1 . ChatGPT is a prototype (原型) dialogue-based AI chatbot (聊天 机 器人 ) which can understand natural human language and creating impressively detailed human-like written text. The new AI was created by OpenAI, a research center founded by Elon Musk. Musk co-founded the new company with other bosses. The research centre aims to advance digital intelligence in a way that benefits humans.
ChatGPT works by being trained on a large amount of text from the Internet using AI and machine learning. The system is designed to provide information and answer questions through a traditional interface (界面) .
Early users have described the technology as a tool to replace to Google because it can provide descriptions, answers, and solutions to different kinds of questions. Real-world applications could include producing content for websites, answering customer questions, providing recommendations (推荐) , and creating automated (自动化的) chatbots. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said the system is “an early model of what’s possible.” He hopes to produce helpful assistants that talk to users, answer questions, and give advice. In the future, these assistants could periorm tasks for users and even discover new knowledge.
There has been prediction that jobs dependent on content production, such as playwrights, protessors, programmers, and journalists, could be obsolete because of ChatGPT. However, at its current stage, the chatbot lacks slight differences, critical thinking skills, and ethical (道德的) decision-making ability which are necessary for successful journalism. In addition, its knowledge base ends in 2021, which means that some questions and searches are useless now. ChatGPT can also provide incorrect or misleading answers, because it is short of a source of truth in the data used to train the model.
In short, ChatGPT is a powerful AI chatbot and it may be used in various industries, but it is still in its early stages and has limitations. As AI technology continues to evolve, we can expect more advanced chatbots like ChatGPT in the future.
1. What is the purpose of OpenAI?A.To produce content for giving advice. |
B.To train ChatGPT as a super computer. |
C.To use ChatGPT as a tool to replace Google. |
D.To improve digital intelligence that can benefit humans. |
A.By answering questions for websites. |
B.By being trained on a large amount of text. |
C.By providing information and giving advice. |
D.By producing detailed human-like written text. |
A.They will only answer questions and give advice. |
B.They will replace jobs dependent on content production. |
C.They will have slight differences and critical thinking skills. |
D.They will perform tasks for users and discover new knowledge. |
A.Curious. | B.Responsible. | C.Outdated. | D.Humorous. |
A.A health article. | B.A science fiction. |
C.A nature magazine. | D.A science website. |
2 . A badly-injured fox spent two weeks recovering in a garden tent after attaching itself to a family in Glasgow, Scotland.
Liz Wink said the fox followed her home before they noticed a bad wound on its side. “My son Andrew came running in and said ‘there’s a fox following me’,” Wink said. “We opened the door and it was just standing there.”
“I have three dogs and they were barking (吠叫)but it was still trying to come in —its nose was going through the letterbox. We noticed the wound. We put food in the back garden and it made the back garden its home. There was also a chair in the back.” The fox was fed food including cooked chicken. “We also bought a tent, with an old quit cover in it.”
Wink said antibiotics(抗生素)were given after contacting a vet, and the fox finally left their garden with the wound healed after a fortnight. “It was here day and night,” Wink said. “My daughter Lucy is good with animals and would pat it. It was so quiet.”
“Clearly, when foxes are injured they take a thing called a rescue nap(抢救性小睡)and I think that’s what it has done with us,” Wink said. “They nap for however long it takes , and it completely healed. Then it was up and away and we never saw that fox again. We still have foxes but that one was so friendly, the other ones do run away. Maybe it will come back with babies one day.”
Although it’s great that the fox appeared to make a full recovery, we wouldn’t advise members of the public to attempt to treat sick or injured wild animals themselves. If people find a wounded wild animal in trouble, they should call animal helpline.
