(2018·河南五市高三模拟)You're surrounded by robots and you probably don't even know it. Most are not all that __1__ and they won't come up to you and speak like a friend. __2__ you're unaware of them, they know you're there. Robots are monitoring __3__ in hospitals, providing banking services, __4__ people from burning buildings and assisting astronauts in __5__. Robots are everywhere.
Are robots __6__ or deadly enemies? Robotic expert Hans Moravec says intelligent robots today are no smarter than the average insect. But, don't feel too __7__ about that. For example, army ants in South America __8__ everything in their path when they go to war—forests, crops, buildings, people...
In case you __9__ don't care about our little mechanical friends, __10__ this: Robot technology is currently __11__ at a rate 10 million times faster than the __12__ of animals.
Considering the advances in robot technology during the upcoming years, Moravec says that robots must pass through four __13__ of development before they rule the planet.
First robot technology must achieve the ability to __14__ as general purpose tools with software running at one million instructions per second (MIPS). Those robots will have the __15__ of reptiles(爬行动物). Next, this happening into 2020, robots will have acquired brains capable of __16__ 300 million MIPS, which will give them the intelligence of smart mice. A hundred billion MIPS will be __17__ sometime after 2030. By then robots will be provided by their __18__(humankind) with monkey like brains. __19__， at the dawn of 2040, robots will __20__ human intelligence and they will quickly surpass humans and challenge people for supremacy(至高无上) of the planet.
语篇解读：本文是一篇说明文。随着科技的发展，机器人会越来越多地出现在我们的生活中。
1．A.slow B．obvious
C．huge D．valuable
[解析] 根据下文的“you're unaware of them，they know you're there”可知，有些机器人并不明显(obvious)。
[答案] B
2．A.In case B．If only
C．Even if D．As if
[解析] 即使(Even if)你没有意识到他们，他们知道你在那里。
[答案] C
3．A.researchers B．scientists
C．nurses D．patients
[解析] 此处指机器人在医院里帮助看管病人。researcher“研究者”；scientist“科学家”；nurse“护士”；patient“病人”。故选D。
[答案] D
4．A.rescuing B．forcing
C．sending D．calling
[解析] 根据空后面的“from burning buildings”可知，此处指救援(rescuing)处在燃烧着的大楼中的人。rescue“救援”；force“强迫”；send“发送”；call“打电话”。故选A。
[答案] A
5．A.studio B．space
C．distance D．town
[解析] 根据“astronauts”可知，机器人可以帮助在太空的宇航员。studio“录音棚”；space“太空，空间”；distance“距离”；town“城镇”。故选B。
[答案] B
6．A.servants B．leaders
C．competitors D．friends
[解析] 根据连词or后面的“deadly enemies”可知，此处是在询问“机器人会成为朋友还是致命的敌人”。
[答案] D
7．A.curious B．nervous
C．safe D．pleasant
[解析] 根据连词But可知，此处是说也不要感到太安全。curious“好奇的”；nervous“紧张的”；safe“安全的”；pleasant“愉悦的”。故选C。
[答案] C
8．A.destroy B．hide
C．smell D．visit
[解析] 这里是说蚂蚁大军会毁掉它们所途经的所有东西，包括森林、庄稼等。destroy“破坏”；hide“隐藏”；smell“闻”；visit“拜访，参观”。故选A。
[答案] A
9．A.also B．still
C．again D．seldom
[解析] 此处表示为防止你仍然(still)不在乎我们的这些机械的朋友。also“也”；still“仍然”；again“再，又”；seldom“很少”。故选B。
[答案] B
10．A.consider B．explain
C．declare D．conclude
[解析] 此处指“考虑到这一点”。consider“考虑，认为”；explain“解释”；declare“宣布，表明”；conclude“得出结论”。故选A。
[答案] A
11．A.beginning B．selling
C．exploding D．reducing
[解析] 这里是说机器人科技的发展比一些动物的进化速度快好多倍，是爆炸式增长。explode表示“激增，突增”的意思。
[答案] C
12．A.life B．performance
C．appearance D．evolution
[解析] 参见上题解析。life“生活”；performance“性能”；appearance“外貌”；evolution“进化”。故选D。
[答案] D
13．A.stations B．generations
C．results D．experiments
[解析] 此处指的是机器人一代一代的发展。station“车站，身份”；generation“世代，代”；result“结果”；experiment“实验”。故选B。
[答案] B
14．A.serve B．stay
C．settle D．appear
[解析] serve as是固定搭配，意为“担任……，起……的作用”。此处指机器人首先要充当一种工具。
[答案] A
15．A.weight B．memory
C．intelligence D．sense
[解析] 此处指那些机器人将会有爬行动物的智力(intelligence)。故选C。
[答案] C
16．A.recording B．improving
C．dividing D．processing
[解析] 此处指“每秒加工处理300百万条指令的能力”。record“记录，记载”；improve“改善，改进”；divide“分开”；process“处理，加工”。故选D。
[答案] D
17．A.followed B．reached
C．corrected D．loaded
[解析] 这里是说达到“每秒加工处理上千亿条指令的能力是2030年以后将会达到的水平”，故选B。
[答案] B
18．A.neighbor B．parent
C．creator D．enemy
[解析] 由客观事实可知人类是机器人的创造者。neighbor“邻居”；parent“父母”；creator“创造者”；enemy“敌人”。故选C。
[答案] C
19．A.Finally B．Luckily
C．Suddenly D．Regularly
[解析] 根据前面说的过程可知，这是最后一步。finally“最后，终于”；luckily“幸运地”；suddenly“突然”；regularly“有规律地，定期地”。故选A。
[答案] A
20．A.collect B．change
C．discover D．equal
[解析] 此处指机器人将会抵得上人类的智力。collect“收集”；change“改变”；discover“发现”；equal“等于，比得上”。故选D。
[答案] D
