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2022高三上·全国·专题练习
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1 . 阅读下面材料,根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段,使之构成一篇完整的短文。

As Hurricane Lan bore down on Florida, many residents who stayed put found themselves unable to leave even if they tried. For hours they were forced to fight heavy winds and attempt to escape flooding inside long-loved homes that had become frightening, deadly traps. Within days, around 100 deaths in the state would be attributed to the hurricane, many of them were older residents who drowned.

When the water slipped in under the door of their home, it was just a glimmer on the floor, a sign that it was time to go. It was Wednesday, Sept.28, around noon, and Bishop woke up her two brothers, who had been resting after lunch. She pulled the wheelchair up to the oldest, Russell, 67. Her other brother, Todd, 63, could manage with a walker.

Both men had been born with cerebral palsy (脑瘫), and their mental development was like that of a young child. About 10 years ago, they started showing signs of Parkinson’s disease. But they found joy in their surroundings. Todd liked collecting cans at the beach. Russell loved riding the bus and going to parks. Bishop, 61, was their lifeline, their little sister who had long felt an obligation to keep them safe.

“We’ve got to get going!” she shouted to them. She went to open the front door. It would not move. The weight of the water on the other side had made it shut. She rushed to try the door to the garage. It, too, was stuck. That’s when the house began to flood. It went from ankle-deep to knee-deep in less than five minutes. Bishop knew that there was no way out.

Now Bishop and her brothers were trapped. At 12:34 p.m., she called 911 but couldn’t get through. There was no one she could get in touch with. To try her fortune, she texted a neighbor, Walters, who was always there when neighbors were in need, “Water’s coming in.” Around her, she could hear the dining room hutch (餐具柜) tipping and crashing, the china breaking, the refrigerator toppling over.


注意:
(1)续写词数应为150左右;
(2)请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

The only way to go was up, so Bishop guided her two bothers to the stairs.


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Bishop sank into despair, but she noticed it seemed water stopped coming in.


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2023-06-05更新 | 294次组卷 | 4卷引用:人教版2019必修一 Unit 4 同步教材主题读后续写专练
阅读理解-阅读单选(约740词) | 困难(0.15) |
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文章大意:本文是一篇说明文,是《中国:行之有效的民主》的序言部分。序言准确概括了中国民主的鲜明特征:全过程人民民主,实现了过程民主和成果民主、程序民主和实质民主、直接民主和间接民主、人民民主和国家意志相统一,是全链条、全方位、全覆盖的民主,是最广泛、最真实、最管用的社会主义民主。中国不断发展的人民民主制度行之有效,为其他国家提供了借鉴。

2 . Preamble ofChina: Democracy that works

Published by the State Council on December 4, 2021

Democracy is a common value of humanity and an ideal that has always been cherished by the Communist Party of China and the Chinese people.

This year marks the centenary of the CPC. Since its founding in 1921, the Party has taken wellbeing for the Chinese people and the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation as its abiding goals, and has made continuous efforts to ensure the people’s status as masters of the country. China is a country with a feudal (封建的) history dating back several thousand years that descended into a semi-feudal and semi-colonial society after the Opium War of 1840. Over the past hundred years, the Party has led the people in realizing people’s democracy in China. The Chinese people now truly hold in their hands their own future and that of society and the country.

The people’s status as masters of the country is the essence of people’s democracy. Since the 18th CPC National Congress in 2012, with a deeper understanding of China’s path to democracy and the political system, the Party has developed whole-process people’s democracy as a key concept and striven to translate it and relevant democratic values into effective institutions and concrete actions.

Whole-process people’s democracy integrates process-oriented democracy with results-oriented democracy, procedural democracy with substantive (本质上的) democracy, direct democracy with indirect democracy, and people’s democracy with the will of the state. It is a model of socialist democracy that covers all aspects of the democratic process and all sectors of society. It is a true democracy that works.

