河南省滑县学年高二下学期期末考试英语试题Word文档格式.docx

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Rainforest,,itturnsout,arcnotcreatedequal.TaketheAmazonrainforest.anareathatcover,about7millionsquarekilometers.Butwithinthathugeexpanseareallkindsofecologicalzones,andsomeofthseezones,saysGregAsner.arealotmorecrowdedthanothers.

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SoAsner，usingthesignaturetechniquecalledairbornelaser-guidedimagingspectroscopy，begantomapthesedifferentzonesfromtheair."

Bymappingthetraitsoftropicalforestsfromabove,”heexplains,“weare,forthefirsttime,abletounderstandhowforestcompositionvariesgeographically.”

Theresultsshowupinmulticoloredmaps,witheachcolorrepresentingdifferentkindsofspecies.differentkindsoftrees,thedifferentkindsofchemicalstheyareproducingandusing,andeventheamountofbiodiversily.theanimalandplantspeciesthatlivewithineachzone.

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Thenextstep,Asnersays，istotakehisprojectglobal,andtoputhiseyesevenhigherinthesky,onorbitalsatellites."

ThetechniquewedevelopedandappliedtomapPeruisreadytogoglobal”Asnersaid.“WewanttoputtherequiredinstrumentationonanEarthorbitingsatellite,tomaptheplanettrverymonth,whichwillgivethebestpossibleviewofhowtheworldsbiodiversityischanging,andwheretoputmuchneededprotections.”

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Intheearly1980s，oneofourneigborsaskedmymomifshewouldmakeafewgiftbasketsforherto8iveasgiftsfortheholidays.Mymomagreedandnewsof,heuniquegiftbasketsmymomwasmakingspreadlikewildfirethroughouttheneighborhood.Mymomwasbusythroughouttheholidayseason,sosheaskedafriendtohelpher.Whentheorderscontinuedaftertheholidayseasonforbabygifts,birthdaygiftsandmore,itoccurredtothemthatmaybethisjobcouldbeturnedintoabusinessandtheydidit.

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Artificialintelligencekeepsdefeatinghuman,itismakingcountlessvictoriesagainsthumanindifferentfieldsoflifeandtryingtopushhumantothecorner.

Google'

sDeepMindhasdefeatedtheworld'

snumberoneplayerKeJie.Humanbrainsomehowhasbeenreplacedbyamachineandscientistsareworkingveryhardondevelopingahumanbrainbyimplantingachipandconnectingittothethickneuronthatconnectsthetwohemispheresofthebrain.Well，whodoesn'

twanttogethisbrainupgradedtobeassmartasthebrainofAlbertEinsteinorCharlesDarwin?

Humanswillprobablyonedayinventabrainthatcanbeimplantedinthehumanskullandreprogramallthehumanthoughts,butthisinventiondoesn'

tseemtobehappeningintheforeseeablefuturesincehumanbraintookmillionsofyearstoevolve.Somescientistsbelievethathumanwilldefeatdeathinthenexttwentyhundredyearsbuttheycan'

treallypredicthowlongit'

sgoingtotaketodevelopahumanbrainthatcancompletelyreplacethenaturalbrain.

Despiteofthisaccomplishmentinthefieldofartificialintelligence,itcouldn'

tcreasepeoplefrombelievingthatsciencecan'

tstandalone.Forinstance,AIcanimitatehumanbrainandmostofthetimeoutperformsit,buttherearestillalotofhiddensecrets.AIoutsmartedKeJiebutKeJiehasconsciousnessunliketheAI.KeJiefeltsadwhenhewasdefeatedandburiedhisfaceinhishandsbuttheAIdidn'

tfeelhappyandcelebratehisvictory.

Thecomputerof1960isthesameasthecoroputerof2017intermsofconsciousness,therenosignssofartellingusthatthereiaanalgorithm（运算）thatcanmakeaconsciouscomputeranddecipher（译解）itsfeelings.Wecanpredictwhatthefuturewilllooklikeaccordingtothepast,especiallyfromscientificpointofviewbutthedevelopmentofhumanbrainseemsunpredictableandunknown.

12.Whatinthepossiblemeaningoftheunderlinedword“neuron”inPara.2?

A.thetubethroughwhichbloodflowsinyourbrain

B.thekindofcellthatcarriesinformation

C.thesoftfattysubstanceinthehollowcenterofbones

D.thebonypartofone'

sheadwhichencloseshis/herbrain

13.WhatisParagraph3mainlyabout?

A.Itlookmillionsofyearsforhumanbraintoevolve.

B.Humanswishtogettheirbrainsupgradedtobeassmartaspossible.

C.Humanswillprobablyinventabrainthatcanreprogramallthehumanthoughts.

D.Itishardtodevelopahumanbrainthatcancompletelyreplacethenaturalbrain.

14.“KeJiefeltsadwhenhewasdefeated”ismentionedinPara.4to.

A.showthattheA1hasnohumanem