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.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
3.We can probably see the passage in ________.
A.a guidebook B.a notice C.a novel D.a newspaper
I have a friend named Monty Roberts who owns a horse ranch (牧场).He has let me use his ranch to raise money for youth at risk programs.
The last time I was there he told me his story. When he was young, his family is too ___ to have a house to live in. When he was in high school, he was asked to write a paper about ____ he wanted to be and do when he grew up. That night he wrote a seven-page paper describing his goal of someday ____ a horse ranch. He wrote about his dream in great ___ and he even drew a picture to show a 4,000-square-foot house that would sit on a 200-acre dream ranch. The next day he handed it in to his teacher. Two days later he received his paper back. On the front page was a large red F with a note that read, "See me after class." Roberts went to see the teacher and asked, "Why did I receive an F?" His teacher said, "This is a(an) ____ dream for a young boy like you. Having a horse ranch requires a lot of money. There's no way you could ever do it." Then the teacher added, "If you will rewrite this paper with a more possible goal, I will reconsider your ____."
The boy went home and thought about it for a ____ and hard time. He asked his father what he should do. His father said, "Look, son, you have to ____ your own mind on this." Finally, after sitting with it for a week, the boy turned in the same paper, making no ____ at all. He told his teacher,"You could keep the F and I will ____ keep my dream."
Monty tells me this story because I am sitting in his 4,000-square-foot house in the middle of his 200-acre horse ranch. He said kids' dreams can be stolen. Don't let anyone steal your dreams. Follow your heart, no matter what.
1.A.small B.busy C.poor D.lazy
2.A.what B.which C.whom D.why
3.A.renting B.donating C.owning D.raising
4.A.difficulty B.detail C.dialogue D.doubt
5.A.surprising B.wonderful C.terrible D.unrealistic
6.A.achievement B.grade C.family D.ability
7.A.happy B.long C.short D.hurry
8.A.take up B.open up C.make up D.give up
9.A.decisions B.reasons C.excuses D.changes
10.A.never B.still C.ever D.even
— You shouldn’t stay up late tonight. — Thanks, I will go to bed earlier. ________.
A.No pain, no gain B.I won’t burn the candle at both ends
C.Many hands make light work D.I believe practice makes perfect
--Would you mind helping me look after my baby for a while? --________
A.sure, be careful on the way B.oh, don't you like children?
C.of course not, dear D.yeah, I hope so
Could you tell me ________ ?
A.how much the car is B.who you were waiting for
C.summer comes after spring D.where do you live
—Excuse me, when can we play basketball in the playground?
— Not until the playground ________ next week.
A.repairs B.will be repaired C.is repaired D.will repair
