What makes people different from computer programs? What is the missing element that our theories dont yet ______ for? The answer is simple: People read newspaper stories for a reason: to learn more about ______they are interested in. Computers, on the other hand， dont. In fact，computers dont ______ have interests; there is nothing in particular that they are trying to find out when they read. If a computer ______is to be a model of story understanding ，it should also read for a purpose.
Of course ，people have several goals that do not make ______ to attribute to computers. One might read a restaurant guide ______order to satisfy hunger or entertainment goals, or to ______a good place to go for a business lunch. Computers do not get hungry, and computers do not have business lunches.
However ，these physiological and social goals give ______to several intellectual or cognitive goals. A goal to satisfy hunger gives rise to goals to find ______ about the name of a restaurant which ______ the desired type of food ，how expensive the restaurant is，the location of the restaurant, etc. These are goals to ______ information or knowledge, what we are calling ______ goals. These goals can be held by computers too; a computer ______ want to find out the location of a restaurant ，and read a guide in order to do so ______ the same way as a person might. While such a goal would not ______out of hunger in the case of the computer，it might well arise out of the goal to learn more about restaurants.
词汇:
element / elim?nt / n. 元素，成分，要素
intellectual /,intilekt?u?l/ adj. 智力的，聪明的
entertainment /,ent?teinm?nt/ n. 娱乐，消遣
physiological /,fizi?l?d?ik?l/ adj. 生理学的，生理的
cognitive / k?gnitiv / adj. 认知的，认识上的
注释:
1. ... attribute to computers ... :把归于电脑，归属于电脑
2. ... in the case of computer ... :对于电脑来说
练习:
1. A) express B) explain C) account D) count
2. A) why B) how C) what D) when
3. A) once B) even C) ever D) often
4. A) program B) instruction C) system D) function
5. A). success B) sense C) scene D) point
6. A) of B) or C) in D) and
7. A) find B) search C) look D) watch
8. A) way B) play C) rise D) birth
9. A) place B) food C)reference D)information
10. A) orders B) sells C)supports D) serves
11. A) acquire B) ask C) require D) consult
12. A) understanding B) learning C) knowledge D) awareness
13. A) could B) might C)should D) would
14. A) as B) on C)by D) in
15. A) arise B) rise C)consent D) derive
答案与题解:
1. C 此处考查对固定搭配的掌握情况，只有account能与for 搭配，意为解释，其他三个选项的词都是及物动词，不与介词搭配。
2. C 分析全句，此处应填一个宾语从句的引导词，从句中缺少宾语，故应填 what ，此句意为去了解他们所感兴趣的东西，其他三个选项均为关系副词，不能充当从句中的宾语。
3. B 此处选 even 加强语气，事实上，电脑甚至都没有兴趣。
4. A computer program 是常见搭配，意为电脑程序，其他选项与句意不符，故排除。
5. B make sense 是固定搭配，意思是有道理, 合理, 能被理解。整句的意思为当然人也有目标，但这些目标若被归在电脑身上便不合逻辑了。
6. C in order to 是固定搭配，表示目的，意为为了，故选 C。
7. A 结合上下文我们得知，此处应填具有寻找含义的词，watch 没有此含义，首先被排除，C 选项后若加上 for ，便符合文意，search 有搜寻，查找的含义，但一般指深人彻底地调查，只 有 A 选项 find 在含义和语气上都符合句意。
8. C 从下一句便可找到答案为 C 选项，give rise to 意为引起，导致，使发生。
9. D 选择 D 意为找到关于餐馆名字的信息，其他选项放此处均不合适。
10. D 此处需填一个谓语动词，因此要搞清主语餐馆与宾语食物之间的关系，只有餐馆供应食物合乎逻辑，故答案为 serve。
11. A 上文提到了种种人生理的、智力上的、认知的目标，因为饿得到了有关餐馆的信息，因而此处要填获取 ，B ，C，D 与文意不符。
12. B 此空依然承接上文的意思，那些目标都是获取信息的目标，都是学习的目标,答案为 B 选项。
13. B 此处缺一个情态动词，阅读到后半句时便很容易选出答案，此处的 might 与后面 as a person might 相呼应，表示不确定的推测，意为可能，也许。
14. D 能与 way 搭配的介词一般只有 in ，表示以方式，此处的含义为与一个人可能想要做事的方式相同。
15. A arise out of 是固定搭配，意为起于，即使不知道短语的含义，看到后面又出现一次 arise out of ，也应可以选出答案。