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2 . Most of us associate learning with younger people — kids in school and college or recent graduates early in their careers. But at Udemy, an open university
She reaches countless people with her online courses and exposes them to what they can
Most of Anneke’s students start out thinking they’re not creative and can’t
She encourages people of all ages,
As an older woman,
| A．supporting | B．selling | C．offering | D．developing |
| A．admits | B．shows | C．needs | D．understands |
| A．condition | B．purpose | C．method | D．experience |
| A．combining | B．mixing | C．sharing | D．connecting |
| A．accomplish | B．observe | C．send | D．decorate |
| A．motivation | B．influence | C．effort | D．request |
| A．goals | B．topics | C．opinions | D．tools |
| A．effective | B．obvious | C．professional | D．typical |
| A．imagine | B．draw | C．write | D．play |
| A．concern | B．anxiety | C．desire | D．fear |
| A．doing | B．discussing | C．remembering | D．arranging |
| A．worry about | B．get over | C．focus on | D．hold up |
| A．children | B．colleagues | C．students | D．friends |
| A．proud | B．careful | C．ashamed | D．afraid |
| A．examining | B．describing | C．buying | D．creating |
| A．absolutely | B．eventually | C．especially | D．fortunately |
| A．curiosity | B．humor | C．generosity | D．responsibility |
| A．villagers | B．classmates | C．relatives | D．grandkids |
| A．performing | B．teaching | C．singing | D．dancing |
| A．tasks | B．lives | C．dreams | D．thanks |
3 . Tech is awesome, but let’s be honest: Sometimes it gets a bit boring. Computers and smartphones change from year to year, software switches to subscriptions, and innovation, in general, isn’t so common. Every once in a while, though, a new tech development is actually surprising and exciting. That’s how I feel about this new AI, which will draw almost anything you throw at it.
The software is called DALL•E 2, developed by OpenAI, which uses machine learning to create new images based on a text description provider by the user. You can see examples of how this works on the website: The developers let you mix and match different subjects, actions, and settings to see how DALL•E 2 produces different images from those descriptions.
For example, “an astronaut riding a horse in a photorealistic style” produces images of exactly that, resulting in different “photos” of an astronaut on a horse in what look like MTV promote pictures. Switch “photorealistic style” for “pencil drawing,” and suddenly you’re looking at what appear to be multiple sketches (草图) of that spaceman on their horse, only nobody actually drew anything — it’s entirely produced by AI.
It goes way beyond these impressive tech demos (演示), though. From tests I’ve seen, the AI can accept the most detailed of requests, and produce images you might see hanging in a modern art museum. Director Karen X Chang showed this off, first asking DALL•E 2 to draw a girl walking up an infinity staircase, which it did with ease, then asking DALL•E 2 to draw a girl walking up a staircase without end in the clouds made of cookies, which it also did, with ease.
The project really started in January 2021 with DALL•E. The goal was the same as DALL•E 2, to create a program that could create new images from text. Since then, OpenAI has figured out how to greatly improve the image quality, reintroducing the software as DALL•E 2.
1. Which is the base of DALL•E 2 creating new images?| A．The user’s order. | B．A text description. |
| C．A design software. | D．The developer’s idea. |
| A．By listing examples. | B．By making comparisons. |
| C．By providing data. | D．By asking questions. |
| A．Novel. | B．Smooth. | C．Rough. | D．Endless. |
| A．AI Will Take the Artists’ Place |
| B．AI Will Make Lifestyle More Colorful |
| C．DALL•E 2 Will Improve Image Quality |
| D．DALL•E 2 Will Draw Whatever Is Requested |
4 . The Olympics are always a thrilling event, with comeback stories, impressive performances and more. Here is a look at the records broken at Beijing Winter Olympics:
Nathan Chen
Four years after a disappointing showing in PyeongChang, United States figure skater Nathan Chen set a new record during the men’s short program at Beijing Winter Olympics. His 113.97 marks were over two points higher than the personal-best score he set during the figure skating team event.
Nils van der Poel
Sweden’s Nils van der Poel was already the record holder for the men’s 10,000m speed skating, but showed that he can beat even his own record. He finished with a time of 12 minutes and 30.74 seconds, shattering his own previous record of 12:32.95 set in February 2021.
