Many experts think that AI tools can help people work more efficiently. Many teachers, including me, have tried using them.
I use a tool called ChatGPT at work. It’s an AI tool that can quickly answer any question. But there are some downsides to this new technology. Sometimes, it can give wrong or one-sided answers because of wrong information it gets. It can also cause big problems with our privacy. Despite those risks, I still use AI-powered tools to plan lessons, give feedback on student homework, and reply to parents’ emails. And I’m looking for other ways to use the technology to make my job easier.
Take two other teachers, for example. Mike Kerr is a high school English teacher in Tennessee. He uses ChatGPT to help his students understand books better by reducing the Lexile levels, a test of a student’s reading ability and the difficulty of a text. High school students often have to read complex (复杂的) classic novels, which can be hard for new English learners. So, Kerr uses ChatGPT to give summaries of the books, which saves him time and allows him to focus more on helping the students through the text.
April Edwards, a 6th grade social studies teacher in Texas, shares how she uses AI in her teaching on a social media platform. “I use AI to create lesson plans, presentations, write emails, and create checklists. It’s a great starting point for a task or to get ideas,” she says. She hasn’t introduced AI to her students yet, because she wants to understand it fully before using it in the classroom. “My goal is to show them how to use AI responsibly and properly. If I use it irresponsibly and improperly, they might too,” she says.
1. What does Mike Kerr use AI to do?| A．Reduce teaching pressure. | B．Help with students’ homework. |
| C．Create lesson plans and write emails. | D．Help students understand classic novels better. |
| A．优点 | B．效率 | C．缺点 | D．影响力 |
| A．She totally agrees. | B．She is careful with it. |
| C．She strongly disagrees. | D．She is worried about it. |
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【推荐1】Before we upload a photo of ourselves to social media, like WeChat, we’ll use an app to smooth our skin, make our eyes look bigger, and give us longer eyelashes and fuller lips. With a couple of touches on our mobile phone, we’re able to present the best pictures of ourselves to others. However, the problem is, when we simply edit our imperfections（瑕疵） away, we’re also changing the way we look at our ourselves. ①_________
Last month, researchers from the US Boston University published an article Selfies —Living in the Era of Filtered（滤镜） Photographs. The article listed the bad effects of photo editing on people and the possibility to cause appearance worries. ②_________ The researchers think that these apps make it difficult to tell between reality and fantasy（虚幻）. “These apps allow one to change his or her appearance in minutes and follow an unrealistic standard of beauty,” the article says. ③_________
In the past, people might compare their looks to those who were famous that time. But for today’s young people, beauty standards are most likely set by what they see on social media. “From birth, they are born into an age of social platforms, and their feelings are connected to how good they look,” a British doctor Escho said.
④________ “Now you’ve got the comparison of your real self to fake self that you present on social media,” Renee Engeln, a professor at Northwestern University, told the Huff Post website. He further pointed out that when people spend too much time comparing with others, they may become “beauty sick” and find it difficult to accept what they actually look like.
So when we look in a real mirror, we shouldn’t think to ourselves, “Do I look as good as myself in the Beauty Cam（美颜）?” Instead, we should think, “I feel good, I have my health.”
1. What may people do before they present the best of themselves on social media?| A．Wearing false eyelashes. |
| B．Redding their lips before going out. |
| C．Using apps to edit photos. |
| D．Smoothing their skin in the morning. |
| A．④ | B．③ | C．② | D．① |
| A．Everybody looks as good as himself in the Beauty Cam. |
| B．These apps make it easy to tell between reality and fantasy. |
| C．The article listed the bad and good effects of photo editing on people. |
| D．People today pay more attention on how good they look than in the past. |
| A．To call on people to care more about appearance. |
| B．To call on people not to use apps on mobile phones. |
| C．To call on people to spend too much time comparing with others. |
| D．To call on people to learn something more important than appearance. |
A． | B． | C． | D． |
【推荐2】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. |
1. What kind of stories are these films and books?
| A．Detective stories. | B．Science fiction. | C．Children’s stories. | D．Myths and fables. |
| A．People have already invented both technologies in real life. |
| B．They both appeared in the films directed by Steven Spielberg. |
| C．They both gave authors ideas to write exciting stories. |
| D．They both appeared at the beginning of the twentieth century. |
| A．a person who can predict the future | B．a system designed for mobile devices |
| C．a human with a robotic heart | D．a robot who can love and be loved |
| A．Back to the Future Part II | B．AI |
| C．Iron Man | D．Minority Report |
| A．flying cars | B．cash machines | C．cyborgs | D．smart advertising |
A. Packed with non-stop action from start to finish, it is the best film in the series and among the best Marvel-inspired films ever. |
B. I love its central theme of mother and child, and I love the way it takes a Pinocchio-like fairy tale and puts it into an adult content. This is a really good film and its heart is in the right place. |
C. The reason I love this one is because the time travel is used so incredibly well here. The ideas they came up with are so interesting and so well communicated. |
D. By turning Dick’s story into a thriller, Spielberg has been true to the story: He's transformed something dark and scary into something softer and more comfortable. |
| A．A | B．B | C．C | D．D |
【推荐1】Barbie will celebrate her 60th birthday this year.
