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41-43題為題組One of the most unusual graduation speakers of the 1983 commencement season was not a person at all. The speaker was Robot Redford, a robot who delivered the commencement address at a community college in suburban Maryland.The speaker, carefully programmed, arrived on the stage under its own power and proceeded to tell the audience of 658 graduates, their families, and friends that they would have to learn to work with robots and technology to solve society’s problems. The robot described itself as an extension of a person to help humans increase the workload. Although this particular robot can be programmed to speak, the voice heard wasn’t that of the robot, because it was feared that the robot’s voice was not loud enough to carry throughout the hall. An amplified voice of a human was used instead, while the listeners watched the robot.Robot Redford was followed by a person, William Bakaleinikoff, who spoke about the need for cooperation between people and technology. Mr. Bakaleinikoff’s experience with his topic included the fact that he had created Robot Redford and had provided the voice for the robot’s words to the graduates.There was quite a bit of controversy over the choice of a robot as a commencement speaker. Some students thought it was insensitive and degrading to use a robot. Others thought the idea was clever and innovative.“I’ll never forget this speech,” said one graduate. “You forget a political leader, but you won’t forget a robot.”
41.Robot Redford’s speech was discussed in this article mainly because_______.
(A) it was political
(B) it was psychological
(C) it was controversial
(D) it was insensitive

參考答案

答案：C
難度：適中0.55
統計：A(2),B(5),C(11),D(1),E(0)

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