1 . Wisdom is a good necessary quality to have. Let’s discuss how you can gain wisdom in life!

• Try experiencing new opportunities

Variety is the spice of life but experiencing new opportunities is to gain wisdom.     1     which is why you need to get out of it. This is the only way you will gain wisdom and become better. You can try learning new skills that you never thought of learning.

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We need to be receptive to different views, this will open up new pathways for us. Always develop a sense of curiosity, and observe the world from different angles, it will always help you out.

•   Meet new people

Limiting yourself to only one type of people that share the same thinking as you can be comforting.     3    . You need to meet and experience new people and learn what they have to offer. Cultivate new friendships, and this will be extremely beneficial for your future.

•   Call upon the wisdom of others

The best way to grow and do better in life is to have wise people as your mentors. They can be teachers, family members, and even special friends. The more time you spend with them, the more transfer of knowledge there will be.     4    .

• Learn and grow from your mistakes

All of us make mistakes in life, but it is the acknowledgement of mistakes that makes us grow and do better next. Whenever we make a mistake, we should learn from it. Stop blaming other people for your mistakes and admit where you went wrong. Do remember:     5    .

A．Never back away from Learning

B．These will pave the path to success

C．Open yourself to diverse perspectives

D．You will never grow in your comfort zone

E．Your best teacher will be your last mistake

F．However, it doesn’t get you anywhere in life

G．So soak in their knowledge as much as you can

2 . A deep neural (神经系统的) network trained to restore ancient Greek texts can do so with 72% accuracy when used by historians, suggests a Nature paper. The findings could assist with the restoration and sort of newly discovered or uncertain inscriptions (碑文) with improved speed and accuracy, advancing our understanding of ancient history.

To understand the history of ancient civilizations, historians study the inscriptions created by past individuals, written directly on materials- such as stone, pottery or metal- that have survived until today. However, many inscriptions have been damaged over the centuries. Their texts are now vague and their date of writing is uncertain. Specialists in the study of inscriptions can reconstruct missing texts, but their traditional methods are highly complex and time-consuming.

To overcome the restrictions of current epigraphic methods, Yannis Assael, Thea Sommerschield and their colleagues tested a deep neural network (named Ithaca), a type of artificial intelligence (AI) that was trained to restore, date and place ancient Greek inscriptions. The authors found that Ithaca could achieve 62% accuracy when used alone to restore damaged texts, and 72% accuracy when it is used by a historian. Additionally, Ithaca could also help to determine inscriptions’ place and date of writing; in their experiments, it attributed inscriptions to their original locations with 71% accuracy and dated them to less than 30 years from the date ranges proposed by historians.

The findings could unlock the cooperative potential between artificial intelligence and historians, and improve our understanding of human history.

Common fields such as education, healthcare, catering, and industry have long been dominated by artificial intelligence, and this technology is now finding its way into relatively niche (小众) fields to more fully exploit its talents. Archaeology (考古学) is one of its latest fields.

1. Which can describe the neural network’s work?

A．Uncertain but useful.	B．Imperfect and traditional.
C．Faster and more precise.	D．Helpful but time-consuming.

2. What can be inferred about inscriptions from paragraph 2?

A．The ancients wrote inscriptions on hard materials on purpose.

B．The history of ancient civilization is uncovered by inscriptions.

C．Historians are able to recover the texts of ancient inscriptions totally.

D．Experts are capable of comprehending inscriptions despite complexity.

3. What is the author’s attitude towards AI’s potential use?

A．Doubtful.

B．Concerned.

C．Promising.

D．Opposing.

4. Which of the following is probably the best title?

A．AI’s current wide use.	B．Historians’ new contributions.
C．Restoring ancient texts using AI.	D．A newly-developed neural network.

3 . The latest housing trend in America has nothing to do with decoration, but rather the rise of intergenerational roommates. Described as separated by at least one generation, intergenerational roommate arrangements are growing in the United States, and intergenerational houses have increased four times since 1971.

