2020-2021学年牛津译林版八年级英语上册阅读理解专项强化训练（九）（含答案）

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Day 1

Will we lose jobs?

In science fiction films, we often see machines doing jobs that

humans usually do. This is gradually coming true. By 2025, machines

will do more work than humans, according to a new report.

The World Economic Forum (WEF) report came out on Oct 21. It said

that in the next five years, machines will take over about 85 million jobs.

This means that machines will handle about half of all work tasks, almost

twice as many as now, Quartz reported.

Most of the jobs are either routine (程序性的) or manual (体力的) jobs

in administration ( 行政 ) for white- and blue-collar ( 白领和蓝领 )

workers, WEF said. These include factory workers, accountants and

mechanics (机修工).

But there’s not much reason to be worried. The report also shows that

at the same time, 97 million new jobs will be created. New industries will

be created as society changes and develops. Countries around the world

are focusing on ( 专注于) areas like environmental protection, AI

development and elderly care.

This means there will be many new jobs for caretakers, big data

specialists (专家), and cloud computing experts, the BBC reported. These

jobs need human skills such as advising, decision-making ( 决策 ),

reasoning (推理) and communicating.

“People need to learn new skills to deal with the change [in society],”

the WEF pointed out.

1. How many jobs do machines do now?

A. 21.25 million jobs.

B. 42.5 million jobs.

C. 85 million jobs.

D. 170 million jobs.

2. Which job is most likely to be taken by machines in the future?

A. Factory worker.

B. Pianist.

C. Scientist.

D. Designer.

3. According to the report, _____.

A. people won’t need to work in the future

B. there will be new jobs for humans in the future

C. people will compete with machines for the same jobs

D. machines can work faster than humans

4. The writer probably agrees that _____.

A. there will not be enough jobs in the future

B. machines can still be improved

C. people should make careful use of machines

D. people should learn more new skills

Day 2

Finding hope in dark times lifts us up

Who stands for human civilization ( 文明 ) better than pianists?

Wladyslaw Szpilman is a good example. The music he plays is beautiful,

but his life is in

danger. That’s the

story of Polish

director Roman

Polanski’s 2002 film

The Pianist.

Based on an

autobiographical ( 自

传的 ) novel, it’s the

story of Jewish pianist Szpilman. He hears about the Nazi invasion ( 侵

略) on the radio. He is eventually caught and sent to a death camp, but

manages to escape (成功逃脱) and lives in the ruins (废墟) of Warsaw.

When the city is bombed (被……轰炸), he is no longer able to find food.

But one night, he finds a piano and plays it. German officer Wilm

Hosenfeld hears him and is surprised at his talent. The pianist survives

with the protection and help of the officer, who understands the beauty of

music and the importance of saving it.

Hosenfeld not only helps Jewish people get fake identities ( 身份) and

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