2024届高考英语第一轮专项复习时事热点试题抢分秘籍之科技主题（含答案）.pdfVIP

2024届高考英语第一轮专项复习时事热点试题抢分秘籍之科技主题

一．阅读理解（共14小题）

1．Bythelate1960s，abstractpainterHaroldCohenhadrepresentedBritainatimportant

festivalswithhisoilpaintingsandwasseekinganewchallenge.Maybetherearemore

interestingthingsgoingonoutsidemystudiothaninsideit，hethought.Cohenturnedfromthe

canvas（画布）tothescreen，usingcomputerstofindnewwaysofcreatingart.Inthelate

1960s，hecreatedaprogramthathenamedAaron.Itwasthefirstartificialintelligencesoftware

intheworldoffineart，andCohenfirstpresentedAaronin1974attheUniversityof

California，Berkeley.AaronsworkhassincegracedmuseumsfromtheTateGalleryinLondon

totheSandFranciscoMuseumofModernArt.

Now，withAIdominatingtheheadlines，anewexhibitionatNewYorksWhitneyMuseumof

AmericanArt，HaroldCohen：Aaron，runningthroughJune2024，drawsattentionto

Cohenspioneeringwork.TheWhitneyisofferingsomethingdeeperthanmostpreviousAaron

exhibits：areal﹣timeexperience，inwhichvisitorscanwatchthesoftwareproduceart.

CohenseededAaronwithallsortsofknowledge：aboutbasicobjects，physics，and

fundamentaltechniquesofdrawing.Aaronusesthisknowledgetofollowinstructions，complete

tasks，andmakedecisionslikehumanbeings﹣﹣averydifferentapproachfromtodays

generativeAIartprograms，whichdontdrawfromscratch（从头开始）butratherrelyon

databasesofimages.VersionsofAaronstillgenerateoutput，butanythingdoneafterCohensdeath

in2016isnotconsideredgenuine.

TheWhitneyisshowcasingtwoversionsofCohenssoftware，alongwiththeartthateach

producedbeforeCohendied.The2001version，AaronKCAT，generatesimagesoffiguresand

plantsandprojectsthemontoawallmorethantenfeethigh，whilethe2007versionproduces

jungle﹣likescenes.Thesoftwarewillalsocreateartphysically，onpaper，forthefirsttimesince