Elliott bought this year has bee a true panion for Derr. The cat stays with Derr and keeps her calm while Elliott is at work. Elliott said a robotic cat that helps her mother to remember to take her medicine and be careful when she walks would be greater. The cat has already been for sale for two years. Though priced over 1000 dollars, it sold quite well. It was meant to act as a “panion” for older people. Now the project is aimed at developing additional abilities for the cat. Researchers at Brown39。 Imagine a cat that does not need someone to clean up after it keeps an older person pany and helps them remember to take their medicine. That is the shared dream of the toy maker Hasbro and scientists at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. The researchers received a $ 3milliondollar award from the National Science Foundation for a special project. They want to find ways to add artificial intelligence, or ., to Hasbro39。 【點(diǎn)評】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，詞義猜測和推理判斷三個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇科技類閱讀，考生需要準(zhǔn)確掌握細(xì)節(jié)信息，并根據(jù)上下文進(jìn)行邏輯推理，從而選出正確答案。根據(jù)最后一段中的“So there will still be jobs in the age of AI. The key then must be retraining the workforce so people can do them.” 可知作者認(rèn)為在AI時(shí)代仍然會有工作,關(guān)鍵必須是對勞動力進(jìn)行再培訓(xùn),這樣人們才能從事這些工作。故選B。也就是作家和科學(xué)家不會被取代。首先,有創(chuàng)造性的工作。 （3）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第二段中的“Because AI can outperform humans at routine tasks—provided the task is in one field with a lot of data”可知AI可以在日常任務(wù)中outperform人類（前提是該任務(wù)在一個(gè)涉及到大量數(shù)據(jù)的領(lǐng)域中；以及“it is technically capable of replacing hundreds of millions of white and blue collar jobs in the next 15 years or so.”可知從技術(shù)上講,人工智能具有在未來大約15年里取代成千上萬的白領(lǐng)和藍(lán)領(lǐng)工作的能力。故選A。其展示了人工智能是如何工作的。理查茲（Nigel Richards）的人在短短九周內(nèi)記住了《法國拼字游戲詞典》中的386,000個(gè)單詞。 （1）考查推理判斷。s professional skills all the time.【答案】 （1）A（2）A（3）B（4）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇議論文，人工智能有取代人類工作的潛力,但是,并非所有工作都會被人工智能取代,有四種類型的工作完全沒有風(fēng)險(xiǎn)。Apply for the donation from panies.D.Limit the application of AI to a certain degree.B.D.The babysitter.B.The writer.D.C.B.To suggest humans go beyond AI in memory.（2）Which of the following best explains outperform underlined in paragraph 2? A.s feat.C.To introduce the topic.B.t employ as many people as AI will replace? Not to worry, as the fourth type is much larger: jobs where emotions are needed, such as teachers, nannies and doctors. These jobs require passion, trust and sympathy—which AI does not have. And even if AI tried to fake it, nobody would want a robot telling them they have cancer, or a robot to babysit their children.four types of jobs are not at risk at all. First, there are creative jobs. AI needs to be given a goal to optimize. It cannot invent, like scientists, novelists and artists can. Second, the plex, strategic jobs—executives, diplomats, economists — go well beyond the AI limitation of singlefield and Big Data. Then there are the asyetunknown jobs that will be created by AI. The potential applications for AI are extremely exciting. Because AI can outperform humans at routine tasks—provided the task is in one field with a lot of data—it is technically capable of replacing hundreds of millions of white and blue collar jobs in the next 15 y