惠州市2018届高三第一次调研考试试卷英语第I卷第二部分阅读理解(共两节，满分40分)第一节 (共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

AArtificial intelligence，or AI，has been applied in a wide range of fields to perform specific tasks，including education, finance, heavy industry, transportation, and so on．EducationThere are a number of companies that create robots to teach subjects to children ranging from biologyto computer science，though such tools have not become widespread yet．Advancements in natural language processing，combined with machine learning，have also enabled automatic grading of assignments．AI hasalso led to an explosion in popularity of MOOCs，or Massive Open Online Courses，which allows studentsfrom around the world to take classes online．FinanceUse of AI in banking can be tracked back to 1987．Banks use artificial intelligence systems to organize operations，maintain book-keeping，invest in stocks，and manage properties．Also，systems are being developed，like Atria，to translate complex data into simple and personable language．There are also．wallets，like Wallet AI，which monitor an individual’s spending habits and provides ways to improve them Heavy industryRobots have become common in many industries and are often given jobs that are considered dangerous to humans．Robots have proven effective in jobs that are very repetitive which may lead to mistakes or accidents due to failure in concentration and other jobs which humans may find degrading．TransportationToday’S cars can have AI-based driver assist features such as self-parking and advanced cruise controls．AI in transportation is expected to provide safe，efficient，and reliable transportation while minimizing the impact on the environment and communities．Toys and gamesCompanies like Mattel have been creating AI-enabled toys for kids as young as age three．Using proprietary AI engines and speech recognition tools，they are able to understand conversations，give intelligent responses and learn quickly．AI has also been applied to video games，for example video game．bots，which are designed to stand in as opponents where humans aren’t available or desired 21．Which is true about AI and education?A．Robots have been widely used to teach children．B．AI has been used to grade students’homework．C．AI has enabled more students to receive education at school．D．Education was the first field where A1 was used．22．Which can be inferred from the passage?A．Atria can help people understand complex data．B．Wallet AI can help people make more money．C．Robots’jobs are considered dangerous to humans．D．Robots can help people concentrate．23．From the last two paragraphs we can know that_______________.A．Today’s drivers needn’t learn to park their carsB．AI ensures safe, efficient, and reliable transportationC．AI-enabled toys is designed to improve kids’intelligenceD．Video game bots can fight against you in video games24．What is the passage mainly about?A．The latest progress in AI．B．AI is of great use．C．Some applications of AI．D．AI is used in all fields．BWhen 1 was a boy we used to live across the road from a big hill with huge oak trees growing out of it．When winter arrived，thick，heavy snow would fall，and my two brothers would grab their sleds heading over to the hill for a day of fun．I remember watching them with envy because 1 was still too small to go sledding．Finally，one winter 1 was considered big enough and joined my brothers as they carried their sleds up the long hill and prepared to ride down it．The first few trips I rode with one of my brothers and had the time of my life．It was so exhilarating when the wind whipped across my face as I flew down the hillside on the wooden sled．Near the end of the day 1 was overjoyed too when my oldest brother decided to let me try riding the sled all by myself．I climbed on it full of excitement and lay on my stomach．Then with one big push my brother sent me down the snowy hillside．1 was doing pretty well too until I hit an old stump hidden by the snow and went off course，straight towards one of those big oak trees．My heart pounded in my chest and I could hear myself screaming．At the last possible second I rolled off and the sled crashed into the tree．I could hear my brothers running down the hill yelling，“You have to steer(操控)!You have to steer!”Sadly，that wasn’t the last time I failed to steer when some obstacle knocked me off course in my life．Many times problems，troubles，and my own failures have sent me crashing into the trees of anger,sledding．I am still learning that it is up frustration, and despair．I am still learning that life isn’t always safeto me to steer myself back to love, back to kindness, back to goodness, and back to God．Life is a trip，but no one ever said it was a smooth ride．Steer well then．Steer straight．Steer your soul towards the light and the love we are all meant for．25．What do we know about the author when he was very young?A．He lived on a big hill with huge oak trees on it．B．He was frightened to go sledding with his brothers．C．He longed to go sledding with his brothers．D．He carried his brothers’sleds as they went sledding．26．Which of the following can replace the underlined word“exhilarating”in Paragraph 2?A．delightful B．Terrifying C．ordinary D．violent27．Why did the author fall off his sled?。