1 . When the company OpenAI developed its new artificial intelligence (AI) program, ChatGPT, in late 2022, educators began to worry. ChatGPT could create text that seemed like a human wrote it. How could teachers discover whether students were using language created by an AI chatbot to cheat on a writing task?

As a linguist who studies the effects of technology on how people read, write and think, I believe there are other more pressing concerns besides cheating. These include whether AI, more generally, threatens student writing skills, the value of writing as a process, and the importance of regarding writing as a tool for thinking.

As part of my research on the effects of AI on human writing, I surveyed young adults in the U.S. about some issues related to those effects. One participant said that at some point if you depend on predictive text, you’re going to lose your spelling abilities. Enter “Was Rom” into a Google search and you’re given a list of choices like “Was Rome built in a day”. Type “ple” into a text message and you’re offered “please” and “plenty”. These tools complete our sentences automatically, giving us little chance to think about our spelling, and continuously asking us to follow their suggestions.

Evan Selinger, a philosopher, worried that predictive texting reduces the power of writing as a form of mental activity and personal expression. “By encouraging us not to think too deeply about our words, predictive technology may change how we deal with each other,” Selinger wrote. “We give others more algorithms (算法) and less of ourselves. Automation can stop us thinking and the resulting text didn’t feel like mine anymore.”

I asked ChatGPT whether it was a threat to humans’ motivation to write. The bot responded: “There will always be a demand for creative, original content that requires the unique viewpoint of a human writer.” It continued: “Writing serves many purposes beyond just the creation of content, such as self-expression, communication, and personal growth, which can continue to encourage people to write even if certain types of writing can be automated.”

I was glad to find the program had seemingly admitted its limitations.

1. What is the author’s main concern about ChatGPT?

A．Whether it will lead to students’ cheating.

B．Whether it will shape students’ writing style.

C．How students will make use of it at school.

D．What effects it will have on students’ writing.

2. What will predictive technology do to us according to Evan Selinger?

A．Give us more creative ideas.	B．Make us write like a machine.
C．Encourage us to think more deeply.	D．Make us tend to ignore grammatical mistakes.

3. What can we learn from ChatGPT’s response?

A．Writing will become completely automated.	B．Robots will work with humans in writing.
C．Robot writing will become more creative.	D．Human writing will still matter a lot.

4. What can be the best title for the text?

A．What impact will AI bring to writing?	B．What is the future of modern literature?
C．How to improve writing with AI’s help?	D．How to apply AI technology to education?

2 . Just like happiness and sadness, anxiety is part of everyone's lived experience—but it's not always tolerated as such. “People often spend too much time and effort trying to rid anxiety,” says Dr Joel Minden, a clinical psychologist. “I encourage them to remember that anxiety is a normal emotional response.”

If you try to banish anxiety, all you're doing is putting it more at the forefront of your mind. But if you accept anxiety as part of life, you can learn to relate to it with self-pity or even with humour. This is a cornerstone of acceptance and commitment therapy(ACT), which has been gaining clinical validation, including by the American Psychological Association. ACT guides people to see their unpleasant emotions as just feelings and to accept that parts o£ life are hard. Sufferers are encouraged to begin a dialogue with anxious thoughts, examining their causes while also keeping in mind their personal goals and values.

This way of relating to anxiety has been a powerful strategy for John Bateman, the 52- year-old host of the podcast Our Anxiety Stories. When negative thoughts arise, he acknowledges them but doesn't let them drive his decisions. Over the years, Bateman has noticed that if he submits to his thoughts, they don't go away but dramatically increase. But if he recognizes them for what they are, just a passing thought and not a fact that needs to be acted on, they gradually go away.

Learning to live with anxiety is an individual process and one that requires trial and error to get just right. While acceptance is the first and most important step to take, some lifestyle changes have been proven to take the edge off, as well. Since tiredness, increased tension and stress leave us much easier to fall into anxiety, a well-balanced diet, sufficient rest and, especially, regular exercise can help us manage it better.

