【正文】 d requires a personality suited to academia, which is rare among more normal folk. That is changing. Last month , a nonprofit education organization based in San Francisco, kicked off the third year of its course in deep learning. Since its foundation it has attracted more than 100, 000 students around the globe from India to Nigeria. The course and others like it, e with a simple idea: there is no need to spend years obtaining a PhD in order to practise deep learning. Creating software that learns can be taught as a craft, not as a high intellectual pursuit to be undertaken only in an ivory tower. Fast. ai39。s course can be pleted in just seven weeks. To make it accessible to anyone who wants to learn how to build AI software is the aim of Jeremy Howard, who founded with Rachel Thomas, a mathematician. He says school mathematics is sufficient. No. Greek. Letters, Mr. Howard intones, pounding the table with his fist for punctuation. Some experts worry that this will serve only to create a flood of unreliable AI systems which will be useless at best and dangerous at worst. In the earliest days of the Internet, only a select few nerds, namely puter holies with specific skills, could build applications. Not many people used them. Then the invention of the World Wide Web led to an explosion of web pages, both good and bad. But it was only by opening up to all that the Internet gave birth to online shopping, instant global munications and search. If Mr. Howard and others have their way, making the development of AI software easier will bring forth a new crop of fruit of a different kind.（1）What can we learn about deep learning? A.It replaces artificial intelligence.B.It attracts rock stars to practice.C.It scans patterns for large panies.D.It helps technicians to create software.（2）Fast. ai is an organization that . A.ensures one to obtain a PhDB.teaches craft in ivory towerC.offers a course in deep learningD.requires weeks to apply（3）The underlined words No. Greek. Lettersin Paragraph 5 means doing course is . A.easyB.difficultC.interestingD.boring（4）It can be inferred from the last paragraph that . A.it is quite reliable for anyone to grasp artificial intelligenceB.the Internet has brought forth a flood of useless AI systemsC.opening up to all leads to instant global search and online shoppingD.simplifying software development may result in unexpected outes【答案】 （1）D（2）C（3）A（4）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，人工智能的深度學(xué)習(xí)被證明很有用，霍華德和數(shù)學(xué)家托馬斯一起創(chuàng)辦的非營(yíng)利性教育機(jī)構(gòu)致力于讓深度學(xué)習(xí)變得簡(jiǎn)單。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第一段中的”A branch of AI known as deep learning, which uses neural networks to scan through large volumes of data looking for patterns…build software for Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google.“可知AI技術(shù)的一個(gè)分支、運(yùn)用神經(jīng)網(wǎng)絡(luò)處理大量數(shù)據(jù)并從中尋找模式的深度學(xué)習(xí)被證明非常有用，亞馬遜、蘋果、Facebook和谷歌愿意開出六位數(shù)高薪，聘請(qǐng)熟練的專業(yè)人員編寫軟件。這說明深度學(xué)習(xí)能幫助編寫軟件，故選D。 （2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第四段中的”Last month fast. ai, a nonprofit education organization based in San Francisco, kicked off the third year of its course in deep learning.“可知。上月，位于舊金山的非營(yíng)利性教育機(jī)構(gòu) 進(jìn)入了它開辦深度學(xué)習(xí)課程的第三年。也就是說fast. ai是一個(gè)提供深度學(xué)習(xí)課程的組織，故選C。 （3）考查句義猜測(cè)。根據(jù)五段中的”To make it accessible to anyone who wants to learn …He says school mathematics is sufficient.“可知讓深度學(xué)習(xí)不再神秘是杰里米霍華德的目標(biāo)，為此，他和數(shù)學(xué)家雷切爾，讓任何想學(xué)習(xí)編寫AI軟件的人都能學(xué)習(xí)這門技術(shù)。霍華德說有中學(xué)數(shù)學(xué)知識(shí)就足夠了。，僅需要中學(xué)數(shù)學(xué)知識(shí)。因此霍華德說No. Greek. Letters”沒有，希臘，字母“是想說fast, ai的深度學(xué)習(xí)課程很簡(jiǎn)單。故選A。 （4）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)最后一段中的”If Mr Howard and others have their way, making the development of AI software easier will bring forth a new crop of fruit of a different kind. “如果霍華德和其他人如愿以償，那么讓AI軟件開發(fā)變得更容易將會(huì)催生出一批新的不同的果實(shí)。由此推斷簡(jiǎn)化軟件開發(fā)可能會(huì)導(dǎo)致意料之外的結(jié)果。故選D。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，句義猜測(cè)和推理判斷三個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇科研類閱讀，要求考生準(zhǔn)確掌握細(xì)節(jié)信息，同時(shí)根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進(jìn)行分析，推理，從而選出正確答案。8．閱讀理解 Why play games? Because they are fun, and a lot more besides. Following the rules, planning your next move and acting as a team member are all game ideas that you will e across throughout your life. Think about some of the games you played as a young child, such as ropejumping and hideandseek. Such games are entertaining and fun. But perhaps more importantly, they translate life into exciting dramas that teach children some of the basic rules they will be expected to follow the rest of their lives, such as taking turns and cooperating . Many children39。s games have a practical side. Children around the world play games that prepare them for work they will do as grownups. For instance, some Saudi Arabian children play a game called bones, which sharpens the handeye coordination (協(xié)調(diào)) needed in hunting. Many sports encourage national or local pride. The most famous games of all, the Olympic Games, bring athletes from around the world together to take part in friendly petition. People who watch the event wave flags, knowing that a gold medal is a win for an entire country, not just the athlete who earned it. For countries experiencing natural disasters or war, an Olympic win can mean so much. Sports are also an event that unites people. Soccer is the most popular sport in the world. People on all continents play it — some for fun and some for a living. Nicolette Iribarne, a Californian soccer player, has discovered a way to spread hope through soccer. He created a foundation to provide poor children with not only soccer balls but also a promising future. Next time you play your favorite game or sport, think about why you enjoy it, what skills are needed, and whether these skills will help you in other aspects of your life.（1）What are children expected to learn Through playing hideandseek?