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dn?t really be a hard thing to do: show some footage(鏡頭), get people excited, but don, t give too much away. It, s a practice that some movies struggle to do, with many either getting too enthusiastic about showing their big plot points, and others simply not catching the magic of the movie. Considering that humans struggle with this practice so much, the folks over the 20th Century Fox decided to see what a puter could do, tasking IBM?s Watson, the superputer, with cutting together footage from uping SciFi thriller, Man, to create the final trailer. ( IBM Watson has done many things ; beat human petitors in quiz shows, created reserved recipes and described the contents of photos. Now it has bee the firstever AI to produce a film trailer for the new scifi film. ) The result was actually surprisingly good. Using Watson?s experimental learning techniques, IBM?s cutting edge AI sorted out hundreds of classic thriller trailers to learn what exactly gets an audience to that special place of being both scared and entertained. With that knowledge firmly in place, Watson processed the entire Man movie, selecting the 10 most thrilling and frightening moments to cut together into a trailer. “Watson was able to model the scenes visually in order to determine: was a scene scary? Was it a tender moment? Was there sadness, or happiness?” said IBM?s John Smith. Although a human editor was still needed to slice the scenes together to tell a coherent story, the AI shortened the process down to only 24 hours when it typically takes around 10 to 30 days to plete a trailer. Still, it, s a great impressive achievement, which the likes of Terminator: Genisys could perhaps learn from in the future. 28. What does the author think is amazing according to the text? A. Human editors taking 30 days to make a trailer. B. The 20th Century Fox having produced a thriller. C. IBM?s Watson having created a trailer for a thriller. D. Humans being able to learn from machines in the future. 29. What did IBM researchers do before Watson cut together footage from the movie, Man? A. Teach him to beat chess petitors. B. Feed him over 100 horror trailers. C. Create reserved recipes. D. Talk about photos. 30. What does the underlined word “coherent” in the last paragraph probably mean? A. Exciting. B. Reliable. C. Consistent. D. Exact. 31. What can we guess is the most difficult to Watson AI? A. How long the trailer should be. B. How Watson appreciates the story. C. How many scenes a trailer needs. D. How Watson decides the feelings. D Crying is the sign of the rawest of human emotions. We cry when we can?t hold inside what we feel any more. We cry when we?re at our best, and when we?re at our worst. By we, I mean all of us. Men included. But we never see other men cry. In no western culture has it ever been acceptable for men to shed(流淚) more than a single tear, and even then it?s reserved for grand victories, defeats and deaths. Dutch research suggests that women cry between three and five times more than men. Generally men and women cry over the same things 一 deaths, breakups and homesickness, primarily, but researchers believe that men cry more often than women when it es to positive events. I want to admit, I39。 13. What is the relationship between the speakers? A. Husband and wife. B. Doctor and patient. C. Boss and employee. 14. Where does the woman work? A. In a hospital. B. At a university. C. At a tech pany. 15. How long has the woman been at her present job? A. About one month. B. About six months. C. About one year. 16. What is the man?s advice? A. Finding a new job. B. Taking some medicine. C. working out more often. 聽第 10 段材料,回答第 17 至 20 題。 聽第 6 段材料,回答第 7 題。每段對(duì)話或獨(dú)白后有幾個(gè)小題,從題中所給的 A、B、 C 三個(gè) 選項(xiàng)中選出最佳選項(xiàng),并標(biāo)在試卷的相應(yīng)位置。 . C. 163。聽完每段對(duì)話后,你都有 10 秒鐘的時(shí)間來(lái)回答有關(guān)小 題和閱讀下一小題。錄音內(nèi)容結(jié)束后,你將有兩分鐘的時(shí)間將試卷上的 答案轉(zhuǎn)涂到答題卡上。 :用 0. 5 毫米黑色簽字筆直接答在答題卡上對(duì)應(yīng)的答題區(qū)域內(nèi),答在試題卷、草稿 紙上無(wú)效。全卷滿分 150 分。考試用時(shí) 120 分鐘。 。 第一節(jié) (共 5 小題 。每段對(duì)話僅讀一遍。 . 答案是 C。聽每段對(duì)話或獨(dú)白前,你將有時(shí)間閱讀 各個(gè)小題,每小題 5 秒鐘 。 does the woman want to do? the man?s phone. a ride from the man. her appointment. is the woman?s car? the man?s pany. her hairdresser?s. her office. 聽第 7 段材料,回答第 9 題。 17. How much of a discount do Deluxe Pass buyers get? A. 10% off. B. 15% off. C. 50% off. 18. What is the cost of the Signature Pass? A. $619 B. $849. C. $1049