1 . The brown paper bag hit the ground. A Michelin engineer picked it up and opened it, revealing a cracked, leaking egg. The third graders at A.J. Whittenberg Elementary School were disappointed when they saw the runny mess.
It was engineering week at A.J. Whittenberg, a public primary school in Greenville, South Carolina. One week per month, engineers from local industries visit the classrooms and talk to students about their careers.
Greenville is now introducing the idea of a career path to students in primary school and giving students the option to follow those programs to middle and high schools. Each primary school focuses on a specific technical skill. The district allows students to attend schools outside of their attendance boundaries as long as space is available, which means students can choose to continue to follow their chosen career pathway at a middle school with corresponding programs.
The effort in Greenville is part of a growing national trend in which school districts partner with local industries to develop curriculum (课程) and expose students to specialized careers at a young age.
Some education experts worry the focus on industry qualifications has resulted in schools taking on responsibilities that should fall to businesses, like training workers for specific job duties, damaging a more comprehensive education in schools. “Schools are to not just prepare people for work and strengthen the economy, but also a place where students should experience art, music and think creatively,” said Jack Schneider, a professor of education at the University of Massachusetts.
A teacher from Greenville, however, said, “Career exposure has a big impact on kids. We’re not really wanting them to make a decision—‘I’m in the second grade and now I’m locked in to being whatever when I graduate from high school in 10 years.’ We just hope students walk across the graduation stage with plans for a career in mind.”
Modern times need modern solutions. When students leave school, they need to be already down their road to college, if that’s what they’re going to do, or schools need to give them something that allows them to get to work and earn a living. Just getting out with a high school degree doesn’t do that.
1. Why were the third graders disappointed?| A．Their test failed. | B．The bag missed the target. |
| C．Engineers disturbed them. | D．They had to clean the ground. |
| A．Design more career paths. | B．Invite engineers to their schools. |
| C．Adopt the open enrollment policy. | D．Offer more courses for them to choose. |
| A．People’s employment. | B．Students’ overall development. |
| C．The nation’s economy. | D．The school’s innovative education. |
| A．Modern solutions are hard to find. |
| B．More students need college education. |
| C．Greenville’s practice is not acceptable. |
| D．A high school degree is not enough for jobs. |
2 . 假定你是李华，你校将举办音乐节。请写封邮件邀请你的英国朋友Allen参加，内容包括：
1. 时间；
2. 活动安排；
3. 欢迎他表演节目。
注意：
1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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3 . If something that you’re doing doesn’t challenge you, then it doesn’t change you. We all need some normal stress in our lives, after all.
1.Figure out what you’re scared of and do it continuously.
If you’re a salesman, and you’re scared of talking to people personally or over the phone now, instead of being scared and thinking you’ll fail, spend at least five minutes a day to pick up the phone and make a call.
2.
Make sure this hobby is not linked to your career; you have to relax and relieve your stress while performing this. Some examples might be cooking, sewing, painting and so on. Apart from helping you challenge yourself, taking a class for your hobby may also give you extra income.
3. Set aside at least nine minutes a day for physical exercise.
4.Travel and allow yourself to be interested in new people.
Don’t just limit yourself to your fellow travelers, try to connect with the service staff. You never know what kind of people they’re going to be. Get out of your house or go online to book your ticket right now.
| A．Someone may hang up on you. |
| B．You should do it continuously. |
| C．You don’t need to go to the gym. |
| D．Running in the gym may be a better choice. |
| E．Start to travel now and learn to challenge yourself. |
| F．Take a class for a hobby you’ve been wanting to develop. |
| G．You can never see any improvement if you stick to your comfort zone. |
4 . Schools in the US and elsewhere are announcing bans on the recently released AI — powered ChatGPT out of fear that students could use the technology to complete their assignments. However, bans may be practically impossible given how difficult it is to detect when text is composed by ChatGPT. Is it instead time to rethink how students are taught and evaluated?
Educators are starting to question what it means to assess student learning if an AI can write an essay or paper similar to, or even better than, a student would — and the teacher can’t tell the difference. Many teachers believe the time-honored learning tradition will be destroyed from the ground up by Chat GPT. The Los Angeles Unified School District in California first blocked the use of ChatGPT on networks and devices in December 2022.
However, removing technology from the classroom can mean undesirable consequences, such as creating more obstacles for students with disabilities, says Trust. Additionally, restricting the use of ChatGPT on school networks and devices can’t stop students from using ChatGPT at home and in libraries.
It is also unclear if anti-cheating software can reliably detect AI-assisted writing. OpenAI is working to develop a digital watermark that can help teachers and academics spot students who are using ChatGPT to write essays. Open AI’s attempts to watermark AI text, however, hit limits.
Instead of worrying about how ChatGPT could enable cheating, educators should ask what motivates students to cheat in the first place and work on developing relationships of trust, says Jesse Stommel at the University of Denver in Colorado.
“Talk to students really frankly about what ChatGPT’s capable of, what it’s not,” says Stommel. “Have students use it to write an essay about Jane Austen and gender dynamics, and then have them read that essay and peer review it and think about what ChatGPT gets right and wrong.”
