| A. Knudge. me has all the English games to test your English skills. “Echo” is a special dictation game mainly helps you improve your spelling. B. Hello English is an app for new learners. It has many exercises on translation and grammar rules. It can be used offline. C. Duolingo is to help you learn English words quickly. It teaches you new words based on a topic, like education, school or science. D. Beelinguapp teaches a language through e-books. You can choose your reading material from a number of short stories and novels. E. Bright is an app that can help you learn new words quickly. It will teach you eight new words every day and only take up 5 minutes. F. Innovative Language provides video lessons from real English teachers. It also has notes for each lesson for you to review what you’ve learnt. G. Andy is a friendly chatting AI for users to practice spoken English. You can learn how to greet, talk and ask questions from Andy. It corrects mistakes in conversations, too. |
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【推荐1】Are you learning English and do you need help with grammar? Do you want to learn new vocabulary? Well, try to get help from the following top five free English learning centers online.
Dave’s ESL Cafe Our center can help you learn and practice English. You can read many stories and do a lot of exercises to test yourself. You can also post questions and answers onto the Learners’ Corner |
Classroom by Voice of America You can watch videos and listen to news stories to improve your listening and vocabulary. You can also listen to English words and their meanings. |
About English You can take free English courses in our center, and you’ll get regular e-mails that will help you learn English. |
Newbury House Dictionary of American English Do you need to find the definition of a word? Use this online dictionary to find simple and clear definitions, as well as example sentences and idioms. You can also find different cultural facts. |
Personal English Portal on YouTube We offer you a series of videos to develop your listening skills. You can also search for other videos on YouTube. This is a good way to practice English and have fun. |
| A．watch videos | B．listen to news stories | C．find the meanings of words | D．post questions and answers |
| A．Dave’s ESL Café | B．About English | C．Personal English Portal on YouTube | D．Classroom by Voice of America |
| A．example sentences and idioms | B．English songs | C．English grammar exercises | D．many videos |
| A．The five English learning centers are all free. |
| B．Newbury House Dictionary of American English gives learners some cultural information. |
| C．Personal English Portal on YouTube helps people learn English by giving them words’ definitions. |
| D．Both Classroom by Voice of America and Personal English Portal on YouTube provide videos for learners. |
| A．storybook | B．newspaper | C．diary | D．science report |
【推荐2】Do you want to improve your spoken English? Here are some tips for you.
| Use easy vocabulary. When you speak English, remember to use easy vocabulary. There is a saying in English. “Have you swallowed （吞咽） a dictionary?” It means anyone always likes to use a long, difficult word when a shorter word is better. |
| Make friends with native English speakers. Perhaps you can’t find any native English speakers in your hometown. But you can find English speakers on the Internet and make friends with them. Try to talk with your friends in English online. |
| Join an English - speaking club（俱乐部） . There are many English - speaking clubs all over the world. Some clubs are for people who are interested in English. They can be funny and interesting. Check magazines, phone books or local newspapers. If there is one in your area, join it. |
| A．has eaten a dictionary | B．speaks English well |
| C．likes using long, difficult words | D．likes to use a dictionary |
| A．In the magazines. | B．In the map of the world. |
| C．In the phone books. | D．In the local newspapers. |
| A．本国的 | B．自由的 | C．自然的 | D．积极的 |
There is no short way to succeed in language learning. A good memory(记忆) is a great help, but it is not enough only to memorize the rules from a grammar book. It is no much use learning by heart long lists(一览表) of words and their meanings, studying the dictionary and so on. We must learn by using the language. If we are pleased with a few rules we have memorized, we are not really learning the language. We must "Learn through use". Practice is important. We must practice speaking and writing the language whenever(无论何时) we can.
