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Unit 7 When Tomorrow Comes
Reading Plus
Life in the Future
I. 词汇运用
阅读下面短文,根据括号内所给汉语注释写出单词的正确形式(每空一词)。
Scientists make exciting 1. ____ (预言) about the world of 2040. While 2. ____ (科幻) films often show robots controlling humans, experts 3. ____ (提议) that technology will 4. ____ (实际上) work as a partner to help society. For example, AI 5. ____ (仆人) might help doctors in hospitals or teach students in classrooms. 6. ____ (令人惊奇), these machines could learn from humans and even meet our needs over time.
In daily life, things we think special today might become 7. ____ (常见). Imagine houses with self-cleaning walls or clothes that change colour depended on the weather! Some designers take 8. ____ (灵感) from nature, creating solar-powered bikes that mimic (模仿) how fish swim. A group of 9. ____ (好奇) engineers thought a “floating city” idea to solve overpopulation problems.
Of course, the future isn’t just about technology. People might focus more on 10.______ (创造力) and protecting the environment (环境). Who knows?
Ⅱ. 语法填空
“AI is getting popular now. In the future it 1. ____ (play) a part in education,” said Zhang Bo, a famous Chinese 2. ____ (science).
“AI might change how teachers work or even take over some of their roles,” Zhang said at a forum (论坛) at Tsinghua University in Beijing. The forum was part of 3. ______AI robot competition (比赛). Zhang started studying 4. ______(hope) young people can keep working on it now.
During a discussion (讨论) at the forum, a teacher 5. ____ Beijing Technology and Business University talked about how AI could make school even 6. ____ (special). Maybe one day, every student would have 7. ____ (they) own AI robot to help with studying. These AI teachers could help make school the same for everyone, no matter where they live.
Most of the winners in the AI robot competition were teachers and students from universities, 8._____ younger kids were getting good at it. Yang was one of them. He started coding (编码) two years ago and won the 9.______ (one) prize in the creative coding part of the competition. He dreams of 10.________ (build) smart robots that can help people when he grows up.
Ⅲ. 阅读理解
Did you run out of (用完) coffee or tea? Find no eggs in the fridge and the nearest shop is too far away? Well, all that can change in the future.
If all goes well, smart kitchens will soon help solve all your problems. The kitchen of the future will help plan your menu for the day. Worried about your weight? It will tell you the right diet (日常饮食) and what is good for your health. It will even keep in mind your likes and dislikes!
If you are not good at cooking, the computer system will spell out the ingredients that each dish needs and tell you how to mix them! The smart kitchen downloads (下载) the diet from the Internet after counting the ingredients in the fridge. Want to make a delicious chocolate cake? The kind that Mother or Grandmother makes? You have it.
With the help of the kitchen’s computer system, this smart kitchen will keep an eye on your fridge. So what happens if the fridge is empty? The kitchen will call and place an order at the supermarket near your home.
( )1. What is the right order of the following things the smart kitchen does?
①It spells out the ingredients needed for each dish.
②It tells you how to mix them.
③It downloads the diet from the Internet.
④It counts the ingredients in the fridge.
A. ①②③④
B.②④③①
C. ③①②④
D.④③①②
( )2. Which of the following about the smart kitchen is NOT mentioned in the text?
A. It can help you plan your menu for the day.
B. It can help you make a delicious chocolate cake.
C. It can clean the fridge in time.
D. It can remember your favourite food.
( )3. If you run out of coffee in smart kitchen, what will happen?
A. You will have to go to the nearest shop yourself.
B. The computer system will spell out what you need.
C. The kitchen can place an order at supermarkets.
D. The kitchen can give advice on how to buy coffee.
( )4. Who may need the smart kitchen most according to the text?
A. An excellent cook.
B. A clever grandmother.
C. A busy office worker.
D. A hard-working student.
IV. 任务型阅读
阅读下面材料,从选项中所给的 A—E 五个选项中选出正确选项(其中一项是多余选项),将其序号填入第 1~4 小题,并回答第 5 小题。
The Future of AI
AI is changing our world quickly. 1._______ For example, AI systems can now diagnose diseases (诊断疾病) faster than some doctors. However, many people still want to know how AI will affect our lives in the next 20 years.
One important area is work. 2._______ Factories already use robots to make cars, and AI deals with customer service. But experts say humans will still be important to jobs needing creativity, like writing stories or designing art.
3.____ Self-driving cars using AI could reduce traffic accidents. At the same time, smart cities might use AI to control energy use, making our environment cleaner.
However, there are challenges. 4. ____ If a robot makes a wrong decision in a hospital, who should take responsibility (责任)? Also, many worry that AI might collect too much people’s information.
After all, AI is just a tool for humans, and its future depends on how we use it.
选项:
A. For example, some restaurants use robots to cook noodles.
B. In daily life, AI could make transport safer and greener.
C. More and more people focus on the discussion of AI ethics (伦理标准).
D. Teachers believe AI can help correct (批改) homework efficiently.
E. By 2040, AI and robots can do about 30% of jobs.
1. When you use AI, what will you ask it to do? (不超过 15 词)
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