Section A: Banked Cloze
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. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.
AI and Human Intelligence
We humans love to believe we are special, but science and technology have repeatedly proved this conviction wrong. People (26) ______ thought that humans were the only animals to use tools, to form teams or to propagate culture, but science has shown that other animals do each of these things.
Meanwhile, technology has quashed (使无效), one by one, claims that (27) ______ tasks require a human brain. The first adding machine was invented in 1623. This past year, a computer-generated work won an art contest. I believe the moment when computers meet and (28) ______ human intelligence is on the horizon.
How will human intelligence and creativity be valued when machines become smarter and more creative than the brightest people? There will likely be a spectrum. In some (29) ______, people still value humans doing things, even if a computer can do it better. It's been a quarter of a century since a computer beat world champion Garry Kasparov, but human chess hasn't gone away.
In other fields, human skill will seem costly and (30) ______. Take illustration for example: most readers don’t care whether the graphic (31) ______ a magazine article was drawn by a person or a computer — they just want it to be relevant, new and perhaps (32) ______.
And, of course, this question isn’t black or white. Many fields will be a (33) ______, where some humans find a lucky place, but most of the work is done by computers, like in manufacturing today, where, much of the work is accomplished by robots, but some humans must be there to (34) ______ the machines.
If history is any guide, it’s almost certain that advances in AI will cause more jobs to (35) ______, that creative workers with human-only skills will become richer but fewer in number, and that those who own creative technology will become the new ultra-rich.
Answers & Explanations (答案与解析)
Section A: Banked Cloze
26. I (once)。解析：空格在主语
People 和谓语动词 thought 之间，需要填入副词。句意为“人们______认为人类是唯一使用工具的动物...但科学表明其他动物也会”。结合转折逻辑，表示过去的错误认知，选项 once（曾经）完美契合。27. B (cognitive)。解析：空格修饰名词
tasks，需要填入形容词。句意为“科技逐一击破了认为______任务需要人类大脑的主张”。选项 cognitive（认知的）与 tasks 搭配，指“认知任务”，符合语境中探讨人类智力的主题。28. M (surpass)。解析：空格与前面的
meet（达到/遇见）由 and 并列，共同作从句的谓语，需要填入动词原形。句意为“我相信计算机达到并______人类智力的时刻即将到来”。选项 surpass（超越，胜过）符合逻辑递进关系。29. C (domains)。解析：空格在介词
in some 之后，需要填入可数名词复数。句意为“在某些______，人们仍然重视人类亲自做事”。下一段的开头 In other fields（在其他领域）提供了平行的线索。选项 domains（领域）是 fields 的完美同义替换。30. K (redundant)。解析：空格与前面的形容词
costly（昂贵的）由 and 并列，共同作表语，需要填入形容词且为贬义/负面。句意为“在其他领域，人类技能将显得昂贵且______”。选项 redundant（多余的，过剩的）符合被AI取代后的特征。31. A (accompanying)。解析：空格在名词
the graphic 之后，a magazine article 之前，需要填入现在分词作后置定语。句意为“读者不关心______杂志文章的图表是由人还是电脑画的”。选项 accompanying（伴随的，为...配图的）完美解释了图表与文章的关系。32. D (entertaining)。解析：空格与前面的
relevant（相关的）、new（新颖的）并列，作表语，需要填入形容词。句意为“他们只希望图表是相关的、新颖的，或许还是______”。选项 entertaining（有娱乐性的，有趣的）符合读者对杂志配图的期望。33. F (hybrid)。解析：空格在不定冠词
a 之后，需要填入单数可数名词。句意为“许多领域将是一种______，在这里一些人类找到位置，但大部分工作由电脑完成”。人类与电脑共同工作的状态，最贴切的词是 hybrid（混合体）。34. J (oversee)。解析：空格在不定式
to 之后，需要填入动词原形。句意为“虽然大部分制造工作由机器人完成，但必须有一些人类在那里______机器”。人类在高度自动化时代的任务是监督，选项 oversee（监督，监管）极为准确。35. O (vanish)。解析：空格在
cause more jobs to 结构中，需要填入动词原形。句意为“AI的进步将导致更多的工作______”。结合前后文讨论AI取代人类劳动力，选项 vanish（消失）符合逻辑。【核心搭配与亮点句型】
propagate culture：传播文化，繁衍文化（animals to use tools, to form teams or to propagate culture）
on the horizon：即将来临，在地平线上（human intelligence is on the horizon）
black or white：非黑即白，绝对的（this question isn’t black or white）
If history is any guide：如果以史为鉴（固定搭配，极好的写作句型）
cause sth. to do：导致某事发生（cause more jobs to vanish）