Module 6 The Internet and Telecommunications同步练习-2022-2023学年外研版高中英语必修一

Module6TheInternetandTelecommunications

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Allaroundtheworld,anincreasingnumberofpeoplearespendingtheirtimetaking

partinonlinevolunteeringprojects.Whatencouragesthemtohelpstrangerswithout

expectationofmoneyoreventhanks?

RadhaTaralekarhelpedteachImeldahowtoprotectherselffromHIV,thoughthe

twohavenevermet,andneitherknowstheother'sname.Taralekarreceivedno

paymentforthejob.ForTaralekar,theprojectgaveherthechancetouseher

professionalexperience."Iwanttoservepeoplewithmymedicalknowledge,"shesaid.

Forsome,theinspirationtovolunteeronlinewasfarmorepersonal.Afterlosinghiswife

tocancer,TonySelmanspentmanyhoursonlinehelpingCancerResearchtocollect

informationontheillness."Seeinghowpainfulshewaswhenmywifewasdying,I

decidedtohelpscientistsfindawaytotreatcancer,“hesaid.

Interestsandhobbiesarealsooneofthereasons.SamLuckjoinedotheronline

volunteerstotrytohelpthepolicesolvemurdercases.Thepolicepostedthemonline,

callingforvolunteerstohelpthemtomakesenseofthemessages."Iaminterestedin

thisandIloveSherlockHolmes,"saidLuck.

ForwriterClayShirk,somelargeonlinevolunteeringprojectshelpmillionsofpeople,

givinghimasenseofachievement.HehelpswriteWikipedia,theworld'sbiggest

encyclopedia(百科全书)，whichiswrittenbypeoplewillingtousetheirprofessional

knowledge.

1.WecaninferthatRadhaTaralekarmaybea__.

A.teacherB.doctor

C.writerD.policewoman

2.WhydidTonySelmandecidetohelpCancerResearch?

A.Hiswifediedofcancer.

B.Hehadmuchtimetospendonline.

C.Hesawmanypeopledieofcancer.

D.HewasamemberofCancerResearch.

3.SamLuckvolunteeredtohelpthepolicebecauseof__.

A.hisinterestsandhobbies

B.asenseofachievement

C.themoneyinreturn

D.hisdutyofwork

4.Howmanyreasonsarementionedwhypeoplehelpstrangersonline?

A.Two.B.Three.

C.Four.D.Five.

B

Youhaveprobablyheardthesaying,"Whenlifegivesyoulemons,make

lemonade."Sincelemonsareconsideredbitterandlemonadeisconsideredsweet,the

sayingtellsyoutomakethebestoutofabadsituation.

Unfortunately,whensomethingbadhappens,itsnotuncommonformostpeople

totalkaboutittoanyonewho'lllisten,andcomplain（抱怨）aboutlife,"Whyme?"

That'slikegettingabagoflemons,puttingthemdown,andthinking,"Lemonstaste

bad!I'dratherhavechocolate!"Ifyoudon'tmakeanythingwiththelemons,theywill

gobad.Butwhatifyoudidsomethingwiththem?Whatifyoumadelemonade?Isn'tit

possibletodosomethingsimilarwithabadsituation?

Here'sanexample.Let'ssayyou'reabouttogotothemovies,butyoudiscoveryou

haveaflattire（瘪胎）.Youconsiderthisaterriblething.Afterall,youarereallylooking

forwardtospendingsometimewithRyanGoslingandEmmaStone.Nowyou'reall

stressedout,hatingthetire,thecar,andyourlife.ButwhatifyoucalledAAA,got

yourtirefixedorgotcaughtuponthingsthatyou'dbeenmeaningtodo?Whatifyou

didsomereading,orhadcoffeewithafriendinstead?Anegativeexperiencecanbe

turnedintosomethingpositive.Almosteverythingcanworkitselfoutintosomething

better.Youcan'tchangewhathashappened.Somakethebestofit.I'mnotsayingitwill

beeasy.Theeasythingtodoiscomplainaboutyourbadsituationandnotconsiderwhat

itcouldbeturnedinto.

Nexttimewhensomeunfortunatethingshappen,stopandthink,"HowcanIturn

thisaround?HowcanImakeitapositiveexperience?”Youneedn'tfeardifficulties.As

longasyoukeeponchangingit,youwillseethebenefitsatlast.

5.WhatcanwesayaboutthesayinginParagraph1?

A.Itisencouraging.B.Itisattractive.

C.Itisnegative.D.Itisfunny.

6.Whatdomostpeopleusuallydowhensomethingbadhappens?

A.Acceptit.B.Complainaboutit.

