Never Trust a Robot

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 5

Never Trust a Robot - 

Reading Comprehension
 

Warming-up

Vocabulary:

https://wordwall.net/play/37296/202/590

• Read the text and don't forget to annotate, write down notes.
  
  
• Look up any words you don't know and add them to your wordfile.
  
  
• Then answer the questions.

In both paragraph 1 and paragraph 2 a remark made by Colvin is quoted.
1p 1 How does Colvin’s remark in paragraph 2 relate to his opinion as presented in paragraph 1?

1. It adds weight to his claim that the options for automated jobs are endless.
2. It corroborates the notion that computers might eventually replace humans in the future.
3. It proposes a more productive attitude to human potential in the workplace.
4. It reduces the importance of his opinion that there are fundamental differences between humans and computers.

“So are we doomed to uselessness?” (paragraph 2)
1p 2 How can this question be rephrased?

1. So do humans tend to underestimate their own competence?
2. So have people become too dependent on the computer?
3. So will humans ultimately be controlled by computers?
4. So will there be no jobs left for humans in the future?

1p 3 Which of the following fits the gap in paragraph 3?

1. A fated to fall victim to their own ingenuity
2. B ignoring the computer’s potential
3. D subject to complex emotions
4. E wired for social interaction

1p 4 Which of the following fits the gap in paragraph 5?

1. Consequently
2. However
3. In short

“it's easy to overstate the big idea.” (paragraph 6)
1p 5 Which of the following paragraphs does not contain any explicit criticism of the book?

1. paragraph 7
2. paragraph 8
3. paragraph 9
4. paragraph 10

“(though Mr. Colvin seems to have written his book without six co- authors).” (paragraph 8)
1p 6 How can the tone of this remark best be interpreted?

1. B as bitter
2. C as concerned
3. D as impartial
4. E as mocking

“what we’re being asked to do in this brave new world is ‘become more essentially human’” (alinea 10)
1p 7 In welke alinea wordt voor het eerst het focussen op de menselijke meerwaarde genoemd?

1p 8 Wordt er in alinea 3-10 een situatie geschetst waarin het onderscheid tussen mens en robot voor ons mensen niet meer duidelijk is?
Zo nee, antwoord “Nee”. Zo ja, citeer de eerste twee woorden van de zin waarin het antwoord gegeven wordt.

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Here's some more vocabulary:

https://wordwall.net/play/37297/521/502