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【題目】

Would you pay thousands of dollars for a painting with a face so unclear that you're not even sure it's a face? What if the artist was a computer?

A piece of artwork created mainly by a computer programme has been sold a the price $432,500—about ten times more than people expected. This painting named Edmond de Belamy, was created by artificial intelligence (AI). This means the computer now doesn't just follow us, but makes some decisions and "thinks itself".

15,000 real paintings were used by some French students to train the computer programme with two parts.

One part tries to create paintings that look real, while the other part decides if it is good. If the painting doesn't look real enough, the first part will change its decisions until it comes up with a better work.

This is not the first AI artwork just the first piece on sale. In fact, many people are not impressed with the painting. "The work isn't interesting or creative," says Robbie Barrat, who helped create the painting but doesn't like the idea of selling it. He thinks it's too simple and gives a bad idea of what real AI artists are doing.

In some other people's opinion, however, AI art is already very unusual. They hope it will be more common in the future.

Still, people who look down upon AI art shouldn't worry. Just as an AI artist, Theo Triantafyllidis says, he usually thinks of AI as a tool and not the artist. Even the best AI today is somewhere between a stupid child and a smart pet. It will grow up.

【1】Edmond de Belamy was mainly created by ________.

A.a computer programmeB.some French students

C.several unknown artistsD.a man called Edmond

【2】What does the third paragraph mainly talk about?

A.What the computer programme can do.

B.Whom the computer programme was trained by.

C.Why the painting Edmond de Belamy was created.

D.How French students train the computer programme.

【3】The writer mentions Robbie Barrat in Paragraph 5 to show ________.

A.many people are impressed with the painting

B.lots of people took part in creating the painting

C.some people didn't expect the painting to be sold

D.most people thanked Robbie Barrat for his help with the painting

【4】What does the writer probably think of AI?

A.It creates better art than humans.

B.It hasn't developed well enough

C.It will make many artists lose their jobs.

D.It will always be a tool used only by human artists.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】D

【3】C

【4】B

【解析】

這是一篇記敘文，主要講述的是一件主要由電腦程序制作的藝術品以43.25萬美元的價格售出，比人們預期的價格高出約10倍。這幅畫名叫 Edmond de Belamy。這意味著電腦現(xiàn)在不僅僅是跟隨我們，而是做出一些決定并“自我思考”。然后通過這幅機器人畫的畫展開討論，而討論的核心是人工智能藝術的現(xiàn)狀和未來。

【1】

細節(jié)理解題，問題是“埃德蒙德貝拉米主要是由誰創(chuàng)作的。”A.一個計算機程序；B.一些法國學生；C.幾個不知名的藝術家；D.一個叫愛德蒙的人。根據(jù)This painting, named Edmond de Belamy, was created by artificial intelligence (AI)（這幅名為《埃德蒙德貝拉米》的畫作是由人工智能(AI)繪制的）可知，埃德蒙德貝拉米主要是由一個計算機程序創(chuàng)作的。故選A。

【2】

段落大意題，問題是“第三段主要講了什么?”A.計算機程序能做什么；B.計算機程序是由誰訓練的；C. 為什么要創(chuàng)作埃德蒙·德·貝拉米這幅畫；D. 法國學生如何訓練計算機程序。根據(jù)第三段的內容“一些法國學生用了15000幅真跡來訓練電腦程序的兩部分。一部分人試圖創(chuàng)作出看起來真實的畫作，而另一部分人則決定畫的好壞。如果這幅畫看起來不夠真實，第一部分就會改變決定，直到想出更好的作品�！笨芍�，這段主要講的是法國學生如何訓練計算機程序。故選D。

【3】

細節(jié)理解題，問題是“作者在第5段中提到羅比·巴拉特是為了表明什么。”A.許多人對這幅畫印象深刻；B.許多人參加了這幅畫的創(chuàng)作；C.有些人沒想到這幅畫會被賣掉；D. 大多數(shù)人感謝羅比·巴拉特對這幅畫的幫助。根據(jù)第5段的"The work isn't interesting or creative," says Robbie Barrat, who helped create the painting but doesn't like the idea of selling it. He thinks it's too simple and gives a bad idea of what real AI artists are doing.參與創(chuàng)作這幅畫的羅比巴拉特(Robbie Barrat)說。但他不喜歡出售這幅畫的想法。他認為這太簡單了，并給出了一個糟糕的想法，什么是真正的人工智能藝術家正在做的。可知，作者在第5段中提到羅比·巴拉特是為了表明有些人沒想到這幅畫會被賣掉。故選C。

【4】

細節(jié)理解題，問題是“作者可能對人工智能有什么看法?”A.它創(chuàng)造了比人類更好的藝術；B.它還沒有得到很好的發(fā)展；C. 這將使許多藝術家失去工作；D.它將永遠是人類藝術家使用的工具。根據(jù)文章最后一段的Even the best AI today is somewhere between a stupid child and a smart pet. It will grow up.今天的人工智能介于愚蠢的孩子和聰明的寵物之間。它會長大的�？芍�，作者認為人工智能還沒有得到很好的發(fā)展。故選B。