Democracy is a concrete phenomenon that is constantly evolving. Rooted in history, culture and tradition, it takes diverse forms and develops along the paths chosen by different peoples based on their exploration and innovation.

The best way to evaluate whether a country’s political system is democratic and efficient is to observe whether the succession of its leaders is orderly and in line with the law, whether all the people can manage state and social affairs and economic and cultural undertakings in conformity with legal provisions, whether the public can express their requirements without hindrance, whether all sectors can efficiently participate in the country’s political affairs, whether national decision-making can be conducted in a rational and democratic way, whether people of high caliber in all fields can be part of the national leadership and administrative systems through fair competition, whether the governing party is in charge of state affairs in accordance with the Constitution and the law, and whether the exercise of power can be kept under effective restraint and supervision.

Democracy is not a decorative ornament, but an instrument for addressing the issues that concern the people. Whether a country is democratic depends on whether its people are truly the masters of the country; whether the people have the right to vote, and more importantly, the right to participate extensively; whether they have been given verbal promises in elections, and more importantly, how many of these promises are fulfilled after elections; whether there are set political procedures and rules in state systems and laws, and more importantly, whether these systems and laws are truly enforced; whether the rules and procedures for the exercise of power are democratic, and more importantly, whether the exercise of power is genuinely subject to public scrutiny and checks.

Democracy is the right of the people in every country, rather than the prerogative of a few nations. Whether a country is democratic should be judged by its people, not dictated by a handful of outsiders. Whether a country is democratic should be acknowledged by the international community, not arbitrarily decided by a few self-appointed judges. There is no fixed model of democracy; it manifests itself in many forms. Assessing the myriad political systems in the world against a single yardstick and examining diverse political structures in monochrome are in themselves undemocratic.

In the richly diverse world, democracy comes in many forms. China’s democracy is thriving alongside those of other countries in the garden of civilizations. China stands ready to contribute its experience and strength to global political progress through cooperation and mutual learning.

1. Which of the following is the foundation of people’s democracy in China?
A.Fighting against the feudal power which held the nation backwards.
B.Striving to translate Whole-process democracy and relevant democratic values into effective institutions and concrete actions.
C.Asserting their power to rule the country effectively.
D.Ensuring that the public can express their requirements without hindrance and all sectors can efficiently participate in the country’s political affairs.
2. In which way could we tell if a country is in most aspects,ensuring people’s political life fully democratic?
A.Its democracy being rooted in history, culture and tradition as well as taking diverse forms based on exploration and innovation.
B.Even a little bit of shade from the feudal history has been swept away while continuously revoluting its democracy for the better.
C.Teenagers willing to take an active part in political activities such as the Simulated CPPCC.
D.People are able to exercise their rights within the scope of the law unhinderedly (不受阻地).
3. How can we better enjoy the advantage of Whole-process people’s democracy?
A.Observing whether the succession of its leaders is orderly and in line with the law.
B.Raising our status as masters of the country with concrete actions.
C.Always innovating for a better future, not only for ourselves but also for our democracy.
D.Persisting in the Party’s strong leadership.
4. What is the main idea of this paragraph?
A.A full and accurate foreword introducing existing circumstances of democracy.
B.An informative official document giving people knowledge on democracy in China.
C.An introduction of how democracy works in China.
D.Telling people what are thus how to distinguish various kinds of democracy.
2023-01-12更新 | 1067次组卷 | 3卷引用:专题02 阅读理解(说明文)--2023年新高考八省最新名校联考高一试题汇编
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3 . 阅读下面材料,根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段,使之构成一篇完整的短文。

I was walking on the shore when I suddenly heard someone crying. It just drew my attention and I began to look around. Suddenly I saw a little child sitting on a rock who was crying. It was around twelve at night. “Why is he here? Why is he crying?” I wondered. And above all I couldn’ t see anyone around him, for he was too small to be alone. I approached him, initially he was frightened but I calmed him down and gave him a chocolate to eat. From the way he ate the chocolate I could make this out that he was very hungry.

