大学英语四级（阅读）模拟试卷33

大学英语四级(阅读)模拟试卷33

一、阅读(常规阅读理解)(本题共3。题，每题

分,共30分。)

ArtificialIntelligence(AI)Weoftendon'tnoticeit,butartificialintelligence(AI)isall

aroundus.1(ispresentincomputergames,in(hecruisecontrolinourcarsand(he

serversthatrouteouremail.MischievousrobotInJune2002,arobotcalledGaakgavean

alarmingdemonstrationofitsindependence.Itmadeadashforfreedomfromanexhibit

attheMagnasciencecentreinRotherham.Gaakcreptalongabarrieruntilitfoundagap

andsqueezedthrough.Havingleftthebuilding,itreachedMagna'sexitbytheMl

motorwaybeforeitwasdiscovered.WhatisAI?So,canamachinebehavelikeaperson?

Thisquestionunderliesartificialintelligence(AI),thestudyofintelligentbehaviorin

machines.Inthe1980s,AIresearchfocusedoncreatingmachinesthatcouldsolve

problemsandreasonlikehumans.Oneofthemostdifficultproblemsinartificial

intelligenceisthatofconscioasness.Aconsciousnessgivesusfeelingsandmakesus

awareofourownexistence.Butscientistshavefounditdifficultgettingrobotstocarry

outeventhesimplestofcognitivetasks.Creatingaselfawarerobotwithrealfeelingsisa

significantchallengefacedbyscientistshopingtoimitatehumanintelligenceina

machine.Since(heearly1990s,researchershaveconcentratedondevelopingsmaller,

independentrobotsinsteadoftryingtorecreatehumanintelligence.Themodelformany

ofthesemachinesisinsectinielligence,whichis—initsownway—verysophisticated.

SupercomputerWhenitiscompletedinlate2004,theworld'smostpowerfulcomputer

willbeASCIPurple,builtbyIBM.Itisexpectedtocarryout100trillionoperationsper

second(or100teraflops).Asupercomputerwithdoublethisprocessingpoweris

expectedwithinthenexttwoyears.ItisbeingbuilttoreplaceASCIWhite—formerly

theworld'smostpowerfulcomputer—whichoccupiesaspacethesizeoftwobasketball

courtsattheLawrenceLivermoreNationalLaboratoryinLivermore,California.A

spokesmanforIBMsaidthatASCIPurplewasapproachingtheprocessingpowerofthe

humanbrain.Butsomescientistsbelieveourbrainscancarryoutaround10,000trillion

operationspersecond.HAL,thesupercomputerthatrebelsagainstitshumanhandlersin

(hefilm2001:ASpaceOdyssey(1968),isaboldreferencetoIBM.ThelettersH,Aand

L,precedeI,BandMin(healphabet.TuringTestIn1950.mathematicianAlanTuring

devisedatesttoidentifywhetheramachinedisplayedintelligence.IntheTuringTest,

twopeople(AandB)sitinaclosedroom,whileaninterrogator(iftjM(C)sits

outside.PersonAtriestofooltheinterrogatorabouttheirgender,whilepersonBtriesto

assisttheinterrogatorintheiridentification.Turingsuggestedamachinetaketheplaceof

personA.Ifthemachineconsistentlyfooled(hehumaninterrogator,itwaslikelytobe

intelligent.FilmstarsThepossibledangersposedbyintelligentmachineshaveinspired

countlesssciencefictionfilms.InTheTerminator(1984).acomputernetworkattacksthe

humanraceinordertoachievecontrol.Thisnetworkthenmanufacturesintelligentrobots

called"Terminators"whichitprogramstodestroyhumansurvivors.InTheMatrix

(1999)andTheMatrixReloaded(2003),amachineenslaveshumanity,usingpeopleas

batteriestopoweritsmainframe.StevenSpielberg'sAI:ArtificialIntelligence(2002)

