I’d been bored by everything associated with English courses and the idea of being a writer had never come to me until in my third year in high school when our English class was taken over by Mr. Fleagle. Mr. Fleagle was said to be very formal, dull, prim (古板的) and hopelessly out of date. He wore primly severe glasses; his wavy hair was primly cut and primly combed. He had a primly pointed jaw, a primly straight nose, and a prim manner of speaking that was so correct, so gentlemanly, that he seemed a comic antique (古董).
I prepared for another unfruitful year without enjoyment in that dull subject with Mr. Fleagle. I found English grammar dull and difficult. I hated the assignments to turn out long, lifeless paragraphs that were painful for teachers to read and for me to write.
Late in the year, Mr. Fleagle handed out a homework sheet offering us a list of topics. None was quite so simple-minded as “What I Did on My Summer Vacation,” but most seemed to be almost as boring as I had expected. I took the list home and did nothing until the night before the essay was due. Lying on the sofa, I finally faced up to the unwelcome task, took the list out of my notebook, and scanned it.
Then my eyes stopped on the topic “The Art of Eating Spaghetti.” Vivid memories came flooding back of a night in Belleville when all of us—Uncle Allen, my mother, my father and my cousin Doris were seated and Aunt Pat served spaghetti for supper which was still a little known foreign dish in those days. Neither Doris nor I had ever eaten spaghetti, and none of the adults had enough experience to be good at it. However, it was a night that I would never forget.
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1.所续写短文的词数应为150左右；
2.至少使用5个短文中标有下划线的关键词语；
3.续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；
4.续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。
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Suddenly I wanted to write about that, about the warmth and good feeling of that night.
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Two days later the graded articles were returned.
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1.袁隆平的简介；
2.袁隆平的贡献；
3.袁隆平对你的影响。
注意：
1.词数100左右；开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
参考词汇与句型：
1……我的荣幸 It is such a great honor for me to...
2.发表我的演讲 deliver my speech
3.我的主题是…… My topic is that...
4.袁隆平是我心目中真正的英雄 Yuan Longping is a true hero in my eyes.
5.被视为“杂交水稻之父” is regarded as “Father of Hybrid Rice”
6.1930年9月出生于北京 was born in September，1930 in Bejjing
7.1973年培育出第一批杂交水稻 cultivated the first hybrid rice in 1973
8.成功养活世界1/5的人口 managed to feed one-fifth of the world’s population
9.2004年被授予世界粮食奖 was awarded the World Food Prize in 2004
10.2019年被授予共和国勋章 was awarded the Medal of the Republic in 2019
11.因为他对……的贡献 for his contributions to...
12.中国农业科学发展 China’s scientific development of agriculture
13.从他身上，我学到…… From him, I have learned that...
14.只有通过我不断的努力 only through my constant efforts
15.更好地为社会和国家服务 serve our society and country better
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen.
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That’s all for my presentation. Thanks for your listening!
小组成员的观点 | 1. Follow traffic rules. 2. Don’t eat junk food. 3. Don’t swim in the rivers without an adult. 4. Don’t hang out alone at night. 5. e careful online. |
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2词数100左右，开头已给出，不计入总词数。
Nowadays, safety is very important for us. How can we keep safe? In the English class, we had a discussion in groups. Here is the result of my group. First,
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1.活动时间和地点；
2.活动内容：清洁社区、看望孤寡老人等。
注意：1.词数80左右；
2.通知格式已给出，所给内容不计入总词数。
Notice
Community Service
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Student Union
8 June 2023
1.袁隆平的简介（1930—2021；1953年毕业后一直从事杂交水稻研究）；
2.其主要成就（培育出杂交水稻，大大提高粮食产量，大量土地被省出来种植其他农作物）；
3.袁隆平的优秀品质以及对你的启示。
参考词汇：杂交水稻 hybrid rice 产量 yield
注意：1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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Desiree, a 4-year-old girl, was sobbing quietly over her father, Ken, who had died nine months earlier. She was hugging a photograph of her father with her fingers running around his face. “Daddy”, she said softly, “Why won't you come back?”
Instead of gradually adjusting to her father's death, Desiree refused to accept it “Daddy will be home soon,” she'd tell her mother. “He's at work.” When she played with her toy telephone, she pretended she was chatting with her father “I miss you, Daddy,” she'd say. “When will you come back?” Desiree's situation made her mother worried.
Days later, it was Ken's birthday. “How will I send him a card?” Desiree asked her mother “How about if we tie a litter to a balloon.” her mother said, “and send it up to heaven?” Desiree's eyes immediately lit up.
