1、Section D Using Language () that 5.我很高兴听到铃声响起,我们的老师宣布:“下课了。” I was the bell ring and our teacher announce,“Class is over.” 答案 so pleased to hear 素养提升 .阅读理解 主题语境:人与社会 语篇类型:说明文 词数:294 难度: When people see machines that respond like humans,or computers that perform amazing functions,they sometimes joke
2、about a future in which humanity will need to accept robot overlords(霸 主).But buried in the joke is a seed of unease.Science-fiction writing and popular movies have shown us about artificial intelligence (AI) that escapes its creators control. Even in the real world,not everyone is ready to welcome
3、AI with open arms.In recent years,as computer scientists have pushed the boundaries(界限) of what AI can accomplish,leading figures in technology and science have warned people about the frightening dangers that artificial intelligence may pose to human beings,even suggesting that AI could destroy the
4、 human race.But why are people so frightened about the idea of AI? Elon Musk is one of the voices that have raised red flags about AI.In July 2017,Musk told people at a meeting of the National Governors Association,“I have exposure to the very cutting-edge AI,and I think people should be really conc
5、erned about it.I keep sounding the alarm bell.But until people see robots going down the street killing people,they dont know how to react,because it seems so impossible.” Earlier,in 2014,Musk had labeled AI “our biggest existential threat”,and in August 2017,he declared that humanity faced a greate
6、r risk from AI than the terrorists. Physicist Stephen Hawking,who died on March 14,2018 also expressed concerns about AI,telling the BBC in 2014 that “the development of full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race”. Its also less than reassuring that some programmers particula
7、rly those with MIT Media Lab in Cambridge,Massachusetts seem determined to prove that AI can be terrifying. 【语篇解读】本文是说明文。文章谈到了人类对人工智能的态度。 1.What are top scientists in AI worried about? A.It has wonderful functions. B.It contributes too much to movies. C.It may end the human race some day. D.It has a
8、n ability to understand our jokes. 答案 C 解析细节理解题。根据第二段倒数第二句可知,科学技术方面的领军人物对人工智能的危险性提出 警告,甚至表明人工智能可能会毁灭人类。 2.What is Elon Musks attitude toward AI? A.Disapproving. B.Ambiguous. C.Understanding. D.Supportive. 答案 A 解析推理判断题。根据第四段可知,2014 年早些时候,马斯克曾将人工智能称为“我们最大的生存威 胁”,2017年 8 月,他宣称人类面临着人工智能带来的更大风险。由此推测,他对人工
9、智能持反对的态 度。 3.What does the underlined part “red flags” in Paragraph 3 mean? A.Questions. B.Warnings. C.Complaints. D.Wonders. 答案 B 解析词义猜测题。根据本段,及下一段的第一句可知,Elon Musk 认为人工智能是我们现存的最大威 胁,可见画线部分是“警告”的意义。 4.What could AI do in Stephen Hawkings opinion? A.Be a great threat to human beings. B.Learn the huma
10、n emotions like fear. C.Predict the future of the human race. D.Turn horrible tales into scary stories. 答案 A 解析细节理解题。根据第五段可知:霍金也同样表达了对人工智能的担心,在 2014 年告诉 BBC 说,人 工智能的发展可能会导致人类的灭亡。 .书面表达 假设你是李华,你打算向你的外国朋友 Eric推荐一部最近刚刚看过的中文电影流浪地球,要 点如下: 1.观影时间和地点; 2.电影亮点(科幻电影、保护地球); 3.推荐观影。 注意: 1.词数 80词左右; 2.可适当增加细节以使行
11、文连贯。 参考词汇: 流浪地球 The Wandering Earth 参考范文 Dear Eric, Hows everything going?Im writing to recommend a film The Wandering Earth to you. I watched the film at the local theatre last weekend,which is regarded as the best science fiction film in Chinese film history.And I was deeply impressed with the fil
12、m theme which is about protecting the earth.The earth is our common home and we should spare no effort to protect it. I strongly hope you can have a try and the film will never disappoint you! Yours, Li Hua .读后续写 阅读下面材料,根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段,使之构成一篇完整的短文。 Dream for Future People were busy in their own la
13、boratories in the Mars.Turtex told me,“Let us go to the Earth to have a cup of coffee.” I laughed for such a childish joke and I also jokingly asked him,“Is there no coffee shop in the Mars?” He replied,“It has but they cant prepare coffee as tasty as that on the Earth.” However,for a while I though
14、t it would be better to take a cup of tasty coffee from Ramus Coffee Shop located at our village,Kushmandi. Turtex told me to enter a room near his laboratory.We entered there and found that the room was internally coated with some materials like sponge.Turtex closed the door of the room with a clap
15、.I saw some colourful buttons inside the room.After a few seconds I heard another clap and noticed that the door opened. Turtex said,“Come with me.” I asked,“Where?” He replied,“Now we are at Kushmandi.” I shouted,“What?” We came out of the room and I astonishingly viewed the sky-scrapers around me.
16、Turtex said loudly,“Whats wrong with you?Come with me.” Eventually we entered a coffee club designed like a Five Star Restaurant.Suddenly I noticed a display board with an electronic text on,“Welcome to Kushmandi.Now you are in famous Ramus Coffee Shop.Enjoy the taste of the best coffee on the Earth
17、.” Suddenly many hazy and crazy questions came to my mind. “What was the nearby room of the lab?How was it possible to travel an enormous distance from the Mars to the Earth?Is it like opening my favourite TV channel with a remote?How the poor coffee stall of our village turned into a Five Star Coff
18、ee Club?In which century were we?” 注意:续写词数应为 150 左右。 Thinking such hazy things,I followed Turtex into the coffee club. The waiter brought us two cups of coffee and left. 参考范文 Thinking such hazy things,I followed Turtex into the coffee club.The delicious smell of coffee rushed into my nose.Oh,my love
19、able tasty coffee.How eager I was to have a cup of it at once!“Come here.” Turtex said.Still absorbed in those hazy questions,I followed Turtex and sat beside a table,which was coated with strange materials,waiting to enjoy the best coffee on the Earth. The waiter brought us two cups of coffee and l
20、eft. Impatiently I took it and took a sip.“Oh.My gosh.” It was so hot that it seemed that my mouth got burnt.But then I heard a hair-cutting sound.I slowly opened my eyes and found that a nurse was cutting my hair and putting them into a tray beside my bed and telling me,“Nothing serious.It needs just two stitches on your forehead and you will be OK within a week.” I finally realised that it was our village hospital at Kushmandi that I was in,not at the coffee club.