paintsamoresympatheticviewofartificiallife,depictingsensitiverobotsthatarcabused

hybrutal,selfishhumanmasters.SmartgamesOneplacewhereartificialintelligencehas

(bundanaturalhomeisinthedevelopmentofcomputergames.AIincomputergamesis

becomingincreasinglysophisticatedasconsumerappetitesforbetter,faster,more

challenginggamesgrows.Ingames,AIisoftenpresentin(heopponentsyouplay

against,orinalliesorotherteammembers.FromcircuitboardtochessboardIn1997,

thenworldchesschampionGarryKasparovplayedagainstIBM'sDeepBlue

supercomputer-andlost.Aftersixgames,themightyKasparovlost2.5to3.5tothe

siliconupstart.InFebruary2003.Kasparovsavedsomecredibilityforhumanityby

drawingagainsttheIsraeli-builtsupercomputerDeepJunior.Kasparovwentontodraw

2-2againstUScompanyX3DTechnologies'supercomputerX3DFritzinNovember

2003,provingthatthehumanbraincankeepupwiththelatestdevelopmentsin

computing(atleastinchess).SocialskillsDespitetheseentertainingapplications,the

originalpointofAIresearchwastocreatemachinesthatcouldunderstandus.Atthe

MassachusettsInstituteofTechnology(MIT),scientistshavedesignedarobotcalled

Kismetthatcanhaverealisticconversationswithpeople.Kismetiscapableofseven

differentfacialexpressionsandcanvarythetoneofitsvoice.Italsoadjustsitsgazeand

thedirectionofitsheadtowardsthepersonitisspeakingto.ScientistsatHPhave

designedanelectronicDJ.The"hpDJ"selectsbeatsandbaselinesfromitsmemorybank

andmixesthem.Itsmakerssayitcouldbemadetoreacttothemoodofclubbers.Atthe

UniversityofTexas,Dallas,researchershavedesignedalifelikehumanfacecapableof

28facialmovements,includingsmiling,sneering,furrowingitsbrowandarchingits

eyebrows.Ilcouldbeused(oputahumanface(o(heartificialbrainsofthefuture.Robot

future(1)BuildingbridgesAcomputerprogramdevelopedatBrandeisUniversityin

Massachusettshaslearnthowtodesignandbuildbridges,cranesandtablesallbyitself.

Itreinventedsupportstructuressuchasthecantileverandthetrianglewithoutprior

knowledgeofthem.(2)FrauddetectingCreditcardcompaniesuseacomputerprogram

calledTheFalcontodetectcardfraud.TheFalconworksbyconstantlyupdatingaprofile

ofhowcustomersusetheircreditcards.Itthenlooksforuncharacteristicpatternsof

creditcarduseinthedata.(3)Rovingeyes(灵动的眼睛)Aroboticheadbuiltbya

Scottishroboticscompanycandetermineawoman'sattractiveness.Itworksby

examiningfacestodeterminehow"feminine"or"masculine"theyare.Itdoesn'tworkin

reversebecausemen'sappealissupposedlynotbasedasmuchonlooks.Perhaps

jokingly,researcherssayitcculdbeputtouseasanartificialreceptionist.(4)Consumer

gadgetsRobotsdesignedfortheconsumermarketandemployingverybasicformsofAI

havebecomeincreasinglypopularinrecentyears.Sony*sAiborobotdogbehaveslikea

puppywhenitisfirstactivated.Butit"learns"newbehaviorasitspendsmoretimewith

itshumanowner.(5)AirwareAsoftwareprogramcalledFACEScouldstopmid-air

collisionsbetweenplanes.Whentestedinaflightsimulator(模拟器)thesoftware

preventedapile-upbetween35planessharingairspace.BravenewworldOverthe

comingcentury,breakthroughsinnanotechnology,thescienceofultra-smallmachines

constructedatthemolecularlevel,mayhelpusbuildmoresophisticatedmachinesthat

aremorecompact.Wemaya：soseebreakthroughsfromscientistswhoareexperimenting

withconnectingbiologicalcellstosiliconcircuits—aphenomenoncalledwetware.