Johan Clarey
France’s Johan Clarey took home the silver medal in the men’s downhill alpine(高山) skiing, and at 41 years and 30 days old, he is the oldest Olympic medalist in alpine skiing. “When you are a medalist, whether you are 20 or 41, it doesn’t matter; it’s just an Olympic medal and this is the best feeling. The record of the oldest is not that I don’t care, but is not the most important point,” Clarey told Eurosport after the race on 7 February 2022.
Ireen Wüst
Qualifying for one Olympics is a big feat, but Speedskater Ireen Wüst of the Netherlands has won an individual gold medal at five different Olympics, the first athlete in history to do so. The 35-year-old attended her first Olympics in 2006. Since then, she has 12 medals, six being gold.
1. At Beijing Winter Olympics, who broke the record he/she had set ?| A．Ireen Wüst. | B．Nathan Chen. | C．Johan Clarey. | D．Nils van der Poel. |
| A．He didn’t win a medal. |
| B．He doesn’t care the record of the oldest. |
| C．He is the oldest alpine skier to medal at Beijing Winter Olympics. |
| D．He was the quickest in the men’s downhill alpine skiing. |
| A．They all participated in many Olympics. |
| B．They all set a new record at Beijing Winter Olympics. |
| C．They all won gold medal at Beijing Winter Olympics. |
| D．They all competed in multiple events at Beijing Winter Olympics. |
5 . The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency(JAXA)is making progress on its rover(月球车)for a joint mission with India to the south pole of the moon.
JAXA and the Indian Space Research Organisation(ISRO)agreed to the cooperative project back in 2019. ISRO, which recently made India the fourth country to soft-land on the moon, will build the mission’s lander, while JAXA will be responsible for the launch and a lunar rover.
The mission is expected to launch no earlier than 2025 on Japan’s new H3 rocket. The agency is meanwhile in the basic design phase of the rover with teams running tests in sand designed to simulate the fine dust that covers the moon’s surface. The tests will check if the vehicle can perform its key science objectives on the moon.
“The project will investigate the quantity and quality of water on the moon. We hope to use this data as a basis for considering sustainable human activities on the moon in the future,” Natsu Fujioka, who is part of the team developing the rover, said in a JAXA statement.
The rover will be autonomous and will drive to seek out water. It will also be able to drill into the lunar surface to collect samples which will then be analyzed by the rover’s instruments. Each of these capabilities is a feat(壮举)in itself, but combining these and within weight restrictions, presents a serious task.
“If water can be found in these regions, it could be used as an energy source for future human activities on the moon. For this reason, many countries are making efforts,” continued Natsu Fujioka.
India launched the successful Chandrayaan-3 lunar landing mission this year, while Russia failed with its Luna-25 landing mission. Next year, NASA is scheduled to launch Artemis 2 in November 2024 to send astronauts around the moon. China meanwhile seeks to collect the first ever samples from the far side of the moon and bring them to Earth in 2024.
1. Which can best replace the underlined word “simulate” in Paragraph 3?| A．clean up. | B．break down. | C．act as. | D．look into. |
| A．To set up data base. | B．To hunt for water. |
| C．To explore the whole moon. | D．To conduct the fourth soft-land. |
| A．International competitiveness is severe. |
| B．The moon will become a focus of the world. |
| C．Many countries are hoping to move to the moon. |
| D．Many countries are actively pursuing lunar exploration. |
| A．A joint mission to the moon. | B．A successful landing on the moon. |
| C．Japan’s first cooperation with India. | D．Human’s progress in exploring space. |
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7 . The company SpaceX has already launched hundreds of its Starlink satellites, with plans to put as many as 42,000 of them into the Earth’s orbit. Its goal is to provide the high-speed Internet for billions of people. Moving toward that kind of access is important, but it comes at a cost. Glittering with reflected sunlight, these first orbiters, sent up in the past year, are brighter than 99 percent of the 5,000 or so other satellites now circling Earth, and obviously there are going to be a lot more.
