2019年高考英语一轮复习 Unit 2 Cloning分层演练直击高考 新人教版选修8.docVIP

Unit 2 Cloning 阅读理解 (2018·四川成都诊断) Wouldn’t it be wonderful to travel to a foreign country without having to worry about the headache of communicating in a different language? Indeed, some parents are so convinced that this technology is imminent that they抮e wondering if their kids should even learn a second language.t It抯 true that an increase in the quantity and accuracy of the data loaded into computers will make sthem cleverer at translating “No es bueno dormir mucho” as “It’s not good to sleep too much”. Replacing a word with its equivalent(对应词) in the target language is actually the “easy part” of a translator’s job.But even this seems to be a discouraging task for computers. It’s so difficult for computers because translation doesn’t —or shouldn’t—involve simply translating words, sentences or paragraphs. Rather, it抯 about translating meaning. And in order to infer meaning from a specific expression, humans have to interpret a mass of information at the same time. Think about all the related clues that go into understanding an expression: volume, gesture, situation, and even your culture. All are likely to convey as much meaning as the words you use. Therefore ，we should be very skeptical of a machine that is unable to interpret the world around us. If people from different cultures can offend each other without realizing it, how can we expect a machine to do better? Unless engineers actually find a way to breathe a soul into a computer, undoubtedly when it comes to conveying and interpreting meaning using a natural language, a machine will never fully take our place. 【解题导语】　技术专家说随着技术的进步即时翻译机器将在大约十年内出现在市场上。但是由于翻译包括很多方面因此电脑翻译不会精确也不会完全取代人类的翻译。 A．Ready.　　　　　　 B．Approaching. B　解析：词义猜测题。根据画线词所在句的前一句并结合第二段的第一句可知这种产品在大约十年内会在市场上出现再结合画线词后的“that they’re wondering if their kids should even learn a second language”可以判断这种产品即将出现家长们在考虑他们的孩子是否要学习一门外B项正确。 uivalent? A．Their data is not adequate enough. B．The real meaning of words can vary. C．Their accuracy needs big improve