1 . 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. |
2 . On November 14, 2023, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) (国际民用航空组织) officially recognized China’s Bei Dou Satellite Navigation (卫星导航) System (BDS) as the world level. This makes it one of four global satellite navigation systems, along with the United States’ GPS, Russia’s GLONASS and the European Union’s Galileo.
China started to develop the BDS in 1994. The system came into use in 2000. After 12 years of work, it began serving the Asia-Pacific region. In 2020, with the global use of BDS-3, China has improved the system to provide users with more correct positioning services, making it a valuable tool for more industries, including transportation, agriculture, and surveying.
Now, with 59 satellites in its network, the BDS has served more than 1.5 billion users across the world. Most mobile apps providing maps, navigation and shopping services in China already support the BDS. China’s satellite navigation industry is growing fast. Its value reached more than 500 billion yuan in 2022. That number is expected to double by 2025. In the first half year of 2023, there were about 13.4 million new BDS devices (设备). Nearly 60% were used in transport systems. The rest were used in communication and agriculture. The former made up about 28% and the latter 12%.
As BDS gets more popular, it is expected to play an increasingly important role in global navigation and positioning services.
1. What does the underlined word “recognized” in Paragraph 1 probably mean in Chinese?A.研发 | B.认可 | C.试用 | D.提升 |
A.1994. | B.2000. | C.2012. | D.2020. |
A.It is very expensive to put BDS into use. |
B.All of the mobile apps in China support the BDS. |
C.Bei Dou Satellite Navigation System is developing rapidly. |
D.China’s satellite navigation industry is facing great challenges. |
A.agriculture | B.public safety | C.communication | D.transport systems |
A.BDS has been widely used in many fields. |
B.BDS has served more users than Russia’s GLONASS. |
C.BDS began to provide positioning services for people in 1994. |
D.BDS is the most importantsatellite navigation system in the world. |
3 . Drones (无人机) are like planes, but come in many shapes and sizes. They have no pilots and are controlled from outside the drones. During these years, they have been used to attack (进攻) enemies or move goods (货品) in dangerous areas.
Now small drones are a part of people’s lives. For example, people use drones to take photos or make videos. Besides, a drone delivery (投递) service has proved (证明) successful.
Online store JD can use drones to deliver small packages (包裹). It has built several drone stations so that it can load (装载) and deliver its packages.
Drones have made our shopping experience different. We can order a new coat in early morning and it will be delivered before we finish breakfast.
Bizzby Sky, a UK company, has created a delivery service for small goods. Open a smartphone app, enter your address, set a time and pay enough money for the delivery service. Then in minutes, a drone will do tasks for you.
However, any drone company needs government permission (允许) to fly its drones in many countries. We believe we will see more and more drones with goods fly in the sky very soon.
根据短文内容填空,每空一词。1. Drones are like planes, but come in many
2. Drones can be
3. Several drone stations have been
4. If you open a smartphone app, enter your
5. Today’s shopping experience is
4 . Science and technology will continue to develop. Nature and Business in 2023 have made their predictions. Let’s have a look.
Human-like friends Robots will be more like humans both in their looks and abilities. These robots will serve as greeters, waiters and companions of the elderly. Elon Musk’s company is working hard on making human-like robots that will work in our home. More AI systems will play roles-in areas like health care and scientific research. | |
Protecting the earth One of the most difficult challenges the world faces today is reducing carbon emissions. This year we can expect more progress in green hydrogen, a new clean energy with near-zero greenhouse gas emissions. Scientists will also have a safer way to deal with nuclear waste. The used nuclear fuel will be buried 400 meters underground. | |
Space and beyond The images from the world’s largest and most powerful space telescope—the James Webb Space Telescope—have amazed the world. And the Euclid Space Telescope will be launched. It will take photos to create a 3D map of the universe. China will continue to build the Xinjiang Qitai Radio Telescope. It will be able to watch 75% of the stars in the sky at any given time. | |
Staying connected People will communicate more smoothly. In China, the Beidou Navigation Satellite System can now be directly connected to mobile phones. We can find where the phones are even when there’s no signal. A US company is also working on a direct connection between phones and satellites. The impact of 5G will continue to grow. |
1. We can probably read this article in a __________.
A.magazine | B.guidebook | C.comic strip | D.picture book |
A.serving as greeters or waiters | B.taking good care of the old |
C.playing roles in health and scientific research | D.learning to use some space telescopes |
A.sent out | B.taken in | C.taken away | D.run out of |
A.The James Webb Space Telescope | B.The Euclid Space Telescope |
C.The Beidou Navigation Satellite System | D.The Xinjiang Qitai Radio Telescope |
A.The development of green energy. | B.The exploration of the universe. |
C.Improvements in communication technologies. | D.Influence of climate change. |
A.To explain the difficulties faced by the world today. |
B.To encourage readers to explore in space. |
C.To introduce the development in science and technology. |
D.To argue for the need for funding in scientific research. |
Dear Carol,
How’s it going? Now I’d like to tell you about a day in my smart city.
After breakfast, I usually go to school by bike. But on
After school, I usually spend some time
Then, the day turns into the night and I walk home. There
All in all, I live in such a smart city and I really enjoy
Yours,
Zhou Lin
Recently, a primary school in Changsha, has put Virtual Reality (VR) technology (虚拟现实技术) to good use in an English class. When the students put on the VR glasses, it seemed that they were taken into a new world where they could see for themselves. They could enjoy the views along the way, allowing more knowledge to be kept in mind.