This sudden increase is bad for astronomy: The probability of a Starlink satellite crossing a telescope’s field of view and ruining an observation will be quite high near sunset. For that reason, my fellow astronomers have signed a petition (请愿书) calling for governments to protect the night sky from this invasion.
In response to protests, SpaceX has promised to address the visibility problem by, for example, applying experimental coatings — essentially painting the satellites black — but the company’s aggressive launch schedule remains unchanged. And the satellites’ illuminated (被照亮的) surfaces are mostly their solar panels — exactly the part that cannot be painted over.
Unfortunately, at present no regulations govern how bright a single satellite can be, let alone thousands of them together. Even if there were such regulations, one nation’s laws could not hinder (阻碍) another country’s launches. Space literally has no borders, and the sky will need to be protected at an international level. As a consequence, we hope that the United Nations will find a way to think outside of the box to save the sky for everyone.
When I was growing up in Montana, it was a game to be the first to find a moving satellite among a host of stars in the night sky. Soon it could be a game to recognize the constellations (星座) behind a swarm of moving points of light.
1. Why have the astronomers signed the petition?| A．SpaceX plans to send more Starlink satellites into space. |
| B．They intend to call for government to protect the orbiters. |
| C．The Starlink satellites can provide the high-speed Internet. |
| D．The Starlink satellites may ruin an observation near sunset. |
| A．It actually has done nothing useful. | B．It has painted the satellites all over. |
| C．It has changed its original plan. | D．It ignores the visibility problem. |
| A．SpaceX will still carry out its plan despite the protest. |
| B．SpaceX is unlikely to launch more satellites into space. |
| C．Regulations will soon be made to stop satellite launches. |
| D．The United Nations will stop SpaceX from launching. |
| A．Launch Starlink Satellites | B．Protest Against SpaceX |
| C．Save the Night Sky | D．Observe Moving Satellites |
8 . Livestreaming (直 播 ) through platforms such as Amazon Live and TikTok is an increasingly popular way to sell goods online. It usually lasts between 5 and 10 minutes, and someone promotes a product. Viewers can then readily buy it by just clicking on a link.
We analyzed ( 分析 ) 99,451 sales cases on a livestream selling platform and matched them with actual sales cases. In terms of time, that is equal to over 2 million 30-second television advertisements.
To determine the emotional ( 情绪的 ) expression of the salesperson, we used two deep learning models: a face model and an emotion model. The face model discovers the presence or absence of a face in a frame of a video stream. The emotion model then determines the probability that a face is exhibiting any of the six basic human emotions: happiness, sadness, surprise, anger, fear or disgust. For example, smiling signals a high probability of happiness, while an off-putting expression usually points toward anger.
We wanted to see the effect of emotions expressed at different times in the sales cases so we counted probabilities for each emotion for all 62 million frames in our database. We then combined these probabilities with other possible aspects that might drive sales — such as price and product characteristics — to judge the effect of emotion.
We found that, perhaps unsurprisingly, when salespeople show more negative emotions — such as anger and disgust — the volume of sales went down. But we also found that a similar thing happened when the salespeople show high levels of positive emotions, such as happiness or surprise.
A likely explanation, based on our research, is that smiling can be disgusting because it lacks true feelings and can reduce trust in the seller. A seller’s happiness may be taken as a sign that the seller is gaining interests at the customer’s expense.
1. What does Paragraph 1 tell about livestreaming sales?| A．It increases the prices of products. |
| B．It helps sellers save money on ad. |
| C．It makes shopping convenient for buyers. |
| D．It promotes better buyer-seller relationship. |
| A．Uneasy. | B．Unpleasant. |
| C．Lively. | D．Strange. |
| A．They feel respected. | B．They feel satisfied. |
| C．They feel cheated. | D．They feel trusted. |
| A．Livestreamers Sell Products Successfully |
| B．Expressions Influence Online Product Sales |
| C．Emotions: Means of Communication |
| D．Smiling: A Way to Increase Sales |
9 . Life in space will certainly take some getting used to! But the space station has been designed to keep the astronauts as comfortable as possible—the modules(舱) are roomy, bright, and kept at a constant 21℃. It’s important the crew members are comfortable because they’ll be busy aboard the station. In a typical workday, crew members will spend 14 hours working and exercising, 1.5 hours preparing and eating meals, and 8.5 hours sleeping. Here are some other fun facts about life aboard the station:
Food
Come mealtime, astronauts will have a special dining kitchen. Space food just keeps getting better—and more like food we enjoy here on Earth. In early space missions(任务), astronauts could eat only freeze-dried food that didn’t require any preparation. But the space station is equipped with water, microwave ovens, and refrigerators, allowing the folks on board to eat more “normal” types of food, including fruit, vegetables, and ice cream!
