【正文】 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)辦的非營利性教育機構(gòu)致力于讓深度學(xué)習(xí)變得簡單。 （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)的一個分支、運用神經(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，位于舊金山的非營利性教育機構(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是一個提供深度學(xué)習(xí)課程的組織，故選C。 （3）考查句義猜測。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)?；羧A德說有中學(xué)數(shù)學(xué)知識就足夠了。，僅需要中學(xué)數(shù)學(xué)知識。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)變得更容易將會催生出一批新的不同的果實。由此推斷簡化軟件開發(fā)可能會導(dǎo)致意料之外的結(jié)果。故選D。 【點評】本題考點涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，句義猜測和推理判斷三個題型的考查，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 Rumors (謠言): we39。ve all heard some and we39。ve all spread some. In more traditional times they shook entire families. Today, they travel differently because the way we share information has also changed. The fact is that rumors have great potential to upset things, whether socially or personally. We don39。t enjoy being on the receiving end of one, since they usually don39。t have good intentions. They are somewhat veiled (掩飾的) messages. Normally rumors are oral messages: word of mouth. The paradox (自相矛盾) is that there is no evidence to support rumors, but the more people share it, the more they see it as true. To finish explaining rumors, we think that they follow certain very clear laws. Secrecy: The source is unknown. There is also a proven phenomenon that human beings usually forget the source of a message before they forget its content. Certainty: We hardly question rumors simply because of the mental effort involved. On the other hand, no one likes to doubt a person who convinces us that the information they spread is true. Change: It acts like a tree. New rumors branch out to fill in the gaps left by the first rumor. Another property (屬性) of rumors is that they tend to bee viral. Each receiver is at the same time a potential transmitter (傳輸者) of the information. The receiver often adds their own opinion. Their manner and tone of transmitting it also changes it. How can we end rumors? The answer is as simple as it is impossible: preventing people from municating. A more realistic response is equally difficult, although less than the first one. It is that we should be critical of the information we receive. We should ask ourselves if the source is reliable. Ask (if possible) the person you heard it from whether they also trust the information. We should also think about if the rumor benefits someone, and if that someone started the rumor. One rumor to be especially cautious of is a rumor about groups relatively unable to defend themselves. That39。s why we say, History is always told by the winners. The first payment the defeated must make is to accept the victor39。s version of the story.（1）What can we learn about rumors? have all heard some and believed them.39。re happy to be the receiving end of them. may have negative influence on society. often hide good intentions in the messages.（2）How are rumours like a tree? keep changing, just as trees change their colour. are deeply rooted in reality, like tree roots in the earth. rumours have gaps, like the space between tree branches. rumours grow out of the original, like branches out of a trunk.（3）What does the underlined word 39。viral39。 in Para 4 probably mean? easily spread. acceptable. easily defended. beneficial.（4）Which of the following may the author agree with? is easy to prevent people from spreading rumors. are often active in judging the rumors critically. should think about the hidden message of the rumors. told by the victors are usually better worth trusting.【答案】 （1）C（2）D（3）A（4）C 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，介紹了謠言的特點，分析了謠言存在的原因，并提出了如何終結(jié)謠言的解決方式。 （1）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第二段中的“The fact is that rumors have great potential to upset things, whether socially or personally. ”無論是在社交方面還是個人層面，謠言都有可能使事情變得讓人不安?？芍?，謠言可能會對社會產(chǎn)生負(fù)面影響。故選C。 （2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第三段中的“It acts li