The next generation of artificial intelligence (AI) may be sitting right beneath you, at least if furniture maker Ikea has any say in the matter. The Swedish furniture company’s “future-living” research lab in Copenhagen is conducting a survey to understand what people want when it comes to smart furniture.
AI is now walking into more aspects of people’s daily lives. Self-driving cars are just around the corner, and AI robots can play and beat the best players of strategy games. As smart home technologies have become more ubiquitous, products ranging from smart electrical outlets（插座）to smart smoke alarms are flooding the market. Therefore, it’s not surprising that Ikea would be moving in the same direction.
Exactly why people would want their sofa or bed frame to speak to then, track their daily movements or offer help is not yet clear. Though Ikea’s the new survey doesn’t directly answer that question, it does provide a hint of what people would feel comfortable with. Most participants wanted a more human0like form of virtual（虚拟的）assistants, as opposed to one that is more robotic. In terms of the ideal gender（性别）of the assistants, the most popular choice was neither male nor female. Few wanted a religious form of AI.
Just as with human friends, most wanted AI friends that were like them, affirming their own worldview. They wanted an AI assistant that was reasonably intelligent-that could collect data to predict what a person wanted before he or she asked, and that could prevent someone from making mistakes.
This is not the first time that Ikea has set foot in the field or futuristic technologies. In addition to wireless charging tables and chainless bikes that never rust（生锈）, the furniture giant has also pictured smart kitchens that can cook the best meal. To decide on how intelligent you want your next sofa or bookshelf to be, you can take Ikea’s survey online.
1.What does the underlined word “ubiquitous” in Paragraph 2 mean?
A. Beautiful. B. Common.
C. Normal. D. Environment.
2.What does Paragraph 3 mainly talk about?
A. The differences between robot-like and human-like assistants.
B. What form of AI assistants people want.
C. What kind of friends people want.
D. The popular robots on the market.
3.Most people who received the survey wanted an AI assistant that could ________.
A. help them became smarter
B. communicate with them without troubles
C. have its own worldview
D. deal with their problems in advance
4.Which of the following products are from Ikea?
A. Smart sofas that can speak to you.
B. Smart beds than can track your daily movements.
C. Wireless charging cars.
D. Rustless bikes without chains.
You may be familiar with the following famous people, but have you heard of their graduation speeches, in which they either share their unforgotten experiences or give you some great inspiration.
Michael Dell, University of Texas at Austin
And now you’ve accomplished something great and important here, and it’s time for you to move on to what’s next. And you must not let anything prevent you from taking those first steps. … You must also commit to the adventure. Just have faith in the skills and the knowledge you’ve been blessed（赐予）with and go.
J.K. Rowling, Harvard University
Half my lifetime ago, I was striking an uneasy balance between my ambition and the expectation from my parents who were not rich…But what I feared most of myself at your age was not poverty, but failure. The fact that you are graduating from Harvard suggests that you know little about failure, you might be driven by a fear of failure quite as much as a desire for success.
Steve Jobs, Stanford University
Sometimes life’s going to hit you in the head with a brick. Don’t lose faith…Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work, and the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking and don’t settle.
Bill Gates, Harvard University
We need as many people as possible to have access to the advanced technology to lead to a revolution in what human beings can do for one another. They are making it possible not just for national governments, but for universities, smaller organizations, and even individuals to see problems, see approaches and deal with the world’s inequities（不公平）like hunger, poverty, and so on.
1.What Michael Dell said is to urge us to ________.
A. listen to our heart B. learn from our mistakes
C. follow others’ example D. pursue our dreams
2.What did J.K. Rowling fear most when she was studying in university?
A. Failure. B. Hunger.
C. Poverty. D. Appearance.
3.What does Bill Gates suggest people do?
