1. Why did the speaker go on the tour?
| A．It was the prize of a competition. |
| B．John asked her to go with him. |
| C．It was her travel plan. |
| A．The drinks. | B．The food. | C．The waiters. |
| A．Disappointing. | B．Amazing. | C．Terrible. |
| A．She rode an elephant. |
| B．She went to the mountains. |
| C．She relaxed in the hotel. |
2 . 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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? |
1. 多积累词汇；
2. 阅读中文书刊；
3. 收听中文原声广播等。
注意：1.写作词数应为80左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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Adam lived with his parents in one city while his grandparents lived far away in another city. Adam’s parents usually took their son to his grandparents’ house during summer holiday every year and stayed there for around 20 days. Adam’s grandfather loved him very much and spent a lot of time playing with him. His grandmother always cooked delicious food for him. Adam loved his stay there. This continued for years. The boy grew up over time.
One day Adam said to his parents, “Now, I am old enough to go to grandparents’ house alone. So, please let me go by myself.”
His parents didn’t agree at first but Adam insisted(坚持). They finally agreed. But they were worried about his safety. So, they taught him everything he needed to know to travel alone.
The day came when Adam was to leave for his grandparents’ house. And his parents came to see him off at the train station. When the boy was comfortably seated on the train, his parents got off and waited for the train to leave.
While waiting, the father went to the window and kept talking to his son. He handed his son an envelope(信封) from the window and said, “Son, if you feel afraid on the way, open this and read it. It will help you to calm down.”
The boy kept that envelope in his pocket carefully and said goodbye to his parents. When the train was ready to leave, the boy smiled and told his father, “I remember everything. Don’t worry.”
At every station where the train stopped, people kept coming and going. The boy started feeling a little lonely.
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At one station, a big man with cuts on his face got on the train.
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_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Kelsey Gilland and her husband were shopping at PetSmart, looking for a company for one of their dogs, and decided to go and see if they had any adoptable cats that day. The past few times the couple had been to PetSmart hadn’t been any, but that day they were delighted to see two adorable cats hanging out. They were only going to look — but their dog Paisleigh had other plans.
As soon as Paisleigh saw one of the cats, Oliver, she was completely fascinated with him. The instant best friends interacted through the glass and seemed to have a special connection right off the bat.
“When I saw the way they reacted together my husband looked at me and said, ‘Babe, it’s an orange cat, isn’t that what you’ve been wanting?’ Everything in me said, ‘YES! Please, let’s take him home!’”
Gilland was worried about how Oliver would fit in with the family’s two other cats, though, and so the couple left PetSmart without Oliver, much to Paisleigh’s dismay.
That night, Gilland couldn’t stop thinking about Oliver. The way he and Paisleigh connected had been such magic, and she began to think that maybe he was meant to be a part of their family.
“I thought about that sweet kitty all night long and when I woke … I wanted to go back to PetSmart to see if he was still there,” Gilland said. “My husband was all for it. We got dressed and went to PetSmart, we took our own cage because we knew we were bringing him home if he was still there.”
Luckily, Oliver was still there and available for adoption. Due to COVID-19, the couple wasn’t able to do a meet and greet with Oliver before adopting him, but they decided it didn’t matter. They went with Paisleigh’s instincts and took him home.
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1. 续写词数应为150左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
As soon as they got home, they let Oliver out of his cage so he could officially meet Paisleigh face to face.
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Any worries the couple had about Oliver fitting in with the rest of the family immediately faded away.
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6 . Thirteen years ago, Ava Kaufman was fighting for her life. Now, thanks to a donor heart and successful organ transplant, she’s alive — and saving others.
“My life changed on a dime.” said Kaufman, who was a professional dancer and black belt in taekwondo (跆拳道) when an autoimmune disease went undiagnosed and she ended up on life support in intensive care with organ failure. On her birthday in 2009, she received a new heart and promised God if she could live to raise her young daughter, she would do everything she could to give back. Today, Kaufman is doing just that.
Kaufman started her non-profit, Ava’s Heart. She and her organization offer transplant patients services that are often not covered by insurance, including food, gas, and housing. She found out that patients often must show financial security and be able to afford transportation and housing near their transplant hospital to get listed. And for some patients hoping to receive a transplant in a big city like Los Angeles, where rents are high and hotels are expensive, the cost alone could be a barrier.
Kaufman runs two housing locations where she houses up to five transplant patients and their families at a time, at no cost, after their surgery. This allows them to remain close to their transplant hospital for the duration of their aftercare. Since she started, Kaufman has helped about 175 people with post-transplant housing, and about 150 more with support services and financial assistance.
At 72, Kaufman works out every day and has no plans to slow down. “I feel like I was chosen to do this,” she said. “When I made a promise to God, I didn’t know what it was going to be, but it turned out to be my non-profit, Ava’s Heart.”
1. What left Kaufman’s life in danger?| A．A heart from a donor. | B．An undiagnosed disease. |
| C．An organ transplant. | D．A promise to God. |
| A．Immediately. | B．Slightly. | C．Frequently | D．Occasionally. |
| A．It has offered housing to 175 patients after their transplant surgeries. |
| B．It plans to slow down because no profit can be made from the patients. |
| C．It was started by Kaufman to help the transplant patients with insurance. |
| D．It makes a great difference to the patients who can’t afford the cost. |
| A．A Woman Fighting for Life. | B．Never Lose Heart in Future. |
| C．Home is Where the Heart is. | D．Heart Donation to Those in Need. |
7 . What happens when we think that others expect us to fail? My research shows that these “underdog expectations” can actually motivate (激励) people to try to prove others wrong, especially those they find less trustworthy, — leading them to perform better.
