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News anchors(主播) must have been reluctant to read out the following news: Xin Xiaomeng began working as the world’s first female artificial(人工的) intelligence news anchor at Xinhua News Agency on Sunday, three months after a male robot joined the profession.

Unlike previous news robots though, Xin does not read news like a cold machine; she reads it almost like a human being. The muscles on her face stretch and relax-and her reactions change-as she continues reading. That’s why many news anchors were worried: Will AI replace us in the near future?

To find the answer, we have to analyse the technologies that support Xin at her job. Three key technologies are used to support Xin. First, samples of human voices are collected and synthesized (合成). This is followed by the collection and synthesis of human muscle movement samples. And third the voices and movements are married in a way that when the Al news anchor reads, the micro -electric motors behind her face move to make her expressions seem more human.

Yet we need a thorough knowledge of deep leaning technology to make a robot imitate a person’s voice. The developer needs to collect tens of thousands of pieces of pronunciations, input them Into the machine and match them with the text or the Al to lean and read. The process for imitating facial movements is similar. The developer has to analyse the movements of the 53 muscles in the human face, make a model set from the collected data for the AI news anchor to lean, and imitate the movements of facial muscles via programs

Both the technologies used to make Xin’s performance impressive are mature. The real difficulty lies in the third -the technology to match the pronunciations with facial movements so that Xin expressions vary according to the content of the news report. In fact, Xins expressions don' t always change according to the content. As a result, her expressions look anything but human. Actually. AI is still no match for human qualities.

1. What does the underlined word "reluctant "in the first paragraph mean?

A．Delighted.

B．Unwilling.

C．Confused.

D．Optimistic.

2. What can we infer about previous news robots?

A．They read news without expressions.	B．They looked like a human being
C．They could interview sports stars	D．They could interact with audience.

3. What do we know about the third technology?

A．This technology is very perfect so far

B．This technology is quite popular now

C．This technology remains at the theoretical stage

D．This technology is far from mature.

4. From the last paragraph, we can draw a conclusion that____.

A．human news anchors should learn from AT anchors to save their jobs

B．Al anchors perform much better than human news anchors at present

C．Al news anchors won 't replace human news anchors in the near future

D．Xin Xiaomeng s expressions vary so naturally that they are true to life

3 . In the future, when robots can be used both in homes and in other areas, they could improve the living standards of people.     1     When robots can complete such jobs, people can spend more time with their family and friends.

Experts believe robots can be used on certain jobs to avoid accidents caused by careless behavior of some people. When robots are used on such work, it does not risk any human life due to accidents at the workplace. Human resources can be efficiently used by performing tasks which demand human skills like critical thinking and problem solving.     2    

While some people talk about how robots can be useful to humans, others voice their concerns. When robots become cheaper to produce, employers may prefer to use more robots than humans. As the technology constantly improves the abilities of robots, it could weaken the value of humans.     3     Some may even develop the habit of using robots on tasks that they can easily do. This could create a lazy society.

    4     Without them, the nation’s health care system will break down. There will simply be too many elderly people to care for as the nation faces a decreasing birth rate, an aging population, and the loosening of family ties.     5     Above all, Japan needs its dreams of robots in the home to come true because its immigration policy is anti-immigration.

A．Robots have been widely used in Japan.

B．Many people may rely on robots heavily.

C．They can free people from such tasks as cooking.

D．Most people believe robots have changed their life.

E．Japan sees it as a must to build robots to take care of the elderly.

F．Robots can be also used on low-end jobs like moving heavy things.

G．However, many elderly people would prefer human helpers to robots.

4 . 你校英语社团微信公众号拟向高三学生开展题为“一起向未来”的征文活动，请你写一篇短文投稿。内容包括：
1)未来梦想；2)努力方向；3)展望期待。
注意:1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Together for a Shared Future

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6 . In 1901, H. G. Wells, an English writer, wrote a book describing a trip to the moon. When the explorers landed on the moon, they discovered that the moon was full of underground cities. They expressed their surprise to the “moon people” they met. In turn, the “moon people” expressed their surprise. “Why,” they asked, “are you traveling to outer space when you don’t even use your inner space?”

