超星 - Two years before the blast - 查题吧

单选题

The word "odds" in "Though the odds are that you'll be unemployed and depressed..." (para.1) means

A. something is likely to happen
B. disagree
C. something that is strange
D. something not happening very often

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By saying " The year 2020 is a ripe target for prediction", the author implies that

A. "2020" is a symmetrial round number, which sounds auspicious.
B. "2020" is not far away to be in the "future", yet close to make predictions seem credible.
C. Almost all companies make predictions starting with " By 2020".
D. People make too many predictions about 2020.

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True or false: By 2020, automatic cars will gain an increasing popularity.

A. True
B. False

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The word "quarters" in the last line of para.3 means

A. 15 minutes
B. three months
C. 25 cents

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What aspect the writer did not mention about the changes in 2020?

A. transportation
B. personal technology
C. artificial intelligence
D. human connections

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True or false? Tips will be charged when robot bellboys check in your bags.

A. True
B. False

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The word "bot" in "Yotel New York has such a bot" (Para. 5) means

A. robot
B. bellboy
C. bottom
D. hotel

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True or false? By 2020, all chipswill have the computationsal power of a human brain.

A. True
B. False

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True of False? By 2020, AI will create more jobs than it kills, but the skills for the new jobs will be more demanding.

A. True
B. False

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True of false? It is highly probable that Oprah Winfrey will run the presidential race in 2020.

A. True
B. False

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