1、温馨提示： 此套题为Word版，请按住Ctrl,滑动鼠标滚轴，调节合适的观看比例，答案解析附后。关闭Word文档返回原板块。话题语篇专攻练 二十三必修5Unit 3 Life in the future(限时35分钟). 阅读理解AIn February, FEDEX launched a robot capable of replacing a pizza delivery driver by bringing food right to your door, which indicates more companies may soon automate (使自动化) not only p
2、rocesses, but full business lines. These types of moves could be disastrous to work. Between 1987 and 2017, manufacturing output grew 80 percent, but the number of workers dropped dramatically. This hit cities hard, leading to shrinking populations and the wide difference between urban places we see
3、 now. Numerous studies show that automation isnt equally affecting the workforce across all sectors. While it has negatively impacted a portion of the economy, it has helped to lift up other sectors, such as computer science and health care. The real question is how you counteract inequality. To sta
4、rt with, we should train people with the skills they need. To minimize job losses and embrace positive changes, we need to focus on the great value humans bring to the table. Jobs requiring soft skills like time management, active listening, cooperation, and judgment and decision-making, and jobs th
5、at are in high-touch industries are much less likely to be automated. We must make joint efforts to strengthen and fix the holes in the safety net. While the 2020 presidential candidates are starting a conversation about how to accomplish this, cities are already leading by experimenting with basic
6、income, passing higher minimum wage laws, carrying out paid family leave and driving policy solutions that support workers and families. In the end robots wont take all the jobs, but they might take yours. What we do about it, though, is up to us. 【文章大意】这是一篇说明文。自动化已经越来越普及, 要想不被机器所取代, 我们只有不断使自己适应相应的变
7、化。1. What will possibly happen if companies use robots in full business lines? A. There will be a sharp drop in manufacturing output. B. There will be a shrink in population across China. C. The negative impacts will outweigh the positive ones. D. The workforce in various fields may be affected diff
8、erently. 【解析】选D。推理判断题。由第二段Numerous studies show that automation isnt equally affecting the workforce across all sectors. 可知大量研究表明, 自动化并不会对所有行业的劳动力产生同等的影响。即如果公司将机器人应用于所有业务领域, 不同领域的劳动力可能受到不同的影响。2. Which of the following is more likely to be automated? A. Bringing dishes to the table in a restaurant. B
9、. Helping to manage ones time efficiently. C. Communicating effectively with co-workers. D. Helping make the right judgement and decision. 【解析】选A。推理判断题。由第四段可知需要时间管理、积极倾听、合作、判断和决策等软技能的工作, 以及接触广泛的行业的工作, 自动化的可能性要小得多。故选A。3. How is Paragraph 5 developed? A. By providing data. B. By giving examples. C. By
10、 comparison. D. By analyzing. 【解析】选B。推理判断题。由第五段We must make joint efforts to strengthen and fix the holes in the safety net. 指出我们必须共同努力, 加强和修补安全网上的漏洞。接着下文提到了2020年的总统候选人和城市对解决这一问题所进行的种种努力, 可知第五段运用了举例子的方法展开。4. What does the underlined sentence in the last paragraph mean? A. It is up to us whatever we
11、do with the robots. B. It is up to us what jobs the robots will replace. C. We need to adapt ourselves to the changes accordingly. D. We have the confidence that robots will replace no jobs. 【解析】选C。句意理解题。根据上文In the end robots wont take all the jobs, but they might take yours. 最后, 机器人不会承担所有的工作, 但它们可能
12、会承担你的工作。再结合文章主要内容可知最后一段画线部分句意为: 要想不被机器所取代, 我们只有不断使自己适应相应的变化。BNews anchors(主播) must have been reluctant to read out the following news: Xin Xiaomeng began working as the worlds first female artificial(人工的) intelligence news anchor at Xinhua News Agency on Sunday, three months after a male robot joine
