1 . In the past few years, Sam Altman, the father of ChatGPT, has become the most familiar face in the world of AI. Many industry leaders and AI researchers see ChatGPT as a fundamental technological shift, as significant as the creation of the web browser (浏览器). But few can agree on the future of this technology.
Some believe it will create a community where everyone has all the time and money they ever wanted. Others believe it could destroy humanity. Still, others spend much of their time arguing that the technology isn’t as powerful as everyone says it is.
Mr. Altman, a slim 37-year-old entrepreneur and investor from St. Louis, sits calmly in the middle of it all, devoted to making ChatGPT perfect. As chief executive of OpenAI, he in some way embodies (体现) each of these seemingly contradictory views, hoping to balance many possibilities as he strikes this unusual, highly effective but imperfect technology into the longer term.
That means he’s usually criticized. But those closest to him imagine that is normal. “If you’re equally upsetting both extreme sides, then you’re doing something right,” mentioned OpenAI’s president, Greg Brockman.
Mr. Altman believes that this technology will occur one way or another, that it will do wonderful things even he can’t yet imagine, and that we can find ways of making up for the harm it may cause. It’s an attitude that mirrors Mr. Altman’s personal track. His life has been a reasonably regular climb towards larger prosperity and wealth, pushed by an efficient set of private expertise. It makes sense that he believes that the good thing will happen rather than the bad.
Georgeann Kepchar, who taught Advanced Placement computer science courses, saw Mr. Altman as one of her most talented computer science students and one with a rare gift for pushing people in new directions. “He had creativity and vision, combined with the ambition and force of personality to convince others to work with him on putting his ideas into action,” she said.
1. Why is the web browser mentioned in paragraph 1?A.To highlight the importance of ChatGPT. |
B.To introduce the inspiration for ChatGPT. |
C.To show the competition in the world of AI. |
D.To indicate Sam Altman's promising future. |
A.He apologizes for its harm. | B.He criticizes them violently. |
C.He focuses on improving it. | D.He faces them nervously. |
A.The new technology has brought record profits. |
B.Sam Altman is optimistic about his technology. |
C.Greg Brockman shows support to Sam Altman. |
D.Sam Altman has been suffering for a long time. |
A.Indifferent. | B.Unclear. | C.Critical. | D.Admiring. |
Shi Jing, also called the Book of Songs, is the oldest existing
Then he decided to portray the poems with musical language by inviting composer Ma Jiuyue
The 10 songs are based
“Young people gave warm feedback about traditional Chinese music
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3 . Artist Susan Shepherd is best known for her flower paintings, and the large garden that surrounds her house is the source of many of her subjects. It is full of her favourite flowers, most especially vancties of tulips and poppies. Some of the plants are unruly and seed themselves all over the garden. There is a harmony of colour, shape and structure in the two long flower borders that line the paved path which crosses the garden from east to west. Much of this is due to the previous owners who were keen gardeners, and who left plants that appealed to Susan. She also inherited the gardener, Danny. “In fact, it was really his garden,” she says. “We got on very well. At first he would say, “Oh, it’s not worth it” to some of the things I wanted to put in, but when I said I wanted to paint them, he recognized what I had in mind.”
Susan prefers to focus on detailed studies of individual plants rather than on the garden as a whole, though she will occasionally paint a group of plants where they are. More usually, she picks them and then takes them up to her studio. “I don’t set the whole thing up at once,” she says. “I take one flower up at once,” she says. “I take one flower out and paint it, which might take a few days, and then I bring in another one and build up the painting that way. Sometimes it takes a couple of years to finish.”
Her busiest time of year is spring and early summer, when the tulips are out, followed by the poppies. “They all come out together, and you’re so busy,” she says. But the gradual decaying process is also part of the fascination for her. With tulips, for example, “you bring them in and put them in water, then leave them for perhaps a day and they each form themselves into different shapes. They open out and are fantastic. When you first put them in a vase, you think they are boring, but they change all the time with twists and turns.”
1. In the first paragraph, the author describes Susan’s garden as ________.A.being only partly finished |
B.having a path lined with flowers |
C.having caused problems for the previous owners |
D.needing a lot of work to keep it looking attractive |
A.He felt she was interfering in his work. |
B.He immediately understood her feelings. |
C.He was recommended by the previous owners. |
D.He was slow to see the point of some of her ideas. |
A.She creates her paintings in several stages. |
B.She spends all day painting an individual flower. |
C.She likes to do research on a plant before she paints it. |
D.She will wait until a flower is ready to be picked before painting it. |
A.look best some time after they have been cut. |
B.should be kept in the house for as long as possible. |
C.are not easy to paint because they change so quickly. |
D.are more colourful and better shaped than other flowers. |
1. In how many days has Erchana run 150 marathons?
A.150. | B.160. | C.320. |
A.To increase awareness of the risk of extinction. |
B.To raise money for homeless animals. |
C.To win a gold medal for her country. |
A.She is honest. | B.She is modest. | C.She is determined. |
A.5. |
B.16. |
C.42. |
D.21. |
2.
