Unit 4 Living with Technology 分层跟踪检测(二) -2026-2027学年高中英语译林版选择性必修第二册

Unit 4　Living with Technology 分层跟踪检测(二) Ⅰ.阅读理解(共12小题;每小题2.5分,满分30分) A Claude Monet, Pablo Picasso and Leonardo da Vinci ... the art world has never lacked talent.And now, a new painter is ready to join the list, although this one isn’t even human. Next month, auction house(拍卖行) Christie’s Prints and Multiples will make history by offering the first piece of art created by artificial intelligence (AI) for sale.The painting is a portrait of a man called Edmond de Belamy, and is expected to be sold for up to $10,000 (69,000 yuan). The work, which features a man with a mysterious look on his face, was created by software developed by the French art group Obvious. Nicolas Laugero-Lasserre, an art collector, called the work “odd and amazing at the same time”.This isn’t the first example of Al-produced artwork, as AI has already been used to write poems and compose songs.However, many people doubt whether it should be called art at all. According to Russian writer Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910), art is about creating emotion.It’s “a means of... joining people together in the same feelings,” he once said. So, if the emotion behind art is what makes it meaning-ful, the ability to create and use tools is what makes human beings different from other species.And as a tool itself, the AI technology used to create the portrait is the result of a lot of effort made by several designers.Together, they “fed” the AI a huge collection of paintings from the 14th to the 18th centuries, until it was able to work out how to make similar paintings of its own. The introduction of AI art could be the beginning of a new artistic movement.However, not everyone is ready to welcome these high-tech artists just yet. “The human mind is what’s behind the AI technology.And the human mind is not a cold, hard fact,” Oscar Schwartz, a researcher and writer on AI, said during a TEDx Sydney speech.“Rather, it is something that’s created with our opinions and something that changes over time.” 1.Why are Monet, Picasso and da Vinci mentioned at the beginning of the passage? A.To list world famous talented artists. B.To highlight the inhuman painter by contrast. C.To show the prosperity of the art world. D.To introduce a new painter as great as them. 2.Why does the painting mentioned in Paragraph 2 gain special concern? A.It’ll be auctioned in a famous auction house. B.It’s the first AI-produced artwork for sale. C.It’s the portrait of a man with mysterious look. D.Its auction price is expected to be the highest. 3.Which of the following statements may Leo Tolstoy agree with? A.AI technology is a tool for artistic creation. B.AI is taught to express human emotions in art. C.AI copied paintings of the 14th-18th centuries. D.AI art joins people together in the same feelings. 4.What might be the future of the new artistic movement? A.Predictable. B.Unacceptable. C.Popular. D.Unclear. B (2024·浙江1月卷) When was the last time you used a telephone box?I mean to make an actual phone call—not to shelter from the rain.Ages ago,right?The last time I used a phone box for its intended purpose was ...2006.I was conducting auditions(试演) for my play in my tiny old shared house in London.Hoping to impress some talented actors to come and work for me for nothing,I spread some throws over the sofas and lit candles to make it seem a bit more “young professional”. As I rushed outdoors to empty the wastepaper baskets,the door swung shut behind me.Suddenly I was locked outside.My mobile phone was inside,but luckily there was a telephone box across the street.So,I called Directory Assistance,got put through to our landlady’s managing agent,and had a spare key sent to me with just enough time to get back in before the actors arrived. As it has been many years since I last used one,I should hardly be surprised that there are no longer any public telephones near my house.The last one standing has just been turned into a “mini community library”:any passer-by can “borrow” a book from its shelves,and return it later,or replace it with another title from their own collection. For a few months after the “library” opened,I didn’t bother taking a look,as I had assumed that it would be stuffed full of cheesy love stories.Then I noticed folk conducting spring cleans dropping boxes of voluminous books on various subjects there.And these books were free.This unbeatable price-point encouraged me to experiment with dozens of titles that I would never normally consider buying.And I’ve discovered some great books! If I ever get trapped outside my house again,my local telephone box will,sadly,no longer be able to connect me with my keys.But it can certainly keep me entertained while I wait for my wife to rescue me. 5.What does the underlined word “it” in the first paragraph refer to? A.The play. B.The shared house. C.The sofa. D.The telephone box. 6.Why did the author use the telephone box in 2006? A.To place an urgent call. B.To put up a notice. C.To shelter from the rain. D.To hold an audition. 