TOELF READING PRACTICE NANOTECHNOLGY

According to paragraph 1, what is nanotechnology?

• The scientific discipline involving nanobots or tiny robots.

• A scientific process whereby materials can be assembled by combining atoms

• A new Technology that can program DNA to reverse the aging process.

• A science that can undo brain damage in humans.

According to paragraph 1, what can be inferred about nanobots?

• They are multifuncitonal.

• They are eaten.

• They are living organisms.

• They are the size of a single atom.

According to paragraphs 1 and 2, what does the author imply about nanotechnology?

• Nanobots are an integral part of all nanotechnology applications.

• It can be applied to a number of fields.

• Computers are used in constructing matter atom by atom.

• Its users are restricted to human applications.

According to paragraph 2, what is true of human cognitive abilities?

• They can only change as fast as evolution allows.

• It is a biological fact that they exceed those of other primates.

• They are limited to 10¹⁶ computations per second.

• By mid-century, they will be billions of times faster.

According to paragraph 3, what does the author imply about creativity?

• Some individuals have a greater degree of this attribute than others.

• It involves memory and learning.

• It is a specific brain-based ability.

• It will increase as we transfer data from brain to brain.

According to paragraph 3, how will wireless nanobots change the way we interact with the world?

• We will boost our intelligence speed a billion times over.

• We will be able to communicate with all life forms.

• We would have the ability to transfer the content of our brains to a computer hard drive.

• We will be able to integrate biological and nonbiological systems information into our minds

According to paragraph 4, what is the Singularity?

• Positive feedback regarding improvements to our intellectual ability.

• A time when nanobots begin to upgrade our current level of intelligence.

• The combination of artificial and human intelligence interacting to create continual enhancements to this intelligence.

• A single event leading to the dedline in the development of new techniques.

According to paragraph 4, what can be inferred about life after the Singularity?

• It will be dramatically different from present-day society.

• People will be smarter and more positive.

• There will be a radical increase in leisure time.

• It will be a time of great competition as people continually try to outdo each other with newer and better ideas and technology.