1 . 阅读下面短文,在空白处填人1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

The Internet is one of the     1     (great) creations and provides people with instant access     2     an endless supply of knowledge and entertainment. Using a search engine, you can ask almost any question     3     may confuse you, and find a web page with information about that question. There are also millions of videos on websites or social media,     4     (explain) various topics.

In the past, it would take days and sometimes even months     5     (receive) a letter from someone else. Today, with the Internet, you can send an e-mail to anyone in the world and often have it     6     (deliver) in less than a minute.

However, the Internet is not without its     7     (disadvantage). Playing games on the Internet can become very addictive, which leads to much time being wasted. And constant connectivity means some people     8       (expect) to be available to work at any time of the day, even if they previously refused to.

Despite the drawbacks, the Internet has     9     (undoubted) changed the way we live, work and communicate, and it’s here to stay. It’s up to us to use it wisely and make     10    most of its benefits while minimizing its negative effects.

2 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入 1 个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

It was estimated that as of January 2021, there were 4.66 billion active Internet users globally,    1    (represent) almost 60% of the world’s population. Unfortunately, due to its wide reach and relative privacy, the Internet has become very     2    (attract) to criminals. Consequently, cybercrime coming in many different forms     3    (become) a huge problem in recent years. Phishing is one of the most common types. When clicking on links to dangerous websites or software, you may be fooled     4     providing personal information. Cybercriminals trick you into parting with your money, infecting your computer with a virus    5    (steal) your personal data, or blocking you from accessing your own data until a ransom is paid. Cybercriminals took advantage of a weakness in a server,     6    (assess) the company’s files and demanded a large sum of money. Fortunately, you can take     7    (prevent) measures to reduce your chances of falling victim. Firstly, you need to stay alert when using the Internet. To avoid getting taken in, be cautious about advertisements offering bargains and rewards     8    seem too good to be true. And, of course, do not open email     9    (attach) or click on links from unknown sources. Secondly, make sure you have     10    (rely) antivirus software and always keep it turned on. So, next time you go online, never drop your guard. Stay alert, smart and safe!

3 . 阅读下面短文,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

In modern age     1     the Internet becomes an irreplaceable part of our daily life, people spend too much time on phones. We     2     (engage) in reading new messages, answering emails, as well as     3     (scroll) through social apps all the time, even when having a shower.

It seems that the Internet brings people closer to each other.     4    , it brings more depression and     5     (lonely) on people. On the one hand, social networking online has dominated most of our spare time, causing us     6     (delay) finishing the normal tasks and jobs. Day after day, we will experience     7     strong sense of dissatisfaction and depression from work. On the other hand, in a real face-to-face communication, we are often interrupted by the never-ending flow of updates in our phones, thus making others uncomfortable. It is not strange that we are bending over the phone, with our eyes     8     (fix) on the screen.

    9     (consequent), it is high time that we     10     (lift) our heads before we are too addicted to phones.

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Today almost everyone     1    (know) about computers and the Internet. Some young people even think the Internet is     2     most important thing in their life.

The first computer was very big but it worked    3    (slow). Today computers are getting smaller and smaller,     4    they work faster and faster.

The Internet came a little     5    (late) than computers. It speared in the 1970s. On it we can read books, write letters, do some     6    (shop), play games and so on.

Many     7    (student) like the Internet very much. They get online as soon as they are free. They make friends on the Internet but maybe they will never meet each other face     8     face. They don’t know their friends, real names, ages or even sexes (性别). They are so     9    (interest) in making “unreal friends” that they can’t set their heart on their studies. We can use computers and the Internet     10    (learn) more about the world.

5 . Directions: Read the following passage. Fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word. For the other blanks, fill in each blank with one proper word. Make sure that your answers are grammatically correct.

OpenAI Announces ChatGPT Successor GPT-4

OpenAI has released GPT-4, the latest version of its hugely popular artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT.

The new model can respond to images by providing recipe suggestions from photos of ingredients as well as writing captions and descriptions. It can also process up to 25,000 words, about eight times as many as ChatGPT. Millions of people have used ChatGPT since it     1     (launch) in November 2022. Popular requests for it include writing songs, poems, marketing copy, computer code, and helping with homework,     2     teachers say students shouldn’t use it. ChatGPT answers questions     3     (employ) natural human-like language, and it can also imitate other writing styles such as songwriters and authors, using the Internet as its knowledge database.

There are concerns that it could one day take over many jobs currently     4     (do) by humans. OpenAI said it     5     (spend) six months on safety features for GPT-4, and on human feedback. However, it warned that it     6     still be subject to sharing disinformation.

GPT-4 will initially be available to ChatGPT Plus subscribers,     7     pay $20 per month for easy access to the service. It’s already powering Microsoft’s Bing search engine platform. The tech giant has invested $10b    8     OpenAI.

GPT-4 has “    9     (advanced) reasoning skills” than ChatGPT, OpenAI said. The model can, for example, find available meeting times for three schedules.

OpenAI also announced new partnerships with language learning app Duolingo and Be My Eyes, an application for the visually impaired,     10     (create) AI Chatbots which can assist their users using natural language.

However, like its predecessors (被替代的事物), OpenAI has warned that GPT-4 is still not fully reliable and it may invent facts or make reasoning errors.

