From next year, the platform will become one of the first examples of artificial intelligence (AI) software being used to monitor, and ideally improve, teaching. Together with some British scientists, the company has analysed around 100,000 hours of audio and written data from its tutorials (辅导课), with the goal of identifying what makes a good teacher and a successful lesson.
Tom Hooper, the company's CEO, said, “We've recorded every lesson that we've ever done. By using the data, we've been trying to introduce AI to improve the teaching.” But h e argued that the aim is not to replace teachers with robots. “There's a slightly dubious (不确定的) conversation about how AI will make humans irrelevant, but it's not at all about replacing humans，”he said. “Our whole belief is that for children not doing w ell in the subject, people are what matters.”
Pupils on the program have a 45-minute session with the same tutor each week. They communicate through a headset and a shared “whiteboard”. The lessons at Pakeman Primary School are tailored to the individual, including visual rewards linked to the child's interests. In addition to the raw audio data, each lesson has various success metrics attached: how many problems are completed, how useful the pupil finds the session, how the tutor rates it.
语篇解读：本文是一篇说明文。数学成绩不好怎么办？没关系。坐在家里，你就可以享受高科技公司Third Space Learning为你提供的一对一网上教学服务。
12．Why does the author mention Ambar in the beginning?
A．To praise her tutor.
B．To show her struggle with maths.
C．To introduce a company.
D．To encourage pupils to learn maths online.
解析：选C推理判断题。第一段提到了Ambar在网上接受一对一的数学教学，该网上家教中心位于世界的另一端——印度。由此引出下文介绍的一家公司Third Space Learning。故作者在文章一开始提到Ambar是为了引出这家公司。
13．What do we know about Third Space Learning?
A．It makes good teachers and lessons.
B．It is aimed at students from poor backgrounds.
C．It is being used to monitor and improve teaching.
D．It provides online maths lessons for schoolchildren.
解析：选D推理判断题。根据第二段中的“signed up for weekly one-to-one maths sessions with tutors based in India and Sri Lanka ... are targeted at pupils struggling with maths”可知，Third Space Learning为小学生提供网上一对一的数学课程，故选D项。