Nowadays, it seems that we cannot live without technology. We learn, work and relax by using phones, computers, iPads, AI robots and so on. Now, let’s see what’s going on in Julie’s life.
Julie usually wakes up at the ring of a mobile phone. Then, she eats her breakfast to a video on the phone. When she gets to her company, she deals with the business on the computer. And she often downloads（下载）and stores things that she needs on her iPad. When she needs something, she can just turn on the iPad and search for it. She carries the iPad wherever she is on business because it’s light. When she is at home in the evening, she sometimes uses ChatGPT, a smart AI chat robot, to write her projects. She only needs to type in some key words and then she can get some ideas in a second. It can make her use less time to do more things. In the late evening, she always falls asleep at the soft music from Xiaodu.
Julie lives with technology, and so do we. However, technology brings us some problems at the same time. Staring at screens too much is bad for our eyes. Many of us are near-sighted（近视的）or have other eye problems. AI is making some of us unwilling to think and explore on our own. We may copy ideas from AI robots. We may even like chatting in the virtual（虚拟的）world better because of so many chat robots.
So, I think that technology is a double-sided sword（双刃剑）. We should use technology correctly and wisely to make our life easy, colorful and convenient.
1. What does Julie probably do?| A．She is a student. | B．She is a writer. | C．She is a manager. |
| A．A computer. | B．An iPad. | C．An AI robot. |
| A．By giving examples. | B．By providing reasons. | C．By expressing opinions. |
| A．ChatGPT is a smart AI chat robot. |
| B．AI robots will take the place of us one day. |
| C．People may communicate less with each other in real life. |
| A．How Does Julie Spend Her Day? |
| B．How Does Technology Help Us? |
| C．How Does Technology Influence Our Life? |
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【推荐1】Artificial intelligence (AI) can now do amazing things. ChatGPT is an AI that can answer questions, tell stories, and do much more. But it's very“thirsty”, said a new study.
When ChatGPT works, its “home”—data (数据) centers around the world—produces a large amount of heat. Just like when we run or do something active, our bodies get hot. The same happens to the computers in data centers. Workers then have to use water to cool them down. Cold water goes into pipes (管道) near the computers at these centers.Because the computers are very hot, the water turns into vapor (水蒸气) and goes into the air. The water needs to be super clean. If they use sea water, it can eat away the pipes.
If you ask ChatGPT 20 to 50 questions, it needs to “drink” a 500-milliliter bottle of water. When scientists trained ChatGPT, it used 700,000 liters of water, said the study. This is the amount that is needed to make about 370 cars.
ChatGPT is not the only one that needs data centers. Everything you do on the Internet needs data centers to work. There are more than 8,000 data centers in the world, said a report in 2021. Between 2022 and 2023, the number of super data centers increased by 30%, reaching a record 1400.
The number is still growing. If AI keeps using a lot of water, we may have to “fight” with AI for water.
1. What is used to cool down the computers?| A．Hot water. | B．Waste water. |
| C．Sea water. | D．Cold clean water. |
| A．AI can do a lot of things. |
| B．AI helps make lots of cars. |
| C．AI needs data centers to work. |
| D．AI uses a lot of water when working. |
| A．People will be stopped from wasting water. |
| B．AI will be replaced by other new technology. |
| C．Data centers won’t need to be cooled down any more. |
| D．People should control the number of data centers to save water. |
| A．A new invention | B．A more powerful AI |
| C．Thirsty computers | D．The history of computers |
【推荐2】At a concert in Tsinghua University, Fang Jinlong, a master of the traditional Chinese instrument pipa, and the robots from the Moja Robot Band performed several pieces of Chinese music. The robot musicians in the band, Yuheng, Yaoguang, and Kaiyang, played traditional Chinese instruments at the concert.
The team that developed the band was built in 2018. Mi Haipeng is the chief (首席) scientist of the team. He took part in the research and development of a robot rock band when he studied in Japan. That experience gave him the dream of making a Chinese robot band.
Mi said that the sound and playing style of traditional Chinese musical instruments are different from those in the West. Chinese people pay more attention to the feelings and expression of the players, but these are hard to control for robots. It also brings many posers to Moja robot development.