1. What may Dr Joel Minden agree about anxiety?

A．It goes hand in hand with joy.	B．It should be seriously taken.
C．It is easily-earned experience.	D．It is often improperly treated.

2. What can explain the underlined word “banish” in Paragraph 2?

A．Ignore.

B．Hide.

C．Recognize.

D．Control.

3. Why does the author mention John Bateman in Paragraph 3?

A．To explain a strategy.	B．To describe a phenomenon.
C．To present a successful case.	D．To introduce a public figure.

4. What is advised to deal with anxiety in the last part?

A．Concentrating on the process.	B．Making lifestyle adjustments.
C．Avoiding exposure to pressure.	D．Learning to get things in place.

3 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

The Chinese words for “fish” and “plenty” are homonyms. A whole fish,     1     (eat) on the eve of the lunar new year, which     2     (fall) on February 1st this year, represents a wish for abundance     3     (come). Spring rolls, with their fanciful resemblance to gold bars, represent hopes for wealth. Uncut noodles symbolize longevity.

Such     4     (custom) are not unique to the Chinese word. On the Jewish new year, Jews bake a     5     (tradition) enriched bread in a round shape to signify the cycle of life and creation. The bread is smeared with honey,     6     (symbolize) the wish for a sweet year. On New Year’s Day in America, black southerners have long eaten Hoppin’ John,     7     delicious dish of rice and black-eyed peas, coked with salt pork. The peas symbolize coins, and the greens that are usually served as well stand for dollar bill. Some people put a clean coin in the pot. Whoever gets     8     on their plate will enjoy good luck.

    9     anyone actually believes in a causal relationship between eating these foods and receiving the promised benefits or not is unclear. But people have fond memories of observing them with their parents, and want to pass them     10     to their own offspring. Good fortune, as they suggest, lies all around and is always within reach.

5 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

My parents were always against me owning my own pet, afraid of the mess it would make or that I would quickly lose interest in taking care of it, but we made a compromise: I could volunteer at a local pet shelter on the weekends to test my sense of responsibility and dedication. That was how I first came to volunteer at the Avondale pet shelter and—more importantly—where I met my future best friend, Chocolate.

One hot August afternoon, my boss Charlie told me that they were bringing in a young black Labrador Retriever and that I’d be its primary caretaker. An hour after our conversation and in came Chocolate—a beautiful dog with shining brown fur and amazing blue eyes. At about 3 months old, I expected him to be a lot more energetic and playful, but he immediately backed and lay down at the back of his pen (围栏).

I asked Charlie what was the matter with him. He replied that Chocolate had a genetic problem which caused him to be born with a short tail, leading potential owners to think there was something wrong with him; so the breeder felt that they had no choice but to give up the puppy to the shelter.

He was overlooked and underappreciated. I felt very angry at the thought that an otherwise healthy dog could be thrown away so easily. At the same time, I felt a deep sympathy for this dog who had been cheated out of the love and attention he deserved. It was at this moment that I resolved to give Chocolate as much love and attention as I could while working as a volunteer.

Although Chocolate was reluctant and shy at first. eventually through enough treats and play he slowly came around and warmed up to me. Soon enough, whenever I came around his pen to let him out for his turn of walks and play, Chocolate was always excited and jumping with joy.

注意：
1. 续写词数应为150左右；
2. 请按如下格式在相应位置作答。
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As time passed by, the connection between Chocolate and I grew stronger and stronger.

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One day, Charlie said Chocolate must find a home soon or he would be removed.

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7 . A short video showing a member of the cleaning staff at the Summer Palace in Beijing explaining Buddhist scenic spots drew a lot of traffic on different social media platforms recently, with netizens     1    (impress) by his mastery of traditional Chinese culture.

In the video, the worker, Zhang Xu, 40, explains the cultural connotations of the sites     2     several tourists, who were doing research.

