1 . New technology is making it possible for people to make videos of people appearing to say things they never actually said. The videos are known as “deepfakes”.

The word “deepfake” is a combination of “deep learning”(an important part of artificial intelligence) and “fake” (not real). Deepfake software allows people to replace part of a video with another video image. The result is a fake video.

The software allows you to put your face over the face of a talking president or movie star. This process will make your face speak in the voice of that president or movie star. Many people are worried the technology will be used to trick voters. Lawmakers, intelligence officials and media experts have expressed concern about deepfakes. They warn the false videos could be used to threaten America’s national security.

“We have entered a new world where it is going to be difficult to know how to believe what we see,” said Hany Farid, a researcher at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire. He added, “the opposite result is also worrying. People will become so used to seeing false videos that they will be more likely to doubt a real video. ”

The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency(DARPA) is already working to develop technologies to identify fake images and videos. But Senator Rubio says, now the identification is difficult and takes a very long time.

“It takes advanced technology to be able to show that it’s not real. And by the time that’s done, it’s been widely used.”

Rubio and other lawmakers say people will need to take more responsibility to identify fakes.

1. What is “deepfake” software used to do?

A．Kill some virus.	B．Make fake videos.
C．Make excellent movies.	D．Benefit stars and leaders.

2. Why was Hany Farid worried?

A．False videos might mislead people.

B．It was too difficult to use the software.

C．Private information might be given away.

D．Some people might be addicted to “deepfakes”.

3. What can we know from Rubio’s words?

A．It is really difficult to identify fake videos.

B．The technology “deepfake” has been banned.

C．The government is responsible for identification.

D．National security is being threatened by “deepfake”.

4. What does the text mainly talk about?

A．Ways to identify fake videos.

B．People’s different views on “deepfake”.

C．A new technology with a bright future.

D．A worrying new technology “deepfake”.

2 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. Who is the woman?

A．A policewoman.

B．A doctor.

C．The man’s classmate.

2. What is the man worried about?

A．His broken arm.

B．The coming exams.

C．The wound in his leg.

3. Where does the conversation probably take place?

A．In a classroom.

B．In a hospital.

C．In the street.

3 . “Look how stupid he is!" a 7-year-old said to her dad Daniel Funke, pointing to a picture of a famous person on the Internet. The photo showed the man writing his name with his pen turned upside down.

Of course, the photo was not the original one. It had been changed to look like him using the pen the wrong way. Funke quickly pointed out the mistake, and his daughter got an on-the-spot education in fake news. By then, however, many people had already shared it on social media.

“The pitfalls of sharing misinformation and fake news can be very serious," says Laeeq Khan, who heads the Social Media Analytics Lab at Ohio University in Athens. Sharing something that’s not true can cost people their lives, he says. Last year, people in India used a messaging app, WhatsApp, to spread fake stories about a kidnapping ring. The lies caused violent attacks in which people died.

Fake news stories hurt people in other ways, too. For example, fake reports lead some parents to refuse vaccines (疫苗) for their children. Yet without vaccines, children can get serious diseases or even die.

“About seven in 10 Americans were telling us that fake news has a big influence on the confidence in our government,” says Jeffrey Gottfried. He’s a journalism and media-research expert at Pew Research Center in Washington, D.C. Researchers there did a survey in the United States about the influence of made-up news. About half the people in the survey said they had shared misinformation online. Most of them said they didn’t realize it at the time.

Besides causing serious results, sharing a fake story makes it harder for people to tell what's real. And when people find out a story is not real, they may not trust other information from a person who spread it. Therefore, it's important to do fact-checking before sharing news stories.

1. What is the purpose of the first two paragraphs?

A．To bring up the topic of the text.	B．To tell an interesting news story.
C．To provide the main idea of the text.	D．To list people's popular online behavior.

2. What does the underlined word "pitfalls"in Paragraph 3 probably mean?

A．Mistakes.

B．Problems.

C．Advantages.

D．Possibilities.

3. What did the survey done by Pew Research Center find?

A．About 30% of online news wasn't real.

B．Made-up news spread faster than expected.

C．Made-up news had a bad influence on children.

D．Many Americans shared fake news without knowing it.

4. What is the attitude of the author to the fake news?

A．Positive

B．Unclear

C．Worried

D．Supporting

4 . 请修改下面的短文。短文中共有 10 处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改 10 处，多者(从第 11 处起)不计分。

Good morning, everyone. Yesterday I received a letter from a elderly gentleman. He told me the other day he see that some student in our school uniform crowded onto a bus without waiting their turns. On the   bus they refuse to offer their seats for old people. What was worse, they even said dirty words to each other. I am very much sorry for this. Today’s youth are tomorrow’s old people. Respect the old and caring for the young is a fine tradition of our Chinese. Every one of us have the responsibility to keep it up. I hope that you can learn something from this incident and you will have good manners whether you are inside or outside the school. Thank you.

