1 . 大自然受到了伤害，感受到了痛苦，最终背弃了我们。
Nature got hurt, felt pain, and finally __________.

2 . 阅读下面短文。根据短文内容填空，在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个适当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。

Yellowstone National Park is the world’s first national park. It lies mainly on a broad plateau in the Rocky Mountains,     1    (surround) by mountains from 3,048-4,267m high. The area, a huge crater like     2     (volcano) basin, is a geological hot spot responsible for several massive eruptions, the most recent occurring some 640,000 years ago. The park has a wide variety of flowers and other plant lives. Bears, mountain sheep, elk, bison, moose, many smaller animals, and more than 200 kinds of birds inhabit Yellowstone, which is one of the world’s     3    (large) wildlife sanctuaries (保护区).

3 . 不久前某一天，我偶然发现了这些旧照片。
I came across these old photos __________.

4 . A movie about rural soccer players focuses on teenage girls and seeks to inspire audiences to follow dreams. In late 2018, Fei Yu, a director from Sichuan Province, went into the poor villages of Yunnan Province in search of inspiration. During the journey, one idea attracted him as he watched children playing soccer in a village, which is located around 110 kilometers north of Lijiang.

As a gentle wind swept-through the valley, Fei listened to the faraway sounds of horses and children and a clear image began to form in his mind — that a group of children playing soccer on the village roofs (屋顶). That image inspired the opening scene of Football on the Roof, and after taking home the special award in the films market project section of the 2023 China Golden Rooster and Hundred Fowers Film Festival, the film was on across the Chinese mainland on April 20.

The film tells the journey of a teenage girl, Aime, who’s crazy about soccer. She has the hope that by advancing to the finals in a competition, her mother, who has left thefr rural hometown to work in a big city, might see her on television. Facing many challenges, she helps her elder sister and her classmates to start a soccer team and asks a fruit seller who used to be a soccer star to coach them. Her determination pays off as she is finally selected to join the team and takes part in an important match.

During Fei Yu’s search for inspiration, he met a girl, who was eager to invite the director to her home, showed him around, and used a long wooden stick to pick fresh lemons off a tree as a treat. The director was deeply moved when he realized that the grl, who had been left in the care of a grandfather who’s continually busy with rural difficult tasks, longed to feel more connected to her parents working in a faraway city.

She became the source for the female main characters in the movie. Traveling to many areas, from the cities of Lijiang and Kaiyuan, to Chuxiong, Fei Yu and his team chose around 10, 000 students in 203 schools before selecting all main characters.

“The shoot has ended, but the young girl’s love for soccer has not. She has found a new direction to shoot for in life. This is very meaningful,” says Fei, adding that he hopes the audience will also find strength and courage to realize their dreams through the film.

1. Why did Fei Yu go into the village?

A．To teach soccer.	B．To help the poor girls.
C．To achieve an award.	D．To try to find inspiration.

2. According to the passage, what do we know about the film?

A．Aime goes to the village near Lijiang.

B．Aime isn’t chosen to join the soccer team finally.

C．The film named Football on the Roof is successful.

D．The film tells the journey of a boy’s passion about soccer.

3. Why did Aime hope to advance to the finals in a competition?

A．To show her love for soccer.

B．To leave the rural hometown.

C．To be seen by her mother on TV.

D．To be coached by a former soccer star.

4. When realizing the girl longed to feel more connected to her parents, Fei Yu felt________.

A．touched

B．interested

C．inspired

D．amazed

5. Which would be the best title for this passage?

A．A Beneficial Stress	B．A Heartwarming Goal
C．A Wonderful Teamwork	D．A Meaningful Competition

5 . All over the world, formal education supplies the economy with workers who will increase productivity to fuel the economic machine. But this machine now threatens our very survival. If the entire world reaches the levels of consumption seen in high-income countries today, we’ll need multiple planet Earths to supply the resources. The absurd (荒谬的) idea of infinite growth within a finite territory is at the heart of our economic system.

To keep this machine running, formal education generates ever more efficient “human capital”. Increasing productivity metrics (指标) rather than the individuality of students drives our civilization’s approach to schooling our young people. Whereas the Sustainable Development Goals call for turning education into a force for sustainability, the opposite is often true: The ways Western societies have come to think about education undermine our ability to deal with the environmental crisis. To get through this crisis, we need to cultivate our imagination, not undermine it.