C.Askothersforhelp.D.Findoutthereasons.

7.Theauthorusestheexampleofseeingamovietotellus__.

A.howtodealwithtireflat

B.itdoesn'tmattertomakemistakes

C.meetingfilmstarsisaveryexcitingthing

D.howtoturnsomethingbadintosomethinggood

8.Accordingtothetext,whatisthebestwaytodealwithabadsituation?

A.Tryinghardtosolveit.

B.Laughingyourwaythroughit.

C.Thinkingmoreaboutitsbenefits.

D.Turningitintoapositiveexperienceactively.

（二）

A

SamuelOsmondisa19-year-oldlawstudentfromCornwall,England.Henever

studiedthepiano.However,hecanplayverydifficultmusicalpiecesbymusicianssuch

asChopinandBeethovenjustafewminutesafterhehearsthem.Helearnsapieceof

musicbylisteningtoitinparts.Thenhethinksaboutthenotesinhishead.Twoyears

ago,heplayedhisfirstpieceMoonlightSonata（奏鸣曲）byBeethoven.Hesurprised

everyonearoundhim.

Amazedthatherememberedthislonganddifficultpieceofmusicandplayedit

perfectly,histeacherssaySamuelisunbelievable.Theysayhisabilityisveryrare,but

Samueldoesn'tevenrealizethatwhathecandoisspecial.Samuelwantedtobecomea

lawyerasitwasthewishofhisparents,butmusicteacherstoldhimheshouldstudy

musicinstead.Now,hestudieslawandmusic.

Samuelcan'tunderstandwhyeveryoneissosurprised."Igrewupwithmusic.My

motherplayedthepianoandmyfatherplayedtheguitar.Abouttwoyearsago,I

suddenlydecidedtostartplayingthepiano,withoutbeingabletoreadmusicand

withouthavinganylessons.Itcomeseasilytome—Ihearthenoteandcanbearthemin

mind-eachandeverynote,"saysSamuel.

Recently,Samuelperformedapieceduringaspecialeventathiscollege.Thepiece

hadmorethanathousandnotes.Theaudiencewasimpressedbyhisamazing

performance.Heisnowlearningapiecethatissodifficultthatmanyprofessional

pianistscan'tplayit.Samuelsaysconfidently,"It'sallaboutsupermemory—IguessI

havethatgift."

However,Samuel'sabilitytorememberthingsdoesn'tstopwithmusic.Hisfamily

saysthatevenwhenhewasayoungboy,Samuelheardsomeonereadastory,and

thenhecouldretellthestorywordforword.

Samuelisstillonlyateenager.Hedoesn'tknowwhathewantstodointhefuture.

Fornow,heisjusthappytoplaybeautifulmusicandcontinuehisstudies.

1.WhatisspecialaboutSamuelOsmond?

A.Hehasagiftforwritingmusic.

B.Hecanwritedownthenotehehears.

C.Heisatopstudentatalawschool.

D.Hecanplaythemusicalpiecehehears.

2.WhatcanwelearnaboutSamuelfromParagraph2?

A.Hechoselawagainstthewishofhisparents.

B.Heplannedtobealawyerratherthanamusician.

C.Hethinksofhimselfasamanofgreatmusicalability.

D.Hestudieslawandmusicontheadviceofhisteachers.

3.EveryonearoundSamuelwassurprisedbecausehe__.

A.couldplaythepianowithoutreadingmusic

B.couldplaytheguitarbetterthanhisfather

C.receivedagoodearlyeducationinmusic

D.playedtheguitarandthepianoperfectly

4.Whatcanbethebesttitleforthetext?

A.TheQualitiesofaMusician

B.TheStoryofaMusicalTalent

C.TheImportanceofEarlyEducation

D.TheRelationshipbetweenMemoryandMusic

B

Manyfactssuggestthatchildrenareoverweightandthesituationisgettingworse

accordingtodoctors.Ifeelthereareanumberofreasonsforthis.

Somepeopleblamethefactthatwearesurrounded（包围）byshopsselling

unhealthy,fattyfoods,suchasfriedchickenandicecream,atlowprices.Thishas

turnedoutawholegenerationofgrown-upswhoseldomcookamealforthemselves.If

therewerefeweroftheserestaurants,thenprobablychildrenwouldbuylesstake-away

food.

Thereisanotherargumentthatblamesparentsforallowingtheirchildrentobecome

overweight.Iagreewiththis,becausegoodeatinghabitsbeginearlyinlife,longbefore

childrenstarttovisitfastfoodshops.Ifchildrenaregivenfriedchickenandchocolate

ratherthanhealthyfood,orarealwaysallowedtochoosewhattheyeat,theywillgofor

sweetandsaltyfoodseverytime,andthiswillcarryonthroughouttheirlives.

