2016年12月英语四级阅读长篇阅读练习(八)

　　O、This vision is rooted in a real trend.Self-driving cars have been making headlines for several years now.They are legal to drive in the state of Nevada.and Google’s driverless car has already racked up hundreds of thousands of practice miles.

　　P、Reiner’s contribution is to explore how this will change us.He predicts that once the robots take the wheel everywhere.many of us will lose interest in driving altogether.Fewer of us will own our own cars.Those who do won’t waste as much time pimping them out or driving around iust for fun.People who still love cars might have to seek their thrills in special“recreation parks”.where they can drive manually in an artificial environment.“If the vehicles of the future are only a means to get from A to B，this car culture would get lost.”he says.

　　Did I just think up that idea or did an advertiser implant it?

　　Q、Multiple contributors to CHl 2039 ponder the future of brain implants.Whether it involves capturing input from each of our senses or recording neurons(神经元)directly in the brain，they assume that this one is a question not of if but when.And that could bring opportunities--and challenges.

　　R、Shachar Maidenbaum of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem，Israel，envisions devices that could record our day-to-day experiences and then allow US to share our memories with one another,revolutionising courts，classrooms，and our social interactions.

　　S、Daniel Gruen of IBM Research，meanwhile，envisions devices that could prompt your memory when you forget something.一with some darker consequences.“Imagine in the future that you have systems that help you with memory,”he says.“At what point do you start wondering.‘Wait.I’ve had an idea.Is that really mine or is that idea coming from somewhere else?”’

　　So，what is the ideal number of fingers?

　　T.、Ever strain yourself swiping across your iPhone screen?That problem would go away if you could have an extra thumb surgically(手术地)attached to your hand.

　　U、That’s the starting point for a fictitious study of l 24 people who have chosen to augment their hands with bionic(仿生的)fingers--on average they have 13.4 digits.Johannes Schfnin9，a computer scientist at Hasselt University in Belgium，even comes to an intriguing conclusion：“The optimal finger count is l 2.5，with six normal—sized fingers on each hand and the dominant hand having an extra half-sized finger that can be moved with 6 degrees of freedom.”

　　V、It’s entertaining stuff but even SchSning admits that 25 years might not be long enough for this one to appear.

　　46.In his article.Michael Muller investigates the consequences of Arterionet’s being capable of sharing information to supply extra strong health advices.

　　47.CHI refers to the exploration ofbetter means for people to interact with today’s equipments，but during last week’s yearly meetin9，participants proposed a future vision of CHI.

　　48.To prove if Plantastic is really helpful.Tomlinson and his colleagues conducted an imaginary research which investigates l o family gardens over 2 planting seasons.

　　49.Autonomous cars have become a hot topic since many years a90.

　　50.It deserves to be taken into account that what people will do to treat the health secrets offered by organ monitoring units.

　　51.In the paper,Tomlinson and his partners infer that to increase the endurability of our food supply,it is necessary to plant more fruits and vegetable near our houses.

　　52.Bionic finger is an interesting stuff but even SchSning doubt whether it can be created during the next25 years.

　　53.At the same time.IBM research Daniel Gruen imagines some kind of equipments that Call remind you of things you forget，which leads to bad results,

　　54.We always think a lot about the past，but we seldom consider the future life we’re trying to create.