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【题目】 One of China’s top technology companies is trying to push the artificial intelligence (人工智能，简称AI) by teaching computers to understand scenes from the 1990’s romance-disaster (灾难) Titanic.

The technology, from China company Sense Time, is supposed to distinguish (辨别) Titanic’s romantic scenes from disaster scenes. Although most humans would have no problem distinguishing Jack and Rose’s deep love from the Titantic’s sinking, the scene is highly complex for computers.

In a show at MIT Technology Review’s EmTech Digital meeting in San Francisco last Monday, the technology performed well and was able to sort the scenes correctly. It points out the progress of artificial intelligence, but also how far it still has to go before being able to understand more difficult movie scenes outside of public shows.

Dahua Lin, the director of a joint research lab between SenseTime and the Chinese University of Hong Kong where he’s also a professor, played a video of the scene from Titanic in which Jack gently holds Rose as she stands over the bow (船首) of the ship like she’s flying. Below the video was a small chart showing whether the company’s computers thought the scene was romantic or action – packed. After processing data, probably taken from thousands of videos and pictures stills in video clips (剪辑)，the computer determined that the scene was more “romantic” than a “disaster”. Then later, when Lin showed the clip of the Titanic sinking, the computers quickly named the scene as more of a “disaster” than “romantic”.

【1】The underlined word “complex” in this passage probably means “_______”in Chinese.

A.高科技的B.容易的C.复杂的

【2】What’s the main idea of Paragraph Three?

A.The technology performed well in the show.

B.The technology can understand more difficult movie scenes outside of public shows.

C.Artificial intelligence has made great progress but still has a long way to go.

【3】Besides being a director, what other job does Dahua Lin have according to the passage?

A.A cleanerB.A professorC.An engineer

【4】How do the computers feel about the scene when Lin showed the clip of the Titanic sinking?

A.It is a romance.B.It is a disaster.C.It is neither a disaster nor a romance

【5】Where can you probably see this passage?

A.In a storybook.B.In a magazine about AI.C.In a travel magazine.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】C

【3】B

【4】B

【5】B

【解析】

中国最顶尖的科技公司之一正试图通过教计算机理解20世纪90年代浪漫灾难故事——泰坦尼克号的场景来推动人工智能。

【1】词句猜测题。划线词前面的句子“Although most humans would have no problem distinguishing Jack and Rose’s deep love from the Titantic’s sinking”和划线单词所在句“the scene is highly complex for computers.”存在着转折关系。前面说的是：大多数人都可以毫无疑问地将杰克和罗斯的深爱与泰坦尼克号的沉没区分开来。因为转折关系，可推测后面说的应该是：对电脑来说区分就很复杂。故选C。

【2】细节理解题。本段指出了人工智能的成绩和进步，但是人工智能还有很长的路要走。故选C。

【3】细节理解题。根据文中的句子“Dahua Lin, the director of a joint research lab between SenseTime and the Chinese University of Hong Kong where he’s also a professor”可知，Dahua Lin也是实验室的教授。故选B。

【4】细节理解题。根据文文章的最后一句“Then later, when Lin showed the clip of the Titanic sinking, the computers quickly named the scene as more of a “disaster” than “romantic””，句子的意思是说：当展示泰坦尼克号沉没的片段时，电脑很快将这一场景命名为“灾难”而非“浪漫”。可知，电脑判断的是灾难。故选B。

【5】推理判断题。本文主要讲述的是人工智能。可推测应该是能从有关人工智能杂志上看到这篇文章。故选B。

要通过单词的前后文来猜测单词的意思。本题中的第一题就是利用前面的句子来猜测单词complex的意思，是通过划线词前后句的对比得来的。正是因为划线词前说的：大部分人都可以将杰克和罗斯的深爱与泰坦尼克号的沉没区分开来，但是对电脑来说，区分是复杂的。从而得到complex“复杂的”。