I felt pity on him, who was a little boy around seven years old. His clothes were all torn. Now he was quite comfortable with me and I asked why he was crying. He told me to look at those waves in the sea and asked how I felt about them. I said they were beautiful. But he made an angry face and said he hated them, because these waves took his parents away. He was just five and since then he started wandering in this unknown city. No one loved him. These words “No one loved him” just took me into a flashback.

I suddenly recollected the dark memories of my life. I recalled that I was an orphan (孤儿) and how a couple adopted me when I was four years old. They did a lot for me, because of them today I am the engineer of the biggest shipping company. They were in a sense my true parents but I was so unfortunate that I lost them in an accident nearly three years ago. I remembered how I always wanted to thank them for what all they did for me but I couldn’t. I felt like this lttle boy was at the same situation like mine when I was a four-year old little kid.

注意:1.续写词数应为150左右;
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

Now it was my turn I told the little boy about my little old sad story and what I am today.

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Now there was a different kind of peace that we both could feel on this shore.

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2023-01-04更新 | 116次组卷 | 2卷引用:专题07 读后续写--2023年新高考八省最新名校联考高一试题汇编
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4 . 阅读下面材料,根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段,使之构成一个完整的短文。

There are lots of chances in front of us. Whether you can seize them or not depends on the choices you make. This reminds me of one choice I made during my childhood.

Two tickets. Only two tickets to the final basketball game.

Three pairs of eyes focused on the tickets in Dad’s out-stretched hand. Mike, the oldest, asked the question running through everyone’s mind, “Only one ticket for us three? But, Dad, which of us will go with you?” Avery, the youngest, repeated the question quietly. I asked Dad if there was any chance to get more tickets. I might be the middle sister, but I was just as eager as my basketball-crazy brothers for a night out with Dad. Dad said he’d got the tickets from a friend and there were only two available.

Seeing that none of us would give up the chance, Dad told us he would choose which of the three of us deserved to go by the following morning.

The next morning, we hurried into the kitchen and looked for Dad, only to find that he had gone out. We were told to get started on our Saturday cleanup as soon as we finished breakfast. Mike complained that he couldn’t concentrate on chores with the game a mere eleven hours away. He slurped the last of his milk, grabbed the basketball and headed towards the back door. Avery dashed after his brother. Before I realized it, the door snapped shut. I glanced out the window and saw Mike practicing his shot while Avery cheered him on.

Seeing the mess on the breakfast table—the leftovers on the sticky plates and dirty cups, I felt frustrated. I approached the window and knocked on it. When the boys looked at me, I held up a kitchen sponge and dishtowel. Mike casually nodded to me and held up five fingers. Sure, five more minutes! I didn’t believe they would return to do the cleanup in five minutes, especially in Dad’s absence. Apparently, they had made their choice.

注意:
1. 所续写短文的词数应为150左右;
2. 续写部分分两段,每段的开头语已为你写好。
Paragraph 1:

Anyway, I chose to do the Saturday morning chores on my own.

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Paragraph 2:

Dad was happy to know I found the ticket he had hidden in the cupboard.

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2022-10-28更新 | 407次组卷 | 6卷引用:名校好题高一期中分类汇编-读后续写
阅读理解-六选四(约520词) | 困难(0.15) |
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文章大意:本文是说明文。文章探讨了人类与其他动物的不同。

5 . If We Are Not Just Animals, What Are We?

Philosophers and theologians (神学家) in the Christian tradition have long regarded human beings as separate from the other animals by the presence of the divine spark (神圣的火花) that is believed to exist within them. This inner source of illumination, the soul, is something that can never be grasped from without, and, as such, must be something that is detached in some fundamental manner from the natural order of things such that the soul continues to exist even after the death of the body, perhaps taking wing for some supernatural place following its demise (死亡).

