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2024 届高考英语时文阅读之语法填空专项训练
专题 10
自然科学
Home security startup taps face-recognition
基础篇 家庭安全初创公司利用人脸识别技术
technology
Chinese researchers invent AI system 中国研究人员发明人工智能系统促进化
巩固篇
facilitating chemical experiments 学实验
Old Chinese brands try new ideas to keep up
提高篇 中国老品牌尝试新理念
with the times
专项微练 单句语法填空 形容词和副词专项训练
真题精选 高考模拟衔接 名校真题演练
【原创题】
【基础篇】
A team of engineers that worked on self-driving cars
and helped invent Google Street View want to help people
guard their homes against intruders using 1 same
style of face recognition that unlocks smart phones.
Lighthouse AI, 2 (they) startup, on
Thursday released a home security camera that uses a 3D sensor similar 3 that found in Apple’s iPhone
X. The sensor helps the camera recognize the faces of different members of a family and even pets, 4 it
can send out alerts to a user’s phone when an unknown person enters a home but avoid false alarms 5
(cause) by the family dog. Ligthouse AI has roots with Stanford University and Alphabet’s Google. The two co-
founders, Alex Teichman and Hendrik Dahlkamp, met while both 6 (work) in the Stanford laboratory of
Sebastian Thrun, the early leader of Google’s self-driving car efforts. Thrun is on Lighthouse’s board, and it’s
backed by Andy Rubin, the co-creator of the Android mobile operating system, and his 7 (invest)fund,
Playground Global.
The 3D sensor in the Lighthouse camera, which sells for 299 US dollars and a 10 US dollars per month serviceplan, simulates the eyes of a self-driving car. Teichman and Dahlkamp had been working on self-driving cars since
2005 and left the field because they weren’t convinced self-driving cars could beat humans’ 8 (safe)
record for several more years. “It seems like there are many more research problems in the way. We wanted to
deploy something at 99% accuracy that would be delightful and useful to use right now,” Teichman told reporters.
Another key element of the Lighthouse system is a voice-based interface for setting up alerts and finding
video. Users can ask the device’s accompanying smart phone app questions like, “Show me video of the dog” or
“Send me an alert if the kids aren’t home from school by 4 p.m. on weekdays.” Lighthouse says it does not share
user data and lets users set the camera to only record when they are not home 9 (ease) privacy concerns
over a camera that can recognize specific people. But the company is hoping other benefits outweigh those
concerns. Jessica Gilmartin, the startup’s chief marketing officer, said it is working with elder care companies to
use the cameras to detect changes in an older person’s gait that could put them at risk of a fall. “ 1 0 do
you get that information to family members so you can get help before it happens?” she said.
【巩固篇】
Chinese researchers have invented 1 artificial intelligence (AI) system that facilitates chemical
research and 2 (experiment), according to the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) in
Hefei City, Anhui Province. The all-round AI-Chemist system is equipped 3 a scientific mind that is
capable of 4 (perform) all essential steps required for chemical research, according to researchers from
the USTC. The system 5 (realize) automatic data collection, processing, analysis and visualization. It is
designed to be able to 6 (automatic) search for and read relevant literature from a cloud database 7
propose experimental plans accordingly. It can also control a mobile robot in-house or online to automatically
execute the complete experimental process on 8 (much) than 10 workstations. The experimental data
can be simultaneously analyzed by the computational brain of the AI-Chemist, 9 (allow) it to propose a
new hypothesis for the next iteration. The competence of the system 1 0 (test) by three different
chemical tasks, said a research article published in the journal National Science Review of China.
【提高篇】
Tong Ren Tang (TRT), a time-honored Chinese pharmaceutical company and the largest producer of
traditional Chinese medicine, 1 (try) to combine the best of the East and the West. It's a new shop that
offers coffee alongside 2 (tradition) medicine has attracted lots of customers. One of its 3(special)is goji coffee made with the goji berry which is used in traditional Chinese medicine. Cheng Lin, 4
customer of the new shop, said, "I'm a local Beijinger, and I've been taking medicine 5 (produce) by the
TRT from a young age. At first I was kind of surprised when we first came here, we saw coffee, cookies ... It's not
like the traditional TRT, but I think it's a good idea to do this because many old brands don't exist anymore, so I
think it's good to be innovative." "Young people like punk health. New and fashionable things can attract them. But
the pandemic has made them 6 (think) about their health, and an environment like this will provide
them with healthy material," said Yu Ruixuan, the vice-president of WeHealth at TRT Health.
