高二英语阅读理解(人生百味)试题经典.doc

高二英语阅读理解(人生百味)试题经典

一、高中英语阅读理解人生百味类
1．阅读理解
In2015,amannamedNigelRichardsmemorized386,000wordsintheentireFrenchScrabbleDictionaryinjustnineweeks.However,hedoesnotspeakFrench.Richards'impressivefeatisausefulexampletoshowhowartificialintelligenceworks—realAI.BothofRichardandAItakeinmassiveamountsofdatatoachievegoalswithunlimitedmemoryandsupermanaccuracyinacertainfield.
ThepotentialapplicationsforAIareextremelyexciting.BecauseAIcanoutperformhumansatroutinetasks—providedthetaskisinonefieldwithalotofdata—itistechnicallycapableofreplacinghundredsofmillionsofwhiteandbluecollarjobsinthenext15yearsorso.
ButnoteveryjobwillbereplacedbyAI.Infactfourtypesofjobsarenotatriskatall.First,therearecreativejobs.AIneedstobegivenagoaltooptimize.Itcannotinvent,likescientists,novelistsandartistscan.Second,thecomplex,strategicjobs—executives,diplomats,economists—gowellbeyondtheAIlimitationofsingle-fieldandBigData.Thentherearetheas-yet-unknownjobsthatwillbecreatedbyAI.
Areyouworriedthatthesethreetypesofjobswon'temployasmanypeopleasAIwillreplace?Nottoworry,asthefourthtypeismuchlarger:jobswhereemotionsareneeded,suchasteachers,nanniesanddoctors.Thesejobsrequirecompassion,trustandsympathy—whichAIdoesnothave.AndevenifAItriedtofakeit,nobodywouldwantarobottellingthemtheyhavecancer,orarobottobabysittheirchildren.
SotherewillstillbejobsintheageofAI.Thekeythenmustberetrainingtheworkforcesopeoplecandothem.Thismustbetheresponsibilitynotjustofthegovernment,whichcanprovidefunds,butalsoofcorporationsandthosewhobenefitmost.
（1）Whatisthemainpurposeofparagraph1?
A.Tointroducethetopic.
B.TomentionNigel'sfeat.
C.Tostresstheimportanceofgoodmemory.
D.TosuggesthumansgobeyondAIinmemory.
（2）Whichofthefollowingbestexplains"outperform"underlinedinparagraph2?
A.BesuperiortoB.BeinferiortoC.BesimilartoD.Berelatedto
（3）Whichofthefollowingjobsisthemostlikelytobereplaced?
A.Thewriter.B.Theshopassistant.C.Thebabysitter.D.Thepsychologist.
（4）WhichofthefollowingsuggestionscantheauthorgiveaboutjobreplacementofAI?
A.Limittheappli