Question

【题目】Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

Speeding Into the Future With Biometrics

Imagine checking in for a flight by simply walking onto the plane. Or buying groceries with a nod of your head, or withdrawing funds from a ATM with a single glance. Thanks to biometric technology - which uses voice, face, fingerprint, or other physical or behavioral characteristic recognition to 【1】 verify an individual's identity -- those scenarios are not far from becoming reality.

Rapid user identification and more intuitive（简便的）shopping 【2】 are just a couple of the emerging capabilities of biometrics, which is ready to blossom into a $ 59.31 billion global industry by 2025, according to Grand View Research. Whether it's providing better ways to fight fraud or delivering smarter customer service, the biometrics industry is expanding the 【3】 applications of the technology and transforming human interactions across business and government.

Tools that enable voice recognition, iris recognition, and other methods of identification offer faster and more 【4】 ways to access electronic devices or physical locations by creating unique identifiers such as "voice-prints" and "eye-prints" that can't be faked. They also allow users to maintain consistent digital identities wherever they go.

Millions of smart-phone and tablet users already rely on finger-print scanners and facial recognition systems to unlock or manipulate their devices, but more sophisticated solutions are being 【5】 or are in development across a variety of industries.

"The future of business lies in highly intelligent and automated transactions and smart, faultless customer interactions," says Brett Beranek, general manager of security and biometrics at Nuance Communications. "Among today's fastest-growing trends, the 【6】 toward more nautral and personalized exchanges is quickly making biometrics a go-to technology for firms all around the world, including Fortune 500 leaders."

Nuance has been developing its 【7】 biometrics technologies over the past two decades. Its tools go beyond identifying simple characteristics, such as the sound of an individual's voice, to learning speaking, typing, and behavioral patterns and memorizing 【8】 vocabulary. Such capabilities allow the technologies to recognize when someone is trying to impersonate a customer on the phone or during digital transactions, stopping fraud in its tracks.

Nuance's technology is not only capable of identifying who is 【9】 with it, but also what the user is likely looking for, enabling personalized interactions from the moments they begin. This friction-less experience can be a competitive advantage - driving 【10】 and improving customer satisfaction.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】H

【2】A

【3】D

【4】K

【5】J

【6】B

【7】F

【8】C

【9】G

【10】I

【解析】

这是一篇科普说明文。通过大量的实例来说明通过生物特征识别技术来加速进入未来。

【1】

考查副词。句意：多亏有了使用声音、脸部、指纹或者其他身体或行为特点识别的生物特征识别技术以核实个人身份的安全。这里to securely verify安全地核实。属于副词修饰动词的用法。根据句意，可填securely。即H。

【2】

考查名词单复数。句意：快速的用户识别和更直观的购物选择只是生物识别技术的几个新兴功能。 intuitive（简便的）为形容词修饰名词，根据句意，故可以填options。即A。

【3】

考查形容词。句意：无论是提供更好的打击欺诈的方法，还是提供更智能的客户服务，生物识别行业都在扩大这项技术的未来应用，并改变企业和政府之间的人际互动。根据结构the+形容词+名词的结构，可知，空处填形容词，根据句意可知，可填futuristic，即D。

【4】

考查形容词。句意：可语音识别、虹膜识别和其他识别方法的工具通过创建不可伪造的“声音指纹”和“眼纹”等独特标识符，为访问电子设备或物理位置提供了更快、更简单的方法。既然如此，ways名词前面应该使用形容词来修饰。故结合句意填foolproof。即K。

【5】

考查动词的被动语态。句意：数以百万计的智能手机和平板电脑用户已经依赖指纹扫描仪和面部识别系统来解锁或操作他们的设备，但更复杂的解决方案正在被实施或正在多个行业的研发中。这里使用被动语态结构表达句意被实施。前面是are being,后面接过去分词构成现在进行时的被动语态结构，故填implemented。即J。

【6】

考查名词。句意：在当今发展最快的趋势中，越来越多的跨国和个性化交易正在使生物识别技术迅速成为世界各地公司的首选技术，包括《财富》500强企业的领导者。the后接名词，根据句意，故填push。即B。

【7】

考查合成词作形容词。句意：在过去的20年里，Nuance一直在开发基于人工智能的生物识别技术。根据下文，讲述了很多于人工智能相关的科技行为可以推断此题与AI产业有关，而合成词AI-based是这类合成词作形容词，故填AI-based。即F。

【8】

考查过去分词作做形容词。句意：比如个人的声音、学习语言、打字、和行为类型以及记忆偏好的词汇。这里因为偏好的词汇这一结构中词汇vocabulary是名词，故前面应该填写形容词，而此处选择偏好的prefer，故改成preferred。即C。

【9】

考查动词时态。句意：微妙的技术不仅能够识别谁在参与其中，而且能够识别用户可能在寻找什么，从一开始就实现个性化的交互。分析句子可知，定语从句为现在进行时，根据句意，填engaging。即G。

【10】

考查名词。句意： 这种无摩擦的体验可以成为一种竞争优势——提高忠诚度和客户满意度。driving后接名词，根据satisfaction，那前面可以推定为相同结构，故填名词loyalty。即I。