Question

【題目】Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

Speeding Into the Future With Biometrics

Imagine checking in for a flight by simply walking onto the plane. Or buying groceries with a nod of your head, or withdrawing funds from a ATM with a single glance. Thanks to biometric technology - which uses voice, face, fingerprint, or other physical or behavioral characteristic recognition to 【1】 verify an individual's identity -- those scenarios are not far from becoming reality.

Rapid user identification and more intuitive（簡便的）shopping 【2】 are just a couple of the emerging capabilities of biometrics, which is ready to blossom into a $ 59.31 billion global industry by 2025, according to Grand View Research. Whether it's providing better ways to fight fraud or delivering smarter customer service, the biometrics industry is expanding the 【3】 applications of the technology and transforming human interactions across business and government.

Tools that enable voice recognition, iris recognition, and other methods of identification offer faster and more 【4】 ways to access electronic devices or physical locations by creating unique identifiers such as "voice-prints" and "eye-prints" that can't be faked. They also allow users to maintain consistent digital identities wherever they go.

Millions of smart-phone and tablet users already rely on finger-print scanners and facial recognition systems to unlock or manipulate their devices, but more sophisticated solutions are being 【5】 or are in development across a variety of industries.

"The future of business lies in highly intelligent and automated transactions and smart, faultless customer interactions," says Brett Beranek, general manager of security and biometrics at Nuance Communications. "Among today's fastest-growing trends, the 【6】 toward more nautral and personalized exchanges is quickly making biometrics a go-to technology for firms all around the world, including Fortune 500 leaders."

Nuance has been developing its 【7】 biometrics technologies over the past two decades. Its tools go beyond identifying simple characteristics, such as the sound of an individual's voice, to learning speaking, typing, and behavioral patterns and memorizing 【8】 vocabulary. Such capabilities allow the technologies to recognize when someone is trying to impersonate a customer on the phone or during digital transactions, stopping fraud in its tracks.

Nuance's technology is not only capable of identifying who is 【9】 with it, but also what the user is likely looking for, enabling personalized interactions from the moments they begin. This friction-less experience can be a competitive advantage - driving 【10】 and improving customer satisfaction.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】H

【2】A

【3】D

【4】K

【5】J

【6】B

【7】F

【8】C

【9】G

【10】I

【解析】

這是一篇科普說明文。通過大量的實(shí)例來說明通過生物特征識別技術(shù)來加速進(jìn)入未來。

【1】

考查副詞。句意：多虧有了使用聲音、臉部、指紋或者其他身體或行為特點(diǎn)識別的生物特征識別技術(shù)以核實(shí)個人身份的安全。這里to securely verify安全地核實(shí)。屬于副詞修飾動詞的用法。根據(jù)句意，可填securely。即H。

【2】

考查名詞單復(fù)數(shù)。句意：快速的用戶識別和更直觀的購物選擇只是生物識別技術(shù)的幾個新興功能。 intuitive（簡便的）為形容詞修飾名詞，根據(jù)句意，故可以填options。即A。

【3】

考查形容詞。句意：無論是提供更好的打擊欺詐的方法，還是提供更智能的客戶服務(wù)，生物識別行業(yè)都在擴(kuò)大這項技術(shù)的未來應(yīng)用，并改變企業(yè)和政府之間的人際互動。根據(jù)結(jié)構(gòu)the+形容詞+名詞的結(jié)構(gòu)，可知，空處填形容詞，根據(jù)句意可知，可填futuristic，即D。

【4】

考查形容詞。句意：可語音識別、虹膜識別和其他識別方法的工具通過創(chuàng)建不可偽造的“聲音指紋”和“眼紋”等獨(dú)特標(biāo)識符，為訪問電子設(shè)備或物理位置提供了更快、更簡單的方法。既然如此，ways名詞前面應(yīng)該使用形容詞來修飾。故結(jié)合句意填foolproof。即K。

【5】

考查動詞的被動語態(tài)。句意：數(shù)以百萬計的智能手機(jī)和平板電腦用戶已經(jīng)依賴指紋掃描儀和面部識別系統(tǒng)來解鎖或操作他們的設(shè)備，但更復(fù)雜的解決方案正在被實(shí)施或正在多個行業(yè)的研發(fā)中。這里使用被動語態(tài)結(jié)構(gòu)表達(dá)句意被實(shí)施。前面是are being,后面接過去分詞構(gòu)成現(xiàn)在進(jìn)行時的被動語態(tài)結(jié)構(gòu)，故填implemented。即J。

【6】

考查名詞。句意：在當(dāng)今發(fā)展最快的趨勢中，越來越多的跨國和個性化交易正在使生物識別技術(shù)迅速成為世界各地公司的首選技術(shù)，包括《財富》500強(qiáng)企業(yè)的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)者。the后接名詞，根據(jù)句意，故填push。即B。

【7】

考查合成詞作形容詞。句意：在過去的20年里，Nuance一直在開發(fā)基于人工智能的生物識別技術(shù)。根據(jù)下文，講述了很多于人工智能相關(guān)的科技行為可以推斷此題與AI產(chǎn)業(yè)有關(guān)，而合成詞AI-based是這類合成詞作形容詞，故填AI-based。即F。

【8】

考查過去分詞作做形容詞。句意：比如個人的聲音、學(xué)習(xí)語言、打字、和行為類型以及記憶偏好的詞匯。這里因?yàn)槠�好的詞匯這一結(jié)構(gòu)中詞匯vocabulary是名詞，故前面應(yīng)該填寫形容詞，而此處選擇偏好的prefer，故改成preferred。即C。

【9】

考查動詞時態(tài)。句意：微妙的技術(shù)不僅能夠識別誰在參與其中，而且能夠識別用戶可能在尋找什么，從一開始就實(shí)現(xiàn)個性化的交互。分析句子可知，定語從句為現(xiàn)在進(jìn)行時，根據(jù)句意，填engaging。即G。

【10】

考查名詞。句意： 這種無摩擦的體驗(yàn)可以成為一種競爭優(yōu)勢——提高忠誠度和客戶滿意度。driving后接名詞，根據(jù)satisfaction，那前面可以推定為相同結(jié)構(gòu)，故填名詞loyalty。即I。