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to customers in Italy, but Olivetti exported more typewriters to other countries.

Camillo's son, Adriano, started working for the company in 1924 and later he became the boss. He introduced a standard speed for the production line and he employed technology and design specialists. The company developed new and better typewriters and then calculators. In 1959 it produced the ELEA computer in Italy.

After Adriano died in 1960, the company had a period of financial problems. Other companies, especially the Japanese, made faster progress in electronic technology than the Italian company.

In 1978, Carlo de Benedetti became the new boss. Olivetti increased its marking and service networks and made agreements with other companies to design and produce more advanced office equipment. Soon it became one of the world's leading companies in information technology and communications. There are now five independent companies in the Olivetti group – one for personal computers, one for Systems and services, and two for telecommunications. 21.From the text we learn that ______________.

A. by 1930 Olivetti produced 13,000 typewriters a year B. Olivetti earned more in the 1960s than in the 1950s

C. some of Olivetti’s 700 staff regularly visited customers in Italy D. Olivetti set up offices in other countries from the very beginning

22. What was probably the direct result of Olivetti’s falling behind in electronic technology? A. Adriano’s death .B.A period of financial problems. C. Its faster progress. D. Its agreements with other companies. 23. What do we know about Olivetti?

A. It produced the best typewriter in the world. B. It designed the world’s first mainframe computer. C. It exported more typewriters than other companies.

D. It has five independent companies with its head office in Ivrea.

B

Instagram is a fast，beautiful and fun way to share your life with friends and family．Take a picture or video，choose a filter to transform its look and feel．and then post to Instagram—it’s that easy．You can even share to Facebook, Twitter and more．It’s a new way to see the world．So many photos of food are contained on Instagram—now a pop-up diner in London is taking advantage of this new trend by letting people settle the bill for their meals simply by uploading photos of their dishes to social networks．

I always thought people’s taking pictures of their food was kind of silly，but at this new pop-up restaurant in the U，I’d probably do it too．“The Picture House” is the world’s first pay-by-photo restaurant. You order, click a photo of the food, share on Instagram and eat for free!

The restaurant belongs to frozen food giant(巨人)Birds Eye，who came up with the idea to cash in on people’s addiction with photographing food and sharing the pictures online．They conducted a survey and found out that more than half of the British population regularly took pictures of their meals．So they realized it was a better way to advertise their new dining range．

The pop-up diner was open in Soho，London for three days in May，and is now moving to other major U cities．They serve two-course meals that customers don’t have to pay for，if they photo and Instagram it.

The restaurant is a part of Birds Eye’s “Food for Life” campaign，a new marketing project that aims at changing the way people look at frozen food．“Taking photos of food enables people to show off and to share their mealtime moments—from the everyday to the special，”said marketing director Margaret Jobling．

The reaction to the Picture House has been great so far And the pay-by-picture concept has proven to be an effective way．Alternative payment methods are actually gaining popularity among a lot of businesses．Last year in a cafe in Germany customers pay by how much time they spend there，not by what they eat．

24．Instagram probably is________．

A．a program used to share photos B．a campaign of“Food for Life” C．a restaurant free of charge

D．a new marketing project

25．What’s the author’s attitude to this new trend?

A．Confused B．Interested C．Opposed D．Unconcerned 26．“The Picture House” encourages sharing photos of its food to_______． A．raise the price of frozen food C．attract more customers

B．create a new social media trend D．reward the regular customers

27．Which of the following can serve as the best title for the passage? A．Food for Life C．No Need to Pay

B．The Pop-up Diner D．Pay by Picture

C

AI does better than humans in sight and balance. Who is smarter? A human being or artificial intelligence（人工智能）?

The question swept the world last year when a Google-developed program called AlphaGo defeated the world top player, South orean Lee Se-del, 4-1. So, what comes next?

Some people have been arguing that artificial intelligence, or AI in short, will be a bad thing for humans. In an interview with the BBC in 2014, U scientist Stephen Hawking warned that “the development of full artificial intelligence could mean the end of the human race.” So are we really about to live in the world shown in the Terminator movies?

