2017考研英语拓展阅读：国产机器人明年参加高考

 　　2017考研英语拓展阅读：国产机器人明年参加高考

　　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.

　　据华西都市报报道，中国设计出一款机器人，将参加2017年的高考，目标是考上中国一类院校。

　　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林辉说，这个机器人将参加高考的数学、语文和文科综合(政史地)共三场考试。2015年国家科技部立项时，林辉的公司一举中标了高考机器人的数学应考项目。

　　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.

　　与其他考生一样，高考机器人也需要在指定时间内完成考试，不过，和以往30名考生坐在一个考场里的场景不同，高考机器人将在一个封闭的房间单独进行考试，只有监考人和公证人员可以在场。

　　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.

　　林辉透露，每门考试开始前，高考机器人将与打印机连接好。开考铃声一响，考卷的电子版就会被输入到机器人的人工智能程序。此时的机器人完全与外网切断联系，仅通过自身的人工智能程序进行答题。答完题的考卷再通过打印机输出。

　　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.

　　有人认为，相比起数学，语文和文科综合可能是对机器人有一定的挑战。因为数学都是客观题，答案都是确定的，而其他的学科，更多的是像阅读理解和写作这样的主观题。

　　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.

　　林辉称，其实现在机器人写作技术都日渐成熟。他透露，在硅谷就有一个“经济新闻的自我报道”项目，只要给出机器人信息关键词，它就能按照经典的经济新闻模式整合报道。没人会觉得它是出自机器人之手。

　　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，机器人读题后会分析命题的关键词再进行写作。比较终可能会在文章情感上有所欠缺，但不会导致大的扣分项。

　　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.

　　据报道，高考机器人的目标是在2020年考上北大、清华，而日本也提出在2020年，高考机器人要考上东京大学。

　　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，谷歌公司的机器人AlphaGo在围棋比赛中打败世界一流棋手后，人工智能开始飞速发展，高考机器人只是人工智能被广泛运用的一个例子。