AI(人工智能)makes our lives easier and better. Let's see the amazing AI.
Cool driverless bus A bus door opens and you get on. Wait, where is the driver? Here is a new kind of driverless bus called Apolong. It can seat 14 people and doesn't need a driver. The bus follows traffic rules. It stops every time it sees a stop light. | Your close friend Hi, everyone. I'm Xiaoice, a chatbot (聊天机器人). I speak like a 17-year-old girl. If you feel lonely, you can talk with me. I'm good at singing, writing poems and telling stories. I want to be your friend! |
World's first AI anchor Hey, look! The famous Chinese anchor (主播) Qiu Hao is reporting the news for us. But, is "he" really Qiu Hao? The answer is "no". This is the world's first AI anchor. It looks and speaks just like a real person. It speaks both Chinese and English. It can work 24 hours without any mistakes. The AI anchor joins Xinhua's reporting team. You might see it on TV soon. | Popular AI artist This beautiful painting was at an auction(拍卖) in 2018. It sold for about 3,000,000 yuan! But it is not a work by a famous painter, such as Vincent van Gogh. It was painted by an AI artist. Three Frenchmen created the AI. The AI artist studied over 15,000 paintings. In this way, it learned to paint. Now it is among the most popular artists in the world. |
1.The fact about Apolong is that __________.
A.there is a driver in it B.the door is opened by the passenger
C.there are 24 seats in it D.it stops every time it sees a stop light
2.Xiaoice CAN'T __________.
A.go out to play with you B.talk with you if you feel lonely
C.be your friend D.sing, write poems or tell stories
3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A.Xiaoice is a 17-year-old girl.
B.The AI anchor can only speak English.
C.The AI anchor can work 24 hours without mistakes.
D.The AI artist is one of the most popular artists in China.
4.We can probably see the passage in __________.
A.a guidebook B.a notice C.a novel D.a newspaper
My friend Richard went far to work, so he asked me to take care of his yard in the mountains. He worked hard and often kept the yard _______ without any grass. But I was too lazy to sweep the fallen leaves, and I_______pluck (拔 ) grass, allowing it to grow rapidly. In the early_______, in March, the leaves were green and soft. A month later, when the leaves spread quickly, I discovered they were like wild orchids (兰花) in the forest.
As the summer came, the "grass" really flowered. The flowers looked like those forest orchids, _______ they were yellow, unlike those purple or brown red forest orchids. I picked one flower, then went to find a friend who studied _______.As soon as my friend saw it he asked me_______ I picked it. "It's amazing!" He _______ explained, "This kind of orchid is hard to find. Now it is worth at least 10,000 dollars each."
I told the good news to Richard. He was_______. After a while he said gently, he saw the orchid in the yard every year, but he thought it was common grass, so he always plucked it. He said, "If I could_______, it would flower a few years before." Yes, all of us might miss some rare( 稀有的) orchids in our own lives. We don't give them the time to flower to prove their value.
Give the "grass" time to flower and give everybody a ________ to prove his value. Don't pluck a leave of any "grass" or negate (否定) a person rudely and how many "rare orchids " we will get in our lives!
1.A.wild B.clean C.dry D.dirty
2.A.sometimes B.often C.never D.always
3.A.spring B.summer C.autumn D.winter
4.A.so B.but C.then D.or
5.A.colors B.rivers C.seasons D.plants
6.A.that B.why C.where D.who
7.A.proudly B.successfully C.carelessly D.excitedly
8.A.worried B.surprised C.scared D.relaxed
9.A.wait B.get C.take D.make
10.A.tree B.yard C.flower D.chance
每个人都曾对自己的未来生活有过种种的梦想。但未来你会否成为一个比现在更好的你, 取决于你现在的思考和行动。请以现在的你, 以你对过往的经验教训, 对未来的你提一些建议, 以使自己成为更好的自己, 建议至少三条, 要涉及现在的经验和教训两个方面。
要求：
1、要至少用上三种时态；
2、文中不得出现自己的真实姓名；
3、语言通顺, 条理清晰, 书写整洁工整；
4、词数80-120词。
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Tom works in a big company and he is often very busy. One day, when he came out of the office, it was late in the evening. There was no bus at that moment, so he had to walk home. The street was very dark and he could hardly see anything. So he had to walk along slowly and carefully.
Juts at that time, Tom found a man with a lantern coming in the distance. “If I go with that person, I will be able to see well," he thought.
