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“Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the fairest of them all?” An old tale tells a seemingly unbelievable story of a magic mirror, but now the magic is no longer unachievable.

In August 2018, news went widely-spread that the police had caught criminal suspects who attended Chinese singer Jacky Cheung’s concerts. How did the police pick out the suspects among thousands of screaming fans? The helping hand is AI facial recognition technology. The low-key yet powerful tool is no longer far-fetched, but entering the world of China’s top investors and companies.

Facial recognition is a technology able to identify a person from a digital image or a frame from a video source. Tang Wenbin, CTO of Face ++, an AI computer vision (视觉) technology company in China, vividly explained the workflow. According to him, facial recognition is the identification of our appearance, including knowing the sex, age and identity of a person. You may think it is like a brain or a neural network. You use data to train it, and then, it learns the pattern.

Facial recognition technology has been traditionally allied with the security work but today there is active expansion into other industries including mobile phones, marketing and finance. Chinese start-ups have seen the potential of Al facial recognition for simplifying and speeding up tasks in multiple industries. And the market is now crowded and competitive.

China is starting the AI revolution and has made breakthroughs in facial recognition. "If applying AI to different industries is a marathon, the companies there probably have just got off the blocks, "said Tian Feng, director of Alibaba Cloud Research Center. He also thinks that in the future, everybody will be able to use AI as it will soon become a basic tool for work and life.

1.Why is the news mentioned in paragraph 2?

A.To introduce a new tool for companies.

B.To show the magic has become a reality.

C.To prove old tales are based on true stories.

D.To describe the background of facial recognition.

2.Which of the following best explains “allied with” underlined in paragraph 4?

A.Dependent on. B.Compared with.

C.Different from. D.Related to.

3.What do Tian Feng’s words imply?

A.Many companies in China are researching AI.

B.Al plays a key role in companies' development.

C.Al technology applied now is far from mature.

D.Al technology will be used in marathons one day.

4.What can be a suitable title for the text?

A.The eye of AI in China

B.Effects of AI technology

C.Breakthroughs of Chinese technology

D.Facial recognition in security

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阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

“Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the fairest of them all?” An old tale tells a seemingly 1. (believe) story of a magic mirror, but now the magic is no longer unachievable.

In August 2018, news went widely-spread that the police 2. (catch) criminal suspects who attended Chinese singer Jacky Cheung’s concerts. 3.did the police pick4.the suspects among thousands of 5.(scream) fans? The helping hand is AI facial recognition technology. The low-key yet powerful tool is no longer far-fetched, but entering the world of China’s top 6. (investor) and companies.

Facial recognition is a technology able 7. (identify) a person from a digital image or a frame from a video source. Tang Wenbin, CTO of Face ++, an AI computer vision(视觉) technology company in China, 8. (vivid) explained the workflow. According to him, facial recognition is the identification of our appearance, including knowing the sex, age and identity of a person. You may think it is like a brain or a neural network. You use data to train it, and then, it learns the pattern.

Facial recognition technology has been traditionally allied with the security work but today there is active expansion into 9. industries including mobile phones, marketing and finance. Chinese start-ups have seen the potential of Al facial recognition for simplifying and speeding up tasks in multiple industries. And the market is now crowded and 10. (compete).

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—Where is the picture you drew the other day?

— It _______ next to the mirror on the wall.

A. is hung　　　　　　 B. is hanged

C. was hanged　　　　 D. is hanging

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英语有许多关于笑的习语，如Laughter is the best medicine; All smiles; Life is a mirror. If you smile to it, it will smile to you.

请你以“Learn to Smile”为题，根据下面所列的内容要点写一篇英语短文。

1．学会对自己微笑：生活中会有不愉快的事；微笑使你自信。

2．学会对他人微笑：微笑使人与人更亲近。

3．微笑是一种语言：人人都能懂。

注意：1．可以适当增加细节，以连贯行文；

2．120词左右。

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　　　　 in front of the mirror, many females often ask themselves such questions as “Should I lose some weight?” or “How do I look in these clothes?”

A. Stand　　　 　　 B. Standing

C. To stand　　　　 D. Having stood

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When I turned back, I noticed again there was no _________of him in the mirror.

A. picture　　 B. shadow

C. reflection　　 D. figure

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There is a giant mirror in my hometown, covering one side of a building that I had to walk past to get to school. When I was a teenager, I learned to take a different route. The mirror was clean and shiny, and I saw myself in reflection, plodding (沉重地走) down the hill without grace or charm. Suddenly, I could see the truth so plainly: however long I spent applying makeup or adjusting my outfit or preparing myself to go out, I couldn’t see the “beautiful” me I had imagined.