Recent advances in genetics, neuroscience and evolutionary psychology have all but killed off this idea.     1     For quite clearly, although we are animals, bound in the web of causality (因果关系) that joins us to the zoosphere, we are not just animals.

This fundamental question is as relevant to the philosophical inquiry of today as it had been for the ancient Greeks. In a thousand different ways, we have drawn and continue to draw distinctions between ourselves and the rest of nature.     2     We believe that people have rights, that they have sovereignty (完全独立的) over their own lives, and that those who live by enslaving (使成为奴隶) or abusing others are denying their own humanity.

Evolutionary psychologists tell another story. Morality, they argue, is an adaptation. If organisms (生物体) compete for resources, a strategy of cooperation will be more successful in the long run than a strategy of pure selfishness. Cooperative features of an organism will therefore be selected over time. And all that is special in the human condition can be understood in this way — as the outcome of a long process of adaptation that has given us the unbeatable advantage of morality, whereby we can resolve our conflicts without fighting and adjust to the demands that upset us from every side.

The astonishing moral equipment of the human being — including rights and duties, personal obligations, justice, resentment (憎恨), judgment, forgiveness — is the deposit (沉积物) left by millenniums of conflict.     3     It is an evolved mechanism whereby the human organism proceeds through life sustained on every side by bonds of mutual interest.

I am fairly confident that the picture painted by the evolutionary psychologists is true, but I am also convinced that this is not the whole truth.     4     We human beings do not see one another as animals see one another, as fellow members of a species. We relate to one another not as objects but as subjects, as creatures who address one another “I” to “you.”

By speaking in the first person, we can make statements about ourselves, answer questions, and engage in reasoning and advice in ways that avoid all the normal methods of discovery. As a result, we can participate in dialogues founded on the assurance that, when you and I both speak sincerely, what we say is trustworthy: We are “speaking our minds.” This is the heart of the I-You encounter. Hence as persons we live in a life-world that is not reducible (可简化的) to the world of nature, any more than the life in a painting is reducible to the lines and colors from which it is composed.

A.We have built up our lives according to the ways in which we have sought to distinguish ourselves from the natural world.
B.It does not take into account what is precisely the most important thing — the individual human subject.
C.Almost all people believe that it is a crime to kill an innocent human, but not to kill an innocent tapeworm.
D.However, they have simultaneously raised the question of what exactly should be put in its place.
E.Philosophy has the task of describing the world in which we live — not the world as science describes it, but the world as it is represented in our mutual dealings.
F.Morality is like a field of flowers, beneath which lie the thousand-layer deep pile of the countless bodies of prior conflicts.
2022-06-26更新 | 219次组卷 | 2卷引用:上海市高一年级-六选四名校好题
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文章大意:这是一篇说明文。主要介绍了集体主义文化实际上在特定类型的创造性思维方面做得更好。

6 . Group-Centered Societies Have Just as Much Creativity

What does culture have to do with creativity? The answer could be “a lot”. For decades, psychologists trying to understand the roots of creative imaginations have looked at the ways in which two different types of cultures can come to have an effect over its artistic and _________ output. Individualistic cultures encourage people to be unique and to _________ their own interests even if doing so comes at a cost to the group overall. Collectivistic cultures are based on relationships and duties to other people. These types of cultures often _________ the individual’s wants for the needs of those who are close to them or for those in their community.

Individualism has long been thought to have a creative _________. Individualists _________ social convention, the logic goes, and that pushback supports innovation. For instance, around the world, individualistic cultures have more patents than collectivistic cultures do. _________, a new study suggests that these ideas about culture and creativity could be off base. People in collectivistic cultures actually do better with a particular type of creative thinking than those in individualistic cultures. And the findings overall reveal the shortcomings of thinking about innovation too _________.