When the man with a lantern got nearer, Tom found he was coming with a cane(手杖) in his hand. Tom thought this was strange and asked, “Why are you walking so slowly with a cane when you have a lantern?”
The man said, "You know, I'm blind. That is why I use thins cane to walk." Tom laughed, "Ha, ha, ha. You're blind? Then why do you carry a lantern? You don't need a lantern if you can't see.”
The man with the lantern answered, "Yes, I can't see. And this lantern cannot help me, but it can help others in the dark. I know better than anyone else how it feels when you cannot see.”
Tom didn't say anything for a long time. Then he said sorry to the man.
1.When did Tom come out of the office that day? (回答问题，不超过15个词)
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2.What did the man carry the lantern for? (回答问题，不超过12个词)
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3.Why did Tom say sorry to the man? (回答问题，不超过9个词)
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4.把画线的句子翻译成汉语。
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5.给文章报一个合适的英文标题。
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Smoke alarms(报警器)
House fires cause many deaths each year and a large number of these fires are unfortunately set by children.1.Kids must understand that they’d better not play with fire. You should keep matches and lighters out of their reach.
2. The main job of such an alarm is to protect you while you're asleep. You should have a smoke alarm outside each bedroom and on each floor of your home. You ought to have two plans for getting out of your house if there is a fire and practise these plans in the dark with your family.
A smoke alarm warns you of the danger. 3.Take action immediately. When you come to a closed door, check it with the back of your hand. If it feels hot, there may be smoke or fire behind the door, so take care. Once you are out of your house, call the fire department from a neighbor's house. If a family member or a pet is caught inside, you shouldn’t go back in. Firemen know how to perform rescues safely.
4. Change the batteries at least once a year. You should use the test button each month to see if the alarm and batteries are still working. A smoke alarm lasts about ten years. You ought to change it even if it seems to be working.
About two out of three fire deaths happen in homes with no working smoke alarms.5.
A. Most of these deaths can be avoided
B. But when you hear it, you don t have much time
C. A smoke alarm is only good if it's working properly
D. So, it's important to teach them that fire is a tool, not a toy
E. A smoke alarm greatly reduces your chances of being hurt in a fire
There are some very good inventions which, for one reason or another, don't become popular. These inventions should be better known, even though I think that some of them are crazy. Let's have a look at some of these inventions and see if you agree that they should be more successful.
The Australians had a great idea to stop people from drinking and driving. The idea was that if a driver wanted to start the car, she or he would have to blow into a bag first. If there was too much alcohol (酒精) in their breath. The car wouldn't start. It sounds like a great idea to me, but people said that they might need to drive the car in an emergency (紧急情况) even if they had drunk too much alcohol. Another idea I liked was an invention by a scientist who thought his children watched too much TV. He connected the TV to an exercise bike so that the electricity to power the TV was produced by the bike. If the children wanted to watch a lot of TV, they had to pedal (踩踏) very hard.
One of the strangest inventions I have come across is a bicycle which can cross rivers! The idea was that when you came to a river, you could inflate (充气) a huge plastic ball all around the bike. You would then get into the ball which would float on the river while you pedaled the bike inside the ball! Why not use a bridge instead?
One thing I would like is a baseball cap with a built-in radio, so you can listen to sport all day with your hands free. The Americans invented a kind of robot for sports fans. If you were watching your team on TV on your own, you could press a button (按钮) and the robot would do 'high-fives' with you! That's fantastic! I wonder if you have any wonderful ideas for inventions like these.
1.How many inventions are mentioned in the passage?
A.3 B.4 C.5 D.6
2.What should you do if you want to watch TV according to the scientist's invention in the passage?
A.You should press the button. B.You have to pedal the bike hard.
C.You have to inflate a plastic ball. D.You must turn on the power.
3.Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A.The writer doesn't like the invention of a bicycle that can cross the river.
B.you can watch matches by wearing a baseball cap with a built-in radio.
C.You can start the car after drinking if you have an emergency.
D.You needn't pedal the bicycle while you are inside the huge plastic ball.
4.What's the meaning of the underlined word "high-fives" in the last paragraph?
A.举手击掌 B.举高手掌 C.挥手欢呼 D.起立欢呼
5.What's the passage mainly talking about?
A.The reason why these inventions don't become popular.
B.These inventions should be more successful.
C.Everyone should have one wonderful idea like these inventions.
D.Some information about unusual inventions.
