2016年6月六级 第2套 Section A 选词填空

The robotics revolution is set to bring humans face to face with an old fear—man-made creations as smart and capable as we are but without a moral compass. As robots take on ever more complex roles, the question naturally __26__: Who will be responsible when they do something wrong? Manufacturers? Users? Software writers? The answer depends on the robot.

Robots already save us time, money and energy. In the future, they will improve our health care, social welfare and standard of living. The __27__ of computational power and engineering advances will __28__ enable lower-cost in-home care for the disabled, __29__ use of driverless cars that may reduce drunk- and distracted-driving accidents and countless home and service-industry uses for robots, from street cleaning to food preparation.

But there are __30__ to be problems. Robot cars will crash. A drone (遥控飞行器) operator will __31__ someone's privacy. A robotic lawn mower will run over a neighbor's cat. Juries sympathetic to the __32__ of machines will punish entrepreneurs with company-crushing __33__ and damages. What should governments do to protect people while __34__ space for innovation?

Big, complicated systems on which much public safety depends, like driverless cars, should be built, __35__ and sold by manufacturers who take responsibility for ensuring safety and are liable for accidents. Governments should set safety requirements and then let insurers price the risk of the robots based on the manufacturer's driving record, not the passenger's.