1. Artificial Intelligence (人工智能), or AI in short, is the science of giving computers and machines ability to think and work like humans. AI scientists and engineers have made a lot of cool technologies.
AI is getting close to the human ability to read faces. As a result, facial recognition (面部识别) is used a lot in the world. Chinese police use this technology to find criminals. They even caught six criminals on a famous singer’s concerts in six different cities. 2.
AI is also used in self-driving cars. Carmakers are testing a light signal system to help them “speak” to humans. The system can tell passers-by (行人) that the car is about to speed up. It seemed that it can soon take the place of a real person. 3.
4. Service Robots can show you how powerful AI is. Imagine this—you come back from school and your robot house keeper is waiting for you at the door. After dinner, he teaches you to play the piano just like a real music teacher. Such thoughts will soon happen in the real world. In the future, more and more service robots will become good home helpers.
AI is so powerful that it can help people and even replace us in many fields. 5.
A. Do we still need to learn how to drive?
B. In a way it is helpful for the police to get bad guys.
C. Do you know what Artificial Intelligence is?
D. AI age is coming, are you ready for it?
E. Have you ever wished to have a robot?
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1.Who lost a white cat?
A.Sam. B.David. C.Mary. D.Dave.
2.You need to pay ________ if you buy the book Little Women now.
A.$59.60 B.$20 C.$40 D.$29.60
3.When can we see the movie Red Sea Action?
A.Only on Saturday. B.Only on Sunday.
C.On weekends. D.On weekdays
4.If you want to rent an old car, you have to pay ________ a month.
A.$60 B.$120 C.$30 D.$20
5.Those ads above are most probably from a ________.
A.map B.dictionary C.newspaper D.book
Are you interested in movies? Do you believe Chinese are also able to make good science-fiction movies? One hot movie in China this month means something.
Liu Cixin is the most popular science-fiction writer in China. He received the prize in 2015 for his novel the Three Body Problem (三体). Many people admired him for this novel, including Obama. His rich imaginations can be seen in the movie the Wandering Earth (流浪地球). This movie was filmed on his novel with the same name. This tale is about the Sun is going to crash into the Mercury (水星) and this will cause the Earth catching on fire and killing all life on the planet. In order to survive, people put together about 10,000 big engines on Earth to push the Sun so that people can run away to another planet. Yet, as Earth gets close to Jupiter (木星), the huge force will break the Earth into pieces. Who will save the Earth?
Thanks to Liu’s fame, as well as the great efforts of the movie team, the Wandering Earth made 670 million yuan on the first day. More importantly, the Wandering Earth is the first “made in China” science-fiction movie on the big screen. And the director, Guo Fan, is also Chinese. Some people predict that 2019 marks the starting year of popularity for Chinese science-fiction movies.
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1.The movie the Wandering Earth is made on Liu’s novel the Wandering Earth.
2.When the Sun gets close to Jupiter, the huge force will break the Earth into pieces.
3.The movie made 670 million yuan in total.
4.Guo Fan is the most famous science-fiction writer in China.
5.The Wandering Earth shows that Chinese have ability to make good science-fiction movies.
“Come on, Daily News!” called Jason, carrying some newspapers under his arm. The little boy was running up and down the street, but twenty papers were still not sold. This was his first day of selling newspapers. He was in bad mood. It was getting dark and fewer people were in the street. He had to go home with the rest papers instead of money. He hoped to make more money to buy a cake for his mother’s birthday. But he failed to sell all his papers. He broke down and cried on the way back.
“You don’t know the secret of selling papers.” Another newsboy Jim told Jason and taught him to shout loudly, “Hot news! More exciting news is on!”
“But it’s not in the paper at all.” replied Jason.
“Right, then just run away quickly before they have time to see.” Jim said.
It was really a new idea to Jason. He thought of the cake for his mother, but at last decided not to tell a lie. Though he was poor, he was taught to be honest by his mother.
The next afternoon, Jason went to the office for his papers again. With a proud smile, Jim announced that he sold sixty the day before. He added that Jason lost the chance of getting more money because he was too foolish.
“You wouldn’t tell a lie yesterday, my boy?” A gentleman at the office came up and said. “You are just the boy I am looking for.” A week later, Jason started his new job. He lost the sale of twenty papers, but got a well-paid job because he told the truth.
1.Why did Jason keep running in the street?
A.To buy a cake. B.To sell newspapers
C.To go home. D.To find a job
2.How did Jason feel on the way back on the first day?
A.He felt sad. B.He felt excited.
C.He felt relaxed. D.He felt foolish.
3.How did Jim sell more newspapers?
A.By telling the secret. B.By making up untrue news.
C.By running quickly. D.By telling the truth.
4.Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A.Jason sold twenty newspapers on the first day.
B.Jason was too foolish to make more money.
C.Jason learned something good from his mother.
D.Jason listened to Jim and made more money that day.
5.What does the story mainly tell us?
A.Honesty is the best policy.
B.A friend in need is a friend indeed.
C.Practice makes perfect.
D.Don’t put all eggs in one basket.
Do you know when and why people celebrate Dragon Boat Festival in China? You may always find either a beautiful or a sad story behind a festival, the Dragon Boat Festival is celebrated ________ the fifth day of the fifth lunar month by ________ zongzi and holding dragon boat races.
The festival began during the Warring States (战国时期) with a ________ of more than 2,000 years. The date of the festival is the date ________ Qu Yuan died. He was a wise and upright (正直的) man, and was loved by people. He wanted the emperor of Chu ________ against the State of Qin but was refused and sent to somewhere far away from his homeland. During his stay in other states, he wrote ________ poems to express his strong feelings for Chu. On the day when Chu was defeated by Qin, Qu Yuan jumped into Miluo River for his mother land by killing himself.
After the ________ of Qu Yuan, people of Chu went to Miluo River to cry over the great ________ they loved so much. Some threw eggs and rice wrapped in leaves into the river to feed the fish ________ keep them away from Qu Yuan.
Now the Dragon Boat Festival has become a ________ festival for the Chinese people.
1.A.at B.on C.in D.by
2.A.eating B.to eat C.ate D.was eating
3.A.vacation B.history C.date D.day
4.A.when B.where C.why D.what
5.A.fighter B.fighting C.fight D.to fight
6.A.much B.a lot C.many D.lots
7.A.die B.dying C.dead D.death
8.A.emperor B.doctor C.poet D.teacher
9.A.in order to B.so that C.in order that D.as a result
10.A.modern B.traditional C.international D.new
We will have a ball game on the playground if it ________.
A.isn’t rain B.doesn’t rain C.won’t rain D.rains
