grandson.“斯坦从不关心他的孙子。”是错误的，故答案填F。 【23题详解】

理解判断题。根据文中的信息Aha! His beard was under the quilt. 啊哈!他的胡子在被子下面。可知本句的叙述At the very beginning, Stan’s beard was under the quilt.“一开始，斯坦的胡子在被子下面。”是正确的，故答案填T。 【24题详解】

理解判断题。根据文中的信息. In the morning, he was so tired and unhappy that he cut his long beard right off! 早上，他又累又不开心，就把他的长胡子剪掉了!可知本句的叙述In the morning, Stan was so tired that he cut his long beard off.“早上，斯坦太累了，他把他的长胡子剪掉了。”是正确的，故答案填T。 【25题详解】

理解判断题。根据文中的信息She advised Stan to cut that beard off many times, but he never did it.她建议斯坦把胡子剪掉很多次，但他从来没有这么做过。可知本句的叙述Stan listened to his wife’s advice to cut the beard off.“斯坦听了妻子的劝告，把胡子剪掉了。”是错误的，故答案填F。

B

AI（人工智能）makes our lives easier and better. Let’s see the amazing AI. Cool driverless bus Your close friend A bus door opens and you get on. Wait, Hi, everyone. I’m Xiaoice, a chatbot(聊天机 where is the driver? Here is a new kind of 器人). I speak like a 17-year-old-girl. If you feel driverless bus called Apolong. It can seat 14 people and doesn’t need a writing poems and telling stories. I want to be your driver. The bus follows traffic rules. It stops friend! every time it sees a stop light. World’s first AI anchor Hey, look! The famous Chinese anchor( 主播) Qiu Hao is reporting the news for us. But, is “he” really Qiu Hao? The answer is “no”. This is the world’s first AI anchor. It looks and speaks just like a real Popular AI artist This beautiful painting was at an auction(拍卖) in 2018. It sold for about 3,000,000 yuan! But it is not a work by a famous painter, such as Vincent van Gogh. It was painted by an AI artist. Three Frenchmen created the AI. The AI artist studied over 15,000 paintings. In lonely, you can talk with me. I’m good at singing, person. It speaks both Chinese and English. It this way, it learned to paint. Now it is among the most can work 24 hours without any mistakes. The popular artists in the world. AI anchor joins Inhuman reporting team. You might see it on TV soon.

26. The fact about Apolong is that _____. A. There is a driver in it C. there are 24 seats in it 27. Xiaoice CAN’T _____. A. go out to play with you C. be your friend

28. The painting is ______.

A. a work painted by Vincent Van Gogh B. worth about 3,000,000 yuan at an auction C. studied by three French artists over 15,000 times D. among the most beautiful paintings in the world

29. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? A. Xianice is a 17-year-old girl. B. The AI anchor can only speak English.

C. The AI anchor can work 24 hours without mistakes. D. The AI artist is one of the most popular artists in China. 30. We can probably see the passage in _____. A. a guidebook

B. a notice

C. a novel

D. a newspaper

B. talk with you if you feel lonely D. sing, write poems or tell stories B. the door is opened by the passenger D. it stops every time it sees a stop light

【答案】26. D 27. A 28. B 29. C 30. A 【解析】

文章大意：人工智能让我们的生活更简单、更美好。本文向我们介绍了一些人工智能机器人在我们生活中的应用。 【26题详解】

细节理解题。根据Cool driverless bus中的信息The bus follows traffic rules. It stops every time it sees a stop light.可知，阿波罗的实际情况是它遵守交通规则，每次看到红灯就会停下来，故答案选D。 【27题详解】

细节理解题。根据Your close friend中的信息If you feel lonely, you can talk with me. I’m good at singing, writing poems and telling stories. I want to be your friend!可知，Xiaoice当你感到孤独时，可以和你聊天；擅长唱歌、写诗、讲故事；还可以和你成为朋友；所以B、C、D选项都可以，但A选项“可以和你一起出去”文中并没有提到，故答案选A。 【28题详解】

细节理解题。根据Popular AI artist中的信息This beautiful painting was at an auction(拍卖) in 2018. It sold for about 3,000,000 yuan!可知，这幅美丽的画在2018年的一次拍卖会上。它卖了大约300万元!结合选项可知B选项“这幅画在一次拍卖会上价值约300万元。”符合题意，故答案选B。 【29题详解】

理解判断题。根据World’s first AI anchor中的信息It can work 24 hours without any mistakes.可知，人工智能主播可以24小时不出错，所以C选项符合题意，故答案选C。 【30题详解】

文章来源题。通读全文可知，文章向我们介绍了一些人工智能在生活中的应用，其中有无人驾驶汽车，聊B. a notice天机器人，人工智能主播机器人，人工智能艺术家机器人。结合选项A. a guidebook一本旅行指南；一个通知；C. a novel一本小说；D. a newspaper一份报纸。可知本文可能来自于一本旅行指南，所以A选项符合题意，故答案选A。

C

One day, a man saw an old lady sitting inside her car at the side of the road. Though it was dark, he could see she needed help. So he stopped his car and walked towards her. The old lady was worried, even though she noticed the smile on his face. Was he going to hurt her? “I’ll help you start your car, madam. By the way, my name is Bryan Anderson, ” he said.

While Anderson was fitting a spare tired(备胎) to her car, the lady began to talk to him. She thanked him much for coming to help.

Anderson just smiled as he put his tools away. The lady asked how much she should pay him. He told her that if she really wanted to pay him back, the next time she saw someone who needed help, she could give them the help they needed. He waited until she started her car and drove off.

A few miles down the road, the lady saw a small restaurant. She went in and a waitress came over with a sweet smile. The old lady noticed the waitress was nearly eight months pregnant(怀孕的), but she never let the pains and

aches change her smile when she served her.

The lady finished her meal and paid with a hundred-dollar bill. The waitress quickly went to get change, but the old lady was gone when the waitress came back. The waitress wondered where the lady could be. Then she found there was a note on the napkin(餐巾), “You don’t need to give me anything back. Somebody once helped me out the way I’m helping you. If you really want to pay me back, here is what you do—do not let this chain(链子) of love end with you.”

Under the napkin were four more $100 bills. 31. Why did Anderson tell his name to the old lady? A. Because he wanted to check if the lady knew him. B. Because he hoped that may help relax the lady. C. Because he thought he could be paid back one day. D. Because he wanted to leave his name for doing good things. 32. What does the underlined word they refer to (指的是)? A. The old lady and Anderson. C. The old lady and the waitress.

33. Which is the right order of the old lady’s feelings?

①Thankful ②Happy ③Worried ④Helpless ⑤Willing and ready to help A. ④③①⑤②

B. ④①③②⑤

C. ③②①⑤④

D. ③①④⑤②

B. The people who need help. D. The people who help others.

34. What can be inferred(推断) from the passage? A. The meal cost the old lady 400 dollars. B. Anderson must be helped by someone before. C. The old lady was able to fit a spare tire herself. D. The waitress will probably help someone later. 35. What’s the best title for the passage? A. The Help of Strangers C. The China of Love

【答案】31. B 32. B 33. A 34. D 35. A 【解析】

文章大意：本文是一篇记叙文，主要讲述了爱的传递的两个小故事，一个男人看见一个女士陷入了难题，便停车为她解决了这个问题，他对女士说：如果想报答我，就去帮助别人吧。女士在经过一家餐厅时，看见怀孕的女服务员很辛苦，就偷偷地给了这位服务员一些钱。

B. The Power of Smile D. The Bill of Kindness