When Gene was about 12 years old, his mother decided to help him learn something from work. She bought twenty chickens and asked him to ______ them. She told him that they would be his own chickens and she ______ to pay him for the eggs. However, he had to buy chicken food himself. After that, he can keep the rest of the money. Gene was ______, because he thought he would make a lot of money.

After several weeks, Gene’s mother began to hear that the ______ of eggs was going down, she said nothing about it. Then one night, Gene said he didn’t have enough money to buy the food. The chickens never ______ a meal, but some of them stopped laying eggs.

Then the mother asked him if he ______ cut down the chicken food for each meal. He was shocked. He thought nobody would know what he did. He stood there without a(n) ______. After a long silence, Gene said yes. He thought he would save more money if he gave them ______ food. His mother asked him, “Did you fool the chickens?”

Gene nodded. His face turned red and he felt really ______. His mother continued: “Yes, you can ______ everyone else, but you cannot ‘fool the chickens’, because in the end you will find out, as the saying goes, ‘What goes around comes around.’”

11.

A．look after

B．go over

C．care about

D．play with

12.

A．managed

B．chose

C．tried

D．promised

13.

A．proud

B．happy

C．moved

D．nervous

14.

A．weight

B．sale

C．number

D．price

15.

A．enjoyed

B．finished

C．tasted

D．missed

16.

A．secretly

B．quietly

C．strictly

D．easily

17.

A．smile

B．word

C．idea

D．break

18.

A．less

B．fresher

C．richer

D．healthier

19.

A．shy

B．sorry

C．bored

D．tired

20.

A．change

B．control

C．fool

D．cheer

Scientists have developed a way to read minds, translating unspoken thoughts into written words. They used artificial intelligence (AI) (人工智能) to do that.

Scientists used a special machine to carry out an experiment. The machine can see where blood runs, which shows the most active parts of the brain. People taking part in the experiment listened to the radio for 16 hours when their brains were studied by the machine. The AI tool learned to connect certain brain activity with words they heard. After that, each person was asked to think of a story, and the AI tool managed to pick up their thoughts.

The AI results are not accurate enough. One reason is that the AI found it hard to work out the meaning of some words. For example, the AI tool couldn’t turn the sentence “I was late for school” into “She was late for school”. That’s because when it learnt from one person’s mind but it was tested on another, it couldn’t understand their thoughts.

As people’s brain activities are different in many ways, scientists are working on improving the AI tool. After all, the development of this technology has many possibilities in future use. Scientists hope it will help people with certain medical conditions, who are still awake but have lost the ability to speak, to communicate once again.

26. What can the AI tool do for people according to the passage?

A．Help create stories.	B．Improve creative thoughts.
C．Change brain activities.	D．Put thoughts into written words.

27. How does the AI tool find the most active part of brain?

A．By seeing where blood runs.	B．By recording people’s words.
C．By studying how people move.	D．By studying people’s feelings.

28. What does the underlined word “accurate” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?

A．Correct.

B．True.

C．Proper.

D．Important.

29. What can we learn from the last paragraph?

A．It’s not difficult to take AI under control.

B．The future development of the AI tool is not clear.

C．The AI tool has helped people with medical conditions.

D．The AI tool will help those who can’t speak to express ideas.

30. What is the best title of the passage?

A．High Risks of Using AI	B．Mind-Reading Development
C．Importance of Human Brain	D．Ways of Improving Technology

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It is said that the eyes are the windows to our soul. However, in order to have healthy eyes, you have to take care of them     36    . Your eyes need everyday care.

First, you have to pay more attention to your     37    . Eat more fresh fruit, vegetables, fish, eggs and milk. It is good for your eyes.

Second, you must have enough sleep. This relaxes your eyes and gives     38     the rest they need. Sleep can help the body repair our eyes. You should sleep for at least seven to eight     39     every day. You may get dark circles under your eyes     40     you haven’t got enough sleep. Next, it’s necessary for you to     41     your eyes every day. Open and close your eyes at certain periods to keep your eyes wet.

Last, you should     42     kind to your eyes in a right way. For example, if you get something in your eye, don’t start rubbing（揉）it. Rubbing is harmful     43     your eyes. You should also pay attention to the environment you work. Don’t read or write in poor or     44     sunlight. Remember to use sunglasses to stop the sun from shining directly in your eyes. Reading or working on a computer for a     45     time can also cause eye tiredness.

Just remember: we only have one pair of eyes.

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Project-based learning (项目化学习) is learning while doing. It gives learners the chance to get a deeper understanding of a topic. During the learning, learners solve problems by using real-life experience. Students work on a project over a period of time-from a week to a term. At the end of the project, they show their knowledge and skills by creating a product, or holding an activity for people. Let’s take the example of Susan. Susan is an eleven-year-old student in Sunshine Middle School. She wanted to know more about Hanfu culture. It took her about a month to work on the project. Well, how did she make it? Step 1 Choose a topic She chose Hanfu culture as the topic because she was interested in beautiful clothes. Step 2 Do the research To collect information, she read books and articles about the history of Hanfu culture. She watched videos and shows all connected with Hanfu culture. Step 3 Create a project She was really good at art, so she created a book about Hanfu from different dynasties (朝代). In her book, she drew pictures of them and wrote introductions in her own words. Step 4 Do the presentation After all of that work, she "made a presentation in class wearing a set of Hanfu that she bought online. Then she shared her videos on the Internet. Through project work, students benefit; a lot. So if you’re interested in something, why not start with project-based learning?

46. How do learners solve problems during Project-based learning?
_________________________________________
47. How long did it take Susan to work on the project?
_________________________________________
48. What topic did Susan choose?
_________________________________________
49. Why did Susan create a book about Hanfu?
_________________________________________
50. Where did Susan share her videos?
_________________________________________
51. 书面表达
请根据要求完成短文写作，并将写作内容写在答题卡对应题目的答题位置上。

假设你叫李明，你校英语社团将举办“中国文化节”活动，正向全校学生征集活动建议，请你根据以下思维导图内容提示用英文写一封建议信，向社团投稿。

注意：(1)可在思维导图内容提示的基础上适当拓展信息。
(2)不能照抄原文；不得在作文中出现真实校名、地名和考生的真实姓名。
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Dear sir,

I am happy to hear that our school English club will hold an activity called Chinese Culture Festival next week. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Li Ming