Her mother took her to a store and Desiree picked out a balloon with HAPPY BIRTHDAY above a drawing of The Little Mermaid (美人鱼). Desire and her father had often watched it.
The child's eyes shone as they were on the way to Ken's grave. Then Desiree dictated (口述) a letter to her Dad. “Daddy, Happy birthday, I love you and miss you,” she rattled off (快速说). “I hope you get this and can write to me on my birthday in January.”
Her mother wrote the message and their address on a small piece of paper, which was then wrapped in plastic and tied to the end of the string on the balloon. Finally, Desiree let fly the balloon. For almost an hour, they watched the shining spot of silver grow smaller and smaller till disappear. “Now Dad's going to write back to me,” Desiree said confidently.
Every day since they'd flew the balloon, Desiree had asked her mother, “Do you think Daddy has my balloon yet?” Several weeks passed, and she stopped asking.
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Desire's fifth birthday came and later on the afternoon, a package arrived.
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News anchors(主播) must have been reluctant to read out the following news: Xin Xiaomeng began working as the world’s first female artificial(人工的) intelligence news anchor at Xinhua News Agency on Sunday, three months after a male robot joined the profession.
Unlike previous news robots though, Xin does not read news like a cold machine; she reads it almost like a human being. The muscles on her face stretch and relax-and her reactions change-as she continues reading. That’s why many news anchors were worried: Will AI replace us in the near future?
To find the answer, we have to analyse the technologies that support Xin at her job. Three key technologies are used to support Xin. First, samples of human voices are collected and synthesized (合成). This is followed by the collection and synthesis of human muscle movement samples. And third the voices and movements are married in a way that when the Al news anchor reads, the micro -electric motors behind her face move to make her expressions seem more human.
Yet we need a thorough knowledge of deep leaning technology to make a robot imitate a person’s voice. The developer needs to collect tens of thousands of pieces of pronunciations, input them Into the machine and match them with the text or the Al to lean and read. The process for imitating facial movements is similar. The developer has to analyse the movements of the 53 muscles in the human face, make a model set from the collected data for the AI news anchor to lean, and imitate the movements of facial muscles via programs
Both the technologies used to make Xin’s performance impressive are mature. The real difficulty lies in the third -the technology to match the pronunciations with facial movements so that Xin expressions vary according to the content of the news report. In fact, Xins expressions don' t always change according to the content. As a result, her expressions look anything but human. Actually. AI is still no match for human qualities.
1. What does the underlined word "reluctant "in the first paragraph mean?| A．Delighted. | B．Unwilling. | C．Confused. | D．Optimistic. |
| A．They read news without expressions. | B．They looked like a human being |
| C．They could interview sports stars | D．They could interact with audience. |
| A．This technology is very perfect so far |
| B．This technology is quite popular now |
| C．This technology remains at the theoretical stage |
| D．This technology is far from mature. |
| A．human news anchors should learn from AT anchors to save their jobs |
| B．Al anchors perform much better than human news anchors at present |
| C．Al news anchors won 't replace human news anchors in the near future |
| D．Xin Xiaomeng s expressions vary so naturally that they are true to life |
As bike-sharing booms in China, a guideline was released by the government to promote a new form of the sharing economy - this time involving vehicles.
Car-sharing, which provides an alternative for people to travel in cities, will be the new innovation in a service model. The released guideline focuses on legal status, insurance and regular maintenance of cars before they join sharing services. It encourages the development of car-sharing, which is expected to reduce the liking to individually buy vehicles and ease traffic congestion amid a surge in recent years of private-car ownership.
“However, there is a long way to before the purpose of the guideline comes true,” said Xia Xueluan, a professor of sociology. “First, a car costs at least 100.000 yuan, almost 500 times that for a shared bicycle. Besides, shared cars also take the same spaces as other private cars, so parking will be another problem.”
“Meanwhile, traditional car rental companies are competing with the emerging car-sharing business. It’s estimated the charges will be almost the same for both forms of cars rentals,” Xia said. “How to survive fierce competition will remain a challenge for car-sharing providers,” he added.
