自动化会让我们丢掉工作吗？
自动化会让我们丢掉工作吗？

Americans are worried about new technology. They are concerned that machines, including robots, will take over work now done by humans. These findings come from a new report by the Pew Research Center of Washington D.C.
About 75 percent of Americans questioned by Pew said automation will increase income inequality between the rich and the middle class and poor. And 64 percent of people expect automation to be so common in America that people will face difficulty finding things to do with their lives.
Some of the concerns about technology come from a distrust about whether machines will always make the right decision. Pew said many Americans believe humans have better judgement in dealing with complex matters or when there is not one clear answer.
Americans have similar doubts about riding in a car without a driver. The Pew Research Center found that 56 percent of Americans would not ride in a driverless car. Fifty-nine percent said they would not use a robot teacher.
Most Americans want the government to limit automation. For example, 87 percent support a requirement that all driverless vehicles have a human in the driver's seat who can take control when needed. And 85 percent want to limit machines to mostly doing jobs that are dangerous or unhealthy for humans.
About 33 percent of Americans believe that their own jobs are threatened by automation. About one in five said they knew someone whose hours were cut, or whose jobs were lost all together because of automation.

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1.The underlined word “automation” means _______ in Chinese.

A 生活化

B 程序化

C 机械化

D 自动化

解析：选D。词义猜测题。根据后面对driverless cars的讲述可知automation的意思为“自动化”，故选D。

2.From the third paragraph, we can know _______.

A Americans like using machines instead of humans

B Americans believe machines will not be popular in the future

C Americans are worried about machines which will make mistakes

D Americans will find more jobs because of the machines

解析：选C。推理判断题。根据第三段Some of the concerns about technology come from a distrust about whether machines will always make the right decision.可知，有些美国人担心机器不能给出正确的判断，故选C。

3.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A About 75 percent of Americans like driveless cars.

B Most Americans hope the government to limit the robots and machines.

C Some Americans are worried that they will lose their jobs because of the automation.

D Automation will increase income inequality between the rich and the poor.

解析：选A。细节理解题。根据第四段The Pew Research Center found that 56 percent of Americans would not ride in a driverless car. 可知，百分之五十六的美国人不喜欢无人驾驶汽车，故选A。

4.Where can you see the passage?

A In a storybook.

B In a technology magazine.

C In a newspaper.

D On a maths website.

解析：选B。推理判断题。从整篇文章来看，这是一篇科技文，故可以从科技杂志上看到，故选B。