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范畴:人与社会 主题:发明与创新 体裁:新闻报道 难度:★★★★ 建议用时:7分钟 评价:___________/4
A painting created by a robot named Ai-Da was sold at an art auction on November 7th, 2024 for 1.08 million. The painting is the most expensive artwork ever sold that was created by a human-like robot.
The painting is called AI God : Portrait of Alan Turing. Mr. Turing was an English math genius who came up with many of the important ideas that led to modern-day computers. He was an important part of the early thinking about artificial intelligence(AI).
The painting is the work of Ai-Da, a human-like robot that's able to paint and take part in conversations. The idea for Ai-Da came from Aidan Meller, an Englishman who used to run an art gallery. He worked with a group of nearly 30 people to build and program Ai-Da.
Ai-Da's name is clever—the first part of the name is "AI". But Ai-Da was also named after Ada Lovelace, a famous mathematician in the 1800s. Ms. Lovelace is considered the world's first computer programmer.
Ai-Da is designed to look like a woman with short black hair. Cameras allow the robot to "see". Ai-Da paints with a robotic arm which can hold a pen or paintbrush. Using AI tools similar to ChatGPT, Ai-Da is also able to talk. This allows the robot to do interviews and even answer questions about its artwork.
Mr. Meller says Ai-Da doesn't just paint whatever it's told to paint. Before the robot begins painting, it talks with its human helpers about what the subject should be.
Before the painting of Mr. Turing, Mr. Meller says they discussed the idea of using "AI for good". Ai-Da chose Mr. Turing as a subject because of the important part he played in developing computers and AI. Ai-Da based its painting off of a picture of Mr. Turing it had "seen" with its cameras.
Ai-Da then used its painting arm to make 15 paintings of different parts of Mr. Turing's face. Each painting took six to eight hours to complete. These paintings are about the size of two pieces of notebook paper laid side by side. That's the largest Ai-Da's arm can manage.
Finally, Ai-Da chose three of the paintings to combine to form the final painting. Once the painting was finished, a special 3D printer was used to expand Ai-Da's smaller artwork into the full-sized painting.
素材来源: News For Kids
( )1. The underlined word "auction" in Paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to "_________".
A. sale B. price C. creation D. admiration
( )2. Who came up with the idea of using a robot to paint?
A. Ai-Da. B. Alan Turing. C. Aidan Meller. D. Ada Lovelace.
( )3. What do you know about Mr. Turing?
A. He taught Ai-Da how to paint.
B. He was good at painting himself.
C. He invented the robot named Ai-Da.
D. He played an important role in computers and AI.
( )4. 新考法·行文方式 How does the writer end the passage?
A. By offering the price of the painting.
B. By describing the size of the painting.
C. By showing the process of robot painting.
D. By introducing the way to print the painting.
范畴:人与社会 主题:发明与创新 体裁:新闻报道 难度:★★★★ 建议用时:7分钟 评价:___________/4
A painting created by a robot named Ai-Da was sold at an art auction on November 7th, 2024 for 1.08 million. The painting is the most expensive artwork ever sold that was created by a human-like robot.
The painting is called AI God : Portrait of Alan Turing. Mr. Turing was an English math genius who came up with many of the important ideas that led to modern-day computers. He was an important part of the early thinking about artificial intelligence(AI).
The painting is the work of Ai-Da, a human-like robot that's able to paint and take part in conversations. The idea for Ai-Da came from Aidan Meller, an Englishman who used to run an art gallery. He worked with a group of nearly 30 people to build and program Ai-Da.
Ai-Da's name is clever—the first part of the name is "AI". But Ai-Da was also named after Ada Lovelace, a famous mathematician in the 1800s. Ms. Lovelace is considered the world's first computer programmer.
Ai-Da is designed to look like a woman with short black hair. Cameras allow the robot to "see". Ai-Da paints with a robotic arm which can hold a pen or paintbrush. Using AI tools similar to ChatGPT, Ai-Da is also able to talk. This allows the robot to do interviews and even answer questions about its artwork.
Mr. Meller says Ai-Da doesn't just paint whatever it's told to paint. Before the robot begins painting, it talks with its human helpers about what the subject should be.
Before the painting of Mr. Turing, Mr. Meller says they discussed the idea of using "AI for good". Ai-Da chose Mr. Turing as a subject because of the important part he played in developing computers and AI. Ai-Da based its painting off of a picture of Mr. Turing it had "seen" with its cameras.
Ai-Da then used its painting arm to make 15 paintings of different parts of Mr. Turing's face. Each painting took six to eight hours to complete. These paintings are about the size of two pieces of notebook paper laid side by side. That's the largest Ai-Da's arm can manage.
Finally, Ai-Da chose three of the paintings to combine to form the final painting. Once the painting was finished, a special 3D printer was used to expand Ai-Da's smaller artwork into the full-sized painting.
素材来源: News For Kids
( )1. The underlined word "auction" in Paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to "_________".
A. sale B. price C. creation D. admiration
( )2. Who came up with the idea of using a robot to paint?
A. Ai-Da. B. Alan Turing. C. Aidan Meller. D. Ada Lovelace.
( )3. What do you know about Mr. Turing?
A. He taught Ai-Da how to paint.
B. He was good at painting himself.
C. He invented the robot named Ai-Da.
D. He played an important role in computers and AI.
( )4. 新考法·行文方式 How does the writer end the passage?
