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2022-2023学年河南省南阳市桐柏县方树泉中学
八年级上学期期末英语试卷
笔试部分
阅读理解。(2×20=40分)
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AI (人工智能) makes our lives easier and better. Let’s see the amazing (令人惊奇的) AI.
Cool driverless bus
A bus door opens and you get on. Wait! Where is the driver? Here is a new kind of driverless bus called Apolong. It has 14 seats and doesn’t need a driver. The bus follows traffic rules. It stops as soon as it sees a stop light.
Your close friend
Hi, everyone. I’m Xiaobing, a chatbot (聊天机器人) . I speak like a 17-year-old girl. If you feel lonely, you can talk with me. I’m talented at (在……有天赋的) singing, writing poems and telling stories. I want to be your friend!
World’s first AI anchor (主播)
Hey, look! The famous Chinese anchor Qiu Hao is reporting the news for us. But, is “he” really Qiu Hao? The answer is” no”. This is the world’s first AI anchor. It looks and speaks just like a real person. It can work 24 hours and doesn’t make any mistakes.You might see it on TV soon.
Popular AI artist
This beautiful painting was at an auction (拍卖) in 2020. The painting is worth about 3 000, 000 yuan! But it is not a work by a famous painter, such as Vincent van Gogh. It was painted by an AI artist. Three Frenchmen created the AI artist. It studied over 15, 000 paintings. In this way, it learned to paint.
1. The fact about Apolong is that ________ .
A. it stops as soon as it sees a stop light B. the bus door can’t open itself
C. there are 24 seats in it D. it doesn’t follow the traffic rules
2. Xiaobing can NOT ________ .
A. sing B. talk with you if you feel lonely
C. go out to play with you D. be your friend
3. The painting ________ .
A. was at an auction in 2019
B. is a work painted by Vincent van Gogh
C. is worth about 3, 000, 000 yuan at an auction
D. was studied by three French artists over 15, 000 times
4. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. The Al anchor can work 24 hours and doesn’t make any mistakes.
B. This new kind of driverless bus also needs a driver to control it.
C. Xiao