5 . 听下面一段独白，根据听到的内容完成填空。

Hello, everyone, I am Marlin Cathlina, a broadcaster of the     1     "Making the Nations". Today I'd like to share something about European Union with you.

The European Union is an     2     of European countries. The countries are     3     countries that are governed in different ways. In the United Kingdom, for     4    , the head of state is a king or a queen. In France, on the other hand, the head of state is a     5    .

But each of them sends their own representatives to the European Parliament, which has some     6     over what happens in each of the member countries. The idea of the European Union     7     in the 1950s. The first members were France, Germany, Belgium, Luxemburg, the Netherlands and     8    .

The number increased rapidly during the second half of the     9     century. By the year 2000, there were 15 member countries. In 2004, the European Union increased to 25 members. The expanded European Union has a population of more than half a billion people,     10     as big as the population of the United States.

6 . Scientists have made great discoveries. But how have they influenced our personal lives? Do kids in your classroom even know when Einstein lived? You may be wondering: but why is it important to teach kids about modern-day scientists?

First, stories of scientists can encourage kids. Chris Hadfield is a Canadian who went to space, and he’s a real, guitar-playing person. He makes singing videos on YouTube! His story can make kids think scientists are also common people. Hearing scientists’ stories makes kids think “I can do that too!”

But not only that, the stories of famous scientists can encourage kids to never give up. Bill Nye was always refused when trying to be an astronaut. But today, he’s made a lot of successes in his role as a popular science educator and engineer. Besides, it’s no secret that scientific discoveries require trying, and trying again.

Another way some scientists can encourage kids is through their diversity. Neil deGrasse Tyson, for example, is an African-American, which is not common in his field. Such stories can make kids think anyone can be a scientist.

It’s important to know that scientists don’t need to be “gifted” or “good” at school. Often we consider a scientist as being an extremely smart kid at school. That doesn’t have to be true. They just need to have a great interest in science. Telling students stories of scientists can encourage them to show interest in science. As long as they’re interested, they are likely to become a scientist in the future.

Modern scientists teach kids that knowledge builds upon the foundation others have laid. This is important — no one can do it alone. Scientists’ stories can encourage today’s young scientists to keep trying. They’ll be encouraged not to give up on the dream of making discoveries. Even if they haven’t made important discoveries, their research may help the following scientists.

1. What can Chris Hadfield’s story tell students?

A．Scientists are interested in different things.

B．Students should have a hobby of their own.

C．Scientists can be ordinary like people around us.

D．Students should consider scientists as their models.

2. Which of the following would the author agree with?

A．African-Americans are more likely to become scientists.

B．Scientists are not necessarily very smart at school.

C．Not all scientists really show interest in science.

D．Scientists are usually good at their schooling.

3. The last paragraph shows us that ________.

A．scientists should help each other

B．a scientist should never give up trying

C．making discoveries is necessary for scientists

D．new scientific discoveries may be based on others’ findings

4. What is the text mainly about?

A．Why scientists are important to us.	B．Why students should be taught about scientists.
C．Why students love stories of scientists.	D．Why scientists can encourage students.

7 . For several months, Cara has been working up the courage to approach her mom about what she saw on Instagram. Not long ago, the 11-year-old girl, like all the other kids in this story, discovered that her mom had been posting her photos for much of her life.“I’ve wanted to bring it up.It’s strange to see myself up there, and sometimes there are pictures of myself I don't like,”she said.

Like most other modern kids, Cara grew up in social media. While many kids may not yet have accounts themselves, their parents, schools, sports teams, and other organizations have been organizing online presence for them since birth.The shock of realizing that details about your life have been shared online without your permission or knowledge has become an important experience in the lives of many teenagers. Recently a parenting blogger (博主) wrote in an essay of The Washington Post that despite (尽管)her 14-year-old daughter’s horror of discovering that her mother had shared years of highly personal stories and information about her online, she simply could not stop posting them on her blog and social media. The writer said that promising her daughter that she would stop posting things about her publicly on the Internet “would mean shutting down an important part of myself, which isn't necessarily good for me or her”.

But it’s not just crazy mommy bloggers who construct their children’s online identity; plenty of average parents do the same. There’s even a special word for it: sharenting (晒娃成癖). Almost a quarter of children begin their digital lives when parents upload their photos to the Internet, according to a study conducted by the Internet-security (安全)firm AVG. The study also found that 92 percent of kids under the age of 2 already have their own unique digital identity.

