甘肃省民勤县第一中学2018_2019学年高二英语下学期期中试题

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1、甘肃省民勤县第一中学2018-2019学年高二英语下学期期中试题（时间：100分钟总分：120分）第一部分阅读理解（共两节，满分30分）第一节（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20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。AModerntechnologyhasastronginfluenceonmanythingswedo.Infact,technologyisshapingalmosteverypartofourdaytodayexistence,includingeducatio

2、n.AshokGoelisaprofessorattheGeorgiaInstituteofTechnology.Everytermover300graduatestudentstakehisclassonartificialintelligence(AI).Thestudentsnevermeetinperson.Alloftheclassestakeplaceonline—throughawebsite.HavinghundredsofstudentsinaclassmeansAshokGoelhastoanswerthousand

3、sofquestions.Hehaseightteachingassistantstohelphim.Buteventhatisnotenoughtogiveallthestudentsthehelptheyneed.So,inJanuary,hedecidedtotryanexperiment.Atthestartofthespring2016semester,headdedanewmembertohisteachingteam:JillWatson.Shewasabletoanswerquestionsfasterthanmosto

4、therteachingassistants.Andshewasavailable24hoursaday.ItwasonlyattheendofthesemesterthatGoel'sstudentslearnedWatson'ssecret:shewasnotarealperson.JillWatsonisanAIcomputerprogram.GoelsaysonlytwostudentscameclosetopredictingWatson'strueidentity.Hewasworriedabouttellinghisstu

5、dentsbecausehethoughttheywouldnotlikebeingpartoftheexperiment.ButoncetheylearnedWatson'sidentity,theybecameveryexcited.“Then,youknowwhathappened?TheynotonlyaskedthatquestionaboutJill，”“IssheanAI?OncetheidentityofJillwasrevealed,theyalsoaskedifIwasanAI，”hesaid.Goelnowuses

6、Watsonintwoclasses,butstilldoesn'ttellhisstudentswhichofhisteachingassistantsisacomputerprogram.Hehopesthistechnologywillmakeiteasierforteacherstocreatetheirprogramstouseinandoutsidetheclassroom.1．HowdoesGoelgivehisstudentshelp?A．Throughbooks.B．Bywritingtothem.C．Byfaceto

7、faceteaching.D．ThroughtheInternet.2．WhydidGoeldecidetotryanexperiment?A．Becausesomequestionsweredifficultforassitantstoanswer.B．Becauseitwashardtoanswersomanystudents'questions.C．Becausehewastootiredtoanswerthosequestions.D．Becausehewantedtoimprovestudents'selfstudyabili

8、ty.3．What'sthestudents'responsetoJillWatson?A．Beingsurprised.B．Beingindifferent.C．Beingexcited.D．Beings