Pick your explanation — growing isolation among the elderly, rising rents, average life-expectancy increasing, an aging population, or rising college tuition, the fact of the matter is that older folks have space available, and tend to be happy to have a young person around.

In March 2021, there were 59. 7 million U. S. residents who lived with multiple generations under one roof.

“It was perfect-Judith has become like my family,” said Nadia Abdullah, a 25-year-old robotics student who in 2019 moved in with the 64-year-old lawyer, Judith. The arrangement of $700 a month plus help around the house has put her just 6-miles from Boston, and 30 minutes from her robotics job in Beverly Mass. Judith and Nadia were matched together thanks to Nesterly, a renting center specifically designed to create intergenerational roommates.

“Through Nesterly, I lived with Sarah while attending Harvard,” writes a young Nesterly reviewer named Kaplan who provided the exact sort of insight into the service one would imagine. “She provided the type of profound knowledge you just can’t Google-showing me how to garden, to cut a fish, and inject French Romanticism into life.”

Biologically-speaking, an arrangement such as Sarah and Kaplan is kind of the natural state of humanity. Scholars believe this is because our intelligence and life experiences, passed down to the next generation, acts as a secondary way to ensure our genetics are passed on; i. e. if you can live long enough to explain to your children and grandchildren exactly which mushrooms they can eat, which snakes are poisonous, how to hunt with a bow and arrow, those offspring will have a better chance of survival.

1. Which summarizes “intergenerational roommates” best?

A．Separated generations’ reunion again.

B．Mixed generations sharing houses together.

C．International older folks’ gathering.

D．Different generations living alone.

2. What contributes to the rise of the latest housing trend in America?

A．The elderly with houses desire for young guys’ company.

B．Isolation is growing sharply among the older folks.

C．The average life standard is increasing.

D．The college tuition is rising.

3. What can be learned from Abdullah and Kaplan’s examples?

A．They have a deep understanding of the service.

B．They live happily with the elderly free of charge.

C．The elderly provide more knowledge than Google does.

D．The housing trend actually benefits the young a lot.

4. What is the last paragraph mainly about?

A．The exact guidance about the living skills.

B．The way that intergenerational roommates live.

C．The latest study about intergenerational roommates.

D．The reason why intergenerational roommates exist.

4 . Since 2018, Jason has been helping sick kids become superheroes. After watching his then one-year-old daughter Angela undergo chemotherapy (化疗), he came up with the idea of “Supertees”. Designed with a cape, the shirts act as a virtual armour (盔甲) for children fighting the worst villain of all- cancer.

“Sitting by her hospital bed I. knew there was nothing I could do to help Angela, until I noticed how hard it was to change her clothes while she was connected to various monitors. This is when the idea for the Supertee was born,” says Jason, whose daughter had a rare cancer then.     

Created to look like a superhero costume, for Jason, the medical garments are all about enabling children to see themselves as the strong superheroes they idolise. “We want these kids to feel like, and be recognized as, the heroes that we see them as, “he tells.   

Now Jason has teamed up with Disney to launch a new Marvel Edition tee. And he’s got some very “super” friends helping him out! Actors Larson and Chris have lent their support, sharing special video messages for the kids who receive a new Supertee modelled after their costumes.

The collaboration with Disney is special for Jason. “I promised I would take her to Disneyland the moment we could leave the hospital, “ says Jason, a pledge they happily fulfilled.

Since June 2018, Jason and his team have delivered more than 13, 000 Supertees to sick children in hospitals around Australia, including Melbourne schoolboy Riley Sinclair, who was diagnosed with a serious disease at just seven years old.

For Riley’s mum Tammy, the Supertee was a game changer for her son, now 11, helping him feel less afraid and making hospital visits more comfortable. “When Riley puts his tee on, his whole personality will change and he feels like he can face anything. It’s amazing!” explains Tammy.

1. What is “Supertee”?

A．A customized shirt for sick kids.	B．A special hospital for kids.
C．A virtual armour for kids.	D．A super hero of kids.

2. What inspired Jason’s idea of “Supertee”?

A．His cooperation with Disney.

B．His chat with doctors in hospital.

C．His own experience of being hospitalized.

