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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? Or a picture by unknown artist? What if the artist was a computer?

A piece of artwork created mainly by a computer programme has been sold at the price ＄432,500 – about ten times more than people expected. This painting, named Edmond de Belamy, was created by artificial intelligence (AI)（人工智能）. 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. He adds that he created many pictures like it much earlier.

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.How French students train the computer programme.

D.Why the painting Edmond de Belamy was created.

【3】The writer mentions Robbie Barrat in Paragraph 4 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 hope Al art will be common in the future

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

A.it creates better art than humans.B.It has not been well-developed yet.

C.It will never be popular with art-lovers.D.It will always be a tool used by human artists.

【5】The best title for the passage can be __________________.

A.AI technology and AI artB.The present and future of AI art

C.The first painting created of AI in the worldD.The first computer-created artwork on sale

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】C

【4】B

【5】B

【解析】

文章大意：文章主要描述了由人工智能設(shè)計(jì)的藝術(shù)品高價(jià)出售的事件，同時(shí)介紹了人們對(duì)人工智能設(shè)計(jì)藝術(shù)品的不用觀點(diǎn)。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第二段第一行“A piece of artwork created mainly by a computer programme”“一件主要由計(jì)算機(jī)程序創(chuàng)作的藝術(shù)品”以及第二段第二行“This painting, named Edmond de Belamy,”“這個(gè)藝術(shù)品叫Edmond de Belamy”，故選A。

【2】主旨大意題。根據(jù)第三段內(nèi)容可知，該段是講述法國(guó)學(xué)生如何訓(xùn)練人工智能作畫的過(guò)程，故選C。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第四段第二、三行“The work isn't interesting or creative," says Robbie Barrat, who helped create the painting but doesn't like the idea of selling it”“這幅作品既不有趣也不富有創(chuàng)造性，”羅比·巴拉特說(shuō)，他幫助創(chuàng)作了這幅畫，但不喜歡把它賣掉的想法”可知，有人不希望這幅畫被賣，故選C。

【4】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第一、二行“Even the best AI today is somewhere between a stupid child and a smart pet. It will grow up”“即使是現(xiàn)在最好的人工智能也介于愚蠢的孩子和聰明的寵物之間。它會(huì)長(zhǎng)大的”可知，作者認(rèn)為人工智能技術(shù)還不完善，故選B。

【5】主旨大意題。作者向大家介紹了一種新型繪畫方式——人工智能繪畫，倒數(shù)第二段介紹了人們對(duì)其未來(lái)的憧憬，最后一段作者也指出人工智能技術(shù)還不完善，故選B。