How much do you know about A．I．(Artificial Intelligence)?Artificial means‘man-made’，and intelligence means‘the ability to learn．understand and think about things’．A．I．is about making machines think，talk，do and see．A．I．is used in many fields from、playing games to helping doctors．Many machines around us work very well because they work with the help of A．I．Man has always dreamed of building‘thinking machines’．In 1770，Wolfgand Kempelen(1 734—1804)built a wooden robot called Turk that was able to play chess(SUR)．It played very well and even beat some of the top chess players of the time! Later it was found that Turk was not real．Inside the box machine was a chess player．
John McCarthy(1927—)is thought as the‘Father’of A．I He invented the word‘A．I．’and the LISP computer programming language that many A．I．developers use today．How does A．I．work?
A．I．uses ideas from many fields：

【小題1】What is true about A．I．?
A．A．I．is a machine．
B．A．I．can play chess better than man．
C．A．I．can play games．
D．A．I．is something that makes machines work  
like man．
【小題2】A．I．means_________in Chinese．
A．人造能力         B．人造計算機
C．人工智能         D．人工機器人
【小題3】We can learn from the passage that_________．
A．we still do not know how A．I．works
B．computers are the most important part of A．I．
C．Wolfgand Kempelen was the first builder of robot．
D．John McCarthy is good at playing chess．

Good afternoon! Welcome to England．We hope that your visit here will be a pleasant one．Now，I would like to tell you something about our laws．

The first one is about drinking．Now，you may not buy wine in this country if you are under 18 years of age，neither may your friends buy it for you．

The second one：noise．Enjoy yourselves by all means，but please don’t make unnecessary noise，especially at night．We ask you to respect other people who may wish to be quiet．

The third One：crossing the road．Be careful．The traffic moves on the left side of the road in this country．Use pedestrian crossings（人行橫道）and do not take any chances（冒險）when crossing the road．

My next point is about rubbish．It isn’t lawful to drop rubbish in the street．When you have something to throw away，please put it in your packet and take it home，or put it in a dustbin．

Finally，smoking．It is against the law to buy cigarettes or tobaccos if you are under 16 years of age．

I’d like to finish by saying that if you need any kind of help，you can contact the police．The police will be pleased to help you．You can call，write or directly go to ask any policeman．

（    ）1．Who do you think most probably makes the speech?

A．A guide．                                               B．A person who makes laws．

C．A teacher．                                               D．An English officer．

（    ）2．How many points are mentioned in the speech?

A．Three                  B．Four                    C．Five                       D Six

（    ）3．The main purpose（目的）of this speech is to______．

A．tell people that those above 18 years of age can drink and smoke in England

B．declare（宣布）the different laws of England

C．give advice to the travelers in England

D．a(chǎn)sk people not to go to England