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【題目】

Brooke wanted a dollhouse and some sugar cookies. So the 6-year-old asked Alexa to get them. Alexa wasn’t her mom or babysitter. It was a voice-activated home assistant powered by AI（人工智能）. And it made Brooke’s wishes come true. A few days later, much to her parents’ surprise, a $ 170 dollhouse and four pounds of cookies showed up. They ate the cookies and gave away the dollhouse to a local hospital. And that’s not the end of the story. When a news reporter told the story of what happened on TV, Alexa devices（設備）in many listeners’ homes woke up and tried to order dollhouses!

Alexa isn’t the only AI willing to serve you. Apple Home Pod has Siri, Google Home has its Assistant, and the upcoming Galaxy Home device will have Bixby. People who have these devices use them mainly for listening to music, checking the weather, and setting timers. According to a report from The Information, nowadays voice shopping is rare. But many scientists predict a boom（增長）in voice shopping in the near future. Is that a good thing?

. You can shout out an order as soon as you think of it, even if you are cooking, cleaning, or driving. In addition, people with disabilities who are unable to use a keyboard or mouse can shop without any help.

But voice shopping has its disadvantages. Unwanted dollhouses aren’t the biggest problem. It’s usually very easy to cancel an order or return products. The thing that worries some people is that these assistants are always listening. They have to be able to respond when you want them. So they listen for" Alexa" or "OK Google" or another order. When they hear it, they start recording the conversation. Some have worried about what happens shopping habits? And what if someone hacks（入侵）the device? The CIA found a way to hack smart TVs to turn them into spies that listen all the time. Others could do the same with any smart device.

What do you think? Are you ready to start voice shopping?

【1】From the passage, we know that Alexa .

A. can look after the babyB. can cook delicious food

C. is a toy doll sold onlineD. is one kind of AI device

【2】The underlined word" rare" in Paragraph 2 probably means.

A. unusualB. expensiveC. harmfulD. impossible

【3】Which of the following is the best to fill in the“ _____” in Paragraph 3?

A. Convenience is the main advantage of voice shopping

B. The cost of voice shopping is lower than other ways

C. The popularity of voice shopping is increasing

D. The technology of voice shopping needs improving

【4】Paragraph 4 mainly tells us that when people try voice shopping.

A. AI sometimes forgets people’s orders

B. personal information might be hacked

C. it’s difficult to cancel or return products

D. the needs for products can’t be satisfied

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】A

【3】A

【4】B

【解析】

你聽說過人工智能嗎？這是一種新技術，它已經被用于了人們的日常生活，如人們可以用它來聽音樂、查看天氣、設置定時器等�，F(xiàn)在聲控購物還比較稀少，但未來會增多。這種聲控購物有優(yōu)點也有缺點。

【1】細節(jié)理解題。根據短文第二段Alexa isn't the only AI willing to serve you．Alexa不是唯一愿意為你服務的人工智能，由此可知Alexa是一種人工智能設備，故選D。

【2】詞義猜測題。根據該單詞所在的語境According to a report from The Information， nowadays voice shopping is rare． But many scientists predict a boom（增長）in voice shopping in the near future．根據信息中的一份報告，如今語音購物還比較..，但許多科學家預測在不久的將來，語音購物會增長，由此可推測rare意思是“稀少的“，故選A。

【3】推理判斷題。根據空后You can shout out an order as soon as you think of it, even if you are cooking, cleaning, or driving. In addition, people with disabilities who are unable to use a keyboard or mouse can shop without any help．你一想到訂單就可以大聲喊出來，即使你在做飯、打掃或開車。此外，不能使用鍵盤或鼠標的殘疾人也可以在沒有任何幫助的情況下購物，由此可知，這一段介紹的是優(yōu)點，故選A。

【4】細節(jié)理解題。根據短文第四段Some have worried about what happens shopping habits? And what if someone hacks（入侵） the device? The CIA found a way to hack smart TVs to turn them into spies that listen all the time. Others could do the same with any smart device.一些人擔心發(fā)購物習慣、如果有人入侵設備呢？中央情報局找到了一種方法入侵智能電視，把他們變成間諜。其他人可以用任何智能設備做同樣的事情。由此可知，這一段講述了個人信息可能被竊取，故選B。