During the concert, the robot musicians used their “fingers” and “mouths” to play the instruments. Many students said that was the first time they had seen humans and robots play together. And they never thought robots could play so well.
Mi said the pieces of music in the concert were specially made for the robots to play. And there are more performance plans for Moja in the future, introducing new pieces of music. The team will improve the musical sense and emotional (情感的) expression of robots.
根据短文内容，选择正确答案。
1. What can we know about the concert in Tsinghua University? ________
| A．It was held by Fang Jinlong. |
| B．All the musicians at it were robots. |
| C．It showed the mix of technology and traditional art. |
| D．It introduced many western instruments. |
| A．studied in Japan |
| B．played in a band |
| C．was a child |
| D．studied in university |
| A．Thanks. | B．Regrets. | C．Secrets. | D．Difficulties. |
| A．creative | B．funny | C．boring | D．common |
| A．a robot band |
| B．a robot scientist |
| C．a great musician |
| D．a new kind of music |
【推荐3】Shenzhou XVI spaceship successfully reached space on May 30. There are three people onboard: Jing Haipeng, 57, Zhu Yangzhu, 37, and Gui Haichao, 37.
They are special in many ways. Jing is now the most skilled astronaut in China. This is the fourth time for him to fly into space. Gui is a scientist. He is also the first Chinese civilian on a spaceflight.
Both Zhu and Gui are China’s third-generation astronauts. They were picked in 2020 from a group of researchers and engineers. One woman and 17 men were picked. And they are in three groups. One group is spacecraft pilots. They “fly” the spaceship. Another group is spaceflight engineers. They “fix” the spaceship. There is also a group of science payload specialists (载荷专家), such as Gui. They do scientific studies in space.
Everything in the spaceship is a payload, such as machine, people, and animals. Science payload specialists are scientists onboard.
Gui’s glasses also draw people’s attention because astronauts aren’t usually nearsighted (近视的). But picking specialists is different from picking other astronauts. It’s safe to wear glasses in the space station. However, during the launch and return, Gui needs to take off the glasses. Or there might be problems as the glasses may vibrate (振动) with the spacecraft.
1. Which of the following word may replace the underlined word “skilled” in Paragraph 2 ?| A．Trustful. | B．Experienced. | C．Patient. | D．Diligent. |
| A．He flies the spaceship. | B．He fixes the spaceship. |
| C．He does scientific studies. | D．He builds the space station. |
| A．They are scientists in the spaceship. | B．They are everything in the spaceship. |
| C．They are machines, people and animals. | D．They are pilots in the spaceship. |
| A．What is it like to be in a spaceship? | B．Why can’t nearsighted people go into space? |
| C．How did Gui Haichao become an astronaut? | D．Can nearsighted people be astronauts? |
African penguins stand only 50 centimeters tall. Like people, each penguin has its own voice. They live along the southern coast of Africa. Like all the other penguins, they hunt fish in the ocean and lay eggs on land. But they are smaller than their well-known cousins in Antarctica and larger than little penguins in Australia and blue penguins in New Zealand. But the African penguins have a problem — they are endangered.
The African penguins used to nest (筑巢) underground in the guano, or bird poop (粪便). The guano came from the penguins and other seabirds. Over hundreds of years, it had built up to form a thick layer as deep as 3 meters.
However, in the 1860s, people began collecting the guano to use it on farms. Now there’s no more guano to make nests. The penguins have to lay their eggs in the open. As a result, the penguins often get too hot. When the parents leave the eggs to cool themselves down in the water, other animals can easily find the eggs and eat them.
Some scientists wanted to help. They created artificial (人造的) nests to protect the African penguins. But the penguins didn’t use them. The nests often got too hot.
To solve the problem, the scientists set up an artificial nest project in 2016. They came up with criteria for the nest. It had to protect penguin eggs from being eaten. It couldn’t flood in the rain. And it needed to keep penguin families cool. The scientists built 15 kinds of nests to find the perfect one. Finally two of them stood out. Both of them could let air flow through. The scientists plan to build more than 2,500 nests for the African penguins in the future. They hope the new nests can help increase the number of the endangered birds.
