"We need to rise to the occasion and meet this challenge before human labor becomes out of date."

　　"What' s different this time is computer scientists are working on building machines that can do everything we can do, only better. If machines can do all the work or even 50 percent of the jobs that we used to do, what will people do？"

　　【语篇解读】　本文是一篇说明文。专家警示，30年内机器人将接管大部分工作。

　　1．What does Professor Moshe Vardi say about future human jobs?

　　A．They will be more challenging.

　　B．Most will disappear completely.

　　C．Most will be replaced by robots.

　　D．They will require higher degrees.

　　C　[细节理解题。由第二、三段的描述可知，在未来的几十年内，人类的大部分工作将由机器人来完成。]

　　2．What is Prof Vardi concerned about?

　　A．The rapid population growth.

　　B．The fast development of robots.

　　C．Whether robots will rule humans.

　　D．Whether robots will do good to humans.

　　D　[细节理解题。由第六段中的'Does the technology we are developing finally benefit mankind？'以及第八段But Prof Vardi is not sure that a workforce of humanlike robots will be good for mankind.可知，Vardi教授担心人类发明的技术是否最终会让人类受益。]

　　3．How does Prof Vardi find leisure­only life?

　　A．Ideal.　　　　 B．Undesirable.

　　C．Carefree. D．Interesting.

B　[推理判断题。由倒数第四段中的I do not find this a promising future，as I