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1、 外研版 2021 版高考英语必修2 一轮复习达标检测卷 Module 5Newspapers and Magazines 建议用时 35 分钟 阅读理解 A 2020 新疆维吾尔自治区适应性检测 Technology is forever changing the way we get our news Most people now get a lot of their news on electronic devices instead of traditional media such as newspapers television or radio An increasing nu
2、mber of people also report turning to social media for information Now there is a new technology that could greatly change the way we get the news computer created news readers China has launched what it called the world s first artificial intelligence or AI news presenters The news readers supporte
3、d by machine learning technology are based on two real life Chinese newsmen One is able to present news broadcast in English the other in Mandarin Chinese A report said machine learning was used to examine video images and sounds of the two newsmen Similar technology has been used to create video pr
4、oducts known as deepfake videos A deepfake video is a video that looks real but is electronically changed Such videos can make people appear to say things they never said It s said that the AI presenters will be a great improvement to the news team because they can work 24 hours a day on its website
5、 and on social media One of the presenters even promised to work tirelessly to keep people informed Some machine learning experts said the system showed off China s latest progress in voice recognition text to speech technology and data analysis Others wondered about the effects robots might have on
6、 employment and workers Some people argued that only low level jobs requiring heavy labor will be easily replaced by robots Others praised the technology as a way for companies to make money from lowcost labor machines Anyway for its great potential some businesses have experimented with similar tec
7、hnology for possible use in news operations 解题导语 本文主要介绍了人工智能新闻主播的相关内容 1 People now get information mainly from A electronic devicesB traditional media C social media D AI news presenters A解析 细节理解题 根据第一段第二句中的 Most people now get a lot of their news on electronic devices 可知 人们现在主要从电子设备上获得信息 2 The auth
8、or mentioned deepfake in Paragraph 3 because A it was also artificial B it was also developed by China C it also used machine learning technology D it also gained popularity and recognition C解析 推理判断题 根据第三段第三 四句 A report said machine learning was used known as deepfake videos 可推知 作者提到deepfake是因为它也用了机
9、器学习 技术 3 What can we know about AI news presenters A AI news presenters can only speak one language B Not all the people are in favor of AI news presenters C AI news presenters will soon replace human news readers D AI news presenters can reflect the improvement in robot making B解析 细节理解题 根据第五段的内容 尤其
10、是 Others wondered about the effects robots might have on employment and workers 可知 并不是所有人都支持人工智能新闻主播 4 What will probably be discussed in the following paragraph A Further research on the technology B Other advantages of the technology C Principles the technology is based on D Examples the technolog
11、y is applied to D解析 推理判断题 根据第六段中的 some businesses have experimented with similar technology for possible use in news operations 可知 接下来的一段很可能讨论这种技术所应 用的例子 B 2020 大连一模 Rich as a King William who conquered England some 950 years ago had wealth power and an army Yet although William was very rich by the
12、 standard of his time he had nothing like a flush toilet 抽水马桶 paper towels or a riding lawn mower 割草机 How did he get by History books are filled with wealthy people who were poor compared to me I have storm windows Croesus did not Entire nations trembled before Alexander the Great but he couldn t bu
13、y cat food Czar Nicholas lacked an electric saw Given how much better off I am than so many famous dead people you d think I d be content The trouble is that like most people I compare my wealth with that of living persons neighbors school classmates and famous TV people The greed I feel toward my f
14、riend Howard s new kitchen is not reduced by the fact that no kings ever had a refrigerator with glass doors There is really no rising or falling standard of living Over the centuries people simply find different things to feel sad about You d think that simply not having disease would put us in a g
15、ood mood but no we want a hot bath too Of course one way to achieve happiness would be to realize that even by today s standards the things I own are pretty nice My house is smaller than the houses of many investment bankers but even so it has a lot more rooms that my wife and I can keep clean Besid
16、es to people looking back at our era from a century or two in the future these bankers fancy counter tops and my own worn Formica will seem equally shabby I can t keep up with my neighbors right now But just wait 解题导语 本文主要通过同富有的古人对比启迪读者 生活没有必要攀比 要知足 常乐 5 What does the underlined phrase get by in the first paragraph mean A Succeed as a king B Deal with complaints C Live in a satisfactory way D Get some extra money C解析 词义猜测题 根据第三段第一句 Given how much better off I am than so many famous dead people y
