【題目】

News anchors(主播) must have been reluctant to read out the following news: Xin Xiaomeng began working as the world’s first female artificial(人工的) intelligence news anchor at Xinhua News Agency on Sunday, three months after a male robot joined 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. That’s why many news anchors were worried: Will AI replace us in the near 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 third the voices and movements are married in a way that when the Al 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 leaning technology to make a robot imitate a person’s voice. The developer needs to collect tens of thousands of pieces of pronunciations, input them Into the machine and match them with the text or the Al to lean 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 the collected data for the AI news anchor to lean, and imitate the movements of facial muscles via programs

Both the technologies used to make Xin’s performance impressive are mature. The real difficulty lies in the third -the technology to match the pronunciations with facial movements so that Xin expressions vary according to the content of the news report. In fact, Xins expressions don' t always change according to the content. As a result, her expressions look anything but human. Actually. AI is still no match for human qualities.

【1】What does the underlined word "reluctant "in the first paragraph mean?

A. Delighted.B. Unwilling.C. Confused.D. Optimistic.

【2】What can we infer about previous news robots?

A. They read news without expressions.B. They looked like a human being

C. They could interview sports starsD. They could interact with audience.

【3】What do we know about the third technology?

A. This technology is very perfect so far

B. This technology is quite popular now

C. This technology remains at the theoretical stage

D. This technology is far from mature.

【4】From the last paragraph, we can draw a conclusion that____.

A. human news anchors should learn from AT anchors to save their jobs

B. Al anchors perform much better than human news anchors at present

C. Al news anchors won 't replace human news anchors in the near future

D. Xin Xiaomeng s expressions vary so naturally that they are true to life

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】D

【4】C

【解析】

本文是一篇說明文，上周日，新華社新聞主播辛?xí)悦瘸蔀槭澜缟系谝晃慌匀斯ぶ悄苄侣勚鞑�，本文介紹了人工智能背后的技術(shù)，并指出在不久的將來，人工智能新聞主播不會取代人類新聞主播。

【1】詞義猜測題。根據(jù)畫線詞后的“Xin Xiaomeng began working as the world’s first female artificial(人工的) intelligence news anchor at Xinhua News Agency on Sunday”及第二段中的“That’s why many news anchors were worried: Will AI replace us in the near future?”可知，擔(dān)心將來自己的工作會被人工智能取代的新聞主播一定不愿意透露下面這個消息：上周日，新華社新聞主播辛?xí)悦瘸蔀槭澜缟系谝晃慌匀斯ぶ悄苄侣勚鞑ィ纱丝芍嬀�詞詞義為“不愿意的”，故B項正確。

【2】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段中的“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.”可知，與以前的機器人主播不同的是，辛?xí)悦茸x起來不像一臺冷冰冰的機器，就像是一個活生生的人，她讀新聞的時候臉上的肌肉能夠伸展和放松，面部反應(yīng)也發(fā)生了變化，由此可知，以前的機器人主播讀新聞時面無表情，故A項正確。

【3】推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段中的“The real difficulty lies in the third -the technology to match the pronunciations with facial movements so that Xin expressions vary according to the content of the news report. In fact, Xins expressions don' t always change according to the content. As a result, her expressions look anything but human.”可知，真正的難點在于第三技術(shù)，使辛?xí)悦鹊拿娌勘砬楦鶕?jù)新聞報道的內(nèi)容而變化，事實上，辛?xí)悦鹊谋砬椴豢偸请S著內(nèi)容而變化，她的表情一點也不像人類，由此可知，第三技術(shù)還遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)不夠成熟，故D項正確。

【4】推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段中的“Actually. AI is still no match for human qualities.”可知，人工智能仍無法與人類素質(zhì)相匹敵，由此可知，在不久的將來，人工智能新聞主播不會取代人類新聞主播，故C項正確。

詞義猜測題的難度較大，理解畫線詞的上下文是關(guān)鍵，例如本篇第1題，根據(jù)畫線詞后的“Xin Xiaomeng began working as the world’s first female artificial(人工的) intelligence news anchor at Xinhua News Agency on Sunday”，再結(jié)合第二段中的“That’s why many news anchors were worried: Will AI replace us in the near future?”可知，人類新聞主播擔(dān)心將來自己的工作會被人工智能取代，所以他們一定不愿意透露上周日，新華社新聞主播辛?xí)悦瘸蔀槭澜缟系谝晃慌匀斯ぶ悄苄侣勚鞑ミ@個消息，由此可知畫線詞詞義為“不愿意的”。

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