Language students often think they have memory problems. They worry because they can’t remember words. In fact, the problem usually isn’t with their memory. The problem is with how they study.
To remember words better, you need to understand how memory works. There are two kinds of memory: short-term and long-term. When you see, hear, or read something, it goes first into short-term memory. But short-term memory lasts for only a few seconds. You will only remember something longer if it goes into long-term memory. Your long-term memory is like a very big library with many, many books. And like a library, it’s organized（有条理的）.When you put away a book-or memory-you can’t just leave it anywhere. You have to choose a place where you can find it again.
How can you do this with vocabulary? The answer is to work with the word and think about the word in new ways. You can do this by writing new sentences that include it. Even better, you can invent a little story about the word, with people or places that you know. Another way is to make a picture in your mind with the word. For example, if the word is height, you can think of the tallest person you know and try to guess his or her height. All of these activities are good ways to think about words. They make the meaning of words stronger in your long-term memory. And they give a way to find a word when you need it.
1. the writer’s opinion, students can’t remember words because ______.| A．they have memory problems |
| B．they’re too worried |
| C．they don’t use a proper way |
| D．they don’t like to study |
| A．Short-term memory is seldom used. |
| B．What we see goes into long-term memory first. |
| C．We will forget a word soon if it goes into short-term memory. |
| D．We will never forget a word if it goes into long-term memory. |
| A．keeps many books like a large library |
| B．works like a well-organized library |
| C．provides any book you want |
| D．leaves memory anywhere |
| A．Making sentences with the word. |
| B．Listening to some familiar stories. |
| C．Talking with people that you know. |
| D．Drawing pictures of the word on paper. |
| A．language students’ problems in study |
| B．how to make the meaning of words stronger |
| C．short-term and long-term memory |
| D．how to improve ways to remember words |
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【推荐1】“Hello, everyone! Welcome to Tiangong Class.” With this greeting, a special speech began on Tiangong space station about 400 kilometers above the earth on Dec 9, 2021. Lasting for about an hour, the space speech was broadcast live to millions of students.
Three astronauts from the Shenzhou XIII—Zhai Zhigang, Wang Yaping and Ye Guangfu— hosted the speech, showing how they live and work on the space station and doing some interesting experiments that can only be done in space. This is the second live space speech in China. Eight years ago, with the assistance of two other Shenzhou X astronauts. Wang gave the country’s first live space speech to over 60 million schoolchildren across China.
More space to teach
Compared with the class eight years ago, this space speech is greatly different. The “classroom” is bigger. Instead of Tiangong I experimental module(实验舱), this year Wang gave the space speech in the Tianhe space core module(核心舱), which is the biggest spacecraft developed by China.
Technological development
The quality of space to ground connection and communication is also much improved. The space speech sometimes faced the challenges of the video freezing and an unclear picture, but this year’s speech is different. The transmission speed has been highly increased and the whole live broadcast has run smoothly. These changes show Chinese space industry has made great progress in the past eight years.
Bigger contents(授课内容)
Along with the technological progress, this year’s space speech discussed more courses of science. Eight years ago, Wang showed students the laws of physics in space. But this year, biology was added. Though these space speeches showed different topics, the aim to spread knowledge about man-made spaceflights and to make young people be interested in science has never changed. Space activities can help young people develop the interests of science and face challenges.
1. When did Wang Yaping give the first live space speech to schoolchildren across China?| A．2003 | B．2012 | C．2013 | D．2021 |
| A．compare the two classes. | B．introduce the teaching skills. |
| C．report the news. | D．encourage young people. |
| A．Wang Yaping gave the second lecture in Tiangong I experimental module. |
| B．The special speech discussed the laws of physics and geography in space in Dec. 9, 2021. |
| C．The space speech faced the challenges of the transmission speed and live broadcast smoothly in the past. |
| D．Chinese space industry has little progress nowadays. |
a. Astronauts show how they live and work on the space station and do some interesting experiments in space.
b. Wang Yaping showed students the laws of physics in space.
c. Young people are interested in science and face challenges.
d. Shenzhou XIII flew into the space.
| A．abcd | B．bacd | C．bdac | D．dbac |
| A．A Great Astronaut. | B．Progress In Space Science. |
| C．A Special Class. | D．Build A Spirit Of Science. |
【推荐2】There are many ways to help improve your health like eating healthy food, taking exercise and getting medical help. But the easiest and cheapest way to improve your health is just to sleep eight hours every night. The general sleeping rule is that the younger you are, the longer sleep you need. But regardless of age, some people need to sleep more while for some a few hours is enough.
