1 . 老一辈艺术家们纷纷呼吁传统戏曲要博采众长，使之惠及更多年轻观众。(accessible)(汉译英)
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2 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。1.

A．The man’s failure in final exams.	B．The man’s career prospects.
C．The woman’s new employment.	D．The woman’s personal story.

2.

A．He had too few interviews because of heavy coursework.

B．He rejected the company because he disliked the boss.

C．He had waited for a month before receiving the offer.

D．He was rejected by the company and felt depressed.

3.

A．The man should read the job ads carefully.

B．The man should ask his senior friends for help.

C．The man should try to sell the products himself.

D．The man should explore the employer’s business fully.

4.

A．Memorizing financial knowledge.	B．Solving a business challenge.
C．Presenting his personal qualities.	D．Arriving early at the interview.

3 . Imagine this. You need an image of a balloon for a work presentation and turn to an AI text-to- image generator, like Midjourney or DALL-E, to create a suitable image. You enter the prompt (提示词) “red balloon against a blue sky” but the generator returns an image of an egg instead.

What’s going on? The generator you’re using may have been “poisoned”. What does this mean? Text-to-image generators work by being trained on large datasets that include millions or billions of images. Some of the generators have been trained by indiscriminately scraping online images, many of which may be under copyright. This has led to many copyright infringement (侵害) cases where artists have accused big tech companies of stealing and profiting from their work.

This is also where the idea of “poison” comes in. Researchers who want to empower individual artists have recently created a tool named “Nightshade” to fight back against unauthorised image scraping. The tool works by slightly altering an image’s pixels (像素) in a way that confuses the computer vision system but leaves the image unaltered to a human’s eyes. If an organization then scrapes one of these images to train a future AI model, its data pool becomes “poisoned”. This can result in mistaken learning, which makes the generator return unintended results. As in our earlier example, a balloon might become an egg.

The higher the number of “poisoned” images in the training data, the greater the impact. Because of how generative AI works, the damage from “poisoned” images also affects related prompt keywords. For example, if a “poisoned” image of a Picasso work is used in training data, prompt results for masterpieces from other artists can also be affected.

Possibly, tools like Nightshade can be abused by some users to intentionally upload “poisoned” images in order to confuse AI generators. But the Nightshade’s developer hopes the tool will make big tech companies more respectful of copyright. It does challenge a common belief among computer scientists that data found online can be used for any purpose they see fit.

Human rights activists, for example, have been concerned for some time about the indiscriminate use of machine vision in wider society. This concern is particularly serious concerning facial recognition. There is a clear connection between facial recognition cases and data poisoning, as both relate to larger questions around technological governance. It may be better to see data poisoning as an innovative solution to the denial of some fundamental human rights.

1. The underlined word “scraping” (para. 2) is closest in meaning to ____.

A．facilitating

B．collecting

C．damaging

D．polishing

2. According to the passage, adding poisoned data might ____.

A．increase the accuracy of returned information

B．cause users to forget the prompt key words

C．interfere with the training of generative AI

D．discriminate against great masterpieces

3. What can be inferred from the last two paragraphs?

A．Data poisoning is somehow justified to direct attention to human rights.

B．Computer scientists has learned to respect the copyright of most artists.

C．Nightshade is being abused by human rights activists to recognize faces.

D．The issue of technological governance has aroused the lawyers’ interest.

4. Which of the following might be the best title of the passage?

A．Data Poisoning: Government Empowering Citizens to Protect Themselves

B．Data Poisoning: Addressing Facial Recognition Issues Among Artists

C．Data Poisoning: Risks and Rewards of Generative AI Data Training

D．Data Poisoning: Restricting Innovation or Empowering Artists

4 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。1.

A．It was developed independently by Edward Chang.

B．It is the most accurate AI-based translation system.

C．It can show people’s thoughts on computer screens.

D．It can turn people’s words into powerful brain waves.

2.

A．It doesn’t require a surgery.	B．Its results are more accurate.
C．It is much smaller in size.	D．It isn’t so expensive.

3.

A．New discoveries in brain networks.

B．New researches on computer science.

C．New devices in AI language translation.

D．New developments in mind-reading technology.

5 . 假如你是明启中学的高中学生李华，你在报纸上读到这样一则新闻：一个景区为解决游客爬山累的问题，在山石之间架起了一条条自动扶梯(见右图), 游客可实现“无痛爬山”。请以李华的口吻给该报纸编辑写一封邮件，要求：
1. 介绍一下你在报纸上看到的内容；
2. 自己针对此事的态度以及理由。
注，自动扶梯escalator

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6 .      New research confirms that human footprints found in New Mexico are probably the oldest direct evidence of human presence in the Americas, a finding that upends what many scientists knew about human habitation and migration (迁徙).

The footprints were discovered at the edge of an ancient lakebed in White Sands national park. According to the new paper published in the journal Science, they date back to between 21,000 and 23,000 years ago. Actually, the estimated age of the footprints was first reported in Science in 2021, but some researchers raised concerns about the dates. Questions focused on whether seeds of water plants used for the original dating may have absorbed ancient carbon from the lake — which could, in theory, throw off radiocarbon dating by thousands of years. But the new study presents two additional lines of evidence for the older date range. It uses two entirely different materials found at the site, ancient pollen (花粉) and stone grains.

