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D
In the UK, most social media companies require children to be at least 13 to create an account(账号). To get their ages checked, users are supposed to provide their ID card or passport information which is very personal. Many people worry that it may cause privacy leaks(隐私泄露). Other methods like requiring users to input(输入) their birth dates often fail to work because such information can be made up easily.
To solve the problem, a new AI system called Age Estimation can tell how old users between 6 and 18 are with few mistakes.
“The danger that children face online is still growing, so I’m proud to introduce Yoti’s Age Estimation,” said Robin Tombs, the CEO of Yoti. “This technology will help better protect young people while asking for no private information.”
The system won’t keep users’ pictures, and there is no need to register(注册) first. All it does is to tell a user’s age by seeing his or her face.
You may wonder how exactly the system works. The company says Age Estimation does its job by comparing the user’s face caught by the phone’s camera with millions of other pictures. In order to help with Age Estimation, Yoti has developed another ID app. 37 It has collected a great number of face pictures from people of known ages.
Now the AI system has already been used on some apps in the UK. The company is making continuous efforts to make it work better in the future.
(A)27. What can Age Estimation do according to Robin Tombs?
A. Protect children from privacy leaks.
B. Help children use social media in a proper way.
C. Stop social media users from making mistakes.
D. Make sure completely correct information is provided.
(D)28. What do you need to do in order to get your face checked by the system?
A. To clean your face first.
B. To register on a website.
C. To choose some clear pictures.
D. To let the camera catch your face.
(C)29. What does the underlined word “It” in Paragraph 5 refer to?
A. Yoti.
B. Age Estimation.
C. The ID app.
D. The phone camera.
(D)30. What’s the best title for the passage?
A. The Most Popular App in the UK
B. Children’s Dreams Come True with the AI
C. The Most Popular Media Company in the UK
D. A New AI System Tells Whether Social Media Users Are Under Age

答案： 27.A

题意：根据罗宾·汤姆斯的说法，年龄估算系统（Age Estimation）能做什么？

A. 保护儿童免受隐私泄露的危害。

B. 帮助儿童以恰当的方式使用社交媒体。

C. 阻止社交媒体用户犯错。

D. 确保提供的信息完全准确。

解析：罗宾·汤姆斯明确表示，“This technology will help better protect young people while asking for no private information.”（这项技术将有助于更好地保护年轻人，同时不要求提供任何私人信息）。结合前文可知，传统年龄验证需提供身份证、护照等私人信息，存在隐私泄露风险，该系统无需收集私人信息，恰好能避免这一问题，因此可保护儿童免受隐私泄露危害。故选A。

28. D

题意：要让系统进行面部检测，你需要做什么？

A. 先清洁面部。

B. 在某个网站上注册。

C. 选择一些清晰的照片。

D. 让相机捕捉你的面部。

解析：原文说明系统工作原理，“Age Estimation does its job by comparing the user’s face caught by the phone’s camera with millions of other pictures.”（年龄估算系统通过将手机相机捕捉到的用户面部与数百万张其他照片进行对比来完成工作），由此可知，只需让相机捕捉面部即可。故选D。

29. C

题意：第5段中划线单词“It”指的是什么？

A. 优提公司（Yoti）。

B. 年龄估算系统（Age Estimation）。

C. 身份证应用程序（ID app）。

D. 手机相机。

解析：划线词前一句为“In order to help with Age Estimation, Yoti has developed another ID app.”（为了助力年龄估算系统，优提公司开发了另一款身份证应用程序），划线词所在句：“It has collected a great number of face pictures from people of known ages.”（它收集了大量已知年龄人群的面部照片）。从逻辑上看，“收集面部照片”的主体是前句提到的“ID app”，因此“It”指代该身份证应用程序。故选C。

30. D

题意：这篇文章的最佳标题是什么？

A. 英国最受欢迎的应用程序。

B. 人工智能助力儿童实现梦想。

C. 英国最受欢迎的媒体公司。

D. 一款新型人工智能系统可判断社交媒体用户是否未成年。

解析：文章开篇提出英国社交媒体的年龄验证问题——“require children to be at least 13 to create an account”（要求儿童年满13岁才能创建账号），但传统验证方式可能导致隐私泄露或容易造假。随后引出核心解决方案“A new AI system called Age Estimation can tell how old users between 6 and 18 are with few mistakes”（一款名为年龄估算的新型人工智能系统能以极低的误差判断6至18岁用户的年龄），后续围绕该系统展开，核心主题是“新型AI系统可判断社交媒体用户是否未成年”，与选项D契合。