HANGZHOU-Chinese internet giant Alibaba on Tuesday opened a hotel loaded with artificial intelligence (Al) and robots, automating a series of procedures like check-in, lights control and room service.
FlyZoo Hotel, opened in Hangzhou, capital of East China's Zhejiang province, where Alibaba is headquartered, is known as the company's first "future hotel". Customers can check into the hotel by simply scanning their faces. The facial recognition system installed in the hotel also enables customers to use their faces as key cards to open doors and access other hotel service. Users can also control the lights, televisions and curtains in the room via Alibaba's voice-activated digital assistant, while robots are deployed to serve dishes, cocktails and coffee. Hotel bookings and check-out can also be done with a few clicks on mobile through an app. "The Al-based solution can help customers save time and relieve hotel employees from repetitive work," said Wang Qun, CEO of FlyZoo Hotel. The hotel is the latest example of Chinese tech companies' attempt into traditional industries such as the hotel industry.
E-commerce giant JD. com announced in October its strategy to put smart home and electronic devices sold on its platform into hotels, in an effort to improve online sales.
In July, Baidu teamed up with Intercontinental Hotels Group in Beijing to allow guests to use its voice-controlled assistant to adjust room temperature and order room service at ease.
Before that, social media giant Tencent introduced QQfamily, a similar tech solution for hotel operators, in the southern city of Zhuhai last year.
" We want to install a 'smart brain' for hotels, " said Wang. "In the future, we will continue to make hotels smarter and more automated, as well as create more personalized experiences for consumers."
1.How can customers check into FlyZoo Hotel?
A. By scanning their faces.
B. By clicking their mobile phones.
C. By showing hotel staff their ID cards.
D. By using voice-activated digital assistant.
2.Which of the following hasn't been realized?
A. All hotel service is provided by robots.
B. Room service can be controlled by artificial intelligence.
C. Room temperature can be adjusted by artificial intelligence.
D. Televisions can be turned off by voice-activated digital assistant.
3.What will probably happen to hotels in the future?
A. Customers will get less personalized experiences.
B. Human work will completely disappear in hotels.
C. Intelligent hotels won't meet any difficulties in the development.
D. Just staying in your room, you can easily get many kinds of services by Al.
4.What does the passage mainly talk about?
A. Internet giants open AI "future hotel".
B. Artificial intelligence is used in hotels.
C. Internet giants switch to hotel industry.
D. Traditional hotels will disappear soon.
Dark Sky Parks around the World
Warrumbungle National Park
Situated in the central west slopes of New South Wales is Australia’s only dark sky park, Warrumbungle. The park has served as a dark sky park since July 2016. Its crystal-clear night skies and high altitude make it a natural, educational, and astronomical heritage site in the southern half of the earth. Tourists can use Australia’s largest optical telescope within the park boundaries to view the auroras(极光)，the Milky Way, and faint shooting stars.
Sark
Sark is a Channel Island near the coast of Normandy under the protection of the UK. It was the World’s First Dark Sky Island set up in January 2011. Its historical and cultural blend attracts over 40,000 tourists annually. With no motor vehicles and public lighting on the island, there is an exceptional view of the dark skies. A rich Milky Way is visible in the dark night skies from the shores of the island.
Pic du Midi de Bigorre
Pic du Midi de Bigorre in France was designated as a dark sky park in December 2013 making it the second largest dark sky park in the world. The park covers 3.112 square kilometers spread across the Pyrenees National Park and UNESCO’s World Heritage site, Pyrenees-Mont Perdu. The park attracts over one hundred star watchers every year. The Observatory Midi-Pyrenees, which was built in 1870, is one of the world’s highest museums at a height of 2,877 meters above sea level.
Ramon Crater/Makhtesh Ramon
Ramon Crater is a unique 1,100-square-kilometer nature reserve located in the Negev Desert in Israel. In 2017, the Ramon Crater became the first designated dark sky park in the Middle East. Its location, rough climate, and forbidding landscape that are characteristic of the Negev have largely defeated historical attempts for human settlement, making it a great place to view the night skies. Stargazers usually camp in the desert to have an uninterrupted view of the stars, planets, and the Milky Way.
1.Which park serves as a heritage site for astronomy?
A. Sark.
B. Pic du Midi de Bigorre.
C. Warrumbungle National Park.
D. Ramon Crater/Makhtesh Ramon.
2.What do we know about Sark from the passage?
A. Not a single car runs there.
B. It was an island belonging to Normandy.
C. The Milky Way can only be seen there.
D. Visitors like to stay on the island in groups.
3.What makes it difficult for humans to live in Ramon Crater?
