雅思阅读真题解析-剑16Test4Passage4-Attitudes towards Artificial-单选题

　　雅思阅读真题解析-剑16Test4Passage4-Attitudes towards Artificial-单选题

　　单选题

　　Questions 33-35

　　Choose the correct letter, A, B, C or D.

　　Write the correct letter in boxes 33-35 on your answer sheet.

　　Q33

　　What is the writer doing in Section A?

　　Aproviding a solution to a concern

　　Bjustifying an opinion about an issue

　　Chighlighting the existence of a problem

　　Dexplaining the reasons for a phenomenon

　　分析

　　题干中可以划定位词的有Section A。这道题问的是作者在做的事。这种情况下作者的观点可能是支持，反对，提出不足等，我们应该关注作者的语气和句子间的逻辑关系。

　　Aproviding a solution to a concern

　　分析：选项可以划关键词的有solution。

　　Bjustifying an opinion about an issue

　　分析：选项可以划关键词的有justifying。

　　Chighlighting the existence of a problem

　　分析：选项可以划关键词的有highlighting和problem。

　　Dexplaining the reasons for a phenomenon

　　分析：选项可以划关键词的有reasons。

　　定位

　　A Artificial intelligence (AI) can already predict the future. Police forces are using it to map when and where crime is likely to occur. Doctors can use it to predict when a patient is most likely to have a heart attack or stroke. Researchers are even trying to give AI imagination so it can plan for unexpected consequences.

　　Many decisions in our lives require a good forecast, and AI is almost always better at forecasting than we are. Yet for all these technological advances, we still seem to deeply lack confidence in AI predictions. Recent cases show that people don’t like relying on AI and prefer to trust human experts, even if these experts are wrong.

　　If we want AI to really benefit people, we need to find a way to get people to trust it. To do that, we need to understand why people are so reluctant to trust AI in the first place.

　　答案

　　上文第二小段出现了转折，我们重点看这句讲述的内容。

　　Yet for all these technological advances, we still seem to deeply lack confidence in AI predictions. （这一句是论点）

　　Recent cases show that people don’t like relying on AI and prefer to trust human experts, even if these experts are wrong.（这一句是例子）

　　第 一句中的we still seem to deeply lack confidence应该对应A选项的concern和C选项的problem。例子中的even if these experts are wrong可以体现出lack confidence的程度比较严重，所以答案选C。

　　注意，不要被下一小段中的we need to find a way to get people to trust it影响，这句说的是need to find a way,说明作者没有找出solution，所以答案不能选A。

　　Q34

　　According to Section C, why might some people be reluctant to accept Al?

　　AThey are afraid it will replace humans in decision-making jobs.

　　BIts complexity makes them feel that they are at a disadvantage.

　　CThey would rather wait for the technology to be tested over a period of time.

　　DMisunderstandings about how it works make it seem more challenging than it is.

　　分析

　　题干可以划定位词的有Section C和people,可以划关键词的有reluctant to accept。我们在这段找出跟关键词的reluctant to accept对应的内容，紧跟其后的就是答案。

　　AThey are afraid it will replace humans in decision-making jobs.

　　分析：选项可以划关键词的有humans和decision-making jobs。

　　BIts complexity makes them feel that they are at a disadvantage.

　　分析：选项可以划关键词的有complexity和disadvantage。

　　CThey would rather wait for the technology to be tested over a period of time.

　　分析：选项可以划关键词的有technology和over a period of time。

　　DMisunderstandings about how it works make it seem more challenging than it is.

　　分析：选项可以划关键词的有Misunderstandings和challenging。

　　定位

　　C This is just one example of people’s lack of confidence in AI and their reluctance to accept what AI has to offer. Trust in other people is often based on our understanding of how others think and having experience of their reliability. This helps create a psychological feeling of safety. AI, on the other hand, is still fairly new and unfamiliar to most people. Even if it can be technically explained (and that’s not always the case), AI’s decision-making process is usually too difficult for most people to comprehend. And interacting with something we don’t understand can cause anxiety and give us a sense that we’re losing control.

　　Many people are also simply not familiar with many instances of AI actually working, because it often happens in the background. Instead, they are acutely aware of instances where AI goes wrong. Embarrassing AI failures receive a disproportionate amount of media attention, emphasising the message that we cannot rely on technology. Machine learning is not foolproof, in part because the humans who design it aren’t.

　　答案

　　上文第 一 句出现了与题干对应的their reluctance to accept，我们接着往后找其原因。第二句讲的是Trust in other people，我们要找跟AI相关的内容。第三句中出现了AI。这句中的fairly new and unfamiliar和下一句中的AI’s decision-making ...too difficult ...to comprehend可以对应选项B选项中的complexity和D选项中的misunderstandings。第 一小段最后一句中的give us a sense对应B选项中的makes them feel, 这句中的losing control【失去控制权】可以对应B选项中的they are at a disadvantage【他们处于略势】，所以答案是B。

　　Q35

　　What does the writer say about the media in Section C of the text?

　　AIt leads the public to be mistrustful of Al.

　　BIt devotes an excessive amount of attention to Al.

　　CIts reports of incidents involving Al are often inaccurate.

　　DIt gives the impression that Al failures are due to designer error.

　　分析

　　题干可以划定位词的有media和Section C。我们要找出media出现的句子，再找跟这句对应的选项。

　　AIt leads the public to be mistrustful of Al.

　　分析：选项可以划关键词的有public。

　　BIt devotes an excessive amount of attention to Al.

　　分析：选项可以划关键词的有attention。

　　CIts reports of incidents involving Al are often inaccurate.

　　分析：选项可以划关键词的有incidents。

　　DIt gives the impression that Al failures are due to designer error.

　　分析：选项可以划关键词的有designer error。

　　定位

　　CThis is just one example of people’s lack of confidence in AI and their reluctance to accept what AI has to offer. Trust in other people is often based on our understanding of how others think and having experience of their reliability. This helps create a psychological feeling of safety. AI, on the other hand, is still fairly new and unfamiliar to most people. Even if it can be technically explained (and that’s not always the case), AI’s decision-making process is usually too difficult for most people to comprehend. And interacting with something we don’t understand can cause anxiety and give us a sense that we’re losing control.

　　Many people are also simply not familiar with many instances of AI actually working, because it often happens in the background. Instead, they are acutely aware of instances where AI goes wrong. Embarrassing AI failures receive a disproportionate amount of media attention, emphasising the message that we cannot rely on technology. Machine learning is not foolproof, in part because the humans who design it aren’t.

　　答案

　　上文倒数第二句中出现了media, 所以前半句或后半句是答案。前半句中的receives a disproportionate 【不成比例的（过多/过少）】amount of media attention可以对应B选项中的excessive amount of attention，但这句中的AI failures与B选项中的AI不是一个概念，所以B答案是NOT GIVEN。（非常坑的一道题）

　　第二句后半句中的emphasising the message【强调...的信息】对应A选项中的lead to（只能说相关吧，不是特别贴切的同义替换词）, 后半句中的we对应A选项中的public, 后半句中的cannot rely on 对应A选项中的mistrustful,后半句中的technology对应A选项中的AI，所以答案选A。

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