《2025年期末直通车八年级英语上册人教版》

C
Oracle bone script(甲骨文) is over 3,000 years old. Ancient(古代的) Chinese people used oracle bones to predict the future. People would write questions on these bones and then put them on fire until they cracked(裂开). People “read” the cracks to get answers. There are about 4,500 characters on oracle bones. But we have only worked out the meaning of about 1,500 of them.
Now, a group of engineers are using AI to study this old writing type(字体). Li Bang, 33, is an AI scientist at Anyang Normal University. He and his team are building a particular online “library”. They put pictures of oracle bones and lots of books into this “library”. They write programs to help AI learn to look at the shapes of characters and find information about them in the “library”.
When people want to study an oracle bone character, they show it to the computer. AI will find similar characters and books about it in a few seconds. In the past, this took people a few hours or even a few days.
“AI is a great helper for people who study oracle bones, but it can't take our place,” Li said. “AI remembers things very well, but it isn't good at thinking things through. So far, it can help us look for information about the characters, but it can hardly tell us what the characters mean.”
( )33. A group of engineers are using AI because ______.
A. ancient Chinese people are not smart
B. they would like to write programs online
C. it can help them study the oracle bone script
D. scientists don't study old writing types at all
( )34. What does the underlined word “particular” in paragraph 2 probably mean?
A. Cheap.
B. Special.
C. Common.
D. Small.
( )35. How can AI help scientists?
A. AI can find information more quickly.
B. AI can take the place of scientists.
C. AI can do well in thinking things through.
D. AI can tell the meaning of characters.
( )36. What's the best title for the passage?
A. AI—A Helper for Oracle Bone Characters
B. Library—A Place for Reading and Studying
C. Oracle Bone Script—Predict it on Computers
D. Scientists—On the Way with AI

答案： 33.C 34.B 35.A 36.A