Artificial intelligence （AI， 人工智能） can help us make phone calls． It can guide us to where we want to go． It can play games． And now， AI can do even more things．
Researchers from Microsoft have created the first machine translation system that can translate news articles from Chinese to English， Business Standard reported．
According to Microsoft's official website， researchers tested the system by asking it to translate hundreds of sentences taken from news stories． Then， language experts compared the results to two translations that were done by humans． The experts said that the system's translations were as good as the human translations．
Machine translation is always challenging． This is partly because different words can be used to express the same meaning． It can be hard to say which word is more "correct"．
Experts used several methods to improve the system's translation abilities． "Much of our research is really learned from by how we humans do things，" lead researcher Liu Tieyan said．
One method is called dual learning （对偶学习）．In this method，the system translates every sentence from Chinese to English，as well as translates the sentences back from English into Chinese．This way，the system can improve itself and learn from its own mistakes． This is similar to what humans do to make sure their translations are exact．
Another method makes use of deliberation networks （推敲网络）．The researchers taught the system to repeat the process of translating the same sentence over and over．Gradually， the system can improve the quality of its translations． This is similar to how people correct their own writing by going through it again and again．
（1）Microsoft created a system that can ．
A． make phone calls
B． give people directions
C． play games with people
D． translate news articles
（2）What did the experts say about the system's translations？
A． They were not accurate．
B． They were as good as human translations．
C． They were better than human translations．
D． It's hard to tell whether the translations were correct．
（3）Dual learning trains the system to translate ．
A． more quickly
B． different sentences
C． more accurately
D． the same sentence repeatedly
（4）The underlined word "it" in the last paragraph refers to ．
A．dual leaning
B．The process
C．The system
D．People's own writing
（5）What is the main idea of the story？
A． What artificial intelligence can do for us．
B． How sentences are translated from Chinese to English．
C． How the machine translation system was developed．
D． Why Microsoft created a machine translation system．
阅读理解
People are so busy these days that many people have no time to cook. This becomes a problem, because most families love home cooking! The food tastes good and warm, and a family meal brings everyone together. In some families, meals are often the only times everyone sees one another at the same time. Another reason(原因) people enjoy home cooking is that it is often a way of showing love. A parent who makes some cookies is not just satisfying(满足) a child’s sweet tooth. she or he is sending a message. The message says, “I care about you enough to spend an hour making cookies that you will eat up in 15 minutes if I let you.” There is also something about the smell of home cooking. The smell of home cooking pleases peoples of all ages. It makes most of us feel happy – even if(即使) we are the ones doing the cooking!
根据短文内容，判断下列句子的正（A）误（B）。 Now fewer people cook because most of them dislike home cooking.
A parent spends an hour making cookies just to satisfy her or his child’s sweet tooth.
The writer thinks the smell of home cooking makes us happy.
Meals often bring many people together then they can see one another at the same time.
This passage mainly(主要) tells us that family meals are important.
阅读理解
Happy Children’s Palace
MONDAY 19:00—20:30 English learning Prof. G. White Would you like to improve your English? This is for middle school students. (2 weeks) TUESDAY 17:30—19:00 Photography(摄影) Mr. Green Learn to take good pictures. Bring your own camera with you. (4 weeks) WEDNESDAY 18:00—19:00 Office 2000 Prof. Wang Lan Learn how to use the new software. (10 weeks) FRIDAY 19:00—20:30 Painting Miss Yang Jing Would you like to learn painting? It is for beginners only. (16 weeks) SATURDAY 15:00—16:30 Cambridge Young Learner’s English Prof. J. Brown This course is for the children at primary school(小学). (20 weeks) SUNDAY 10:00—12:00 Swimming, club Coach: Liu Xin Want to swim as fast as a fish? (9 weeks)You can go to Happy Children’s Palace to learn some skills(技能) exc
ept ________.
| A．on Monday | B．On Wednesday |
| C．On Thursday | D．on Sunday |
If you want to improve your English, you’d better learn it from ______.
| A．Miss Yang Jing | B．Prof. J. Brown |
| C．Prof. Wang Lan | D．Prof. G. White |
If you are interested in painting and want to be an artist, Miss Yang Jing can teach you ______.
