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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 dont care whether the graphic (31) ______ a magazine article was drawn by a person or a computerthey just want it to be relevant, new and perhaps (32) ______.
And, of course, this question isnt 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, its 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.
A) accompanying
B) cognitive
C) domains
D) entertaining
E) evoking
F) hybrid
G) impetus
H) intuitive
I) once
J) oversee
K) redundant
L) stances
M) surpass
N) tentatively
O) vanish

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
全文翻译

我们人类喜欢相信自己是特殊的,但科学和技术一再证明这一信念是错误的。人们曾经认为人类是唯一使用工具、组建团队或传播文化的动物,但科学已经证明其他动物也能做到这些事情。

与此同时,技术已经逐一推翻了那些声称需要人脑才能完成的认知任务的论点。第一台加法机发明于1623年。去年,一件计算机生成的作品赢得了一场艺术比赛。我相信,计算机达到并超越人类智能的时刻即将到来。

当机器比最聪明的人更聪明、更有创造力时,人类的智力和创造力将如何被评价?这很可能呈现为一个光谱。在某些领域,人们仍然看重由人类完成事情,即使计算机能做得更好。距离计算机击败世界冠军加里·卡斯帕罗夫已经过去了四分之一个世纪,但人类国际象棋并没有消失。

在其他领域,人类技能会显得昂贵且低效。以插画为例:大多数读者并不关心杂志文章的配图是由人还是计算机绘制的——他们只希望它是相关的、新颖的,也许还很有趣。

当然,这个问题也并非黑白分明。许多领域将是一种混合状态,其中一些人找到了幸运的位置,但大部分工作由计算机完成,就像今天的制造业一样,大部分工作由机器人完成,但必须有人在旁边照看机器。

如果历史有任何借鉴意义,几乎可以肯定的是,人工智能的进步将导致更多工作岗位消失,具有仅限人类技能的创意工作者将变得更富有但数量更少,而那些拥有创造性技术的人将成为新的超级富豪。

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