Soon a computer and other machines will be able to remember you by looking at your eyes!
The program can work because everyone’s eyes are different. So in the future you won’t have to remember a long code when you want to use a machine or take money out of a bank. You just have to look at the machine and it will be able to tell who you are.
The eye-recognition (眼睛识别) program is being tested in some shops and banks. Soon this technology will change all the other ways of recognition.
We have already had machines that can tell who you are from your voice or the mark made by your fingers. Scientists are working on other systems (系统). Machines will soon be able to know you from the shape of your face or hands or even your smell!
But eye-recognition is better than other kinds because your eyes don’t change as you get older, or get dirty like hands or fingers. And even twins have different eyes, so the program can be up to 94% correct, depending on how good the technology is. In Britain it was found that 91% of the people who had tried it said that they liked the idea of eye-recognition.
In the future your computer will be looking at you in the eyes. So smile!
1. Where is the eye-recognition program being used in a few countries?A.In shops and banks. | B.In shops and schools. |
C.In banks and schools. | D.In schools and hospitals. |
A.You look at the machine and type a number. |
B.You look at the machine. |
C.The machine looks at your face. |
D.You need to speak and then look. |
A.密码 | B.字母 | C.卡片 | D.数字 |
A.Your eyes don’t change as you get older. |
B.Eyes don’t get dirty like hands or fingers. |
C.We can’t see anything without eyes. |
D.Everyone’s eyes are different, even twins have different eyes. |
A.Some eyes are the same. | B.Eyes can change. |
C.Eyes can get dirty like hands. | D.It is not always correct. |
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【推荐1】ChatGPT: The Future of Chatbots
Chatbots have been around for a while now. With the development of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning, chatbots have become smarter and smarter. One such chatbot that is making a difference is ChatGPT.
ChatGPT has been trained specifically for conversational understanding, so it is more effective at completing tasks such as chatbot development, language understanding and text generation. It is a valuable tool for businesses and individuals alike.
As users talk with the chatbot, it collects data and uses it to improve its responses. This means that over time, ChatGPT becomes more exact in its interactions with users. ChatGPT interacts in a conversational way with the users. It’s possible for ChatGPT to answer follow-up questions, accept its mistakes, challenge incorrect ideas, and refuse wrong orders.
Another advantage of ChatGPT is its versatility (多功能性). It can get many platforms together. This makes it easy for businesses to reach their customers wherever they are and offer them the support they need.
In addition to its business applications, ChatGPT has the ability to change the way we interact with technology. As chatbots become better, they could finally take the place of traditional tools like keyboards and touchscreens. Instead, we could simply talk to our devices (设备) and receive instant responses.
Of course, there are still some limitations to chatbots like ChatGPT. They can not understand complex (复杂的) emotions or solving highly special information. However, as technology continues to develop, these limitations are likely to be overcome.
In conclusion, ChatGPT is a powerful tool that is changing the way we interact with technology. Its ability to learn and personalize responses makes it a valuable thing for businesses and individuals alike. As chatbots continue to improve, we can expect to see even more exciting applications in the future.
1. What can we learn from the passage?A.ChatGPT can not understand complex tasks. |
B.ChatGPT can offer many social media platforms. |
C.ChatGPT has the ability to develop the business. |
D.ChatGPT can learn from the robots and traditional tools. |
A.communications | B.fight | C.competition | D.arguments |
A.ChatGPT is the most useful chatbot now. | B.ChatGPT has limitations but also great power. |
C.Chatbots are not yet useful for businesses. | D.Chatbots took the place of traditional tools. |
Recently, a video has gone viral online. In the video, a group of students flew a teddy bear up to 28,000 meters above the Earth’s surface.