The new work comes from comparing communities in different parts of China. Though it scores high, as a nation, on measures of cultural _________, China’s 1.4 billion people are more than just a single culture. People from areas north of the Yangtze River tend to be more _________, open to strangers and self-confident, whereas people along the river and farther south are often more inter-dependent, partial to friends over strangers and likely to try harder to __________.

In the new creativity study, researchers investigated innovation with these two groups in mind. The team used a drawing test that had been created by psychologists. They gave kids a sheet of paper with just a few basic elements printed on it: some dots here, squiggles (弯曲的线条) there, and a rectangle that suggested a drawing frame. The children got 15 minutes to use the elements already on the page to draw whatever they wanted. They could get “adaptive creativity” points for doodling in ways that connected the squiggles and lines into an original and __________ image. In addition, a judge checked whether the children chose to incorporate a small shape that could be found just outside the rectangular. This element was easy to __________, so those who included this outside-the-box detail could get points for “boundary-breaking creativity.”

The researchers gave the test to 683 middle school students from north and south of the Yangtze River. When the scientists got the scores back, they discovered that there were no differences in the children’s overall creativity. When they broke down the results into components, they found that students from collectivistic regions scored __________ in adaptive creativity while those from individualistic areas did better in boundary-breaking creativity.

The findings are also a warning against cultural chauvinism (极端民族主义). Western countries have tended to lead the way in innovation — at least as defined by the metrics (指标) we Westerners have created. Perhaps we have been __________ China’s adaptive creativity. For example, while the country may not have invented the assembly line, it is largely thanks to the __________ its people have made to this system that the country has such a thriving manufacturing sector today.

1.
A.theoreticalB.inventiveC.productiveD.regular
2.
A.prioritizeB.depriveC.tolerateD.abandon
3.
A.satisfyB.stimulateC.cherishD.sacrifice
4.
A.shelterB.edgeC.borderD.alternative
5.
A.embraceB.proposeC.resistD.create
6.
A.HoweverB.ThereforeC.MeanwhileD.Moreover
7.
A.broadlyB.objectivelyC.seriouslyD.narrowly
8.
A.individualismB.identityC.collectivismD.flexibility
9.
A.selfishB.collectiveC.individualisticD.realistic
10.
A.fall apartB.fit inC.give inD.show off
11.
A.separateB.uglyC.unifiedD.tiny
12.
A.catchB.missC.targetD.misuse
13.
A.higherB.averagelyC.lowerD.vaguely
14.
A.capturingB.approachingC.imitatingD.overlooking
15.
A.improvementsB.drawbacksC.insightsD.attempts
2022-06-26更新 | 824次组卷 | 4卷引用:上海市高一年级-完形填空名校好题
完形填空(约370词) | 困难(0.15) |
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文章大意:本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了像迁移学习这样的小数据方法比数据密集型“大数据”更有优势,但它还需要得到认可,才会有更多的资源来支持它的广泛使用。

7 . ‘Small Data’ Are Also Crucial for Machine Learning

Many people relate “artificial intelligence” with “big data.” There’s a reason for that: some of the most prominent AI breakthroughs in the past decade have relied on enormous data sets. Image _________ made great progress in the 2010s thanks to the development of ImageNet, a data set containing millions of images hand sorted into thousands of categories. More recently, GPT-3, a language model, was trained on _________ online texts to produce humanlike text in Jan, 2021. So it is not surprising to see AI being tightly connected with “big data” in the _________ imagination. But AI is not only about large data sets, and research in “small data” approaches has grown extensively over the past decade. The so-called transfer learning serves as an especially _________ example.

Also known as “fine-tuning,” transfer learning is helpful in settings where you have _________ data on the task of interest but abundant data on a related problem. You need to first train a model using a big data set and then retrain slightly using a smaller one related to your _________ problem. A research team working on German-language speech recognition, _________, showed that they could improve their results by starting with an English-language speech model trained on a larger data set. Then, they used transfer learning to _________ that model for a smaller data set of German-language audio.

