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ficial intelligence poses a bigger threat to humanity, and he told a gathering of state governors that the government needs to regulate Al before robots start “killing people. ”s departure from the Open AI board could mean big things for Tesla. As Eton Goodbye, a financial reporter, noted on Futurism, the move “could signal that Tesla is more deeply mitted to their own AI projects than we thought. ”He added, “Those who have had their ears to any rumors (謠言)that Tesla is ready to deliver vehicles capable of Level 5autonomy could take this new Open Al development as a sign that the pany is inching closer to that unapproachable goal, ”No pany has reached that level of autonomy, which means that a driverless car could navigate any road under any conditions and that all the human “driver” would need to do is to input a destination. (1)Why does Eldon Musk leave his position? A.To build powerful Internet.C.D.s attitude towards the AI? A.Supportive.C.Sympathetic.(3)What does the underlined word “malicious” in Paragraph 3 mean? A.Unpopular.C.Traditional.(4)What can we infer from Eton Goodbye39。Level 5 autonomy is impossible.The rumors about Tesla is meaningless.C.Level 5 autonomy could set human drivers free.【答案】(1)D(2)B(3)A(4)D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇應用文,介紹了傳奇人物埃隆(1)考查推理判斷。s leaving his position on the board of the Open AI, according to a blog post.”和第二段中的“adding that “As Tesla continues to bee more focused on AI, this will avoid a potential future conflict for Eldon.”可知Eldon Musk離開他的職位是為了避免可能和Tesla產生沖突,故D。根據(jù)第二段中的“Musk will continue to “donate and advise the organization”可推知Eldon Musk對于AI的態(tài)度是同情,故選B。根據(jù)第三段中的“In fact, Musk has heard the ‘evil AI’ alarm several times. ”可猜測出“malicious”的意思是有害的,故選A。根據(jù)最后一段中的“No pany has reached that level of autonomy, which means that a driverless car could navigate any road under any conditions and that all the human ‘driver’ would need to do is to input a destination. 可推出“Level 5 autonomy”將會讓人類司機解放,故選D。6.閱讀理解 s easy to believe that as a worldwide festival, most countries probably celebrate it in a fairly similar manner. Being from the UK, Christmas for me means spending time with family and friends, exchanging presents, eating and drinking, and, of course, hiding from the cold. In Colombia, however, Christmas is viewed much more as a time which devotes itself to religion. s homes. Cities are lit up by candles, as this day marks the beginning of the Christmas period. Although decorations have been up since early November, another tradition in Colombia is that during the nine days before Christmas, family members and friends meet up to pray, sing songs and share traditional foods at home. Being in a country like Colombia during this festive period has taught me that you don39。s the authors opinion of Christmas? isn39。t a time for being alone. is mainly devoted to religion.39。 (1)考查推理判斷。圣誕節(jié)是團聚的時間不是獨處的時間。 (2)考查細節(jié)理解。 (3)考查細節(jié)理解。故選A。根據(jù)第三段中的“the songs are loved more for the memories they symbolize than for the way they sound, and that Colombia has been through so many dark periods in history, it was important to hold on to the good memories of years gone past.”可知哥倫比亞圣誕音樂讓人喜愛是因為它們所象征的記憶,是要保持對過去歲月的美好記憶。 【點評】本題考點涉及細節(jié)理解和推理判斷兩個題型的考查,是一篇文化類閱讀,考生需要準確掌握細節(jié)信息,并根據(jù)上下文進行邏輯推理,從而選出正確答案。 Music is an international language. The songs that are sung or played by instruments are beautiful to all people everywhere. Adult drivers listen to music on the car radio as they drive to work. They also listen to the news about sports, the weather, politics, and activities of the American people. But most of the radio broadcast is music. Besides pop music, there are two other kinds of music that is important to Americans. One is called folk music. It tells stories about the mon life of Americans. The other is called western or country music. This was started by cowboys who would sing at night to the cows they were watching. Today, any music about country life and the love between a country boy and his girl is called western or country music.s the best title of the passage? language. in America. music. listeners.【答案】 (1)B(2)A(3)D(4)B 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文,介紹了美國的幾種音樂。根據(jù)第一段中的“Music is an international songs that are sung or played by instruments are beautiful to all people everywhere”可知,音樂是一種世界性的語言,用樂器演唱或演奏的歌曲對世界各地的人們來說都是美麗的,因此推斷美妙的歌曲深受世界人民的歡迎。 (2)考查推理判斷。A項正確。故選A。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段中的“This was started by cowboys who would sing at night to the cows they were ,any music about country life and the love between a country boy and his girl is called western or country music.”可知,如今的鄉(xiāng)村音樂與過去是不同的。故選D。從文中各段的描述看,本文主要講的是美國的音樂種類。 【點評】本題考點涉及細節(jié)理解,推理判斷和主旨大意三個題型的考查,是一篇文化類閱讀,要求考生在捕捉細節(jié)信息的基礎上,進一步根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關系,進行分析,推理,概括和歸納,從而選出正確答案。 In our annual Readers39。 Rome, Italys main attractions are famous not because of tourist advertisements, but because they are really so impressive. No wonder it39。 Paris, France London, United Kingdoms favorite canvas, home to more than 1,000 galleries, and the kind of place where you can spend a whole day in a single museum and still be ready for more when it opens the next morning. As we all know, Western music would be unrecognizable without Austria39。s also the site of the Vienna Secession, a revolutionary art movement founded in 1897 by Gustav Klimt. Visitors today can see the fruits of all that creativity in the city39。 (1)考查細節(jié)理解。 Rome, Italy部分中的“No wonder it39。由此可知羅馬被視為永恒之城是因為人們可以很容易地找到新的藝術和文化。 (2)考查詞義猜測。s capital”可知,如果沒有奧地利的首都,西方的音樂將是不可識別的,因此推斷畫線句句意:奧地利誕生了許多著名的音樂家。 (3)考查推理判斷。 Choice Awards survey, we asked our readers to rate their favorite cities in the world for arts and culture.”可知在一年一度的讀者選擇獎調查中,我們要求讀者對世界上最喜愛的藝術和文化城市進行排