1、Howdid(herobotcalledGaakshockthevisitorsatanexhibit?

A、Ithadtriedtoflee.

B、Itcoulddanceandsing.

C、Itwasthesmallestrobot.

D、Itwasmostefficientinindustry.

标准答案：A

知识点解析：原文该段中的madeadashforfreedom表明Gaak曾试图逃跑，可见

本题应选A。

2、Intheearly1990s,theresearchofartificialintelligencehadbeenreplacedbythe

developmentof.

A^robotconsciousness

B、cognitiveskillsinrobots

C、smaller,independentrobots

D、insectintelligence

标准答案：C

知识点解析：原文该句中的insteadof和题目中的replace都有“代替”的意思。对比

题目与原文的句子成分可发现insteadof前的smaller,independentrobots为答案所

在.即应选C。

3、ASCIWhitewillbereplacedbyasupercomputerwithaprocessingpowerof.

A、100teraflops

B、200teraflops

C、10,000teraflops

D、20,000teraflops

标准答案：B

知识点解析：原文该段第4句开头的It代指第3句提到的Asupercomputer,而结

合第3句与第2句可知这台“超级电脑”的运算能力是“每秒两百万亿次”，因此选项

B为本题答案。

4、TheTuringTestwasintendedtoshow

A、whetheramachinewasintelligent

B、whetherpeoplecanfooleachother

C、howpeopledisplayedintelligence

D、howmachineinterrogatedpeople

标准答案：A'

知识点解析:原文该段首句的machine,intelligence和末句的machine,inlelligent

等词表明TuringTest是为了测试机械的“智能”的，可见本题应选A。

5、Whichofthefollowingfilmshowssympathyforrobots?

A^TheTerminator.

B、TheMatrix.

C、TheMatrixReloaded.

D、Al:ArtificialIntelligence.

标准答案：D

知识点解析：四个选项提到的电影名称均可在该小标题部分找到.但只有选项D

符合题意。

6^IncreasinglysophisticatedAIisdemandedforthedevelopmentof.

A^moreinterestingcomputergames

B、morechallengingcomputergames

C、morerealisticsoundeffectofcomputergames

D、morelifelikevisualeffectofcomputergames

标准答案：B

知识点解析：原文该句中的as引出的从句表明“越来越复杂的人工智能”是为r适

应belter,fasler,morechallenginggames的要求.选项B提到了challenging

games,为本题答案。其他选项中的关键词，如选项A中的interesting,选项C中

的soundeffect和选项D中的visualeffect均未在原文提及。

7、Kismetisaspecialrobotthatcan.

A、playchessagainsthumanchampions

B、demonstratesomekindofsocialskills

C、communicateinsevendifferentlanguages

D、imitate(hesoundofanymusicalinstruments

标准答案：B

知识点解析：原文该部分提及Kismet是为了说明机器人具有“交际能力”，结合该

部分标题可知本题应选B。选项A不是Kismet具有的功能；选项C和D无原文依

据。

8、Robotswereenabledtoproduceasmanyas28facialmovementshyresearchers

of_____

标准答案：theUniversityofTexas,Dallas

知识点解析：空白处应为名词词组，表明researchers来自哪里。对比题目与原文可

以发现，题目刚好缺少了原文该段首句开头提及的地名theUniversityofTexas,

Dallas,即为本题答案。

9、Creditcardfraudcanbedetectedwiththehelpofacomputerprogramcalled

标准答案：TheFalcon

知识点解析：空白处应为名词词组。原文该句与题目只是语态不同，但内容相同，

对比之下可发现本题答案应为TheFalcon<>

10、Thephenomenonofwetwarerefersto.

