北京市部分区2021届高三下学期一模英语试题精选汇编 阅读表达专题（解析版）(2)

北京市部分区2021届高三下学期一模英语试题精选汇编阅读表达专题（解析版）（五区汇编：房山、丰台、门头沟、石景山、东城）北京市房山区2021届高三一模英语试题第一节阅读表达（共4小题；第40、41题

北京市部分区 2021 届高三下学期一模英语试题精选汇编 阅读表达专题（解析版） （五区汇编：房山、丰台、门头沟、石景山、东城） 2021 北京市房山区届高三一模英语试题 44041242343512 第一节阅读表达（共小题；第、题各分，第题分，第题分，共分）。 阅读下面短文，根据题目要求回答问题。 Today, technological advances are rapidly making it possible to automate much of the work currently carried out by humans. This applies to both blue-collar jobs through robotics and the Internet of things,and white-collar work through artificial intelligence, the wide applicability of these technologies has led to broad concern about the destruction of jobs. Indeed, according to a2014 Oxford study, 47% of jobs in the US could be replaced. By automated processes in the next two decades. Of course. As many have noted, while technology has always removed the need for some types of jobs, it also creates new ones. Technology is aset of tools that we use in different ways to increase efficiency. The Industrial Revolution destroyed some jobs but created many more. It also increased the total wealth of society and began to create amiddle class who could enjoy health, education and other benefits that previously had been available only to the wealthiest. It can be challenging to predict the kinds of jobs that this new revolution will create and in what quantities, which makes the situation seem worse than it actually is. But nine of the top ten most in-demand jobs of 2012 didn't exist in 2003, suggesting that this latest revolution is creating new employment opportunities. For many, this picture is overly optimistic. The new jobs require acompletely different skills set —you can't turn an assembly plant worker into adata scientist overnight. Others are concerned that we are facing apermanent reduction in the need for human labor. Science fiction has long imagined afuture where we no longer have to work and can spend our time on more noble pursuits. Could it be that we are reaching that inflection point in human history, if we are? Neither our social norms nor our economic systems are ready for it. Today, self-worth is