1 . “Fire! Fire!” What terrible words to hear when one
I began to
“My baby! My baby!” She cried. The crowd
A.gets up | B.calls up | C.wakes up | D.turns up |
A.clean | B.empty | C.strong | D.wooden |
A.opened | B.closed | C.locked | D.answered |
A.run | B.walk | C.climb | D.jump |
A.sleep | B.stand | C.speak | D.breathe |
A.hard | B.hot | C.cold | D.dirty |
A.window | B.bathroom | C.door | D.roof |
A.hands | B.arms | C.feet | D.face |
A.rose | B.broke | C.locked | D.trapped |
A.burning | B.freezing | C.lighting | D.bursting |
A.Strangely | B.Chiefly | C.Luckily | D.Exactly |
A.laugh | B.cry | C.scream | D.regard |
A.shock | B.excitement | C.sadness | D.curiosity |
A.madly | B.slowly | C.sadly | D.joyfully |
A.cried | B.suffered | C.cheered | D.watched |
1. How did Eric get hurt?
A.He got hit by a ladder. | B.He tripped over a rock. | C.He fell from the height. |
A.His arm. | B.His ankle. | C.His head. |
A.Lift Eric onto the bed. |
B.Send Eric to the hospital for an X-ray. |
C.Apply ice to the injured part. |
3 . There is always a lot of talk about what is fair, and what is not.
We definitely have no choice about how we come into this world. We have little choice early in life. But as we grow older, choices exist around. I have long believed that while we have no control over the beginning of our life, the majority of us have the ability to influence the outcomes we attain. Fairness is a state of mind, and most often, an unhealthy state of mind. Our state in life cannot, or at least should not, be blamed on our parents, our teachers, or our society.
I agree that challenges exist. I agree that many have an uphill battle due to the challenges they face.
A.Most people tend to insist that life should be fair. |
B.There is no absolute fairness in life, but it’s relatively fair. |
C.Life is full of examples of people who complain about life being unfair. |
D.In fact, it’s largely based on the choices we make, and the attitudes we adopt. |
E.But I disagree with the attempt to use fairness to solve all problems in the world. |
F.Stories like this are all around us-they are not miracles, nor are they the rare exception. |
G.It doesn’t matter whether we are born with a silver spoon, plastic spoon, or no spoon at all. |
4 . The first wave of concerns over artificial intelligence(AI)in 2023 appeared soon after New Year’s Day when classrooms reopened and schools from Seattle to Paris started blocking ChatGPT, a powerful software based on AI large language models, because teenagers were using it to do their homework.
The AI large language models behind such products as ChatGPT work by repeatedly guessing the next word in a sentence after having “learned” the rules from a huge amount of/human-written works. Although they often get facts wrong, their answers appear so natural that Keven, their inventors begin to worry about their possible use for spreading false information.
People became more worried when various AI products started to create not just texts but novel images, music and human voices, which threatened the livelihoods of anyone who writes, draws or sings for a living. It led to strikes by Hollywood writers and actors and legal challenges from artists and bestselling authors. Some of the most respected scientists even warned that the technology’s unchecked progress was possibly threatening human existence. “In the longer term, they might manage our attention,” pioneering AI scientist Fei Fei Lisaid. “They would tell us which video to watch, which book to read or whose communication to respond as AI technology’s abilities improve rapidly. They could be a very good assistant, but also with really big risks.”
Li hoped that 2023 is going to be a year for people to think about what Al is, how to use it and what the effects are — all the good, the bad and the ugly.
“It’s easy to forget that they are not the first wave of AI products. Computer vision techniques developed by Li and other scientists have helped sort through a huge database of photos to recognize objects and individual faces and guide self-driving cars. Speech recognition advances have made voice assistants like Siri and Alexa a normal thing in many people’s lives,” said Tom Gruber, co-founder of Siri Inc.
