【文章內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)介】 s should spend less time memorizing facts and have more space for creative activities. As the Internet grows more powerful, students can access （獲得） knowledge easily. Why should they be required to carry so much of it around in their heads? Civilizations （文明） develop through forgetting life skills that were once necessary. In the Agricultural （農(nóng)業(yè)的） Age, a farmer could afford to forget hunting skills. When societies industrialized, the knowledge of farming could be safe to forget. Nowadays, smart machines give us access to most human knowledge. It seems that we no longer need to remember most things. Does it matter? Researchers have recognized several problems that may happen. For one, human beings have biases （偏見(jiàn)）, and smart machines are likely to increase our biases. Many people believe smart machines are necessarily correct and objective, but machines are trained through a repeated testing and scoring process. In the process, human beings still decide on the correct answers. Another problem relates to the ease of accessing information. When there were no puters, efforts were required to get knowledge from other people, or go to the library. We know what knowledge lies in other brains or books, and what lies in our heads. But today, the Internet gives us the information we need quickly. This can lead to the mistaken belief—the knowledge we found was part of what we knew all along. In a new civilization rich in machine intelligence, we have easy access to smart memory networks where information is stored. But dependency on a network suggests possibilities of being harmed easily. The collapse of any of the networks of relations our wellbeing （健康） depends upon, such as food and energy, would produce terrible results. Without food we get hungry。 without energy we feel cold. And it is through widespread loss of memory that civilizations are at risk of falling into a dark age. We forget old ways to free up time and space for new skills. As long as the older forms of knowledge are stored somewhere in our networks, and can be found when we need them, perhaps they39。re not really forgotten. Still, as time goes on, we gradually but unquestionably bee strangers to future people.（1）Why are smart machines likely to increase our biases? A.Because they go off course in testing and scoring.B.Because we control the training process on them.C.Because we offer them too much information.D.Because they overuse the provided answers.（2）The ease of accessing information from the Internet ________. A.frees us from making efforts to learn new skillsB.prevents civilizations from being lost at a high speedC.misleads us into thinking we already knew the knowledgeD.separates the facts we have from those in the smart machines（3）The word collapse in Paragraph 5 probably means ________. A.a sudden failureB.the basic ruleC.a disappointing startD.the gradual development（4）What is the writer39。s main purpose in writing this passage? A.To question about the standards of information storage.B.To discuss our problems of munication with machines.C.To stress the importance of improving our memorizing ability.D.To remind us of the risk of depending on machines to remember.【答案】 （1）B（2）C（3）A（4）D 【解析】【分析】大意：作者主要講的是用機(jī)器記信息可能會(huì)產(chǎn)生的不良影響或后果。 （1）細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù) Many people believe smart machines are necessarily correct and objective, but machines are trained through a repeated testing and scoring process. In the process, human beings still decide on the correct answers. 機(jī)器人的程序是由人類編程的，人類控制它們的訓(xùn)練程序，故選B。 （2）細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù) This can lead to the mistaken belief—the knowledge we found was part of what we knew all ，故選C。 （3）詞義猜測(cè)題。 根據(jù)The collapse of any of the networks of relations our wellbeing （健康） depends upon, produce terrible results. 可知，此處指我們健康所依靠的網(wǎng)絡(luò)中的任何一個(gè)突然崩潰或垮掉了，都會(huì)產(chǎn)生很糟糕的后果。collapse意為崩潰，垮掉，故選A。 （4）主旨題。通讀全文可知，作者主要講的是用機(jī)器記信息可能會(huì)產(chǎn)生的不良影響或后果，故D項(xiàng)符合題意，故選D。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】詞義猜測(cè)題和主旨題是閱讀理解題中常考題型。詞句猜測(cè)題需要聯(lián)系上下文，推出詞句的意思；主旨題需要通讀全文，了解大意之后找出中心思想。6．閱讀理解 After learning about these famous women, you will know you can do a lot for society, and make a difference to the world in your lifetime.Amelia Earhart（18971937 ） Amelia Earhart was the first woman who ever flew alone across the Atlantic in 1932. She became the first woman pilot in 1935 after flying from Hawaii to California. She began her lifelong dream of flying across the world in 1937. However, her flight went missing on that trip and she was never seen again.Helena Rubinstein （18701965 ） Helena Rubinstein moved to Australia in 1902 without the ability to speak English. Later, she set up one of the world39。s first cosmetic （化妝品） panies after mixing lanolin, which is an oil山at es from sheep39。s wool, with flowers. Because of that, she became the world39。s richest woman at that time.Katharine Hepburn （19072003 ） Katharine Hepburn was known for playing strongwilled women in her films. She won four Academy Awards（奧斯卡金像獎(jiǎng)） for Best Actress, the most an actress has ever won. Her new dress style made wearing trousers acceptable to women, which wasn39。t allowed at that time.Emmeline Pankhurst （18581928） Emmeline was a great woman activist. She helped British women get the right to vote. She fought for the rights of women all the time with the help of her husband in the late 19th century and early 20th century. After she lost her husband, she worked together with her three daughters and formed The Women Social and Political Union.（1）According to the passage, which word can best describe Amelia tarhart? A.Brave.B.Careful.C.Lucky.D.Energetic.（2）What was the problem for Helena Rubinstein when she moved to Australia? A.She didn39。t have any money.B.She couldn39。t speak English.C.She knew nothing about business.D.She didn39。t know how to dress up.（3）How many times did Katharine Hepburn win Acade