Passage 35【2020 •贵州省黔西南州中考】

Alex is reading a book about AI, artificial intelligence(人工智能) . He finds the book a little difficult but very interesting. Though the word AI is very popular now, he enjoys reading it very much. He has learned a new idea about AI from the book.
When people ask AI a question,, it answers the question in a very short time. So people may feel that AI can think and answer questions as human beings do. Before Alex read this book, he believed this, too. However, this book says it will never happen. Actually, AI only uses a lot of information to get the best answer. So when it has more information, the answer will be much closer to the perfect one. AI technologies will be clever tools for human beings to use. This book also says almost half of our jobs will be done by AI technologies in the near future. People will soon find more AI technologies in our lives, such as checking the tickets, the price, people’s faces and fingers.
So, we believe that we will have much happier lives with these AI technologies around us.
41. What is the short form for “artificial intelligence”?
A. PC. B. AI. C. NBA. D. UFO.
42. What does Alex think of the book?
A. Difficult but interesting. B. Easy but important.
C. Popular and interesting. D. Difficult and important.
43. What new idea does Alex get from the book?
A. AI can think by itself. B. AI can’t answer questions immediately
C. AI can have ideas of its own. D. AI will never think by itself.
44. What is the meaning of the underlined part(划线部分) in the article?
A. Some of the jobs can be done by AI. B. All the jobs can be done by AI.
C. None of the jobs can be done by AI. D. AI will take the place of human beings.
45. Which of the following is true?
A. AI is used everywhere in the world now. B. AI will have its own opinions in the future.
C. Al finds the best answer by using information. D. AI thinks and answers questions as people do.
【文章大意】本文主要讲述了人工智能的相关情况。
41.B【解析】细节理解题。根据“Alex is reading a book about AI, artificial intelligence(人工智能) . ”可知亚历克斯正在读一本关于AI，也就是人工智能的书，故答案选B。
42.A【解析】细节理解题。根据“He finds the book a little difficult but very interesting. ”可知亚历克斯觉得这本书有点难，但很有趣。故答案选A。
43.D【解析】细节理解题。根据“people may feel that AI can think and answer questions as human beings do. Before Alex read this book, he believed this, too. However, this book says it will never happen. Actually, AI only uses a lot of information to get the best answer. ”人们可能会觉得人工智能可以像人类一样思考和回答问题。在亚历克斯读这本书之前，他也相信这一点。但是，这本书说它永远不会发生。实际上，人工智能只使用大量信息来获得最佳答案。因此可知亚历克斯从这本书中得到了一个新想法，那就是AI永远不会自己思考。故答案选D。
44.A【解析】句意理解题。根据下文“such as checking the tickets, the price, people’s faces and fingers. ”比如验票、价格、人脸和手指。结合“People will soon find more AI technologies in our lives,”可知此处说的是有些工作可以由AI来做，故答案选A。
45.C【解析】理解判断题。根据“This book also says almost half of our jobs will be done by AI technologies in the near future. ”这本书还说，在不久的将来，我们几乎一半的工作将由人工智能技术完成。可知，人工智能现在并没有在世界各地都使用，所以A选项错误。根据“people may feel that AI can think and answer questions as human beings do. Before Alex read this book, he believed this, too. However, this book says it will never happen. Actually, AI only uses a lot of information to get the best answer. ”人们可能会觉得人工智能可以像人类一样思考和回答问题。在亚历克斯读这本书之前，他也相信这一点。但是，这本书说它永远不会发生。实际上，人工智能只使用大量信息来获得最佳答案。可知人工智能不会有自己的观点，也不能像人类一样思考和回答问题，但是它可以使用大量信息来获得最佳答案，因此B、D选项错误，而C选项表示正确；故答案选C。