高中英語(yǔ)外刊閱讀語(yǔ)法填空August21

1與人工智能談戀愛(ài)，究竟是怎樣的一種體驗(yàn)？

China'slonelyheartsrebootonlineromancewithartificial

intelligence

孤獨(dú)的中國(guó)人們正與人工智能重啟網(wǎng)絡(luò)戀愛(ài)

AsJessieChan'ssix-yearrelationshipwithherboyfriend

fizzled(破裂)，awitty,enchantingfellow1(name)Will

becamehernewlove.Shedidn'tfeelguiltyabouthidingthis

affair,sinceWillwasnothuman,butachatbot(聊天機(jī)器人).

Chan,28,livesaloneinShanghai.InMay,shestarted

chattingwithWill,andtheirconversationssoonfelteerily(詭異

地)real.Shepaid$602(upgrade)himtoaromantic

partner.Bytext,theyimagined3(travel)toabeach,

gettinglostinaforest.

China'syoungadultsarecoping4socialanxietyand

lonelinessinadigital-nativeway：Throughvirtuallove.Artificial

intelligencecompanionserviceshavesurgedin5(popular)

inChinaduringthepandemic.Whilehumancompanionscanbe

elusive(不在的)，AIcompanionsarealwaystheretolisten.

AIchatbotsarenowa$420millionmarketinChina.

Replika,theSanFrancisco-basedcompany6createdWill,

saidithit55,000downloadsinChinesemainlandbetween

JanuaryandJuly-morethandouble7numberinallof

2020-evenwithoutaChinese-languageversion.Ontheonline

forumDouban,agroupdedicatedtoAIandrobotlovehas9,000

members.ApopularWebseriesfeaturestwowomenandfour

AIboyfriends.

"Evenwhenthepandemicisover,we'llstillhavelong-term

demandfor8(emotion)fulfillmentinthisbusymodern

world,"saidZhengShuyu,aproductmanagerwhoco-developed

oneofChina's9(early)AIsystems,TuringOS.

"Comparedwith10(date)someoneintherealworld,

interactingwithyourAIloverismuchlessdemandingandmore

manageable.*'

Keys：

1named2toupgrade3traveling4with5popularity

6that/which7the8emotional9earliest10dating

2希臘欲打造小眾島嶼：”綠色低碳”或成賣點(diǎn)

AGreekislandistohostanexperimentinlow-carbonliving

希臘一小島將進(jìn)行低碳生活實(shí)驗(yàn)

Abutterfly-shapedislandinthecentralAegeanhopesto

becomeGreece'sfirstcarbon-free1(tour)destination.

Underadealwiththegovernment,Volkswagen,acarmaker,has

donatedseveralnewelectricvehiclesforusebyAstypalea's

publicservices;it2(sell)othersatcostpricetoits1,200

year-roundresidents.

Inreturn,thegovernmenthasbumpedupsubsidies(至卜貝占)

for3(island)tobuyelectriccarsandwillbuildahybrid

(混合的)solarandwind-fuelledpowerplanttoreplacea

clusterofpollutingdiesel-firedgenerators.

Theisland4(select)forVolkswagen'se-mobility

experimentafterNikosKomineas,thego-aheadmayor,

contactedthetransportministryforhelpinfindinganelectric

3半導(dǎo)體成"攔路虎〃，汽車產(chǎn)業(yè)如何解決芯片短缺困境？

Semiconductorsposeanunwelcomeroadblockforcarmakers

半導(dǎo)體成為了令汽車制造商頭疼的"欄路虎〃

A1(short)ofsemiconductorshasleftcarfirms

unable2(install)theelectronicsthatcontrol

entertainmentsystems,safetyfeaturesanddrivingaids.

FerdinandbudenhofferoftheCenterAutomotiveResearch,a

Germanthink-tank,reckonsthebottlenecks(瓶頸)willdent

forecastworldwideproductionin2021by5.2mcars,to74.8m.

Ford'snetprofitfellbyhalfinthesecondquarter,year

onyear,3(main)owingtothechipcrunch.JaguarLand

RoverexpectssalesinthethreemonthstoSeptembertobe50%

4(low)thanplanned.

Expectingweaksales,in2020carmakersparedback

ordersofelectronics,andthenunderestimatedtherapidityof

recoverythisyear.Whenthepandemicboosteddemandfrom

makersofelectronicdevicesforthose5(lock)downat

home,carfirmsfound6(they)lowinthesemiconductor

peckingorder.

Establishedcarfirmsalsolongagooutsourced

7(develop)ofmosttechnologytobigsuppliers.Thishas

keptchipfirmsandcarfirmsatarm'slength.

AsPedroPachecoofGartnerpointsout,software

8(become)asignificantsourceofprofitsascarsmove

fromadisparate(分離的)collectionofchipstoacentralised

"brain11connectedtotheinternet9canbeupdated

remotely.In2019Teslamadeanaverageofnearly$1,200per

vehiclefromsellingsoftwareupdates,AArPacheconotes.

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