The problem with sleep is that more people in the world are not sleeping enough. According to the World Health Organization, over half the people in the world maybe sleep-deprived. Having less sleep not only makes people feel tired but also causes accidents. In the United States alone, sleepy drivers cause at least 100,000 traffic accidents a year. Also sleep problems can cause medical problems such as high blood pressure.
Why are so many people sleep-deprived? Part of the reasons may be cultural. In the American culture, people put a higher value on work than on sleep. In fact, people who sleep a lot are usually seen as “lazy”. Also, you can sometime hear some people say proudly that they don’t have much time to sleep, and they only sleep four or five hours a night. It seems that the less you sleep, the more work you’ll do.
How do we teach these people to learn the value of sleep? Perhaps they may listen to the advice of Dr. James Maas, an expert in sleep. He says, “Sleep is like a credit card. When you sleep less, you are only borrowing time. You always have to pay it back. The more hours you don’t sleep, the more hours you should sleep to ‘pay back’ the hours on your ‘sleep credit card’.”
For those who value work more than sleep, they should listen to what a famous person once said, “Don’t think you will be doing less work because you sleep during the night. That is a foolish idea which is held by people who have no imagination. You will be able to do more.”
1. According to the writer, the easiest and cheapest way to improve health is to ________.| A．eat healthy food every day |
| B．take exercise as much as possible |
| C．sleep eight hours or more than eight hours every night |
| A．Having a good sleep. | B．Excited about sleep. | C．Having less sleep. |
| A．An hour. | B．A report. | C．A credit card. |
| A．Sleeping during the night is helpful. | B．People have no imagination. | C．People always do less work. |
| A．The Value of Sleep | B．The Value of Study | C．The Ways of Eating Less |
When we get cold, sometimes our bodies start moving, even if we don’t mean for them to.
Shivering (颤抖) is one of several ways the body tries to keep warm when it’s cold out. In fact, your insides need to stay about the same temperature.
When your warm body meets cold air, the heat from your body flows (流动) into the air.
| A．Of course, put on a coat! |
| B．But do you know the reason? |
| C．Then how can we keep warm? |
| D．Shivering helps make that happen. |
| E．If you go outside in a T-shirt on a snowy day, you will shiver. |
| F．This is because heat always flows from a hot thing to a cold thing. |
The company OpenAI introduced ChatGPT to the world. It is the latest type of AI chatboxes. A chatbox is a computer program just like human conversation. Anyone can use ChatGPT for free now so that the company can collect people’s ideas on how to improve it.
People have tested how ChatGPT works. Reporters found out that it was able to write articles with rightful opinions for newspapers. Teachers asked it to write answers to exam questions. ChatGPT could almost get full marks. In our daily life, it helped a father brainstorm ideas of a birthday party for his son that combines the kid’s two favorites, rabbits and basketball.
Moreover, when people ask ChatGPT questions, it can find mistakes. If it is asked what happened when Columbus arrived in America in 2023, older AIs might give a story. ChatGPT can recognize that Columbus reached America in the 1400s. It can also refuse to answer questions that are not proper. For example, ask it for advice on stealing a car. It will say that stealing a car is a serious crime and can have bad results. Instead, it gives advice such as “ taking the bus”.
ChatGPT might help people solve problems, but the AI is trained using texts from the Internet. Often, the texts are used without being allowed by the writers of those texts.Some argue that technology doesn’t respect people’s work. Some argue that people will use the ChatGPT to copy others’ work and sell it as their own. In 2015, Elon Musk set up OpenAI, but left it in 2017. In 2022, he bought Twitter and then he pointed out that OpenAI could use the Twitter database (数据库) for training in the past, but not for now. Some think this AI technology is bad for the earth, too.Training ChatGPT might make more than 284 tons of CO2 and lead to climate change that will heat up the earth.
It’s too soon to say what kind of effect ChatGPT will have on our lives. Let’s hope that, if ChatGPT does become bigger and more popular, its effects are mostly good. So, what do you think?