The team spend two months preparing for the test flight. To make sure that the teddy bear could land on an open area away from airports and buildings, they decided to launch it at the border between Liaoning province and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
A.Then it landed in a rice field. |
B.The launch didn’t go well first. |
C.Li made a short video about the project. |
D.That’s why they chose it as the “pilot”. |
E.The students behind the video are Li Zhenghan and Wang Zechen. |
F.Li got the idea of sending something into the sky after seeing similar videos online. |
G.The bear passes through the clouds and reaches an altitude of about 28,000 meters. |
With more Chinese people buying cars every day, the problem seems to only get worse. But a design company called Shenzhen Hashi Future Parking Equipment has a possible solution: the super bus.
The super bus would carry up to 1,400 people in its passenger compartment (隔间). It would travel on a rail system that would be elevated (升高的) above the roads, so cars could drive under it. The bus will run on electricity and solar power, creating far less pollution than that from the cars it would be replacing (代替).
Beijing authorities haven’t decided whether to create railways for the super bus throughout the city. But they are willing to give it a test drive. Later 2010, the company will test for the first time and in 2011 and 2012, the company will test the super bus with passengers.
According to the government, Beijing is probably to have five million cars on the road by the end of 2010. So it seems to be necessary to start taking the bus instead soon.
1. __________ caused the terrible traffic in Beijing.
A.The drivers | B.The roads | C.The buses | D.The government |
A.1,400 million | B.2,000 million | C.5 million | D.50 million |
A.It is an interesting park. | B.It is a super bus. |
C.It is a kind of equipment. | D.It is a design company. |
A.The super bus will travel above the roads. |
B.The super bus will produce more pollution. |
C.The super bus will only hold several people. |
D.The super bus is very small. |
Inventions | |
Phone | The first telephone was invented by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876. It made communications easier. Later, a cell phone was developed in 1973 in America. It was one of the most useful inventions. People can use cell phones to communicate with others much more easily. |
TV | The first TV set was invented by an English scientist, John Baird, in 1926. The invention helped people watch films at home instead of going to the cinema as before. At first, TV sets only broadcast black-white pictures. Several years later, colored TV sets made the pictures lively. However, they were heavy and thick, so it was difficult to move them. Then, digital TV sets came into being. They are light and thin. Many TV programs are available(可获得的) at any time. |
Computer | The first modern computer was invented in America in 1946. It was as big as a room. It improved the speed and could be used for calculating(计算). In the 1950s, desktop computers were invented in the same country. They became smaller and could be put on the desk. Since then, they have become very important in many fields of work and leisure. Before the 1970s, the computers were single. It was the Internet that joined the computers into a big family, so they could share information with one another. |
1. The first cell phone was invented ________.
A.in 1876 | B.in 1926 | C.in 1973 |
A.in the cinema | B.on the computer | C.on TV |
A.China | B.the US | C.the UK |
A.calculating |
B.joining the computers into a big family |
C.playing games |
A.cell phones can't be used for making vision (可视的) calls. |
B.Digital TV sets are light and thick. |
C.The Internet connects computers together. |
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Have you ever wondered what animals are talking about? With the development of AI, we may be able to understand their languages!
In Professor Karen Bakker’s new book, The Sounds of Life: How Digital Technology Is Bringing Us Closer to the Worlds of Animals and Plants, she talks about how AI is helping us to make an animal version of Google Translate.
All around the animal kingdom, there are sounds that we can hardly pick up and translate. Elephants, for example, talk with each other using infrasonic sound (次声波)—far below our human hearing range. Coral in the ocean also sends sound waves to attract baby coral to safer areas to grow. This is surprising as coral doesn’t have any ears! Scientists have placed listening equipment into these environments to pick up the sounds humans cannot hear.
After the sounds are recorded, AI can study their meanings, according to the news website Vox. For example, researchers used AI to translate bats’ 15, 000 calls. They found over 60 percent were arguments about 4 things: food, sleep positions, invasion (侵入) of personal space, and unwanted advances.
This technology can not only understand the animals but communicate back to them. For example, ▲ . In a study, scientists put its language AI system into a robot so that the robot could create a dance routine to tell other bees where the food was.
