21. Coyle argues in her new book that economic growth should
- A. give rise to innovations.
- B. diversify career choices.
- C. benefit people equally.
- D. be promoted forcefully.
答案：C
答案句：“Whatever we mean by the economy growing, by things getting better, the gains will have to be more evenly shared than in the recent past,” she writes. … “An economy of tech millionaires or billionaires and gig workers, with middle-income jobs undercut by automation, will not be politically sustainable.”
参考译文：“无论我们所说的经济增长、情况好转是什么意思，收益都必须比最近过去更加平均地分配，”她写道。“一个由科技百万富翁或亿万富翁和零工工人组成的经济，中等收入工作被自动化削弱，将在政治上不可持续。”
定位线索：题干“Coyle argues in her new book that economic growth should”→答案句取自第1段“the gains will have to be more evenly shared”；文中“more evenly shared”对应选项C“benefit people equally”。
解析：题干问Coyle在新书中认为经济增长应该怎样。答案句直接引用她的话：“the gains will have to be more evenly shared”，即收益必须更平均地分享，与C选项“benefit people equally”（使人们平等受益）同义。A“催生创新”、B“多样化职业选择”、D“强力推进”在原文中均未提及，属于无中生有。
22. According to Paragraph 2, digital technologies should be used to
- A. bring about instant prosperity.
- B. reduce people’s workload.
- C. raise overall work efficiency.
- D. enhance cross-sector cooperation.
答案：C
答案句：Improving living standards and increasing prosperity for more people will require greater use of digital technologies to boost productivity in various sectors, including health care and construction, says Coyle.
参考译文：Coyle说，提高更多人的生活水平和增加繁荣将需要更多地使用数字技术来提高包括医疗保健和建筑在内的各个部门的生产率。
定位线索：题干“According to Paragraph 2, digital technologies should be used to”→答案句取自第2段“to boost productivity”；文中“boost productivity”对应选项C“raise overall work efficiency”。
解析：题干问数字技术应该被用来做什么。答案句明确说“require greater use of digital technologies to boost productivity”，即提高生产率，与C选项“raise overall work efficiency”（提高整体工作效率）同义。A“带来即时繁荣”程度过重，原文只说“improving living standards”；B“减少工作量”和D“加强跨部门合作”原文未提及，属于无中生有。
23. What does Coyle fear about transformative technologies?
- A. They may affect work-life balance.
- B. They may be impractical to deploy.
- C. They may incur huge expenditure.
- D. They may be unwelcome to the public.
答案：D
答案句：In a recent interview, Coyle said she fears that tech’s inequality problem could be a roadblock to deploying AI. … “We’re talking about disruption,” she says. “These are transformative technologies that change the ways we spend our time every day, that change business models that succeed.” To make such “tremendous changes,” she adds, you need social buy-in.
参考译文：在最近的一次采访中，Coyle说她担心科技的不平等问题可能成为部署AI的障碍。“我们说的是颠覆，”她说。“这些是改变我们每天花费时间方式、改变成功商业模式的变革性技术。”要做出这样的“巨大改变”，她补充说，你需要社会的认可。
定位线索：题干“What does Coyle fear about transformative technologies?”→答案句取自第3段“you need social buy-in”；文中“social buy-in”对应选项D“be unwelcome to the public”（公众不欢迎）。
解析：题干问Coyle对变革性技术的担忧。答案句指出，要做出巨大改变“you need social buy-in”（需要社会认可），言下之意是如果缺乏社会认可，变革性技术可能不受欢迎，与D选项“be unwelcome to the public”对应。A“影响工作生活平衡”原文未提；B“不切实际”和C“产生巨额开支”均无依据，属于无中生有。
24. Several American cities are mentioned to show
- A. the uneven distribution of AI technologies in the US.
- B. the disappointing prospect of tech jobs in the US.
- C. the fast progress of US regional economies.
- D. the increasing significance of US AI assets.
答案：A
答案句：According to the Brookings Institution, a short list of eight American cities that included San Francisco, San Jose, Boston, and Seattle had roughly 38% of all tech jobs by 2019. New AI technologies are particularly concentrated: Brookings’s Mark Muro and Sifan Liu estimate that just 15 cities account for two-thirds of the AI assets and capabilities in the United States. … The dominance of a few cities in the invention and commercialization of AI means that geographical disparities in wealth will continue to soar.
参考译文：根据布鲁金斯学会的数据，包括旧金山、圣何塞、波士顿和西雅图在内的八个美国城市在2019年拥有约38%的科技工作岗位。新的AI技术尤其集中：布鲁金斯学会的Mark Muro和Sifan Liu估计，仅15个城市就占美国AI资产和能力的三分之二。少数城市在AI发明和商业化中的主导地位意味着财富的地域差距将继续飙升。
定位线索：题干“Several American cities are mentioned to show”→例子取自第5段“eight American cities…15 cities”；观点句取自第6段“The dominance of a few cities…means that geographical disparities in wealth will continue to soar”；文中“concentrated”“dominance”对应选项A“the uneven distribution of AI technologies in the US”。
解析：题干问提到几个美国城市是为了说明什么。例子本身（8个城市占38%科技工作、15个城市占三分之二AI资产）不是答案依据，其后的观点句“The dominance of a few cities…means that geographical disparities in wealth will continue to soar”才是关键，说明AI技术分布不均，与A选项“the uneven distribution of AI technologies in the US”同义。B“科技工作前景令人失望”范围扩大；C“美国区域经济快速进步”与原文“disparities”相反；D“美国AI资产重要性增加”答非所问。
25. With regard to Coyle’s concern, the author suggests
- A. raising funds to start new AI projects.
- B. encouraging collaboration in AI research.
- C. guarding against the side effects of AI.
- D. redefining the role of AI technologies.
答案：D
答案句：A more immediate response is to broaden our digital imaginations to conceive of AI technologies that don’t simply replace jobs but expand opportunities in the sectors that different parts of the country care most about, like health care, education, and manufacturing.
参考译文：一个更直接的反应是拓宽我们的数字想象力，构想不单纯取代工作、而是在全国不同地区最关心的部门（如医疗保健、教育和制造业）扩大机会的AI技术。
定位线索：题干“With regard to Coyle’s concern, the author suggests”→答案句取自末段“broaden our digital imaginations to conceive of AI technologies”；文中“conceive of AI technologies”对应选项D“redefining the role of AI technologies”。
解析：题干问针对Coyle的担忧，作者建议什么。答案句提出“broaden our digital imaginations to conceive of AI technologies”，即重新构想AI技术的角色，与D选项“redefining the role of AI technologies”同义。A“筹集资金启动新AI项目”原文虽提到“increased federal funding”，但那是针对“loosening the stranglehold”的解决方案，并非作者最终建议；B“鼓励AI研究合作”和C“防范AI副作用”原文未提及，属于无中生有。