Japanese Artificial Intelligence Robotto Take Entrance Examinations

Since 2013， Torobo （short for Today Robot）， a robotic arm designed to test the limits of artificial intelligence， has had one wish — to be admitted to the University of Tokyo. However， despite having an extensive database of （A） t and other teaching materials to draw upon， Torobo has repeatedly failed to obtain the universitys required minimum 80% score in the National Center Test， a standardized entrance examination adopted by Japanese universities. It failed the

（1） e for four consecutive years.

In early November， Torobo， along with millions of Japanese high （B） s students， took a mock exam（模擬考試）（to prepare for the all-important standardized test）. This exam comprised eight tests in five subjects. While Torobos overall score of 525 out of 950 was 14 points higher than in 2015， its standard score of 57.1% was slightly lower， because human

（C） s did better in the 2016 test.

Though failed the 2016 exam， a closer analysis of the test results showed that Torobos newly programmed ability to solve complex physics equations helped increase its year-over-year

（2） p score from 46.5% to 59%. The robot also dug deep into its database of information from textbooks and websites to obtain an impressive 66.3% in world （3） h . The average 60% scores in the two math sections， were not too shabby either.

After four unhappy years， the robots creators have decided to free Torobo from its annual test-taking misery. They will instead focus on improving the robot's ability to pick out specific answers from massive sets of data — a skill that led to its excellent history scores. They believe the expertise will help Torobo succeed as an industrial （4） r .

The robot's （5） c say， "As the robot scored about the same as last year， we were able to gauge the possibilities and limits of artificial intelligence. From now on， we will grow its abilities in the fields its doing well in and aim to improve them to levels that can be applied in （D） i ." So while Torobo will never graduate from the University of Tokyo， it can still look forward to a （E） b future！

（A， B， C， D， E FOR CROSS， 1， 2， 3， 4. 5 FOR DOWN. The first letters of the absents were given.）