专题03 阅读理解之议论文 -2021-2022学年高三英语上学期期末考试好题汇编（通用版）

专题1 阅读理解之议论文 2021-2022学年高三期末考试好题汇编 Passage 1 （2021·云南云天化中学教育管理有限公司高三期末） When it comes to the jobs robots could never do, you would probably put doctors and teachers at the top of the list. It's easy to imagine robot cleaners and factory workers, but some jobs need human connection and creativity. But are we underestimating (低估) what robots can do? In some cases, they already perform better than doctors at diagnosing (诊断) illness. Also, some patients might feel more comfortable sharing personal information with a machine than a person. Could there be a place for robots in education after all? British education expert Anthony Seldon thinks so. And he even has a date for the robot takeover of the classroom: 2027. He predicts robots will do the main job of transferring information and teachers will be like assistants. Intelligent robots will read students' faces, movements and maybe even brain signals. Then they will adapt the information to each student. However, it's not a popular opinion and it's unlikely that robots will ever have empathy (同理心) and the ability to really connect with humans. One thing is certain, though. A robot teacher is better than no teacher at all. In some parts of the world, there aren't enough teachers. That problem could be partly solved by robots because they can teach anywhere and won't get stressed, or tired, or move somewhere for an easier, higher-paid job. Teachers all over the world are leaving because they feel overworked. Perhaps the question is not “Will robots replace teachers?” but “How can robots help teachers?” Teachers waste a lot of time doing non-teaching work, including more than 11 hours a week marking homework. If robots could cut the time teachers spend on marking homework and writing reports, teachers would have more time and energy for the parts of the job humans do best. 1．In the opinion of most people, what kind of jobs are robots most likely to do? A．Culture-related jobs. B．Mental jobs. C．Physical jobs. D．Tiresome