H. G. Wells could only imagine travel to the moon. In 1969, human beings really did land on the moon. People today know that there are no underground cities on the moon. However, the question that the “moon people” asked is still an interesting one. A growing number of scientists are seriously thinking about it.

Underground systems are already in place. Many cities have underground car parks. In some cities such as Tokyo, Seoul and Montreal, there are large underground shopping areas. The “Chunnel”, a tunnel (隧道) connecting England and France, is now complete.

But what about underground cities? Japan’s Taisei Corporation is designing a network of underground systems, called “Alice Cities”. The designers imagine using surface space for public parks and using underground space for flats, offices, shopping, and so on. A solar dome (太阳能穹顶) would cover the whole city.

Supporters of underground development say that building down rather than building up is a good way to use the earth’s space. The surface, they say, can be used for farms, parks, gardens, and wilderness, H. G. Wells’ “moon people” would agree. Would you?

1. What surprised the explorers in H G Wells’ story ?

A．The moon people’s unique language.

B．The moon people’s friendliness.

C．The moon people’s space technology.

D．The moon people’s underground cities.

2. What does the underlined word “it” (paragraph 2) refer to ?

A．Traveling to outer space.

B．Meeting the “moon people” again.

C．Using the earth’s inner space

D．Discovering the moon’s inner space.

3. What underground systems are already here with us based on the passage?

A．Tunnels, gardens, offices.

B．Gardens, car parks, power stations.

C．Tunnels, car parks, shopping areas.

D．Offices, shopping areas, power stations.

4. What would be the best title for the text?

A．Enjoy living underground	B．Building down, not up
C．Alice Cities—cities of the future	D．Space travel with H. G. Wells

7 . 你们学校校报正在向学生征稿，稿件内容是关于未来的学校。请根据表格中记录的要点写一篇标题为“未来的学校（Future Schools）”的英语文章向校报投稿。
注意：1. 词数100左右；文章的开头已经为你写好，不计入总词数；
2. 可以适当增加细节，使行文连贯；
3. 文中不得透漏个人姓名和学校名称。

School Life: different activities; richer and more interesting; teachers and students get along well

Building and equipment: modern; easy to use; everything run by computer

Subjects: more subjects to choose from; most subjects offered on the Internet

Ways of learning: learn at school or at home; choose teachers

Future Schools

In the future, schools will be different in many ways from what they are now.

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9 . 阅读下面短文,按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求,霍空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。

Robots have been widely used in our daily life. They can be     1     (see) in many factories today and have gone to such far places as     2     moon. Some robots can” see"     3    ( clear). For they use TV cameras as their     4     (eye), Many robots have computer brains, Now they have even come into       5       (we) homes and work as       6     (help) at home , Not only can they do simple jobs for us ,such as     7       (put) things into boxes , but also they can look    8     babies Unlike human beings       9     needy sleep, robots can work 24 hours a day. In the future, with the aid of robots, our life will become much     10     (easy) than before.

10 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1 个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

Every new year of the last decade I set a personal challenge. My goal was       1       (grow) in new ways outside my day-to-day work running Facebook. These       2     (lead) me to learn Mandarin, code an AI assistant for my home, read more books, run a lot more, and get       3     (comfortable) with public speaking.

When I started these challenges, my life was almost all about building the Facebook website. Now there’s so much more to learn. At Facebook, we’re building lots of different apps and technology and we’re handling a lot more social       4     (responsible). And   outside Facebook, I’m a father now and I love spending time with my family, working on our charity and improving at the sports and hobbies I       5     (pick) up over the past years.

This decade I’m going to take       6     longer term focus. Rather than having year-to-year challenges, I’ve tried to think about       7     the world and my life will be like in 2030 so I can make sure I’m focusing       8       those things. By then, if things go well, my daughter Max will be in high school. We’ll have the technology to feel       9       (true) present with another person no matter where they are, and scientific research will have helped cure       10       prevent enough diseases to increase our average life expectancy(平均寿命) by another 2.5 years.