Will robots take over the workforce? And if they do, what jobs will be left for us humans?Many discussions take a【C1】______view that the workforce will indeed be【C2】______by robots in the future—and why that is a good thing. Carl Bass, the chief executive of Autodesk, acknowledged that workplace automation has【C3】______or reduced many manufacturing jobs, and will continue to do so in the future, 【C4】______ major shifts in the labor market. Entire【C5】______such as trucking, will eventually be disrupted by robotic【C6】______like self-driving cars, he said. But, Bass asked: "Are the jobs【C7】______ to automation ones that you would want for your children?" Few parents, he said, dreamed their kids would someday become fuel pumpers or elevator【C8】______jobs already replaced by automation. In the next 30 years, Bass added, smart machines and robots will【C9】______humans on the planet. Bass presented some【C10】______ideas to help societies deal with the structural【C11】______generated by a robot-heavy workforce, including taxing economic output rather than income, or【C12】______a "negative income tax," in which governments pay citizens a subsidy in order to【C13】______a level of income. "With our【C14】______and imagination, we will find harmony with the robots," Bass said. 【C15】______, other discussions focused on identifying jobs which were likely to remain 【C16】______from robots. For example, hairdressers might be considered safe. But not because robots can"t cut hair—the relationship between hairdressers and their【C17】______simply can"t be robotized. (And, some people might be【C18】______of a robot holding a sharp blade so close to their necks,【C19】______ plenty of robots already perform delicate surgery.) Another job【C20】______ safe? Roboticist.
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【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】解析：根据下文中的why that is a good thing(为什么那是个好东西)可知此处应为积极、乐观含义的词。B项rosy“美好的；乐观的”符合语境。
【答案解析】解析：下文的“已被自动化取代的工作”(jobs already replaced by automation)与此处的the jobs______ to automation对应。因此选be replaced by(取代)的同义表达，C项代入符合要求，be lost to意为“输给。让位于”。
【答案解析】解析：For example提示下文是对本句的举例说明，下一句举的例子是hairdresser(美发师)。对比两句，可知might be considered safe与本句的be likely to remain______ 对应。因此．本题应选与safe近义的C项unaffected“不受影响的”。
【答案解析】解析：本句与上文的hairdressers might be considered safe都属于上文提及的jobs which were likely to remain______ from robots的范例，两句的结构相似。因此，空格处所填之词与另一范例中的considered对应，故选D项deemed“被视作”。