Sleep
Each crew member has a private room. With no gravity, they’ll need to tie themselves to their beds, or they will float away! That might sound like a strange way to sleep, but astronauts from past space missions report that sleeping in space is actually pretty great! Exercise
You might not think it, but exercise is even more important on the station than it is on Earth. There is not much gravity in space. Astronauts don’t stand up, sit down or walk in space, so their muscles and bones don’t have to work much—and this muscle and bone loss can be dangerous back on Earth. To fight this, astronauts on the station will exercise on bikes, rowing machines, and other equipment about two hours every day.
Clothing
Astronauts will have to wear special space suits while travelling aboard the U.S. shuttle or Russian rockets. But once they’re safe inside the space station, crew members can wear regular clothing. Of course, a specially designed, pressurized space suit is required for space walks. It has to bear flying pieces and protect the astronauts from dramatic temperature changes. It can range from -84℃ in the shadow of the station to 121℃ in the hot sun.
Personal Cleanliness
Simple tasks like brushing your teeth can be challenging in a weightless environment. A little water doesn’t flow in a stream. Astronauts will use a freshwater hose(软管) to take showers, shampoo, and wash off—then a second vacuum hose to suction(吸) off the dirty water. And how do you go to the bathroom in space? With a special “air toilet” that uses flowing air instead of water to get rid of waste.
1. The text is mainly about________ .| A．ways to get used to life in space. |
| B．fun facts about life in space. |
| C．temperature changes in space. |
| D．a typical workday in space. |
| A．Space food is getting better now than before. |
| B．Astronauts could eat apples in space in the past. |
| C．Fresh food isn’t available to astronauts in space. |
| D．Astronauts eat only fruit, vegetables and ice cream now. |
| A．It can prevent muscle and bone loss. |
| B．It can make astronauts feel relaxed in space. |
| C．It can help astronauts spend their spare time happily. |
| D．Astronauts’ lives are more important in space than on earth. |
| A．Astronauts wear pressurized space suits just to keep warm. |
| B．Astronauts can wear regular clothing for space walks now. |
| C．Astronauts must wear special space suits all the time in space. |
| D．The temperature is quite different in different places in space. |
10 . I don’t know about you, but this world that is fighting against virus has made me realize how important and uplifting our friends and socializing in general, are to our lives. I’m sure you are like me, feeling the
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Now, with the COVID-19 virus we are suddenly hit with a huge
But that is something that we really cannot
| A．goal | B．reserve | C．loss | D．zone |
| A．socializing | B．dating | C．decorating | D．experimenting |
| A．going down | B．keeping up | C．setting out | D．taking in |
| A．devotion | B．quote | C．quantity | D．quality |
| A．article | B．picture | C．artist | D．idea |
| A．amuse | B．maintain | C．test | D．guide |
| A．principle | B．reason | C．sense | D．base |
| A．swap | B．transfer | C．change | D．improve |
| A．shortage | B．amount | C．variety | D．chance |
| A．special | B．normal | C．similar | D．difficult |
| A．fluently | B．previously | C．constantly | D．safely |
| A．caring for | B．waiting for | C．sending for | D．hunting for |
| A．land | B．stick | C．run | D．move |
| A．badly-named | B．well-established | C．half-begun | D．highly- developed |
| A．depth | B．width | C．height | D．distance |
| A．tablet | B．impression | C．motivation | D．material |
| A．afford | B．refuse | C．pretend | D．continue |
| A．panic | B．pause | C．boundary | D．pension |
| A．better | B．kinder | C．worse | D．closer |
| A．operative | B．negative | C．positive | D．sensitive |
