1 . 语法填空

You will be alarmed to find future household robots looking     1     like humans than machines. As they are superior     2     humans in some ways, you will be free of many tough jobs, such as household chores, and tasks under miserable conditions. More importantly, equipped with an intelligent computer brain, they will urge you     3     (set) aside some time for outdoor exercise. You can go out for a walk     4     a leisure place while the robot takes     5    all the housework. Just imagine enjoying your meals prepared by your robot, you are bound to be the happiest one in the world. It is calculated     6     the elderly may not feel lonely if     7     (accompany) by such household robots at home.

2 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

To become     1     astronaut, you must go through a strict selection procedure. You need a lot of mental, intelligent and physical training. Besides, you should not only know about       2       universe, the solar system and our globe, but also understand rockets, satellites, spacecrafts, gravity and so on.     3     closing, astronauts must have a     4     (determine) will and a strong desire     5     success. After a spacecraft     6     (launch), make sure it goes in the right orbit. An astronaut on board has a lot of missions to carry out. He must be able to complete a spacewalk so as to transmit data     7     those relevant     8     (agency) on the earth.

3 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. Why did Jared Isaacman start the Inspiration 4 mission?

A．To raise funds.

B．To do research.

C．To realize his dream.

2. What do we know about Haley Arceneaux?

A．She had cancer at 29.

B．She was chosen as a NASA astronaut in 2009.

C．She is the youngest American in space.

3. What does Sian Proctor do?

A．He’s a doctor.

B．He’s a teacher.

C．He’s an astronaut.

4. Where was the orbit of the Inspiration 4 mission?

A．93 miles above the Earth.

B．360 miles above the Earth.

C．575 miles above the Earth.

4 . 听下面一段对话，根据所听内容填空。
The experiment began on July ______, and after ______ days in space they successfully produced new seeds.

5 . Nick Verel, a 53-year-old kidney transplant (肾脏移植) recipient in Ohio, should have been near the top of the list to receive a COVID-19 vaccine (疫苗). Yet like millions of others, he wasn’t having any luck scheduling an appointment. Nick would sit with computers on his lap trying for hours to book an appointment on different sites, which ended up in vain no matter how concentrated he was. “I felt hopeless,” Nick says.

Then he heard about Zwinggi, a 40-year-old mother of three who was helping to secure appointments for vulnerable individuals like Nick. So he messaged Zwinggi on Facebook: Can you help? Thirty-five minutes later, Zwinggi reported back — Nick successfully had an appointment to get the vaccine.

The underlined words “vulnerable individuals” in paragraph 2 refer to those ______.

A．who are too old to book an appointment	B．who need vaccine badly with serious disease
C．who have little experience with computers	D．who have little spare time with many kids

6 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. What is the main idea of the text?

A．The advantages of robots.

B．Robots in the future.

C．The good and bad sides of robots.

2. What is the speaker’s attitude towards robots?

A．She doesn’t care much about robots.

B．Robots are taking place of human beings.

C．Robots have more advantages than disadvantages.

3. Where can robots be used according to the text?

A．In industry.

B．In agriculture.

C．In education.

4. How many advantages of robots are mentioned in the text?

A．Two.

B．Three.

C．Four.

7 . Recently, as a journalist, I have published many stories about social media, privacy and artificial intelligence (AI), among other things. So when ChatGPT told me that my output may have influenced its responses to other people’s prompts (提示), I rushed to wipe my data from its memory. As I quickly discovered, however, there is no delete button. AI-powered chatbots never forget what they have learned, because they are trained on data sets including vast numbers of websites and online articles. As long as they exist on the Internet, they get to be remembered.

That means the likes of ChatGPT are possible to let out sensitive personal information, if it has appeared online, and that the companies behind these AIs will struggle to make good on “right-to-be-forgotten” regulations, which force organizations to remove personal data on request. It also means we are powerless to stop hackers (黑客) controlling AI outputs by planting misinformation or ill instructions in training data. All of these explain why many computer scientists are busy to teach AIs to forget. While they are finding that it is extremely difficult, “machine unlearning” solutions are beginning to appear. And the work could prove vital beyond addressing concerns over privacy and misinformation.

The new generation of AI-powered chatbots like ChatGPT, which produce text in response to our prompts, are underpinned by large language models. These are trained on mountains of data, most of which is scraped from the Internet. From this, they learn to spot statistical patterns, which means they can predict the likeliest next word in a sentence, producing fluent answers to our every question.

The trouble is that the way AI chatbots work means that when they learn something, it can’t be unlearned. This creates a significant problem when it comes to privacy, as Dr. Zhang made clear in recent research. He highlighted how difficult it will be for AI companies to obey the “right to be forgotten”, which the European Union declared a human right back in 2014.

1. Why can chatbots store what it has learned forever?

A．Lack of a delete button.	B．Manual code entry.
C．Strong review ability.	D．The way they are trained.

2. Why do scientists try to teach AI to forget?

A．Because AI has many security risks.	B．Because AI stores limited information.
C．Because AI needs to be updated regularly.	D．Because AI imitates humans completely.

3. According to Paragraph 3, what can we learn about chatbots?

A．Chatbots can answer 90% of the questions.

B．Chatbots’ data comes from the designer’s software.

C．Chatbots produce the answers based on the prompts.

D．Chatbots can predict your problems in advance.

4. What does the underlined word “underpinned” in Paragraph 3 mean?

A．Controlled.

B．Adjusted.

C．Boosted.

D．Supported.

8 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

1. Where are the speakers?

A．In the company.

B．In the school.

C．In the hospital.

2. What are AI ethics (伦理) about according to the speakers?

A．Teaching AI to collect people’s data.

B．Making sure AI can help with human jobs.

C．Using AI in an accurate and responsible way.

3. What does the woman think is the key to building AI ethics?

A．Technology.

B．Skills.

C．Education.

9 . 听下面一段较长对话, 回答以下小题。
1. Where did the woman usually watch the 2022 Winter Olympics?

A．On her cellphone.

B．On TV.

C．On the computer.

2. What did the news say about the 2022 Winter Olympics?

A．It might be the best in history.

B．It was widely watched in the US.

C．It promoted streaming services.

3. What sports is Leonard most interested in?

A．Figure skating.

B．Freestyle skiing.

C．Ice hockey.

10 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。

1. What is the speaker mainly talking about?

A．New rules for new customers.

B．Different sales skills among shops.

C．New rules for shop opening times.

2. Who usually decide how long shops can open according to the speaker?

A．Local governments.

B．Local customers.

C．Local traders.

3. Why have the changes been made?

A．Because shops have demanded changes.

B．Because of the effect of the disease.

C．Because business is improving.

4. What is the longest time a shop can serve people?

A．9 hours.

B．19 hours.

C．24 hours.