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audience to that special place of being both scared and entertained. With that knowledge firmly in place, Watson processed the entire Man movie, selecting the 10 most thrilling and frightening moments to cut together into a trailer. “Watson was able to model the scenes visually in order to determine: was a scene scary? Was it a tender moment? Was there sadness, or happiness?” said IBM?s John Smith. Although a human editor was still needed to slice the scenes together to tell a coherent story, the AI shortened the process down to only 24 hours when it typically takes around 10 to 30 days to plete a trailer. Still, it, s a great impressive achievement, which the likes of Terminator: Genisys could perhaps learn from in the future. 28. What does the author think is amazing according to the text? A. Human editors taking 30 days to make a trailer. B. The 20th Century Fox having produced a thriller. C. IBM?s Watson having created a trailer for a thriller. D. Humans being able to learn from machines in the future. 29. What did IBM researchers do before Watson cut together footage from the movie, Man? A. Teach him to beat chess petitors. B. Feed him over 100 horror trailers. C. Create reserved recipes. D. Talk about photos. 30. What does the underlined word “coherent” in the last paragraph probably mean? A. Exciting. B. Reliable. C. Consistent. D. Exact. 31. What can we guess is the most difficult to Watson AI? A. How long the trailer should be. B. How Watson appreciates the story. C. How many scenes a trailer needs. D. How Watson decides the feelings. D Crying is the sign of the rawest of human emotions. We cry when we can?t hold inside what we feel any more. We cry when we?re at our best, and when we?re at our worst. By we, I mean all of us. Men included. But we never see other men cry. In no western culture has it ever been acceptable for men to shed(流淚) more than a single tear, and even then it?s reserved for grand victories, defeats and deaths. Dutch research suggests that women cry between three and five times more than men. Generally men and women cry over the same things 一 deaths, breakups and homesickness, primarily, but researchers believe that men cry more often than women when it es to positive events. I want to admit, I39。s death, I remember thinking, “ I?ve got to stop this crying”. It felt unmanly. It felt like a sign of weakness. I39。 they39。s the difference between men and women in crying according to Dutch research? A. They cry over different matters. cry at different times of life. C. Women cry more often over deaths. D. Men are more likely to have tears of joy. 34. What did the author think of his crying over his dog?s death? A. A sign of strength. sign of weakness. C. Behavior of being womanish. way of reducing emotional stress. 35. What?s the best title for the text? A. Men, never cry like women B. Men, it?s OK to cry sometimes C. Crying solves psychological problems D. Crying explains differences between men and women 第二節(jié)(共 5 小題 。選項中有兩項為 多余選項。s no longer offended if they leave early or arrive late. Rather than attend the entire threehour meeting, he has learned that his colleagues there — and in some parts of France 一 attend based on their own timetable. 39 Rather than expecting people to sit through his entire presentation, he makes it easier for them to turn up as needed. Please, no small talk. Where : Finland, Sweden In places like Finland and Sweden, where nonmeeting related discussions like chat about the weather can be regarded as a way to be off a formallyset agenda and as a waste of other people39。t even think about a brainstorm. D .There?s often no way to tell how things are going. E .Don?t try to fill them, though, with small talk or anything else. F .What do the long silences, idle chitchat and serious faces really mean in context? G. For school ,that means changing his own Germanbased expectations of client behavior. 第三部分英語知識運用 {共兩節(jié) ,滿分 45 分) 第一節(jié)完形填空(共 20 小題 。 “ God, give us thankful hearts for these and for all our many blessings. ” That was the 41 my father, an East Texas farmer, said over every meal. Pa passed away long ago, but I try to 42 his example every day. The year we spent Thanksgiving at our home on Lake Tawakoni was such a 43 I was preparing a dinner party for the day. I opened the oven, put in our huge 44 and tried to turn on the old oven.