【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 0。B.Regional difference.C.Professional prejudice.D.Racial discrimination.（2）What can we know about the improvement of facialrecognition technology? A.Justice and equality have been truly achieved.B.It is due to the expansion of the photo database.C.It has already solved all the social issues on biases.D.The separation of immigrant parents from their children can be avoided.（3）What is the focus of the facerecognition debate? A.Data problems.B.The market value.C.The application field.D.A moral issue.（4）What is David Robinson39。s attitude towards facialrecognition technology? A.Skeptical.B.Approval.C.Optimistic.D.Neutral.（5）We can infer from the last paragraph that Robinson thinks _____. A.panies had better hide from responsibilitiesB.panies deny problems with its technical processC.panies should not launch new products on impulseD.panies should be responsible for the new product and the consequences（6）Which can be the suitable title for the passage? A.The wide use of Microsoft systemB.Fears of facialrecognition technologyC.The improvement of Microsoft systemD.Failure of recognizing black women【答案】 （1）D（2）B（3）D（4）A（5）D（6）B 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇議論文，微軟面部識(shí)別技術(shù)改進(jìn)了膚色識(shí)別，宣布其人臉識(shí)別技術(shù)將會(huì)更加精確，但是人們卻認(rèn)為它會(huì)帶來更大的問題，希望微軟把道德置于其利潤之上，并且能夠?yàn)楫a(chǎn)品以及其帶來的后果負(fù)責(zé)。 （1）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第一段”Microsoft announced this week that its facialrecognition system is now more accurate in identifying people of color, touting (吹噓）its progress at tackling one of the technology39。s biggest biases (偏見).“可知微軟面部識(shí)別技術(shù)改進(jìn)了膚色識(shí)別，吹噓它可以解決該技術(shù)最大的偏見，由此可以推斷該項(xiàng)技術(shù)在人種膚色上有偏見，也就是種族歧視。故選D。 （2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第五段中的”The panies have responded in recent months by pouring many more photos into the mix, hoping to train the systems to better tell the differences among more than just white faces.“可知那些公司通過在原有照片中加入更多的照片，通過訓(xùn)練系統(tǒng)，從而提升系統(tǒng)的識(shí)別能力，即通過擴(kuò)充照片數(shù)據(jù)庫來提升系統(tǒng)的識(shí)別能力。故選B。 （3）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第九段中的”At the center of that debate is Microsoft, whose multimilliondollar contracts with ICE came under fire amid the agency39。s separation of migrant parents and children at the Mexican border.“；和第十段中的”We believe that Microsoft must take an ethical stand, and put children and families above profits“可知對微軟人臉識(shí)別技術(shù)的爭論中心是，它會(huì)把墨西哥邊緣的移民父母和孩子分開，且人們認(rèn)為微軟必須堅(jiān)守道德底線，將兒童和家庭置于其利潤之上，故推斷目前對于臉部識(shí)別技術(shù)爭論的焦點(diǎn)是道德問題。故選D。 （4）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)最后一段中的 The impulse is that they39。re going to put a product out there and wash their hands of the consequences. That39。s unacceptable.可知Robinson認(rèn)為他們推出了一種產(chǎn)品然后對其后果撒手不管，這是讓人難以接受的。故推斷Robinson對人臉識(shí)別技術(shù)是不支持的。故選A。 （5）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)最后一段中的 The impulse is that they39。re going to put a product out there and wash their hands of the consequences. That39。s unacceptable.可知Robinson認(rèn)為他們推出了一種產(chǎn)品然后對其后果撒手不管，這是讓人難以接受的。故推斷Robinson認(rèn)為公司應(yīng)該對自己的產(chǎn)品和產(chǎn)品帶來的后果負(fù)責(zé)到底。故選D。 （6）考查主旨大意。縱觀全文可知，本文講述了人們懷疑改進(jìn)之后的人臉識(shí)別技術(shù)會(huì)帶來更多的問題，比如種族歧視和置墨西哥孩子的利益于不顧。故選B。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，推理判斷和主旨大意三個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇科技類閱讀，要求考生在捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息的基礎(chǔ)上，進(jìn)一步根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進(jìn)行分析，推理，概括和歸納，從而選出正確答案。4．閱讀理解 FaceApp has taken the world by storm, giving users the chance to see themselves age through its algorithm. million people—some three million more than the population of New York City—reportedly downloaded it in one sevenday period last month. Although the Russian app has bee known for its privacy issues, the more interesting lesson of our FaceApp fling (盡情玩樂)is what it tells us about our society—and our future lives. It turns out we are more interested in aging than we realized. I39。m surprised by this. Most younger people are in denial (否認(rèn))about old age, doing almost nothing to prepare for it. We rarely have a chance to plan for the future, with increasing time and financial pressures. Those pressures bring sacrifices that we may not always want to make: we can no longer afford to spend the time or the money needed to look after our elderly parents. As a family doctor, I can see the loneliness epidemic developing. Elderly patients e to see me with no particular illness, no clear medical issue. After a few minutes of the consultation, I understand why: they39。re not sick, and often they don39。t feel sick. They just need someone—anyoneto talk to. Although loneliness has no medical classification, the health effects are real: the result of loneliness and isolation can be as harmful to our health as smoking 15 cigarettes a day, and is more damaging than obesity. But loneliness does not e with nearly enough health warnings. So what next? Since 1980, we are living on average 10 years longer. At the same time, people are having fewer and fewer children, and they are having them much later in life. The snake of a world class health service is eating its own tail。 its care is prolonging (延長) people39。s lives, but as the ratio of pensioners(退休人員)to working age people increases, there are fewer taxpayers to fund that very health service. Into this void have stepped NGOs, charities and volunteers. But in the long term, the only way to truly help the oldest meters of our society is to go back to the traditional values of intergenerational(兩代間的) cooperation—often under same roof. Ultimately, we will need to evolve towards a culture where elderly care is treated the same as childcare, where employers recognize the duty of someone with an elderly parent the same way they recognize those of someone with a newborn child.（1）The example of FaceApp is used to _____. A.prove the popularity of itB.explain the function of itC.show the progress of technology160