1. What is Karen Bakker’s new book mainly about?A.How AI create an animal and plant kingdom. |
B.Why AI is used to research plants and animals. |
C.How AI helps understand animals’ languages. |
D.Why AI makes a big difference to human beings. |
A.Sound waves. | B.Infrasonic sound. | C.Body languages. | D.Special smells. |
A.By giving examples. | B.By drawing mind maps. |
C.By raising questions. | D.By making comparisons. |
A.bees are busy with their work | B.bees are good at looking for food |
C.bees like flying among flowers | D.bees use dances to talk with others |
【推荐3】①As we all know, “If you want to get rich, build roads first.” Railway projects under the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) have been interconnecting countries in Southeast Asia, bringing common development and friendship.
②The China-Laos Railway is a landmark project of the BRI. Running 1,035 kilometers, it connects Kunming with Laos’ capital Vientiane. It started operation on Dec 3, 2021. The China-Laos Railway had transported over 100,000 cross-border passengers, reported Xinhua.
③According to Xinhua, Liu Jin, one of the first passengers of the railway, had used to travel to Laos eight times, usually by bus and the journey lasted more than 27 hours on winding mountain roads. Now, the travel time between the cities has been shortened to 9 hours and 26 minutes.
④However, the China-Laos Railway isn’t the only China-supported railway bringing benefits to people in Belt and Road countries. The 142.3-kilometer-long Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway (HSR) has been officially in operation since Oct 2, 2023. Being a flagship project of the BRI, it is also the first overseas construction project that fully uses Chinese railway systems, technology and industrial components (零件).
⑤ “Across Indonesia, people from more than 17,000 islands now come to Jakarta to take the high-speed rail,” Chen Xianmou, a Chinese-Indonesian, proudly told China Daily at the railway station. “It’s not only a landmark of Indonesia but also a representation of China’s tech power,” he added.
⑥Besides building railroads, China also plans to exchange the technology to Indonesia to help the local people to operate the high-speed railway system on their own in the coming years. To achieve this goal, China has trained more than 45,000 Indonesian technicians, reported China Daily.
1. How does the author start the passage?A.By asking a question. | B.By using a saying. |
C.By putting an advertisement. | D.By making a suggestion. |
A.The China-Laos Railway started operation on Oct 3, 2021. |
B.The China-Laos Railway is the only China-supported railway. |
C.The China-Laos Railway cuts the travel time between cities short. |
D.The China-Laos Railway connects Guilin with Laos’ capital Vientiane. |
A.①/②③/④⑤⑥ | B.①/②③④/⑤⑥ |
C.①②/③④⑤/⑥ | D.①②/③④/⑤⑥ |
A.China will keep helping more countries build high-speed railways. |
B.China will train 45,000 more Indonesian technicians to build railways. |
C.China will not help Indonesia to build their high-speed railways any more. |
D.China will make Indonesia able to operate the high-speed railway system alone. |
The art of Chinese paper cutting, or jianzhi, has a history of thousands of years. The art form is said to date back to the Han Dynasty. During that time, paper was very expensive. During the Tang Dynasty, Chinese people started using paper for artistic expression. Paper cutting became popular.
Common themes of paper cutting include animals, plants and traditional Chinese characters like fu, shou and xi. They are often seen during Chinese New Year. In the past paper cutting was usually used as decorations (装饰) for festivals. It was put up on windows and doors for good luck.
Chinese paper cutting has become more than just a traditional art form. It is also a symbol of Chinese culture. In recent years, Chinese paper cutting has been enjoyed by people all over the world. It is not only for decorative purposes, but also in fashion, design, advertising and more areas.
Chinese paper cutting is a fragile (脆弱的) art form. On the one hand, the beautifully shaped designs can easily be broken. On the other hand, the traditional skills used to create them are at risk of being lost. Luckily, some people are trying to keep this tradition alive. Groups such as the China National Paper-Cutting Association (中国剪纸协会) are working to promote the art form. They want to make sure that it will be passed down to many more generations.