    3     makes it special is his recitation of a list of dozens of Buddhist sites, which are hard     4    (pronounce). He speaks with     5     ease and confidence that it seems he is doing a tongue twister. People thought he must be a tour guide or expert,     6     he was wearing the uniform of a janitor and holding a broom. After his     7    (explain), Zhang smiled and returned to his work as though nothing had happened. The video     8    (post) by the researchers on social media platforms on Oct 7 and immediately became a trending topic online. Zhang was even given the name of “the most powerful cleaning monk” by netizens, one of the     9    (character) in Louis Cha’s (金庸) novel Tianlong Babu.

Zhang said     10     never occurred to him that he’d become famous online, as he only wanted to help the tourists who seemed puzzled. Zhang joined the cleaning staff at the palace in late 2021 and walks about 40,000 steps inside the palace every day, so he knows a lot about it.

8 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（一个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Wearing wristbands with the names of LeBron James and Kobe Bryant     1     (write) on them, 17-year-old Tibetan girl Cigla plays her favorite sport — basketball — at Nagqu No 2 Senior High School in Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region. For her,     2       (study) in Lhasa, the region’s most developed city, has made it much     3     (easy) for her to realize her basketball dream.

With     4       average altitude of over 4,500 meters, Nagqu is among the most uninhabitable places in Tibet.     5     have long compromised the health of Nagqu students are low-oxygen environment and extreme weather. “The students had barely played any sports due to     6       (limit) sports facilities and frequent bad weather in Nagqu.” said Bachug, the school's physical education teacher.

However, in a bid to ensure equal access     7     quality education, in recent years, the Tibet regional government     8       (establish) several schools in Lhasa to recruit Nagqu students. Like Cigla, many Nagqu students are from poor farming and herding families. The school     9       (campus) in Lhasa have seven concrete basketball courts, a standard soccer field and a sports stadium, which gives students opportunities     10       (train) their bodies and find the sport that appeals to them.

10 . Constantin de Slizewicz has been anxious to come back to China since early 2020.For the past decade, the Frenchman has been running a luxurious （豪华的）camping business in Shangri-La in the southwest of China's Yunnan Province. But in December 2019, he went back to France for a vacation. He usually goes back to France and stays there for two to three months, since there is little business due to the weather.

Following the outbreak of COVID-19, however, he found it difficult to return. Fortunately, his business partner Guillaume de Penfentenyo was able to get a flight to China at the end of February.

Previously, most of his customers were international guests from outside the country who were drawn to the beautiful landscape and scenery in Shangri-La. Despite the pandemic（疫情）and even in his absence, Slizewicz's company managed to attract new tourists, who were unable to travel abroad under the circumstances and discovered the joy of camping. "It makes sure of our operation," he says happily.

Last year, his team offered summer camps in Shangri-La for Chinese students who couldn't travel abroad. In autumn, many domestic travelers also signed up for his company's organized adventures deep into the wilderness.

Slizewicz first visited China in 1996 when he engaged in a three-month internship（实习期）. He was impressed by the Chinese people around him and was attracted by places like Guizhou and Yunnan provinces, which were well-matched to his interest in camping-a passion he has had since childhood. "I met people in the mountains, singing and herding their yaks（牦牛）. That makes the mountains feel special and alive,” he says.

1. In which season does Slizewicz usually take a break?

A．In spring.

B．In winter.

C．In autumn.

D．In summer.

2. Who were Slizewicz's main customers before the pandemic?

A．Chinese students.

B．Visitors from France.

C．Local people.

D．Visitors outside China.

3. How does Slizewicz feel about his business?

A．Surprised.

B．Thankful.

C．Satisfied.

D．Doubtful.

4. What's the main reason for Slizewicz's running a camping business?

A．His interest.	B．The friends around him.
C．The popularity of camping.	D．The peaceful life in mountains.