1. We can use ChatGPT for free now, because it ________.| A．needs to improve itself | B．is able to teach machines |
| C．helps students with exams | D．writes poems about coding. |
| A．me: What happened after paper was invented in America? AI: Paper started to change how knowledge was spread. |
| B．me: Is Li Bai, a poet in modern China, famous all over the world? AI: Yes, because his poems are fantastic. |
| C．me: Show me how to use other people’s bank card without being noticed. AI: For your information, that is against the law. |
| D．me: Find something for my mom as a Mother’s Day gift. She likes classic music and cooking. AI: Among all the gifts listed online, there’s no such gift. |
| A．Musk bought the Twitter database for OpenAI to use. |
| B．Training ChatGPT is good for the climate on the earth. |
| C．ChatGPT used texts after being allowed by the writers. |
| D．Musk stopped OpenAI from using the Twitter database. |
A． | B． | C． | D． |
| A．Positive. | B．Negative. | C．Indifferent. | D．Unknown. |
【推荐2】These days robots are becoming more and more useful. They are loved by people all over the world. Today let’s know some news about robots.
 | ◆A helping robot Pepper works in a supermarket in Germany His job is to tell people some rules for dealing with the coronavirus. A company in Tokyo made Pepper in 2014. Pepper is as tall as 6-year-old kid. It can do a lot of things, like talking with people and teaching students about programming. |
 | ◆A hand-cleaning robot Now, some primary school students in Taiwan build their own robots named Soldiers against the coronavirus. They invented smart robots to keep their hands clean. The robots can give off sanitizer into their hands. The robots are made out of old toys. |
 | ◆The 2020 RoboCup Humans have the World Cup, while robots have the RoboCup. In April, robots from all over the world had a competition at the RoboCup German Open 2020. And RoboCup 2021 will take place in Bordeaux, France from June 22 to 28. |
1. Pepper was made in ________.
| A．Germany | B．Tokyo | C．Taiwan | D．France |
| A．play football well like humans | B．have a conversation with people |
| C．help make students’ hands clean | D．teach students about programming |
| A．Pepper is taller than a 6-year-old boy |
| B．the robots in Taiwan are made out of old boxes |
| C．both Soldiers and Pepper can help fight against coronavirus |
| D．we can enjoy the competitions of RoboCup 2021 on July 22 |
【推荐3】
The first copyright case (版权案件) about AI-created (人工智能生成的) images in China had its first result from the Beijing Internet Court (北京互联网法院).
A man surnamed (姓) Li is a Chinese social media Xiaohongshu account (账户) owner. He used the software Stable Diffusion in February to make a picture. And then, he posted the picture on Xiaohongshu.
However, a lady surnamed Liu used the picture in March and cut off the Xiaohongshu watermark (水印) in her post in Baijiahao, a blog-style platform under Baidu.
The court found that this was an act of infringement (侵权) and said the lady must make a public apology and pay 500 yuan to Li.
The court decided that the AI-generated picture had “originality (独创性)” and that such pictures should be known as works and protected by copyright law (法律). The court said that Li made the setting of the AI model based on his needs. The image was produced based on his ideas and showed his own expression. So, Li is the creator of the image and owns its copyright.
This case is not the only one raising discussion. Another recent case is about ChatGPT.
In the case of ChatGPT, the model is trained on a huge amount of text from many sources, so it could be argued that the creators of the source material should have some claim (所有权) to the copyright of the generated content (内容).
However, it could also be argued that the creators of the model, OpenAI, should have the copyright because they created the program and wrote the code (代码) that generates the content.
The law is still not clear on the copyright issues around AI-generated works like this. Decisions on such issues are expected to change rapidly over the next several years.
1. What was the consequence for Li as a result of the court’s decision?| A．He was ordered to pay 500 yuan to Liu. |
| B．He was recognized as the copyright owner of the image he created. |
| C．He had to publicly apologize to Liu. |
| D．He was required to stop using the Stable Diffusion software. |
| A．Liu used the software Stable Diffusion to generate her own image. |
| B．Li had not previously registered the copyright for the image. |
| C．The court found originality in the AI-generated image created by Li. |
| D．The watermark was removed from the image by Liu. |
| A．Delete the image from Baijiahao. |
| B．Create her own AI-generated picture. |
| C．Make a public apology and pay Li 500 yuan. |
| D．Give the AI software credits for the image. |
| A．The images created by ChatGPT are not considered original. |
| B．It is unclear who holds the copyright for the content generated by ChatGPT. |
| C．OpenAI has already been assigned the copyright for ChatGPT’s outputs. |
| D．All text generated by ChatGPT is open source. |
| A．The law will become stricter on AI-created content. |
| B．All AI-created content will be freely accessible without copyright concerns. |
| C．OpenAI will be granted automatic copyright for all AI-generated content. |
| D．Decisions on these issues will likely change frequently in the near future. |
【推荐1】While other teenagers are hanging out with friends or play sports after school, Brooke Yoakam goes to business meetings.