标准答案：connectingbiologicalcellstosiliconcircuits

知识点解析：空白处应为名词词组。题目要求寻找wetware的定义，对照原文，该

定义可在原文该段的破折号前找到。要注意的是，题目中的（。是介词，其后应该

是名词词组，因此无须将原文中的connecting改为connecto

ThewordYogaitselfcomesfromanancientSanskritwordmeaning"union".Whatkind

ofuniondoyouthinkthewordrefersto?Whywouldpeoplewanttohavediiskindof

experience?StudentsofYogaoftenstudyforaslongas20yearsbeforebecoming

[II],orYogis.Theyleammanydifferent[12]exercises.Theseexercisesare

designedtoputthestudentsingoodphysicalcondition.Thentheycanconcentrateon

deepreligiousthoughtswithoutphysical[13].ManyYogaexercises[14]puttingthe

bodyintodifficultposition.Someofthemareveryhardtolearn.Haveyouevertriedto

[15]yourlegsoveroneanother?Thisisoneofthe[16]Yogapositions.Itiscalled

thelotusposition.Mostpeoplefinditdifficulttostayinthatpositionforevenafew

minutes.ButYogistrainthemselvestoremaininthelotuspositionforhoursoreven

days.Theyaretaughtto[17]thephysicaldiscomfortsofholdingthesepositions.Other

exercisesand[18]teachconcentration.Yogisfeelthisisthekeyto[19]innerpeace.

Thiskindofconcentrationiscalledmeditation.Yogisandmanyotherpeoplepractice

meditation.Theyclaimthatitmakesthemfeelrelaxedand[20],Somepeoplesaythat

itmakesthemfeelbetter-justasgoodexercisedoes.Butotherpeoplesaythat

meditationhelpsthemfeelmuchclosertoGod.A.discomfortsB.basicC.findingD.

peacefulE.rulesF.overcomeG.physicalH.enforcingI.involveJ.intimateK.masters

L.externalM.foldN.interactionO.elaborately

11、[11]

标准答案：K

知识点解析：此处应为名词，由其后并列的Yogis可知为复数。本句表明瑜伽学员

要花上20年才能成为.由此可推断答案应为masterso

12、[12]

标准答案：G

知识点解析：此处应为形容词，修饰exercises。从下一句可以得知瑜伽这种

exercises是与physicalcondition有关的。是对本句具体的解释，因此，本题答案为

physicalo

13、[13]

标准答案：A

知识点解析：此处应为名词。without提示了该名词具有消极的词义色彩，词库中

只有discomforls适合。

14、[14]

标准答案：I

知识点解析：此处为及物动词，且为动词原形，后面可接动词一ing形式。本句是

本段的主题句，本段提到学习瑜伽I。就要学习各种高难度动作及学习如何专注精

神，由此可以推断主题句应表明瑜伽学习应,,包括”些什么，在词库中表示“包括”的

动词只有involveo

15、[15]

标准答案：M

知识点解析：此处为及物动词，且为动词原形。上下文讨论的是如何完成某些瑜伽

动作，只有fold适合上下文的句意。fbldone'slegsoveroneanother意为“双腿交叉

地盘腿而坐

16、[16]

标准答案:R

知识点解析：此处应为形容词，修饰positions。本句应表明上句提到的双腿交叉地

盘腿而坐是瑜伽的“基本姿势”，即basicpositionso

17、[17]

标准答案：F

知识点解析：此处为及物动词，且为动词原形。从.上下文可以推断，Yogis（瑜伽士

们）经过练习可以克服physicaldiscomforls（身体上的不适），因此，空白处应是一个

表示"克服消除”等的动词.在词库中只有overcome适合。

18、[18]

标准答案：E

知识点解析：此处应为名词，而旦为复数。此处的名词与exercises并列，应指其

他瑜伽的练习“动作”或“规财’等，在词库中，只有rules是合适的单词。

19、[19]

