2017考研英語拓展閱讀：國產機器人明年參加高考

　　A robot is being designed to compete with 12th graders during the college entrance examination in 2017 and get a score qualifying it to enter first-class universities in China, according to Huaxi Metropolis Daily.

　　據華西都市報報道，中國設計出一款機器人，將參加2017年的高考，目標是考上中國一類院校。

　　The robot will sit three exams, namely math, Chinese and a comprehensive test of liberal arts, which includes history, politics and geography, said Lin Hui, CEO of an artificial intelligence company in Chengdu. The company won the bid for the artificial intelligence program on the robot’s math test from the Ministry of Science and Technology in 2015.

　　成都的一家人工智能公司CEO林輝說，這個機器人將參加高考的數(shù)學、語文和文科綜合(政史地)共三場考試。2015年國家科技部立項時，林輝的公司一舉中標了高考機器人的數(shù)學應考項目。

　　Like the other examinees, the robot will have to finish the exams during designated periods. Unlike the usual scene that sees 30 students sit in an exam room, the robot will take its exams in a closed room without anyone else present, except for proctors and a notary.

　　與其他考生一樣，高考機器人也需要在指定時間內完成考試，不過，和以往30名考生坐在一個考場里的場景不同，高考機器人將在一個封閉的房間單獨進行考試，只有監(jiān)考人和公證人員可以在場。

　　According to Lin, the robot will be linked to a printer before every exam, and the electronic examination paper will be put into the robot’s program when the examination begins. The robot will be totally disconnected from the internet and will solve the problems with its artificial intelligence program. Finally the answers will be outputted through the printer.

　　林輝透露，每門考試開始前，高考機器人將與打印機連接好。開考鈴聲一響，考卷的電子版就會被輸入到機器人的人工智能程序。此時的機器人完全與外網切斷聯(lián)系，僅通過自身的人工智能程序進行答題。答完題的考卷再通過打印機輸出。

　　It’s believed that Chinese and a comprehensive test of liberal arts, rather than maths, will pose challenges to the robot, since questions in maths are objective with specific answers, while in the other test subjects, there are some subjective questions, such as the reading comprehension and essay-writing.

　　有人認為，相比起數(shù)學，語文和文科綜合可能是對機器人有一定的挑戰(zhàn)。因為數(shù)學都是客觀題，答案都是確定的，而其他的學科，更多的是像閱讀理解和寫作這樣的主觀題。

　　Lin said that the robot writing technique nowadays has been increasingly mature. With key information words, a robot can write an economic news report following the widely-accepted writing mode in Silicon Valley, while nobody could tell it was written by a robot, Lin said.

　　林輝稱，其實現(xiàn)在機器人寫作技術都日漸成熟。他透露，在硅谷就有一個“經濟新聞的自我報道”項目，只要給出機器人信息關鍵詞，它就能按照經典的經濟新聞模式整合報道。沒人會覺得它是出自機器人之手。

　　From this point of view, the robot can analyze the topic of the writing session and complete writing. Though the essay may turn out to be an emotionless piece, that slightly affects the grade.

　　同理，機器人讀題后會分析命題的關鍵詞再進行寫作。比較終可能會在文章情感上有所欠缺，但不會導致大的扣分項。

　　The robot is reportedly trying to qualify for admission to Peking University and Tsinghua University in 2020, and its counterpart in Japan is eyeing Tokyo University in 2020.

　　據報道，高考機器人的目標是在2020年考上北大、清華，而日本也提出在2020年，高考機器人要考上東京大學。

　　The robot is just one example of the boom in artificial intelligence after Google’s AlphaGo beat a world-class player in the ancient board game Go in March.

　　今年3月，谷歌公司的機器人AlphaGo在圍棋比賽中打敗世界一流棋手后，人工智能開始飛速發(fā)展，高考機器人只是人工智能被廣泛運用的一個例子。