Thereisathirdreasonforthissituation.Childrenthesedaystakeverylittleexercise.

Theydonotwalktoschool.Whentheygethome,theysitinfrontofthetelevisionor

theircomputersandplaycomputergames.Notonlyisthisanunhealthypastime（消遣），

italsogivesthemtimetoeatmoreunhealthyfood.Whattheyneedistogooutsideand

playactivegamesorsports.

Theabovearethemainreasonsforthisproblem,andthereforewehaveto

encourageyoungpeopletobemoreactive,aswellassteeringthemawayfromfast

foodshopsandbadeatinghabits.

5.Whatisthemainreasonforchildren'soverweightaccordingtoParagraph2?

A.Theycan'tchoosewhattoeat.

B.Theyaretoobusytogooutandplay.

C.Theirparentsoftencookmealsforthem.

D.Therearetoomanyfastfoodshopsaround.

6.Peoplemayeatmoreunhealthyfoodiftheyoften__.

A.takeexercise

B.walktoschool

C.watchtelevision

D.hasmealsathome

7.Whatdoestheunderlinedwordinthelastparagraphmean?

A.Forcing.B.Guiding.

C.Driving.D.Moving.

8.Whatisthemainpurposeofthetext?

A.Totellastory.B.Toprovidefacts.

C.Togiveadvice.D.Tocompareopinions.

（三）

Inordertohelpcopewiththevastnumberofstudentquestionsintheonlineclass,

Knowledge-BasedArtificial（人工的）Intelligence,ProfessorGoeldevelopedan

artificiallyintelligentteachingassistant.Thisonlinecourseisacorerequirementof

GeorgiaTech'sonlineMasterofScienceinComputerScienceprogram.ProfessorGoel

alreadyhadeightteachingassistants,butthatwasn'tenoughtohandlethevastnumber

ofdailyquestionsfromstudents.

Manystudentsdropoutofonlinecoursesbecauseofthelackofteachingsupport.

Whenstudentsfeelisolatedorconfusedandreachoutwithquestionsthatgo

unanswered,theirmotivationtocontinuebeginstofade.ProfessorGoeldecidedtodo

somethingtoremedythissituationandhissolutionwastocreateavirtualassistant

namedJillWatson,whichisbasedontheIBMWatsonplatform.

GoelandhisteamdevelopedseveralversionsofJillWatsonbeforereleasingherto

theonlineforums.Atfirstthevirtualassistantwasn'ttoogreat.ButGaelandhisteam

sourcedtheonlinediscussionforumtofindallthe40,000questionsthathadeverbeen

askedsincetheclasswaslaunched.ThentheybegantofedJillwiththequestionsand

answers.Aftersomeadjustmentandample（足够的）time,Jillwasabletoanswerthe

students'questionscorrectly97%ofthetime.Thevirtualassistantbecamesoadvanced

andrealisticthatthestudentsdidn'tknowshewasacomputer.Thestudentswhowere

studyingartificialintelligence,we'reinteractingwiththevirtualassistantandcouldn'ttell

itfromarealhumanbeing.Goeldidn'tinformthemaboutJill'strueidentityuntilApril26.

Thestudentswereactuallyverypositiveabouttheexperience.

ThegoalofProfessorGoel'svirtualassistantnextyearistotakeoveranswering40%

ofallthequestionsposedbystudentsontheonlineforum.ThenameJillWatsonwill,of

course,changetosomethingelsenextsemester.

1.WhatdowelearnaboutKnowledge-BasedArtificialIntelligence?

A.It'sarobotthatcananswerstudents'questions.

B.It'sacoursedesignedforstudentstolearnonline.

C.It'sacomputerprogramthataidsstudentlearning.

D.It'sahigh-techdevicethatrevolutionizesteaching.

2.Whatdoestheunderlinedword"remedy"inParagraph2mean?

A.Explain.B.Improve.C.End.D.Fit.

3.WhatdowelearnaboutJillWatson?

A.Sheturnedouttobeagreatsuccess.

B.Shewasunwelcometostudentsatfirst.

C.Shegotalongprettywellwithstudents.

D.Shewasreleasedonlineasanexperiment.

4.WhatdoesProfessorGoelplantodonextwithJillWatson?

A.Upgradeherintelligencetotheleveloftopscientists.

B.Encouragestudentstointeractwithhermorefreely.

C.Assignhertoanswermoreofstudents'questions.

D.Launchdifferentversionsofheronline.

二、选词填空

用下面给出单词的正确形式填空，使其句意完整。有两个词是多余的。

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