广东省惠州市2017届高三第一次模拟（4月）考试英语试题（PDF版）

1 惠州市 2017 届高三第一次模拟考试 英 语 2017.4． 注意事项： 1. 本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分。答卷前，考生 必将自己的姓名、考生号、考场号和座位号填写在答题卡上。因考试不考 听力，第 I 卷从第二部分的“阅读理解”开始，试题序号从“21”开始。 2．回答第 I 卷时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答题标 号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其它答案标号。写在本试卷 上无效。 3. 回答第 II 卷时，将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷上无效。 4. 考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。 第 I 卷 第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分 40 分） 第一节 （共 15 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 30 分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C 和 D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答 题卡上将该项涂黑。 A Artificial intelligence, or AI, has been applied in a wide range of fields to perform specific tasks, including education, finance, heavy industry, transportation, and so on. Education There are a number of companies that create robots to teach subjects to children ranging from biology to computer science, though such tools have not become widespread yet. Advancements in natural language processing, combined with machine learning, have also enabled automatic grading of assignments. AI has also led to an explosion in popularity of MOOCs, or Massive Open Online Courses, which allows students from around the world to take classes online. Finance Use of AI in banking can be tracked back to 1987. Banks use artificial intelligence systems to organize operations, maintain book-keeping, invest in stocks, and manage properties. Also, systems are being developed, like Arria, to translate complex data into simple and personable language. There are also wallets, like Wallet AI, which monitor an individual's spending habits and provides ways to improve them. Heavy industry Robots have become common in many industries and are often given jobs that are considered dangerous to humans. Robots have proven effective in jobs that are very repetitive which may lead https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_intelligence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weak_AI http://wallet.ai/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robot 2 to mistakes or accidents due to failure in concentration and other jobs which humans may find degrading. Transportation Today's cars can have AI-based driver assist features such as self-parking an