Unit 2 Section C Using Language & Assessing Your Progress（重点练）-2020-2021学年高二英语十分钟同步课堂专练（人教版2019选择性必修第一册）

十分钟同步课堂专练 Unit 2 Looking into the future Section C Using Language & Assessing Your Progress 重点练 I.阅读理解 1 Several recent studies examined how machine automation and artificial intelligence (AI) will change the future of work. Some people predict these technologies could replace up to 30 percent of workers worldwide by 2030. The possibility of being replaced will greatly increase for workers with less education, said Price Waterhouse Coopers, an international company providing financial and tax services. It estimated(估计) that in Britain, up to 46 percent of workers without a college degree could be in danger because of automation. This would drop to about 12 percent for workers with undergraduate degrees or higher. “New smart machines have the hidden power to replace our minds and to move around freely in the world,” the study said. It added that the greatest job replacement is expected to come in the areas of transportation, storage, manufacturing (制造业)and retail（零售）. The Rand Corporat