Growing up, none of my schooling fostered my ability to imagine a world different from what I saw around me. Besides, I realize the suppression (抑制) of children’s imagination doesn’t take place only in underresourced communities, but in “elite” institutions that tout “critical thinking”. Schools want to see their graduates succeed, and success is too often about maintaining current structures — not about reimagining their foundations.

Essentially, our education systems shape children in the image of artificial intelligence. The perfect “worker”, AI, continually improves its own productivity but doesn’t challenge the larger structures within which it operates. It is one of the great paradoxes of our time that we invest so much into building supercomputers while marginalizing the imaginative potential of millions of human brains. What’s more, we even put our hope in solving the environmental crisis on AI. But AI, like our other technologies, can only treat the symptoms of the environmental crisis, not the causes

Throughout history, achievers of great change have relied on their imaginations to address fundamental flaws in society. In my country of birth, communists kept their dreams of democracy alive for decades by imagining different futures. In South Africa, Nelson Mandela’s followers had to be radical (激进的) in their imagination to create a vision of a fairer society. Imagining democracy when living under a totalitarian regime (极权主义政权) isn’t that different from imagining degrowth when living in a world of infinite growth.

The kind of intelligence that Nelson Mandela and such possessed was not artificial. The ability to reimagine the future and disrupt the current situation remains a distinctly human quality. Unlike AI, children are naturally imaginative and question the premises of society. In my research, I have observed that younger children are often the most radical in imagining different futures.

As long as our imagination is curtailed, ideas like degrowth sound utopian (乌托邦的) to many, Cultivating imagination means learning from history’s disrupters who made the   impossible possible. Instead of dismissing “childish” ideas about the world’s future, it means seeing inspiration in children’s imaginations. In an education system that celebrates imagination, arts and creativity are as important as math and science. Idealism coexists with pragmatism. The environmental crisis is not a crisis of technology or science, it is a crisis of imagination. If we let children be our guides, we might be able to imagine our way to survival.

1. The author hopes education can play its role in ________.

A．developing human resources	B．promoting sustainable development
C．increasing productivity	D．maximizing economic growth

2. From the passage, we can learn that _________.

A．imagination isn’t well developed in schools

B．AI helps exploit the potential of human brains

C．graduates’ success changes the social structures

D．AI can address the root cause of economic crisis

3. Nelson Mandela is mentioned as _________.

A．a success in building a fair society

B．a leader who had a great influence

C．a pioneer possessing the quality of AI

D．an inspiration to solve social problems

4. According to the passage, the author may agree that _________.

A．children’s imagination ensures human’s survival

B．the environmental crisis results from technology

C．imagination can help solve environmental crisis

D．the “childish” ideas will ruin the world’s future

6 . Teachers were shocked when ChatGPT appeared a year ago. This AI chat robot can write clear, well-researched essays in response to given questions, forcing educators around the world to rethink their evaluation (测评) methods. A few countries brought back pen-and-paper exams, and some schools asked students to do their homework at school, after learning about a subject at home.

There are risks, but some educators think that ChatGPT and other large language models(LLMs)can be powerful learning tools. They could help students by providing a personalized guiding that is available at any time and might be accessible to more students than human teachers would be. Or they could help teachers and students by making information that only exists in the textbooks much easier to find and understand.

There are still probkems to be solved. Questions remain about whether LLMscan be made correct and reliable enough to be trusted as learning helpers. It’s too soon to know what their final effect on education will be, but more institutions (研究机构) need to explore ChatGPT’s advantages and dangers, and share what they are leaning, or their students might miss aut on a valuable tool.

Despite the risks, educators should not avoid using LLMs. Rather, they need to teach students the chat robot’s strengths and weaknesses and support institutions’ efforts to improve the models for educatton-specific purposes. This could mean building task-specific versions of LLMs that harness their strengths in dialogue and summarization and reduce the risks of a chat robot providing students with inaccurate (不准确的) information or enabling them to cheat.

Arizona State University (ASU), for example, developed a platform that enables its members to use LLM-powered chat robots. These robots are instructed to seek answers to users’questions in specific data sets, such as scientific papers or lecture notes. This approach not only makes use of the chat robot’s conversational power, but alsozreduces the chance of errors.

