课时作业(十一)（Word练习）-【优化指导】2023高考英语二轮复习高中总复习·第2轮（老教材）

课时作业(十一)

Ⅰ.阅读理解

A

(2022·浙江省太湖联盟二模)Every morning at five o'clock，composer(作曲家) Walter Werzowa would sit down at his computer waiting for a particular daily e­mail.It came from a team that had been working all night to draft Beethoven's unfinished 10th Symphony.The e­mail contained hundreds of versions，and Werzowa listened to them all，looking for the perfect tune—a sound that was unmistakably Beethoven.But the phrases he was listening to weren't composed by Beethoven.They were created by artificial intelligence.

When Ludwig van Beethoven died in 1827，he left behind some musical drafts and notes.There was barely enough to make out a phrase，let alone a whole symphony.But that didn't stop people from trying.

Werzowa and a group of music experts and computer scientists teamed up to use machine learning to create the symphony.Ahmed Elgammal led the AI side of the team.The team's first task was to teach the AI to think like Beethoven.To do that，they gave it Beethoven's complete works，his drafts and notes.They taught it Beethoven's process—like how he went from four notes to his entire Fifth Symphony.Then they taught it to compose a bridge between two sections.With all that knowledge，the AI came as close to thinking like Beethoven as possible.But it still wasn't enough.The AI doesn't really produce something that can continue for a long time and be consistent.So the team had to put the selected pieces together to build a symphony.

Matthew Guzdial researches creativity(创造力) and machine learning at the University of Alberta． He didn't work on the Beethoven project，but he says，“Modern AI，modern machine learning，is all about just copying small local patterns.And it's up to a human to then take what the AI outputs and find the genius(天资).The genius wasn't in the AI.The genius was in the human who was doing the selection.”

1．How did Walter Werzowa contribute to the Beethoven project?

A． He trained the AI to think like a human.

B． He replied to daily e­mails every morning.

C． He selected the best tune created by the AI.

D． He drafted Beethoven's unfinished symphony.

2．What was the major challenge the team met?

A． The AI was far from thinking like Beethoven.

B．It was hard to put pieces together to build a symphony.

C． The AI couldn't create a long and consistent piece of music．

D．There were not enough complete works for machine learning.

3．Which of the following would Matthew Guzdial most probably agree with?

A．AI is likely to be a barrier to creativity.

B． The potential of AI is being brought out.

C． The value of AI shouldn't be overlooked．

D．AI can't totally replace the role of humans.

【语篇解读】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述作曲家Walter Werzowa与一群音乐专家还有计算机科学家联手利用人工智能学习创造贝多芬的第十交响曲。

1．C　解析：细节理解题。根据第一段中的“The e­mail contained hundreds ...looking for the prefect tune”以及第三段中的“Werzowa and a group of music experts ...of the team”可知，Werzowa与音乐专家和计算机科学家合作，利用人工智能创作贝多芬的曲子，并从中选出最好的。故选C。

2．C　解析：细节理解题。根据第三段中的“The AI doesn't really produce something that can continue for a long time and be consistent.”可知，这个团队面临的主要的挑战是人工智能不会产生长时间持续的音乐。故选C。

3．D　解析：推理判断题。根据最后一段中“Modern AI，modern machine learning，is all about just copying small local patterns ...The genius was in the human who was doing the selection.(现代人工智能，现代机器学习，就是复制小的局部模式……天资存在于作出选择的人类。)”可知，在Matthew Guzdial看来，人工智能并不能完全代替人类的角色。故选D。

B

Academically，I was an average B＋student，shy and awkward． In my personal life，there was no one to encourage me to pursue my talent，nor acknowledgement that I even had a talent.Luckily，Miss Judge，my English teacher，introduced me to literature that initially inspired me to write.It was she that saw the potential in me that I didn't even know existed．

Miss Judge was a kind and lovely person.She first recommended me some classic works，like To Kill a Mockingbird，Of Mice and Men and Greek Mythology. Then came The Horror，the one sparking my love of fantasy and magic and everything supernatural，which will always remain on my bookshelf.

Once in class，we were assigned to write a scene inspired by Hamlet，the play we were reading.Excited about the chance to write，I worked extra hard on it.After I handed it in，Miss Judge was really impressed and asked if she could read it to the whole class.I refused． Even today，