单选题 AlphaGo"s victory over Go(围棋) champion Lee Se-dol reportedly shocked artificial intelligence experts, who thought such an event was 10 to 15 years away. But if the timing was a surprise, the outcome was not. On the contrary, it was inevitable and entirely foreseeable.
Playing complex games is precisely what computers do supremely well. Just as they beat the world champions at checkers(跳棋) and then chess, they were destined to beat the champion at Go. Yet I don"t believe, as some do, that human defeats like this one presage an era of mass unemployment in which awesomely able computers leave most of us with nothing to do. Advancing technology will profoundly change the nature of high-value human skills and that is threatening, but we aren"t doomed.
The skills of deep human interaction, the abilities to manage the exchanges that occur only between people, will only become more valuable. Three of these skills stand out: The first, the foundation of the rest, is empathy, which is more than just feeling someone else"s pain. It"s the ability to perceive what another person is thinking or feeling, and to respond in an appropriate way.
The second is creative problem-solving in groups. Research on group effectiveness shows that the key isn"t team cohesion or motivation or even the smartest member"s IQ; rather, it"s the social sensitivity of the members, their ability to read one another and keep anyone from dominating.
The third critical ability, somewhat surprisingly, is storytelling, which has not traditionally been valued by organizations. Charts, graphs and data analysis will continue to be important, but that"s exactly what technology does so well. To change people"s minds or inspire them to act, tell them a story.
These skills, though basic to our humanity, are fundamentally different from the skills that have been the basis of economic progress for most of human history, such as logic, knowledge and analysis, which we learned from textbooks and in classrooms. By contrast, the skills of deep human interaction address the often irrational reality of how human beings behave, and we find them not in textbooks but inside ourselves. As computers master ever more complexity, that"s where we"ll find the source of our continued value.

单选题 According to the author, AlphaGo"s victory ______.

单选题 The word "presage" (Para. 2) is closest in meaning to "______".

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[解析] 第二段倒数第二句“Yet I don"t believe, as some do, that human defeats like this one presage an era of mass unemployment in which awesomely able computers leave most of us with nothing to do. ”。
辨析题。题目问的是第二段中的presage一词最接近______的意思。四个选项：survive“生存”；suffer“受折磨”；invent“发明”；predict“预测”。根据后文描述，可知是某种未来的景象；最后一句中用doomed有注定的意思。都表明这是对未来的某种看法。综上所述，presage是预测的意思，和predict意思最接近。故选D。

单选题 What is the author"s attitude towards the human future in face of technology?

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[解析] 第二段最后一句“Advancing technology will profoundly change the nature of high-value human skills and that is threatening, but we aren"t doomed.”。
归纳题。题目问的是作者对人类未来面对科技发展的态度。第二段中最后一句提到“先进的科技将会彻底改变高技术含量的人类技能的本质，这是很可怕，但是我们并没有万劫不复。”可知，虽然作者承认未来很严峻，但他并没有失去信心。前三个选项都是消极的态度，不符合题意。故选D。

单选题 Which of the following is the most fundamental to human interaction?

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] 第三段第二句“Three of these skills stand out: The first, the foundation of me rest, is empathy, which is more than just feeling someone else"s pain.”
归纳题。题目问的是下列哪项是对人类互动最重要的?第三段中“第一，作为其他技能基础的移情作用，这远不止仅仅感受他人的痛苦。这是一种感知他人思考或感受，并做出适当反应的能力。”，说明移情作用是最重要的技能，也就是感受他人情感并做出反应，即B项。故选B。

单选题 According to the author, the skills of deep human interaction ______.

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 最后一段最后一句“As computers master ever more complexity, that"s where we"ll find the source of our continued value.”。
归纳分析题。题目问的是根据作者所说，深层人类互动的技能______。这是对全文主旨的概括，必须将所有选项都看懂，然后看是否和文章相对应。A项“是未来人类价值的来源”，在最后一句中提到；B项“通过知识让世界更美好”，在文中没有反映；C项“和逻辑分析能力类似”，与最后一段中所述相矛盾；D项“可以通过课本和在课堂学到”，也与最后一段表述不符。故选A。