| A．from 19:00 to 20:30 on Monday | B．from 17:30 to 19:00 on Tuesday |
| C．from 7:00 to 8:30 on Friday evening | D．from 18:00 to 19:00 on Wednesday |
If you don’t have enough time and you want to learn a skill in two months, you’d better learn ____.
| A．how to use the new software | B．swimming |
| C．how to take pictures | D．painting |
Which of the following statements(陈述) is TRUE?
| A．Prof. G. White gives a talk about English learning for students on Monday morning. |
| B．You can go to learn how to use Office 2000 from Prof. J. Brown. |
| C．If you want to learn swimming, you should go there on Sunday afternoon. |
| D．Prof. J. Brown teaches children English from 3:00—4:30 on Saturday afternoon. |
阅读理解
A driver stopped his car on a street side to have a rest. As he lay down in the seat and closed his eyes, a person came up and knocked(敲) at the window to ask the time. The driver opened his eyes and looked at his watch: “It’s 8:05,” he said. Then he went to sleep again. But soon he was waken up(被叫醒) again because a second person was knocking at the window. “Sir, do you know the time?” he asked. The driver looked at his watch again, and told him it was half past eight. In this way, the driver thought he could not have a good rest, so he wrote a short note(纸条) and stuck(贴) it on the window for all to see. It said, “I don’t know the time.” Again, he lay down in the seat for his sleep. A few minutes later, a third person came and began to knock at the window, “Hey, sir,” he said. “It’s a quarter to nine.”
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。 How many persons asked the driver about the time?
| A．One. | B．Two. | C．Three. | D．Four. |
The first person knocked at the window of the car _________.
| A．at five to eight | B．at half past eight |
| C．at five past eight | D．at a quarter to nine |
Why did the driver write a note and stick it on the window?
| A．Because he didn’t want anybody to trouble him. |
| B．Because he didn’t know the time. |
| C．Because he needed somebody to wake him up. |
| D．Because he wanted somebody to tell him the time. |
The third person knocked at the window to __________.
| A．tell him what time it was | B．ask him not to sleep |
| C．see if the driver was sleeping | D．ask him the time |
The driver ________ in his car.
| A．had a good sleep | B．had no seat |
| C．didn’t have a good rest | D．always closed his eyes |
阅读表达
How good projects grow
Are you interested in projects(课题，项目）and want to have a good one? Well，that doesn’t come easily.You need to do the following tasks(任务):
TALK:You and your classmates discuss in detail(详细的）all that you would like to do to realize(实现）your project.
WRITE:One of your classmates acts as(担任）secretary(秘书).He or she keeps full notes as your group discusses.Later he or she will sort(整理）your ideas to make them better.
PLAN:With the secretary’s notes，your group makes a list of everything you’ll need and who will get，do or research what.
DO:Each group member gets，does and researches something on the list.Your group puts together all you have found and tries to make the project more well-organized.You prepare(准备）to present(展示)it in class.
SHOW:You and your classmates show(给……看）the world the result of your hard work.
Knowing all the above(上面)，you may want to try a project.Why not start with this:you can find out more about the history of your city.What did it look like? Which famous people lived there?
| To grow good projects |
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| Talk |
Write |
Plan |
Do |
Show |
| Discuss everything 1 . |
The secretary should 2 while you are discussing. |
3 of your needs and make everyone’s task clear. |
Do the research work and make the project 4 . |
Show 5 to the world. |
阅读理解
This is Radio Station in Los Angeles.At nine o’clock on Friday，it’s time for the morning weather report.
This morning it will be cloudy，but no rain today.By noon the sun will be shining.
The temperature is now seventy-two，with a high of about eighty for this afternoon—a good day for swimming.
Tomorrow it will be sunny.The low temperature will be sixty，with a high of eighty-six.There may be a little rain in the afternoon.Winds will be soft.This weather report has been brought to you by Mary Smith .
根据文章内容判断（T）误（F）。The weather is reported by Mary Smith.
Today’s temperature will be eighty.
This is a TV weather reporter.
Today there will be a little rain.
It is noon now.