When I was a teenager, the widespread message that “everyone is beautiful” was deeply rooted in my mind. I admired beauty so much because I often felt awkward as a teenager and beauty seemed to be the most important goal. To be beautiful was to have power over others. It was much more difficult to make a beautiful girl seem foolish than it was an average looking one, I thought.

Eventually I grew up, and my obsession (迷恋), seemingly, faded. Much worse things than not being beautiful happened to me. I was ashamed that at the age of 28, I had to move back home and live with my parents for a whole month because I was too broke to pay the rent. Yet, the embarrassment I felt as a teenager about not fitting some ideal of beauty never went away. The returning awareness of my physical shortcomings, the mirror’s sharp reminder, kept telling me whatever else I am, I would never be that.

After years of trying to be beautiful, now, for the first time, I’m coming to realize that I don’t have to be. I’m increasingly convinced the idea that “everyone is beautiful” isn’t only less important than we might like to believe, but also quite harmful. Wouldn’t it be liberating (使得到释放的) to admit that most people are not beautiful? I wonder what it would be like to grow up in a world where being beautiful is not seen as a necessity, but instead a nice thing some people are born with and some people aren’t, like a talent for swimming, or playing the piano. Some people have other talents.

It has seemed to take up so much of my life, being desperate to not only be acceptable to look at, but also stunning (极美的), exceptional (非凡的) and enchanting (迷人的). What might I have experienced if I had not been trying to achieve “beauty”? What would it have been like to pass that mirror in my hometown, and to see myself — on the way to the library, or a party with friends — and simply felt glad that I was able to do those things with a body that allowed me to?

Everybody is beautiful, we’re told. But why should we have to be?

1.What does the underlined word “outfit” in the first paragraph mean?

A.Attitude. B.Lifestyle.

C.Costume. D.Voice.

2.What can we learn about the author from Paragraph 3?

A.Her obsession with a beautiful appearance was gone as she grew up.

B.She stopped worrying about her appearance because she turned pretty.

C.She still felt embarrassed every time she passed the giant mirror.

D.Her financial trouble kept her from caring about her looks anymore.

3.What’s the purpose of the author in writing this article?

A.To entertain readers with her mirror-related life story.

B.To teach readers that everyone can be beautiful.

C.To criticize those who overrate (高估) their appearances.

D.To convince readers appearances are not a necessity.

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When Fei Junlong and Nie Haisheng stepped out of the hall, all the cameras were 　　　　 on them, flashing quickly.

A．pointed　 B．aimed C．focused　 D．directed

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A friend is like a mirror. When you stand in front of a true friend, what is ____back to you?

A．reflecting         B．to reflect          C．being reflected     D．been reflected

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Welcome to your future life!

You get up in the morning and look into the mirror. Your face is firm and young-looking. In 2035, medical technology is better than ever. Many people your age could live to be 150, so at 40, you’re not old at all. And your parents just had an anti-aging(抗衰老的) treatment. Now, all three of you look the same age !

You say to your shirt, “Turn red.” It changes from blue to red. In 2035, “smart clothes” contain particles(粒子) much smaller than the cells in your body. The particles can be programmed to change your clothes’ color or pattern.

You walk into the kitchen. You pick up the milk, but a voice says, “You shouldn’t drink that!” Your fridge has read the chip (芯片) that contains information about the milk , and it knows the milk is old . In 2035, every article of food in the grocery store has such a chip.

It’s time to go to work. In 2035, cars drive themselves. Just tell your “smart car” where to go. On the way, you can call a friend using your jacket sleeve(袖子). Such “smart technology” is all around you.

So will all these things come true? “For new technology to succeed,” says scientist Andrew Zolli , “it has to be so much better that it replaces what we have already.” The Internet is one example --what will be the next?

1.We can learn from the text that in the future__________.

A.people will never get old

B. everyone will look the same

C. red will be the most popular color

D. clothes will be able to change their pattern

2.What can be inferred from Paragraph 4?

A. Milk will be harmful to health.

B. More drinks will be available for sale.

C. Food in the grocery store will carry electronic information.

D. Milk in the grocery store will stay fresh much longer.

3.What is the text mainly about?

A. Food and clothing in 2035.

B. Future technology in everyday life.

C. Medical treatments of the future.

D. The reason for the success of new technology.

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