“Not quite,” answered The Economist. After all, it’s not hard to get a computer program to remember and produce facts. What is hard is getting computers to use their knowledge in everyday situations.

“We think that, for the human being, things like sight and balance（视觉平衡）, are natural and ordinary in our life.” Thomas Edison, founder of Motion Figures, a company that is bringing AI to boys, told the newspaper. “But for a robot, to walk up and down just like human beings requires various decisions to be made every second, and it’s really difficult to do.”

As The Economist put it, “We have a long way to go before AI can truly begin to be similar to the human brain, even though the technology can be great.”

Meanwhile, John Markoff of The New York Times said that researchers should build artificial intelligence to make people more effective.

“Our fate is in our own hands,” he wrote. “Since technology depends on the values of its creators, we can make human choices that use technology to improve the world.” 28．What was the result of the match?

A．Lee Se-del won AlphaGo 4-1. C．Google program beat AlphaGo.

B．Lee Se-del was defeated.

D．Neither side won the match.[]

29．What does Thomas Edison possibly mean in his remarks?

A．It’s very hard for AI to beat the human brain. B．AI would take the place of human beings. C．AI can make various decisions quickly.

D．AI does better than humans in sight and balance. 30．Who believes much has to be done to improve AI?

A．Stephen Hawking.

B．John Markoff.

D．The Economist.

C．The New York Times.

31．What does the underlined part in the last paragraph imply?

A．AI will improve the world completely. B．AI is in the control of human beings. C．AI may bring disasters to human beings. D．AI will make our future out of control.

D

You use her as a shoulder to cry on. She texts you back with casual jokes. But she, iaoice, is only a virtual chatbot.

iaoice, Microsoft's latest artificial intelligence robot, was briefly released in 2014, and returnen to WeChat in 2015, where she became a big hit. Millions of young Chinese now exchange messages with her daily, The New York Times reported. On WeChat, iaoice is an official account. After following it, users can start text-based conversations with iaoice.

\incredible learning ability was why people loved to talk with iaoice,\Liu Jinchang, a researcher at High-tech Research and Development Center under the Ministry of Science and Technology, told China Daily. Apart from her ability to identify photos and send emojis（表情符号）m conversations, iaoice gains 45 percent of her knowledge from interacting with users, China Daily reported.

Chatbot programs first appeared in the mid-1960s in the US. Driven by top tech companies, they are becoming smarter and more common. For instance, IBM's latest artificial intelligence program served as an academic consultant at Australia's Deakin University, answering students' questions about course schedules and financial aid. Apple's Siri and Amazon's Alexa have been used as voice assistants who can read news, play music and even make jokes for their users.

These programs are expected to move beyond smartphones, into televisions, cars and living rooms, The New York Times pointed out. However, it may take decades before scientists develop a \the advanced chatbot seen in the fiction film Her. In the film, Samantha sparks a romantic relationship with her user played by US actor Joaquin Phoenix. Many viewers were enthusiastic about this fan tasy of virtual soul mates.

32．What does the underlined part in paragraph two mean?

A. She became a best seller. B. She became very powerful. C. She became a money maker. D. She became very popular. 33．Which of the following can iaoice do?

A. Do housework. B. Spread messages. C. Identify various photos. D. Read news to its users. 34．Which company's chatbot program can act as an academic consultant? A. Microsoft. B. IBM. C. Apple. D. Amazon. 35．What can be learned from the last paragraph? A. Chatbots mainly run on smartphones now. B. It'll take decades to apply chatbots to cars. C. Samantha is played by a US actor in the film. D. The film Her doesn't interest many audience.

第二节 根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项多余选项。(共5小题；每小题2分，共10分)

—Good afternoon, may I help you?

—Yes, I am interested in a one－bed room. __36__ —__37__ How about a two－bed room?

—Well, I am a student and I have to consider the cost. __38__

—￡150 a month. The one－bed room is￡250 while the two－bed room is￡400 a month. —A little bit expensive for me.

—__39__ But actually I have to tell you that the one－bed room doesn't have a dish washer. All of the