2020年浙江金华义乌市高三下学期高考模拟英语试卷-学生用卷
2020年浙江金华义乌市高三下学期高考模拟英语试卷•学生用卷一、阅读理解(本大题共10小题，每小题2.5分，共25分)I、【来源】2020年浙江金华义乌市高三下学期高考模拟(A篇)第21〜23题7.5
2020 年浙江金华义乌市高三下学期高考模拟英语试卷•学生用卷 102.525 一、阅读理解(本大题共小题，每小题分，共分) (〜 、【来源】年浙江金华义乌市高三下学期高考模拟篇)第题分 I2020A21237.5 Brook wanted adollhouse and some sugar cookies. So the 6-year-old asked Alexa to get them. Alex, a voice-activated home assistant powered "by artificial intelligence" (Al) ,made Brooke's wishes come true. Afew days later, much to her parents' surprise, four pounds of cookies and a$ 170 dollhouse showed up. And that's not the end of the story. When anews anchor told Brook's story on TV, Alexa devices in many listeners' homes woke up and tried to order dollhouses! Alexa isn't the only AI willing to order. Apple HomcPod has Siri, Google Home has its Assistant, and the upcoming Galaxy Home device will have Bixby. People who own these devices use them mainly for listening to music, checking the weather and setting timers. But many experts predict aboom in voice shopping in the near future. Is that agood thing? Convenience is the main benefit of voice shopping. You can shout out an order as soon as you think of it, even if you're cooking, cleaning, or driving. In addition, people with disabilities who are unable to use akeyboard or mouse can shop without assistance. But voice shopping has its downsides. Unwanted dollhouses aren't (he biggest problem. It's usually very easy to cancel an order or return items. The thing that TAL#NBSPcreepssome people TAL#NBSPout is that these assistants arc always listening. They have to be able to respond when you want them. So they listen for "Alexa" or "OK Google" or another command. When they hear it, they start recording the conversation. Some have worried about what happens to these recordings. Should companies be allowed to use them to learn about people's shopping habits? Should police access them to solve acrime? And what if someone hacks the device? The CIA found away to hack smart TVs to turn them into spies that listen all the time. Others could do the same with any smart device. (1) The writer mentions Brook and Alex in the first paragraph to . A. share an interesting experienceshow Brook, seagerness for cookies B. introduce the topic of voice shoppingshow the functions of anew smart device (2) What does the underlined phrase "creeps'--Qut" in the last paragraph most probably mean? A. Terrifies.
