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1、Unit2Cloning分层}寅练▲直击高考;I阅读理解(2018・四川成都诊断)Wouldn"titbewonderfultotraveltoaforeigncountrywithouthavingtoworryabouttheheadacheofcommunicatinginadifferentlanguage?TnarecentarticlefromTheWallStreetJournal,technologypolicyexpertAlecRossarguedthat,withinadecadeorso,we,11beabletocommuni
2、catewithoneanotherviasmallearpieceswithbuilt-inmicrophones.That,sbecausetechnologicalprogressisextremelyrapid・It'sonlyamatteroftime.Indeed,someparentsaresoconvincedthatthistechnologyisimminentthatthey"rewonderingiftheirkidsshouldevenlearnasecondlanguage.Tt‘struethatanincreaseint
3、hequantityandaccuracyofthedataloadedintocomputerswi11makethemclevererattranslating"Noesbuenodormirmucho”as“It,snotgoodtosleeptoomuch”・Replacingawordwithitsequivalent(对应词)inthetargetlanguageisactuallythe"easypartvofatranslator'sjob.Buteventhisseemstobeadiscouragingtaskforcomputer
4、s・It'ssodifficultforcomputersbecausetranslationdoesn"t—orshouldn"t—involvesimplytranslatingwords,sentencesorparagraphs.Rather,it'sabouttranslatingmeaning.Andinordertoinfermeaningfromaspecificexpression,humanshavetointerpretamassofinformationatthesametime.Thinkaboutalltherelatedc
5、luesthatgointounderstandinganexpression:volume,gesture,situation,andevenyourculture・Al1arelikelytoconveyasmuchmeaningasthewordsyouuse・Therefore,weshouldbeveryskepticalofamachinethatisunabletointerprettheworldaroundus.Ifpeoplefromdifferentculturescanoffendeachotherwithoutrealizin
6、git,howcanweexpectamachinetodobetter?Unlessengineersactuallyfindawaytobreatheasoulintoacomputer,undoubtedlywhenitcomestoconveyingandinterpretingmeaningusinganaturallanguage,amachinewillneverfullytakeourplace・【解题导语】技术专家说随着技术的进步,即时翻译机器将在人约十年内出现在市场上。但是,由于翻译包括很多方而,因此电脑翻译不会精确,也不会完全取代
7、人类的翻译。1.Whatdoestheunderlinedword“imminent”inParagraph2probablymean?A.Ready・C.HelpfuLB.Approaching.D.Advanced.B解析:词义猜测题。根据画线词所在句的前一句并结合第二段的第一句可知,这种产品在大约十年内会在市场上出现,再结合画线词后的"thatthey'rewonderingiftheirkidsshouldevenlearnasecondlanguage”可以判断,这种产品即将出现,家长们在考虑他们的孩子是否要学习一门外语。据此可知,画线词意为
8、“即将发生的;临近的”,故B项正确。1.Whyisithardforcomputerstore
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