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2023年12月六級(jí)長(zhǎng)篇閱讀練習(xí)題(5)

SectionB

Directions：Inthissection,youaregoingtoreadapassagewithtenstatementsattachedtoit.Eachstatementcontainsinformationgiveninoneoftheparagraphs.Identifytheparagraphfromwhichtheinformationisderived.

Youmaychooseaparagraphmorethanonce.Eachparagraphismarkedwithaletter.AnswerthequestionsbymarkingthecorrespondingletteronAnswerSheet2.

WhatIfYouCouldLearnEverything

A．Imagineeverystudenthasatirelesspersonaltutor,anartificiallyintelligentandinexhaustiblecompanionthatknowseverything,knowsthestudent,andhelpsherlearnwhatsheneedstoknow."'Youguyssoundlikeyou'refromthefuture,'"JoseFerreira,theCEOoftheeducationtechnologystartupKnewton,says."That'sthemostcommonreactionwegetfromothersintheindustry."

B．Severalmilliondatapointsgenerateddailybyeachof1millionstudentsfromelementaryschoolthroughcollege,usingKnewton's"adaptivelearning"technologytostudymath,reading,andotherfundamentals.Adaptivelearningisanincreasinglypopularcatchphrasedenotingeducationalsoftwarethatcustomizesitspresentationofmaterialfrommomenttomomentbasedontheuser'sinput.It'sbeinghailedasa"revolution"bybothventurecapitalistsandbig,establishededucationcompanies."

C．FerreirastartedKnewtonin2023withmoreorless

thesamevisionhebelievesintoday：toenabledigitaltechnologytotransformlearningforeveryoneandtobuild

thecompanythatdominatesthattransformation."LookatwhatotherindustriestheInternethastransformed,"heoncesaid."Itlaidwastetomediaandisrebuildingit.Butforwhateverreason,peopledon'tseeitwitheducation.Itisblindinglyobvioustomethatitwillhappenwitheducation.

Allthecontentbehindeducationisgoingtomoveonlinein

thenext10years.It'sagreatshift.AndthatiswhatKnewtonisgoingtopower."

D．TherecommendationengineisacoretechnologyoftheInternet,andprobablyoneyouencountereveryday.Googleusesrecommendations：otherpeoplewhoenteredthesesearchtermsclickedonthispage,sowe'llshowittoyoufirst.Amazonusesthem：otherpeoplewhoboughtthisbookalsoboughtthatbook.Themoreyouuseoneofthesewebsites,themoreitknowsaboutyou--notjustaboutyourcurrentbehavior,butaboutalltheothersearchesandclicksyou'vedone.Intheory,asyouspendmoretimewithasiteitsrecommendationswillbecomemorepersonalizedevenasthey

alsodrawoneveryoneelse'sinteractionswithintheplatform.

E．Knewton,atbase,isarecommendationenginebutforlearning.RatherthanthesetofallWebpagesorallmovies,thelearningdatasetis,moreorless,theuniverseofallfacts.Forexample,asinglepieceofdataintheengine

mightbethemathfactthataPythagoreantrianglehassides

intheratio3-4-5,andyoucanmultiplythosenumbersbyanywholenumbertogetanewsetofsidelengthsforthistype

oftriangle.Anothermightbethefunctionof"adversatives"

suchas"but,""however,"or"ontheotherhand"inchangingthemeaningofanEnglishsentence.

F．Ferreiracallsthesefacts"atomicconcepts,"meaningthatthey'reinpisibleintosmallerconcepts--heclearly

likesthephysicsreference.WhenatextbookpublisherlikePearsonloadsitscurriculumintoKnewton'splatform,eachpieceofcontent--itcouldbeavideo,atestquestion,oraparagraphoftext--istaggedwiththeappropriateconceptorconcepts.

G．Let'ssayyourschoolboughttheKnewton-poweredMyMathLabonlinesystem,usingthespecificcurriculum,say,Lial'sBasicCollegeMathematicsBe.Whenastudentlogson

tothesystem,shefirsttakesasimpleplacementtestorpretestfromthebook,whichhasbeentaggedwiththe

relevant"atomicconcepts."Asastudentreadsthetextorwatchesthevideoandanswersthequestions,Knewton'ssystemis"reading"thestudentaswell--timingeverysecondontask,tabulating(把…列成表格)everykeystroke,andconstructingaprofileoflearningstyle：hesitantorconfident?Guessingblindlyortakinghertime?

H．Basedonthestudent'sanswers,andwhatshedid

beforegettingtheanswer,"wecantellyoutothepercentile,foreachconcept：howfasttheylearnedit,howwelltheyknowit,howlongthey'llretainit,andhowlikelytheyare

tolearnothersimilarconceptsthatwell,"saysFerreira.Byw