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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，考生必须将自己的姓名、 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 Atria，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 j obs that are considered dangerous to humans．Robots have proven effective in jobs that are very repetitive which may lead 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 sel f-parking and advanced cruise controls．AI in transportation is expected to provide safe，efficient，and reliable trans