福建省漳州市2023-2024学年高一上学期期末质量检测英语试题（音频暂未更新）

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Once upon a time, there was a small village in the center of a big forest. All the villagers were used to their robotic farm work and none of them had the imagination or the will (意愿) to try something new, except for one girl named Jo. Very few could read or write, and Jo was one of them.

One afternoon, when Jo was on one of her explorations in the forest, she came upon an abandoned cottage (废弃的小屋). Though she'd been warned to stay away from abandoned places, her curiosity got the best of her. She slid in and was amazed to find a room full of books! Jo's excitement was huge when she realized she had found a hidden treasure.

She ran to tell the villagers everything, thinking that they would share her excitement but instead, she heard roars of laughter! Jo was confused by this reaction (反应) and a little hurt too, but she did not give up on her books.

She came to the cottage every day and got down to reading the books. For her, each page was an adventure with characters who challenged difficulties with their determination and who struggled for good. Knowing the power of stories in impressing on people the values of life, she decided to share the stories with the villagers, though she knew it would be a difficult journey. Making this her mission (使命), Jo started telling stories every day at her cottage.

In the beginning, only a few came to the readings. But word spread rapidly, causing more and more people to come, some of whom even traveled from far away to just listen to her stories. She also conducted workshops in which she taught people how to read and write. She was remembered and lived in her stories even after she was long gone.

"Hallucinate" — the Word of 2023

Cambridge Dictionary has named "hallucinate" as the word of the year for 2023 — while giving it an added new meaning relating to AI (artificial intelligence) technology.

The added Cambridge Dictionary definition (定义) reads: " When an AI hallucinates, it produces false information, which can vary (变化) from suggestions that seem perfectly believable to ones that are clearly non-sense. "

Wendalyn Nichols, Cambridge Dictionary's publishing manager, said: " The fact that AIs can ‘hallucinate' reminds us that humans still need to bring their critical (批判的) thinking skills to the use of these tools. AIs can draw out specific information we need from huge amounts and piece it together. That's amazing. But they just stop there. The more original (原创的) you ask them to be, the likelier they are to go wrong. "

Actually, at their best, AIs can only be as dependable as their training information. Humans' professional knowledge is more important than ever, to create the truthful and up-to-date information that AIs can be trained on.

AIs can hallucinate in a confident and thus more misleading manner. Their influences have been shown in real-world examples. In Google's advertisement for its chatbot Bard, the AI tool made an error about the James Webb Space Telescope. A US law company used cases made up by AIs in court after using ChatGPT for legal research.

"The widespread use of the word ‘hallucinate' to refer to mistakes by AIs offers us a quick look at how we're treating them as our equals," said Dr Henry, an AI ethicist at Cambridge University. "‘Hallucinate' is originally a verb suggesting someone experiencing a disconnect from reality," he continued. "It mirrors an unnoticeable change in perception (认知): the AI, not the user, is the one ‘ hallucinating '". It seems that as time progresses, psychological vocabulary will be further enlarged to describe the strange abilities of the new intelligences we're creating.

You probably believe that weight loss has to be tied to countless hours at the gym or eating nothing but vegetables. Luckily, dropping a couple dress sizes doesn't take anything that extreme. Read on and I ensure you'll be helped in your weight loss efforts.

Stop Eating Out. Think back to when your mother fed you. Do you remember what the dinner plates looked like? Now compare that to what the " plates" look like at those chain restaurants. There are dozens of studies about eating out and they all lead to one conclusion: if you eat out, you overeat! Take a break from eating out for the next six weeks and see how easily you can drop a dress size or even two.

You don't have to avoid the foods that you enjoy — you just can't eat big servings of them. An easy way to do this is to use smaller plates for your meals. And don't think that just because something is on your plate, you have to eat it. Different from what your mother told you, you don't have to ‘clean your plate'. In fact — you shouldn't. Eat slowly and stop when you aren't hungry any more.

Make Better Choices. I know I just said that you can eat the foods you enjoy and still lose weight. The key is moderation (适量). So when you shop, go to a wet market instead of a supermarket. When you're at work, keep health snacks handy so you don't have to turn to the company's vending machine (自动贩卖机). Improving your choices will speed up your weight loss.

A. Lessen your intake.

B. Eat with smaller plates.

C. It's no wonder you are putting on weight.

D. You will find that they have a lot in common.

E. But that doesn't mean contenting yourself with candy and chips.

F. What it does take is making some small changes in your bad behaviors.

G. That way, you're not losing the fun of eating while still exercising good judgment.

I have worked with hundreds of students in my thirty-six years of Spanish teaching at Walpole High School in Massachusetts. Some of them are 1  while some are academically (学业上) at risk. 2  , only one stands out in my memory.

Vincent entered my classroom as a 3 freshman on his first day of high school. His eighth grade teacher had described him as that " sad, introverted (内向的) boy always lowering his head." As for his Spanish, he hadn't had a lot of 4 before.

At first he was shy about 5  questions in Spanish. I told him I could relate to his shyness, but he needed to get over it and join in more 6  about his family and interests. Little by little Vincent became braver. Some classes even saw him not only 7  to answer questions but also share his opinions. I was beginning to view him as a 8  role model for the other students.

Once spring came I recommended he 9  the National Spanish Competition. Much to my 10  , he won the second prize. One of my 11  moments as his teacher was to call Vincent to the stage at our yearly Foreign Language Awards Night to 12  him for his outstanding performance.

Several years later when we 13  in the street, he told me my class was the first one where he had 14  success. It has impressed on me how important it is for teachers to 15  with kids and also reminded me how success produces success.

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