| A．has explained; weren’t playing | B．explains; won’t play |
| C．is explaining; haven’t played | D．will explain; hadn’t been playing |
| A．graduated; making | B．graduated; to make |
| C．being graduated; made | D．having graduated; made |
________ , Emma! Your English will soon be perfect.
| A．I can’t help it | B．Make it |
| C．Hang in there | D．You really have me there |
(1) 成立口语社的目的；
(2) 介绍口语社的主要活动（如交流学习方法、英语演讲比赛等）；
(3) 分享本人入社以来的收获。
注意：
(1) 词数不少于100；
(2) 可适当加入细节，使内容充实、行文连贯；
(3) 文章的开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总词数。
参考词汇：英语口语社 Spoken English Club；英语演讲比赛 English speech contest
Dear Jason,
How is everything going?
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Yours
Li Jin
| A．has been labelling | B．have been labelling, |
| C．has been labelled | D．have been labelled |
1)写信的目的；
2)提出建议(不少于3点)；
3)愿意提供更多帮助。
注意：
(1)词数不少于100；
(2)可适当加入细节，使内容充实、行文连贯。
参考词汇：象牙ivory
Dear Chris,
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Tina Leverton was 62 when she bought her first pair of ballet shoes. She said putting her feet into the soft leather was very emotional. She said: “I’ve waited a long time for it.”
A few days later, Leverton took her first ballet class after seeing an advertisement in a newspaper. It showed older women dancing in a class near Leverton’s house. “As I came in the door, I found a big smile on my face. From the minute I started, I felt like coming home.”
Leverton had longed to dance as a child. Sadly, her parents couldn’t afford ballet classes, for they were first-generation Indian immigrants, struggling to make a living in the UK. Her father was a train driver on the underground in London and her mother held two cleaning jobs. Nonetheless, she harboured her dream of being a ballerina (芭蕾舞女演员).
At her present age, a grand lie-lowering (俯卧撑) to the floor with bent knees-seemed to be out of the question. It took her three months to master the move: leaping and landing on one foot. “I love the struggle and the challenge of learning something new. People in their 60s have a lot of self-limiting beliefs: ‘I can’t do it,’ ‘I’m not good enough.’ And maybe they’re not good enough. But it doesn’t matter,” she said.
Ballet has been transformative. At a medical appointment a few months after Leverton’s first class, a nurse measured her at 163cm, half an inch taller than she had thought. She attributes (归因) the difference to improved posture. Her muscle tone has improved and her lower back pain has stopped. Dancing has also brought new friends. She met a group of older, more independent women and worked together towards a team award with the Royal Academy of Dance. And then, of course, there is the joyful feeling. “Ballet is all the therapy (治疗) I’ll ever need,” said Leverton.
1. How did Leverton feel after taking her dance lesson?(no more than 1word)2. What’s the main idea of the third paragraph?(no more than 12 words)
3. What does the underlined word mean in paragraph 3?(no more than 8 words)
4. What did dancing bring to Leverton?(no more than 10 words)
5. What can you learn from Leverton’s story? And your reason.(no more than 25 words)
8 . Do what you love, and you’ll never work another day in your life. We’ve heard that opinion countless times. But does it even ring true? In fact, I think it’s perfectly normal to love your job and simultaneously(同时发生的) recognize the fact that it’s hard work. That’s right! Sometimes you may feel stressed, overwhelmed or even tired out. It doesn’t mean that you’re in the wrong line of work.
Think back to when you were a little kid. Do you remember what your answer was when people leaned forward and inquired about what you wanted to be when you grew up? Well, I always told people I wanted to be a bird. Having passions and interests is encouraged. But finding what you love is only half the equation. You need to be able to make a living doing it. Real-life pressures require us to pursue avenues that are able to provide us with a decent and comfortable standard of living.
Work and play are two vastly different things. Work requires effort in order to pay the bills and put food on the table, whereas play is all about fun and enjoyment. If you’re lucky, you’ll be able to incorporate some of that joy and passion into your daily routine. But that definitely doesn’t mean that your entire career will be a walk in the park. Adding in that pressure and the expectation of payment is exactly what separates your job from everything else. Unlike fun, work isn’t always something that you want to do—it’s something that you need to do. And, chances are, when what you love turns into your job, you might not love it as much anymore.
Pretty much every position comes along with at least a few demanding tasks or responsibilities that will simply never be enjoyable. Maybe you hate the quarterly board meeting. Perhaps you simply can’t stand filling out your monthly expense report. Whatever it is, there’s undoubtedly a certain aspect of your daily routine that makes you say, “Ugh.”
But remember that loving your job is a wonderful thing. Loving your livelihood requires a great deal of effort. It’s pretty much human nature to enjoy the things we’re good at. And in order to be good at your position, you need to put in some elbow grease. Oftentimes, it’s not just the work that we love. It’s the reward and satisfaction we get after doing it well: And we all know that getting things done well involves exerting ourselves. It’s an ever-ending cycle.
