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c Read the passage and choose the correct d Choose the best option to complete the
answer for the questions below. missing part of the passage.
1. What is the problem regarding the clay Artificial intelligence (AI) has revolutionised
tablets? the e‑commerce industry with numerous
A) They are written in a script that is yet to be applications. One of the most significant of
deciphered, making translation impossible for them is personalised shopping. By analysing
historians of the ancient Near East. customers’ browsing history, preferences, and
B) The machine-learning model developed was interests, AI creates recommendation engines
ineffective in assessing the similarity level that improve customer engagement and loyalty
between machines and humans. towards a brand. Additionally, AI-powered
C) They are mostly untranslated because of virtual assistants and chatbots enhance the
their huge quantity and the lack of skilled online shopping experience by providing
professionals who can decipher them. real-time assistance to customers. These
assistants use natural language processing to
D) They have been successfully translated, but make conversations sound human. ‑‑‑‑ With
the translations are incomplete and require AI, the e‑commerce industry can optimise user
further refinement and editing by experts. experience, improve customer engagement, and
E) The number of characters in most of the reduce deceptive practices.
sentences is more than 118, which is the limit A) E-commerce businesses that invest in AI
for the machine-learning model.
benefit from automated systems that can
2. It is pointed out in the passage that computer perform tasks faster and more accurately than
translation techniques are becoming more humans.
widely available, but ----. B) Moreover, AI allows retailers to reduce their
A) ancient languages remain challenging, as carbon footprint by optimising their supply
they require the comprehension of extinct chain operations so they can improve energy
linguistic groups and often incomplete efficiency.
documents C) Despite the advantages of AI-powered chatbots
B) the current translation models for ancient in optimising the customer experience, some
languages are not as accurate or reliable as users still prefer to interact with human agents.
those developed for modern languages D) AI can also help prevent credit card fraud by
C) the machine-learning model developed by analysing usage patterns and identify fake
the Assyriologists cannot fully translate all reviews, thereby improving the credibility of
aspects of ancient Mesopotamian texts online reviews.
accurately E) AI-powered visual search engines can assist
D) the program’s ‘hallucinations’ indicate that it customers in finding products by simply
struggles with producing both grammatically uploading an image as well.
correct and factually accurate translations
E) there is a lack of funding and resources e Choose the irrelevant sentence in the
dedicated to the development of machine passage.
translation tools for ancient languages (I) Robotics is a field of study and engineering that
involves the design, construction, and operation
3. Which of the following questions is mainly of robots. (II) These are machines programmed
answered by the passage? to execute various tasks autonomously or
A) Why do machine-learning model developers under human control. (III) The field of robotics
prefer the Latin script representation? is constantly evolving, with new developments
B) What are the challenges in translating in areas such as AI, machine learning, and
ancient Mesopotamian clay tablets inscribed computer vision, and it has many applications in
in cuneiform? industries, including manufacturing, healthcare,
C) What is the ideal sentence length for a and space exploration. (IV) Robots may also
machine-learning model to get optimal raise ethical concerns regarding their use in
results? society in that they could potentially lead to job
D) How did a team of Assyriologists develop displacement. (V) As robots continue to advance
a machine-learning model for translating and become more capable, they hold the key to
cuneiform? considerably changing the way we live and work,
E) Why is the score achieved by a making our lives easier, safer, and more efficient.
machine-learning model in BLEU4 important? A) I B) II C) III D) IV E) V
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