1. What does the author suggest schools do?| A．Adjust teaching and assessment. |
| B．Meet different demands from students. |
| C．Prohibit the use of ChatGPT in classrooms. |
| D．Break with the traditional teaching method. |
| A．Dark future of ChatGPT. | B．Educators’ worrying concern. |
| C．Crisis of traditional learning. | D．Difficulty in telling AI’s writing. |
| A．Amused. | B．Hopeful. | C．Shocked. | D．Doubtful. |
| A．AI helps students tell right and wrong. |
| B．Students should write about famous writers. |
| C．Educators should guide students to use AI properly. |
| D．The trust between teachers and students is hard to form. |
1.调查结果描述；
2.课外阅读倡议。
I think English extracurricular reading improves my… (Percentage of People) | |
| Sense of Language | 60.50% |
| Writing | 73.80% |
| Interest in English | 78.20% |
注意：
1.写作词数应为80左右；
2.请在答题卡的相应位置作答。
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6 . Have you had a meltdown lately? An emotional meltdown isn’t exactly a medical disease.
How do you feel after you’ve had a meltdown? Do you feel embarrassed about your behavior?
While most people would rather forget a meltdown as quickly as possible, it can be a learning experience.
If you feel embarrassed about revealing your emotions in public, you might examine how you feel about your feelings. Why isn’t it okay for you to be angry, or to be sad, or to need something from someone else?
If your meltdown involved raising your voice at other people or behavior like throwing an object in the presence of others, apologize and come up with a plan to manage your emotions differently the next time you’re upset or stressed. If you find this type of behavior is common for you and you’re having difficulty managing it on your own, consider reaching to a psychologist.
| A．It can happen to anyone. |
| B．Are you a happy person? |
| C．Learn from every meltdown. |
| D．There are some negative effects about meltdown, |
| E．Shaming yourself about your emotion is not helpful. |
| F．Are you anxious about possible consequences for your outburst? |
| G．Having an emotional meltdown is never an excuse for abusive behavior. |
| A．At home. | B．At a restaurant. | C．At the clinic. |
Locally
Nüshu was used by women who lacked access
Surprisingly, for hundreds of years, Nüshu remained unknown outside of Jiangyong. It wasn’t until the 1980s
Now, this little-known written language
Nüshu represents a typical Chinese traditional female culture and remains an empowering means to appreciate women’s beauty and
9 . In 2017, my husband-to-be, Ricardo, brought his border collie (牧羊犬), Jack, on our first date. I was swiftly struck by the pair of them. Fast forward 18 months and they’d fitted in
Then came our
One day, Cayla scootered (玩踏板车) off out of sight along the footpath, Jack and Ruby by her side. Before long, with an
Cayla looked up smiling, overjoyed that the dogs had come through for her in her moment of
| A．beautifully | B．awkwardly | C．naughtily | D．passively |
| A．secret | B．difference | C．bond | D．tension |
| A．nervous | B．ready | C．cautious | D．patient |
| A．letter | B．guide | C．introduction | D．trip |
| A．approached | B．panicked | C．listened | D．left |
| A．important | B．noisy | C．still | D．noble |
| A．fear | B．excitement | C．surprise | D．despair |
| A．failed | B．moved | C．hurt | D．worked |
| A．continued | B．began | C．neared | D．slowed |
| A．urgent | B．uncomfortable | C．amusing | D．annoying |
| A．hide | B．escape | C．accept | D．follow |
| A．anger | B．need | C．stress | D．loneliness |
| A．carried | B．greeted | C．found | D．tended |
| A．opportunity | B．excuse | C．example | D．concept |
| A．support | B．contact | C．imagine | D．save |
10 . “Dad, just touch the green button! The one with a little picture of a telephone on it!” I was shouting to my father as I
My father is already in his eighties and lives alone. To communicate better and
It took my father about a year to learn to answer and make calls. Fortunately, my father’s tech skills have
Then this past summer I introduced him to Wordle — a popular word puzzle. He caught on fast and became
It is quite
The
| A．cheated | B．asked | C．coached | D．followed |
| A．enrich | B．fund | C．simplify | D．save |
| A．slightly | B．strongly | C．bravely | D．successfully |
| A．threw | B．bought | C．forgot | D．accepted |
| A．turned | B．progressed | C．replied | D．contributed |
| A．humorous | B．proud | C．urgent | D．quiet |
| A．understand | B．see | C．hear | D．treat |
| A．eye | B．ear | C．mouth | D．hand |
| A．picture | B．observe | C．prevent | D．mind |
| A．angry | B．cautious | C．crazy | D．patient |
| A．searching for | B．testing out | C．paying for | D．figuring out |
| A．word | B．news | C．routine | D．weather |
| A．strange | B．impressive | C．worrying | D．easy |
| A．reform | B．resistance | C．addiction | D．limitation |
| A．complicated | B．started | C．destroyed | D．enhanced |
