中考英语阅读理解专题练习《热点话题》含答案.docx

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中考英语阅读理解专题练习《热点话题》含答案

2020年中考英语阅读理解专题练习《热点话题》

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Passage1（2019台州）

Brookewantedadoll

houseandsomesugarcookies.Sothe6yearoldaskedAlexatogetthem.Alexawasn'thermomorbabysitter.ItwasavoiceactivatedhomeassistantpoweredbyAI（人工智能）.AnditmadeBrooke'swishescometrue.Afewdayslater,muchtoherparents'surprise,a$170dollhouseandfourpoundsofcookiesshowedup.Theyatethecookiesandgaveawaythedollhousetoalocalhospital.Andthat'snottheendofthestory.WhenanewsreportertoldthestoryofwhathappenedonTV,Alexadevices（设备）inmanylisteners'homeswokeupandtriedtoorderdollhouses!

Alexaisn'ttheonlyAIwillingtoserveyou.AppleHomepodhasSiri,GoogleHomehasitsAssistant,andtheupcomingGalaxyHomedevicewillhaveBixby.Peoplewhohavethesedevicesusethemmainlyforlisteningtomusic,checkingtheweather,andsettingtimers.AccordingtoareportfromTheInformation,nowadaysvoiceshoppingisrare.Butmanyscientistspredictaboom（增长）invoiceshoppinginthenearfuture.Isthatagoodthing?

________.Youcanshoutoutanorderassoonasyouthinkofit,evenifyouarecooking,cleaning,o

rdriving.Inaddition,peoplewithdisabilitieswhoareunabletouseakeyboardormousecanshopwithoutanyhelp.

Butvoiceshoppinghasitsdisadvantages.Unwanteddollhousesaren'tthebiggestproblem.It'susuallyveryeasytocancelanorderorreturnproducts.Thethingt

hatworriessomepeopleisthattheseassistantsarealwayslistening.Theyhavetobeabletorespondwhenyouwantthem.Sotheylistenfor“Alexa”or“OKGoogle”oranotherorder.Whentheyhearit,theystartrecordingtheconversation.Somehaveworriedaboutwhathappenstotheserecordings.Shouldcompaniesbeallowedtousethemtolearnaboutpeople'sshoppinghabits?

Andwhatifsomeonehacks（入侵）thedevice?

TheCIAfoundawaytohacksmartTVstoturnthemintospiesthatlistenallthetime.Otherscoulddothesamewithanysmartdevice.

Whatdoyouthink?

Areyoureadytostartvoiceshopping?

（）1.Fromthepassage,weknowthatAlexa________．

A.canlookafterthebabyB.cancookdeliciousfood

C.isatoydollsoldonlineD.isonekindofAIdevice

（）2.Theunderlinedword“rare”inParagraph2probablymeans________．

A.unusualB.expensiveC.harmfulD.impossible

（）3.Whichofthefollowingisthebesttofillinthe“________”inParagraph3?

A.Convenienceisthemainadvantageofvoiceshopping

B.Thecostofvoiceshoppingislowerthanotherways

C.Thepopularityofvoiceshoppingisincreasing

D.Thetechnologyofvoiceshoppingneedsimproving

（）4.Paragraph4mainlytellsusthat________whenpeopletryvoiceshopping.

A.AIsometimesforgetspeople'sorders

B.personalinformationmightbehacked

C.it'sdifficulttocancelorreturnproducts

D.theneedsforproductscan'tbesatisfied

Passage2（2019宿迁）

Technologyisdevelopingfastandithasbecomeanimportantpartofourlife.Thenwhatwilltheworldbelikeinthefuture?

3Dfoodwillbebothdeliciousandnutritious（有营养的）.Wecanuse3Dprinterstoprintsomebasicmaterials.__①__Andwecangofurther.Scientistsbelievethatwejustneedtoturnonaprinterinthekitchensandthenwecanenjoyourfavouritefoodwheneverwelike.

__②__5Gnetworkwillallowmanymorepeopletogetinformation.BigcompanieslikeChinaMobileandChinaUnicomwillstarttooffer5G.Itissaidthat5Gpromisesdownloadspeeds10to20timesfasterthan4G.Forexample,wecandownloadafilmwithinjust1second.Butwitha4Gnetwork,ittakesafewminutes.Therewillbemuchbandwidth（带宽）andwecangetunlimited（无限的）information.

Underwatercitieswillprovidemorespace.Theearthisbecomingmoreandmorecrowded.Wemayturntounderwaterhomes,whichwillbebuiltaslowas15kilometersbelowthesea.Andthedifferenttemperaturesatthedifferentdepths（深度）oftheseacanbeusedtoprovidepowerforthehomes.

__③__Foruscommonpeopleontheearth,thedreamoftravellingaroundspacewillcometrue.Inthecomingyears,spacecraftwillbeaspopularasbuses,trainsandplanes.Wecanleaveourhomeandenterspacetotakeanadventure（冒险）.Andevenwewillgetusedtolivingthere.

Arobotwillbeapartoflife.Robotscandomanyofthesamethingsaswehumansdolikedrivingcars.Buttheywillbeusedinotherareasaswell.Theywillbeabletothink.Theycantellthedifferencebetweenrightandwrong.Theycanfeelsadnessorjoy.Whenwearelonely,theycanhave

atalkwithuslikerealfriends.

__④__Inaword,justasJulesVernesaid,“Anythingonemancanimagine,othermencanmakereal.”

（）1.Accordingtothepassage,whichofthefollowingstatementsaboutthefutureworldisTRUE?