A. Master as much advanced technology as possible.
B. Work together to rid some global problems.
C. Make contributions to the environment.
D. Take responsibility for their own behavior.
假如你是李华，你的表姐韩梅梅即将在60天后参加高考。请在考前给她写一封信，给予建议和鼓励。
内容包括：1. 继续坚持努力学习
2.调整心态：锻炼身体；
3.其他
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One afternoon in February, my classmates and I was on the way to the cinema. Suddenly an old woman falls down heavily due to the ground covering with thick ice. Seeing what had happened. We dialed 120 without a second thought. On such cold weather, we stayed with her until the ambulance came to scene. And then they left for the cinema. Although we were later for the film, we all thought it was worthwhile. After all, help people in need is a good way to obtain joy and happy. Now we all remember the day which we spent it together.
Every day has the potential to be a good and, in some cases, a great day for you. Few of us get up in the morning, 1. (think) that we want this to be a bad day. Yet in many cases the day turns that way because of a person or an event 2. we worry about.
Think about those small 3. (event) which can throw you off balance and affect your whole day 4. (negtive）. Who stole your day? 5. (Be) it your boss, an odd driver on the way to work, or an impolite waiter at lunch that did?
Every day numerous people or things can prevent us 6. having a good day, if we let them. The key is that we should adopt 7. positive attitude towards life. We cannot control 8. happens to us in many cases, 9. we can control how we react to them.
Lao-tzu, a Chinese philosopher, said, “He who conquers others is strong; he who conquers 10. (he) is mighty.”
From the window of my room, I could see tall cotton-rose hibiscus（木棉树）. In spring, when green leaves were half ________ in mist, the tree looked very attractive, ________ with red flowers. This inspiring neighbor of mine often ________ my mind working. I regarded it as my best friend ________.
However, when I opened the window one morning, to my amazement, the tree was almost ________ beyond recognition as a result of the storm ________ the night before. I was seized with a sudden sorrow at the thought “all the flowers are to fall”. I could not help ________ with emotion: the course of life never runs ________, for there are so many ups and downs ________ twists and turns. The process of my life saw my beloved friends parting one after another. Isn’t it ________ to the flowers falling off the tree in the wind?
This event ________ from my memory as time went by. One day after I came home, I found the room hard to breathe in and opened the window ________. Something outside caught my ________ and impressed me. It was plum tree（李树）with flowers ________ beautifully by the sunset. The surprise discovery filled me with pleasure. I wondered ________ I had no idea of some tough life restarting over the fallen petals（花瓣）when I felt sorry for the hibiscus.
When the last petal ________, all the admiration for the hibiscus disappeared as if nothing was left, until the landscape was again decorated with the red plum flowers to ________ people of life’s alternation and continuity. Can't it be said that life is actually a symphony, a harmonious ________ of loss and gain.
Standing by the window lost in thought for a long time, I realized that no scenery in the world remains ________ As long as you keep your heart bathed in the sun, every dawn will present a fine start for you and the world will always be about ________ hopes.
1.A. buried B. placed C. hidden D. trapped
2.A. covered B. surrounded C. dotted D. marked
3.A. set B. prevented C. observed D. bore
4.A. regularly B. gradually C. narrowly D. generally
5.A. blank B. vacant C. bare D. empty
6.A. effect B. damage C. fault D. feast
7.A. teasing B. yelling C. swearing D. sighing
8.A. lucky B. smooth C. simple D. cozy
9.A. as well as B. rather than C. as many as D. regardless of
10.A. due B. contrary C. similar D. familiar
11.A. sank B. faded C. matured D. quit
12.A. casually B. actively C. merely D. fiercely
13.A. soul B. nose C. eye D. mind
14.A. set off B. set up C. put up D. put off
15.A. when B. if C. how D. why
16.A. slipped B. quit C. dropped D. broke
17.A. rid B. warn C. convince D. remind
18.A. composition B. dilemma C. division D. conflict
19.A. unlimited B. unspoiled C. unchanged D. unexpected
20.A. fresh B. practical C. previous D. vain
