第4部分 高考题型组合练6(Word教参)-【衡中学案】2023老高考英语二轮总复习(老教材)

组合练6 Ⅰ.阅读理解(共8小题；每小题2分，满分16分) 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 A (2022·新疆乌鲁木齐地区高三第一次质量监测) When Swiss watch boss, Christoph Grainger Herr, was unable to fly to a global trade show because of Covid-19 restrictions, he decided to join the show as a life-size, 3D hologram(全息投影).Appearing in 4K resolution, he was able to talk to, and see and hear the people who were physically attending the event. With the coronavirus pandemic having put a stop to much global travel since March 2020, there is a growing interest in the use of holograms—3D light projections(投影) of a person—as a more life-like, more immersive, more sensory alternative to video calls. Los Angeles-based Portal is one of the firms at the forefront of the technology.Its portals(投影设备) are eight feet (2.5 m) tall, glass-fronted, computerised boxes.Inside the booths a life-size hologram of a person appears.The portals have built-in speakers, so that the hologramʼs “voice” can be heard.They also include cameras and microphones so that the user of the hologram can see and hear the people in front of his or her projection.“And were it not for the sheet of glass in front of the hologram, youʼd think the person was actually there.In fact, if there is no light on the glass so that you cannot see it reflecting, then you do think the person is actually there.” says Mr. Nussbaum, the boss of US holograms firm Portl. The portals cost about $60，000 each, so they are certainly expensive, although the company says they can be rented for considerably less.“In a few yearsʼ time, this is going to become a regular way of communicating between offices，” says Mr. Nussbaum. Yet, he cautions that problems may occur in the future if these holographic images become so real that distinguishing them from an actual person will become impossible.“If you can create digital experiences that get closer and closer to how you sense reality, youʼre more likely to be manipulated(操控)，” says Mr. Nussbaum. Mr. Nussbaum says he is confident that ho