Marvin Minsky is often called the Father of Artificial Intelligence. His work helped inspire the creation of the personal computer and the Internet.
Artificial Intelligence
Before Minsky, computers were more like calculators, performing math operations at speeds much faster than humans. Minsky was the first to say that computers can one day be as intelligent as human beings. He was so convinced about this, that in 1959, he and his friend John McCarthy invented the term “Artificial Intelligence” at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Minsky wrote a book called Perceptrons, describing a particular type of “artificial neural(神经的) network”. Neural networks have made a comeback in a new field of Computer Science called Deep Learning. Deep Learning is used to recognize things and people in pictures (as seen in Facebook and Google Photos), language translation( try Google Translate sometimes), and so on.
Robotics, Microscopes and Virtual Reality
How many of you have done Robotics at school and loved it? You have Minsky to thank again, for his work on Robotics. One of his biggest inventions was the confocal scanning microscope, an instrument that is still widely used today in medical and scientific research.
Minsky was really futuristic. He created one of the first head-mounted graphics displays(头戴式图形显示), which gave rise to the exciting area of Virtual Reality. This year, Facebook is releasing Oculus, a virtual reality headset, which you can use to play games with your friends in a 3-D environment.
Minsky’s major prediction that computers will one day become as intelligent as humans is now called the Theory of Singularity.
【语篇导读】本文是一篇记叙性说明文，属于人物传记类话题，文章介绍被称为人工智能之父的Marvin Minsky在信息科技方面做出的贡献。
9. Which of the following statements is TRUE?（）
10. Which is NOT the function of Deep Learning?（）
11. Which is NOT one of Minsky’s characteristics according to the passage?（）
12. In which section of a newspaper can you read this passage?（）
根据文章第四段的句子“One of his biggest inventions was the confocal scanning microscope, an instrument that is still widely used today in medical and scientific research.”可知，除了信息科技，Minsky的发明也用在医学领域。故选C。
细节理解题。先读题干，了解题意，再读题支，再在原文中找相关的信息。
遗漏细节信息。
根据文章第三段的句子“Deep Learning is used to recognize things and people in pictures (as seen in Facebook and Google Photos), language translation( try Google Translate sometimes), and so on.”可知，Deep Learning包括ABD，不包括总结文章的大意。故选C。
细节理解题。先读题干，了解题意，再读题支，再在原文中找相关的信息。
遗漏细节信息。
根据文章第一段的句子“His work helped inspire the creation of the personal computer and the Internet.”可知，Minsky是有创造力的；根据第二段的“Minsky was the first to say that computers can one day be as intelligent as human beings.”可知，Minsky是有远见的和开创性的。文章没有提到Minsky是考虑周到的。故选D。
细节理解题。先读题干，了解题意，再读题支，再在原文中找相关的信息。
遗漏细节信息。
推理判断题。在题干中找出关键词，定位原文中，然后详阅，进行推测。
【解析】文章介绍被称为人工智能之父的Marvin Minsky在信息科技方面做出的贡献。所以是出自报纸的科技版面，故选A。
主观臆断，脱离主题。