参考词汇:丑小鸭ugly duckling 天鹅swan
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1.得知我校要举行急救演习，我非常激动，我非常想成为一名志愿者。
2.当有人晕倒或受伤时，他们通常急需帮助。
3.及时实施急救可以帮助缓解情况的严重性，防止健康状况恶化，甚至挽救生命。
4.了解急救技术也意味着在紧急情况下有信心帮助患者。
5.让学生掌握实际的急救技能是非常重要的。非常感谢您的考虑!
Dear Steve,
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Looking forward to your early reply!
Yours,
Li Hua
1. How many parcels are expected to be delivered this year?
| A．30.8 billion. | B．83 billion. | C．95.5 billion. |
| A．2,000 boxes recycle stations will be built. |
| B．All packages will be wrapped only once. |
| C．New energy vehicles will be used to deliver packages. |
| A．The locations of recycle stations. |
| B．The wrapping products. |
| C．The types of new energy vehicles. |
1. 得知你对中国古代建筑很感兴趣我很高兴。我热切地向你推荐颐和园。
2. 颐和园位于北京西北部，被誉为古代最好的皇家园林之一。
3. 早在18世纪，它就曾是属于帝王们的避暑胜地。
4. 颐和园由数百座引人注目的建筑和大厅组成。因此颐和园总是挤满游客。
5. 如果留心去观察，隐藏在建筑中的中国智慧会令你叹为观止。你可以更好地了解中国历史。
6. 我保证迷人的风景会让你大饱眼福。
Dear Eric,
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Yours,
Li Hua
①由于人类活动，许多濒临灭绝的野生动物正面临着灭绝的危险。
②为使它们有一个安全的栖息地，应采取以下措施。
③应制定污染标准以减少空气中的毒物。
④为了与自然和谐相处，国家公园应该被视为野生动物的保护区。
⑤只有为保护野生动物做出贡献，我们才能与自然共存。(倒装句)
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6 . Last week, I sent the same request to ChatGPT, the latest artificial-intelligence chatbot from OpenAI. “Upon the Firth of Forth, a bridge doth stand,” it began. In less than a minute, the program had created in full a rhyming Shakespearean sonnet (莎士比亚十四行诗). Tools like ChatGPT seem poised to change the world of poetry — and so much else — but poets also have a lot to teach us about artificial intelligence. If algorithms (算法) are getting good at writing poetry, it’s partially because poetry was always an algorithmic business.
Even the most rebellious (叛逆的) poets follow more rules than they might like to admit. When schoolchildren are taught to imitate the structure of sonnet, they are effectively learning to follow algorithmic constraints. Should it surprise us that computers can do so, too?
But considering how ChatGPT works, its ability to follow the rules for sonnets seems a little more impressive. No one taught it these rules. It is based on a newer kind of AI known as a large language model (LLM). To put it simply, LLMs analyze large amounts of human writing and learn to predict what the next word in a string of text should be, based on context. One frequent criticism of LLMs is that they do not understand what they write; they just do a great job of guessing the next word.
When a private verse by Dickinson makes us feel like the poet speaks directly to us, we are experiencing the effects of a technology called language. Poems are made of paper and ink — or, these days, electricity and light. There is no one “inside” a Dickinson poem any more than one by ChatGPT. Of course, every Dickinson poem reflects her intention to create meaning. When ChatGPT puts words together, it does not intend anything. Some argue that writings by LLMs therefore have no meaning, only the appearance of it. If I see a cloud in the sky that looks like a giraffe, I recognize it as an accidental similarity. In the same way, this argument goes, we should regard the writings of ChatGPT as merely imitating real language, meaningless and random as cloud shapes.
When I showed my friends the sonnet by ChatGPT, they called it “soulless and barren.” Despite following all the rules for sonnets, the poem is predictable. But is the average sonnet by a human any better? If we now expect computers to write not just poems but good poems, then we have set a much higher bar.
1. What is the main idea of paragraph 1 and paragraph 2?| A．ChatGPT will make a difference to poetry based on algorithms. |
| B．There is no doubt that AI can copy the grammatical rules of poetry. |
| C．Poetry guidelines provide a possibility for AI’s poetry writing. |
| D．There is a similarity between algorithms and poetry. |
| A．ChatGPT is trained to follow the rules by LLMs. |
| B．ChatGPT can analyze and predict human languages. |
| C．ChatGPT is technologically supported by LLMs. |
| D．ChatGPT itself learn to follow the rules. |
| A．He talks about cloud to describe the meaninglessness of AI’s poetry. |
| B．He tells of Dickinson to describe the meaninglessness AI’s poetry. |
| C．He mentions cloud to suggest its close relationship with AI’s poetry. |
| D．He refers to Dickinson to suggest her close relationship with AI’s poetry. |
| A．Acceptable and favorable | B．Amazed and admiring |
| C．Indifferent and uncaring | D．Doubtful and uneasy |
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(Adapted)
Larry Belmont worked for a company that made robots. Recently it had begun experimenting with a household robot. It was going to be tested out by Larry’s wife, Claire.