Yoakam first began developing mobile app called GiftPocket at the age of 12. Now 17, this girl from Ohio, US has finally launched the app.
It allows users to upload gift cards from various businesses and store them all in one place. Users can also exchange gift cards. The app is free to download and use.
Yoakam said about 1,000 users have downloaded the app, with 87 percent of them signing up and 45 percent adding at least one gift card to the service.
Yoakam came up with the idea for the app after attending a leadership academy in sixth grade. She was asked to solve the problem. She realized that she always forgot her gift cards to store and use the gift cards from there.
After leaving the academy, Yoakam decided to develop an app that would solve this problem. She won a local business competition and received $2,000(13,800 yuan) from a company to invest in her idea. She traveled around after school two or three times a week to work on the app. She even gave up some of her hobbies and activities.
The app has helped her realize her interests. She hopes to major in business and technology in college.
1. What do we know about the app GiftPocket?a. Users can upload and store gift cards on it.
b .Users ca exchange gift cards with each other.
c .Users can upload as many cards as they want.
d. Users have to pay to use it.
| A．ab | B．ac | C．ad | D．bc |
| A．About 450. | B．About 550. | C．About 870. | D．About 1,000. |
| A．She wanted to learn how to create an app. |
| B．She hoped to save a lot of money by using gift cards. |
| C．She wanted to exchange gift cards with her friends. |
| D．She always forgot to bring her gift cards while shopping. |
| A．Most users of GiftPocket are schoolgirls. |
| B．Yoakam had no interest in business and technology. |
| C．Yoakam worked hard to create GiftPocket. |
| D．Yoakam received investment from the leadership academy. |
| A．Ohio. | B．Florida. | C．Hawaii. | D．Missouri. |
| October | ||||||
| Saturday | Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
| 1 English test | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Tom’s birthday | 6 | 7 |
| 8 | 9 School Trip | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 mother’s birthday |
| 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 soccer game | 19 English party | 20 | 21 |
| 22 | 23 | 24 baseball game | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
| 29 | 30 Art Festival | 31 | ||||
根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
1. The English test is on ______.
| A．October 1st. | B．October 9th |
| C．October 19th | D．October 14th |
| A．October 9th | B．October 19th |
| C．October 14th | D．October 30th |
| A．School Trip; English party |
| B．Art Festival; English party |
| C．English part; School Trip |
| D．Tom’s birthday; soccer game |
| A．soccer game; English party |
| B．soccer game; baseball game |
| C．School Trip; soccer game |
| D．baseball game; Art Festival |
| A．soccer game. | B．English party |
| C．baseball game | D．Art Festival |
【推荐3】Two boys are catching an octopus (章鱼) under the sea. They are diving without oxygen tanks (氧气瓶). How can they do this?
The boys are Bajau people (巴瑶族). They are a special group of people whose home is on the sea! They move around a lot, but mainly in the waters of Malaysia and Indonesia. They have no citizenship (国籍), so they can’t live on the mainland.
For over 10000 years, the Bajau people have been living on houseboats. They travel from place to place on the sea and hardly ever go on land. Everything they need comes from the sea, according to the BBC.
The Bajau people are famous for their free diving abilities. They dive for about eight hours each day. Children learn to swim young and begin fishing as early as 8 years old.
This lifestyle has changed their bodies. They have more oxygen in their blood. So their bodies are different from ours. They can dive over 70 meters underwater for a few minutes while catching fish, The Atlantic noted.
根据短文判断句子正误，正确的写“T”，错误的写“F”。1. The two boys can live on the mainland.
