一轮复习 专题20 阅读理解 说明文(原卷版).pdf

专题20阅读理解说明文（原卷版）

【母题来源】（2021·湖南郴州市·中考真题）

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【母题题文】

Computers,smartphones,andothermachinesaretheperfectservants.Theyalwaysdowhatthey

are“told”.Weusually“tell”themtodothingsbyusingamouseorkeyboard.Butwhatifwecould

justtalktothemnormallyandtellthemwhattodo?

Thistypeoftechnology,knownasvoicecontrolorvoicerecognition(识别),hasbeenshownin

filmsandTVshowssincethe1960s.TheTVshowStarTrekshowedsomespaceshipswhichcould

replytohumanvoicecommands(命令).Thefilm2001:ASpaceOdysseyshowedacomputerthat

humanastronautscouldtalkto.Itwasmainlyusedtoplaychessandrepairtheastronauts’spaceship.

Ontheotherhand,real-worldvoicerecognitionisusedformoreeverydaytasks.Forexample,

AppleandAmazonmadetwopiecesofvoicerecognitionsoftware(软件).Theycanbeaskedtodo

manythings,suchassettingalarmsandplayingmusicandsoon.

Oneofthenicethingsaboutvoicerecognitionisthatitcanbeusedwhenwe’reonthego.When

you’redrivingacarorwalkingdownthestreet,it’snotconvenientorevendangeroustopickup

yoursmartphoneandtypeawayonthekeyboard.Voicerecognitionallowsyoutofocusonwhatever

you’redoingatthemomentwhilestilldoingothertasks.

Speechrecognitionsoftwareisalsohelpfultodeafpeople.Itcanbeusedto“listen”tospoken

wordsandturnthemintotextthatdeafpeoplecanread.Somespeechrecognitionsoftwarecaneven

hearwordsspokeninonelanguageandthentranslatethemintoanotherlanguage.

4AccordingtoParagraph1,howdoweusuallycontrolmachinesindailylife?______

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A．Byusingbodylanguage.

B．Bytalkingtothem.

C．Byusingamouseorkeyboard.

5WhenwasvoicerecognitionfirstshowninfilmsandTVshows?______

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A．Inthe1980s.B．Inthe1970s.C．Inthe1960s.

6Howdoe