2021高考英语大一轮复习考点规范练32Unit2Robots新人教版选修7.docx
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1、考点规范练32 Unit 2 Robots.阅读理解A(2019北京)The problem of robocalls has gotten so bad that many people now refuse to pick up calls from numbers they dont know.By next year,half of the calls we receive will be scams(欺诈).We are finally waking up to the severity of the problem by supporting and developing a gr
2、oup of tools,apps and approaches intended to prevent scammers from getting through.Unfortunately,its too little,too late.By the time these “solutions”(解决方案)become widely available,scammers will have moved onto cleverer means.In the near future,its not just going to be the number you see on your scre
3、en that will be in doubt.Soon you will also question whether the voice youre hearing is actually real.Thats because there are a number of powerful voice manipulation(处理) and automation technologies that are about to become widely available for anyone to use.At this years I/O Conference,a company sho
4、wed a new voice technology able to produce such a convincing human-sounding voice that it was able to speak to a receptionist and book a reservation without detection.These developments are likely to make our current problems with robocalls much worse.The reason that robocalls are a headache has les
5、s to do with amount than precision.A decade of data breaches(数据侵入) of personal information has led to a situation where scammers can easily learn your mothers name,and far more.Armed with this knowledge,theyre able to carry out individually targeted campaigns to cheat people.This means,for example,t
6、hat a scammer could call you from what looks to be a familiar number and talk to you using a voice that sounds exactly like your bank tellers,tricking you into “confirming” your address,mothers name,and card number.Scammers follow money,so companies will be the worst hit.A lot of business is still d
7、one over the phone,and much of it is based on trust and existing relationships.Voice manipulation technologies may weaken that gradually.We need to deal with the insecure nature of our telecom networks.Phone carriers and consumers need to work together to find ways of determining and communicating w
8、hat is real.That might mean either developing a uniform way to mark videos and images,showing when and who they were made by,or abandoning phone calls altogether and moving towards data-based communicationsusing apps like FaceTime or WhatsApp, which can be tied to your identity.Credibility is hard t
9、o earn but easy to lose,and the problem is only going to get harder from here on out.1.How does the author feel about the solutions to the problem of robocalls?A.Panicked.B.Confused.C.Embarrassed.D.Disappointed.2.Taking advantage of the new technologies,scammers can .A.aim at victims preciselyB.dama
10、ge databases easilyC.start campaigns rapidlyD.spread information widely3.What does the passage imply?A.Honesty is the best policy.B.Technologies can be double-edged.C.There are more solutions than problems.D.Credibility holds the key to development.4.Which of the following would be the best title fo
11、r the passage?A.Where the Problem of Robocalls Is RootedB.Who Is to Blame for the Problem of RobocallsC.Why Robocalls Are About to Get More DangerousD.How Robocalls Are Affecting the World of TechnologyBShopping centres,stadiums and universities may soon have a new tool to help fight crime.A Califor
12、nia company called Knightscope says its robots can predict and prevent crime.Knightscope says the goal is to reduce crime by half in areas the robots guard.William Santana Li is the chief executive officer of Knightscope.He says,“These robot security guards will change the world.Our planet has seven
13、 billion people on it.Its going to quickly get to nine billion people.The security equipment that we have globally is just not going to develop that fast.The companys Autonomous Data Machines can become the eyes and ears of law enforcement (执行).”“You want it to be machines plus humans.Let the machin
14、es do the heavy and sometimes dangerous work and let the humans do the strategic decision-making work,so its always working all together.”The machines are one and a half meters tall and weigh 136 kilograms.They do not carry weapons but they have day-and-night time video cameras which are able to tur
15、n 360 degrees and can also sense chemical and biological weapons.Some people may become concerned about their privacy,especially in connection with the video recordings.Some people may worry that such recordings will appear on the Internet.Eugene Volokh,a law professor at the University of Californi
16、a,says the machines have to be used in the right way and it will be interesting to see how state laws deal with this kind of video.William Santana Li says there is a long waiting list for the robots in the US.Workers in the company are working overtime to meet the demands of the market.At least 25 o
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