2. The Bajau people are good at diving without oxygen tanks.
3. The Bajau people has a history of more than 10000 years living on houseboats.
4. From the passage, we can know the Bajau people’s bodies are different from ours.
5. The Bajau people can dive over 70 meters underwater far about eight hours each day.
Ride Out to Protect the Environment
Bike month helps everyone make their efforts to improve theenvironment. If you’rebiking to school, you are helping bring down the air pollution. It is the most common form of pollution andby getting your family to stop driving and start riding a bike, you can do your part in improving the air quality.
Count Down Those Calories
Cycling isn’t just good for theenvironment; it’s good for you too. Riding a bicycle burns calories and helps keep you healthy. It not only improves your physical health, but also your mental state of mind. It can really help you be a happier person.
Share the Sunny Summer
So get into that shed, and take out your old bike. Paint the bike blue. Put on a nice coat. Load up a number of songs. Invite a group of friends to get on the bikes and ride this May! Be a fun-in- the-sun child! Enjoy yourself!
1. The second paragraph mainly tells us that riding bicycles .
| A．improves our physical health |
| B．does good to the environment |
| C．changes our mental slates of mind |
| D．helps us enjoy the sunny spring |
| A．history | B．geography |
| C．sports | D．food |
| A．advise people to lose more weight |
| B．ask people to repair and paint the old bikes |
| C．preventpeople from staying at home watching TV |
| D．makepeople realize the advantages of riding bicycles |
Some people go to sleep easily. Other people can’t. A lot of things can help you go to sleep easily and get a good sleep. Doing some exercises during the day can help you go to sleep. Walking, running and bike riding are good exercises. You can also play ball games, like basketball, soccer or tennis.
Before you go to bed, you shouldn’t drink coffee or eat chocolates. Drinking a cup of warm milk may help you go to sleep. Many people also find that listening to quiet music helps them go to sleep.
Please take a warm shower before you go to bed. It can also help you relax and go to sleep.
Follow the advice and have a good sleep every day, so you can wake up (醒来) happily in the morning and maintain good health.
1. ______ can’t help you to go to sleep.
| A．Taking a walk | B．Listening to quiet music |
| C．Drinking some warm milk | D．Eating chocolates |
| A．Fruit. | B．Medicine. | C．Sports. | D．Vegetables. |
| A．It can keep you clean. | B．It can help you relax and go to sleep. |
| C．It can help you wake up easily. | D．It can make you healthy. |
| A．发现 | B．保持 | C．损失 | D．丢掉 |
| A．how to sleep well | B．it is important to sleep well |
| C．how to stay healthy | D．it is important to stay healthy |
It's a hot time for Chinese language learning across the world ,not only because of China's higher position in the world but also because of the increasing economic （经济的）and cultural connections between China and other countries．
For example ,the United Arab Emirates （UAE）（阿拉伯联合酋长国） plans to open Chinese language courses in 200 public primary and middle schools , so experienced Chinese teachers are needed．
Other Chinese courses opened across the world show the increasing need for Chinese-speaking talent．Mandarin（普通话） became an elective（选修的）foreign language in Russia's college entrance exam． Following English , German , French , and Spanish ,Mandarin has become the fifth elective test subject for the exam．
Spain has more than 40 ,000 people learning Chinese．Last year about 8 ,000 people took the Chinese Proficiency Test（HSK）exam．The number of people who took the test was the biggest , according to Xinhua News Agency．
In the US．leaning Chinese has been thriving for many years and is now a popular choice for American children ,especially those who were born in good families．The children begin to learn Chinese at an early age because their parents believe that learning Chinese will help them build successful international careers（职业）．
1. Why is Chinese language learning so hot？| A．Because many foreigners like China's culture． |
| B．Because China has the highest position in the world． |
| C．Because China helps a lot of countries to develop． |
| D．Because China has more international influence around the world． |
| A．French | B．Spanish | C．Japanese | D．Mandarin |
| A．兴盛 | B．衰落 | C．改变 | D．开办 |
| A．The UAE needs experienced English teachers． |
| B．All American children learn Chinese from an early age． |
| C．About one fifth of the Spanish learning Chinese took the HSK in 2018． |
| D．The Mandarin exam must be taken before going to Russia's colleges． |
| A．more people in the UAE begin to learn Chinese |
| B．Chinese language learning is popular around the world |
| C．some foreign countries want more Chinese teachers |
| D．many American children are learning Chinese now |
