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（人教版）2018届高考英语大一轮复习检测
第一部分 选修七 Unit 2
Ⅰ.阅读理解
A
(2016·郑州质量检测三)导学号 42492689
We use robots for tasks like building cars and sorting mail, but can we use them as stand-up comedians (单口相声演员) in the future？One robot called RoboThespian has been trying out some jokes.
Researchers from Queen Mary University of London organized RoboThespian's performances to test whether it could be as funny as a human.
The electronic comedian went on stage for a show with British comedians Andrew O'Neill and Tiernan Douieb, performing the same jokes as Douieb but with a few changes—it is a robot after all.The robot has some advantages over human comedians, too.
“We used computer vision and audio software to notice the response of each audience member, something a human comedian cannot do，” said Kleomenis Katevas, the robot's programmer.“The
machine used this information to decide who to look at and which gestures to use.”
The robot also has other advantages over human comedians.Impressions of other people and sounds are very popular ways for performers to get laughs, and according to New Scientist reporter Celeste Biever, the robot can perform recorded sound by simply playing it back.It can also act out programmed pieces from Shakespeare or just about anything else.
“Another of the robot's advantages is more surprising.Because I feel less empathy (同感) for RoboThespian than for the human comedians，I feel more relaxed during his performances，” Biever added.And of course, RoboThespian is unlikely to feel as nervous as other comedians, or be affected too badly by an audience member shouting at it.
The Queen Mary researchers say they're most interested in how audiences can be part of live performances.So in the future, we may be watching robots performing exactly the show we want to see.Do you think it's time for the robot to write some more jokes?
文章大意：本文是一篇说明文。伦敦玛丽皇后大学的研究人员组织了机器人RobeThespian的表演来测试它是否可以像人一样滑稽，并介绍了机器人表演的优势。
1．Why was RoboThespian originally developed？__C__ A．To help human comedians perform better on stage. B．To find out if robots could understand human jokes. C．To see if robots could perform like human comedians. D．To assist human comedians to make up some better jokes.
解析：细节理解题。根据第二段可知，伦敦玛丽皇后大学的研究人员组织了RoboThespian的表演，目的是测试它能否像人一样滑稽。故选C。
2．When RoboThespian gave performances on stage, it__C__. A．imitated the audience's voices to make them laugh B．was affected easily by an audience member shouting at it C．performed completely different jokes from human comedians D．recorded each audience member's reaction and acted accordingly
解析：细节理解题。根据第四段“We used computer vision...which gestures to use.”可知，研究人员使用计算机视频和音频软件来捕捉每一个观众的反应，RboThespian则利用这些信息来决定去看谁以及使用哪些手势做出相应的表演。故选C。
3．What does Celeste Biever think of robot comedians？__D__ A．He believes the future of comedy lies in them. B．He considers their jokes as rather poor and boring. C．He thinks they aren't suitable for live performances. D．He feels more comfortable watching their performances.
解析：细节理解题。根据第六段第二句中的“I feel more relaxed during his performances”可知，Celeste Biever在观看机器人表演时感到非常放松。故选D。
4．What is the article mainly talking about？__A__ A．The robot comedian RoboThespian and its advantages.
B．Robot technology used to help us with our future daily tasks. C．Predictions of the comedy of the future and concerns about it. D．A comparison between human comedians and robot comedians.
解析：文章大意题。通读全文可知，本文介绍了伦敦玛丽皇后大学的研究人员组织了机器人RoboThespian的表演来测试它是否可以像人一样滑稽，并介绍了机器人表演的优势，故选A。
B
(2016·九江市高三二模)导学号 42492690
Robots performing tasks according to a predetermined set of instructions are nothing new.But robots able to learn how to cook by watching videos are a completely different approach, which is conducted by a group of researchers at the University of Maryland.
If you have posted a video of your favorite recipe on the popular website YouTube, chances are that it will be used by a robot.University of Maryland's professor Yiannis Aloimonos, leader of the group, said “There exists a large amount of video information on the Internet that our robots can capitalize_on.”
“At present, the videos are fed electronically，”said research scientist Cornelia Fermuller.“Originally, we took our own videos, our cameras looking at us doing the cooking，”she explained.“And, as the robot advances, it reacts to good quality videos.And it will react to even lower quality homemade videos.”
So far, the robot named Julia can make a simple salad by breaking each task into basic parts, such as grasping a spoon, bringing it to the bowl, stirring the salad and observing the results.
But why teach a robot how to understand a video when it can easily follow a fixed program? Aloimonos believes predetermined instructions lack flexibility.He thinks one of the problems is how to make the robot understand and use what it learns during a certain task, the so-called feedback (反馈意见)；another is the introduction of language.
“I believe it will take quite some time before the robots are able to understand metaphorical (比喻性的)language，”he added.“But，” he said, “we don't need that to create a new world where the robots will be working for us.”
文章大意：机器人按既定指令完成任务并不让人觉得新鲜，但能看着视频学做饭的机器人，你可能前所未闻。
5．The underlined phrase “capitalize on” in Paragraph 2 probably can be replaced by“__B__”．
A．take hold of C．keep track of
B．make use of D．catch sight of
解析：词义猜测题。由第二段的第一句“If you have posted...used by a robot.”可知，机器人能利用网上大量的视频信息。结合第二段的最后一句可知，capitalize on应与“make use of”意思相近，因此选择B项。
6．Aloimonos probably agrees that at present the robot__A__. A．can not fully digest what it learns B．can not make a simple salad