1. Why did schools try to stop their students from using ChatGPT?A.ChatGPT often got facts wrong in the class. |
B.Students spent too much time on the software. |
C.ChatGPT helped students spread false information. |
D.Students used the software to cheat at their homework. |
A.AI’s training costs. | B.ATs amazing abilities. |
C.AI’s possible threats. | D.AI’s fast developments. |
A.Think carefully about AI’s impact. | B.Welcome AI technology |
C.Do use ChatGPT more carefully. | D.Upgrade ChatGPT in time. |
A.A news report. | B.A guide book to a software. |
C.A product review. | D.An introduction to a person. |
5 . The landscape of parents staying at home is changing, challenging old ideas about who takes care of the children. While moms usually did this in the past, a recent study by Pew Research Center shows more dads are staying at home. Over the last 30 years, the number of dads staying at home has gone up from 11% in 1989 to 18% in 2021.
Economics is the most significant part of this change. As women do better in school — with 53.1% of adults with a bachelor’s degree being women and get better jobs, families are thinking about different ways to share responsibilities. Women are getting better paying jobs, like in medicine and law, making some families decide that having the dad at home and the mom as the main earner is the best choice. Chris Braaten from California knew his wife, with a higher degree, could earn more, so he happily stayed at home.
The wish for one parent to stay at home often matches what both partners want. Many dads, not happy with their jobs, find more joy in taking care of their children. Spending meaningful time with family and feeling satisfied often matter more than staying in the workforce.
The high cost of childcare is also making parents think differently. Childcare can be very expensive, ranging from $4,810 to over $15,000 per child each year. This leads some families to consider new ways, like having the dad stay home, to handle these costs.
Cannon Ingalls and Jeff Carlson show this too. Ingalls, moving from Missouri to Minneapolis, chose his wife’s better-paying job over his own. Carlson in Colorado found that most of his salary was going to childcare, so he decided to stay at home to avoid money stress.
As the idea of parents staying at home continues to change, economic factors, along with new thoughts about gender (性别) roles and a wish for more meaningful family time, are making more dads choose to stay at home.
1. How is Paragraph 1 mainly developed?A.By sharing stories of dads staying at home. |
B.By presenting data over the past three decades. |
C.By comparing the income of different families. |
D.By stressing the benefits of women’s education. |
A.Social expectations in today’s society. |
B.Fathers being dissatisfied with their jobs. |
C.Changing preferences in family structures. |
D.Changes in women’s education and economic roles. |
A.To serve as typical examples. |
B.To show their close relationship. |
C.To show their different personalities. |
D.To provide some background information. |
A.The Decline of Traditional Gender Roles |
B.The Growing Trend of Stay-at-Home Dads |
C.The Challenges Faced by Working Mothers |
D.The Effects of Traditional Parenting Methods |
6 . Madden is an 8-year-old boy. He was playing with his toys in front of the window. Suddenly, he saw water flowing into the
Sandy thought quickly and found a big basin (盆) to put Madden in. They
After being
But as a mother, she couldn’t imagine
Then came good news. Madden was found on the top of a small house, safe and
A.basin | B.river | C.yard | D.well |
A.rain | B.flood | C.stream | D.sun |
A.base | B.wall | C.roof | D.exit |
A.marched | B.jogged | C.struggled | D.rolled |
A.cracked | B.disappeared | C.shook | D.overturned |
A.charge | B.sense | C.sight | D.breath |
A.separated | B.saved | C.transported | D.delivered |
A.unique | B.professional | C.responsible | D.lucky |
A.helping | B.losing | C.calming | D.trapping |
A.research | B.legend | C.search | D.hike |
A.sign | B.symbol | C.alarm | D.whistle |
A.warm | B.dark | C.normal | D.strange |
A.watch out | B.check out | C.take control | D.break down |
A.powerful | B.sound | C.active | D.wise |
A.appreciate | B.accept | C.supply | D.compare |
7 . It was a regular school day, and the air was filled with the usual sounds of chatter and laughter as students prepared for their lessons. Little did I know that this day would soon take a
As the bell rang, signaling the beginning of our English class, we entered the classroom, completely
Panic spread as we understood how
In all the chaos, I noticed my
As we reached the door, it felt hotter, and we knew we had to hurry. With hearts
Outside, we took a moment to catch our breath,
After everything happened, I couldn’t help but reflect on the events of that day.