【写作内容】
1. 用约30个词概括上述文章的主要内容；
2. 请你就共享汽车的话题发表观点。
(1) 为什么要发展共享汽车；
(2) 如何才能更好地发展共享汽车。
【写作要求】
1. 写作过程中不能直接引用原文语句:
2. 作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称:
3. 不必写标题。
【评分标准】内容完整，语言规范，语篇连贯，词数适当。
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9 . Sam， I say to myself as I start across the bridge， you must stop these thoughts and start thinking about what to do now that you have lost your falcon（猎鹰）， Frightful．
Life， my friend Bando once said， is meeting problems and solving them whether you are an amoeba or a space traveler． I have a problem． I have to provide my younger sister Alice and myself with meat． Fish， nuts， and vegetables， are good and necessary， but they don't provide enough fuel for the hard physical work we do． Although we have venison（鹿肉） now， I can't always count on getting it． So far this year， our venison has been only road kill from in front of Mrs． Strawberry's farm．
I decide to take the longest way home， down the flood plain of the West Branch of Delaware to Spilkill， my own name for a fast stream， that cascades down the south face of the mountain range I'm on． I need time to think． Perhaps Alice and I should be like the early Eskimos． We should walk， camp and hunt， and when the seasons change， walk on to new food sources． But I love my tree and my mountaintop．
Another solution would be to become farmers， like the people of the Iroquois Confederacy who once lived here． They settled in villages and planted corn and squash（南瓜）， bush beans and berries． We already grow groundnuts in the damp soil and squash in the poor land． But the Iroquois also hunted game． I can't do that anymore
I'm back where I started from．
Slowly climb the Spillkill． As I hop from rock to rock beneath shady basswoods and hemlocks， I hear the cry of the red﹣tailed hawk who nests on the mountain crest． I am reminded of Frightful and my heart aches． I can almost hear her call my name， Cree， cree， car﹣ree．
Maybe l can get her back if l beg the man who is in charge of the peregrines（游隼） university． "But it's the law，" he would say． L could write to the president of the United states and ask him to make an exception of Alice and me． That won't work． The president swore to upload the constitution（宪法） and laws of the United States when he took office．
I climbed on． I must stop thinking about the impossible and solve the problem of what to do now． I must find a new way to provide for us． Frightful is going to be in good hands at the university and she will have young．
I smile at the thought of little Frightfuls and lift my reluctant feet．
When I am fat above the river，1take of my clothes and moccasins（鹿皮鞋） and bathe in a deep， clear pool until I am refreshed and thinking more clearly． Climbing up the bank， I dress and sit down． I breath deeply of the mountain air and try to solve my problem more realistically．
1. What does this excerpt（节选） main describe？| A．Delicate mental activity |
| B．Unique story environment |
| C．Complicated character relationship |
| D．Ever﹣changing story events |
| A．The shortest way to go back． |
| B．Survival for Alice and himself |
| C．The safety of Frightful |
| D．How to get enough venison |
| A．He left Sam and Alice due to lack of food． |
| B．He helped Sam hunt before being taken away |
| C．He is living with the red﹣tailed hawk happily |
| D．He is giving birth to babies in the university |
| A．Humorous |
| B．Aggressive |
| C．Responsible |
| D．Unrealistic |
10 . After suffering severe bums to her back and other pans of her body at the age of three， Sylvia，49， had spent her life covering up her scars． Her confidence was destroyed by years of
"I didn't really know what
The accident that left her
Sylvia was on holiday with her mother when she
"I could see her
So she started to
"I had been in such a bad place before． I was so
Sylvia felt it was time not just to make a
She
For Sylvia， last year has been
| A．hopeful | B．delightful | C．hurtful | D．regretful |
| A．sharing | B．ending | C．enriching | D．sparing |
| A．wonder | B．kindness | C．pity | D．depression |
| A．even | B．just | C．seldom | D．almost |
| A．formal | B．personal | C．social | D．physical |
| A．scarred | B．disabled | C．surprised | D．scared |
| A．neighborhood | B．parenthood | C．adulthood | D．childhood |
| A．taking | B．holding | C．putting | D．covering |
| A．kept | B．avoided | C．sensed | D．stopped |
| A．impression | B．effect | C．suffering | D．doubt |
| A．staring | B．glancing | C．glaring | D．watching |
| A．hesitate | B．scream | C．pose | D．exchange |
| A．optimistic | B．desperate | C．careful | D．negative |
| A．sacrifice | B．profit | C．change | D．wish |
| A．set up | B．set down | C．set out | D．set off |
| A．knowledge | B．curiosity | C．desperation | D．confidence |
| A．skin | B．leg | C．arm | D．back |
| A．familiar | B．magic | C．serious | D．dangerous |
| A．shown | B．tolerated | C．uncovered | D．hidden |
| A．remind | B．require | C．inspire | D．inform |