As understanding of the LLMs’power and limitations increases, more university- wide plans will certainly appear. Using LLMs without considering their disadvantages will gain the opposite effect. For many educational purposes, error-prone (容易出错 的) tools damage students’ability to learn and cannot help students. But some institutions are trying to reduce the LLMs’weaknesses, even aiming to turn those into strengths by, for example, using them to improve students’critical-thinking skills.

Educators must be brave to avoid missing a huge opportunity and careful to ensure that institutions everywhere use LLMs in a way that makes the world better, not worse.

1. What can we infer about ChatGPT from Paragraph 1?

A．It is used in exams by some students.	B．It is going to replace human teachers.
C．It is especially popular among teachers.	D．It improves educators’ evaluation methods.

2. What is Paragraph 2 mainly about?

A．LLMs’possible risks.	B．LLMs’powerful tools.
C．ILMs’leaning ability.	D．LLMs’potential benefits.

3. What should students know when using LLMs?

A．Their task-specific versions.

B．Their strengths and weaknesses.

C．Their problems and possible risks.

D．Their models for education purposes.

4. What does the underlined word “harness” in Paragraph 4 probably mean?

A．Improve.

B．Discover.

C．Use.

D．Test.

5. As for the future of LLMs, the writer is _________

A．confused

B．hopeful

C．unconcerned

D．doubtful

7 . In a recent interview with the CEO of Norges Bank Investment Management, Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, said artificial intelligence (AI) (人工智能) may become smarter than any human by the end of next year.

It is true that AI achievements over the past 18 months, including video generation tools and chat robots, have made the development of AI faster. The Financial Times reported that Musk actually announced last year that humans would   “fully”   achieve general artificial intelligence by 2029. Musk has long been supportive of AI development, believing it is so powerful that it can beat the most capable human in any field.

Despite its rapid development, AI needs policy, resources and technological support. Yet its use in many fields now does not have this kind of support.   Cooperation (合作) among countries is also needed for AI development, but current international cooperation depends on many national causes, blocking the smooth development of AI. At the same time, AI development is also limited by some cultural causes, such as ChatGPT’s answers being more in line with the Western environment, which means the development of AI with a single national power may increase the imbalance of global AI development. All these call for exact connection between capital and the market, and a full range of international cooperation for AI   development.

The fast development of AI in recent years has reduced production costs and improved production efficiency (效率), opening the door to new business forms in various areas. Despite bringing in efficiency, the use of artificial intelligence is also filled with risks. The technology continues to increase the difficulty in dealing with the problems concerning various laws, leading to calls for the sound law system applicable to this new technology.

According to experts, the power used by human brains is much lower than the power lost to artificial intelligence operation, and there is still a gap between the levels of artificial intelligence and human intelligence. However, from a long-term viewpoint, they believe that artificial intelligence, which now has many shortcomings compared with the human brain, may eventually better human intelligence supported by algorithms (算法) and data, depending on how some software develops.

The time of artificial intelligence is a time of risks and opportunities, and the uncertainty brought by this technology to human society may be far greater than the certainty.

1. How does the writer raise the subject of AI?

A．By listing human achievements.

B．By using the words of Elon Musk.

C．By showing video generation tools.

D．By providing specific data in the past.

2. According to the writer, which of the following is the risk of using AI?

A．The loss of cultural traditions.

B．The pollution of the environment.

C．The reduction of production efficiency.

D．The difficulty of dealing with law problems.

3. What does the underlined word   “shortcomings” in Paragraph 5 probably mean?

A．Weaknesses.

B．Mistakes.

C．Benefits.

D．Qualities.

4. What is the writer’s attitude towards AI development?

A．Surprised.

B．Supportive.

C．Worried.

D．Frightened.

5. What can we learn from this passage?

A．We should call on people to stop using AI.

B．There are many possibilities for the development of AI.

C．The opinion of Elon Musk is the same as most people’s ideas.

D．Many countries have caught the opportunity to buy AI chat robots.

8 . How objective are you? How often are you over-reacting to situations, taking things personally or judging people unfairly? We all do this at some time or another.

