高三英語培優外刊閱讀外刊精選｜這屆年輕人更難了！企業招聘或啟用AI面試官疫情讓遠程面試變成一種常態，我們開始習慣通過鏡頭和面試官交流。但你有沒有想過，當鏡頭另一端的面試官不是人類而是AI，會怎么樣？《金融時報》近期在一篇文章中指出：AI面試變得越來越普遍，并成為很多大型企業篩選面試者的第一道門檻。AI面試真的靠譜嗎？在冷冰冰的電腦面前，求職者又該如何展現自己的能力呢？AIismakingapplyingforjobsevenmoremiserableBySarahO'ConnorJobinterviewsarerarelyfun,especiallywhenyouareyoung.IwillneverforgettheopeningquestioninmyfirstinterviewfortheFinancialTimes:"So,apartfromtheweekbeforeyourinterview,doyoueveractuallyreadtheFT?"Youngpeopletodayfaceadifferentbutnolessdauntingchallenge.Theyfindthemselvessmilinganxiouslyintotheirlaptopwebcams,answeringquestionsasatimerticksdownwithnohumantointeractwithatall.Largeemployersareusingthese"asynchronousvideointerviews"towhittledownjobapplicantstoasmallerpooltheycanmeetinperson.PlatformssuchasHireVueandModernHirerecordapplicantsansweringpre-determinedquestions,usuallywithatimelimitforeachanswer.Theseinterviewscanbedonecheaplyandatscale:onegrocerychainintheUSwasgatheringasmanyas15,000perdayduringthepandemic,accordingtoHireVue.Theplatformssaytheprocessisfairerandlessbiasedthanhumanrecruiters,leadingtobetterandmorediversecandidatesmakingthecut.Butemployersneedtopaymoreattentiontohowtheprocessaffectsprospectiveemployees.Researchershavewarnedthatyoungjobseekersfeelconfused,dehumanisedandexhaustedbyautomatedrecruitmentsystems.Employersstandtolosetoo.AVIsselectforpeoplewhocantalkintoavoid,notpeoplewhocaninteractwellwithothers.【詞匯過關】請寫出下面文單詞在文章中的中文意思。1.miserable[?m?zr?bl]adj._________________________2.rarely[?re?li]adv._________________________3.daunting[?d??nt??]adj._________________________4.tick[t?k]v._________________________5.asynchronous[e??s??kr?n?s]adj._________________________6.pool[pu?l]n._________________________7.pre-determined[?pri?d??t??m?nd]adj._________________________8.confused[k?n?fju?zd]adj._________________________9.dehumanised[?di??hju?m?na?zd]adj._________________________10.exhausted[?ɡ?z??st?d]adj._________________________11.void[v??d]n._________________________【詞塊學習】請從文章中找到下面中文相對應的文詞塊。1.除了之外_________________________2.不相上下_________________________3.發現某人正在做某事_________________________4.縮小范圍_________________________5.大規模地_________________________6.導致_________________________7.符合要求，被選拔出來；未被淘汰，進入比賽下一階段_________________________8.很有可能蒙受損失_________________________9.互動_________________________拓展練習閱讀理解Extremeheatoftenbringsextremewildfires,andthisyearisnoexception,withunprecedentedheatwavesfuelingenormousoutbreaksoffiresinthewesternUnitedStatesandCanadaaswellasacrosstheMediterraneanandinSiberia.Butparadoxicallythemostintensewildfirescanhavetheoppositeeffectontemperatures,coolingEarth’ssurfacebothregionallyandglobally.Densewildfiresmokecantemporarilyblocksunlightneartheground,causingregionaltemperaturestodropbyseveraldegrees.Wildfiresmokecanalsohaveglobalcoolingeffectsbymakingcloudsintheloweratmospheremorereflectiveorblockingsunlightintheupperatmosphere,similartowhatavolcaniceruptiondoes.Theeffectisfartoosmalltocounteract（抵制，抵消）human-causedglobalwarming;researcherssayit’stooearlytopredictwhatitmeansforthebroaderclimatesystem.ButwithfireseasonsgrowingmoreintensearoundtheworldandtriggeringarangeofextremefireweatherinNorthAmericaandelsewhere,thesearchforanswersisgrowingincreasinglyurgent.Smokeparticlesactasseedsforwatervaportoformcloudsthataresmallerandreflectmoresunlight.Whilesmoketendstorainoutofcloudsfairlyquickly,theAustralianbushfiresragedformonths,pumpingmoreandmorecloud-brighteningsmokeintotheatmosphere.“It’snotabigeffect,butwhenyouintegrateovertheentireSouthernOcean.itaddsup”oneoftheresearcherssays.Whilethisresearchhighlightsthecoolingeffectsofsmokeintheloweratmosphere,onoccasion,wildfiresmokecanreachevenhigheraltitudesintothestratosphere,thelayerthatstartsabout10milesup.There,itcanhaveadditionaleffectsontheclimate.Smokereachesthestratospherewhenheatfromapowerfulwildfirecreatesanupdraftthatcombineswithmoistureintheatmospheretogeneratetoweringthunderclouds.However,scientistshaveonlyrecentlybegunstudyingtheseeffects.“Wemightstillbeintheinfancyofunderstandinghowlargeandhowimportanttheeffectsofthesewildfiresare.”scientistssay.44.Wheredoesthetextprobablycomefrom?A.Ageographictextbook. B.Aresearchreport.C.Ascientificmagazine. D.Asciencefiction.45.WhichofthefollowingstatementsinNOTTRUEaccordingtothepassage?A.Humanhaslessinfluenceonclimatechangethanextremeweather.B.Extremeheatbooststheoutbreaksoffiresinsomeareas.C.Wildfirecanbebeneficialtotheearthtosomeextent.D.Thecoolingeffectsofsmokefromwildfireisnotlimitedtoloweratmosphere.46.Whatcanweinferfromthelastparagraph?A.Theimportanceofwildfiresiscompletelyignored.B.Humansunderstandingofwildfiresisstilllimited.C.Scientistsfullyunderstandtheeffectsofwildfires.D.Wildfiresaretheconsequencesofglobalwarming.外刊精選答案【詞匯過關】請寫出下面文單詞在文章中的中文意思。1.miserable[?m?zr?bl]adj.令人非常不愉快；非常痛苦，非常難受2.rarely[?re?li]adv.罕見3.daunting[?d??nt??]adj.令人生畏的4.tick[t?k]v.（本文）鐘表滴答作響；打勾5.asynchronous[e??s??kr?n?s]adj.異步的，非同時發生的6.pool[pu?l]n.人才儲備庫，人才儲備池7.pre-determined[?pri?d??t??m?nd]adj.預先確定的，預設的8.confused[k?n?fju?zd]adj.困惑的9.dehumanised[?di??hju?m?na?zd]adj.去人性化的，使人異化的10.exhausted[?ɡ?z??st?d]adj.極端疲憊，精疲力竭11.void[v??d]n.空虛【詞塊學習】請從文章中找到下面中文相對應的文詞塊。1.apartfrom除了之外2.noless不相上下3.findsomeonedoingsomething發現某人正在做某事4.whi