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Brooke wanted a dollhouse
and some sugar cookies. So the 6-year-old girl asked Alexa to get them. Alexa wasn't
her mom or babysitter. It was a voice — activated home assistant powered by AI (人工智能). And it made Brooke's wishes come true. A few days later, much to her
parents' surprise, a $170 dollhouse and four pounds of cookies showed up. They ate
the cookies and gave away the dollhouse to a local hospital. And that's not the
end of the story. When a news reporter told the story of what happened on TV, Alexa
devices (设备) in many listeners' homes woke up and tried
to order dollhouses!
Alexa isn't the only AI
willing to serve you. Apple Home Pod has Siri, Google Home has its Assistant, and
the upcoming Galaxy Home device will have Bixby. People who have these devices use
them mainly for listening to music, checking the weather, and setting timers. According
to a report from The Information, nowadays voice shopping is rare. But many scientists
predict a boom in voice shopping in the near future. Is that a good thing?
▲ You
can shout out an order as soon as you think of it, even if you are cooking, cleaning,
or driving. In addition, people with disabilities who are unable to use a keyboard
or mouse can shop without any help.
But voice shopping has
its disadvantages. Unwanted dollhouses aren't the biggest problem. It's usually
very easy to cancel an order or return products. The thing that worries some people
is that these assistants are always listening. They have to be able to respond when
you want them. So they listen for "Alexa" or "OK Google" or
another order. When they hear it, they start recording the conversation. Some have
worried about what happens to shopping habits? And what if someone hacks (入侵) the device? The CIA found a way to hack smart TVs to turn them into
spies that listen all the time. Others could do the same with any smart device.
What do you think? Are
you ready to start voice shopping?
(1)
From the passage, we know that Alexa ________
A . can look after the baby
B . can cook delicious food
C . is a toy doll sold online
D . is one kind of AI device
(2)
The underlined word "boom" in Paragraph 2 probably means______
A . growth
B . fall
C . balance
D . harm
(3)
Which of the following is the best to fill in the "▲" in Paragraph 3?
A . Convenience is the main advantage of voice shopping.
B . The cost of voice shopping is lower than other ways.
C . The popularity of voice shopping is increasing.
D . The technology of voice shopping needs improving.
(4)
Paragraph 4 mainly tells us that when people
try voice shopping,
A.
AI sometimes forgets people's orders.
B
.personal information might be hacked.
C
.it's difficult to cancel or return products.
D
.the needs for products can't be satisfied.
(5)
What's the best title?
A . Brilliant Alexa
B . Perfect voice shopping
C . Voice shopping: good or not?
D . AI in our life
答案: D
A
A
【1】B
C