标准答案：C

知识点解析：此处应为及物动词的动名词形式，作介词I。的宾语。联系上下文，

可以推断通过concentration]精神专注）就能获得innerpea8（内心平和），因此，此处

的动名词应表明“获得“、“得到”等意思，词库中只有finding可以表达这个意思。

20、[20]

标准答案：D

知识点解析：此处为形容词，且与relaxed具有同样的词义色彩，应为褒义词。词

库中只有peaceful合适。

An"applepolisher"isonewhogivesgiftstowinfriendshiporspecialireatmenl.Itisnot

exactlyabribe（贿赂）,butisclosetoit.Allsortsofpeopleareapplepolishers,including

politiciansandpeopleinhighoffices-justabouteverybody.OliverCromwell,thegreat

Englishleader,offeredmanygiftstowinthesupportofGeorgeFoxandhisparty,but

failed.Thereareotherphrasesmeaningthesamethingas"apple-polishing"—Msoft-

soaping"or"bultering-up”.Agiftisjustonewayto"soft-soap"somebody,orto"butter

himup".Anoiherthatisjustaseffectiveisflattery,givingsomeonehighpraise—telling

himhowgoodhelooks,orhowwellhespeaks,orhowtalentedandwiseheis.Endless

are（hewaysofflattery.Whodoesnotlovetohearit?Onlyanunusualmancanresistthe

thrillofbeingtoldhowwonderfulheis.Intruth,flatteryisgoodmedicineformostofus,

whogetsolittleofit.Wcneedittobemoresureofourselves.Itcannothurtunlesswe

getcarriedawaybyit.Butifwcjustlapitupforitsfoodvalueandnourishment,asacat

lapsupmilk,thenwecanstillremaintruetoourselves.Sometimes,however,flatterywill

getyounothingfromonewhohashadtoomuchofit.Agoodexampleisthefamous

12thcenturylegendofKingCanuteofDenmarkandEngland.Thekinggottiredof

listeningtotheendlesssickeningflatteryofhiscourtiers（朝臣）.Theyoverpraisedhimto

theskies,asamanoflimitlessmight.Hedecidedtoteachthemalesson.Hetookthemto

theseashoreandsatdown.Thenheorderedthewavestostopcomingin.Thetidewas

toobusytolistentohim.Thekingwassatisfied.Thismightshowhisfollowershow

weakhispowerwasandhowemptytheirflattery.

21、Whichofthefollowingactivitieshasnothingtodowith"apple-polishing"?

A、Aboytellshisgirlfriendhowprettyshelooks.

B、Anemployeetellsherbosshowgoodheisatmanagement.

C、Aknightissaidtobeoflimitlesspowerbyhisfollowers.

D、Ateacherpraisesherstudentsfortheirtalentandwisdom.

标准答案：D

知识点解析：推理判断题。作者一开始就指出叩pie-polishing的目的在于win

friendshiporspecialtreatment,结合文章在第3段中举出的一些具体例子，可推出

apple-polishing很少用于形容上级对下级或长辈对晚拿，因此选项D中老师表扬学

生的做法并不属丁apple-polishing。选项A、B和C都是与文章中所举的类似

apple-polishing的事件。

22、WhatdocsthewriterwanttoprovewithCromwell'sexample?

A、Everybodycanbeanapple-polisher.

B、Cromwellwasnotagoodapple-polisher.

C、GeorgeFoxandhispartywerenotapplc-polishcrs.

D、Therearepeoplewhodon'tlikebeingapple-polished.

标准答案：A

知识点解析：推理判断题。本题考查例子与观点的关系。文章中的实例通常是为了

证明作者的观点v作者此处以政治家克伦威尔为例，是用来证明该段的主题句，即

第2段第1句。其他选项都与本文作者想要说明的观点无关。

23、Whichofthefollowingstatementsaboutflatteryistruesccordingtotheauthor?

