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Writing and creativity may be traditionally thought of as the abilities of humans，but artificial intelligence(AI)systems are making progress in this area.Now，there’s an AI named Shelley who can write pretty incredible horror stories.
Shelley is a deep learning AI system that was developed by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology(MIT)and named after Victorian novelist Mary Shelley who penned Frankenstein.Like most AI robots, Shelley gains its“intelligence”by data fed to it，which，in this case，is a website dedicated(致力于)to sharing original horror tales.The team from the lab used the stories to teach the AI how to tell a horror story that a human would find understandable and scary.Shelley can now create short paragraphs of horror stories by itself.
Shelley starts new stories every hour on her Twitter account，and any time a follower continues with a new sentence, it uses that contribution to determine a logical next sentence, steadily building a story connected with her follower’s.Users can reply with up to three tweets and end their additions to the story with your turn.Shelley will then pick up where they left off.It’s important to note that Shelley won’t continue every story that’s tweeted by her.
Programmers, filmmakers, movie writers and novelists have long been facing the creative challenge by the popularity of horror shows, movies and games, and have judged how much people, love being scared while knowing they are not in a real danger.Shelley is just a product of the creative challenge.“Creating an emotion such as fear remains one of the cornerstones of human creativity.We wonder what the limits of artificial intelligence are：Can machines learn to scare us？” said one researcher.
While scientists consider the AI capable__of creating its own literature seems to have a long way to go, it’s an interesting example of AI and humans working together to create something entirely new.
【解题导语】 本文是一篇说明文。随着人工智能在文艺领域的应用逐渐广泛，会写恐怖小说的人工智能也走入人们的视线。
1．What enable(s) Shelley to work?
A．A website set up by writing teachers.
B．The ideas provided by horror writers.
C．A system controlled by online readers.
D．The data collected from horror stories.
D 解析：细节理解题。根据第二段的Like most AI robots，Shelley gains its“intelligence”by data...dedicated(致力于) to sharing original horror tales.可知，Shelley通过收集恐怖故事作为数据来创作小说。
2．How does Shelley continue her story?
A．Relying on users’ responses.
B．Following her own storyline.
C．Guided by certain key words.
D．Inspired by users’ questions.
A 解析：推理判断题。根据第三段的any time a follower continues with a new sentence, it uses that contribution to determine a logical next sentence...pick up where they left off.可推断，Shelley通过用户的回应来继续编写小说。
3．According to Paragraph 4, Shelley is produced to ________．
A．save human writers’ time
B．improve people’s reading skills
C．study human emotions through AI
D．bring inspirations to human writers
C 解析：细节理解题。根据第四段的Creating an emotion such as fear...Can machines learn to scare us？可知，科学家们发明Shelley是为了用AI来研究人类的情绪。
4．What’s the author’s attitude towards Shelley?
A．Objective. B．Worried.
C．Doubtful. D．Positive.
D 解析：观点态度题。根据文章最后一段的it’s an interesting example of AI and humans working together to create something entirely new.可推断，作者对Shelley这一人工智能持肯定态度。
