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1、外語(yǔ)下載中心 http://down.tingroom.com 1. Can the Computer Learn from Experience計(jì)算機(jī)會(huì)總結(jié)經(jīng)驗(yàn)嗎1 Computers have been taught to play not only checkers, but also championship chess, which is a fairly accurate yardstick for measuring t

2、he computer’s progress in the ability to learn from experience.2 Because the game requires logical reasoning, chess would seem to be perfectly suited to the computer .all a programmer has to do is give the computer a pr

3、ogram evaluating the consequences of every possible response to every possible move, and the computer will win every time. In theory this is a sensible approach; in practice it is impossible. Today, a powerful computer

4、 can analyze 40 000 moves a second. That is an impressive speed. But there are an astronomical number of possible moves in chess—literally trillions. Even if such a program were written (and in theory it could be ,given

5、 enough people and enough time), there is no computer capable of holding that much data.3 Therefore, if the computer is to compete at championship levels, it must be programmed to function with less than complete data. I

6、t must be able to learn from experience, to modify its own programm, to deal with a relatively unstructured situation—in a word, to “think” for itself . In fact, this can be done. Chess-playing computers have yet to def

7、eat world champion chess players, but several have beaten human players of only slightly lower ranks. The computers have had programs to carry them through the early, mechanical stages of their chess games. But they have

8、 gone on from there to reason and learn, and sometimes to win the game.4 There are other proofs that computers can be programmed to learn, but this example is sufficient to demonstrate the point. Granted , winning a gam

9、e of chess is not an earthshaking event even when a computer does it . But there are many serious human problems which ban be fruitfully approached as games. The Defense Department uses computers to play war games and w

10、ork out strategies for dealing with international tensions. Other problems—international and interpersonal relations , ecology and economics , and the ever-increasing threat of world famine—can perhaps be solved by the

11、 joint efforts of human beings and truly intelligent computers .Notes 1. check:a game played on a checkerboard by two players ,each using 12 pieces2. ecology:the relationship between organisms and their environment 生態(tài)關(guān)系

12、，生態(tài)學(xué)Reading comprehension 1 The purpose of creating chess-playing computers is __________A to win the world chess champion B to pave the way for further intelligent computers C to work out strategies for international

13、 warsD to find an accurate yardstick for measuring computer progress2 Today , a chess-playing computer can be programmed to ________外語(yǔ)下載中心 http://down.tingroom.com Notes 1 Brooklyn: a district of New York city2 inflat

14、e:通貨膨脹 3 proxy: the authority to act for another4 payroll: a list of employees and the wages due to eachReading Comprehension1 In the author’s opinion, a good economy, to ordinary people can be expressed in terms of ____

15、__ a. the amount of wageb. after-tax incomec. the actual purchasing powerd. the minimum wage per hour2 In the period between 1950 and 1970,_______a. there was not much difference in the living standards between people of

16、 higher and lower educationb. an ordinary family of five without exception could live on one person incomec. the income of an ordinary family was more than enough for buying foodd. for an average family the income was su

17、fficient to support all the members3 Today a bookbinder’s wage is ten times that of the 1950’s but its income tax rate has increased ______ a.50 times b.60times c. 70 times d. 80 times4 The worsening of a bookb

18、inder’s livelihood results from _____a. his low education and the amount of wageb. the high-taxation and the income deductionsc. the high taxation and cost of livingd. thelow wage and higher prices5 The passage implie

19、s that while the cost of living is getting higher______a. the value of labor actually is shrinkingb. the minimum wage level is increasing likewisec. the income tax rate is rising alongd. the employment ads naturally offe

20、r a higher minimum wage6 The author’s tone in writing the article is_____a. ironical b. subjective c. high-sounding d. convincing7 the article aims to _________.a. help control the rapidly increasing pr