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Professor Ashok Goel of Georgia Tech developed an artificially intelligent teaching assistant to help handle the numerous questions from students in the online class. Professor Goel already had 8 teaching assistants, but that wasn’t enough to deal with the huge number of questions from students. Many students drop out of online courses for lack of teaching support. When students feel confused and reach out with questions that go unanswered, their motivation to continue begins to fade. Professor Goel decided to do something to change this situation by creating a virtual assistant named Jill Watson, which is based on the IBM Watson platform. Goel and his team developed several versions of Jill Watson before releasing her to the online forums. At first, the virtual assistant wasn’t too great. But Goel and his team sourced the online discussion forum to find all 40, 000 questions that had ever been asked since the class started. Then they began to feed Jill with the questions and answers. After some adjustment, Jill was able to answer the students’ questions correctly 97% of the time. The virtual assistant became so advanced and realistic that the students didn’t know she was a computer. The students, who were studying artificial intelligence, were interacting with artificial intelligence and couldn’t tell it apart from a real human being. Goel didn’t inform them about Jill’s true identity until April 26. The students were actually very positive about the experience. The goal of Professor Goel’s virtual assistant next year is to take over answering 40% of all questions raised by students. The name, Jill Watson will of course, change to something else next term. Professor Goel has a much rosier outlook on the future of AI than say, Elon Musk, Stephen Hawking, Bill Gates or Steve Wozniak. 【1】Professor Goel created a virtual teaching assistant because . A.his course was not interesting enough B.he felt confused about how to teach online C.students’ questions were too many to handle D.his students were unsatisfied with the assistants 【2】What do we learn about Jill Watson? A.She turned out to be a great success. B.She was unwelcome to students at first. C.Her true identity was still a secret to students. D.Her name will be kept for the next virtual assistant. 【3】What does Professor Goel plan to do next with Jill Watson? A.Replace her with different versions. B.Enable her to answer more questions. C.Recommend her to some famous people. D.Equip her with new questions and answers. 【4】What’s the main idea of the text? A.A robot named Jill Watson gives an online course. B.Robots will take humans’ place in online classes in the future. C.A virtual teaching assistant is getting popular among the students. D.A virtual teaching assistant helps solve online questions in large quantities. |
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One Dollar a Night in New York When it comes to finding a place to stay for a night in New York, things don’t always come cheap. However, artist Miao Jiaxin, a Shanghai native who moved to New York in 2006, is offering people the chance to stay in his apartment in Brooklyn. 【1】 Guests can easily book Miao’s room on the Internet. Nevertheless, although they will be housed in his apartment, it appears to have more in common with a jail cell（牢房）than a regular bedroom as a cage in the center of the room is where guests will stay. 【2】 Guests must stay in the cage for three hours each morning. “From 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., you can’t access the Internet, and there are no electronic devices, books, radio, pens or craftwork. You can’t talk to anybody. You can’t do Yoga or any other exercises. And you can’t even sleep,” writes Miao. 【3】 Meanwhile, the cage is monitored and recorded by two cameras and the activity of guests is filmed for the whole time they stay in the cell. 【4】 They can enjoy great views of New York on the roof deck outside the room. The room is inspired by the alienation（疏离感）Miao felt as a new immigrant — feelings he believes are universal. “It’s not for fun. It’s for an experience. 【5】” said Miao. A.It’s only one dollar a night. B.It’s too expensive for common people to afford. C.More like a psychological New York City experience. D.If you break any of those rules above, you will be fined 100 dollars. E.Actually, Miao’s room is so popular that you have to book three months in advance. F.Despite the strict rules, guests are given a key to let themselves in and out as they please. G.Miao says that to live in his jail cell, people don’t have to be a criminal, but there are several rules. |
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阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。 About a half-mile behind our Minnesota farm lay a pond. In summer, my brother Harry and I would run through a stand of oak trees to skip stones there. The pond wore a collar of black mud. It was not a place for swimming. In late summer, the pond would be covered by a green and bubbly scum（起泡的浮渣）. Sometimes a strong, unpleasant smell rose from it. We stayed away. When winter came, the pond was once again an inviting place. One day when ice covered it, Harry said to me, “Try walking across.” The ice looked solid. No water showed through it, but I hesitated. “Go ahead.” Harry urged. “Try it. You’re lighter than I am. If the ice holds, we can run and slide carefully on it. It’ll be fun.” I wanted to please Harry, and I thought about the fun of a long slide on the ice. I began to slide across the pond. In the middle of the pond, the ice gave way with a sudden crack（裂缝）! I stretched out（伸展）my arms. The next thing I knew I was hanging on to the edge of a hole in the ice by arms outstretched on the ice. From my shoulders down I hung in icy water. I thought of the bottom of the pond. I knew it would be black and awful down there, full of mud and maybe rotting creatures. I tried to climb out of the hole, but when I got a knee on the ice, it broke like window glass. Again and again I tried to get out. Again and again the ice broke into pieces. The hole widened. I was wearing a coat of heavy material. As it became completely wet, it dragged me down. I was tired of the struggle and rested with my arms stretched out on the ice. I looked at Harry on shore. He seemed rooted to the spot. “I can’t get out!” I screamed when I caught some breath. 注意： 1. 所续写短文的词数应为150左右； 2. 至少使用5个短文中标有下划线的关键词语； 3. 续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好； 4. 续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。 Paragraph1: Harry turned and ran from the pond. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Paragraph2: The moment I crashed through the kitchen door, sobbing, mum rushed over. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ |
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