专题11 备战2021年中考英语时事热点语篇重大题型专练（通用版）

专题11 备战2021年中考英语时事热点语篇重大题型专练 热点导读 序号 题型 内容 01 阅读理解 人工智能新闻主持人 02 阅读理解 抖音、快手短视频 03 阅读理解 中国龙 04 任务型阅读 中国拉花艺术锦标赛的冠军——梁凡 05 短文填空 外卖司机对疫情防控发挥的重要作用 1、 阅读理解 Technology is forever changing the way we get our news. Many 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. The news readers-created by machine learning technology, are based on two real-life Chinese newsmen. One is able to present(播出) newscasts in English, the other, in Chinese. In Xinhua's report, it said machine learning was used to examine video looks and sounds of the two newsmen. The system then created the AI robotic presenters, which look and sound like real people. The AI presenters will be a great improvement to the news team because they "can work 24 hours a day tirelessly" on its website and on social media. And they were able to read the news "as naturally as" a human presenter. On social media, many Chinese noted that the AI presenters did not seem real. People criticized them for not being more lifelike. On China's Twitter-like service micro-blog, several users wrote that the news readers have "no soul(灵魂)." One user joked, "What if we had an AI leader(of China)?" Some wondered if AI robots might take the workers' place. "It all depends on production costs, which will determine if we lose jobs?" one micro-blog user wrote. Some people argued that only low-level jobs requiring heavy labor will be replaced by AI robots. Others praised the technology as a way for companies to make money from low-cost labor machines. Recently Britain's BBC used machine learning to make an AI presenter. It looked like one of its news readers who were speaking different languages. Also, developers working on Amazon's Alexa(a smart