A.3Dfoodwillbeeasytomakebutwon'ttastegood.

B.With5G,userswillgetonlyalittleinformation.

C.Underwatercitieswillprovidemorelivingspace.

D.Arobotwilldoeverythingforushumanbeings.

（）2.Wherecanthesentence“Spacetourwillbeapieceofcake.”beput?

A.①B.②C.③D.④

（）3.Whatcanweinfer（推断）fromthepassage?

A.Peoplewillliveahardlifeinthefuture

B.Technologywillmakeourfuturebetter.

C.Peoplewillhavenorealfriendsinthefuture.

D.Technologywillmakenodifferencetoourfuture.

（）4.Wheredoesthepassageprobablycomefrom?

A.Astorybook.B.Afilmposter.

C.Atravelguide.D.Asciencemagazine.

Passage3（2019绍兴）

TohelpJapanesecompaniesbetterdealwiththeincreasingnumberofforeignersvisitingthecountry,Panasonichascreatedamegaphone（扩音器）whichisabletosmartlytranslateJapaneseintoEnglish,ChineseandKorean.

Panasonicnamedtheproduct“Megahonyaku”.ItisatermfortheJapanesewordsfor“megaphone”and“translate”，whichactuallymakesalotofsensebecauseit'samegaphonethatcantranslateJapaneseintoseveralotherlanguagesinrealtime.WhenauserspeaksJapaneseintothemegaphone,itrecognizes（辨认）andtranslateswhatisbeingsaidimmediately,andoutputsthewordsinEnglish,ChineseorKorean.

Itsoundsamazing,andseeingitinactioniswonderful,butMegahonyakuisnotgoodenough.Itcannottranslateeverythingyousay,asitonlystores300commonexpressions,like“Thetrainhasbeenputoff”or“Watchyourstep”.However,theJapanesecompanybehindMegahonyakupromisestoaddnewexpressionsregularly,whichuserscangetontheInternet.

Themachinewasdesignedtobeusedinplacesliketransportstations,airportsandplacesofinterest,wherequickandexactannouncementsareneededmost.Around30Japaneseorganizations,includingthepoliceandguides,havebeentryingoutMegahonyakuforaboutoneyear,butPanasonicsaysitwillcomeontothemarketonDecember20th.Insteadofsellingthesespeechtranslators,Panasonicplansonrenting（出租）themoutforlessthan$183amonthonathreeyearagreement,andofferingusersfutureimprovementsandnecessaryservices.

Panasonichasalsosaidthatitmayaddsupportforotherlanguages,likeRussian,dependingon

customers'needs.Megahonyakualsoincludesatouchscreenthatallowsuserstochoosethelanguagetheyneedtheirspeechtranslatedinto.

（）1.PanasonichasproducedMegahonyakusothat________.

A.guides

cantranslateChineseintoJapanesefaster

B.Japanesecompaniescanreceiveforeignersbetter

C.foreignerscantalkwiththeJapanesefreely

D.theJapanesecanlearnotherlanguageseasily

（）2.Thethirdparagraphismainlyaboutthe________ofMegahonyaku.

A.inventionB.importanceC.disadvantageD.history

（）3.ItcanbelearntfromParagraph4thatMegahonyaku________．

A.maybepopularwiththepolice

B.iswidelyusedinprivatehomes

C.willbesoldonDecember20th

D.storesabout30foreignlanguages

（）4.Accordingtothepassage,Panasonicwill________inthefuture.

A.sellMegahon

yakutoforeignvisitors

B.bringdownthepriceofMegahonyaku

C.changethescreenofMegahonyaku

D.improveMegahonyakuregularly

Passage4（2019广安）

Artificialintelligence（AI）（人工智能）istheabilityofacomputerprogramoramachine.ThecomputerorthemachinewithAIcanthinkandlearn.Itisalsoafieldofstudythattriestomakecomputers“smart”.JohnMcCarthy,ascientist,cameupwith（提出）thename“artificialintelligence”over60yearsago.Manythingssuchaslearningandproblemsolvingcanbedonebycomputers,thoughnotinthesamewayaspeopledo.

AnunusualgoalofAIresearchistocreatespecialcomputerprograms.Theycanlearn,solveproblems,andthinklogically（逻辑地）.Atpresent,AIcansuccessfullyunderstandhumanspeech,recognize（识别）humanfaces,operateselfdrivingcarsandcompeteinsomegamesystemslikeplayingChess.However,somepeopleconsider（认为）AIadangertohumansifitdevelopstooquickly.AfamousBritishscientistalsowasnotforthiskindoftechnology.

MathisthebasiclanguageofAI.Ifstudentsaregoodatmath,theywillbemorelikelytobecomesuccessfulAIdesigners（设计者）inthefuture.Weneednotonlybrightstudentsbutalsoaverage（普通的）students.Asfor（对于）averagestudents,iftheygetenoughmathskills,theycanalsobecomesuccessfulAIdesigners.Besides,agoodknowledgeofcomputerscienceisalsonecessaryforAIdesigning.

Scientistshopetocreatecreative（有创造力的）andemotional（有情感的）AI.TheAIcanpossiblyunderstandhumanfeelingsorcreateart.Manywaysandtoolshavebeentriedtodiscoverthiswideandexcitingfield.

（）1.FromParagraph1,weknowthat________．

A.allproblemscanbesolvedbycomputers

B.machineswithAIcanthinkandlearn

C.AIhasbeenaroundforonly6

0years

D.AIworksinthesamewayaspeople

（）2.Accordingtothepassage,whatcan'tAIdoatpresent?

A.Understandhumanspeech.

B.Operateselfdr