Ⅰ.阅读理解
From self-driving cars to carebots (care＋robots) for elderly people, rapid development in technology has long represented a possible threat to many jobs normally performed by people.But experts now believe that almost 50 percent of occupations existing today will be completely unnecessary by 2025 as artificial intelligence continues to change businesses.
“The next fifteen years will see a revolution in how we work, and a revolution will necessarily take place in how we plan and think about workplaces，” said Peter Andrew, Director of Workplace Strategy for CBRE Asia Pacific.
A growing number of jobs in the future will require creative intelligence, social skills and the ability to use artificial intelligence.
The report is based on interviews with 200 experts, business leaders and young people from Asia Pacific, Europe and North America.It shows that in the US technology already destroys more jobs than it creates.
But the report states：“Losing occupations does not necessarily mean losing jobs—just changing what people do.” Growth in new jobs could occur as much, according to the research.
“The growth of 20-to-40 person companies that have the speed and technological know-how will directly challenge big companies，” it states.
A 2014 report by Pew Research found 52 percent of experts in artificial intelligence and robotics were optimistic about the future and believed there would still be enough jobs in the next few years.The optimists pictured “a future in which robots do not take the place of more jobs than they create，” according to Aaron Smith, the report’s co-author.
“Technology will continue to affect jobs, but more jobs seem likely to be created.Although there have always been unemployed people, when we reached a few billion people there were billions of jobs.There is no shortage of things that need to be done and that will not change，” Microsoft’s Jonathan Grudin told researchers.
文章大意：本文是一篇说明文。人工智能改变商业结构，专家称约一半的职业到2025年将会消失。
1．We can infer from the text that in the future __B__.
A．people will face many difficulties
B．people will take up more creative jobs
C．artificial intelligence will threaten people’s lives
D．most jobs will be done in traditional workplaces
解析：推理判断题。由第二段中的“The next fifteen years will see a revolution in how we work...think about workplaces”以及第三段的描述可知，未来人们需要从事更具有创造性的工作。
2．According to the report, __A__.
A．people won’t necessarily lose jobs
B．big companies will face fewer challenges
C．small companies will win against big companies
D．most people will become interested in technology
解析：细节理解题。由第五段中的“Losing occupations does not necessarily mean losing jobs—just changing what people do.”可知，职业消失并不意味着工作必然丢失——它仅仅改变了人们做的事情。
3．What is the attitude of most experts in artificial intelligence and robotics to the future？__C__
A．Mixed. B．Worried.
C．Hopeful. D．Doubtful.
解析：推理判断题。由倒数第二段中的“52 percent of experts in artificial intelligence and robotics were optimistic about the future”和“The optimists pictured’a future in which robots do not take the place of more jobs than they create，’”可知，大多数人工智能和机器人领域的专家对未来持乐观态度。
4．Jonathan Grudin’s words in the last paragraph suggest that __A__.
A．there will be enough jobs for people
B．things will change a lot in a few years
C．many people will become unemployed
D．technology will totally change future jobs
解析：推理判断题。由最后一段中的“more jobs seem likely to be created...when we reached a few billion people there were billions of jobs.”可知，微软公司的Jonathan Grudin认为，更多的工作会被创造出来，人们会有足够的就业机会。