6 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

The Internet has clearly affected all     1     (level) of education by providing endless possibilities for learning. I believe the future of education is a networked future. People can use the Internet to create and share knowledge and develop new ways of teaching and learning that excite students’ imagination at any time, anywhere,     2     (use) any device. By connecting and empowering students and educators, we can speed up economic growth and enhance (增强) the well-being of society throughout the world. We should work together, over a network,     3     (build) a global learning society.

The Internet is an inexhaustible (无穷尽的) source of information. What’s     4     (much), the Internet has enabled users to move away from their former passive role as recipients (接受者) of messages     5     (give) by traditional media     6     an active role, choosing what information to receive, how, and when. The information recipient even decides whether     7     not they want to stay informed.

Today, you can use the Internet to access libraries, art galleries, news archives, and other information sources from anywhere in the world: I believe this is a key advantage in the education field. The web is a(n)     8     (amaze) resource for enhancing the process of building knowledge.

Besides its communicative purposes, the Internet     9     (become) an important tool for exchanging knowledge and education since it entered our lives; it is not just an information source, but a channel (渠道) for connecting other people and groups     10     are working on related research topics.

7 . Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

Undoubtedly, we are entering a brand-new era--the digital age, so for the business executives, the advice to better the commercial mode is quite clear. Managers need to equip themselves with a digital mindset; the organisations they     1     (run) must keep pace with the digital transformation. Among all the changes that we are going to go through, what is noteworthy must be the transition in the medium     2     people record basic information---     3     the trend to replace the traditional paper with the smooth Ipad should be reversed or not.

Not surprisingly, at least for some people, recent research underscores the enduring value of the legendary ancient technology in decision making, productivity enhancing or customer winning. The researchers also indicated the difference in behavior change     4     they displayed American college students an ad for a bookseller and then asked them to selected some of the books that were being promoted. Those     5     (use) paper to fill out the questionnaire chose their answers     6     (deliberate), while those who made decisions using the tablets seemed more casual. Hence, they speculated that the people tend to make more virtuous decisions on the medium of paper     7     it feels more consequential. When     8     (ask), paper-and-pen subjects confessed that they did feel they ere more indicative of their personalities.

Lastly, in the right situation, paper does play a part in boosting productivity. A study from Fetroit Business School, finds that paper calendars may provoke different behaviors. Users of old fashioned calendars made more complete and thorough plans than     9     looking at an app. There was also greater possibility     10     they stuck to their plans.

8 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Digital screen time before bed can have a negative impact on the quality of your sleep.     1     European study found being exposed to blue light for as little as 8 minutes keeps you mentally stimulated for over one hour,     2     tends to throw off the body’s biological clock.

Much     3     (expose) to blue light suppresses (抑制) the production of melatonin, a hormone that induces sleepiness. Melatonin release in the evening helps you relax before bedtime. Suppression of melatonin can cause you     4     (stay) up later and sleep less than you normally would.

Seeing something right before bed that either makes you upset     5     happy can trigger a response that extends falling sleep, which     6     (consequent) delays REM (rapid eye movement) sleep. These emotions can leave you     7     (stare) at the ceiling for hours feeling wide awake.

Studies have also found that exciting or violent video games will increase heart rate, make it even     8     (hard) to fall asleep, and impair sleep quality.

A writer, named Daphne K. Lee, in 2020     9     (write) about “revenge bedtime procrastination” on Twitter—a phenomenon where people who don’t have much control     10     their daytime life refuse to sleep early to regain some sense of freedom during late-night hours.

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The World Wide Web is now more than thirty years old. Its     1     (invent), Sir Tim Berners-Lee, has spoken about his creation     2     its 30th anniversary. He said he was concerned about how people are using the Internet and its billions of websites today. He also said he is concerned about the future of the Web. He wrote a letter     3     (say)he knew many people felt unsure about whether the Web was “a force for good”. He believed it can be a force for good and can empower(授权)billions of people. He wrote that he believed governments and companies must work together to build a     4     (good)Internet.

Sir Tim had three main concerns about the World Wide Web. The first was criminal behaviour. He described it as a“mirror of humanity(人性)”     5     “you will see good and bad”. He said governments must pass laws     6    (keep)people safe. The second thing that worried Berners-Lee was how social media     7     (use)to spread misinformation. The past few years     8     (see)a rise in fake news. Berners-Lee is also worried about people’s privacy and     9     (person)information. He stressed the importance of fighting for     10     better and safer Web and keeping it free for everyone to use.

10 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Is technology making people lazy? This is quite an interesting question many people might never think of. A famous saying goes that laziness promoted the advanced of technology. In turn,     1     (advance) technology makes people become more inactive after replacing human beings to do what they should     2     (do).

For example, with the help of robots, people can clean their houses without even     3     (move) their cigarette ends on the floor. With the     4     (popular) of computers, the situation is going     5     bad to worse. Many studies claim that computers distract people, make them lazy thinkers and even lower     6     (they) work efficiency. Maybe that’s     7     many people are hopping from one website to another, having no idea of what they are doing. With the internet being one’s primary memory. People choose to off load their memory onto it. This is how the act of storing information to the Internet create a much     8     (lazy) brain.

Today most of the people are working on computers and laptops and in fixed cubicle office, which increased potential health problems, emotional problems     9     many other problems and     10     (ultimate) makes people very lazy.

We have to admit that technology truly somewhat drives people lazy. Mankind needs to be aware of not becoming the slave of technology.