Barbie is one of the most well-known dolls in the world. She has many “jobs”, including teacher, model (模特) and doctor. Girls can give Barbie different hairstyles and clothes.
But no matter what job she does, Barbie always looks the same. She always has a thin waist (腰部) and a long neck. Some people don’t like Barbie. They think she sets an unrealistic (不现实) example of beauty for young girls.
Fortunately, there have been changes in recent years. There are now Barbie dolls with different skin colors and Barbie dolls sitting in wheelchairs. There are also more special jobs for Barbie, such as being a pilot and a boxer.
Do you know? Barbie is short for Barbara. American Ruth Handler named the Barbie doll after her daughter Barbara.
1. What is Barbie?| A．a girl. | B．A model. | C．A robot. | D．A doll. |
| A．In 1949. | B．In 1959. | C．In 1969. | D．In 1979. |
| A．A teacher. | B．A model. | C．A doctor. | D．A reporter. |
| A．Well. | B．Badly. | C．Terribly. | D．Luckily. |
| A．Girls can only give Barbie the same hairstyle and clothes. |
| B．People think Barbie sets a realistic example of beauty for young girls. |
| C．Barbie is short for Barbara who is Ruth Handler’s daughter. |
| D．Ruth Handler is an English woman. |
| A．Barbie will celebrate her 60th birthday. | B．Barbie is changing now. |
| C．Barbie will return to America. | D．Barbie will come to Shanghai this year. |
Wearing earphones, using net language and text messaging, the Gen – 90s following the Gen – 80s begin to make their world debut(初次露面).
Each generation or age group has its own symbols and lifestyle. Read and judge for yourself if you fit the Gen – 90s profile(形象).
Earphones
These little earphones seem to grow on the heads of the Gen – 90s. They might lead to MP4, MP5 or Iphone players and are used to listen to pop songs. But too much time on earphones is bad for ears.
Martian(火星的) Language
They have created their own online language. It’s a mixture of English, Japanese and Chinese that perhaps only Martians can understand. This is a generation full of imagination. But try not to use them when writing compositions. Teacher may get annoyed.
Self – Portrait(自我)
Saying “cheese” to their own cameras is common for this generation. A little bit of narcissism(自恋) never hurts anyone. It helps them reflect(反映) a little on their own lives. But be careful not to put all private photos online.
Text – Messaging
They can type their mobile phones as fast as they can speak. However, oral communication is important and will never go out of style.
1. The readers of the passage maybe_______.
| A．Teens | B．Educators | C．Socialists | D．Parents |
| A．one | B．two | C．three | D．four |
| A．the Gen-90s’ happy life |
| B．the difference between the Gen-80s and the Gen-90s |
| C．the Gen-90s’ lifestyle and some useful advice for them |
| D．the similarities between the Gen-80s and the Gen-90s |
| A．Li Hua likes dancing and always wears beautiful dresses. |
| B．Zhang Chao speaks English and Japanese very well. |
| C．Lily is a shy girl and she doesn’t like making friends. |
| D．Fangfang likes taking photos of her own and often put them online. |
| A．By making comparisons(比较). |
| B．By showing a topic and giving explanations(解释). |
| C．By using famous people’s words. |
| D．By listing data(数据). |
【推荐3】These years, big changes to city life in China have attracted the world. Among them, four stand out. They are famous as “China’s four great modern inventions”.
| Online shopping China has many big online shopping platforms, such as Taobao, T-mall and JD.com. They have made online shopping a lifestyle choice for many people in China. Taobao even started “online shopping festival”, the Double Eleven. It’s reported that Taobao and T-mall may have more than 800 million goods. Their company Alibaba has developed into the world’s largest ecommerce(电子商务) company. |
| Bike sharing Bike sharing is not a new idea. But China has given it a whole new meaning. It encourages people to ride the public-sharing bike over short distances, aiming to solve the “last mile” problem in big cities. We use mobile apps or cards to unlock bikes. We can leave the shared bikes at any bike station. This makes bike sharing much easier. |
| Cashless payment(无现金支付) In China, now you don’t need cash or bankcards to buy things. You could just pay with your mobile phone. You can scan(扫描) a store’s QR code(二维码) to pay. Even a fruit seller on the roadside has a QR code for WeChat Pay or Alipay. |
| High-speed trains On September 21, China’s new high-speed train Fuxing made its first run from Beijing to Shanghai. It ran at a speed of 350 km/h. This makes it the fastest train in the world. China has the world’s longest high-speed railway network. It’s more than 22,000 kilometers leading the game in these areas. And they are greatly changing people’s lives. |
根据语言材料内容选择最佳答案。
1. The world’s largest ecommerce company is .
| A．T-mall | B．JD.com | C．Alibaba |
| A．cheap | B．convenient | C．difficult |
| A．220 km/h | B．350 km/h | C．22,000 km/h |
| A．To solve the “last mile” problem in big cities. |
| B．To use mobile apps or cards to unlock bikes. |
| C．To leave the shared bikes at any bike station. |
| A．China only has these four modern inventions. |
| B．Taobao started “online shopping festival”, the Double Eleven. |
| C．China’s high-speed trains are greatly changing people’s lives. |
