高三英语课外时文分类阅读系列
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第四部分 “人与社会”之科学与技术篇
目录：
Passage 1 中国首位执行出舱任务的女航天员
Passage 2 人工智能让电子游戏更有趣
Passage 3 “天宫课堂”让科学梦张力无限
Passage 4 哪些事情是机器人难以做到的
Passage 5 给个人信息上牢“安全锁”
Passage 6 一堂“太空课”的8年之变
Passage 7 全球首个可繁殖活体机器人问世
Passage 7 冬奥黑科技：穿戴技术全面应用
Passage 1
主题语境——人与社会——中国首位执行出舱任务的女航天员
On Nov 8, Wang Yaping, a female taikonaut of Shenzhou XIII mission, 1. ______ (become) China’s first and the world’s 16th female spacewalker. The expected six-month journey in space has left many curious about the differences between male and female astronauts, especially in terms of performing extravehicular activities(EVAs). Despite physical challenges, female astronauts have unique 2. ______ (advantage).
Mutual understanding between astronauts is very important for carrying out EVAs, which 3. ______ (ba) on excellent communication skills. Women are superior in communication and language expression, 4. ______ (help) female astronauts conduct extravehicular activities.
Men and women are different in body size, 5. ______ also gives women unique advantages for spacewalks. Their generally smaller size is an advantage, as women will be able to control their weight better and thus perform a wider variety of tasks.
A different body shape requires a different spacesuit. A tailor-made spacesuit was prepared for Wang’s extravehicular activities, which was 6. ______ (light) than the male version. Designers improved the pattern of this spacesuit in the lower limb area to make it more 7. ______ (suit) for astronauts with slimmer figures.
Many studies have found that female astronauts are well adapted to executing space missions, and have advantages 8. ______ male astronauts in qualities such as attention to detail and thinking 9. ______ (thorough).
Men tend to excel in shorter-term, goal-oriented situations, 10. ______ women are better in longer-term, habitation-type circumstances. Women’s participation in EVAs is an integral part of space missions, and we are witnessing history thanks to Wang’s bravery.
【参考答案】
1. became 2. advantages 3. is bad 4. helping 5. which
6. lighter 7. suitable 8. over 9. thoroughly 10. while
Passage 2
主题语境——人与社会——人工智能让电子游戏更有趣
Video game developers have been using artificial intelligence (AI) in new and interesting ways ever since some of the very first video games 1. _______ (make).
For example, in the 1972 game Pong, your opponent would move a certain way 2. _____
__ (depend) on how you hit the ball. In 1978, the game Space Invaders introduced enemies that had different movement patterns. And in the 80s, Pac-Man was the first video game with enemies that could arch for you bad on the path you took, and tho enemies were the first 3. _______ (show) different “personalities”.
Although the advancements were nothing more than simple algorithms, they were classified 4. _______ AI becau of the “intelligence” they showed. They were programmed to act a certain way to make their actions 5. _______ (believe) and challenge players.
And, as video games become 6. _______ (increa) complicated, developers are trying to find novel means to make the virtual worlds more immersive for players. For instance, many modern games have characters and environments that change and respond to how a player acts in the game.
Although this is a huge jump in video game 7. _______ (develop), AI in video games is advancing in 8. _______ way unlike ever before. But what exactly will the future look like
for video games with advanced AI systems?
“When you think about the first time you played your favorite game, you only get that experience once. There’s no way to replicate that feeling,” AI rearcher and game developer Michael Cook said. “But automated game design 9. _______ (let) you have that experience many times over becau this game can be constantly redesigning itlf and refreshing itlf, 10. _______ is really cool.”
【参考答案】
1. were made 2. depending 3. to show 4. as 5. believable
6. increasingly 7. development 8. a 9. lets 10. which
Passage 3
主题语境——人与社会——“天宫课堂”让科学梦张力无限
On Dec 9, three Chine astronauts gave a science lecture 400 kilometers above Earth! Zhai Zhigang, Wang Yaping and Ye Guangfu, 1. _______ are working aboard the Tiangong space station, showed millions of students a glimp of their life there. They also did some fun science 2. _______ (experiment).
The human body 3. _______ (grow) with the pull of Earth’s gravity. But in space, our bones and muscles don’t need to support our body’s weight. This will cau bone and muscle loss. NASA says that astronauts can lo up to 20 percent of their muscles after just a couple of weeks. That is 4. _______ (danger) for astronauts becau they will be too weak to work.