1. Why does the author mention the childhood dream in Paragraph 2?| A．To stress the importance of interests. |
| B．To remind the good times of childhood. |
| C．To make a comparison with a realistic career. |
| D．To encourage people to stick to original dreams. |
| A．People’s daily routine of work. |
| B．Some rules of the workplace. |
| C．Tasks for different positions. |
| D．The annoying part of work. |
| A．Hard work. | B．Rich rewards. |
| C．Personal interests. | D．Good experiences. |
| A．The truth about work. | B．The dangers of work. |
| C．The necessity of work. | D．The difficulty of work. |
9 . ChatGPT is an artificial-intelligence chatbot developed by San Francisco-based AI research company Open AI. Released in November 2022, it can have conversations on topics from history to philosophy, generate lyrics in the style of Taylor Swift or Billy Joel, and suggest edits for computer programming code.
ChatGPT is trained on a vast compilation of articles, websites and social-media posts collected from the Internet as well as real-time conversations—primarily in English—with humans hired by Open AI. It learns to mimic the grammar and structure of the writing and reflects frequently-used phrases.
The chatbot isn’t always accurate: its sources aren’t fact-checked and it relies on human feedback to improve its accuracy.
Open AI developed ChatGPT as part of a strategy to build AI software that will help the company turn a profit. In January, Microsoft unveiled a fresh multibillion-dollar investment in Open AI and said it planned to add ChatGPT into its Bing search app and other products. Competitors Google and Baidu are pushing to launch similar tools.
ChatGPT is free. Open AI released the chatbot as a research preview and users can try it through a particular website. In February, Open AI also launched a high-level version for $20 a month, starting in the US, that will give subscribers priority access.
Media companies including Buzz Feed and the publisher of Sports Illustrated have announced plans to generate content such as quizzes and articles with Chat GPT. Some schools have blocked access to the service on their networks to reduce cheating, while others are actively encouraging students to use the tools ethically(道德上).
AI chat bots and other generative AI programs are mirrors to the data they consume. They repeat and remix what they are fed to both great effect and great failure. Transformer-based AI program failures are particularly difficult to predict and control because the programs rely on such vast quantities of data that it is almost impossible for the developers to grasp what that data contains.
ChatGPT, for example, will sometimes answer questions correctly on topics where it gained high-quality sources and frequently talked with its human trainers. It will respond nonsense to topics that contain a lot of misinformation on the Internet such as conspiracy theories.
Some artists have also said that AI image generators copy their artwork and threaten their livelihoods, while software engineers have said that code generators rip large amounts of their code.
1. Why does the author mention “Taylor Swift” in Paragraph 1?| A．To introduce a topic. | B．To advertise a product. |
| C．To make a prediction. | D．To present a fact. |
| A．Money. | B．Research. | C．Microsoft. | D．Google and Baidu. |
| A．AI can be widely used. | B．AI should not be used in the art field. |
| C．Many people object to the use of AI. | D．The use of AI should be forbidden. |
| A．Environment. | B．Technology. | C．Lifestyle | D．History. |
10 . 22-year-old New Jersey resident Joe DiMeo had a rare face and hands transplant last August. In 2019, DiMeo fell asleep at the wheel after working a night shift as a product tester for a drug company. The car hit a pole flipped over, and burst into flames. Another driver who saw the accident pulled over to rescue DiMeo.
Afterward, he underwent 20 surgeries and many skin grafts to treat his third-degree burns. Once it became clear that traditional surgeries couldn’t help him regain full vision or use of his hands, DiMeo’s medical team began preparing for the risky transplant. Almost immediately, the team encountered challenges including finding a donor. However, about two years later the team finally identified a donor in Delaware and completed the 23-hour procedure a few days later.
US surgeons have completed at least 18 face transplants and 35 hand transplants, according to the United Network for Organ Sharing(UNOS), which oversees the nation’s transplant system. But the face and double hand transplant is extremely rare and had only been tried twice before. The first attempt was in 2009 on a patient in Paris who died about a month later from complications. Two years later, Boston doctors tried it again on a woman, but had to remove the transplanted hands days later.
As with any transplant, the danger of rejection is the highest early on, but lasts endlessly. “You’re never free from that risk,” a doctor said. “Transplantation for any patient is a process that plays out over a long period of time.” Still, the doctor was amazed to see that DiMeo was able to master skills like zipping up his jacket and putting on his shoes. “It’s very pleasing and satisfying to all of us.” So far, DiMeo has not shown any signs of rejecting his new face or hands. “You got a new chance at life. You really can’t give up,” he said.
1. Why did DiMeo need surgeries?| A．He got injured after being hit by another driver. | B．He had an accident during his shift. |
| C．He was tested for a drug company. | D．He got burned in a car accident. |
| A．Lack of donors. | B．Repeated surgeries. |
| C．Serious complications. | D．No previous practice to follow. |
| A．To prove medical technology has greatly advanced. |
| B．To explain about the dangers of such surgeries. |
| C．To show DiMeo’s operation was a success. |
| D．To stress such surgeries should be avoided. |
| A．It is possible to avoid the danger of rejection. |
| B．DiMeo’s improvement gave them a sense of pride. |
| C．Transplantation is a life-saving chance for patients. |
| D．it is impossible for any high-risk patient to recover. |
