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an intelligence is changing slowly, if as all. Computer power has increased ten times every eight years since 1946. In the 1990s, when the sixth generation appears, the reasoning power of an intelligence built out of silicon will begin to match that of the human brain. That does not mean the evolution of intelligence has ended on the earth. Judging by the he past, we can expect that a new species will arise out of man, surpassing his achievements those of his predecessor. Only a carbon chemistry enthusiast would assume that the new species must be man’s fleshandblood descendants. The new kind of intelligent life is more I likely to be made of silicon. 1. What do you suppose the attitude of Dr. Samuel Johnson towards ladies preaching? A) He believed that ladies were born worse preachers that men. B) He was pleased that ladies could though not as well as men. C) He disapproved of ladies preaching. D) He encouraged ladies to preach. 2. Today, puter are still inferior to man in terms of ________. A) decision making B) drives and feelings C) growth of reasoning power D) information absorption 3. In terms of making quick decisions, the human brain cannot be pared with the puter because ________. A) in the long process of evolution slow pace of life didn’t require such ability of the puter because brain B) the human brain is influenced by other factors such as motivation and emotion C) the human brain may sometimes freeze up in a dangerous situation D) the evolution of imitate life while the human brain docs not imitate puters 4. Though he think highly of the development of puter science, the author doesn’t mean that ________. A) puters are likely to bee a new form of intelligent life B) human beings have lost control of puters C) the intelligence of puters will eventually surpass will that of human beings D) the evolution of intelligence will probably depend on that of electronic brains 5. According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE? A) Future man will be made of silicon instead of flesh and blood. B) Some day it will be difficult to tell a puter from a man. C) The reasoning power of puters has already surpassed that of man. D) Future intelligent life may not necessarily be made of organic matter1小題、【正確答案】:A2小題、【正確答案】:B3小題、【正確答案】:C4小題、【正確答案】:B5小題、【正確答案】:D【參考解析】:無第4題:Video recorders and photocopiers, even ticket machines on the railways, often seem unnecessarily difficult to use. Last December I bought myself a Video cassette recorder (VCR) described as “simple to use”. In the first three weeks I failed repeatedly to program the machine to record from the TV, and after months of practice I still made mistakes. I am not alone. According to a survey last year by Ferguson, the British manufacturer, more than one in four VCR owners never use the timer on their machines to record a programme: they don’t use it because they’ve found it far too hard to operate. So why do manufacturers keep o