2016年赣州一模英语试题及答案(3)

31. What will the author present following the last paragraph?
A. A list of survey data. B. A list of serious issues.
C. A list of reasonable facts. D. A list of ridiculous excuses.
D
Siri is an artificial intelligence (AI) that you can carry around in the pocket, where it waits patiently to be told what to do. In the week we spent together, my AI assistant has performed admirably in finding me restaurants, or the location of the nearest coffee shop.
A typical command might be: “Reserve a table for two at a good French restaurant in San Francisco.” Siri responds by presenting a list of top-rated restaurants that can be booked on OpenTable.com. If you say which time you want, it can book you a table without your lifting a finger. In some ways Siri is just a fancy front-end (前端程序) to the 35 sites it can connect to, from taxi booking sites to movie review databases. But what’s new is the way it can analyze the intentions of its master or mistress and use those sites to put them into action.
Siri attaches probabilities to the explanation of each word and cross-references (对照检索) with your location and other data, some of which you must provide yourself. To send email reminders, Siri obviously needs to know your email address. To “find me the flower shop closest to work”, it needs to know where you work. To pay bills or buy airline tickets, it would need access to your credit card.
That raises the question of how far we are willing to trust a piece of software that can go and do things for us based on what it “thinks” we mean, a topic that occupies some engineers working on artificial intelligence. The more data, and power, you give your virtual assistant, the more damage it could do. Siri may be simple, and always shows its explanation of a command before carrying it out. But it gives users a preview of a new balance between privacy, trust and convenience that the expansion of AI into everyday life is likely to develop.
32. What is Siri?
A. A digital e-book reader.   B. A music-sharing software.
C. A voice-controlled website.         D. An artificial intelligence software. 
32. When asked “do I need my umbrella today?”, what will Siri probably respond with?
A. The list of umbrella makers. B. The list of umbrella shops.
C. The local weather forecast. D. The local climate conditions.
34. Siri is new in that it has the ability ______.
A. to understand what you speak B. to connect a lot of websites
C. to give a variety of commands D. to create computerized database
35. What question does Paragraph 4 answer?
A. Does Siri think itself? B. Can I trust you, Siri?
C. Is Siri simple for use? D. Will Siri be popular?

第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10 分）
   根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
So, you just finished what you thought was a great project at work, and now your boss is listing all the things you need to improve upon. 36. ______. After all, positive criticism（批评）is a key part of any job. Through this article, learn how to accept criticism and do your jobs well.
1. Accept that you are not perfect.
If you begin each task thinking that nothing will go wrong, you're fooling yourself. 37. ______. The important thing is to learn from them.
2. 38. ______.
After you've finished, and before you submit it to your boss, be sure you've gone over everything carefully. This can help you to avoid silly mistakes and ensure that your boss won't have to bother you about minor problems.
3. Listen carefully.
39. ______. Take notes and remind yourself how to fix the problem. This step is the most difficult, as it can mean that one must put one's pride away and admit one's responsibility in one's work-related errors.
4. Agree with part of the criticism.
When faced with criticism, most people focus on the part of the negative feedback that may not be true and ignore the rest. This doesn't solve any problems, and you don't learn anything. When you agree with one part of the criticism, you become open to learning. 40. ______. Even agreeing with one small aspect of the criticism will create an atmosphere of teamwork. The focus then can become how you'll work together to solve a problem, which will lessen your feeling of being attacked.
A. Don’t take it seriously.
B. Don’t get discouraged.
C. You will make mistakes.
D. Double check your work.
E. You don't have to agree with everything.
F. In fact you need time and courage to process the information.
G. Never ignore critical comments, or you will repeat the same mistakes.
第三部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Charles Rose lived in the country with his father, who taught him to read and to write.
When his morning lessons were over, he was allowed to  41  himself for one hour as he pleased.
There was a river nearby. On its bank  42  the hut(小木屋) of a poor fisherman. He could not teach his only son, Joe, himself,  43  he was too poor to send him to school.
Charles happened to  44  at the hut one day. He found Joe was making  45  with a piece of chalk.
“I am trying to write," said little Joe, "but I know only two words. If I could  46  learn to read and write," said he, "I should be the  47  boy in the world."
"Then I will make you happy," said Charles. “I can  48  you that.”
Both Joe and his father were ready to fall on their  49  to thank Charles. They told him it was what they wished  50  all things.