由教育部长提出改革,可知代词This指的是上文“教育部发布的通知”。故选A项。 【25题详解】
推理判断题。根据第二段中Chen said universities should “reasonably increase students’ academic burden” to encourage them to work harder and improve their knowledge and skill levels. 陈说,大学应该“合理地增加学生的学习负担”,鼓励他们更加努力地学习,提高他们的知识和技能水平。可知,中国学生未来的大学生活是要争取优秀的学术能力。故选C项。 【26题详解】
推理判断题。根据第四段中“The evaluation standards in universities aren’t very high,” Sang Guoyuan, a professor of education told The Economic Observer. “Many poorly performing students are given ‘passes’ by teachers as long as they attend classes.” However, in the US, to make sure education quality is kept high, universities always “keep the students under competitive pressure by assigning them challenging tasks,” Xiong Bingqi, deputy director of the 21st Century Education Research Institute, wrote on the China Daily website. For example, US universities have “weed-out courses”, which are designed to kick out students who don’t meet certain academic criteria“大学的评估标准不是很高,”教育教授桑国元告诉《经济观察报》。“许多表现不佳的学生只要上课,老师就会给他们‘通行证’。”21世纪教育研究院副院长熊丙奇在《中国日报》网站上写道:“然而,在美国,为了确保教育质量,大学总是让学生处于竞争压力之下,给他们分配具有挑战性的任务。”例如,美国大学有“淘汰课程”,旨在淘汰不符合某些学术标准的学生。由此可知,作者在文章中引用了这么多的引语是为了强调中国大学的现状需要改革。故选D项。 27题详解】
推理判断题。根据第一段中However, getting a college degree now requires more efforts than it did before.然而,现在获得大学学位比以前需要更多的努力。第二段中In September, the Ministry of Education (MOE) released an announcement, requiring universities to increase the difficulty of undergraduate courses and work harder to end academic misconduct in bachelor’s theses.9月,教育部发布通知,要求各高校加大本科课程难度,加大力度杜绝本科毕业论文中的学术不端行为。可知,文章主要是报道了教育部发布的通知引起众多关注,因此这是一篇新闻体裁的文章。故选C项。
C
Claude Monet, Pablo Picasso and Leonardo da Vinci ... the art world has never lacked talent. And
now, a new painter is ready to join the list, although this one isn’t even human.
Next month, auction house(拍卖行) Christie’s Prints and Multiples will make history by offering the first piece of art created by artificial intelligence for sale. The painting is a portrait of a man called Edmond De Belamy, and is expected to be sold for up to $10,000 (69,000 yuan).
The work, which features a man with a mysterious look on his face, was created by software developed by the French art group Obvious. Laugero-Lasserre, an art collector from France, called the work “ridiculous and amazing at the same time”. This isn’t the first example of AI-produced artwork, as AI has already been used to write poems and compose songs. However, many people doubt whether it should be called art at all.
According to Russian writer Leo Tolstoy, art is about creating emotion. It’s “a means of … joining people together in the same feelings”, he once said.
So, if the emotion behind art is what makes the art, the ability to create and use tools is what makes human beings different from other species. And as a tool itself, the AI technology used to create the portrait is the result of a lot of effort made by several designers. Together, they “fed” the AI a huge collection of paintings from the 14th to the 18th centuries, until it was able to work out how to make similar paintings of its own.
The introduction of AI art could be the beginning of a new artistic movement. However, not everyone is ready to welcome these high-tech artists just yet.
28. Why are Monet, Picasso and da Vinci mentioned at the beginning of the passage? A. To list world famous talented artists. them.
C. To show the prosperity of the art world. contrast.
29. Why does the painting mentioned in Paragraph 2 gain special concern? A. It’s the first AI-produced artwork for sale. B. It’ll be auctioned in a famous auction house. C. It’s the portrait of a man with mysterious look. D. Its auction price is expected to be the highest.
30. Which of the following statement may Leo Tolstoy agree with? A. AI technology is a tool for artistic creation.
D. To highlight the inhuman painter by B. To introduce a new painter as great as
B. AI is taught to express human emotions in art. C. AI copied paintings of the14th-18th centuries. D. AI art joins people together in the same feelings. 31. What might be the future of the new artistic movement? A. Popular. Unacceptable.