D．His caring for his daughter in hospital.

3. What does the underlined word “idolise” in paragraph 3 mean?

A．Envy.

B．Adore.

C．Hate.

D．Create.

4. Why does the author mention Riley’s case?

A．To prove the Supertee’s role in a game.

B．To explain why the Supertee is so popular.

C．To indicate that the Supertee does work.

D．To reflect the Supertee’s medical effectiveness.

5 . 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。

At the beginning of the Year of the Dragon,     1     2024 Spring Festival film season, after seeming lack of blockbusters,     2    (set) some records so far beyond expectation. To begin with, the box office revenue during Spring Festival surpassed 8 billion yuan ($1. 11 billion). This year’s success story is different from     3     of previous years which were marked by grand-theme, big-budget     4     (scene) such as The Battle at Lake Changjin I in 2022 and The Wandering Earth I in 2023.     5     (surprising), the Spring Festival season saw medium-budget films with contemporary realistic themes dominating the market.

Jia Ling’s YOLO,     6     (ride) on the success of Hi, Mom during the 2021 Spring Festival season, captured audiences, especially young and middle-aged women, with its mature comedy and resonant theme of self     7     (aware) through weight loss. The film started attracting widespread attention even before     8    (release) thanks to social media discussions about it.

Five years after Pegasus, Pegasus 2     9    (star) by Shen Teng, showcased a higher level of craftsmanship and targeted the group of young and middle-aged men,     10     significantly contributed to its box office success.

6 . 听下面一段对话，回答以下小题。
1. When will the man tour the campus?

A．On Monday morning.

B．On Monday afternoon.

C．On Tuesday afternoon.

2. Which year of college are the speakers probably in now?

A．The third year.

B．The second year.

C．The first year.

3. What activity will the man take part in on Tuesday morning?

A．Library Tour.

B．Student Union Induction.

C．Careers Lecture.

7 . 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。

Millions of people in China now share a common routine: a session with personal trainer Liu Genghong. The 49-year-old singer and composer has     1     (surprising) become     2     online hit for livestreaming fitness routines from his home. Liu’s workout sessions are so popular that they     3     (break) Douyin’s livestreaming record for 2022 so far.

In Liu’s livestreams, Liu and his wife appear     4     (energy), friendly, happy and super fit. They are usually seen exercising     5     the fast-paced tune (曲子) of pop singer Jay Chou’s Herbalist Manual (本草纲目) and others.     6     Liu’s dance moves look simple, they are often too intense for his audience     7     (follow).

Wei Fang, a student at Shandong Normal University, is one of Liu’s     8     (fan). “My major requires me to sit for a long time, sometimes for the whole day, ” she said. “So how can I refuse a star singer as a personal trainer? Besides, when     9     (watch) the live-stream, I feel like I’m working out with friends,     10     encourages me to keep going until the last minute,” added Wei.

8 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. What company does the speaker employ workers for?

A．Shopping.

B．Clothing.

C．Travelling

2. What will engineers do?

A．Design patterns.

B．Choose suitable colors.

C．Work in the production department.

3. Who perform a vital task?

A．Salesmen.

B．Accountants.

C．Scientists.

4. What is the speaker mainly talking about?

A．Some sales methods.

B．Some job chances.

C．Some fashionable clothes.

9 . 听下面一段对话，回答以下小题。
1. In which city does the dialogue most probably take place?

A．Tokyo.

B．London.

C．Beijing.

2. Which might be a choice of the man?

A．Mapo Tofu.

B．Fish and chips.

C．Beijing Roast Duck.

3. When does the man like his soup served?

A．Before the food.

B．Together with the food.

C．After the food.

10 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. How does the woman feel at first?

A．Curious.

B．Surprised.

C．Excited.

2. What in the forest made the man think about rotting?

A．Flowers.

B．Mushrooms.

C．Trees.

3. How many colors of the mushrooms does the woman mention?

A．Two.

B．Three.

C．Four.

4. When will the speakers return to the forest?

A．On Thursday.

B．On Friday.

C．On Saturday.