1. From the first two paragraphs, we can learn ________.| A．African penguins are usually 3 meters in height |
| B．African penguins prefer to lay eggs in the ocean |
| C．blue penguins are smaller than African penguins |
| D．African penguins live along the northern coast of Africa |
| A．what the African penguins look like |
| B．when the African penguins make nests |
| C．how the African penguins build their nests |
| D．why the African penguins become endangered |
| A．prices | B．standards | C．memories | D．conversations |
| A．The African penguins are in great danger nowadays. |
| B．The nests of the African penguins were built underground. |
| C．The scientists wanted to help the African penguins build their homes. |
| D．The African penguins disliked the artificial nests because they were not beautiful. |
【推荐2】Nobody wants to lose, but we must accept that losing is a part of life. After all, we can’t win all the time. However, we can learn something useful from every failure (失败). This may help us succeed in the future. So we must know how to be a good loser.
We must not be afraid of losing. When we lose, just take it with a smile and look on the bright side of it. Failure can’t be avoided in our life. Edison failed 10,000 times before he invented the light bulb (灯泡). When he was asked how he felt, he said that he hadn’t failed 10,000 times but had learned 10,000 things which didn’t work. We must know that history is full of examples of men and women who achieved success although they failed many times.
Losing is not very bad. We must accept our failure and learn to take advantage of it. Remember that it can be helpful. Take action to walk out of it. When we lose, think about what we did and how we can improve. This can save us a lot of time in learning how to avoid the same mistakes in the future. We should face our failure when we lose. There is only one winner in every competition. Some win, while some lose. That is a usual way of life. If we offer our congratulations to the winners and share their happiness, we won’t feel sorry for our failure.
In a word, being a good loser will help us, to succeed in life. It might be painful at the beginning, but there are many advantages. Good losers set examples to us, and I most importantly, they finally win.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
1. What can we learn from every failure according to the text?
| A．A way of life. | B．A valuable thing. | C．A scientific rule. | D．A secret of studing. |
| A．He got help from others. | B．He happened to make it. |
| C．He avoided possible mistakes. | D．He saw the bright side of losing. |
| A．Losing is not very bad. |
| B．We must not be afraid of losing. |
| C．Being a good loser will help us to succeed in life. |
| D．Edison failed 10,000 times before he invented the light bulb. |
| A．Express the regrets. |
| B．Forget the failure. |
| C．Share the winners’ enjoyment. |
| D．Join in another competition. |
| A．Ideas About How to Avoid Mistakes |
| B．Experience in Dealing with Problems |
| C．Advice on How to Be a Good Loser |
| D．Advantages of both Success and Failure |
The first ancient (古代的) Olympics started in Olympia, Greece in 776 BC, 3,000 years ago. There was only one event, running. There were nine sports events in the modern Olympics in 1896. But in 2016, it has twenty-eight events. The Tokyo Olympic Games in 2020 was held a year later because of the coronavirus pandemic (新冠疫情). There were five new events: surfing, skateboarding, rock climbing, baseball and softball(棒垒球) and karate (空手道).
Breakdance will be a new event in the next Olympic Games. The Olympics will be held in Paris, France. It is exciting for breakdance lovers. Olympians will soon be dancing in the Olympic Games. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) told people the news on December 7th, 2020.
Breakdance began in New York City. It is a kind of street dance. It is also part of the hip hop movement. It grew up together with hip hop during the early 1970s. It was really popular among African, American and Latin American young people.
The IOC says there will be fewer players in the 2024 Olympics. And there will be gender equality(男女性别平等). An equal number of men and women players will take part in the Games. That’s a first.
1. When was the Tokyo Olympic Games held in fact?| A．In 1974. | B．In 2016. | C．In 2020. | D．In 2021. |
| A．Surfing, breakdance and korate. |
| B．Running, surfing and skateboarding. |
| C．Surfing, skateboarding, rock climbing. |
| D．Baseball and softball, rock climbing and running. |
| A．in Beijing, China | B．in Paris, France |
| C．in Olympia, Greece | D．in New York, the US |
| A．Breakdance. | B．Hip hop. | C．IOC. | D．Gender equality. |
| A．The Games will be held in Japan. |
| B．The Games will have more players. |
| C．The number of men players and women players will be the same. |
| D．There will be more women players than men players in the Games. |
