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Have you ever shouted at your computer because it wasn't working? Of course, your computer can't shout back. But AI researchers have been working on computers that can argue and perhaps even win debates with humans.
IBM scientists recently published a paper in Nature about their new AI system—Project Debater. It can debate with people in front of a live audience. After listening to arguments from its opponent, the system can search around 400 million online articles in less than five minutes. And then it looks for ideas that can support its own argument.
Testing on the system began in 2019. When it debated with Harish Natarajan, a professional debater who holds the world record for the most debate competition victories. The topic was about subsidizing preschools(资助幼儿园) and Project Debater argued to support this idea. Although Project Debater lost the debate in the end, the audience said it performed very well. Interestingly, 58 per cent of the audience said that Project Debater increased their knowledge about the topic—only 20 per cent said the same about Natarajan.
According to Scientific American, results show that the system is able to form logical statements(有逻辑的陈述). However, . Their goal is to help humans make better decisions, according to Ranit Aharanoy, manager of the Project Debater team. "It can debate both sides, so it can very quickly help you understand both sides of the problem. Thus you can have a wider view of the problem and make a more thoughtful decision," Aharanoy said.
Let's wait and see how Project Debater will develop in the near future.
1. According to Paragraph 2, which one below is not the way of Project Debater working?
A. It writes ideas that can support its own argument.
B. It listens to its opponent's arguments.
C. It searches online articles.
D. It debates with its opponent.
2. In the debate with Harish Natarajan in Paragraph 3, Project Debater .
A. argued to support subsidizing preschools
B. won the debate in the end
C. set a world debating record
D. often argued against itself
3. 新考法句子回填 Which of the following can be put in ""?
A. forming logical statements is not easy
B. some people didn't believe Project Debater
C. they can develop a better system
D. winning a debate is never the researchers' goal
4. With Project Debater, we might .
A. make better decisions while solving problems
B. never make mistakes when dealing with problems
C. have fewer arguments while solving problems
D. learn how to form logical statements in arguments
5. What does the underlined word "it" in Paragraph 4 refer to?
A. Project Debater team.
B. The new AI system.
C. The logical statement.
D. The wider view.

1. A 【解析】根据第二段中“It can debate with people in front of a live audience. After listening to arguments from its opponent, the system can search around 400 million online articles in less than five minutes. And then it looks for ideas that can support its own argument.”可知，Project Debater 听完对手的论点后，会在线搜索文章并寻找支持自己论点的观点同对手辩论，但并未提到它会自己写观点。
2. A
3. D 【解析】根据倒数第二段中“Their goal is to help humans make better decisions”可知，研究者的目标不是赢得辩论，而是帮助人类做出更好的决策，所以 D 项适合放在空处，起到开启下文的作用。
4. A
5. B 【解析】根据第二段中“IBM scientists recently published a paper in Nature about their new AI system—Project Debater.”以及倒数第二段中“the system is able to form logical statements... it can very quickly help you understand both sides of the problem”可知，“it”指代的是“the new AI system”，即 Project Debater。