1. When did paper cutting become popular in China?A.During the Han Dynasty. |
B.During the Tang Dynasty. |
C.During the Song Dynasty. |
A.People use it in many fields widely. |
B.People see it as a traditional art form. |
C.People use it for decorative purposes. |
A.Because it’s hard to create beautiful shapes. |
B.Because we may lose the traditional themes. |
C.Because the traditional skills might disappear. |
A.To pass down the traditional art forms. |
B.To discover more traditional art forms. |
C.To introduce traditional art forms to foreigners. |
A.A Way to Celebrate Festivals |
B.A Symbol of Chinese Culture |
C.A Tool for Creating Artistic Themes |
【推荐2】Sign language is a kind of body language. Body language can show all kinds of thoughts and feelings. Different cultures have different body language. Here are some common gestures in different cultures.
In China, a thumb-up sign is used to praise someone for being "good", "great" and "smart". In America, a thumb-up sign means "It's good" or "It`s OK" while a thumb-down sign means the opposite(相反的). But in some countries, there are other meanings. For example, in Japan, that also means "man", "your father" and "the highest". In South Korea, it also means "the chief", "one's own father", "minister" and "captain". As for French people and Indians, this gesture can be used when asking for a ride.
Point with your forefinger(食指). It is very impolite(不礼貌的) in Europe and America.
Put out your forefinger. In the United States, it's used to ask someone to wait; French people ask for an answer by using this gesture; In Myanmar, it means "please"; In Singapore, it shows something or someone is the most important.
Hold out your forefinger and middle finger and make the V word. "V" is the first letter of victory(胜利). So It means "victory" in Britain, France and other countries. But in Serbia, the gesture stands for "heroism" and in the Netherlands, it stands for "freedom".
Besides, the "OK" sign means "money" in Japan while it means bad behavior in Latin America.
1. What does the underlined word "that" refer to?A.The thumb-down sign. | B.The thumb-up sign. |
C.The hand-up sign. | D.The hand-down sign. |
A.The thumb-down sign may mean "It's bad" or "I don't agree" in America. |
B.People will be unhappy if you point with your forefinger in America. |
C.People in Singapore usually put out their forefingers to show "please". |
D.The meaning of "OK" sign in Latin America is different from that of Japan. |
A.①②/③④⑤⑥ | B.①/②③/④⑤⑥ |
C.①/②③④⑤⑥ | D.①/②③④⑤/⑥ |
A.Different meanings of sign languages. |
B.Sign languages in western countries. |
C.Different countries have different cultures. |
D.Body language in the world is all different. |
【推荐3】Do you ever wish you were as thin as a model (模特) or as strong as your favorite football player? Maybe you wish you were taller or just thinner a little. Those thoughts are a natural part of growing up.
But learning what you can and can’t change about your body is part of growing up, too. It can be hard to do. But when people accept the way they look, they often feel happier.
Some children worry that they’re not growing as fast as their friends. It’s important to know that puberty (青春期) doesn’t happen at the same time for every child. And there is no special medicine that can make it happen sooner!
Eating healthy food and exercising more can make all children feel better. Why? Because they will help you feel energetic (精力充沛的) and keep your body working just the way it should be.
Watching TV and playing computer games can be fun, but they don’t do much for your body because you sit when you do them. But when you move your body by playing, dancing, taking part in sports, or even cleaning your room—you exercise your muscles (肌肉). When you exercise the muscle, it gets stronger. And when you have strong muscles, you can have a strong body and then you can do whatever you want to do!
1. When do people often feel happier about their bodies according to the passage?A.When they are growing up. | B.When they can change their body. |
C.When they accept the way they look. | D.When they are thinner and stronger. |
A.There is no special medicine for them. |
B.They can’t be thinner than their friends. |
C.They can’t grow up as fast as their friends. |
D.Their puberty doesn’t happen at the same time. |
A.body | B.muscle | C.medicine | D.puberty |
A.By cleaning the room. | B.By watching TV. |
C.By sitting on the chair. | D.By playing computer games. |
A.Eating healthy food. | B.Children’s growing up. |
C.Having a better build. | D.Exercising the muscles. |