1. Why did the fox follow the son Andrew to his home?A.To make friends with Andrew. | B.To feed its babies. |
C.To turned to the family for help. | D.To cure its injured back. |
A.They treated the fox carefully. | B.They fed the dog with chicken. |
C.They thought the fox was noisy. | D.They put the fox into the letterbox. |
A.It rested for as long as it would take. | B.It went for a vet to have a check-up. |
C.It killed animals nearby for food. | D.It went into forests to heal itself. |
A.Treat them under the guidance of vets. |
B.Search the wild and look for more of them. |
C.Contact animal experts for advice and information. |
D.Learn more about them. and offer proper treatment. |
A.A Garden Tent and a Kind Fox | B.An Injured Fox and a Kind Family |
C.A Badly-injured Fox and Its Travel | D.A Family Travel and an Injured Fox |
3 . “I don’t want to see that cat in our yard again,” my husband said as he shooed the beautiful cat back into the neighbor’s yard. “I don’t appreciate her cat
The following morning, John stood at the window in our bedroom. “You aren’t going to
That evening, we spotted the sweet yellow cat in our yard searching mice. The groundhogs were nowhere to be
A.hunting | B.appearing | C.dashing | D.rolling |
A.note | B.letter | C.mail | D.text |
A.affection | B.dislike | C.fancy | D.choice |
A.controlling | B.telling | C.ordering | D.persuading |
A.forget | B.miss | C.believe | D.catch |
A.in anger | B.in mess | C.in surprise | D.in caution |
A.enormous | B.cute | C.fierce | D.elegant |
A.curtain | B.glass | C.window | D.flag |
A.leisurely | B.quietly | C.proudly | D.directly |
A.damage | B.worry | C.disease | D.fault |
A.died off | B.taken off | C.laid off | D.driven off |
A.confusing | B.interesting | C.encouraging | D.disgusting |
A.feel | B.taste | C.smell | D.sound |
A.polished | B.removed | C.eased | D.resolved |
A.caught | B.seen | C.held | D.touched |
1. 印象,感想 n.
2. 好处,益处 n.
3. 庆祝,过(节日、生日) v.
4. 好奇的adj.
5. 事实上,实际上 adv.
6. 提醒,使…想起 v.
7. turn up
8. come across
9. thanks to
Jack,
But one day Jack said
6 . Dalton Shaffer ran a pizza shop in Battle Creek, Michigan. One day he got an unusual call from someone in Indianapolis, over 225 miles away.
Julie and Richard Morgan had once
As a birthday celebration, they had
Julie’s father called Steve’s Pizza, talking about Rich’s
Shaffer was greeted with open
Talking about his good deed (行为), Shaffer said, “I made the midnight
A.performed | B.lived | C.trained | D.travelled |
A.safe | B.missing | C.tight | D.enough |
A.tried | B.sent | C.cooked | D.served |
A.hated | B.needed | C.offered | D.loved |
A.took | B.planned | C.recalled | D.joined |
A.journey | B.party | C.contest | D.flight |
A.naturally | B.unwillingly | C.unexpectedly | D.occasionally |
A.best | B.excessive | C.secret | D.last |
A.door | B.phone | C.question | D.letter |
A.belief | B.reason | C.rule | D.goal |
A.come up | B.turned up | C.put up | D.set up |
A.arms | B.eyes | C.ears | D.shoulders |
A.agreed | B.forgot | C.stayed | D.refused |
A.call | B.program | C.delivery | D.conversation |
A.precious | B.difficult | C.pleasant | D.wrong |
7 . Award-winning Chinese shoe designer, Huang Qinqin, shares her transformative journey, combining cultural heritage and international design to shape the art of practical wear.
Believing that the value of her products doesn’t lie in business operation, Huang always focuses on how to convey the stories behind her shoes to customers instead.“It is like storytelling, a natural ability I possess,” she said with a smile.
However, Huang’s journey into design was unforeseen and it took her several years to discover her true passion. Huang switched her major from physics to international communications studies at university.While she found great enjoyment in these courses, she still didn’t know what she could do in the future.
“One day, I grabbed a sheet of paper and began drawing some shoe designs I saw online.It was at that moment that the light suddenly dawned.” recalled Huang.
To her astonishment, Huang discovered while international luxury shoe brands like Jimmy Choo and Christian Louboutin are household names, Chinese brands are rarely seen.This finding fueled Huang’s determination to pursue her career as a shoe designer, hoping to fill the blank in the international market.
After returning to China from the UK, Huang established her own shoe brand.“I think Chinese students studying abroad today all share a strong sense of mission—to showcase what China truly has to offer to the world,” Huang said.
Looking back, Huang said that she took a long time to finally find her lifelong passion.“There is a saying that one must achieve fame at a young age, but I believe it is never too late to unlock one’s potential, since everyone operates on their unique ‘time zone’,” she said.
Before her current career path, Huang never stopped trying new things, including garden design and dance.These diverse experiences have all become precious treasures in her life, nurturing her self-directed learning abilities, which have turned out to be essential skills for her startup business today.
