When Elon Musk says that his new priority is using artificial intelligence to build domestic robots, we should look forward to the day in admiration.
Mr. Musk is a guy who gets things done. The founder of two tech companies, Tesla Motors and SpaceX, is bringing electric vehicles to mass market and ___26___ humans to live on other planets. This sounds like so much hot air, but the near $13 billion fortune this entrepreneur has ___27___ comes from practical achievements rather than hypothetical ones.
A lot of clever people are ___28___ about artificial intelligence, fearing that robots will one day become so ___29___ that they'll murder all of us. These fears are mostly ___30___: as with hysteria about genetic modification, we humans are generally wise enough to manage these problems with speed and care.
And just think of how wonderful it would be if you had a live-in robot. It could, ___31___, be like having a babysitter and a nurse rolled into one—or, if that required ___32___ intelligence beyond the power of Mr. Musk's imagined machine, at least someone to chop the carrots, wash the car and mow the lawn. Once purchased and trained, this would allow the ___33___ user to save money and time, freeing up ___34___ space in our busy lives to read a good book.
That is why we welcome Mr. Musk's latest ___35___, and wish him well. As long as robots add to the sum of human happiness, reduce suffering, and create time to read world-class journalism, we should be their fans. especially since journalism is one job robots will never do.
A) amassed B) casual
C) emotional D enabling
E) eventually F) exaggerated
G) extravagant H) generously
I) misleading J) precious
K) reward L) smart
M) sphere N) terrified
O) venture
答案解析：
根据...and ______ humans to live on other planets.”，可知此处需要一个动词，与前面的 bringing...to mass market”构成并列关系，形式也应是-ing形式。enable sb. to do sth.”意为使某人能够做某事”，符合将人类送上其他星球”的语境。所以选 D。
根据...the near $13 billion fortune this entrepreneur has ______...”，可知此处需要一个动词的过去分词，构成现在完成时，表示这位企业家已经积累”了近130亿美元的财富。amass”意为积累，积聚”，符合语境。所以选 A。
根据...A lot of clever people are ______ about artificial intelligence...”，可知此处需要一个形容词，构成 be...about sth.”的结构，描述许多聪明人对AI的态度。后文 fearing that robots will one day murder all of us”表明他们感到非常恐惧”。terrified”意为非常害怕的，极度恐惧的”，符合语境。所以选 N。
根据...robots will one day become so ______ that they'll murder all of us.”，可知此处需要一个形容词，由 so...that...”结构引导结果状语从句。机器人会谋杀我们所有人，是因为它们变得太聪明”了。smart”意为聪明的，智能的”，符合语境。所以选 L。
根据...These fears are mostly ______...”，可知此处需要一个形容词，作表语，说明这些恐惧”的性质。后文用 we humans are generally wise enough to manage these problems”来支持这一观点，说明这些恐惧是被夸大的”。exaggerated”意为夸张的，言过其实的”，符合语境。所以选 F。
根据...It could, ______, be like having a babysitter and a nurse rolled into one...”，可知此处需要一个副词，修饰整个句子，表示一种可能性或最终的结果。eventually”意为最终，终于”，引出对家用机器人功能的一种设想。所以选 E。
根据...if that required ______ intelligence beyond the power of Mr. Musk's imagined machine...”，可知此处需要一个形容词修饰 intelligence”。后文提到的 chop the carrots, wash the car and mow the lawn”都是体力劳动，而 babysitter and a nurse”则需要情感交流和关怀，这需要的是情感智能”。emotional”意为情感的，情绪的”，符合语境。所以选 C。
根据...this would allow the ______ user to save money and time...”，可知此处需要一个形容词修饰 user”。文章讨论的是面向普通家庭的家用机器人，因此它的使用者应该是普通的、非专业的”。casual”意为非正式的，休闲的，引申为普通的、临时的”，符合语境。所以选 B。
根据...freeing up ______ space in our busy lives to read a good book.”，可知此处需要一个形容词修饰 space”。在现代忙碌的生活中，能够用来读一本好书的空闲时间是宝贵的”。precious”意为宝贵的，珍贵的”，符合语境。所以选 J。
根据...we welcome Mr. Musk's latest ______...”，可知此处需要一个名词，作 welcome”的宾语，指代马斯克最新的项目”或事业”。venture”意为(有风险的)项目，事业，企业”，符合语境。所以选 O。