       The reported age of the footprints challenges the once conventional wisdom that humans did not reach the Americas until a few thousand years before rising sea levels covered the Bering land bridge between Russia and Alaska, perhaps about 15, 000 years ago. “This is a subject that's always been controversial because it's so significant. It's about how we understand the last chapter of the peopling of the world,” said Thomas Urban, an archaeologist (考古学家) at Comell University, who was involved in the 2021 study but not the new one.
       Thomas Stafford, an independent archaeological geologist in New Mexico, who was not involved in the study, said he “was a bit suspicious before” but now is convinced. The new study isolated about 75, 000 grams of pure pollen from the same stone layer that contained the footprints. ‘Dating pollen is laborious but worthwhile,” said Kathleen Springer, a research geologist at the US Geological Survey and a co-author of the new paper.
     Ancient footprints of any kind can provide archaeologists with a quick look of a moment in time. While some archeological sites in the Americas point to similar date ranges — including necklaces carved from giant animal remains in Brazil — scientists still question whether such objects really indicate human presence. “White Sands is unique because there's no question these footprints were left by people,” said Jennifer Raff, a scientist at the University of Kansas, who was not involved in the study.
1. The underlined word “upends” (paragraph 1) is closest in meaning to “_______”.

A．comprises

B．connects

C．challenges

D．compares

2. According to the passage, what is special about the new research?

A．It shows the footprints were made by the Russians.

B．It offers more convincing lines of evidence for dating.

C．It confirms that the ancient humans enjoyed living by the lake.

D．It reveals the footprints are much younger than previously thought.

3. It can be inferred from the last paragraph that _____________.

A．necklaces are valuable objects for archaeologists to date animals

B．human footprints are often sure signs of human presence

C．ancient objects in Brazil are excluded from the study

D．White Sands is one important archaeological site

4. Which of the following might be the best title of the passage?

A．Scientists Discovers New Species of Humans in Americas

B．Humans Reached Americas 15, 000 Years Earlier Than Believed

C．American Archaeologists Unearthed Valuable Manmade Objects

D．New Research Confirms Early Human Presence in Americas

7 . Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word;for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank

Seeing Math on the Page

Math and literature are probably two of the subjects that bring students headaches. However, scientists wonder     1     the beauty of math can be found in literary works. Once Upon a Prime: The Wondrous Connections between Mathematics and Literature, a book published recently by UK mathematician Sarah Hart,     2     (present) some interesting thoughts about "three". She argues that the beauty of this number is indeed evident in many works of western literature and languages in general.

‘Three’ is the minimum number     3     a two-dimensional shape can be defined. For example, three sticks can create a triangle, a stable structure. Many common phrases are in three words, such as “ready, set, go”. Being the first things kids may learn, some nursery rhymes have a word     4     (repeat) three times, such as “row, row, row your boat”. In stories, there are usually three main characters, such as Harry, Ron and Hermione in the Harry Potter series. For a series of novels, there are usually three books     5     four, according to Hart.

Why is it always the third son who behaves differently from his two older brothers, thus     6     (win) the princess? “The reason for this,” Hart explains, “ is obvious. We require two repetitions to get to know the pattern,     7     the breaking of the pattern in the third character can surprise or amuse us.”

Similarly, another study by researchers at the University of Vermont also connected math and storytelling. They analyzed more than 1, 300 fiction books and arranged for 10, 000 words from the books     8     (rate) by 50 participants on a happiness scale of 1 to 9. Then the ratings     9     (categorize) into different graphs, which showed how the readers' emotions changed while reading. It turned out that each story fit perfectly into one of six basic graphs, a mathematical pattern.

“The idea that one would     10     choose between mathematics and literature is something of a tragedy, ”Hart says, “The two fields are fundamentally linked”.

8 . Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A. express       B. concerns        C. accompaniment        D. rise        E. approaching        F. specific G. portions       H. remain       I. growing       J. obviously        K. particularly

Exploring the growth of plant-based dairy

Plant-based milk is the largest plant-based group in North America. It grew five per cent last year, with sales of plant-based dairy products     1    $2billion.

There are many reasons for the popularity of plant-based milks. As well as a(n)    2    in the number of vegans (素食主义者) and plant-based diets due to health and moral grounds, environmental     3    are also driving uptake with supporters claiming that plant milk has a lower greenhouse gas footprint than dairy production-although the overall picture is highly complex and the figures are questioned by the dairy industry. An apparent increase in the level of lactose intolerance (乳糖不耐受) in developed countries is also helping to increase demand.

The range of plant-based milks also allows for consumers to     4    their tastes and identities as cafés and restaurants open up after lockdown. As one industry analyst said earlier this year, “To choose your     5    type of plant-based milk in Starbucks seems to be a way of identifying yourself.”

While dairy milk has long been seen as a drink or a meal     6    -for example, being used as the material to make food or with cereal (谷物)-here are increasing signs thatplant-based drinks     7    those with a thicker, more yogurt-like texture (质地) or those sold in individual     8    -are being seen as a healthy snack. Research by the Brisan Group suggests that up to a third of these products are viewed as a snack, and 61 per cent are viewed as “a treat.”

Globally soy milk products     9    the most popular and they accounted for 29.5 per cent of income globally in 2019. Coconut-based drinks are one of the fastest     10    parts, predicted to increase 8.6 per cent between 2020 and 2027. Across all types of plant milk, plain flavours have the highest sales, accounting for 71.1 per cent of the total value.

9 . 面对人生的新篇章，学生们要更加有创造力和想象力。(face)(汉译英)

10 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。1.

A．Because the manager asked him to do so.

B．Because the elderly were respected in his hometown culture.

C．Because the couple wanted him to do so.

D．Because he wanted more pay.

2.

A．He lost his job in the restaurant.

B．He made friends with the couple.

C．He no longer respected the elderly.

D．He changed his way with older people.

3.

A．The more the speaker explained, the angrier the couple got.

B．The manager went back to the table and apologized to the couple.

C．From this experience, the speaker learned more about American culture.

D．The speaker wanted to show his feelings through words after his experience.