1. What does Huang value most about her products?A.Design concept. | B.Market share. |
C.Quality standard. | D.Business operation. |
A.Passion for fashion and design. |
B.Lack of Chinese brands in the field. |
C.Desire to challenge conventional norms. |
D.Love for international luxury shoe brands. |
A.Creative and flexible. |
B.Ambitious and easy-going. |
C.Talented and accessible. |
D.Responsible and humorous. |
A.Well begun is half done. |
B.Think twice before you leap. |
C.Every step counts in your life. |
D.It matters much when you succeed. |
As an independent, self-reliant person who always handled everything by myself, I didn’t expect parenting to be hard. Oh, sure, it’s difficult for other people. I heard parents complaining all the time — kids are challenging; nothing is ever clean; there’s not enough time in the day to do everything. But that was “other people” and I knew I could handle it. How complicated could it be?
I’d always dreamed of adopting a child, and finally my dream came true one summer afternoon. Even though we had requested only one child, the worker asked, “Could you take another baby and his eleven-year-old brother?” Of course, we could. We had room to have all three boys together.
The first week after they moved in, I spent my days rushing from task to task, cleaning and making sure they had all they needed. I constantly organized our living room, which was suddenly full of toys, and picked up the path of destruction left in the boys’ wake. Cooking and cleaning after meals and snacks seemed to take half of my day. I hardly ever sat; something always needed to be done.
“I think we need a break,” my husband told me one evening as I was falling asleep on the couch as usual.
“No,” I refused. The idea of sending them to a stranger sickened me. However, with each passing day, I was growing more and more exhausted. Besides meeting the physical needs of the boys, there were medical and emotional needs. Both the little ones constantly clung (黏住) to me. It was never quiet in our house; I felt overwhelmed.
One night, my husband said firmly that he needed a break. Whether I “needed” one or not, we were going to take one. With tears rolling down my cheeks, I nodded, knowing it was true, although I didn’t want to admit my weakness.
I called my parents.
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Asking for help is something I must keep re-learning as time goes on, but it’s getting easier.
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Layue is regarded as a preparatory phase for the upcoming Spring Festival. It is the
10 . When I pulled out a copy of The Lost Words, my seven-year-old son stared in amazement. When I opened it up, it spread across both of our laps. He read the inner title page aloud—“The Lost Words: A Spell Book”—and then looked up doubtfully. “It’s a spell book? Like a magic spell book?”
Indeed, that’s exactly what Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris set out to do when they made this book. They were responding to a decision by the Oxford Junior Dictionary to remove around 40 common words related to nature from its 2007 edition. They were replaced by words like blog, broadband, cut-and-paste and voicemail. The two creators saw this as a tragic loss for children.
Macfarlane wrote for The Guardian about a 2009 study from Cambridge University that found children were better at identifying Pokémon characters than common British plant and wildlife species. They had around 80% accuracy for Pokémon, but less than 50%for real-life species. The paper concluded children have the tremendous ability to learn about creatures, both natural and man-made, but are currently more inspired by made-up creatures than by “living ones”. So we need “to re-establish children’s links with nature”.
The Lost Words aims to do that. The book features 20 words, each with three-page spreads. First comes a word search, where a child can decode (破译) the letters and the name of the species, painted in gold. Next, there’s a poem based on each word, accompanied by a full-page painting. These are called “spells” rather than poems because they’re designed to be spoken out loud to bring back these words and creatures into the minds of children.
Eventually, there’s a full double-page watercolor illustration of the plant or animal in its native habitat. The book was published in 2017 and I’m sorry it’s taken me these years to discover it. But its message remains relevant. If there are young children in your life, this is a book well worth checking out of the library or adding to your collection.
1. What made Macfarlane and Morris create the book?A.Their interest in nature. |
B.The magic of the natural world. |
C.The loss of many natural species. |
D.Their concern about the practice of a dictionary. |
A.Kids know real species. | B.Kids have a learning talent. |
C.Kids need to connect with nature. | D.Kids prefer Pokémon to real species. |
A.They contain magical elements. |
B.They are meant to be recited aloud. |
C.They help children learn new words. |
D.They are accompanied by illustrations. |
A.A news report. | B.A short story. | C.A book review. | D.A research article. |