Question

【题目】The legal age for smoking in Japan is 20 and as the country' s 570,000 tobacco vending machines ( 自动售货机) prepare for a July regulation requiring them to ensure buyers are not minors, a company has developed a ______ to identify age by studying facial features.

By having the customer look into a digital camera ______ to the machine, Fujitaka Co's system will ______ facial characteristics, such as wrinkles surrounding the eyes, bone structure and skin sags (松弛), to the facial data of over 100,000 people, Hajime Yamamoto, a company spokesman said.

"With face ______ , so long as you've got some change and you are an adult, you can buy cigarettes like before. The problem of ______ borrowing (identification) cards to purchase cigarettes could be ______ as well," Yamamoto said.

But due to concerns about its accuracy, the facial identification method has yet to be ______ .

Yamamoto said the system could ______ identify about 90 percent of the ______ , with the remaining 10 percent sent to a "grey zone" for minors that look ______ , and baby-faced adults, where they would be asked to insert their driving license.

【1】A. system B. machine C. program D. monitor

【2】A. added B. attached C. covered D. devoted

【3】A. prefer B. adjust C. lead D. compare

【4】A. features B. structure C. recognition D. expression

【5】A. students B. youths C. adults D. minors

【6】A. avoided B. clarified C. raised D. improved

【7】A. corrected B. approved C. updated D. spread

【8】A. completely B. correctly C. specifically D. partly

【9】A. smokers B. sellers C. lookers-on D. users

【10】A. older B. younger C. wiser D. nicer

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】B

【3】D

【4】C

【5】D

【6】A

【7】B

【8】B

【9】D

【10】A

【解析】

本文是一篇说明文。文章主要讲述日本发明购烟者年龄自动识别装置。

【1】考查名词词义辨析。A. system系统；B. machine机器；C. program项目；D. monitor监控。从第二段及最后一段第一句可以判断：一家日本公司研制出一套年龄识别体系。故选A。

【2】考查动词词义辨析。A. added加；B. attached附上；C. covered覆盖；D. devoted 致力于。attach to 所附的。附在机器上的数码相机。其他三个选项不符合语境。故选B。

【3】考查动词词义辨析。A. prefer较喜欢；B. adjust调整；C. lead带领；D. compare 比较。compare ... to ... 与……相比较。系统将面部特征与十万多人的面部数据进行对比。其他三个选项动词尽管可以和to连用，但不符合语境。故选D。

【4】考查名词词义辨析。A. features特征；B. structure构造；C. recognition识别；D. expression表情。选项C符合语境。带有面部识别。故选C。

【5】考查名词词义辨析。A. students学生；B. youths年轻人；C. adults成人；D. minors未成年人。从文章第一句及最后一句可以判断。本文首句提到吸烟的合法年龄是20岁，自动售货机要确保购买者不是未成年人。故选D。

【6】考查动词词义辨析。A. avoided避免；B. clarified澄清；C. raised提高；D. improved改善。年龄识别系统可以避免未成年人借用身份证购买香烟的问题。故选A。

【7】考查动词词义辨析。A. corrected更正；B. approved批准；C. updated更新；D. spread传播。因涉及到准确性问题，这套面部识别方法还有待批准。故选B。

【8】考查副词词义辨析。A. completely完全地；B. correctly正确地；C. specifically具体地；D. partly部分地。该系统能正确识别出约90%的使用者。故选B。

【9】考查名词词义辨析。A. smokers吸烟者；B. sellers售货者；C. lookers-on旁观者；D. users使用者。从第一段to ensure buyers are not minors判断，该系统识别的是使用自动售货机购买。故选D。

香烟者。故选users。

【10】考查形容词词义辨析。A. older更老的；B. younger更年轻的；C. wise更聪明的；D. nicer更好的。从baby-faced adults可得提示。有10%的长相显老的未成年人和娃娃脸的成年人进入“灰色地带”。 故选A。