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11、 data in advance.3. Who praised Southwark Carpenters for its low price?A. Trankle. B. Loren.C. Dancy.D. Herbert.In early 2021, I hit a rut in my studies. As a doctoral candidate at the University of Chicago in Illinois, I worked to design safer, more effective materials for vaccine delivery. Althoug
12、h I had been productive early in my graduate career, my long hours and hard work were no longer translating into success in the laboratory, and I felt hopeless about achieving my goals. Something had to change.As I began to search for the cause of my struggles, I became increasingly aware that my “q
13、uiet time at the lab bench - for instance, when I was running columns or experiments 一 was anything but. Instead of thinking about science, I was watching television or interacting with social media on my smartphone. Although I could cover up this inefficiency with longer hours, my work felt chaotic
14、。昆乱的）and disorganized. I would come home from a long day in the lab and respond to e-mails or messages over dinner or in bed. This all came to a head last summer, when my inability to balance work and life led me to seek help from the universitys student mental-health services.Through a combination
15、of consultation and personal reflection, I came to understand my problem. To regain my focus, I chose to reduce my connectivity by using a basic mobile phone without an Internet connection during work hours, and removing unnecessary apps from my smartphone when I did use it.Underscoring the addictiv
16、e nature of smartphones, I experienced symptoms of withdrawal when I first did this. With time, however, I began to make practical use of my quiet time. I started reading papers during long experiments, and developed a habit of writing in my down time.Perhaps most importantly, I have felt my anxiety
17、 decrease and my productivity and creativity improve dramatically, trading my chaotic work-life relationship for one with clearer boundaries and plenty of new scientific ideas. Now, even when I do carry my smartphone, I feel less forced to check for e-mails or messages, and can concentrate more clos
18、ely on4.A. Stopped progressing smoothly.B.Had very slow reactions.C. Accepted hard works value.D.Overcame a big problem.whatever task is at hand.What does the underlined part “hit a ruf, in paragraph 1 mean?5.A. Running columns or experiments.B.His inability to get mental-healthWhat made the author
19、struggle?services.C. Replying to e-mails or messages.D.His addiction to the phone.6.C. Watch television news.D.Do some reading.What did the author choose to do during his quiet time later?Learn practical writing.A. Reflect on his successes and failures. B.7.A. More courageous.B.More sociable.C. More
20、 focused.D.More understanding.How does the author feel now?When the company OpenAI developed its new artificial intelligence (AI) program, ChatGPT, in late 2022, educators began to worry. ChatGPT could create text that seemed like a human wrote it. How could teachers discover whether students were u
21、sing language created by an AI chatbot to cheat on a writing task?As a linguist who studies the effects of technology on how people read, write and think, I believe there are other more pressing concerns besides cheating. These include whether AI, more generally, threatens student writing skills, th
22、e value of writing as a process, and the importance of regarding writing as a tool for thinking.As part of my research on the effects of AI on human writing, I surveyed young adults in the U.S. about some issues related to those effects. One participant said that at some point if you depend on predi
23、ctive text, youre going to lose your spelling abilities. Enter Was Rom” into a Google search and youre given a list of choices like “Was Rome built in a day”. Type “pie” into a text message and youre offered “please” and “plenty”. These tools complete our sentences automatically, giving us little ch
24、ance to think about our spelling, and continuously asking us to follow their suggestions.Evan Selinger, a philosopher, worried that predictive texting reduces the power of writing as a form of mental activity and personal expression. By encouraging us not to thinktoo deeply about our words, predicti
25、ve technology may change how we deal with each other,“ Selinger wrote. We give others more algorithms （算法）and less of ourselves. Automation can stop us thinking and the resulting text didnt feel like mine anymore.”I asked ChatGPT whether it was a threat to humans motivation to write. The bot respond
26、ed: There will always be a demand fbr creative, original content that requires the unique viewpoint of a human writer. It continued: Writing serves many purposes beyond just the creation of content, such as self-expression, communication, and personal growth, which can continue to encourage people t
27、o write even if certain types of writing can be automated.I was glad to find the program had seemingly admitted its limitations.8. What is the authors main concern about ChatGPT?A. Whether it will lead to students9 cheating.B. Whether it will shape students, writing style.C. How students will make u
28、se of it at school.D. What effects it will have on students9 writing.9. What will predictive technology do to us according to Evan Selinger? facing this problem for longer periods include Bangladesh (130 million people), the western and southern states of the USA (130 million), Pakistan (120 million
29、), Nigeria (110 million), and Mexico (90 million).A. Give us more creative ideas.B.Make us write like a machine.C. Encourage us to think more deeply. D.Make us tend to ignore grammaticalmistakes.10. What can we learn from ChatGPTs response?A. Writing will become completely automated.B. Robots will w
