1、课时作业27Poems.完形填空Alibaba empowers women in rural areas with AIrelated jobsAlibaba has launched a program to bring jobs related to artificial intelligence (AI) to people, women in particular, in _1_ areas in China.The “AIdol Initiative” was _2_ by Alipay Foundation, Alibaba AI Labs and the China Women
2、s Development Foundation (CWDF), the _3_ said Tuesday.The first phase (阶段) of the program will _4_ 10 povertystricken counties across China, helping some 2,500 households. _5_ are entitled (使有资格) to free training courses on labeling and analyzing data, knowledge _6_ to machine learning and the devel
3、opment of AI.“The rapid development of AI, while _7_ some existing jobs, has brought about a great deal of _8_ job opportunities，” said Sam Zeng, chairman of Alipay Foundation.Alibaba AI Labs will commit _9_ worth at least 10 million yuan _10_ to ensure the sustainability of the project. It eagerly
4、_11_ partners from both China and abroad.The labs have _12_ a set of professional qualifications. The purpose is that the skills _13_ by women through the program can be even more _14_ marketable.The CWDF, a nationwide nonprofit organization _15_ to improving the overall quality of womens lives in C
5、hina, will _16_ as a recruitment (招聘) partner of the program.“The competence of data managers _17_ the accuracy of machine learning and the application of AI that _18_，” said Chen Lijuan, head of Alibaba AI Labs. “We believe women can not only access more professional _19_ from the AIdol Initiative，
6、 but also master new and critical skills needed in the _20_ era.”阿里巴巴联合中国妇女发展基金会发起了名为AIdol Initiative的项目，旨在为欠发达农村地区的女性提供与人工智能相关的工作。1A.western BurbanCmountainous Dunderdeveloped答案：D解析：由标题中的“in rural areas”可知，这个项目是针对欠发达(underdeveloped)地区的。2A.codeveloped BpraisedCdiscovered Dchosen答案：A解析：由空后的几个组织名称并结合语
7、境可知，这个项目是由这几个组织联合发起的。3A.president BlawyerCgovernment Dcompany答案：D解析：根据标题中的“Alibaba”并结合语境可推知，这个项目的信息是这个公司发布的。4A.cover BvisitCsurvey Dinspect答案：A解析：由该句中的“counties across China”可知，此处指的是这个项目的覆盖范围，故用cover。5A.Competitors BInterviewersCParticipants DColleagues答案：C解析：由文中的“helping some 2,500 households”“free
8、 training courses”可知，此处指的是这个项目的参与者。6A.used BopenCkey Dfamiliar答案：C解析：结合语境并分析本句的句子结构可知，此处表示这些知识对机器学习和人工智能的发展是至关重要的(key)。7A.creating BimprovingCincreasing Ddisplacing答案：D解析：由下文表对比的信息“has brought about.job opportunities”并结合生活实际可知，尽管人工智能的快速发展取代了(displacing)一些现有的工作，但也带来了大量新的工作机会。8A.new BinterestingCtechn
9、ical Dpractical答案：A解析：参见上题解析。9A.products BordersCmoney Dtime答案：B解析：根据该句中的“worth”并结合常识可知，此处表示阿里巴巴人工智能实验室每年投入价值很大的订单(orders)来确保项目的稳定性。10A.specially BannuallyCquickly Dobviously答案：B解析：参见上题解析。11A.encourages BemploysCadmits Dwelcomes答案：D解析：根据该句中的“eagerly”并结合语境可知，它热切欢迎来自国内外的合作者。12A.met BdesignedCsatisfied
10、 Dsuggested答案：B解析：根据语境可知，实验室制订了一些专业技能条件。13A.required BprovidedCacquired Dadopted答案：C解析：由第三段中的“free training courses”可知，参与者要接受培训，通过培训他们取得技能。14A.secretly BwidelyCcarefully Dimportantly答案：B解析：根据语境可知，此处表示它的目的是让这些女性通过这个项目获得的技能能有更广泛的市场。15A.dedicated BaccustomedCarranged Daccepted答案：A解析：结合常识和语境可知，中国妇女发展基金会
11、致力于改善中国妇女的整体生活质量，故用dedicated。16A.exist BcountCthink Dact答案：D解析：结合语境可知，它充当(act as)该项目的招聘合作伙伴。17A.determines BstressesCrecognizes Drealizes答案：A解析：结合常识和语境可知，数据管理者的能力决定(determines)机器学习的准确性和紧随而来的人工智能的应用。18A.knows BreceivesCfollows Daccepts答案：C解析：参见上题解析。follow意为“紧随而来，在之后”。19A.workers BopportunitiesCideas
12、Dpartners答案：B解析：根据上文中的“brought about a great deal of _8_ job opportunities”和语境可知，参加这个项目的女性能从“AIdol Initiative”中获得更多的职业机会。20A.peaceful BancientCcultural Ddigital答案：D解析：该项目侧重数字科技，故此处表示数字化时代。.应用文写作假定你是李华，你的英国朋友John想了解你所就读学校的体育活动开展的情况。请你给他回一封电子邮件，内容包括：1体育项目；2学校的条件(场地和器材及其使用时间)；3邀请他前来参观。注意：1.词数80左右；2可以适当
