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一、阅读理解。
Wouldn’t it be wonderful to travel to a foreign country without having to worry about the headache of communicating in a different language?
In a recent article from The Wall Street Journal, technology policy expert Alec Ross argued that，within a decade or so, we’ll be able to communicate with one another via small earpieces with built-in microphones. That’s because
technological progress is extremely rapid.It’s only a matter of time. Indeed, some parents are so convinced that this technology is imminent that they’re wondering if their kids should even learn a second language.
It’s true that an increase in the quantity and accuracy of the data loaded into computers will make them cleverer at translating “No es bueno dormir mucho” as “It’s not good to sleep too much”. Replacing a word with its equivalent(对应词) in the target language is actually the “easy part” of a translator’s job.But even this seems to be a discouraging task for computers.
It’s so difficult for computers because translation doesn’t —or shouldn’t—involve simply translating words, sentences or paragraphs. Rather, it’s about translating meaning. And in order to infer meaning from a specific expression, humans have to interpret a mass of information at the same time.
Think about all the related clues that go into understanding an expression: volume, gesture, situation, and even your culture. All are likely to convey as much meaning as the words you use.
Therefore ，we should be very skeptical of a machine that is unable to interpret the world around us. If people from different cultures can offend each other without realizing it, how can we expect a machine to do better? Unless engineers actually find a way to breathe a soul into a computer, undoubtedly when it comes to conveying and interpreting meaning using a natural language, a machine will never fully take our place.
【解题导语】 技术专家说随着技术的进步，即时翻译机器将在大约十年内出现在市场上。但是，由于翻译包括很多方面，因此电脑翻译不会精确，也不会完全取代人类的翻译。 1．What does the underlined word “imminent” in Paragraph 2 probably mean? A．Ready. C．Helpful. 精品K12教育教学资料
B．Approaching. D．Advanced.
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person”， because their sign looks like a lollipop (棒棒糖)．
The job of a lollipop person is to walk to the middle of the road at a(n) __2__ (suit) time, holding up the sign. It is a legal __3__ (require) for traffic to stop at this command. The lollipop person will signal that it is all right to cross the road __4__ (safe). Traffic may only move once the sign has been lowered.
Generally speaking, school crossings are manned for approximately 3 hours a day or less. As a result, the work has always appealed more __5__ people seeking to supplement their income such as __6__ retired.
Lollipop people were introduced to enable policemen, __7__ had previously run crossing patrols (巡逻), to perform other duties. The earliest lollipops were red and black rectangles __8__ (say)“Stop, children crossing.”
In 2001 in Europe patrollers were given extra powers allowing them __9__ (assist) adults with crossing, too. The most recent change in the history of the School Crossing Patrol saw the word “children” __10__ (replace) with a symbol to bring the UK in line with the rest of the EU (欧盟)．
1．________ 2.________ 3.________ 4.________ 5.________ 6.________ 7.________ 8.________ 9.________ 10.________
篇章导读：本文是一篇说明文，介绍了英国协助交通的交通安全员的情况。
1．is called 考查动词的时态和语态以及主谓一致。此处描述的是客观事实，应用一般现在时；call意为“把……叫作”，与主语someone之间是动宾关系，应用被动语态；因主语someone是单数概念，所以谓语动词应用单数形式。故填is called。
2．suitable 考查词性转换。此处表示“一个合适的时间”，应用形容词作定语修饰名词time。故填suitable。
3．requirement 考查词性转换。此处表示“一个合法的要求”。形容词legal用来修饰名词，其前有冠词a，故用require的名词形式requirement。
4．safely 考查词性转换。此处表示“安全地过马路”，应用副词修饰动词短语cross the road，故用safe的副词形式safely。
5．to 考查介词。appeal to意为“吸引”，为固定短语。故填to。
6．the 考查冠词。“the＋形容词”表示一类人。the retired意为“退休的人”，符合语境。故填the。
7．who 考查定语从句的引导词。空格处引导非限制性定语从句，在从句“__7__ had previously run crossing patrols (巡逻)”中作主语，指人，应用关系代词who引导从句。
8．saying 考查非谓语动词。空格处作后置定语，say与被修饰的名词“red and black rectangles”之间为主动关系，意为“写着”。故填say的现在分词形式saying。 精品K12教育教学资料
【配套K12】[学习]2019高考英语一轮基础自练题 Unit 2 The United Kingd
