Unit 1 Science Fiction Period One Reading and Thinking—Comprehension 课件（共52张）+学案（含答案）+练习（含答案）

　参考答案 Unit 1　SCIENCE FICTION Period One　　Reading and Thinking—Comprehension Ⅰ.1.奖金　2.解雇,免职　3.悬;挂　4.内疚的　5.宣布 Ⅱ.1.ridiculous/absurd　2.integrity　3.appointment 4.whereas　5.dignity　6.declare　7.suspend　8.similarities Ⅲ.1.with dignity　2.felt guilty about　3.more like 4.accompany; to　5.have an appointment with 6.experiment with　7.was dismissed from Ⅳ.【文章大意】 本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了作者参与HereAfter AI项目,通过AI技术与虚拟的父母进行交流的经历和感受。 1.A　细节理解题。根据第一段“Interested in what it was promising…”和第二段“At first, I thought it would be just a fun project to see what was technologically possible.”可知,作者加入这个项目的主要目的是测试新技术。故选A项。 2.D　细节理解题。根据文章第三段“My parents were asked questions by a technician for hours—about everything from their earliest memories to what they believe will happen after they die. Whether through illness-generated concerns or a willingness to humour their daughter, my parents put up zero resistance. The company then took their responses and started to create the voice assistants.”可知,作者的父母为项目提供了数据。故选D项。 3.B　词义猜测题。根据第四段 “I hadn’t seen my actual, real parents for six months. They told me personal stories I’d never heard. They gave me life advice and told me things about their childhoods, as well as my own.”可知,作者的虚拟父母向她讲述了以前她从没听过的个人故事,这真是令人着迷。故画线词与B选项“Fascinating.”(令人着迷的)为同义词。故选B项。 4.C　推理判断题。根据最后一段 “Personally, I have mixed feelings about my experiment. I’m glad to have my virtual parents…On the other hand, I can’t help but find it sad that it took a stranger interviewing my parents for me to properly appreciate the complex people they are. But I feel lucky to have had the chance to grasp that and to still have the precious opportunity to spend more time with them and learn more about them, face to face, no technology involved.”可知,作者感到很幸运,还有机会能够花更多的时间和父母在一起,更多地了解他们,即作者意识到了与父母的真正联系是最重要的。故选C项。 Ⅴ.【文章大意】 本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了一些人工智能无法做到的工作。 1.A　根据上文“A report released by Goldman Sachs in March 2023 estimated that AI is capable of doing a quarter of all the work currently done by humans.”以及下文“It would not just happen to individuals, but it could be pretty systematic.”可知,这个现象很可怕,A项“那太可怕了。”符合语境。故选A。 2.C　下文“According to Martin Ford, author of Rule of the Robots: How Artificial Intelligence Will Transform Everything, three categories are going to be relatively secure in the foreseeable future.”说明仍然有人工智能无法做到的三大类工作,C项“谢天谢地,还有一些事情是人工智能无法做到的。”符合语境。故选C。 3.D　根据上文“…three categories are going to be relatively secure in the foreseeable future.”以及下文“The second category is jobs that require sophisticated interpersonal relationships like nurses, bus ... ...