7.What do we know about the “mini community library”? A.It provides phone service for free. B.Anyone can contribute to its collection. C.It is popular among young readers. D.Books must be returned within a month. 8.Why did the author start to use the “library”? A.He wanted to borrow some love stories. B.He was encouraged by a close neighbour. C.He found there were excellent free books. D.He thought it was an ideal place for reading. C (2024·山东潍坊统考) All the hard work that you’ve spent making strong passwords,combining pet names with numbers,symbols and birthdates could all soon be for nothing as a new artificial intelligence(AI) model achieves a 95% accuracy of understanding keystrokes(按键). At least that’s the extreme view of a team of British researchers.Using a deep learning model,they were able to steal data from a laptop’s keyboard using a microphone to understand what is being typed.This,in theory,would allow hackers who were able to gain access to your laptop to obtain what is being typed including messages and passwords. The first step for this attack to work is to record the keystrokes on someone’s keyboard.This is needed to train the algorithm(计算程序).While this could be done from the laptop’s microphone,it could equally be achieved by placing a smartphone near the computer.By pressing 36 keys on a modern MacBook Pro 25 times each and recording the sounds produced,the researchers gained a full set of training data.This information is turned into waveforms to show identifiable differences between each key.With this information in hand,they could then build a machine-learning model to understand which of these waveforms lines up with which key. “If you get enough data,a model can be built pretty easily,” Oli Buckley,a professor of Internet security said.“If it works on one keyboard,it will likely work on the next.The MacBook has a nice,quiet keyboard,so the idea is that if it works on something quiet,it will have a wide-reaching ability on louder keyboards.” While this all sounds pretty scary,not to mention a new form of hacking(侵入) to look out for,it isn’t quite as worrying as it sounds. “A good sample of data is needed for it to work,so this changes if you’re using a Dell,a MacBook, or an external keyboard.Also,factors change.Some people type louder and harder,or their keyboards are full of cat hair so that impacts things slightly,”says Buckley. 9.What is Paragraph 3 mainly about? A.Why protective steps are needed. B.Why a set of training data is vital. C.How you document secret information. D.How hackers gain data from targeted computers. 10.What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 4 refer to? A.The keyboard. B.The model. C.The waveforms. D.The computer. 11.What do Buckley’s words imply in the last paragraph? A.AI understands exactly what you’re typing. B.Purchasing expensive computer is necessary. C.Cats play an important role in privacy protection. D.Building an accurate dataset through keystrokes is not easy. 12.What is the main idea of the text? A.A scary danger is on the way. B.A new form of hacking troubles us. C.AI can transform the digital world in a big way. D.AI can discover passwords by listening to you type. Ⅱ.完形填空(共15小题;每小题1分,满分15分) Lydia Denton felt very sad when she learned about the incidents, in which many children died in the hot cars because they were accidentally left behind. But no one has 　13　 a good way to deal with the problem. The little girl, who would enter the seventh grade, decided to find a 　14　.  Two years later, the 12-year-old girl from North Carolina won a $20,000 prize for her 　15　, the Beat The Heat Car Seat, a car seat device measuring the 　16　 of a car. The device is able to 　17　 the parents of the danger when the inside of the car almost 　18　 38.9℃.  Lydia used part of her $20,000 to continue to 　19　 her device with the hope of getting it to market as soon as possible 　20　 it can be something that will save lives and something that most people can 　21　 to get.   