Question 7 is based on the conversation you have just heard.

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W: (5) [How do you feel about the future of artificial intelligence? Personally, I feel quite optimistic about it.] 

M: (5) [AI? I’m not so optimistic actually. In fact, it’s something we should be concerned about.] 

W: Well, it will help us humans understand ourselves better, and when we have a better understanding of ourselves, we can improve the world.

M: Well, one thing is for sure: technology is evolving faster than our ability to understand it, and in the future AI will make jobs kind of pointless.

W: (6) [I think artificial intelligence will actually help create new kinds of jobs which would require less of our time and allow us to be centered on creative tasks.] 

M: I doubt that very much. Probably the last job that will remain would be writing AI software. And then eventually, AI will just write its own software.

W: At that time, we are going to have a lot of jobs which nobody will want to do. So we’ll need artificial intelligence for the robots to take care of the old guys like us.

M: I don’t know. (7) [There’s a risk that human civilization could be replaced by a superior type of digital life.] AI will be able to completely simulate a person in every way possible. In fact, some people think we’re in a simulation, right now. 

W: That’s impossible. Humans can’t even make a mosquito. Computers only have chips. People have brains, and that’s where the wisdom comes from.

M: (8) [Once it’s fully developed, AI will become tired of trying to communicate with humans, as we would be much slower thinkers in comparison.] 

W: I’m not so sure. A computer is a computer, and a computer is just a toy.

M: (8) [Computers can easily communicate incredibly fast, so the computer will just get impatient talking to humans. It’ll be barely getting any information out.] 

W: Well, I believe there’s a benevolent future with AI. I also think you watch too many science fiction films.

7. What is the risk the man anticipates?（男士预想会存在什么样的风险？）

解析：C。四个选项中均出现了表示推测的情态动词would和could，预判题目可能涉及到对于未来的预测。在录音中间，男士指出，人类文明面临着一种风险，它可能会被一种更高级的数字生活所取代。C项与此内容相符，其中Digital life和human civilization为原词复现，C项通过将录音中动词replace的被动形式转换为主动形式来实现同义替换，因此C项为正确答案。

错项排除：录音中女士提到，我们需要人工智能机器人来照顾像我们这样的老人，但这只是女士的设想，并非男士预想的风险，故排除A项。B项利用录音后半部分出现的become tired of trying to communicate设置干扰，但是此处男士说的是他猜想人工智能以后会厌倦与人类交流，而不是人类会厌倦彼此间的交流，故排除B项。“可能有些工作会没人愿意去做”是女士的观点，不是男士的观点，故排除D项。