A.See his championship belt. |
B.Appear in his superhero films. |
C.Learn the wrestling skills from him. |
D.Exchange photos with him. |
A.It treats children who suffer from serious illnesses. |
B.It helps sick children to see their favorite celebrities. |
C.It keeps track of Guinness World Record holders. |
D.It protects children from violence and crimes. |
1. When did Hemingway produce his first collection of short stories?
A.In 1923. | B.In 1929. | C.In 1952. |
A.His experiences during World War I. |
B.The time when he worked as a reporter. |
C.Those gifted but lonely and angry people. |
A.He wrote many books and stories. |
B.He wrote it with his own personal experiences. |
C.He wrote about his childhood. |
7 . 听下面一段较长对话,回答以下小题。
1. What is the man doing?A.Attending a lecture. | B.Hosting a workshop. | C.Conducting an interview. |
A.To follow the latest trend. |
B.To help raise the crew’s pay. |
C.To support the post-production. |
A.Her college education. |
B.Her teaching experience. |
C.Her family tradition. |
A.Boring. | B.Rewarding. | C.Demanding. |
1. What can we learn from the talk?
A.Janet Gordon has written her own book. |
B.Jessica Watson broke a record in 2010. |
C.Jesse Martin lost fingers while climbing a mountain. |
A.A book. | B.Her parents. | C.A painting. |
A.In 1993. | B.In1996. | C.In2010. |
A.Supportive. | B.Opposed. | C.Optimistic. |
1. Where would Humbert’s 60th marathon take place?
A.In Paris. | B.In Athens. | C.In Boston. |
A.In 1998. | B.In 1983. | C.In 1982. |
A.Her family members object. |
B.The number of runners is restricted. |
C.Her age exceeds the maximum age limit. |
A.Recommending a lifestyle. |
B.Promoting an event. |
C.Introducing a person. |
10 . THE FATHER OF CHINA’S AEROSPACE
Perhaps no other scientist has had a greater impact on China’s aerospace science than Qian Xuesen. Described by the authors of the Story of Qian Xuesen as a man with “great scientific thought and scientific spirit” who was patriotic and served his homeland with effort, achievement, and devotion, Qian was an extremely well-respected man.
Born in Hangzhou in 1911, Qian attended schools in Beijing and then entered Shanghai Jiao Tong University to study Railway Mechanical Engineering. However, after the Songhu Battle broke out in 1932, Qian made the decision to switch his major to aviation because he realised that China needed its own powerful air force to protect and defend the country.
Qian went to the United States in 1935 to pursue his graduate studies. Over the course of the 1930s and 1940s, Qian became a pioneer in American jet and rocket technology. As a graduate assistant at the California institute of Technology during the 1930s, Qian helped conduct important research into rocket propulsion, and in the 1940s, he and several other people founded the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, now one of NASA’S leading space-exploration centres.
After overcoming some difficulties during his final few years in the US Qian returned to China in 1955. He received a hero’s welcome from his homeland and was put in charge of not only developing China’s rocket science but also its space and missile programme. At that time, China was poor and its rocket science was undeveloped. No institute or university in China offered rocket science as a major, and there were no talents or experts in this field in China. Nevertheless, Qian did not let that discourage him from taking on the challenge. When asked “Can we Chinese possibly make missiles?” his reply was a determined “Why not? We Chinese are able to make the same things that other people make.”
Under Qians leadership, China developed the Dongfeng missiles, followed by the first generation of Long March rockets. In 1970, China successful launched its first man-made satellite, Dong Fang Hong I, from a Long March rocket. Because much of the technology behind the Shenzhou rockets can also be traced back to Qian’s research, Qian earned the name of “the father of Chinas aerospace.”
Qian read a lot and was extremely knowledgeable, especially in the area of frontier science research. However, what might have made him such an outstanding and creative scientist was probably his strong interest in other things, such as music and drawing. His deep appreciation for art often gave him inspiration in his scientific research.
On 31 October 2009, the whole country was saddened by Qians death, and people honoured and remembered him in different ways.
A WORLD OF PURE THOUGHT
Stephen Hawking was one of the most famous and gifted scientists in physics. Most people are familiar with images of him in his wheelchair unable to move and using a computer to talk. Since he came down with a disease which caused him to lose the use of most of his muscles his world became one of abstract thought.
Hawking first achieved fame when he was still healthy enough to walk, as a graduate student in physics at Cambridge University in 1964. In general there were two main theories on the origin of the universe. The first was the steady state theory, which holds that the universe has no beginning or end. The other was the big bang theory, which holds that the universe began at a single point in time and space. The biggest champion of the steady state concept was Fred Hoyle, a professor at Cambridge. During the question and answer period after one of Hoyle’s lectures, Hawking stood up and pointed out that Hoyle had made a mistake in his maths. Once the maths was corrected, it showed that the big bang theory — and not the steady state theory — was true. Hawking’s own work on the big bang theory was soon proven by astronomers with telescopes. A star was born.
So, what made Stephen Hawking a genius? Besides being brilliant, he was brave, though sometimes careless in what he said or did. He was willing to say what others were afraid to say, and to dream of what others were afraid to dream about. Furthermore, he was quite determined. This had helped him as a scientist, and had helped him even more in his fight against his disease. Above all, Hawking was willing to admit his faults. This odd combination of characteristics had made him one of the greatest thinkers of the 20th and 21st centuries.
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4. Why was Qian called “the father of China’s aerospace”?