Lydia also 　22　 some of her prize money with her 14-year-old brother and 10-year-old sister. They also helped bring the 　23　 in the car seat device. Her brother was really great at coding(编程), and her little sister would 　24　 them with some sweets or cakes.  Lydia’s mum, a science teacher, said it was 　25　 to watch her three kids cooperate to think out a way to the problem that has 　26　 for years. “They have proven that nothing is 　27　. I am really proud of them,” she added.  13.A.come along B.come up with C.come about D.come out 14.A.process B.response C.solution D.decision 15.A.arrangement B.invention C.application D.suggestion 16.A.detail B.condition C.temperature D.quality 17.A.remind B.affect C.rescue D.demand 18.A.reaches B.hosts C.attracts D.prefers 19.A.design B.master C.develop D.describe 20.A.no matter B.so that C.as if D.now that 21.A.regard B.compete C.pretend D.afford 22.A.supplied B.exchanged C.shared D.collected 23.A.improvement B.variety C.production D.advantage 24.A.serve B.deliver C.contact D.charge 25.A.graceful B.inspiring C.curious D.effective 26.A.disappeared B.recovered C.adapted D.existed 27.A.specific B.traditional C.worthwhile D.impossible 参考答案 Ⅰ.【语篇导读】本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了人工智能创作了自己的绘画作品以及人们对此的态度。 1.B　推理判断题。根据第一段“Claude Monet, Pablo Picasso and Leonardo da Vinci ... the art world has never lacked talent.And now, a new painter is ready to join the list, although this one isn’t even human.(Claude Monet、Pablo Picasso和Leonardo da Vinci……现在,一位新的画家即将加入这一行列,尽管这位画家甚至不是人类。)”由此可知,在文章的开头提到Monet、Picasso和da Vinci是为了通过对比突出非人类的画家。故选B。 2.B　细节理解题。根据第二段“Next month, auction house Christie’s Prints and Multiples will make history by offering the first piece of art created by artificial intelligence (AI) for sale.(下个月,佳士得拍卖行将创造历史,出售第一件由人工智能(AI)创作的艺术品。)”由此可知,第二段提到的那幅画受到特别关注,是因为这是出售的第一个AI制作的艺术品。故选B。 3.A　细节理解题。根据第五段中的“And as a tool itself, the AI technology used to create the portrait is the result of a lot of effort made by several designers.Together, they ‘fed’ the AI a huge collection of paintings from the 14th to the 18th centuries, until it was able to work out how to make similar paintings of its own.(而作为一种工具,用于创造肖像的人工智能技术是几位设计师努力的结果。他们一起给人工智能‘喂食’了大量14世纪到18世纪的画作,直到人工智能能够自己制作类似的画作。)”由此可知,人工智能技术是艺术创作的工具。故选A。 4.D　推理判断题。根据最后一段中“Rather, it is something that’s created with our opinions and something that changes over time.(相反,它是随着我们的观点而产生的,并且会随着时间而改变。)”由此可知,新艺术运动的未来不清晰。故选D。 【语篇导读】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要说明了随着手机的普及,电话亭逐渐被淘汰。作者回顾了自己最后一次使用电话亭的经历,并发现家附近最后一个电话亭被改造成了“迷你图书馆”,这一功能的转变为社区提供了新的价值。 5.B　代词指代题。根据第一段最后两句可知,作者为了组织剧本试演,特意布置了房间,以使房子看起来更像一个“年轻专业人士”的生活空间,所以it指代的是作者的合租房。 6.A　推理判断题。根据第二段内容可知,作者被锁在了门外,手机在房间里,需要联系房东的房产管理代理人来获取备用钥匙,所以作者2006年使用电话亭是为了拨打紧急电话。 7.B　细节理解题。根据第三段“...any passer-by can‘borrow’ a book from its shelves,and return it later,or replace it with another title from their own collection.”可知,任何人都可以为“迷你社区图书馆”捐赠书籍。 8.C　细节理解题。根据第四段中的“And these books were free.”和最后一句“And I’ve discovered some great books!”可知,作者发现“迷你社区图书馆”里有很多优秀的免费书籍,所以开始使用。C选项中的excellent和文章中的great是同义替换。 【语篇导读】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了一项新的研究发现,人工智能能够通过按键窃取你的密码。 9.D　主旨大意题。根据文章第三段“The first step for this attack to work is...with which key.”可知,第三段主要介绍了黑客如何从目标电脑中获取数据。 10.B　代词指代题。根据画线单词上文“If you get enough data,a model can be built pretty easily”及“If it works on one keyboard”可推测,画线词“it”指的是上文提到的模型。 11.D　推理判断题。根据最后一段“A good sample of data...impacts things slightly”可知,Buckley认为通过按键声建立准确的数据集不容易。他提到,为了模型有效工作,需要良好的样本数据,不同键盘和打字方式会影响准确性。 12.D　主旨大意题。根据第一段“All the hard work that...understanding keystrokes.”及第二段“At least that’s the extreme...and passwords.”可知,文章主要讲述的人工智能能够读取键盘按键声音,从而获得你的密码。 Ⅱ.【语篇导读】本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了一个小女孩发明了一个汽车装置,能有效解决儿童被落在车里而致死的潜在风险问题。 13.B　根据上文和本句句首But可推知,虽然有这种不幸的事件发生,但是没有人提出一个好办法来处理这个问题。 14.C　根据下文女孩的发明可推知,这个小女孩决定找到一个解决办法。 15.B　Beat The Heat Car Seat是女孩的发明。 16.C　结合生活实际及本段末的38.9℃可知,该装置可以监测车内温度。 17.A　孩子被落在车里存在安全隐患,女孩为了解决这一问题而发明此装置,会在监测到温度高时,提醒家长存在的风险。 18.A　此处表示温度接近38.9度时,该装置会发出提醒。 19.C　根据下文“getting it to market as soon as possible”可知,Lydia想使汽车装置成为挽救生命的,能买得起的发明,所以继续“开发”该设备。 20.B　拯救生命是继续研发,并将其投入市场的目的。 21.D　产品投入市场前还需要考虑人们的购买力,人们是否买得起。 22.C　女孩还与哥哥和妹妹分享了这笔奖金。 23.A　下文讲了哥哥对该发明的贡献——哥哥擅长编程,能帮助改进装置。 24.A　根据上文“They also helped”可知,妹妹会提供饮食服务。 25.B　三个孩子通力合作,想出解决问题的方法是很令人鼓舞的。 26.D　根据文章第一句及空后“for years”可推知,此处指这个问题存在很多年了。 27.D　孩子们的妈妈认为,孩子们发明了这个装置,最终解决了存在多年的问题,证明了没有什么是不可能的。 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $