英语六级阅读理解练习附详解-人工智能.docx

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1、英语六级阅读理解练习附详解:人工智能 下面是学习啦我整理的英语六级阅读理解练习附详解:人工智能，希望对大家有帮助。 Some of the old worries about artificial intelligence were closely linked to the question ofwhether computers could think.The first massive electronic computers,capable of rapidcalculation and little or no creative activity,were soon dubbed(取

2、外号)"electronic brains".Areaction to this terminology quickly followed,computers were called"high speed idiots",an effortto protect human vanity.But not everyone realized theimplications of the high-speed idiottag.It has not been pointed out enough that even the human idiot is one

3、 of the mostintelligent life forms on earth.If the early computers were even that intelligent,it was already aremarkable state of affairs. One consequence of speculation about the possibility of computer thought was that we wereforced to examine with new care the idea of thought in general.It soon b

4、ecame clear that wewere not sure what we meant bysuch terms as thought and thinking.We tend to assume thathuman beings think,some more than others,though we often call people thoughtless orunthinking.Dreams cause a problem,partly because they usually happen outside ourcontrol.They are obviously some

5、 type of mental experience,but are they a type of thinking?And the question of nonhuman life forms adds further problems.Many of us would maintain thatsome of the higheranimals-dogs,cats,apes,and so on-are capable of at least basic thought,butwhat about fish and insects?If thinking is demonstrated b

6、y evident electrical activity in thebrain,then many species are capable of thought.Once we have formulated clear ideas on whatthought is in biological creatures,it will be easier to discuss the question of thought inartifacts(人工制品).And what is true of thought is also true of the many other mentalpro

7、cesses.One of the immense benefits of a research is that we are being forced toscrutinize,with new rigor,the working of the human mind. It is already clear that machines have superior mental abilities to many life forms.No fern oroak tree can play chess as well as even the simplest digital computer,

8、nor can frogs weld carbodies as well as robots.It seems that,viewed in terms of intellect ,the computer should be setwell above plants and most animals.Only the higher animals can compete with computers withregard to intellect and even then with diminishing success. 始终以来，关于人工智能的一些担忧与电脑是否会思索这个问题紧密相连。

9、1最初的大型电于计算机可以快速计算却没有或几乎没有创建实力，它们立刻就被冠以;电脑;的外号。很快就有了对这一术语的反应，计算机被称为;高速白痴;，这无非是维护人类虚荣心所做的一种努力。但并不是每个人都能意识到;高速白痴;这个外号的含义。即使是一个白痴的人也堪称世界上最智能的生命形式之一，这一点并未得到充分的指明。2假如早期的计算机能达到这种智力水平，那早已经是件特别了不得的事情了。 3关于计算机是否具有思索实力的推想迫使我们重新谛视;思维;的普遍含义。很快我们就会清晰地意识到我们并不确定;思维;和;思索;这类术语的意思。我们往往认定人类会思索，一些人比其他人思索得多些，虽然我们经常会称某人毫无

10、思想或者缺乏思索。4梦的存在引出了一个问题，部分原固在于梦通常不受我们的限制。梦明显是某种精神上的体验，然而这能算是一种思索吗?非人类生物的存在则引出了更多的问题。许多人都认为一些较高等的动物，如狗、猫、猿等，至少有基本的思索实力，但鱼和昆虫呢?假如思索可以通过是脑的明显电波活动显现出来的话，那么许多物种都能思索。一旦我们明确地阐述诞生物思维的含义，那么探讨人造物体的思维问题就会变得更简单。而关于思维的正确相识对于其他许多精神上的活动也同样正确。对此进行探讨的其中一个最大的好处是我们将不得不更严格地、细致地探讨人类的思索方式。 5机器比许多生物具有更强的思索实力，这早已是不争的事实。蕨类或橡树

11、都无法下棋，即使最简洁的电子计算机都比它们强，青蛙也不行能像机器人那样焊接车身。看来，假如以智力的标准衡量，计算机远远胜于植物和多数动物。只有较高等的动物可以在智力方面与计算机相比，即使如此，两者间的差距也是微乎其微的。 1.What did people think of the early computers? 2.According to the author,the early computers is_than human idiots. 3.As a result of speculating whether computer could think,we had to resea

12、rch more carefully toget_. 4.Why do dreams cause the problem whether they are a type of thinking,according to theauthor? 5.What does the author want to illustrate by mentioning the fern and the oak tree? 1.They were called"high speed idiots"/They can calculate rapidly but are idiots.本文来源：网络收集与整理，如有侵权，请联系作者删除，谢谢！第5页 共5页第 5 页 共 5 页第 5 页 共 5 页第 5 页 共 5 页第 5 页 共 5 页第 5 页 共 5 页第 5 页 共 5 页第 5 页 共 5 页第 5 页 共 5 页第 5 页 共 5 页第 5 页 共 5 页