A、Toomuchflatterycancarryusaway.

B、Flatteryistooemptytodopeopleanygood.

C、Flatterycangetyounothingbutexcessivepride.

D^Flatteryisoneofthewaystoapple-polishpeople.

标准答案：D

知识点解析：推理判断题。由文章第3段可知，apple-polish和soft-soap是同义

词，而flallery是soft-soapt勺另一个途径，由此可以推断出答案。本题最具干扰的

选项是A,第5段第2句虽有提到gelcarriedawaybyit,但作者并未说明“Too

muchflatterycancarryusaway",因此选项A不正确。第4段最后一句与第5段第

1句表明选项B和C不对。

24KingCanuteofDenmarkandEnglandtookhisfollowerstotheseashorebecause

A、hewassickofhisnormallife

B、hedislikedbeingoverpraisedanymore

C、hewantedthemtorealizehowwisehewas

D、hewantedthemtoseehowweakhewasasaking

标准答案：B

知识点解析：事实细节题.本题考查例证处。文章第6段第3句的gottiredof点明

了k努特国王此举的原因。本题最具干扰性的是选项D,但是，虽然该选项可在最

后一段的最后一句找到，只要对比选项和句子就可以发现，选项只包含了句子一半

的内容，概括性不够。

25、Theauthorthinksthatflatterycandogoodtothosewho.

A^arepoliticiansorinhighoffices

B、lackconfidence

C、arereallyexcellent

D、thinkhighlyofthemselves

标准答案：B

知识点解析：推理判断题。从第5段的第1句可推断出答案。选项A、C和D缺乏

原文依据。

Somanyofusholdontolittleresentmentsthatmayhavestemmedfromanargument,a

misunderstanding,orsomeotlierpainfulevent.Stubbornly,wewaitforsomeoneelseto

reachouttous-believingthisistheonlywaywecanforgiveorrekindle(.重新激起)a

friendshiporfamilyrelationship.Anacquaintanceofminewhosehealthisn'tverygood

recentlytoldmethatshehasn'tspokentohersoninalmostthreeyears."Whynot?"I

asked.Shesaidthatsheandhersonhadhadadisagreementabouthiswifeandthatshe

wouldn'tspeaktohimagainunlesshecalledfirst.WhenIsuggestedthatshebetheone

toreachout,sheresistedinitiallyandsaid,"Ican'tdothat.He'stheonewhoshould

apologize."Shewasliterallywillingtodiebeforereachingouttoheronlyson.Aftera

littlegentleencouragement,however,shediddecidetohethefirstonetoreachout.To

heramazementhersonwasgratefulforherwillingnesstocal：andofferedanapologyof

hisown.Asisusuallythecasewhensomeonetakesthechanceandreachesout,hewins.

Wheneverweholdon(oourangerwelum"smallstuffintoreally"bigstuffinour

minds.Westarttobelieve(hatourpositionsaremoreimportantthanourhappiness.They

arenot.Ifyouwanttobeamorepeacefulpersonyoumustunderstandthatbeingrightis

almostnevermoreimportant(hanallowingyourselftobehappy.Thewaytobehappyis

toletgoandreachout.Letotherpeopleberight.Thisdoesn'tmeanthatyou'rewrong.

Everythingwillbefine.You'llexperiencethepeaceoflettinggoaswellasthejoyof

lettingothersberight.You'llalsonoticethatasyoureachoutandletothersbe"right"

theywillbecomelessdefensiveandmorelovingtowardyou.Theymightevenreach

back.Buiifforsomereason(heydon't(hat'sokay(oo.Youwillhave(heinner

satisfactionofknowingthatyouhavedoneyourparttocreateamorelovingworldand

certainlyyou'llbemorepeacefulyourself.

26、Inthesentence^Stubbornlywewaitforsomeoneelsetoreachouttous...",the

phrase"reachout"isclosestinmeaningto.

A、of