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Inventorsandinventions,Unit3,StevenSpielbergs2002sciencefictionthrillerMinorityReportproducedaworldwherecomputerscouldreadmindsandpredictthefuture.Itseemedfancifulatthetime,butfantasyisedgingclosertofact.OnJan.31,ateamofscientistsatUCBerkeley,ledbyRobertKnightprogrammedcomputerstodecode(破译)brainwavesandreplaythemaswords.Fivemonthsearlier,anothergroupofBerkeleyscientistsshowedtheircolleaguesshortmoviesandusedcomputerstoplaybackincolorwhatpeoplesaw.,Theseexperimentsareabigadvancefrom2006,whenaFrenchscientistfirstreplayedimagesfromahumanmind,ablackandwhitecheckerboardpattern.Thepossibilitiesaregreat:adisabledpersoncould“speak”；doctorscouldaccessthemindofapatientwhofainted;youcouldrewatchyourdreamsonaniPad.Thereare,ofcourse,equallydarkside,suchastheinvoluntarytakeoutofinformationfromthebrain.Inspiteofthesebreakthroughs,JackGallant,theneuroscientistwholedthefirstBerkeleyteam,sayscurrenttechnologyfordecodingbrainactivityisstill“relativelyprimitive”.Thefieldisheldbackbyitspoormachinery,inparticularthefMRI.,“Eventually，”saysGallant,“someonewillinventadecodingmachineyoucanwearasahat.”Suchanadvanceintothehumanmind,hesaysmighttake30years.Still,therecentadvancesatBerkeleyoffersmallanswers,whichscientistscanusetobeginunlockingthesecretsofmemoryandconsciousness.,语篇概述：通过科学家们的努力，惊悚科幻电影中提到的电脑能读懂人的大脑并预测未来的幻想快要成为现实了。1.Whatisthebesttitleforthepassage?ANewtechnologycanreadyourmindBFantasyisedgingclosertofactCAnewdiscoveryinhumanbrainDTheintelligentcomputersinthefuture答案：A标题判断题。根据第一段并综合全文可知，该文主要介绍了科学家利用新技术可能会读懂人的大脑，故A项最适合作为本文的标题。,2WhatdidscientistsatUCBerkeleydo?ATheyproducedafancifulworld.BTheymadecomputersjumpforwardlikeahuman.CTheymanagedtotranslatebrainwavesintolanguage.DTheyusedcomputerstomakeshortmovies.答案：C细节理解题。根据第二段第一句中的“programmedcomputerstodecode(破译)brainwavesandreplaythemaswords”可知，应选C。,3Whichofthefollowingisimpossiblefortheresearch?AItcanhelpadisabledmanrecoverhisabilityofspeech.BDoctorscanreadapatientsmindevenifheisunconscious.CPeoplewillknowwhathappensintheirdreams.DPeoplesthoughtsmaybegivenaway.答案：A推理判断题。根据第三段的第二句“Thepossibilitiesaregreat:adisabledpersoncouldspeak.onaniPad.”及上下文内容可推知，该研究并不能使残疾人恢复说话的能力，而是通过电脑读懂残疾人的大脑，从而使其“说话”，因此选A。,4Whatplaysamostimportantroleinthedevelopmentofthetechnology?AAcomputer.BAniPad.CAdecodingmachine.DAhat.答案：C细节理解题。根据倒数第三段的最后一句“Thefieldisheldbackbyitspoormachinery,inparticularthefMRI.”并结合倒数第二段的内容可知，在该项技术的发展过程中，译码机起着非常重要的作用。,5Itcanbeinferredfromthepassagethat_.AscientistsgottheinspirationfromamovieBthetechnologystillhasalongwaytogoCthetechnologyhasbeenputintopracticeDscientistshaveunlockedthesecretsofmemory答案：B推理判断题。根据文章最后三段的内容可知，现在的技术水平还处于相对原始的阶段，要真正读懂人的大脑还有很长的路要走。,
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