A. By offering the price of the painting.
B. By describing the size of the painting.
C. By showing the process of robot painting.
D. By introducing the way to print the painting.
答案
1. A 词义猜测题。由下文 for 1.08 million 可知，上文对应表示:一个名为“艾达”的机器人创作的一幅画在一场艺术品拍卖会上售出。故画线词与 sale 意思相近。
2. C 细节理解题。由第三段中“The idea for Ai-Da came from Aidan Meller, an Englishman who used to run an art gallery.”可知，艾丹·梅勒想出了用机器人来画画的主意。
3. D 细节理解题。由倒数第三段中“Ai-Da chose Mr. Turing as a subject because of the important part he played in developing computers and AI.”可知，图灵先生在计算机和人工智能方面发挥重要作用。
4. D 行文方式题。由 a special 3D printer was used to expand Ai-Da's smaller artwork into the full-sized painting 可知，作者通过介绍印刷绘画的方式结束全文。
2. C 细节理解题。由第三段中“The idea for Ai-Da came from Aidan Meller, an Englishman who used to run an art gallery.”可知，艾丹·梅勒想出了用机器人来画画的主意。
3. D 细节理解题。由倒数第三段中“Ai-Da chose Mr. Turing as a subject because of the important part he played in developing computers and AI.”可知，图灵先生在计算机和人工智能方面发挥重要作用。
4. D 行文方式题。由 a special 3D printer was used to expand Ai-Da's smaller artwork into the full-sized painting 可知，作者通过介绍印刷绘画的方式结束全文。
解析
【分析】
1. 第1题是词义猜测题，需结合上下文语境推断画线词含义。根据第一段“sold at an art auction...for 1.08 million”可知，画作在该场合被售出，由此推断auction意为“拍卖”，与选项中sale（售卖）意思相近。
2. 第2题是细节理解题，需定位原文关键信息。根据第三段“The idea for Ai-Da came from Aidan Meller”可知，提出用机器人画画想法的是Aidan Meller。
3. 第3题是细节理解题，需查找关于Alan Turing的描述。根据倒数第三段“the important part he played in developing computers and AI”可知，图灵在计算机和人工智能领域发挥了重要作用。
4. 第4题是行文方式题，需分析文章结尾段的内容。文章最后一段介绍了用3D打印机将Ai-Da的小作品扩展为全尺寸画作的方式，以此结束全文。
【解析】
1. 词义猜测：由第一段“sold at an art auction...for 1.08 million”可知，画作在拍卖会上被售出，故画线词auction与sale（售卖）同义，答案选A。
2. 细节查找：根据第三段“The idea for Ai-Da came from Aidan Meller”可知，Aidan Meller提出了用机器人画画的创意，答案选C。
3. 细节理解：根据倒数第三段“Ai-Da chose Mr. Turing as a subject because of the important part he played in developing computers and AI”可知，图灵在计算机和人工智能发展中作用重大，答案选D。
4. 行文分析：文章最后一段描述了用3D打印机扩展画作的方式，以此结束全文，答案选D。
【答案】
1.A 2.C 3.D 4.D
【知识点】
词义猜测题、细节理解题、行文方式题
【点评】
本文是一篇关于机器人艺术家Ai-Da创作画作并拍卖的新闻报道，围绕人与社会范畴的发明与创新主题展开，题型涵盖词义猜测、细节理解、行文方式，考查学生的英语阅读理解能力，需学生准确把握原文细节、结合语境推断词义、分析文章结构，难度中等偏上。
【难度系数】
0.5
1. 第1题是词义猜测题，需结合上下文语境推断画线词含义。根据第一段“sold at an art auction...for 1.08 million”可知，画作在该场合被售出，由此推断auction意为“拍卖”，与选项中sale（售卖）意思相近。
2. 第2题是细节理解题，需定位原文关键信息。根据第三段“The idea for Ai-Da came from Aidan Meller”可知，提出用机器人画画想法的是Aidan Meller。
3. 第3题是细节理解题，需查找关于Alan Turing的描述。根据倒数第三段“the important part he played in developing computers and AI”可知，图灵在计算机和人工智能领域发挥了重要作用。
4. 第4题是行文方式题，需分析文章结尾段的内容。文章最后一段介绍了用3D打印机将Ai-Da的小作品扩展为全尺寸画作的方式，以此结束全文。
【解析】
1. 词义猜测：由第一段“sold at an art auction...for 1.08 million”可知，画作在拍卖会上被售出，故画线词auction与sale（售卖）同义，答案选A。
2. 细节查找：根据第三段“The idea for Ai-Da came from Aidan Meller”可知，Aidan Meller提出了用机器人画画的创意，答案选C。
3. 细节理解：根据倒数第三段“Ai-Da chose Mr. Turing as a subject because of the important part he played in developing computers and AI”可知，图灵在计算机和人工智能发展中作用重大，答案选D。
4. 行文分析：文章最后一段描述了用3D打印机扩展画作的方式，以此结束全文，答案选D。
【答案】
1.A 2.C 3.D 4.D
【知识点】
词义猜测题、细节理解题、行文方式题
【点评】
本文是一篇关于机器人艺术家Ai-Da创作画作并拍卖的新闻报道，围绕人与社会范畴的发明与创新主题展开，题型涵盖词义猜测、细节理解、行文方式，考查学生的英语阅读理解能力，需学生准确把握原文细节、结合语境推断词义、分析文章结构，难度中等偏上。
【难度系数】
0.5
