2023年牛津译林版英语中考专题训练---阅读理解

2023年中考专题训练---阅读理解 A As AI art generators (生成器) take the world by storm, some people wonder if their works should count as art at all. The technology is still developing and has some problems to work out, which means there are indeed flaws to consider along with the unbelievable artwork a good artificial intelligence (人工智能) can produce. Art is classed as the product of imagination, skill, experience, and feelings, usually meant to represent something for the public to enjoy. Artists spent time and effort putting their inner worlds onto these works. Machine intelligence also puts a lot of work into sorting through tons of data, linking someone’s tips to datasets (数据集), and trying to represent it as best as possible. The difference is that the AI is driven by instructions instead of an emotional need to express itself. AI painters can produce over 1,000 original (原创的) works of art with every tap of the enter key on a keyboard. But a mass-produced print of the Mona Lisa is worth less than the actual Leonardo da Vinci’s painting. Why? Rareness — there’s only one of the original. Should anyone pay for these things? And if an artist puts AI works up for sale, what should the price be? AI art includes a program imitating the work of famous artists to create a new piece according to the need of a human. But who made the artwork, the machine or its user? And can the original artists protect copyright? Such questions make the appearing of artificial intelligence and the art industry more difficult, increasing arguments against recognizing AI-generated art as marketable artistic products. Once we’ve answered those questions, we can deal with the really big one: When an AI-generated painting wins an award, who gets the prize? 1. The passage is most probably taken from _______. A. a diary B. a science study C. a tour guide D. a dictionary 2. What does the underlined word “flaws” in paragraph 1 probably mean? A. Advantages. B. Benefits. C. Weaknesses.