【文章內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)介】 While Microsoft and Alibaba won by the slimmest of marginsat accuracy levels a few basis points above humans39。 per cent in providing exact matches to questionsthe tie provided a fitting symbol of the AI arms race between the US and China. China aims to use its vast troves (寶庫(kù))of data, collected from its billion population including 730 million who are online, and deep pockets to overtake the US in creating a $150 billion industry that is seen as the next industrial revolution. AI is already being harnessed in everything from driverless cars to customising newsfeeds. While China39。s drive is being spearheaded by government, it is cultivating homegrown tech giants including Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent to leap ahead of the US. Baidu made an early bet on AI, and is leading its rivals in autonomous driving. Tencent, which boasts just shy of 1 billion monthly active users on its social media WeChat app, and Alibaba have adopted AI in operations such as customizing news and ads, and are investing in new fields.（1）What does Luo Si think of Al39。s performance in reading prehension? feels frightened at it. has some doubts about it. thinks highly of it. considers it worth a try.（2）How did the reading test carry on for Al? allowing them to interact with humans. asking them to answer questions. giving them questions to analyze. making them pete with chatbots.（3）What does China depend on to lead in Al? new industrial revolution. huge market of $150 billion industry investment. data from its billion population and huge amounts of treasure. cooperation between Chinese government and Microsoft.（4）In which field does Baidu do better than its rivals? medical enquires. customer service. news feeds. driverless cars.【答案】 （1）C（2）B（3）C（4）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說(shuō)明文，介紹了人工智能的發(fā)展。 （1）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第三段“Luo Si referred to the machines39。 victory as ‘a(chǎn) milestone’. He said the technology has many uses, from customer service to museum tutorials to medical enquiressome of which are already being handled by chatbots (聊天機(jī)器人) globally.”可知司羅把機(jī)器取得的這個(gè)勝利稱(chēng)為一個(gè)里程碑，稱(chēng)該技術(shù)有很多用途，從客戶(hù)服務(wù)、博物館講解，到醫(yī)療查詢(xún)，其中一些在全球范圍已經(jīng)由聊天機(jī)器人處理。他對(duì)人工智能評(píng)價(jià)很高，所以選C。 （2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第四段“In the test, panies subjected their artificial intelligence systems to queries from the Stanford Question Answering Dataset, which assessed reading prehension. The puters39。 answers were pared against average human responses and ranked.”可知通過(guò)問(wèn)問(wèn)題，回答問(wèn)題來(lái)檢測(cè)人工智能，所以選B。 （3）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第七段中的“China aims to use its vast troves （寶庫(kù)）of data, collected from its billion population including 730 million who are online, and deep pockets to overtake the US in creating a $150 billion industry that is seen as the next industrial revolution.”可知中國(guó)力求利用來(lái)自其14億人口（）的海量數(shù)據(jù)和雄厚財(cái)力，在創(chuàng)建被視為下一場(chǎng)工業(yè)革命的1500億美元產(chǎn)業(yè)方面超越美國(guó)。故選C。 （4）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)最后一段中的“Baidu made an early bet on AI, and is leading its rivals in autonomous driving.”可知百度在無(wú)人駕駛汽車(chē)的技術(shù)方面領(lǐng)先其他競(jìng)爭(zhēng)對(duì)手，故選D。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷兩個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇科技類(lèi)閱讀，考生需要準(zhǔn)確捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息，并根據(jù)上下文進(jìn)行邏輯推理，從而選出正確答案。5．閱讀理解 Rescue workers had collected 820 birds from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the majority of them already dead. The current spill promises to be the largest in US history, and as cleanup efforts stretch across the summer, it39。s clear that more oiled birds will be found, stuck and suffering in the black stick liquid. And as they do with every oil spill, rescue workers will go to great lengths to capture and clean the survivors hoping to restore them to their natural habitat. Is it worth the effort? Some scientists aren39。t so sure. Because the stress of being captured and bathed is as significant as the horror of being immersed in oil, and because research suggests that many rescued birds die shortly after being released, some experts say euthanasia (安樂(lè)死) is a more humane option. Clean bird feathers repel water (防水) and regulate body temperature while dirty ones don39。t. Oil in particular makes feathers heavier and decreases their ability to trap air, which in turn makes birds weak and bee easier to drowning, overheating and organ damage. Of course, being captured and cleaned is no piic either. Some birds wind up returning to their destroyed habitats only to fall victim to the oil again. And those who manage to avoid a second oil bath suffer dramatically shortened life spans (跨度) and lower reproductive success. Of the thousands of birds that were rescued from the Prestige oil spill off the coast of Spain in 2002, only 600 were released into the wild。 most of the rest died after just a few days in captivity. However, bird rescuers say they have learned a lot about how to best help oilsoaked birds, and that therefore, survival rates stand to increase this time around. In the past, birds were cleaned right away, and volunteers often worked through the night bathing rescued birds. But now, captured birds are left to rest for a day or two before being cleaned, and only washed during the day, so as not to disrupt their circadian (生理的) rhythms. But part of that increase may be due to greater selectivity on the part of rescuers. The workers do blood tests right in the field now and birds that are loaded with hydrocarbons (碳?xì)浠衔? or don39。t look like they39。re going to make it are put down right away, rather than subjected to the stress of captivity and cleaning. And so far, while release rates may be improving, there is little evidence of better medium or longterm survival, especially for the moredifficulttosave species. There still aren39。t good protocols (協(xié)議) for repairing the internal organ damage. Anyway, rescue efforts will continue in large part because the public demands that. Euthanasia is a difficult thing to do, especially for people who have built their lives around saving animals.（1）Why do some scientists doubt the effort to rescue oiled birds? it has cost too much time and money. human may be infected with the bird virus. it is torture followed by death to birds. migrant birds may broaden the pollution.（2）The case of Spain coast spill is mentioned to indicate ________. of birds were polluted by oil survival rate of oiled birds was very low efforts to rescue oiled birds were ineffective is an impractical method to rescue binds（3）Why do the survival rates of oiled