五、阅读理解。
According to a recent study, the Middle East is warming almost twice as fast as the rest of the world. Without doubt, high temperatures will have deep influences on the development of the area.
That shows the growing risk to humans caused by extreme(极端的) weather. With more and more extreme weather events, we must find better techniques to make predictions(预测) about them.
AI is a powerful tool. It can deal with information and provide advice to help us better understand and make predictions about the weather. Traditional weather prediction models use information from satellites(卫星). But these models have their disadvantages. They are not very exact. They also fail to discover complex conditions of the air around the earth.
AI can overcome(克服) these disadvantages by using the technology of deep learning. It can learn from historical and real-time information and produce trustworthy predictions. AI can also deal with information from different places, such as satellite photos or online posts, to provide clearer pictures of the weather situation. A paper on the Pangu-Weather AI model has drawn a lot of attention. Pangu-Weather is the first AI prediction model that is more exact than traditional weather prediction methods. This model can increase the prediction speed by 10,000 times, making global weather prediction time drop to seconds.
In May 2023, Typhoon Mawar appeared in the Pacific Ocean. According to the China Meteorological Administration, Pangu-Weather made exact predictions about the direction of Typhoon Mawar five days before it changed its way in the eastern waters of the islands of Taiwan.
()1. Which of the following is TRUE?
A. High temperatures will have few influences on the Middle East.
B. The Middle East is warming faster than the rest of the world.
C. Traditional weather prediction models can discover complex conditions of the air around the earth.
D. Traditional weather prediction models use information from satellites and are very exact.
()2. How can AI overcome the disadvantages of traditional weather prediction models?
A. By using information from satellites.
B. By only learning from real-time information.
C. By using the technology of deep learning.
D. By dealing with information from the same places.
()3. Why is Typhoon Mawar mentioned?
A. To show how exact Pangu-Weather’s predictions are.
B. To tell us about the risks of extreme weather.
C. To talk about how useless traditional weather prediction models are.
D. To express that the problems of extreme weather have been solved completely.
()4. What might be the best title for the text?
A. The Risks of Extreme Weather.
B. The Pangu-Weather AI Model.
C. The Climate Change in the Middle East.
D. AI—the Powerful Tool of Weather Predictions.