1. The most important things to learn a foreign language are________.
| A．understanding and speaking |
| B．hearing, speaking, reading and writing |
| C．writing and understanding |
| D．memorizing and listening |
| A．he doesn't understand the language when he hears it spoken |
| B．he doesn't have a good memory |
| C．he always remember lists of words and their meanings |
| D．he often hesitates to practise speaking it |
| A．much practice | B．studying the dictionary |
| C．learning through use | D．using the language |
| A．A good memory. | B．Speaking. | C．Practice. | D．Writing. |
| A．we use a language in order to learn it |
| B．we learn a foreign language in order to use it |
| C．we can learn a language well while we are using it |
| D．both B and C |
ChatGPT is back in the headlines! 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 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 a matter of 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 easier for students to cheat (作弊) than the older GPT at passing tests, which may worry teachers. According to CNN, GPT-4 did really well on a law school test, with a score in the top 10 percent of test takers. But GPT-3.5 only got a score in the bottom 10 percent.
GPT-4 will also see greater use as a tool to power other apps and services. For example, the language learning app Duolingo plans to use GPT-4 in their upcoming Duolingo Max function. Users can learn languages 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. The government of Iceland also plans to use GPT-4 to protect the Icelandic language.
There are still problems with the new language model, however. GPT-4 still struggles to get completely correct answers, especially with newer information after September 2021. GPT-4 also sometimes “hallucinates (产生幻觉)”, meaning that it will insist that wrong information is true.
1. What can we infer from Paragraph 2?| A．GPT-3.5 cannot understand pictures. | B．GPT-4 can create funny pictures. |
| C．GPT-4 can tell if a phone is recharging. | D．GPT-4 can show the result in a fun way. |
| A．games like Tetris are easy to code |
| B．anyone can code games using GPT-4 |
| C．GPT-4 can code games like Tetris quickly |
| D．hand-made drawings help GPT-4 work better |
| A．It can change tones based on a user’s input. |
| B．It may help students cheat on tests easily. |
| C．Students will lose their competitiveness. |
| D．It will take the place of teachers in the future. |
| A．AI can help them make personalized study plans. |
| B．Blind people can communicate through the app. |
| C．They can practice languages by talking with AI. |
| D．They can find many dying languages on the app. |
A company called SkyDrive showed its new flying car, the SD-03. The small car could stay about 1 to 2 meters above the ground, and fly around for 4 minutes with a driver on board.
Safety is another problem. If flying cars fall from the sky, it will hurt not just the people in the car, but people on the ground, too.
Tomohiro Fukuzawa, the CEO of the company, wants the flying cars to be able to fly two people on trips of up to 5 kilometers by 2023. By 2050, he hopes people will be able to fly anywhere inside flying cars in just 10 minutes. He said, “
| A．With time, these problems have been solved. |
| B．Many countries are studying flying cars. |
| C．But flying cars have some problems, too. |
| D．I think flying cars will be widely used in the future. |
| E．How can the flying cars solve the problems? |
| F．So it’s important to make sure the flying cars are big enough. |
【推荐3】Have you heard of Zhang Yangsheng? He is an independent Chinese designer. During the past few years, he has won eight Red Dot awards in total. In 2018, Zhang' s works stood out from thousands of entries, and he won three awards.
“Chinese culture and elements(元素) are my major resources of inspiration,” said Zhang. One of his award-winning works is a non-spill bottle. The bottle can lean in any direction and right itself without spilling. “The design was inspired by a traditional Chinese roly-poly toy (不倒翁) ,a round-bottomed doll that is self-balancing. When I prepared bottles for my child, I would sometimes knock them over and soil the rubber nipple,” Zhang said. “I began to do some research and solve my problem,” he said. Another one of Zhang' s award-winning design is a package of thin, dried Chinese noodles. The design is inspired by makeup used in the Peking Opera, folk culture and cartoons. Zhang matched all types of noodles with different images of famous figures in ancient China. Thanks to Zhang's work, Chinese hand-pulled noodles, a regional specialty of northwest China, caught the world's attention.
“When I brainstorm design ideas, I always evaluate the practical use and social value first. I always want to bring fresh air to traditional culture.” he said.
“The changing market provides bright prospects(前景) for us,” Zhang said. “Many young designers in China know the traditional culture well and can express it in unique ways. I believe that more Chinese designs and designers will go global in the near future.”
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1. Which of the following is Zhang's works?
①egg-shaped bottom. ②a package of thin, dried Chinese noodles.
③roly-poly toy. ④cartoons.
