While most recemt attemtion in the AI field has been focused on expert system software, AI { A } has also seen dramatic advances. Activity, In the past years was characterized by new low-cost, powerful LISP machines, the introduction of AI workstations, LISP compilers becoming available for all major professional and engineering workstations, and the personal computer emerging as a { B }tool for expert system development. The next few years will see this technology evolves further.

　　Because the{ C } of an AI computer represents a sizeable investment, companies should carefully { D } all options that are available as well as have a good idea of what the next generation of systems will offer in order to { E }the optimum system. This publication provides the Information necessary to gain this understanding.

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　　A～E：①choice ②read ③importan ④software

　　⑤hardware ⑥significant ⑦emergence ⑧survey

　　⑨purchase ⑩select

　　【解析】

　　參考譯文：當(dāng)AI領(lǐng)域最近的注意力集中于專家系統(tǒng)軟件時(shí)，AI硬件也顯示出巨大的進(jìn)展。過去一些年的活動(dòng)有下述特征：新的低價(jià)格和強(qiáng)功能的LISP機(jī)、引進(jìn)AI工作站、LISP編譯器可用于所有主要的專業(yè)或工程工作站以及個(gè)人計(jì)算機(jī)作為專家系統(tǒng)開發(fā)的值得注意的工具出現(xiàn)。最近幾年將會(huì)看到這個(gè)技術(shù)的進(jìn)一步演變。

　　因?yàn)橘徺I一個(gè)AI計(jì)算機(jī)意味著一筆相當(dāng)在的投資，公司為了選擇一個(gè)***系統(tǒng)應(yīng)仔細(xì)地考查所有可用的選擇，并對(duì)下一代系統(tǒng)將提供什么有一個(gè)好的想法。本文對(duì)了解這些東西提供了必要的信息。

　　【答案】A：⑤ B：⑥ C：⑨ D：⑧ E：⑩