A. High altitude. B. The large area.
C. Geographical conditions. D. Cultural features.
假定你是李华，你的朋友Lily因为节食减肥而生病，请根据下列要点用英语给她写一封邮件鼓励她加强锻炼, 早日恢复健康。
要点：1. 坚持健康均衡的饮食；
2. 养成良好的生活习惯：定期锻炼，保证睡眠等；
3. 保持愉快的心情。
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当发挥，以使行文连贯；
3. 开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数。
Dear Lily,
I’m sorry to hear that
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Yours,
Li Hua
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。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（＼）划掉。
修改：在错的词下画—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。
It is almost five years since I begin to learn English. I’m glad to say I’m getting along good with it. But first I came across a lot of difficulties. I couldn’t pronounce English words well, so could I remember the words I had learned. I couldn’t even understand that the teacher had said in class. When I almost lost heart, the teacher told me, “Keeping on, and you’ll do well.” I was greatly encouraged. I started working hard at English. Under the help of him and my classmates, I’ve made a great progress. I am very pleasing and I’ll work even hard in future.
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式，并将答案填写在答题卡上。
Lasa Bailey took her gloves off when 1.（take）her dog for a long walk on a winter day and didn’t notice anything until that evening. She was shocked when she realized her beautiful anniversary ring was missing. She 2.（hurry）back to look for it but couldn’t find anything. Her husband kept going on a website where people sell jewelry, 3. never found it.
All that changed, however, thanks to a recent Facebook post 4.（write）on their local police department’s page. A woman police officer posted, “If anybody knows of anybody losing a diamond ring, please contact us.” One of her friends read it and wrote on it “Lisa Bailey”.
The police station happened to find some unidentified 5.（jewel）in a local pawn shop (当铺) and took them away. When Bailey learned from her friend that her ring might 6.(find), she couldn’t believe it.
The police called Bailey and asked her to describe it. She sent a picture of it to 7. and then they asked if she could come to the police station. When the police officer in the station 8. had written the Facebook post handed her the ring the next day, she was very thrilled and started to tear up. She could wear her anniversary ring home where it belongs 9. (final) after three years’ wait.
Bailey’s husband had offered to replace the ring after it went 10. (miss), but she refused because she thought it wouldn’t be the same.
A little boy was spending his Saturday morning playing in his sandbox (儿童玩耍的沙场). In the process of creating roads in the soft sand, he ______ a large rock in the middle of the sandbox.
The boy ______ around the rock, managing to move it from the sand. With a little bit of ______, he pushed the rock out of the sandbox by using his feet. When the boy got the rock to the edge of the sandbox, ______, he found that he couldn’t ______ it up and over the little wall. The rock was too ________ for his small body.
As he ______ to accept his failure, the little boy dug, pushed and dragged, but every time he thought he had made some ______, the rock rolled and then fell back into the sandbox. The little boy ______ again and again, but his only ______ was to have the rock roll back.
____ he burst into tears. All the time the boy’s father ______ from his living room window as the story continued. At the moment the tears fell, a ______ voice rose above the boy’s head. It was the boy’s father. ______ but firmly he said, “Son, why didn’t you use all the ______ that you had?” Defeated, the boy replied with tears, “But I did, Daddy, I did! I ____ all the strength that I had!” “No, son.” ____ the father kindly. “You didn’t use all the strength you had. You didn’t ____ me to help you.” With that the father picked up the rock and ____ it from the sandbox.
Do you have “rocks” in your life that need to be removed? Are you discovering that you don’t have the strength it takes to lift them? There is one who is always available to us and willing to ______ you with the strength you need.
1.A. discovered B. put C. gathered D. hid
2.A. walked B. jumped C. travelled D. dug
3.A. courage B. pride C. effort D. pleasure
4.A. still B. however C. thus D. even
5.A. put B. raise C. take D. break
6.A. large B. difficult C. hard D. much
7.A. decided B. refused C. agreed D. planned
8.A. invention B. progress C. mistakes D. changes
9.A. tried B. failed C. thought D. started
10.A. success B. goal C. result D. wish
11.A. Gradually B. Lately C. Properly D. Finally
12.A. watched B. worked C. followed D. helped
13.A. loud B. happy C. sweet D. strict
14.A. angrily B. movingly C. suddenly D. gently
15.A. knowledge B. strength C. tools D. ability
16.A. wasted B. brought C. used D. carried
17.A. corrected B. replied C. shouted D. praised
18.A. advise B. ask C. force D. want
19.A. collected B. removed C. chose D. broke
20.A. provide B. lend C. show D. pass
