21高考英语北师大一轮复习课后达标检测：2 nit The Media 含答案

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课时练1 2篇阅读＋1篇完形

Ⅰ.阅读理解

(2020· 合肥重点高中摸底)Technology is forever changing the way we get our news. Most people now get a lot of their news on electronic devices, instead of traditional media, such as newspapers, television or radio. An increasing number of people also report turning to social media for information.

Now, there is a new technology that could greatly change the way we get the news: computer－created news readers. China has launched what it called the world’s first artificial intelligence, or AI news presenters.

The news readers, supported by machine learning technology, are based on two real life Chinese newsmen. One is able to present news broadcast in English; the other, in Mandarin Chinese. A report said machine learning was used to examine video images and sounds of the two newsmen. Similar technology has been used to create video products known as “deepfake videos”. A deepfake video is a video that looks real, but is electronically changed. Such videos can make people appear to say things they never said.

It’s said that the AI presenters will be a great improvement to the news team because they “can work 24 hours a day” on its website and on social media. One of the presenters even promised to “work tirelessly” to keep people informed. Some machine learning experts said the system showed off China’s latest progress in voice recognition, text to speech technology and data analysis.

Others wondered about the effects robots might have on employment and workers. Some people argued that only low level jobs requiring heavy labor will be easily replaced by robots. Others praised the technology as a way for companies to make money from lowcost labor machines.

Anyway, for its great potential, some businesses have experimented with similar technology for possible use in news operations.

【解题导语】本文主要介绍了人工智能新闻主播的相关内容。 1．People now get information mainly from ________． A．electronic devices C．social media

B．traditional media D．AI news presenters

A 解析：细节理解题。根据第一段第二句中的“Most people now get a lot of their news on electronic devices”可知，人们现在主要从电子设备上获得信息。

2．The author mentioned “deepfake” in Paragraph 3 because ________．

A．it was also artificial

B．it was also developed by China C．it also used machine learning technology D．it also gained popularity and recognition

C 解析：推理判断题。根据第三段第三、四句“A report said machine learning was used...known as ‘deepfake videos’．”可推知，作者提到deepfake是因为它也用了机器学习技术。

3．What can we know about AI news presenters? A．AI news presenters can only “speak” one language. B．Not all the people are in favor of AI news presenters. C．AI news presenters will soon replace human news readers. D．AI news presenters can reflect the improvement in robot making.

B 解析：细节理解题。根据第五段的内容，尤其是“Others wondered about the effects robots might have on employment and workers.”可知，并不是所有人都支持人工智能新闻主播。

4．What will probably be discussed in the following paragraph? A．Further research on the technology. B．Other advantages of the technology. C．Principles the technology is based on. D．Examples the technology is applied to.

D 解析：推理判断题。根据第六段中的“some businesses have experimented with similar technology for possible use in news operations”可知，接下来的一段很可能讨论这种技术所应用的例子。

(2020·重庆质量抽测)Would a faster reading speed mean that we could learn more? Some people claim that it’s possible. In July last year, the

six-time speed reading champion Anne Jones sat down to read Harper Lee’s Go Set a Watchman. Just 25 minutes and 31 seconds later, she finished it—which equals a reading rate of around 3，700 words per minute. Jones runs training courses teaching speed reading, recall and concentration techniques and there are numerous speed reading apps that have appeared on the market over the past few years. But do they actually work?

First, we need to understand how we read. The human eye movement system is central to our reading ability. Read over that sentence again, and think about how your eyes scan across the words. They don’t move smoothly over them. Instead, they make a series of short, sharp jumps, skipping over a few characters before briefly landing on a word. The movements are known as saccades(扫视) and the pauses are called fixations.

Reading isn’t just about seeing the words—you need to comprehend them to build up a picture about what the text means. People are able to get through a block of text faster, but at the cost of accuracy and understanding. In other words, if you use a speed reading app, then you’ll probably get the gist(主旨) of a piece of text, but you’ll struggle to recall details about what you’ve just read.

So, does speed reading work? Well, yes and no. It really depends on what you’re reading and why you need to read it. As yet, there isn’t a trick that enables you to read a piece of text both quickly and accurately—there’s always going to be a trade-off．

【解题导语】本文是一篇说明文，主要介绍了快速阅读有一定作用。虽然快速阅读能掌握文章的主旨，但是回忆细节还需要时间。

5．What’s the main idea of the passage? A．Speed reading is bad at times. B．Speed reading is a waste of time. C．Speed reading can work sometimes. D．Speed reading is always enjoyable.

