Would you pay thousands of dollars for a painting with a face so unclear that you’re not even sure it’s a face? Or a picture by unknown artist? What if the artist was a computer?

A piece of artwork created mainly by a computer programme has been sold at the price $432,500 – about ten times more than people expected. This painting, named Edmond de Belamy, was created by artificial intelligence (AI)(人工智能). This means the computer now doesn't just follow us, but makes some decisions and "thinks itself".

15,000 real paintings were used by some French students to train the computer programme with two parts. One part tries to create paintings that look real, while the other part decides if it is good. If the painting doesn't look real enough, the first part will change its decisions until it comes up with a better work.

This is not the first AI artwork, just the first piece on sale. In fact, many people are not impressed with the painting. "The work isn't interesting or creative," says Robbie Barrat, who helped create the painting but doesn't like the idea of selling it. He thinks it's too simple and gives a bad idea of what real AI artists are doing. He adds that he created many pictures like it much earlier.

In some other people's opinion, however, AI art is already very unusual. They hope it will be more common in the future.

Still, people who look down upon AI art shouldn't worry. Just as an AI artist, Theo Triantafyllidis says, he usually thinks of AI as a tool and not the artist. Even the best AI today is somewhere between a stupid child and a smart pet. It will grow up.

1.Edmond de Belamy was mainly created by _________________.

A.a computer programme B.some French students

C.several unknown artists D.a man called Edmond

2.What does the third paragraph mainly talk about?

A.What the computer programme can do.

B.Whom the computer programme was trained by.

C.How French students train the computer programme.

D.Why the painting Edmond de Belamy was created.

3.The writer mentions Robbie Barrat in Paragraph 4 to show ______________.

A.many people are impressed with the painting

B.lots of people took part in creating the painting

C.some people didn't expect the painting to be sold

D.most people hope Al art will be common in the future

4.What does the writer probably think of AI?

A.it creates better art than humans. B.It has not been well-developed yet.

C.It will never be popular with art-lovers. D.It will always be a tool used by human artists.

5.The best title for the passage can be __________________.

A.AI technology and AI art B.The present and future of AI art

C.The first painting created of AI in the world D.The first computer-created artwork on sale

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Sitting in front of the television may be relaxing,but spending too much time in front of it may take years off your life.Watching television less may help you live a much longer life.

Australian researchers studied more than 11,000 people over the age of 25.Their study showed that if people watched TV for six hours a day,they lived about 4.8 years less than those who didn't watch any television.Also,people who are over the age of 25 lose 22 minutes of life for every hour of TV that they watch.

Sitting in front of the television isn't healthy.The more TV you watch,the less exercise you'll get.And the less exercise you get,the more likely it is that you'll get sick.

Lennert Veerman,the researcher who led the study,says watching too much TV will be bad for people's life expectancies(预期寿命),even for people who have a good diet.He thinks it's necessary for doctors to start asking their patients about how much TV they watch,as it can be an indicator(指标)of someone's overall health.

Therefore,Veerman has called on people to turn off their TVs and get off the sofa to get some exercise.“Exercise is good,” he said.“Even light activity is good for health.”

1.Australian researchers did a study on ______.

A.how much time people spend watching TV

B.what people usually do to relax after work

C.how watching too much TV can have a bad influence(影响)on people

D.what people should do to lengthen(延长)their lives

2.According to the study,if a 35?year?old man watches TV for two hours,he will lose ______ of life.

A.6 hours B.4.8 years C.22 minutes D.44 minutes

3.Paragraph 3 mainly tells us ______.

A.how watching TV can affect people's diets B.why watching TV can be bad for our health

C.why people don't exercise enough D.how long people should exercise every day

4.What suggestion did Veerman give?

A.Have a healthy diet. B.Go to the doctor often.

C.Get more exercise instead of watching TV. D.Do some light activities while watching TV.

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