    1     Under stress, most of us draw solely on our past experiences and biases, which cloud our ability to see things clearly and make sound judgments. Moreover, our desire to succeed is often so strong, that, under these intense circumstances, our limiting mental models tend to get in our way, creating even more stress and causing us to react in ways that we may regret.

Our ability to be objective depends on our willingness to question our mental models, the lens through which we perceive, interpret and respond to our world. If our mental models are incorrect, then our understanding of what is going on and our response to it, are often incorrect.     2    

The good news is that with practice, we can interrupt our automatic reactions, and choose a different response. Each time we do this, we are re-wiring our neural network by creating new pathways based on new models: new ways of perceiving and responding to our world.     3    

One of the most powerful mental model transformation catalysts (催化剂) is new knowledge or logic that challenge old ways of thinking.     4     They’ve usually been with us a while, so we tend to trust them. For most of us, we have never been taught about mental models and how to evaluate them to determine if they are helpful or harmful.

To transform unproductive mental models, we must change our mind! We have to decide, through our own logic and reason, whether our way of seeing the world is no longer valid for us.     5     It is in the wake of this new knowledge that transformation takes place. At that moment, a set of new connections is created in the brain. It’s these new connections that have the potential to enhance our mental resources to help us transform limiting mental models.

A．We can actually learn to think smarter!

B．An objective leader must judge and treat people fairly.

C．This requires that we be open to new knowledge and reasoning.

D．The key is to accept a problem as it occurs and not take it personally.

E．This is why we sometimes misjudge situations and take things personally.

F．As we have seen, mental models are deep — rooted beliefs we tend to hold onto.

G．The challenge is that when we are under pressure, we tend to be less objective.

9 . Ten years ago, I had just started my first job as a Medical Representative in a small town in India—but was _______ every moment of it. I had the _______ to promote and get sales regardless of whether there was a need for my drugs or not. To make matters worse, I was _______ from my original plan of pursuing (追求) a Ph.D in biology.

All these thoughts were crowding through my mind, as I was driving my scooter around the town visiting one doctor after another.

At one of the traffic lights, I hit a red and had to wait for the signal to turn green. I noticed that there was a huge rock lying near the square—a result of somebody’s carelessness. Yet nobody thought it _______ to get out of the vehicles and move the rock to the edge of the road where it would lie, harmless.

Suddenly I noticed a young kid crawling his way across the other side of the road. He must have had a serious infection of polio (小儿麻痹症) when he was a baby. He was crawling on both his hands and _______ his body behind him.

This guy came up to the rock with a look on his face showing that he did not believe in his handicap (残疾). He was looking at that rock with _______ —as if saying to the stone “You are an instrument of my will.” He _______ to push the rock to the side of the road. I can never forget that look of pride on his face, showing that he has _______ something that able-bodied people like me were avoiding doing.

And looking at this kid for this brief time, I was reminded how small my troubles were in respect to his and how much I was worrying about them.

Since then I have never _______ . I did pursue my dream of finishing a Ph.D in the biological sciences. To that unknown messenger of hope and   ________ , this is the ovation (鼓掌) I wish to give—though belatedly.

1.

A．expecting

B．regretting

C．missing

D．wondering

2.

A．pressure

B．desire

C．pleasure

D．chance

3.

A．passing

B．developing

C．departing

D．starting

4.

A．difficult

B．dangerous

C．possible

D．worthwhile

5.

A．dragging

B．shaping

C．lifting

D．folding

6.

A．anxiety

B．determination

C．confusion

D．amazement

7.

A．planned

B．failed

C．learnt

D．managed

8.

A．recalled

B．considered

C．preserved

D．accomplished

9.

A．calmed down

B．given up

C．broken in

D．worked out

10.

A．cooperation

B．generosity

C．courage

D．enthusiasm

10 . 语法填空

Li Renwei is one of the most excellent piano tuners (调音师) in China, and yet he has never once seen a piano. Li Renwei     1     (be) blind since birth. His blindness has not stopped him, though, from earning his life and offering the best service for piano users with his sharp ears and clever hands. “Unlike those who know the world with their eyes, I know it through     2     (listen) and touching,” he says prqudly. When     3     (ask) how he got into piano work, he’ll reply happily, “It is     4     long story.”