Small data approaches such as transfer learning are more _________ than more data-intensive methods. They can promote progress in areas where little or no data exist, such as in forecasting natural hazards that occur relatively __________. In this context, small data approaches will become increasingly important as more organizations look to diversify AI application areas and invest in previously __________ fields.

Despite the progress in research, transfer learning has received relatively little __________. While many machine learning experts are likely familiar with it at this point, the existence of techniques such as transfer learning does not seem to have reached the awareness of the broader space of policymakers in positions of making important decisions about AI funding and __________.

As long as the success of small data technique like transfer learning is __________, resources can be allocated to support their widespread use. In that case, we can help correct the popular __________ regarding the role of data in AI and foster innovation in new directions.

1.
A.standardB.classificationC.qualityD.acquisition
2.
A.writtenB.limitedC.spokenD.abundant
3.
A.moralB.visualC.literaryD.popular
4.
A.complicatedB.interestingC.promisingD.distinguished
5.
A.extraB.differentC.availableD.few
6.
A.personalB.specificC.technicalD.potential
7.
A.in additionB.or ratherC.in particularD.for example
8.
A.adjustB.inventC.followD.check
9.
A.definiteB.advantageousC.complexD.precise
10.
A.remotelyB.severelyC.ultimatelyD.rarely
11.
A.underexploredB.underestimatedC.underpopulatedD.underqualified
12.
A.guidanceB.respectC.supervisionD.visibility
13.
A.publicationB.adoptionC.trackingD.polishing
14.
A.celebratedB.evaluatedC.recognizedD.diversified
15.
A.challengeB.concernC.fearD.misunderstanding
2022-06-26更新 | 832次组卷 | 3卷引用:上海市高一年级-完形填空名校好题
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8 . 传统节日端午节越来越近了。假如你是李华,请你以“Rice Dumplings: a taste that is out of this world!”为题写一篇文章放到你的微博上。内容包括:
1、粽子的种类与制作;
2、与亲人们制作粽子过程的美好时刻。
注意:词数100字左右
参考词汇:芦苇叶 reed leaf;粽子 make rice dumplings

Rice Dumplings: a taste that is out of this world!


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9 . 阅读下面短文,根据所给情节进行续写,使之构成一个完整的故事。

Alexander sang all the time. He simply liked singing and practiced it all the time. He sang in the shower, and he sang while he walked to school. Personally, Alexander believed his voice was imperfect. “There will be tryouts for boys’ choir this weekend in our school,” he heard Kevin announcing in class.

Everyone around school knew Kevin had a fantastic sing voice. More importantly, warm-hearted and helpful, Kevin was always generous to give someone a hand.

With the tryouts in mind and an initial surge of interest, he kept imagining himself as a member of the boys’ choir, his heart thudding (砰砰直跳). However, he would explode with anxiety when he thought of singing with others. After school, walking slowly, he debated (反复思考) whether to attend it, for fear of being a drag (拖累) on others. “It would be nice if I could solo (独唱)” he thought to himself. Just then, out of the room walked Kevin, whose eyes brimmed with smile. Kevin patted his shoulder and whispered, “Let’s sign up together.” Inspired, Alexander signed his name.

The next morning, Alexander came to the tryouts. Taking a deep breath, he walked into the building, and then noticed the other boys who were all practicing delightfully. Alexander was seated on the chair alone, looking at other competitors nervously and not knowing how to join them.

Later, the choir director walked in and declared:“The whole selection process includes the individual performance and the group singing” Immediately things started. When Alexander’s turn came, his voice filled the room, loud and clear. He felt satisfied when he was done. After a short pleasure, however, the fear of singing with others flickered across his mind, casting him a surge of gloom.


注意:
1.所续写短文的词数应为100左右;
2.应使用3个以上短文标有下划线的关键词语
3.续写部分为1段,开头语已为你写好:
4.续写完成后,请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词。

Then came the group singing.


