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Artificial intelligence is having a moment, powering a host of smart tools to make your life easier and more convenient. Here are our picks of the best AI innovations designed for …
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…Sorting your finances
Cleo is an app that knows the needs of the younger generation. It’s a treasure of budgeting (預(yù)算) tips and tricks, ranging from payment reminders to budget planners and advice on where to save money. And it’s powered by AI systems that learn your spending habits and adapt to them. Sounds great, right?
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…Creating great presentations
If building the perfect presentation isn’t in your wheelhouse, Slidesgo is aimed at you. Simply specify your topic, preferred style and tone, and set it going. You can then jump in and make any desired changes. Like many AI tools, it can be rather hit and miss, so be prepared to rework your notes on occasions when it has completely misunderstood the level of “playful” you’re after.
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…Perfecting writing
We all make mistakes in our documents emails, newsletters and any other pieces of writing. Like a teacher who won’t leave your side, Grammarly not only identifies grammatical errors, but also suggests ways to polish up. This AI-powered tool might occasionally misunderstand your tone, but for the most part it’ll just save you from the trouble of checking your essay word by word.
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…Supercharging your research
When tackling really big projects, research can get messy. It’s easy to end up with a mess of browser tabs, vast lists of research papers and a highlighting system that you’re sure made sense when you started, but now…Genei aims to tidy up such elements of the research process, summarizing background reading, and providing overviews and selecting highlights from long papers. These documents can then be stored in projects and folders that you can search for particular quotes and phrases.
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1. Which app will a college student probably use if he wants to save money?
A. Cleo. B. Grammarly. C. Slidesgo. D. Genei.
2. What is a similar advantage shared by Grammarly and Genei?
A. Inspiring new ideas. B. Improving efficiency.
C. Offering recipes for wealth. D. Improving academic levels.
3. Which magazine is the text probably taken from?
A. Science Focus B. The Economist.
C. Photography Week. D. High-street Fashion.
【答案】1. A2. B3. A
【解析】
【導(dǎo)語(yǔ)】本文是一篇說(shuō)明文。文章主要介紹了幾款人工智能應(yīng)用程序，包括 Cleo、Slidesgo、Grammarly 和 Genei，它們分別在財(cái)務(wù)管理、演示文稿創(chuàng)建、寫(xiě)作和研究方面提供了智能化的幫助。
【1題詳解】
細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)…Sorting your finances中的“Cleo is an app that knows the needs of the younger generation. It’s a treasure of budgeting (預(yù)算) tips and tricks, ranging from payment reminders to budget planners and advice on where to save money. (Cleo是一款了解年輕一代需求的應(yīng)用。這是一個(gè)預(yù)算技巧和技巧的寶庫(kù)，從付款提醒到預(yù)算計(jì)劃，以及在哪里省錢的建議。)”可知，如果大學(xué)生想要省錢，他們可能會(huì)使用 Cleo 應(yīng)用程序。故選A。
【2題詳解】
細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)…Perfecting writing中的“This AI-powered tool might occasionally misunderstand your tone, but for the most part it’ll just save you from the trouble of checking your essay word by word. (這個(gè)人工智能工具可能偶爾會(huì)誤解你的語(yǔ)氣，但在大多數(shù)情況下，它會(huì)幫你省去逐字檢查文章的麻煩。)”和…Supercharging your research中的“These documents can then be stored in projects and folders that you can search for particular quotes and phrases. (然后，這些文檔可以存儲(chǔ)在項(xiàng)目和文件夾中，您可以搜索特定的引用和短語(yǔ)。)”可知，Grammarly 和 Genei 的共同點(diǎn)是提高效率。故選B。
【3題詳解】
推理判斷題。本文主要介紹了幾款人工智能應(yīng)用程序在不同領(lǐng)域的應(yīng)用，這些內(nèi)容與科學(xué)技術(shù)相關(guān)，因此可能來(lái)自于 Science Focus 雜志。故選A。