C 解析：主旨大意题。根据第一段尾句“But do they actually work？”可知，本文第一段对快速阅读是否有用提出疑问；接着第二段介绍了阅读能力与眼睛运动系统有关，结合第三段尾句可知，使用速读应用程序你很可能掌握主旨大意，但是文章细节不一定能掌握。据此可推知，快速阅读有时是有用的，故C项正确。

6．What can we know from the passage? A．Reading apps ensure us to read much faster. B．Fast reading makes us learn more knowledge. C．Reading is no more than seeing the text words.

D．Reading ability is related to the eye movement system.

D 解析：细节理解题。根据第二段第二句“The human eye movement system is central to our reading ability.”可知，人的眼睛运动系统对我们的阅读能力很重要，故D项正确。

7．What does the underlined word “trade-off” most probably mean in the last paragraph? A．Balance. C．Business.

B．Change. D．Bargain.

A 解析：词义猜测题。根据最后一段尾句“As yet, there isn’t a trick that enables you to read a piece of text both quickly and accurately—there’s always going to be a trade-off．”可知，到目前为止，还没有一种技巧可以让你既快速又准确地阅读一篇文章——这总要一种平衡。据此可推知，画线词意为“平衡”，故A项正确。

8．What might the writer continue to talk about? A．The advantages of faster or slower reading. B．The reasons why to do faster or slower reading. C．The cases where to do faster and slower reading. D．The methods for making use of faster or slower reading.

C 解析：推理判断题。根据最后一段尾句“As yet, there isn’t a trick that enables you to read a piece of text both quickly and accurately—there’s always going to be a trade-off．”可知，到目前为止，还没有一种技巧可以让你既快速又准确地阅读一篇文章——这总要一种平衡；据此可推知，本文接下来可能阐述在什么情况下进行速读以及在什么情况下进行慢读，故C项正确。

Ⅱ.完形填空

(2020·合肥高三联考)My seven-year-old daughter always has her nose in a book. She even continued __1__ in the car on the long drive to summer camp, where she lost the book. This is the first lost __2__ book in my life. In my childhood, my parents had always expected me to be __3__， but we were poor, and I didn’t __4__ books. I had to borrow books. My library books lived on a __5__ shelf while they were mine, and it __6__ me when I had to return them to the library on the due day.

However, my daughter has __7__ books now than I owned during my whole childhood. So it’s probably my __8__ that she didn’t cherish the books. “Sorry, I can’t find it，” my daughter said with a shrug. “We just pay $20 for the book. What’s the big __9__？” The missing library book just met with a cold __10__ from her, but it met with nail-biting __11__ from me. I walked into the library in a deep __12__ as if I had lost the book. Feeling the need to make her feel __13__ for the book, I asked her to do the household chores. She agreed to clean up all the pets’ houses __14__ my paying the library book. I’d meant the chores to be a(n) __15__！

Surprisingly, she was enjoying herself. I took a picture of her lovely back. So, did I win or lose at __16__？ Did I teach her the __17__ of keeping a library book if the picture I took shows she is working __18__？

To my __19__， my little girl knew what __20__ in her life. She could devote herself to the chores as much as to the books.

【解题导语】本文是一篇夹叙夹议文，主要讲述的是“我”教育女儿的经历：“我”在童年时期因为家庭经济状况不好但家人又期望“我”学业成绩优秀，所以“我”对从图书馆借来的书很珍惜；“我”的女儿现在拥有很多书，但却对弄丢一本从图书馆借来的书毫不在乎，这让“我”意识到有必要让她接受惩罚……

1．A.driving C．reading

B．thinking D．viewing

C 解析：根据文章第一句“My seven-year-old daughter always has her nose in a book.”可推知，“我”的女儿甚至在去夏令营的长途中在车里继续看(reading)书。

2．A.school C．story

B．reference D．library

D 解析：根据下文中的“The missing library book”可知，此处是指“我”的女儿把从图书馆借来的书弄丢了。故选D。

3．A.powerful C．academic

B．practical D．employed

C 解析：根据本句中的“but we were poor”和下文中的“I had to borrow books.”可推知，在“我”的童年时期，父母一直希望“我”的学业成绩优秀。academic“学业(成绩)优秀的”符合语境，故选C。

4．A.write C．order