13、增加细节，以使行文连贯。Dear John，I am delighted to know that youre particularly interested in the sports activities in our school. Its my honor to tell you something about them.There are two standard sports fields, one swimming pool and one large indoor stadium in our school. Therefore, students can participat
14、e in many kinds of sports, such as track and field, football, swimming and badminton. Moreover, all the sports equipment is available to the students from 7：00 am to 10：00 pm every day. So it is very convenient for us to do physical exercise. By doing physical exercise regularly, we can not only bui
15、ld up our body, but gain strength and confidence in our life.Finally, I sincerely invite you to our school soon.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。续写的词数应为150词左右。It was one of the hottest days of the dry season. We had not seen rain in almost a month. The crops were dying. Cows had
16、 stopped giving milk. The streams were long gone back into the earth. If we didnt see some rain soon we would lose everything. It was on this day that I learned the true lesson of sharing and witnessed the best miracle I have ever seen in my life.I was in the kitchen making lunch for the family when
17、 I saw my sixyear old son, Billy, walking toward the woods. I could only see his back. He wasnt walking with his usual steps. He was obviously walking with great effort.trying to be as still as possible. Minutes after he disappeared into the woods, he came running out again, toward the house. I went
18、 back to make sandwiches, thinking that whatever he had been doing was completed. Moments later, however, he was once again walking in that slow purposeful long step toward the woods. This activity went on for over an hour: walking cautiously to the woods, then running back to the house. Finally, my
19、 curiosity got the best of me. I crept out of the house and followed him on his journey.He was cupping both hands in front of him as he walked; being very careful not to spill (溅出) the water he held in them. I stepped close as he went into the woods. Branches and thorns slapped his little face but h
20、e did not try to avoid them. He might have a much greater purpose, I thought. As I came closer, I saw the most amazing sight. Several large deer stood in front of him. Billy walked right up to them, at the sight of which I almost screamed for him to get away. A huge buck (雄鹿) was dangerously close.
21、But the buck neither threatened him nor even moved as Billy knelt down. And I saw a baby deer lying on the ground, obviously suffering from heavy loss of water and heat exhaustion, lifting its head with great effort to lap (舔) up the water cupped in my boys hands.答案Paragraph 1：When the water was gon
22、e, Billy jumped up to run back to the house. I followed him back to the tap. Billy turned it on and began to cup both hands. He knelt down, letting the drip slowly fill up his “cup”. And now I knew what was going on. Obviously, he was afraid of being scolded for wasting water, so he avoided asking m
23、e for help. When he stood up and turned back, I walked toward him. His eyes were filled with tears. “Mom, Im not wasting.”Paragraph 2：This time I joined him, with a small pot of water from the kitchen. I let him tend to the baby deer alone while I just helped fetch the water. As the tears that rolled down my face began to hit the ground, they were suddenly joined by other drops.and more drops.and more. I looked up at the sky. It was as if God, himself, was weeping with pride. I cant believe it was raining!
