Artificial intelligence (人工智能), or AI in short, is the science of giving computers and machines ability to think and work like humans. AI scientists and engineers have made a lot of cool technologies.

AI is rapidly catching up with the human ability to read faces. As a result, facial recognition (识别) is used a lot in the world. Chinese police use this technology to identify criminals (罪犯). Once they caught a criminal when he attended a concert. It also checks the ID of ride-hailing (网约车) drivers and lets people pay for things with a smile.

AI is also used in self-driving cars, which are believed to be the future of driving. Most drivers may wave or nod at passers-by to let them cross the street, but self-driving cars don’t have this ability. Car makers are testing a light signal system to help them “speak” to humans. The system can show what self-driving cars will do. For example, if a driverless car is yielding (让路), it will flash two white lights side to side. A rapidly flashing light tells passers-by that the car is about to speed up.

Service Robots also show you how powerful AI is. Imagine this—you come back home from school and your robot housekeeper is waiting for you at the door. After dinner, he teaches you to play the piano, just like a real music teacher. Such thoughts will soon happen in the real world. In the future, more and more service robots will become good home helpers.

AI is so powerful that it can help human beings and even replace us in many jobs.

【小题1】According to the passage, facial recognition is used for ________.

A．driving cars	B．making people smile
C．calling the police	D．checking people’s information

【小题2】The underlined word “identify” probably means ________ in Chinese.

A．减少

B．鉴定

C．消灭

D．帮助

【小题3】In the future, a self-driving car may communicate with humans by ________.

A．waving to them

B．speaking to them

C．nodding at them

D．flashing lights

【小题4】Which technology is used in real life according to the passage?

A．Service Robots at school.	B．Robots as ride-hailing drivers.
C．Facial recognition for payment.	D．Light signals for self-driving cars.

【小题5】What can we learn from the passage?

A．People use AI in many different ways.

B．AI will take the place of human beings in all jobs.

C．Self-driving cars will be able to talk like humans.

D．A criminal was caught for inventing facial recognition.