Willard Franklin came to my class half a year ago. However, ________ he came here the first day, he has been in his own world. He ______   spoke to others. As his teacher, I tried to start a talk with him but ________. It seemed that he just didn’t want to break his ________.

Before ________, we received the news of the yearly collection of money for the poor in our school. “Christmas is a season of _______ ,” I told my students. “By giving ________ money, you will help buy some toys, food and clothing for these students ________. The collection will start tomorrow.”

The next morning, however, I found that almost everyone ________ this matter except Willard. He came up to my desk with ________ head down. He dropped two coins into the small box quietly. “I don’t need milk for lunch,” he said in a ________ voice.

After school I couldn’t wait to share what ________ in the morning with our headmaster. “I believe ________ Willard might be ready to become a part of our class.”

“I am glad to hear that,” he nodded. “And I just received a list of the poor families in our school who need help ________. Here, take a look at it.”

When I sat down to read, I found Willard was included in the list. At that moment, I started to know Willard for the first time—a cold face with a ________ heart. From then on, I also learned that whether rich or poor, every child should be respected.

One day, Steve noticed a homeless man at the train station. He took pity on him, so he gave him some money. The man thanked Steve. The next day again, Steve noticed the homeless man at the same place. This time Steve decided to get him something to eat, so he went outside the station and brought him a meal. The man thanked Steve for his kindness. But Steve got curious and asked him, “How did you get to this point?”

The homeless man looked up at him with a smile and said, “By showing love.” Steve didn’t understand it. “What do you mean by that?” he asked. The homeless man replied, “I made sure that everyone was happy. Whatever was going right or wrong in my life, I always helped everyone else.”

Steve asked him, “Do you regret it?”

“No, but it just hurts me. Here is an example. I took off my coat and handed it to a man, but he wouldn’t give me a coat when I was cold. So it is better to build your own house and invite someone in for shelter (庇护) than to give them your bricks while you are using them to build yours, because maybe one day you will be the one who is short of (缺少) bricks.”

Steve understood what the homeless man meant and thanked him for the good advice. Helping others is not a bad thing at all. But remember that sometimes sharing is better than donating. You can do more by being in a stronger position. You can’t bring yourself into a weaker situation, instead.

ChatGPT, a smart AI chatbot (聊天机器人) is back in the headlines (新闻头条)! ______①______ Open AI, the company behind the popular chatbot, has now introduced a powerful new language model: GPT-4.

On March 14, GPT-4 showed the world how smarter it is than the previous (先前的) GPT-3.5. One of its best new features is that it can understand pictures. For example, if you show a picture of a phone using the wrong charger (充电器), GPT-4 can tell why the picture looks strange or funny.

But GPT-4’s developments don’t stop there. The new language model can code (用代码编写) classic games like Tetris (俄罗斯方块) in several minutes, and produce the code and layout (布局) for a website based on a hand-made drawing. It can also change the tone (语气) and style based on what you ask it to do. GPT-4 is much better than the older GPT at passing tests, which may worry teachers. ______②______ According to CNN, GPT-4 did really well in a law school test, with a score in the top 10 percent of test taker (考生). But GPT-3.5 only got a score in the bottom 10 percent.

GPT-4 will see greater use as a tool to power (提供动力) other apps and services. For example, the language learning app Duolingo plans to use GPT-4 in their coming Duolingo Max function (功能). Users can learn language by talking with AI. Another app, Be My Eyes, will have a digital assistant (数字助手) to help blind people better understand the world around them. ______③______

However, there are still problems with the new language model. GPT-4 still tries to get completely correct answers, especially with newer information after September 2021. ______④______ GPT-4 also sometimes “hallucinates (产生幻觉)”, meaning that it will insist that wrong information is true.