Claire didn’t want the robot in her house, especially as her husband would be away on a business trip for three weeks, but Larry persuaded her that the robot wouldn’t harm her or allow her to be harmed. It would be a bonus. However, when she first saw the robot, she felt alarmed. His name was Tony. He seemed more like a human than a machine. He was tall and handsome with smooth hair and a deep voice, although his facial expression never changed.
On the second morning, Tony brought her breakfast and then asked her whether she needed help dressing. She felt embarrassed and quickly told him to go. Now she was being looked after by a robot that looked so human, and it was disturbing.
One day, Claire mentioned that she didn’t think she was clever. Tony said that she must feel very unhappy to say that. Claire thought it was ridiculous that she was being offered sympathy by a robot, but she gradually admired his wisdom and integrity and began to trust him. He always treated her with dignity. She told him how she was unhappy that her home wasn’t elegant enough for Larry, who wanted to improve his social position with a bigger salary. She wasn’t like Gladys Claffern, one of the richest and most powerful women around.
As a favour, Tony promised to help Claire make herself more beautiful and her home more elegant. So Claire borrowed some library books for him to read, or rather, scan. She looked at his fingers with wonder as they turned each page. How absurd, she thought. He was just a machine.
Tony gave Claire a new hairstyle and improved her makeup. As he was not allowed to accompany her to the shops, he wrote out a list of things that he would need for his work on the house. Claire went downtown and bought these things. She had an appointment to paint her nails, then she went into an expensive clothes shop. The saleswoman there was rude to her, so she rang Tony and told him she was being treated badly. He spoke to the woman, who immediately changed her attitude. Claire thanked Tony, telling him that he was a “dear”. As she turned around, there stood Gladys Claffern. How awful to be discovered by her, Claire thought. By the look on her face, Claire knew that Gladys thought they were in a relationship. After all, she knew Claire’s husband’s name was Larry, not Tony. Although it was completely innocent, Claire felt guilty.
When Claire got home, she wept. Gladys was everything Claire wished to be. Tony told her she was being sensitive and was just as good as Gladys. He suggested that she invite Gladys and her friends to the house the night before he was to leave and Larry was to return. By that time, Tony expected that the house, which was being completely transformed, would be ready.
Tony worked steadily on the improvements. Claire tried to help by working on a light suspended from the ceiling, but she fell off the ladder. Even though Tony had been in the next room, he managed to catch her in time. As he held her, she felt the warmth of his body. She screamed, pushed him away, and ran to her room.
The night of the party arrived. The clock struck eight. The guests would be arriving soon, so Claire dismissed Tony for the rest of the night. At that moment, Tony took her in his arms, bringing his face close to hers. She heard him declare that he did not want to leave her the next day, and that he felt more than just the desire to please her. Then the front door bell rang.
1. What’s the text mainly about?| A．How to make a robot. |
| B．How a robot helps people. |
| C．What a robot can do. |
| D．A test on a household robot. |
| A. The night of the party. B. Claire’s attitude to the robot and her feeling at the sight of the robot. C. What Tony did for Claire. |
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3. What does Larry Belmont think of testing out the robot in his house?
| A．It is an extra benefit. | B．It is his responsibility. |
| C．It helps improve his house. | D．It can make Claire happy. |
| A．Proud. | B．Happy. |
| C．Guilty. | D．Embarrassed. |
| A．Because Claire wants to hold a party in her house. |
| B．Because Claire plans to give Larry a surprise. |
| C．Because Claire doesn’t think it good enough for Larry. |
| D．Because Claire intends to make the best of Tony. |
| A．Tony falls in love with Claire. |
| B．Tony will have a rest that night. |
| C．Tony will stay with Claire forever. |
| D．Tony，the robot needs to be improved. |
A household robot called Tony was to be tested out in Larry’s house. Though Claire, Larry’s wife, didn’t like
However, Tony gradually won Claire’s trust. He took good care of Claire and even managed to rescue her
(1)Claire didn’t want the robot in her house, especially as her husband would be away on a business trip for three weeks, but Larry persuaded her that the robot wouldn’t harm her or allow her to be harmed.
(2)Claire thought it was ridiculous that she was being offered sympathy by a robot, but she gradually admired his wisdom and integrity and began to trust him.
(3)She told him how she was unhappy that her home wasn’t elegant enough for Larry, who wanted to improve his social position with a bigger salary.
1．时间，地点；
2．主要情节；
3．你的感受。
注意：1.词数80左右；
2．故事题目已经给出，不计入总词数。
The Flying Saucer
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1.分析产生这一现象原因;
2.该现象造成的不良影响;
3.发出积极的倡议。
注意:
1.写作词数应为80左右;
2.短文的题目和首句已为你写好(不计入总词数)。
Too much expenditure on fashion
Recently, an increasing number of students are pursuing fashion in our class.
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