41-43題為題組
One of the most unusual graduation speakers of the 1983 commencement season was not a person at all. The speaker was Robot Redford, a robot who delivered the commencement address at a community college in suburban Maryland.
The speaker, carefully programmed, arrived on the stage under its own power and proceeded to tell the audience of 658 graduates, their families, and friends that they would have to learn to work with robots and technology to solve society’s problems. The robot described itself as an extension of a person to help humans increase the workload. Although this particular robot can be programmed to speak, the voice heard wasn’t that of the robot, because it was feared that the robot’s voice was not loud enough to carry throughout the hall. An amplified voice of a human was used instead, while the listeners watched the robot.
Robot Redford was followed by a person, William Bakaleinikoff, who spoke about the need for cooperation between people and technology. Mr. Bakaleinikoff’s experience with his topic included the fact that he had created Robot Redford and had provided the voice for the robot’s words to the graduates.
There was quite a bit of controversy over the choice of a robot as a commencement speaker. Some students thought it was insensitive and degrading to use a robot. Others thought the idea was clever and innovative.
“I’ll never forget this speech,” said one graduate. “You forget a political leader, but you won’t forget a robot.”
【題組】43. Which of the following statements can be supported by the passage?
(A) A robot was designed to let humans decrease their productivity.
(B) Robot Redford was the brainchild of William Bakaleinikoff.
(C) Everybody in the commencement was pleased with the arrangement.
(D) Robot Redford’s speech was too difficult to understand.
寫作批改
VIP與詳解卡管理
私人筆記( 0 )