TRT is a brand synonymous with traditional Chinese medicine. It's a family business handed down from
generation to generation over 300 years and everything is done manually. But reviving an old brand has been a
journey full of challenges. Just south of Tiananmen Square in downtown Beijing, is the Chinese capital's oldest
shopping street, Dashilan. This is 7 people find the original TRT pharmacy and many other time-
honored brands. There are over 1,000 8 (official) recognized "time-honored brands" in China with an
average history of around 140 years. There are strict criteria to earn the title. A company must 9 (create)
before 1956, with unique products, techniques or services, and be widely recognized by society. Shanghai has 180
such brands, more than any other area in China.
Many of them struggled to survive in the reform and opening-up period that began in the late 1970s. Wang
Mazi Scissors, for example, was founded in the 17th century and declared bankrupt in 2003. Some have found
ways to rejuvenate. White Rabbit created alliances with MAXAM and Happy Lemon 1 0 (launch) a
creamy flavored lip balm and White Rabbit milk tea. Seeking a balance between tradition and innovation, and
bringing new blood into legendary Chinese businesses. But can time-honored brands shake off the legacy burden
and re-invent themselves? Only time will tell.
【专项微练：形容词和副词】
1．________ (absorb)in painting, John didn’t notice evening approaching. （所给词的适当形式填空）
2．The housing problems came ________ at the meeting once again. (用适当的词填空)
3．The ______________ (frighten) man sounded as if he was dying of fright. (所给词的适当形式填空)
4．The ________ (terrify) children ran home. （所给词的适当形式填空）
5．The fishing boat was seized for its coming into ________ (restrict) waters illegally. （所给词的适当形式填
空）6．The most ________ (terrify) aspect of nuclear bombing is radiation. （所给词的适当形式填空）
7．Encouraged by discoveries over the years, space agencies of various countries are planning ________ (man)
missions to Mars that could take place within the next 25 years. （所给词的适当形式填空）
8．What supporting arguments does the author give to make the point ____________ (convince) ? (所给词的适当
形式填空)
9．While waiting outside the cafeteria, I received the ___________(follow) message from my friend. (所给词的适
当形式填空)
10．For many years, I was ___________(convince)that my suffering was due to my size. (所给词的适当形式填
空)
【真题精选】
（2021·舒城中学三模）阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Geography is the study of the relationship between people and the land. Geographers compare and contrast
___11___ (variety) places on the earth. But they also go beyond the individual places and consider the earth as a
whole. The word geography comes from two Greek words: ge，the Greek word for "earth" and graphein,
___12___ means "to write". The English word geography means "to describe the earth". Some geography books
focus on a small area like a town or city. ___13___ deal with a state, a region, a nation, or ___14___ entire
continent. Many geography books deal with the whole earth. Another way ___15___ (divide) the study of
geography is to distinguish between physical geography and cultural geography. The former focuses on the natural
world; the latter starts with human beings and studies how human beings and their environment act ___16___ each
other. But when geography is considered as a single subject, ___17___ branch can neglect the other.A geographer
might be described as one who observes, records, and explains the___18___ (differ) between places. If all places
look alike, there would be little need for geographers.
We know, however, ___19___ no two places are exactly the same. Geography, then , is a point of view, a
special way of ___20___ (look) at places.
（2021·烟台三模）阅读下面短文, 在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。Recognizing a cat’s emotions from its face is often hard, even for its owners. Now, researchers from Canada’s
University of Guelph insist that cats also express emotions on their faces—one just has to learn ____21____ to
interpret them!
For their study, Professors Lee Niel and Georgia Mason surveyed 6,300 ____22____(volunteer) from 85
countries. The participants ____23____(show) the cats’ faces from a series of short videos.
The researchers, who published their findings in the November 2019 issue of Animal Welfare, found that only
13 percent, or 819 participants, were able to read the cats’ emotions ____24____(accurate) over 75 percent of the
time. Further research showed that the so-called “cat whisperers” were primarily women and veterinarians(兽医),
Younger adults also seemed to be able to read the expressions even ____25____(well) than older individuals.
Surprisingly, being a cat owner did not help study participants, ____26____(indicate) that a strong attachment
____27____ the animal did not necessarily mean better understanding of its emotions.
The researchers believe cats’ expressions can be learned over time, ____28____ explains why veterinary staff
scored high in the study. “This is important to be able to do because it could help strengthen the bond between
owners and cats, and so improve cat care and welfare.” said Niel.
____29____(find) out if you have what it takes to be a “cat whisperer,” take the fun cat faces quiz
_____30_____(create) by the study’s researchers.
