Лексико-грамматические навыки: словообразование 30 (Заполнение пропуска)
Прочитайте приведённый ниже текст. Преобразуйте слова, напечатанные заглавными буквами в конце строк, обозначенных номерами 29–34, так, чтобы они грамматически и лексически соответствовали содержанию текста. Заполните пропуски полученными словами. Каждый пропуск соответствует отдельному заданию 29–34.
Пример ответа: foundation
Ray Kurzweil is a very popular figure in the field of science. He is a leading computer (29) ______________ (SCIENCE) who has made lots of predictions about the future of humanity.
So far he has written six books about artificial intelligence, and four of them have become (30) ______________ (NATION) best sellers in the USA.
Ray strongly believes that soon computer intelligence will be a billion times more (31) ______________ (POWER) than the human brain.
However, lots of experts don’t believe it and say that it is absolutely (32) ______________ (POSSIBLE). Kurzweil disagrees with them and says that we are already a human-machine civilization.
We already use high level technology to diagnose diseases, provide (33) ______________ (EDUCATE), and develop new technologies.
Kurzweil thinks that by 2030, computers will do more (34) ______________ (IMPRESS) tasks. They will be able to understand ordinary spoken language and show emotions.