A.classic | B.dramatic | C.powerful | D.graceful |
A.independent | B.tolerant | C.fluent | D.unaware |
A.into | B.onto | C.behind | D.against |
A.destroyed | B.interrupted | C.buried | D.sheltered |
A.formal | B.unique | C.severe | D.awkward |
A.hurried | B.delivered | C.jogged | D.hesitated |
A.sister | B.mother | C.classmate | D.teammate |
A.protested | B.reminded | C.stressed | D.realized |
A.flight | B.step | C.wave | D.foot |
A.racing | B.debating | C.suffering | D.begging |
A.greeted | B.conducted | C.surrounded | D.attracted |
A.stress | B.sadness | C.confidence | D.relief |
A.Breaking through | B.Going through | C.Making out | D.Working out |
A.tough | B.plain | C.various | D.specific |
A.contribution | B.ambition | C.determination | D.addiction |
1. What did the man use last weekend?
A.A shared bike. | B.A shared charger. | C.A shared umbrella. |
A.The proper ways to use the sharing product. |
B.Her attitude towards the sharing economy. |
C.The advantages of the sharing economy. |
9 . Conflict (冲突) between teenagers and parents happens for a lot of reasons. Sometimes conflict happens between teenagers and parents just because conflict happens between human beings anyway. Humans have different needs, different feelings, different opinions about what they want, and the relationship with people can be really difficult. However, teenagers can cause further conflict because of the hormonal (生理的) changes that are happening and the stage of life that they're in.
Teenagers and parents have different understanding about rules and at times they find it difficult to look into the future. So parents and teenagers will often experience conflict about many things, do chores, homework, whether teenagers speak respectfully or not and about what they're allowed to do.
Before we think about rule boundaries (界线) for teenagers, we need to make sure that we have a really good relationship base. There's no point saying “From now on, you have to listen to me”: if you don't have a positive relationship with your teenager. We need to go back and make sure there is some degree of shared respect, and some degree of positive communication and enjoyment being together. you do that first, it means that rule boundaries are a lot easier to set up.
Often we're dealing with conflict on the fly. This is not the right time to be dealing with it. We really want parents and teenagers to sit down and think about the kinds of things that may happen in the house before the problems come. The more detailed your rule boundaries are for teenagers, the more likely it is that they are going to follow them. So this means we don't have rule boundaries like “Have the bathroom cleaned”. It needs to be “The floors mopped, nothing on the countertop and the mirrors cleaned by ten o'clock every Saturday”: Rule boundaries need to be written down, and set out ahead of time so the teenager knows exactly what's expected.
1. What's important to set up a rule boundary easily for teenagers?A.Being strict from the start. | B.Developing a good relationship with them first. |
C.Saying"No" to their requirements. | D.Avoiding close talks with them. |
A.Doing some housework. | B.Having a good reading habit. |
C.Cleaning the bathroom. | D.Finishing your homework by five. |
A.In a hurry. | B.On the plane. | C.By oneself. | D.Another day. |
A.Growing Pains | B.Teenage Problems |
C.Parent-Child Conflict and Solutions | D.Knowing the Conflict |
1. Who might the speakers be?
A.Police officers. | B.Doctors. | C.Passengers. |
A.She didn’t see anything. |
B.The traffic lights broke down. |
C.The red car was driving very fast. |
A.Crossing the street. |
B.Playing in their front yard. |
C.Standing on the street corner. |
A.The red car. | B.The dog. | C.The blue car. |