【答案】28. D 29. A 30. A 31. B 【解析】
这是一篇议论文。文章介绍了下个月,佳士得拍卖行将首次拍卖由人工智能创造的艺术品,这幅画名为爱德蒙·德·贝拉米的男子肖像将创造新历史。人工智能艺术的引入可能是一场新的艺术运动的开始,但是未来发展情况如何,谁都不清楚。 【28题详解】
推理判断题。根据第一段Claude Monet, Pablo Picasso and Leonardo da Vinci ... the art world has never lacked talent. And now, a new painter is ready to join the list, although this one isn’t even human.克劳德·莫奈、巴勃罗·毕加索和列奥纳多·达·芬奇……艺术界从来不缺人才。现在,一Picasso位新画家也准备加入这个行列,尽管他甚至不是人类。可知,文章第一段中例举Monet,和da Vinci这些著名的画家是为了烘托,突出介绍非人类的画家。故选D项。 【29题详解】
细节理解题。根据第二段中Next month, auction house(拍卖行) Christie’s Prints and Multiples will make history by offering the first piece of art created by artificial intelligence for sale.下个月,佳士得拍卖行的印刷品和复制品将首次拍卖由人工智能创造的艺术品,从而创造历史。可知,这幅画获得这么多关注是因为这是第一次出售由人工智能创造的艺术品。故选A项。 【30题详解】
推理判断题。根据第四段According to Russian writer Leo Tolstoy, art is about creating emotion. It’s “a means of … joining people together in the same feelings”, he once said.俄国作家列夫·托尔斯泰认为,艺术就是创造情感。他曾经说过,这是“一种方式……让人们怀着同样的感受走到一起”。以及第五段中So, if the emotion behind art is what makes the art, the ability to create and use tools is what makes human beings different from other species. And as a tool itself, the AI technology used to create the portrait is the result of a lot of effort made by several designers. 所以,如果说艺术背后的情感是艺术的本质,那么创造和使用工具的能力就是人类区别于其他物种的地方。
B. Unclear.
C. Predictable.
D.
作为一种工具,人工智能技术用于创建肖像是许多设计师努力的结果。可知,Leo Tolstoy可能赞成人工智能技术是艺术创作的工具。故选A项。 【31题详解】
推理判断题。根据最后一段The introduction of AI art could be the beginning of a new artistic movement. However, not everyone is ready to welcome these high-tech artists just yet. 人工智能艺术的引入可能是一场新的艺术运动的开始。然而,并不是每个人都准备好欢迎这些高科技艺术家。可知,新艺术运动的未来到底怎样是还不清楚的。故选B项。
D
Does listening to music make you feel relaxed? Could it even go further and help cure serious diseases? The Sync Project, a new company based in Boston, is trying to find out if this is possible. Its mission is to figure out if music can truly be used as medicine.
Current research into how music affects the body and brain shows that there is at least some influence. For instance, research published in 2005 by Theresa Lesiuk at the University of Windsor in Canada found that music helped to improve the quality and timeliness of office work, as well as ameliorate positive attitudes while people were working. A review in 2012 by Costas Karageorghis, a sport psychologist at Brunel University in London found there was “evidence to suggest that carefully selected music can give physical and psychological benefits during high-intensity exercise”. The research by Jessica Grahn, an assistant professor at the University of Western Ontario, has shown that even when people aren’t tapping their foot or dancing to music, FMRI scans show that “quite a lot” of the brain is responding. A song’s rhythm, Grahn said, drives responses in the brain’s movement areas, and these responses tend to be stronger with music that has a clear beat that people can follow. “One thing that people have observed is that if you play Parkinson’s patients music that has a steady beat ... these patients seem to have improvements in their walking,” she added.
Grahn is realistic but excited. “I think there’s a lot of hype (炒作) about what music can do,” she said. “I don’t think it’s a sort of cure-all or replacement for a lot of things, but I certainly think it has potential. And the great thing about it is there are generally no bad side effects, it gives patients a sense of control over their treatment, and that’s really important.” 32. What’s the best title for the passage? A. Music Could Be a Cure? C. Music means a lot to researchers?
B. The Contributions of Sync Project D. The Medical Promotion by Music
33. How is Paragraph 2 mainly developed? A. By giving examples. C. By giving instructions.
B. By making comparisons. D. By analyzing cause and effect.
34. What does the underlined word “ameliorate” in Paragraph 2 probably mean? A. Value.
B. Lack.
C. Improve.
D. Suspect.
35. Researchers have found from their studies that _________. A. music has potential to replace medicine
B. music controls quality and quantity of office work C. music can cure physical and psychological problems D. music of clear beats helps Parkinson’s patients walk better 【答案】32. A 33. A 34. C 35. D 【解析】
这是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了研究人员正在研究音乐是否能被当作药物帮助治疗疾病。 【32题详解】
主旨大意题。根据第一段Does listening to music make you feel relaxed? Could it even go further and help cure serious diseases? The Sync Project, a new company based in Boston, is trying to find out if this is possible. Its mission is to figure out if music can truly be used as medicine. 听音乐使你感到放松吗?它甚至可以进一步帮助治疗严重的疾病吗?总部位于波士顿的新公司“同步计划”(The Sync Project)正试图找出这是否可行。它的任务是弄清楚音乐是否真的能被用作药物。可知,本文主要是关于音乐是否能被当作药物帮助治疗疾病,因此本文的最佳标题是“音乐可以治愈疾病吗?”。故选A项。 【33题详解】
推理判断题。根据第二段中For instance, research published in 2005 by Theresa Lesiuk at the University of Windsor in Canada found that music helped to improve the quality and timeliness of office work, as well as ameliorate positive attitudes while people were working. 例如,加拿大温莎大学的Theresa Lesiuk在2005年发表的研究发现,音乐有助于提高办公室工作的质量和及时性,以及改善人们工作时的积极态度。以及提到其他专家的研究(如:Costas Karageorghis,Jessica Grahn),可知,本段是通过例举了很多例子来阐述的。故选A项。 【34题详解】
词义猜测题。根据第二段中For instance, research published in 2005 by Theresa Lesiuk at the