Advanced English Reading and Comprehension

Answer key 239

13 Artiicial Intelligence: Can machines think?

13·1 Suggested answers: gadget, electronic system, hand plow, wheel, Industrial Revolution, carts, train, automobile,
telephone, radio, television, computer, mechanical, inventors, robot, toys, technology, circuits, device,
hydraulically powered arm, assembly lines, industrial environment, mass production, components,
valves
13·2 Consult a dictionary for denitions.

1. access, accessible


2. adjustment, adjustable


3. automation, automatic


4. collapse, collapsible


5. computation/computer, computational


6. construction, constructive


7. involvement


8. transformation, transformative


9. laborious, labor


10. approximation, approximate


11. conception, conceive


12. mechanics/mechanization, mechanize


13. assessment


14. assumption


15. enablement


16. exhibit/exhibition


17. component


18. logical


19. eventuality


20. survey
    13·3 1. enable 11. survey


21. automated 12. labor


22. component 13. logic


23. involves 14. collapse


24. conceivable 15. transformed


25. assume 16. approximately


26. eventually 17. compute


27. exhibit 18. access


28. mechanical 19. adjust


29. assessed 20. constructed
    13·4 1. h (n.) 6. b (v.)


30. d (adj.) 7. i (v.)


31. j (adj.) 8. g (v.)


32. a (v.) 9. c (adj.)


33. f (adj.) 10. e (v.)