25.When did the author start The Balloon Project?A.After he found children struggling for shelterB.After his graduation from high school.C.After he got the help of some volunteers.D.After a few days of his own birthday.26.What has been the hardest part of running this project?A.Depending on young volunteers themselves.B.Winning school and shelter leaders'trust.C.Having limited skills in managing the parties.D.Receiving little attention from school and shelters.27.Why does the author think community service is important?A.His talents of managing improved.B.He enjoyed being appreciated by others.C.He became more courageous than ever.D.His opportunities to have celebrations developed.CIf you mention "voice technology",most people think of Alexa,Siri or Cortana.Whilepersonal artificial intelligence (AI)assistants are becoming increasingly popular in our everydaylives,they are just one use of voice tech-and are primarily designed for adults.Irish tech company SoapBox Labs wants that to change.The company has developed speechrecognition technology designed specifically for children,and it's already in use across a range ofapplications,from toys to education apps.Children's voices differ to that of adults."Typically,they have a higher pitch()or usedifferent language or speech patterns,which regular voice technology cannot always pick up on,"explains Patricia Scanlon,SoapBox founder."It's understandable that an industry that has spentdecades working on technology and only focusing on adults runs into a fairly significant problemwhen they try to apply it to children."Rather than making slight changes to the available voice technology already on the market,SoapBox built its voice engine from scratch-focusing on children aged two to 12.The companysays it created a data set to train its AI system,made up of thousands of hours of children's speechcollected in real-world noisy environments-kitchens,classrooms and cars-from kids of allages,accents and dialects(方言),from a total of 192 countries,This opens up a whole new market,for which there's growing demand.More than 8 billiondigital voice assistants are expected tobe in use by 2024.up from4 billion in220 and there is anincreased focus on adapting the tech for children.SoapBox,which is selling a technology rather than a product,has attracted more thaniroud the rd.The technologycan helpchild leanred eanguehelpfuladreacting immediately to the child and giving themnime,and ithelp toreordchld's progress and provide feedback()teacher orren【2022高考冲刺试卷(六)·英语第5页(共10页)】