VR language learning is now starting to be widely used in many schools. Think of it like this. Now you are learning English in China, you don’t have enough chances to use English if you are not in English classes, but if you learn English in English-speaking countries like America or the UK, it’ll be much easier for you to make progress.
Nowadays, a lot of apps have also been designed to serve VR language learning. The app “House of Languages” is one of them. It is already available (可获得的) on the Samsung (三星) VR. It can sense your movement and the acts of your eyeballs, arms and hands.
When you are learning English in it, a lovely racoon (浣熊) called “Mr. Woo”, will guide you to communicate in English. You can use English by finishing tasks Mr. Woo gives you. For example, you will be asked to find certain things at your home according to the English words that Mr. Woo gives you. After you’ve found these things, you should “take” them, “come back” to Mr. Woo and “give” them to him. Then he will say “thanks” to you. Sometimes, Mr. Woo may have some activities like family party so that you will have more tasks to finish in that situation. You will learn English so quickly that you will even forget you are leaning.
Virtual Reality is showing increasing promise in language education and the day, isn’t far away when it will become one of the main media in education. What about you? Would you learn a new language in Virtual Reality?
1. Recently, VR technology has been put to good use2. In China, if you aren’t in English classes, you don’t
3. What can Samsung VR sense?
4. Who will guide you to communicate in English in the app?
5. Do you like to learn a new language in Virtual Reality? Why or why not?
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When ChatGPT came out, Olivia Lipkin, a copywriter in San Francisco, found herself with less and less work to do. Last April, she was fired with no explanation. She realized the reason when hearing managers talking about how using ChatGPT was at a lower cost than having a human writer. Eric Fein had worked in a writing company for ten years. He became jobless last March because of ChatGPT. He said to his boss that ChatGPT couldn’t write with his level of creativity. His boss said he understood, but he would have to pay more to Fein than using ChatGPT.
AI systems like ChatGPT could replace (替代)hundreds of millions of jobs in the future. And for those who write social media posts and ads, the effect is already here. However, experts say that even the best AI systems can’t match the writing skills of a human. It doesn’t have a personal voice or style. Besides, it often gives the wrong answers.
Indeed, companies that have replaced human workers with ChatGPT have run into trouble. CNET, a technology news site, once used Al systems to write articles. The results, however, were full of mistakes. And the U.S. National Eating Disorders Company once replaced its helpline workers with robots. But it had to stop using the technology after the robots gave people harmful advice.
After being replaced by ChatGPT, Fein and Lipkin didn’t give up. Fein has decided to be an air-conditioning technician(技师), a job that AI can’t do. And Lipkin now works as a dog walker. She says, “People are looking for the cheapest solution, and that’s not a person-it’s a robot.”
1. Why did Lipkin and Fein lose their jobs?A.There was less and less work for them to do. |
B.ChatGPT was much more creative than them. |
C.The cost savings were in the first place for the companies. |
D.The companies thought their works were of low quality. |
A.AI systems will replace all kinds of jobs. | B.AI systems can write as well as human writers. |
C.AI systems have a personal voice and style. | D.AI systems still have a long way to go. |
A.It requires no corrections in writing. | B.It may give wrong suggestions to users. |
C.It can only be used to write articles. | D.It has been widely used in every field. |
A.Humorous and honest. | B.Strong-minded and hard-working. |
C.Patient and easy-going. | D.Kind-hearted and smart. |
A.Will ChatGPT Replace Humans? | B.Should Humans Trust ChatGPT? |
C.Will ChatGPT Become Creative? | D.Can ChatGPT Think by Itself? |
8 . A high-tech zebra crossing with flashing lights and audio warning (语音提示) was put into
At a busy
The
Jiang Fei, a traffic officer in Bishan, said that the lighting system was very useful in the evenings and on rainy and foggy
Rong Sheng from the school
Now the
9 . 中国人一直为古代的四大发明感到骄傲。如今,新的四大发明——高铁、电子支付、共享单车、网上购物再次影响着人们的生活,请你写一篇英语短文,向外国友人介绍其中一项你认为最重要的新四大发明并说明理由,帮助外国友人更好地了解中国。
注意:(1)文中不得出现真实的人名、校名、地名等;(2)词数:80—100(开头已给出,不计入总词数)。
Now China has once again shown its ability to change the world with its “four great new inventions”.
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10 . There is great excitement and argument over Artificial Intelligence (AI). 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? Of course. Our teachers are always busy preparing for their lessons. Just imagine how happy they will be if they don't have to correct hundreds of papers, 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, and long-lasting positive relationships. For example, experienced teachers can comfort a student if he has suffered a serious loss. But no research shows that robots can imitate this well.
I also believe we need to develop our kids’ personality and their ability not only to make decisions but also make the right decision. To achieve this, relying only on AI is impossible.
In short, AI has both its advantages and disadvantages. To what degree can teachers use AI in their classes? You can have all the information you want 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 a story | B.comparing different views |
C.pointing out his opinion | D.giving some suggestions |
A.The successful usage of AI in many fields. |
B.Teachers can help kids think more freely and creatively than AI. |
C.AI helps teachers to correct hundreds of papers. |
D.How helpful AI will be to both students and teachers. |
A.imagine | B.produce | C.control | D.copy |
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A.What can AI Bring Students in the Classroom? |
B.Will AI Replace Teachers in the Classroom? |
C.Is AI a Good Way to Help with Children's Learning? |
D.How do Teachers Use AI in Their Classroom Teaching? |