2018届高三英语第一次调研试题（带答案
广东省惠州市）
惠州市2018届高三第一次调研考试试卷英语（2017.06）第I卷
第二部分阅读理解(共两节，满分40分)
第一节(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
Artificialintelligence，orAI，hasbeenappliedinawiderangeoffieldstoperformspecif ictasks，
includingeducation,finance,heavyindustry,transpor tation,andsoon．
Education Thereareanumberofpaniesthatcreaterobotstoteachsub jectstochildrenrangingfrombiologytoputerscience，thoughsuchtoolshavenotbeewidespreadyet．Advanceme ntsinnaturallanguageprocessing，binedwithmachinelearning，havealsoenabledautomaticgradingofassignments．AIh
asalsoledtoanexplosioninpopularityofMOOCs，orMassiveOpenOnlineCourses，whichallowsstudentsfromaroundtheworldtotakeclasse sonline．
Finance
UseofAIinbankingcanbetrackedbackto1987．Banksusea rtificialintelligencesystemstoorganizeoperations，maintainbook-keeping，investinstocks，andmanageproperties．Also，systemsarebeingdeveloped，likeAtria，totranslateplexdataintosimpleandpersonablelanguag e．Therearealsowallets，likeWalletAI，whichmonitoranindividual’sspendinghabitsandprovi deswaystoimprovethem．
Heavyindustry Robotshavebeemoninmanyindustriesandareoftengivenj obsthatareconsidereddangeroustohumans．Robotshave proveneffectiveinjobsthatareveryrepetitivewhichma yleadtomistakesoraccidentsduetofailureinconcentra tionandotherjobswhichhumansmayfinddegrading．Transportation
Today’ScarscanhaveAI-baseddriverassistfeaturessu
chasself-parkingandadvancedcruisecontrols．AIintr ansportationisexpectedtoprovidesafe，efficient，andreliabletransportationwhileminimizingtheimpact ontheenvironmentandmunities．
Toysandgames
panieslikeMattelhavebeencreatingAI-enabledtoysfor kidsasyoungasagethree．UsingproprietaryAIenginesa ndspeechrecognitiontools，theyareabletounderstandconversations，giveintelligentresponsesandlearnquickly．AIhasals obeenappliedtovideogames，forexamplevideogamebots，whicharedesignedtostandinasopponentswherehumansar en’tavailableordesired．21．WhichistrueaboutAIandeducation? A．Robotshavebeenwidelyusedtoteachchildren．B．AIhasbeenusedtogradestudents’homework．C．AIhasenabledmorestudentstoreceiveeducationatsc hool．
D．EducationwasthefirstfieldwhereA1wasused．22．Whichcanbeinferredfromthepassage? A．Atriacanhelppeopleunderstandplexdata．B．WalletAIcanhelppeoplemakemoremoney．
C．Robots’jobsareconsidereddangeroustohumans．D．Robotscanhelppeopleconcentrate．23．Fromthelasttwoparagraphswecanknowthat________ ____rsneedn’tlearntoparktheircars B．AIensuressafe,efficient,andreliabletransportat ion
C．AI-enabledtoysisdesignedtoimprovekid s’intelli gence D．Videogamebotscanfightagainstyouinvideogames 24．Whatisthepassagemainlyabout? A．ThelatestprogressinAI．
B．AIisofgreatuse．
C．SomeapplicationsofAI．
D．AIisusedinallfields．
B
When1wasaboyweusedtoliveacrosstheroadfromabighill withhugeoaktreesgrowingoutofit．Whenwinterarrived，thick，heavysnowwouldfall，andmytwobrotherswouldgrabtheirsledsheadingovertot hehillforadayoffun．Irememberwatchingthemwithenvy because1wasstilltoosmalltogosledding．Finally，onewinter1wasconsideredbigenoughandjoinedmybrothe