13、d the profession. Unlike previous news robots though, Xin does not read news like a cold machine; she reads it almost like a human being. The muscles on her face stretch and relax and her reactions change as she continues reading. Thats why many news anchors were worried: Will AI replace us in the n
14、ear future? To find the answer, we have to analyse the technologies that support Xin at her job. Three key technologies are used to support Xin. First, samples of human voices are collected and synthesized (合成). This is followed by the collection and synthesis of human muscle movement samples. And t
15、hird the voices and movements are married in a way that when the AI news anchor reads, the micro-electric motors behind her face move to make her expressions seem more human. Yet we need a thorough knowledge of deep learning technology to make a robot imitate a persons voice. The developer needs to
16、collect tens of thousands of pieces of pronunciations, input them into the machine and match them with the text or the AI to learn and read. The process for imitating facial movements is similar. The developer has to analyse the movements of the 53 muscles in the human face, make a model set from th
17、e collected data for the AI news anchor to lean, and imitate the movements of facial muscles via programs. Both the technologies used to make Xins performance impressive are mature. The real difficulty lies in the thirdthe technology to match the pronunciations with facial movements so that Xins exp
18、ressions vary according to the content of the news report. In fact, Xins expressions dont always change according to the content. As a result, her expressions look anything but human. Actually, AI is still no match for human qualities. 【文章大意】本文是一篇说明文。上周日, 新华社新闻主播辛晓萌成为世界上第一位女性人工智能新闻主播, 本文介绍了人工智能背后的技术
19、, 并指出在不久的将来, 人工智能新闻主播不会取代人类新闻主播。5. What does the underlined word “reluctant” in the first paragraph mean? A. Delighted. B. Unwilling. C. Confused. D. Optimistic. 【解析】选B。词义猜测题。根据画线词后的“Xin Xiaomeng began working as the worlds first female artificial intelligence news anchor at Xinhua News Agency on Su
20、nday”及第二段中的“Thats why many news anchors were worried: Will AI replace us in the near future? ”可知, 担心将来自己的工作会被人工智能取代的新闻主播一定不愿意透露下面这个消息: 上周日, 新华社新闻主播辛晓萌成为世界上第一位女性人工智能新闻主播, 由此可知画线词词义为“不愿意的”, 故B项正确。6. What can we infer about previous news robots? A. They read news without expressions. B. They looked lik
21、e a human being. C. They could interview sports stars. D. They could interact with audience. 【解析】选A。推理判断题。根据第二段可知, 与以前的机器人主播不同的是, 辛晓萌读起新闻来不像一台冷冰冰的机器, 就像是一个活生生的人, 她读新闻的时候脸上的肌肉能够伸展和放松, 面部反应也发生了变化, 由此可知, 以前的机器人主播读新闻时面无表情。7. What do we know about the third technology? A. This technology is very perfect
22、so far. B. This technology is quite popular now. C. This technology remains at the theoretical stage. D. This technology is far from mature. 【解析】选D。推理判断题。根据最后一段可知, 真正的难点在于第三技术, 使辛晓萌的面部表情根据新闻报道的内容而变化, 事实上, 辛晓萌的表情不总是随着内容而变化, 她的表情一点也不像人类, 由此可知, 第三技术还远远不够成熟。8. From the last paragraph, we can draw a conc
23、lusion that_. A. human news anchors should learn from AI anchors to save their jobsB. AI anchors perform much better than human news anchors at presentC. AI news anchors wont replace human news anchors in the near futureD. Xin Xiaomengs expressions vary so naturally that they are true to life【解析】选C。
24、推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“Actually, AI is still no match for human qualities. ”可知, 人工智能仍无法与人类素质相匹敌, 由此可知, 在不久的将来, 人工智能新闻主播不会取代人类新闻主播。. 阅读填句All of us know that a balanced diet strengthens the immune system. 1. The following strategies will help you to jump-start healthy eating habits. Morning must-havesResearch
