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From the Ted Talk by Noriko Arai: Can a robot pass a university entrance exam?
Unscramble the Blue Letters
Why did I take the ecatnnre exam as its benchmark? Because I thought we had to study the performance of AI in comparison to humans, especially on the skills and expertise which are bivleeed to be acquired only by humans and only through education. To enter Todai, the University of Tokyo, you have to pass two different types of exams. The first one is a national sdnaaeztidrd test in multiple-choice style. You have to take seven subjects and aecvhie a high score — I would say like an 85 preecnt or more accuracy rate — to be aolewld to take the second stage written test prepared by Todai.
Open Cloze
Why did I take the ________ exam as its benchmark? Because I thought we had to study the performance of AI in comparison to humans, especially on the skills and expertise which are ________ to be acquired only by humans and only through education. To enter Todai, the University of Tokyo, you have to pass two different types of exams. The first one is a national ____________ test in multiple-choice style. You have to take seven subjects and _______ a high score — I would say like an 85 _______ or more accuracy rate — to be _______ to take the second stage written test prepared by Todai.
Solution
- believed
- entrance
- allowed
- standardized
- percent
- achieve
Original Text
Why did I take the entrance exam as its benchmark? Because I thought we had to study the performance of AI in comparison to humans, especially on the skills and expertise which are believed to be acquired only by humans and only through education. To enter Todai, the University of Tokyo, you have to pass two different types of exams. The first one is a national standardized test in multiple-choice style. You have to take seven subjects and achieve a high score — I would say like an 85 percent or more accuracy rate — to be allowed to take the second stage written test prepared by Todai.
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