30、ork with humans inwriting.C. Robot writing will become more creative.D. Human writing will still matter alot.11. What can be the best title for the text?A. What impact will AI bring to writing? B.What is the future of modern literature?C. How to improve writing with AFs help? D.How to apply AI techn
31、ology toeducation?Two-thirds of the world population lives under conditions where the freshwater demand is more than twice the natural water availability for at least one month per year. According to official statistics, one billion of those live in India and 0.9 billion live in China. Other areasCo
32、mmunities use a range of techniques to overcome this issue. In dry summers, those near the coast can desalinate (淡化)seawater, although the process requires a large amount of energy and expenditure. Some remote inland communities have alternative methods that suit their particular conditions. For exa
33、mple, many high-altitude Chilean communities in the Andes use fog collectors, specialized nets that can gather just a few liters a day.Elsewhere, theres another option available. Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed a new device that passively harvests water from the air around the clock. The de
34、vice is made up of a specially coated glass pane (玻璃板)that reflects solar radiation and also radiates away its own heat. In doing so, it cools down by as much as 15 degrees Celsius below the surrounding temperatures. This difference in temperature between the air and the pane causes water vapor to c
35、ondense (凝结)on its underside, which can then be easily collected.Tests so far have been conducted on a university building in Zurich and suggest that the device can produce twice as much water per day as other passive water-collection technologies. Under ideal conditions, researchers harvested 0.53
36、decilitres of water per square metre of the surface per hour. Thats close to the theoretical maximum value of 0.6 decilitres per hour, which is physically impossible to exceed,“ says Iwan Hachler, a doctoral student who is working on the technology.The zero-energy input of the set-up could make it s
37、uitable for use in developing countries, particularly in remote communities where water shortage is often combined with power shortages. The scientists are hopeful that the device could be used with other water-collection methods, such as desalination, to increase productivity.12. What does the auth
38、or want to tell us by mentioning official statistics in Paragraph 1?A. Fresh water insecurity is a global crisis.B. Water resources are unevenly distributed globally.C. Lack of water seriously restricts many countries? growth.D. Developed countries are better at handling water shortages.13. How do m
39、any Chileans living in the Andes deal with the inadequate water supply?A. By harvesting water from fog.B , By bringing in seawater and purifying it.C. By moving to water-rich areas in summer.D. By cutting down on their water consumption.14. Why is a coated glass pane used in the new device?A. To hol
40、d the condensed water.B. To work as a cooling surface.To record the changes in temperature.C , To get rid of harmful solar radiation.D.15. . What can be inferred about the new device?A. It produces satisfying outcomes.B. It is limited to laboratory environments.It needs further confirmation fromC. I
41、t has met with theoretical bottlenecks. D.experts.二、七选五“Beauty is only skin deep“ it is said. This means that a persons appearance is not as important as their character. Yet it is strange why people and especially women are willing to spend a fortune on making themselves more attractive physically.
42、 16 The reason can only be one, and it is that beauty has its advantages.Attractive people are more popular generally. Beauty draws a positive response from the people around. This is obvious with children. For example, based on observation, there is a tendency for adults to treat good-looking child
43、ren better. This favorable treatment continues into adulthood, as attractive people are more likely to be chosen for leadership positions and given more opportunities. 17Another important benefit that good-looking people enjoy is that they find a husband or wife more easily. 18 This initial attracti
44、on may then develop into romantic feelings and a serious relationship if the couple find that they are compatible （和睦相处的）with each other.On the other hand, beauty has a number of disadvantages as well. Firstly, a good-looking person tends to attract unwanted attention from all kinds of people. The a
45、dmirer may have bad intentions and cause problems for the target. 19 It is thought that beauty and brains do not go together. Thus, attractive people may not gain respect even when they deserve it because of this prejudice against them.While every individual should take care of their outward appeara
46、nce and look their best, they should not neglect （忽视）their inner beauty or character. 20 Also, they should notforget physical beauty is indeed, only skin deep and will not last.A. Life is not always easy for beautiful people.B. The skincare industry is a multi-billion dollar business.C. It turns out
47、 being conventionally beautiful has its benefits.D. It is a fact that people are first attracted to outward appearance.E. They should not place such importance on beauty that they become proud.F. Being well-treated gives attractive people more confidence and they perform better.G. Another problem fa
48、ced by good-looking people is that they may not be taken seriously.三、完形填空When our neighbors 94-year-old father passed away, his mother moved in with them.She 21 a home full of canned goods. Later, the womens group in our community 22 that anyone in need of home canning supplies could come to the 23 and take what was available. The contents were too old to eat, but the jars could be 24 .I was a new canner with not much 25 but a desire to do more, so our family set out to 26 supplies. When we 27 we found three decades of fr