25、ers at Harvard Medical School discovered that people who took daily breakfast were a third less likely to become obese(肥胖的) than those who skipped this meal. To enjoy the most benefits, the researchers recommended eating whole-grain foods for breakfast as they are rich in fiber. 2. Main meal wisdomI
26、f you need to consume meat, choose fish instead of red meat. Studies have linked high consumption of red meat with cancers such as breast and colorectal cancer as well as heart disease mainly because red meat is very high in saturated(饱和的) fats. 3. Food preparation4. As such, cooking methods such as
27、 steaming, baking, grilling, boiling or stir-frying are advised. 5Some people like to eat a large meal after a hard days work. However, large meals late at night can cause indigestion that influences sleep. So it is a very good idea to have a low calorie fiber drink just before leaving the office. I
28、t is also not a good idea to regularly have a late-night meal as this could overburden the digestive system. Remember, minor changes in our eating habits can lead to major changes in our health. A. Light nightsB. Fewer night snacksC. Fish, in contrast, contains more heart-healthy fatsD. Drinking bea
29、n milk supplies the body with plant proteinE. Experts always suggest preparing food with as little oil as possibleF. But most of us fail to obtain adequate nutrients(营养成分) due to our troubled lifestylesG. Fiber aids in stabilizing blood sugar, controlling appetite and keeping the heart healthy【文章大意】
30、本文是一篇说明文。作者介绍了养成健康饮食好习惯的几种策略。1. 【解析】选F。依据首句中的“均衡饮食能增强免疫系统”可知, F项中的“但是我们大多数人由于混乱的生活方式没能获得充足的营养成分”与之对应, 并引出下句。2. 【解析】选G。研究者推荐早餐吃富含纤维素的全谷类食物, 故接下来应该说明纤维素对人体的好处, 故选G。3. 【解析】选C。该段主要涉及吃正餐的学问, 即多吃鱼肉少吃红肉。红肉中含有大量饱和脂肪, 故选C项“相反, 鱼肉中含有更多的有益于心脏健康的脂肪”与之作对比。4. 【解析】选E。该段主要涉及食物烹饪建议, 从后句中的“蒸、烘、烤、煮或炒”这些烹饪方法可知选E与之匹配。5.
31、 【解析】选A。根据后文可知该段主要讲晚上吃大餐会影响消化, 再结合上文几个小标题考虑, “晚餐少食”最佳, 故选A。. 短文改错假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文, 请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误, 每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。增加: 在缺词处加一个漏字符号(), 并在其下面写出该加的词。删除: 把多余的词用斜线()划掉。修改: 在错的词下划一横线, 并在该词下面写出修改后的词。注意: 1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词; 2. 只允许修改10处, 多者(从第11处起)不计分。Several days ago, Mother broug
32、ht home little cat. I named her “Mimi”. She is black all over. Can you imagine how she looks like? Every morning she gets up early than anyone else. Then she climbs on my bed and wake me up. When we are having our meal, she is often runs under the table and even climbs onto our knees. She seems to b
33、e saying, “Let me join you. I want nothing to eat. ” Mimi likes to lie on the sunshine. She feels comfortably that way. She looks lovely when doing that. I like Mimi very much so she brings our joy. 答案: 1. 【解析】第一句little前加a。考查不定冠词。“Mother brought home a little cat”“妈妈带了一只小猫回家”。“cat”是单数, 故前面用不定冠词“a”。2
34、. 【解析】第四句how改为what或去掉like。考查宾语从句。“Can you imagine what she looks like? ”“你能想象它长什么样吗? ”。3. 【解析】第五句early改为earlier。考查比较级。“Every morning she gets up earlier than anyone else”“每天早上它比别人起床早”。句子中有“than”, 故用比较级。4. 【解析】第六句wake改为wakes。考查时态。“Then she climbs on my bed and wakes me up”“然后它爬上我的床, 把我叫醒”。“爬上床”和“把我叫醒
35、”两个动作是并列的, 故前后时态应一致。5. 【解析】第七句去掉is。考查一般现在时。“she often runs under the table and even climbs onto our knees”“它经常在桌子底下跑, 甚至爬到我们的膝盖上”。“is”多余。6. 【解析】第九句nothing改为something。考查不定代词。“I want something to eat. ”“我想吃点东西”。7. 【解析】第十句on改为in。考查短语搭配。“Mimi likes to lie in the sunshine” “lie on”是“位于, 压迫, 依赖”的意思, “lie in”是“在下”。8. 【解析】第十一句comfortably改为comfortable。考查形容词。“She feels comfortable that way”“它觉得那样很舒服”。“feel”后面用形容词。9. 【解析】最后一句so改为because或as。考查连词。“I like Mimi very much because/as she brings us joy”“我非常喜欢咪咪因为它带给我们快乐”。10. 【解析】最后一句our改为us。考查代词。根据句意是说咪咪给我们带来了快乐。故应用宾格。关闭Word文档返回原板块
