【正文】 ext generation of artificial intelligence (AI) may be sitting right beneath you, at least if furniture maker Ikea has any say in the matter. The Swedish furniture pany39。s “futureliving” research lab in Copenhagen is conducting a survey to understand what people want when it es to smart furniture. AI is now walking into more aspects of people39。s daily lives. Selfdriving cars are just around the corner, and AI robots can play and beat the best players of strategy games. As smart home technologies have bee more ubiquitous, products ranging from smart electrical outlets（插座）to smart smoke alarms are flooding the market. Therefore, it39。s not surprising that Ikea would be moving in the same direction. Exactly why people would want their sofa or bed frame to speak to then, track their daily movements or offer help is not yet clear. Though Ikea39。s the new survey doesn39。t directly answer that question, it does provide a hint of what people would feel fortable with. Most participants wanted a more human0like form of virtual（虛擬的）assistants, as opposed to one that is more robotic. In terms of the ideal gender（性別）of the assistants, the most popular choice was neither male nor female. Few wanted a religious form of AI. Just as with human friends, most wanted AI friends that were like them, affirming their own worldview. They wanted an AI assistant that was reasonably intelligentthat could collect data to predict what a person wanted before he or she asked, and that could prevent someone from making mistakes. This is not the first time that Ikea has set foot in the field or futuristic technologies. In addition to wireless charging tables and chainless bikes that never rust（生銹）, the furniture giant has also pictured smart kitchens that can cook the best meal. To decide on how intelligent you want your next sofa or bookshelf to be, you can take Ikea39。s survey online.（1）What does the underlined word ubiquitous in Paragraph 2 mean? A.Beautiful.B.Common.C.Normal.D.Environment.（2）What does Paragraph 3 mainly talk about? A.The differences between robotlike and humanlike assistants.B.What form of AI assistants people want.C.What kind of friends people want.D.The popular robots on the market.（3）Most people who received the survey wanted an AI assistant that could ________. A.help them became smarterB.municate with them without troublesC.have its own worldviewD.deal with their problems in advance（4）Which of the following products are from Ikea? A.Smart sofas that can speak to you.B.Smart beds than can track your daily movements.C.Wireless charging cars.D.Rustless bikes without chains.【答案】（1）B（2）B（3）D（4）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說(shuō)明文，介紹了瑞典的一家家具公司做了一項(xiàng)研究，調(diào)查人們想要什么樣的智能家居。（1）考查詞義猜測(cè)。根據(jù)第二段中的“AI is now walking into more aspects of people39。s daily lives.”可猜測(cè)出As smart home technologies have bee more ubiquitous,這句話(huà)的意思是智能家居技術(shù)變得越來(lái)越普遍，故選B。（2）考查段落大意。根據(jù)第三段中的“Most participants wanted a more human0like form of virtual（虛擬的）assistants, as opposed to one that is more robotic. In terms of the ideal gender（性別）of the assistants, the most popular choice was neither male nor female. Few wanted a religious form of AI.”可知第三段主要講了人們想要什么樣的人工智能助手，故選B。（3）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第四段中的“They wanted an AI assistant that was reasonably intelligentthat could collect data to predict what a person wanted before he or she asked, and that could prevent someone from making mistakes.”可知收到調(diào)查的大多數(shù)人都想要一款可以提前解決問(wèn)題的人工智能助手，故選D。（4）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)最后一段中的“In addition to wireless charging tables and chainless bikes that never rust（生銹）, the furniture giant has also pictured smart kitchens that can cook the best meal.”可知沒(méi)有鏈條的不生銹自行車(chē)是來(lái)自于Ikea的產(chǎn)品，故案選D?！军c(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，詞義猜測(cè)，推理判斷和段落大意四個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇社會(huì)類(lèi)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。7．閱讀理解 Castle Dale is a small town in central Utah. My grandpa39。s farm is a few miles to the north. I grew up there. Milking a cow, feeding the chickens and cutting firewood were daily routines. Grandpa had me carrying a broom to do snow cleaning when it was actually taller than I was. This was the work kids like me learned to do at a young age. I was tall, very tall at a really young age. My unusual height caused people to look, ask questions, laugh, tease, and sometimes even challenge me to fight. I was teased cruelly as a kid. It wasn39。t fair, I knew, but that was just the way it was. Luckily, I was taught at a very young age a very important lesson. I am different and that39。s Okay—I39。m unique and I matter. No one could ever take that away from me. I knew this then, and I know this now. That alone helped me through the frustrations and heartaches of normal life. When I was in junior high school, I realized something else that helped me cope. Most teasing came from one of two places—people who were either jealous or ignorant (愚昧). I couldn39。t change the way they were, but I could change the way I felt. I was not going to feel bad because of their ignorance or jealousy. It wasn39。t worth it. Realizing this didn39。t stop them, or change the fact that these ments hurt. It did, however, give me a way to understand these people and deal with their treatment in a way that was okay for me. These things still happen today. It will probably happen the rest of my life. I will always be 7 feet, 6 inches ( meters) tall. I wouldn39。t change that for anything. People will always look because it is not every day that you see someone that tall. I learned that at a young age and I now try to teach my own children that they are unique and they matter. That is the message I give to you. Regardless of your race, religion, background, or circumstances ... Being different is okay.（1）The author mentioned his hometown to show