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 Inhuman 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.The painting is ______.
A. a work painted by Vincent Van Gogh
B. worth about 3,000,000 yuan at an auction
C. studied by three French artists over 15,000 times
D. among the most beautiful paintings in the world
4.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Xianice 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.
5.We can probably see the passage in _____.
A. a guidebook B. a notice C. a novel D. a newspaper
Zak’s grandfather, Stan, was very famous. Why? Because he had a very, very, very long white beard(胡子).
One day Zak asked his grandfather, “When you sleep, do you put your beard over or under the quilt?” “I’m not sure. I never care about that,” said his grandfather, “I’ll look tonight.”
Stan got into bed that night and pulled up the quilt. Then he remembered his grandson’s question. Aha! His beard was under the quilt. But wait. Did that feel right?
He lifted his beard from under the quilt and put it above it. This also didn’t feel right. So he put the beard under the quilt again. But he soon felt it would be better if it were out. The beard went in and out—first under the quilt, then over it, under, over, all night long.
Stan spent a sleepless night. In the morning, he was so tired and unhappy that he cut his long beard right off! Stan’s wife was so happy. She advised Stan to cut that beard off many times, but he never did it. Now a simple question made him do that.
根据上述内容,判断下列句子正误,正确的填 T,错误填 F。
1.Stan was very famous for his long white beard.
2.Stan never cared about Zak, his grandson.
3.At the very beginning, Stan’s beard was under the quilt.
4.That night Stan was sleepless and tired because of the question.
5.Stan listened to his wife’s advice to cut the beard off.
When I was in middle school, I felt I was always letting people down. Once I brought my ____ Daisy to my home. I noticed that all my family members seemed to ____ Daisy better than me.
I felt very ____. I even thought they didn’t love me. I wondered whether they would miss me if I died some day. ____ I told my mum, “Daisy is more patient than I have ever been. You must want her to be your daughter instead of me.”
My mum explained that Daisy was a lovely girl, but ____ could replace(代替) me in the family. She said I was the only person who could fill my role. She made me realize that even if I made ___ , I was a beloved member of the family who could never be replaced.
From then on, I tried to ____ out who I was and what made me special. I look at ____ in a new way. Then I started to be positive(积极的) towards my life, and I was happy about who I ____ was. I came to feel much better as I knew that no one could ever replace me.
Each of us holds a special place in the world. You are special, no matter what others say or what you may think. So ____ that you will be replaced. You can’t be.
1.A. daughter B. son C. friend D. uncle
2.A. like B. know C. understand D. learn
3.A. lucky B. sad C. bored D. glad
4.A. But B. So C. Though D. Whether
5.A. anybody B. somebody C. everybody D. nobody
6.A. mistakes B. faces C. wishes D. decisions
7.A. put B. find C. look D. clear
8.A. itself B. herself C. himself D. myself
9.A. nearly B. hardly C. really D. almost
10.A. forget B. worry C. consider D. think
—Do you know_____________?
—Yes, we’ll take a bus there.
A.When we will go to the museum tomorrow.
B.When will we go to the museum tomorrow.
C.how we will go to the museum tomorrow.
D.how will we go to the museum tomorrow.
—Look at my new dress.
—Wow! _________beautiful it is!
A. How B. How a C. What D. What a
—Must I hand in the homework right now?
—________. That’s the rule.
A. Yes, you can. B. No, you can't. C. Yes, you must D. No, you mustn’t.
