Question

【題目】Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A. involuntary B. features C. suspect D. track E. peculiar F. signals

G. store H. permits I. unlock J. sustain K. scale

The human face is a remarkable piece of work. The astonishing variety of facial 【1】 helps people recognize each other and is crucial to the formation of complex societies. So is the face’s ability to send emotional 【2】, whether through a(n) 【3】 blush or a false smile. People spend much of their waking lives, in the office and the courtroom as well as the bar and the bedroom, reading faces, for signs of attraction, hostility and trust.

Technology is rapidly catching up with the human ability to read faces. In America facial recognition is used by churches to 【4】 worshippers’ attendance; in Britain, by retailers to spot past shoplifters. This year Welsh police used it to arrest a(n) 【5】 outside a football game. In China it verifies the identities of ride-hailing drivers, 【6】 tourists to enter attractions and lets people pay for things with a smile. Apple’s new iPhone is expected to use it to 【7】 the homescreen.

Set against human skills, such applications might seem gradual. Some breakthroughs, such as flight or the Internet, obviously transform human abilities; facial recognition seems merely to encode them. Although faces are 【8】 to individuals, they are also public, so technology does not, at first sight, intrude on something that is private. And yet the ability to record, 【9】 and analyze images of faces cheaply, quickly and on a vast 【10】 promises one day to bring about fundamental changes to notions of privacy, fairness and trust.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】F

【3】A

【4】D

【5】C

【6】H

【7】I

【8】E

【9】G

【10】K

【解析】

本文是一篇說明文，介紹了面部識(shí)別在各個(gè)領(lǐng)域的的應(yīng)用及前景。

【1】考查名詞。句意：面部特征驚人的多樣性有助于人們相互識(shí)別，對(duì)復(fù)雜社會(huì)的形成至關(guān)重要。做主語(yǔ)用名詞，facial features表示“面部特征”，故填B。

【2】考查名詞。句意：無論是通過不自覺的臉紅還是虛假的微笑，臉都能傳遞情感信號(hào)。做動(dòng)詞send的賓語(yǔ)用名詞，根據(jù)“send emotional”可知此處表示“信號(hào)”，故填F。

【3】考查形容詞。句意同上，修飾名詞blush用形容詞，根據(jù)“blush or a false smile”可知此處表示“不自覺的、無意識(shí)的”，故填A。

【4】考查動(dòng)詞。句意：在美國(guó)，教會(huì)使用面部識(shí)別來追蹤信徒的出席情況。空前的to為不定式符號(hào)，此處需要填動(dòng)詞原形，根據(jù)“worshippers’ attendance”可知此處表示“追蹤”，故填D。

【5】考查名詞。句意：今年威爾士警方用它在一場(chǎng)足球比賽外逮捕了一名嫌疑人。做動(dòng)詞arrest的賓語(yǔ)用名詞，根據(jù)句意可知此處表示“犯罪嫌疑人”，故填C。

【6】考查動(dòng)詞。句意：在中國(guó)，用它核實(shí)代駕司機(jī)的身份，允許游客進(jìn)入景點(diǎn)，讓人們微笑著付錢。and連接三個(gè)并列的動(dòng)詞，根據(jù)“tourists to enter attractions”可知此處表示“允許”，故填H。

【7】考查動(dòng)詞。句意：蘋果公司的新iPhone有望使用它來解鎖主屏幕。空前的to是不定式符號(hào)，此處填動(dòng)詞原形，根據(jù)“the homescreen”可知此處表示“解鎖”，故填I。

【8】考查形容詞。句意：盡管面孔是個(gè)人特有的，但它們也是公共的，所以技術(shù)不會(huì)在乍一看之下侵犯?jìng)�(gè)人隱私。be peculiar to表示“是……特有的”，故填E。

【9】考查動(dòng)詞。句意：然而，廉價(jià)、快速、大規(guī)模地記錄、存儲(chǔ)和分析人臉圖像的能力，有望有一天給隱私、公平和信任的觀念帶來根本性的改變。and連接三個(gè)并列動(dòng)詞，根據(jù)“analyze images of faces”可知此處表示“存儲(chǔ)”，故填G。

【10】考查名詞。句意同上，作介詞on的賓語(yǔ)用名詞，on a vast scale表示“大規(guī)模的、在很廣的范圍內(nèi)”，故填K。