1 . There is great excitement and argument（争论）over Artificial Intelligence（AI, 人工智能）. The argument about whether robots will replace teachers in the classroom is very heated. Some people think it is sure to happen in the next ten years. Others think that the value a good teacher brings, not only to the classroom setting. but in developing a child’s confidence and creativity outside lessons, cannot be easily replaced.

AI is not new for us and is already being used successfully in many fields, such as medicine, science and so on. So what does this mean for our future? In my view, AI will help kids to think more freely and creatively. Can AI possibly cut down the teaching work in the future, too? Of course. Our teachers are always busy preparing materials for their lessons, Just imagine how happy they would be if they don’t have to copy hundreds of paper, but instead, have this task or others done by machines.

However, most importantly, I do not believe AI will be able to imitate the human mental condition totally, especially emotional intelligence（情商）. What makes learning unforgettable is shared experience, human interaction（互相作用）, and long-lasting positive relationships. For example, experienced teachers can comfort a student if he has suffered a serious loss. But it hasn’t been proved that robots can imitate this well.

I also believe we need to continue to celebrate our kids’ personality and their ability not only to make decisions but also make the right decisions. These are skills that they can get as they get more life experience and are given the space to experiment.

To what degree can teachers use AI in their classes? You can have all the data（数据）you like with the help of AI, but great teachers will also need to depend on their own feelings.

1. The writer starts the passage by ________.

A．telling stories	B．comparing views
C．raising questions	D．giving suggestions

2. We can learn that some people think a good teacher might be able to ________.

A．use AI as much as possible in the class teaching

B．help kids think more freely and creatively than AI

C．have high intelligence to deal with the heavy teaching work

D．develop a child’s confidence and creativity outside the lessons

3. What is Paragraph 2 mainly about?

A．Why teachers can be replaced in classrooms.

B．There is argument over Artificial Intelligence.

C．How helpful AI can be to both students and teachers.

D．AI is only being used successfully in education.

4. What’s the structure of the passage?

A．	B．
C．	D．

5. Which example can be shown that the human teacher is important?

A．A teacher gives lessons to students.

B．A teacher use modern way to teach students.

C．A teacher comforts a student who failed the exam.

D．A teacher checks hundreds of paper by himself every day.

2 . “How are you?” is a nice question. It’s a friendly way that people in the USA greet each other. But “How are you?” is also a very unusual question. It’s a question that often doesn’t need an answer. The person who asks “How are you?” hopes to hear the answer “Fine”, even if the person’s friend isn’t fine. The reason is that “How are you?” isn’t really a question and “Fine” isn’t really an answer. They are simply other ways of saying “Hello” or “Hi”.

Sometimes, people don’t say exactly what they mean. For example, when someone asks “Do you agree?”, the other person might think, “No, I disagree. I think you’re wrong...” But it isn’t very polite to disagree so strongly, so the other person might say “I’m not sure.” It’s a nicer way to say that you don’t agree with someone.

People don’t say exactly what they are thinking when they want to finish talking with other people. For example, many talks over the phone finish when one person says “I’ve to go now.” Often, the person who wants to hang up gives an excuse: “Someone’s at the door.” “Something is burning on the stove.” The excuses might be real, or not. Perhaps the person who wants to hang up simply doesn’t want to talk any more, but it isn’t polite to say that. The excuse is more polite, and it doesn’t hurt the other person.

Whether they are greeting each other, talking about an idea, or finishing a talk, people don’t say exactly what they are thinking. It’s an important way that people try to be nice to each other, and it’s part of the game of language.     

根据短文内容，选择正确答案。
1. When a person in America asks“How are you?”, he or she wants to hear“ ________ ”

A．How are you?

B．Hello.

C．I don't know.

D．Fine.

2. When a person disagrees with someone, it is polite to say “_________ ”

A．You are wrong. I disagree.	B．I'm not sure.
C．I’m sure I disagree.	D．I don’t agree with you.

3. A polite way to finish a talk is to say “__________”

A．You have to go now.	B．I want to hang up.
C．I have to go now.	D．I don't want to talk any more.

4. When a person says “I’ve got to go now. Someone’s at the door.”, the person may be_______.

A．giving an excuse	B．hurting someone’s feelings
C．talking to a person at the door	D．going to another place

5. The rule of the game of language is probably____________ .

A．“Always say what you mean.”	B．“Don’t disagree with people.”
C．“Never say exactly what you’re thinking.”	D．“Be polite.”