When Elon Musk says that his new priority is using artificial intelligence to build domestic robots, we should look forward to the day in admiration.

    Mr. Musk is a guy who gets things done. The founder of two tech companies, Tesla Motors and SpaceX, is bringing electric vehicles to mass market and (26)_____ humans to live on other planets. This sounds like so much hot air, but the near $13 billion fortune this entrepreneur has (27)_____ comes from practical achievements rather than hypothetical ones.

    A lot of clever people are (28)_____ about artificial intelligence, fearing that robots will one day become so (29)_____ that they’ll murder all of us. These fears are mostly (30)_____: as with hysteria about genetic modification, we humans are generally wise enough to manage these problems with speed and care.

    And just think of how wonderful it would be if you had a live-in robot. It could, (31)_____, be like having a babysitter and a nurse rolled into one—or, if that required (32)_____ intelligence beyond the power of Mr. Musk’s imagined machine, at least someone to chop the carrots, wash the car and mow the lawn. Once purchased and trained, this would allow the (33)_____ user to save money and time, freeing up (34)_____ space in our busy lives to read a good book.

    That is why we welcome Mr. Musk’s latest (35)_____, and wish him well. As long as robots add to the sum of human happiness, reduce suffering, and create time to read world-class journalism, we should be their fans. Especially since journalism is one job robots will never do.

名词： reward 奖励，回报；sphere 领域；venture 风险项目

动词：amassed 积聚，积累； enabling 使能够；允许； exaggerated 夸大；misleading 误导；reward 回报；terrified 恐吓；使害怕； venture 冒险

形容词： casual 放松的；临时的； emotional 情感的；exaggerated 夸张的； extravagant 奢侈的；过分的； misleading 误导性的； precious 珍贵的；smart 聪明的，机智的； terrified 害怕的

副词：eventually 最终；generously 慷慨地

26. enabling。动词辨析题。空格前面为连词and，and表并列关系，故空格处所填词应与前面bringing形式一致，因此应填入动词现在分词。备选项有enabling 使能够；允许；misleading 误导。根据句意：特斯拉汽车和SpaceX的创建者正将电动汽车引入大众市场，并____人们在其他星球上生活。显然应该是使人们能在其他星球生活，故此处应填入enabling。

27.  amassed。动词辨析题。空格前为助动词has，故空格处应该填入动词过去分词构成完成时态。备选项有 amassed 积聚，积累；exaggerated 夸大；terrified 恐吓；使害怕。由于空格处所填名词的宾语是定语从句的先行词near $13 billion fortune（近130亿财富），只有amassed可与之搭配，故此处应填入amassed。

28.  terrified。形容词辨析题。空格前为系动词are，空格后为介词about，故空格处应填入形容词或动词过去分词。备选项有casual 放松的；临时的；emotional 情感的；exaggerated 夸张的；extravagant 奢侈的；过分的；misleading 误导性的；precious 珍贵的；smart 聪明的，机智的；terrified 害怕的。结合后面的fearing（害怕，担忧）以及fears，可知此处应该填入terrified。

29. smart。形容词辨析题。空格前为so，空格后为that，显然此处考查“so+adj.+that从句”的结构，故空格处应该填入形容词。备选项有casual 放松的；临时的；emotional 情感的；exaggerated 夸张的；extravagant 奢侈的；过分的；misleading 误导性的；precious 珍贵的；smart 聪明的，机智的。根据句意：一些“聪明”人害怕人工智能，担心机器人太过____会使他们消灭全人类。根据逻辑应该是担心机器人太过智能，故此处应该填入smart。

30. exaggerated。空格前是副词mostly，mostly之前是系动词are，空格处应该填入形容词作表语或动词过去分词构成被动语态。备选项有casual 放松的；临时的；emotional 情感的； exaggerated 夸张的；extravagant 奢侈的；过分的；misleading 误导性的；precious 珍贵的。从后文中“我们人类拥有足够智慧，可以掌控这些问题”，可见这些担忧是夸大了的，故此处应该填入exaggerated。

31. eventually。副词辨析题。空格前后均为逗号，句子不缺少主干成分，故空格处应该填入副词作插入语。备选项有eventually 最终；generously 慷慨地。结合句意：这就好像____把保姆和护士合二为一了。显然“慷慨地”不符合句意，故此处应该填入eventually。

32. emotional。形容词辨析题。空格前为动词required，空格后为名词intelligence，空额处应该填入形容词作定语，修饰intelligence。备选项有casual 放松的；临时的；emotional 情感的；extravagant 奢侈的；过分的；misleading 误导性的；precious 珍贵的。根据句意：如果将保姆和护士合二为一的机器人要求的____智能超出马斯克设想的机器人，最起码可以做到切胡萝卜、洗车或者修草坪。护士和保姆的工作比切胡萝卜，洗车和修草坪需要更多的情商，故此处应该填入emotional。emotional intelligence表示“情商”。

33. casual。形容词辨析题。空格前为定冠词the，空格后为名词user，空格处应该填入形容词作定语，修饰user。备选项有casual 放松的；临时的；extravagant 奢侈的；过分的；misleading 误导性的；precious 珍贵的。修饰user，只有casual可以与之搭配，表示“临时用户”。

34. precious。形容词辨析题。空格前为介词up，空格后为名词space，故空格处应该填入形容词作定语，修饰space。备选项有extravagant 奢侈的；过分的；misleading 误导性的；precious 珍贵的。结合句意：这将使临时用户节省时间和金钱，在繁忙的生活中空出____时间来读一本好书。应该是空出“宝贵的时间”，故填入precious。

35. venture。名词辨析题。空格前为形容词最高级latest，故空格处应该填入名词。备选项有reward 奖励，回报；sphere 领域；venture 风险项目。从文章第一段可以看出马斯克在开辟新的冒险项目——家用机器人，后文都在讲他的新尝试，故此处应该填入venture。