⑤the rubber nipple. ⑥a non-spill bottle.
| A．①②⑥ | B．②④⑤ | C．②⑥ | D．①② |
| A．Chinese culture and elements (元素). | B．His family background and tradition. |
| C．His knowledge acquired (获得的) in university. | D．His interest in playing with toys as a child. |
| A．The profit it can bring in. | B．The need of the changing market. |
| C．It's practical use and social values. | D．The effect it has on his future career. |
| A．Doubtful. | B．Positive. | C．Critical. | D．Indifferent(冷漠的). |
| A．A Promising Chinese Young Man |
| B．Zhang Yangsheng and His Designs |
| C．Zhang Yangsheng's Works Earned World Attention |
| D．Traditional Culture Helps Chinese Design Rise on Global Stage |
| A. Do you need some school things? We have schoolbags, notebooks, pencils, pens, erasers and pencil boxes. They are at good prices. B. The basketballs, soccer balls, baseballs and ping-pong balls in our store are on sale. And we have sports bags and sports shoes, too. C. Do you like English? We have everything you need, English CDs, English tapes, English dictionaries… D. We have computers, tape players, radios, and TVs. They are cheap but very good. E. The clocks and watches in our store are on sale for 3 days. Come and buy them now. F. We have all the fruit you like, bananas, strawberries, apples, oranges and pears. They are really great. G. Our store has new sweaters. Buy one and you can get a pair of socks. Come to our store now! |
| When people think about Britain，they probably think of England-the Royal（王室的）Family，the Tower of London and Buckingham Palace. But there are also Scotland and Wales！Scottish and Welsh people are very proud of their country and nationality. When people ask me where I come from，I always say I'm Scottish. Ewan McDonald，Edinburgh |
| I think people sometimes imagine that we all live in beautiful houses in the countryside. Well，my aunt lives on a farm，but these days houses in the countryside can be very expensive. Most people live in towns，but it's true that houses in Britain nearly always have a garden. British people love gardening. Susan Philips，Manchester |
| Many foreigners think that Britain is cold and it rains all the time. This isn't true！We often have great summers here. The best weather is in the south and，in the summer，the beaches near my home are always busy. Kevin Ribson，Brighton |
| We don't have tea or sandwiches every day at five o' clock. But when we're on holiday in Cornwall, we sometimes have a "cream tea". Delicious! And it's true that you can find some fantastic cakes here-my favorite is chocolate cake. Uzma Jones, Cardiff |
1. Where is Ewan McDonald from?
| A．England. | B．Scotland. | C．Wales. | D．America. |
| A．She lives on a farm. | B．She hates gardening. |
| C．Few British people like to live in towns. | D．Houses in the countryside in Britain are expensive. |
| A．It is great. | B．It rains a lot. | C．It is too hot. | D．It is too short. |
| A．She can make a "cream tea". | B．Her hometown is Cornwall. |
| C．She has tea and sandwiches every day. | D．She likes eating chocolate cake very much. |
| A．What the weather is like in Britain. | B．What the houses are like in Britain. |
| C．Britain and British life in their eyes. | D．Wonderful places they have been to. |
| A. Beijing Roast Duck is very famous. The Palace Museum is a good place for you to learn more about the history of China. You can have a look at the gift shops. B. Shanghai Fried Dumplings are famous. You have to visit Disneyland if you go to Shanghai. Children like to play games in this fun park. Its firework shows are wonderful. C. Guangzhou Morning Tea is delicious. And welcome to the tallest tower — Canton Tower. Colourful light shows are waiting for you! You can have great fun here. D. Zhuhai You should enjoy Sea Food. Zhuhai Opera House is a great place to enjoy music and plays. It’s on a small island. Enjoy yourself! E. Chengdu Hot Pot is popular. People from all over the world come here to see cute pandas. Don’t forget to buy some panda toys for your family. F. Wuhan Hot Dry Noodles are a traditional food. Yellow Crane Tower is one of the four most famous towers in China. You can enjoy a play about the hero city there at night. G. Harbin Red Sausages are delicious. Yabuli Ski Resort is a wonderful snow world. You can enjoy skiing and play with snow. A good place for an enjoyable holiday! |