1. How does Cara probably feel about her mom’s behavior?

A．It’s aggressive.	B．It’s appropriate.
C．It’s annoying.	D．It’s favorable.

2. Why did the parenting blogger post things about her daughter online?

A．It filled up her blog.	B．It showed off her success.
C．It recorded her stories.	D．It meant a lot to her.

3. Who are fond of sharenting?

A．A quarter of students.	B．Many ordinary parents.
C．Kids under the age of 2.	D．Some crazy bloggers.

4. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?

A．Children’s New Trouble

B．Social Media

C．Kids’ Online Performance

D．Mommy Bloggers

8 . Teens want structure in their lives, which means they want their lives well-planned. To begin building structure, teens need love and trust. They need to know their parents are there to give them needed love and support(支持).Teens want to be sure that nothing can prevent parents from shouldering their responsibility for them — not their growing maturity(成熟), misbehavior, nor anger at something they have done. Teens want parents to keep control while allowing them to make some decisions.

There are some ways you can help your teens create reasonable structure and remain close. One way is to spend time together. Parents often mistake their teens’ increased interest in friends for a disinterest in the family.

Teens would like to spend more time doing things with their parents, but watching TV is not counted as spending time together. As your teens mature, it is important for you and your teens spend time alone together, one to one. Your teens need time to talk to you alone without any other family member present.

Talk with your teens about their interests and concerns. Make sure you really show interest in what is happening. When talking with your teens, give full attention and do not stop them.

The way to help your teens become adults is to let your teens into your world. Sharing your emotions and concerns with your teens is important. Avoid causing needless worry.

Trust your teens. Don’t expect the worst. Hope for the best. Telling your teens you don’t like their friends will cause the teens not to bring their friends home. If something should go wrong, believe that your teens didn’t do it on purpose.

It is very important that you treat your teens with respect. Teens need the same respect adults show for total strangers. Don’t talk down to your teens.

You need to be supportive of your teens. What may be a small problem to you may be troubling to your teens. Teens don’t have the experiences that adults have had. Let the teens know that you understand how much it hurts when something happens that is upsetting or hurtful to them. As they mature, they can look back at some problems they had and laugh at having been upset by something that now seems unimportant.

The most important things to remember are: talk with your teens, listen to their worries and offer suggestions when needed. This will help your teens to live a well-organized life.

1. According to Paragraph 1, teens________.

A．can control themselves.

B．expect direction and freedom.

C．don’t know how to make decision.

D．don’t have responsibility for the family.

2. The underline part “counted as” in Paragraph 3 probably means “_______”.

A．compared with	B．used as
C．connected with	D．regarded as

3. To help teens organize their lives , parents should_______.

A．invite their teens’friends home.

B．leave their teens’problems alone.

C．share their feelings with their teens.

D．pay little attention to their teens’ daily lives.

4. What is the best title of the passage?

A．Training Teens to Become Responsible Adults.

B．Helping Teens to Build Reasonable Structure.

C．Improving the Relationship with Your Teens.

D．Stepping into Your Teens’Secret Word.

9 . 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。

Bike sharing is a new choice for short journeys in cities. It is good     1     the healthy development of big cities.     2     report by a company found that shared bikes started the nation’s love for bikes again. Now more and more Chinese people     3     (choose) bikes instead of cars to make short journeys in cities.

Since the start of shared bikes, people have made     4     (few) trips by car. The love for shared bikes is not only among young people,     5     were born in the 1980s and 1990s, but also among the old people who are over 60. The shared bikes like Mobike and ofo are useful to people. You can use them by     6     (simple) using your smart phone. People can ride these shared bikes to some places where the subways and the buses don’t go.

However, bad things happen. Some people damage the QR code(二维码) on the bike, or use their own lock, which causes trouble to other users. As for the situation, it’s difficult     7     (correct) these people’s behaviors in a short time. Therefore, bike-sharing companies need to do something. For example, people can     8     (ask) to register as a user with     9     (they) real names. It’s a good way to connect to one’s personal credit. People who damage the bikes should pay for their     10    (act).

10 . 段落语法填空

Many people are wondering if it is safe to talk on the cell phones while driving. Most of people think that the use of cell phones should     1     (ban) while they are driving     2    in that case accidents can easily happen.

A growing number of states are making rules to keep young drivers     3     using cell phones while they are driving. When there is     4     car accident, police officers will find out     5     any of the drivers is using a cell phone. There have been some very bad car accidents     6    (cause) by drivers being distracted by cell phones.

Drivers sometimes forget to watch the road     7    (careful) when they are using their phones. Not     8     (pay) attention to the road can be dangerous, even deadly.

    9     is important for drivers to focus on the road. They need to pay attention to     10     is going on around them. So, stop using your cell phones while driving.