I conducted an experiment asking volunteers to do a computer task that included clicking on rapidly moving circles. They were told that someone was observing their performance on the task. They would receive one of three messages — stating underdog expectations, high expectations, or neutral (中立的) expectations — from the observer. Volunteers then performed the task. I found that those who experienced underdog expectations performed the best.
There are countless stories about underdogs being successful. For example, Aly Raisman, a three-time Olympic gold medalist in gymnastics, specially mentioned this motivation after reporters suggested she was too old to succeed at the last Olympics, “It’s obviously not something that people expected or that’s easy to do after you’re taking a year off or being the ‘Grandma’ or whatever they like to say. So, I’m happy I proved everyone wrong.”
Of course, there are also many more examples of people failing to overcome the low expectations others set for them. So when does being an underdog lead to success rather than failure?
I ran a second study. Before volunteers received any expectations, they were casually given information about the observer’s trust. Results show that the desire to prove others wrong only turned into better performance in the face of less trustworthy observers, while it backfired when it came from more trustworthy observers. Trying to prove highly trustworthy people wrong appears to have caused a sense of anxiety, which weakened the following performance. In contrast, people experiencing underdog expectations from less trustworthy observers were able to use the desire to prove others wrong and perform successfully.
My work suggests that more people can achieve success when they think that others view them as underdogs — if they view others as less trustworthy and direct their motivation to prove them wrong toward performing better.
1. In Paragraph 3, the author uses Aly’s story to show ______.| A．an old player did better than her competitors |
| B．it was hard for an old player to achieve success |
| C．the reporters thought little of Aly’s performance |
| D．underdog expectations can actually lead to success |
| A．Developed interest. | B．Raised motivation. |
| C．Had opposite effects. | D．Helped avoid failure. |
| A．A stranger online said you would rank first in the coming exam. |
| B．A friend who once lied to you said you would fail the interview. |
| C．A teacher you respect predicted your low scores in the coming exam. |
| D．A coach of the school team said you couldn’t get a prize in the match. |
| A．Upside of Being Underdogs | B．Ways to Better Performance |
| C．Attempts to Prove Others Wrong | D．Causes of Underdog Expectations |
Surprises are beautiful because they come without waiting. It was not so true for Nancy though. She was sure her younger sister, Kate, was planning a surprise for her birthday. Opening the curtains of her bedroom window, she hungrily drank in the fresh morning air. Nancy was turning 30 today. “Keep calm. It’s only your 30th birthday.” she thought to herself, quickly glancing at the mirror and looking away. She never liked looking at the mirror. It always reminded her of what she had suffered. She didn’t want to think of the past and all that it had done to her.
Over these years she had worked at different factories and cleaned the floors at big hotels where perfumed men and women floated easily. Ever since their parents died, her only goal was to educate Kate. Nancy didn’t go to her dreamy university. Her emotions came running back to the present. Quickly, she wiped her tears and rushed to the door.
“A sister is a little bit of childhood that can never be lost.” Kate was her dream, her hope, her happiness and her precious possession. She meant everything to her. Kate was so outstanding that she was admitted to Harvard University. And today, Nancy was sure Kate would surprise her with a gift like she did every year. Nancy imagined the freshly baked chocolate cake that would welcome her. Her tongue was eager to lick up the soft, brown cream and her teeth were ready to bite it. She heard the sound of Kate’s footsteps coming towards her. She waited smiling.
It seemed like an endless wait. Finally, she heard her younger sister approaching her room. Her eyes lit up, steps turned into a spring and her heart was pounding. She sniffed the air to catch a breath of the chocolate cake but she couldn’t. “Maybe it is not chocolate flavor this time.” she imagined with pride. Her sister was a grown-up now. She could surprise her with something else.
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2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
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Kate walked into her room empty-handed.
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1. What was one of Sammo Hung’s hobbies?
| A．Drawing. | B．Dancing. | C．Swimming. |
| A．65. | B．70. | C．75. |
| A．An actor. | B．A singer. | C．A dancer. |
| A．In the magazine. | B．On the Internet. | C．On TV. |
10 . When I was about 10 years old, I was walking down the street with my mother. She
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At work, I always used to say hello to the
Now I’ve become vice president, but my mother’s advice is still in my heart. I have
| A．continued | B．stopped | C．pretended | D．happened |
| A．broke | B．threw | C．kicked | D．caught |
| A．something | B．everything | C．anything | D．nothing |
| A．first | B．next | C．last | D．late |
| A．still | B．ever | C．never | D．even |
| A．street | B．platform | C．square | D．campus |
| A．proverb | B．phrase | C．regulation | D．declaration |
| A．refuses | B．rejects | C．promise | D．deserves |
| A．anyone | B．everyone | C．somebody | D．everybody |
| A．workmate | B．founder | C．waiter | D．servant |
| A．business | B．housework | C．education | D．government |
| A．managed | B．destroyed | C．bought | D．cleaned |
| A．often | B．long | C．far | D．fast |
| A．time | B．way | C．while | D．method |
| A．applied | B．enquired | C．benefited | D．purchased |