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2022-04-26更新 | 142次组卷 | 2卷引用:人教版2019必修一 Unit 3 同步教材主题读后续写专练
21-22高一下·上海·阶段练习
阅读理解-阅读单选(约470词) | 困难(0.15) |
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文章大意:本文是一篇说明文。文章论述了自动化汽车基于目前的算法而存在的局限性,不能理解物体的持久性,即缺乏对事物的深层次理解,以及研究人员对此进行的技术改进。

10 . By the age of seven months, most children have learned that objects still exist even when they are out of sight. Put a toy under a blanket and a child that old will know it is still there, and that he can reach underneath the blanket to get it back. This understanding, of “object permanence”, is a normal developmental milestone, as well as a basic tenet of reality. It is also something that self-driving cars do not have. And that is a problem. For a self-driving car, a bicycle that is momentarily hidden by a passing van is a bicycle that has ceased to exist.

This failing is basic to the now-widespread computing discipline that has arrogated to itself the slightly misleading moniker of artificial intelligence (AI). Current AI, based on the idea of machine learning, works by building up complex statistical models of the world, but it lacks a deeper understanding of reality. Similar techniques are used to train self-driving cars to operate in traffic. Cars thus learn how to obey lane markings, avoid other vehicles, hit the brakes at a red light and so on. But they do not understand many things a human driver takes for granted—that other cars on the road have engines and four wheels, or that they obey traffic regulations (usually) and the laws of physics (always). And they do not understand object permanence.

In a recent paper in Artificial Intelligence, Mehul Bhatt of Orebro University, in Sweden, describes a different approach. He and his colleagues took some existing AI programs which are used by self-driving cars and bolted onto them a piece of software called a symbolic-reasoning engine.

Instead of approaching the world probabilistically, as machine learning does, this software was programmed to apply basic physical concepts to the output of the programs that process signals from an autonomous vehicle's sensors. This modified output was then fed to the software which drives the vehicle. The concepts involved included the ideas that discrete objects continue to exist over time, that they have spatial relationships with one another-such as “in-front-of” and “behind”—and that they can be fully or partly visible, or completely hidden by another object. The improvement was not huge, but it proved the principle. And it also yielded something else. For, unlike a machine-learning algorithm, a reasoning engine can tell you the reason why it did what it did. A machine-learning program cannot do that. Besides helping improve program design, such information will, Dr Bhatt reckons, help regulators and insurance companies. It may thus speed up public acceptance of autonomous vehicles.

1. Why does the author mention a bicycle hidden by a van in the first paragraph?
A.To show the self-driving car isn't as able to know an object permanently exists as a 7-month-old child.
B.To make a comparison between a self-driving car and a bicycle that can for a moment cease to exist.
C.To consolidate the problem a self-driving car has as opposed to a 7-month-old child.
D.To verify the fact that a self-driving car isn't as intelligent as a 7-month-old child.
2. What do we know about current AI technology?
A.It fails as a misleading computing discipline used on self-driving cars.
B.It basically works on machine learning which is effective to train cars how to operate in traffic.
C.It is not that intelligent compared with the real human intelligence, hence the name AI.
D.It can teach cars many things except the reasons why they have engines and four wheels.
3. If a car is fitted with a reasoning engine, what can the car possibly do?
A.When an accident is around the corner, the car automatically alarms the driver.
B.If the car momentarily blocked the sight of another, it could predict and take steps to avoid bumping.
C.The car can make up reasons for hitting the brakes when a bicycle hidden by a van is about to appear.
D.When you are at a loss how you can make it to the destination, the car can always figure out the best route.
4. What can be the best title of the passage?
A.Is reasoning-engine better than machine learning?
B.Is it smarter than a seven-month-old?
C.Al---a misleading moniker
D.The self-reflection of a self-driving car
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