《2025年天星教育金考卷一轮复习单元滚动双测卷英语》

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[2025湖北名校二次联考]For years, we’ve been teaching a class on music and the mind. At the start of each semester, we’ve asked the students to complete a survey on their favorite songs and artists. Students’ favorite songs and artists get longer and more varied each year and their playlists barely overlap(部分重叠).
Indeed, listening to music is a deeply private and personal experience nowadays and even more so with the introduction of smartphones. When teenagers listen to music via streaming, artificial intelligence and social media platforms team up to suggest personalized playlists for them.
Some young people feel that AI - generated playlists make them exposed to something dreary. Their playlists are populated with songs and artists they’ve never heard of before, yet they all sound similar. In the past, they might not have noticed such a situation. Their musical consumption was narrowly dominated by the Top - 40 talented artists. However, AI - generated playlists have changed this, since a wider range of music is available. If they think their AI - influenced playlists are unappealing, they still have the ability to search for new music. Just because AI can suggest songs, it doesn’t prevent them researching and discovering music on their own, or sharing playlists. Anything that exists, they can find. The store is always open.
Music listening and preferences play an important role in young people’s transition from childhood to adulthood, two seemingly opposing but vital processes: forming a unique identity, while at the same time becoming part of a community. However, AI - generated playlists have the potential to challenge this transition. So does AI make it easier to differentiate the self, but harder to bond with others?
Fears of new technologies are commonplace. For example, the decline of scheduled network TV erased lots of common ground for discussion, so will 50 million Americans ever again tune in to the ending of a TV series, as they did for a popular sitcom in 2004?
If AI is, indeed, contributing to the transformation of teenagers’ shared listening experiences, then AI playlists are more than a convenient way to discover their next favorites. They are a revolution worth paying attention to.
1. What makes teenagers’ music listening experiences more private?
A. The popularization of music education.
B. The lack of interaction among teenagers.
C. The easy access to musical instruments.
D. The extensive use of electronic devices.
2. What does the underlined word “dreary” in paragraph 3 mean?
A. Dull.
B. Confusing.
C. Inspiring.
D. Joyful.
3. What challenge may AI - generated playlists present?
A. They result in the decline of network TV.
B. They prevent teens choosing similar songs.
C. They make identifying oneself impossible.
D. They provide less for teens to communicate.
4. Why does the author mention a sitcom in paragraph 5?
A. To show the potential social influence of AI.
B. To tell us the predictability of new technologies.
C. To explain people’s willingness to accept AI.
D. To emphasize its popularity among Americans.

答案： 1.D　推理判断题。根据第二段内容可知，随着智能手机等电子设备的引入，音乐对于青少年来说成为一种更加私人和个性化的体验。当青少年通过流媒体听音乐时，人工智能和社交媒体平台会联合推荐个性化的播放列表，即电子产品的使用和普及使青少年听音乐更加个性化。
2.A　词义猜测题。根据第三段的“Their playlists are populated with songs and artists they’ve never heard of before, yet they all sound similar”可知，对于一些年轻人来说，AI生成式歌单使他们的播放列表中充斥着他们从未听说过的歌曲和艺术家，但它们听起来都很相似。再结合“Their musical consumption was narrowly dominated by the Top - 40 talented artists”和常识可知，他们之前习惯听市场前40名有天赋的歌手的音乐，突然换成大量没听过却都很相似的歌时，会觉得这些歌缺乏新鲜感和吸引力。因此，dreary意为“枯燥无味的”，和A项意思接近。
3.D　推理判断题。根据第四段内容可知，音乐的聆听和偏好在年轻人从童年向成年过渡的过程中起着重要作用，然而AI生成的播放列表有可能挑战这一过渡，它可能让区分自我变得更容易，但与他人建立联系变得更困难。由此可推知，AI生成式歌单可能呈现的挑战是使青少年之间的共同话题和交流机会变得更少。
4.A　推理判断题。根据第五段的“Fears of new technologies are commonplace. For example, the decline of scheduled network TV erased lots of common ground for discussion”可知，作者提到一部情景喜剧是为了比较过去电视节目带来的广泛讨论基础与现在因新技术(如AI播放列表)而发生的社会变化。作者通过这种比较，展示了AI对社会互动和共同体验的潜在影响。