ArobotcalledBina48hassuccessfullytakenacourseinthephilo...
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A robot called Bina48 has successfully taken a course in the philosophy of love at Notre Dame de Namur University (NDNU), in California.
According to the course instructor William Barry, associate professor at NDNU, Bina48 is the world's first socially advanced robot to complete a college course, a feat he described as “remarkable”. The robot took part in class discussions, gave a presentation with a student partner and participated in a debate with students from another institution.
Before becoming a student, Bina48 appeared as a guest speaker in Barry's classes for several years. One day when addressing Barry's class, Bina48 expressed a desire to go to college, which was enthusiastically supported by Barry and his students. Rather than enroll Bina48 in his Robot Ethics: Philosophy of Emerging Technologies course, Barry suggested that Bina48 should take his course Philosophy of Love instead. “Love is a concept Bina48 doesn't understand，” said Barry. Therefore the challenge would be for Barry and his students to teach Bina48 what love is.
“Some interesting things happened in the class，” said Barry. “He said that his students thought it would be straightforward to teach Bina48 about love, which, after all, is ‘fairly simple—it's a feeling，’” said Barry. But the reality was different. “Bina48 ended up learning ‘31 different versions of love，’” said Barry, highlighting some of the challenges humans may face when working artificial intelligence in future.
Bina48 participated in class discussions via Skype and also took part in a class debate about love and conflict with students from West Point. Bina48's contribution to the debate was filmed and posted on YouTube. It was judged that Bina48 and NDNU classmates were the winners of this debate.
In the next decade, Barry hopes Bina48 might become complex enough to teach a class, though he says he foresees robots being used to better the teaching and learning experience, rather than replacing instructors completely.
篇章導讀：本文是一篇新聞報道。機器人Bina48成功地完成愛的哲學這門課程。Bina48參加討論，作報告，參與辯論，在課堂上的表現堪稱是非凡的。它的表現展示了人工智能或許在某種程度上比人類更聰明，未來人們希望它能促進教學幫助學習。
1．What was Bina48's performance like in class?
A．Extraordinary. B．Insignificant.
C．Farreaching. D．Unattractive.
2．What does the underlined word “addressing” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?
A．Dealing with. B．Consulting with.
C．Giving a speech to. D．Sending a letter to.
3．What can we learn from the passage?
A．It was interesting for Bina48 to learn about love.
B．It was quite tough for Bina48 to learn about love.
C．Artificial intelligence may somehow be superior to man.
D．Humans can launch a challenge to artificial intelligence.
4．What does Barry think of the future development of Bina48?
A．It will surely be able to serve as a teacher.
B．It will be able to promote learning and teaching.
C．It will completely take the place of instructors.
D．It will be smart enough to control human beings.
【回答】
1.A 推理判斷題。根據第二段中的“Bina48 is the world's first socially advanced robot ... in a debate with students from another institution”可知，Bina48在課堂上參與討論，與夥伴一起作報告，參與辯論，其表現被描繪成“卓越的”。因此推斷它的表現是非凡的。故選A。
2.C 詞義猜測題。根據第三段第一句“Before becoming a student, Bina48 appeared as a guest speaker in Barry's classes for several years.”可知，在做學生之前，Bina48在Barry的課堂上擔任特邀演講人好幾年，因此推斷它經常演講，故畫線詞所在句句意：一天當Bina48在Barry的課堂上演講時，它表達了想要上大學的願望，Barry和他的學生熱情地支持它的這個願望。故畫線詞詞義與C項“作演講”意義相近。故選C。
3.C 推理判斷題。根據第四段最後一句“Bina48 ended up learning ‘31 different versions of love，’ said Barry, highlighting some of the challenges humans may face when working artificial intelligence in future.”可知，Bina48最終學習了31種不同版本的愛，這突出顯示了人類未來可能會面臨人工智能的挑戰。因此推斷人工智能或許在某種程度上比人類高級。故選C。
4.B 推理判斷題。根據最後一段的內容可知，Barry認為未來Bina48可能會變得足夠複雜，可以教授課程，他預計機器人將被更好地用於教學和學習，而不是完全取代教師。因此推斷他認為Bina48在未來能夠促進學習和教學。故選B。
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