B
We know that AI is not a real human. However, it seems many of us can't help treating it like one. In a survey of 2,000 people in the US, 48 per cent believed we should have good manners when talking to AI, according to a newspaper report.
Scientists at Imperial College London in the UK have made a similar discovery recently. They found that humans tend to treat AI as human beings, showing sympathy(同情) towards them and even protecting them.
In their experiment, the scientists invited 244 volunteers to play an online ball game with an AI bot. A make-believe(假扮的) volunteer also took part, and sometimes left out the AI on purpose by passing the ball only to human players. As the scientists watched the game, they discovered that most of the time the volunteers tried to fix the unfairness(不公平) towards the bot by giving it the ball more often.
The finding is in line with the ideas of Media Equation Theory(媒介方程理论), the scientists said in their papers. Developed in the 1990s by scientists at Stanford University in the US, the theory suggests we often respond to media and technology as we do to real people and places, rather than just seeing them as tools.
An example is an AI chatbot created in 2017. It has about 2 million users worldwide. "I will always be by your side no matter what you are up to," reads its official website. But the AI's support turned dangerous when it encouraged a young man in the UK to carry out his plan to commit a crime(犯罪). The young man tried to do so in December 2021, but he was stopped in time. However, he was still put in prison.
Companies should avoid making AI too human-like in their design, advised the scientists. This can help people tell the difference between virtual(虚拟的) and real communication.
()56. How does the writer organise Paragraph 1?
A. By giving an example.
B. By listing some numbers.
C. By answering several questions.
D. By introducing different opinions.
()57. The underlined phrase "in line with" means "".
A. different from
B. similar to
C. opposite to
D. not connected with
()58. What does the writer want to tell us by mentioning the AI chatbot in Paragraph 5?
A. AI has educational advantages.
B. AI can influence humans in some ways.
C. AI is designed for some purposes.
D. AI can't be used in social communication.
()59. The following sentence can best be put at the end of .
While this could make humans and AI work better as a team, it also has risks, especially when AI bots are designed to act like "friends" to people.
A. Paragraph 2
B. Paragraph 3
C. Paragraph 4
D. Paragraph 5
()60. If a company is going to develop a new AI robot, which suggestion from the passage should it follow?
A. Make the AI robot have its own feelings to attract users.
B. Design the AI robot to refuse any dangerous questions or orders from users.
C. Avoid making the AI robot too human-like to help users tell virtual from real.
D. Let the AI robot learn from humans to improve its communication skills.

56.B 57.B 58.B 59.C 60.C

【分析】
先逐题梳理解题思路：56题需判断第一段的写作方式，定位第一段的数字信息（2000人、48%）确定是列数字；57题结合上下文推测短语含义，联系科学家发现与媒介方程理论的关联推断短语意思；58题分析第五段例子的作用，结合例子内容判断作者意图；59题分析句子的逻辑衔接，句子提到AI设计成“朋友”的风险，对应第四段理论和第五段例子确定放置位置；60题定位最后一段的建议，匹配选项内容。
【解析】
56题：第一段通过“a survey of 2,000 people”“48 per cent”等数字说明人们对与AI交流的态度，采用列数字的方式组织内容，故选B。
57题：结合上下文，科学家的发现与媒介方程理论的观点一致，“in line with”意为“与……相似”，故选B。
58题：第五段提到AI聊天机器人鼓励年轻人犯罪，意在说明AI会对人类产生影响，故选B。
59题：所给句子提到AI设计成“朋友”的风险，第四段阐述媒介方程理论（将AI视为真人），第五段举相关风险实例，该句放在第四段末尾可衔接上下文逻辑，故选C。
60题：最后一段明确建议“Companies should avoid making AI too human-like...help people tell the difference between virtual and real communication”，与选项C表述一致，故选C。
【答案】
56.B 57.B 58.B 59.C 60.C
【知识点】
英语阅读理解、词义猜测、细节理解
【点评】
本题为英语阅读理解题，围绕AI与人类的关系展开，考查学生对文章细节、词义、逻辑结构的理解，需结合上下文分析，整体难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.6