外研版初中英语中考冲刺-热点信息阅读理解

这是一份外研版初中英语中考冲刺-热点信息阅读理解，共5页。
When ChatGPT came ut, Olivia Lipkin, a cpywriter in San Francisc, fund herself with less and less wrk t d. Last April, she was fired with n explanatin. She realized the reasn when hearing managers talking abut hw using ChatGPT was at a lwer cst than having a human writer. Eric Fein had wrked in a writing cmpany fr ten years. He became jbless last March because f ChatGPT. He said t his bss that ChatGPT culdn’t write with his level f creativity. His bss said he understd, but he wuld have t pay mre t Fein than using ChatGPT.
AI systems like ChatGPT culd replace (替代)hundreds f millins f jbs in the future. And fr thse wh write scial media psts and ads, the effect is already here. Hwever, experts say that even the best AI systems can’t match the writing skills f a human. It desn’t have a persnal vice r style. Besides, it ften gives the wrng answers.
Indeed, cmpanies that have replaced human wrkers with ChatGPT have run int truble. CNET, a technlgy news site, nce used Al systems t write articles. The results, hwever, were full f mistakes. And the U.S. Natinal Eating Disrders Cmpany nce replaced its helpline wrkers with rbts. But it had t stp using the technlgy after the rbts gave peple harmful advice.
After being replaced by ChatGPT, Fein and Lipkin didn’t give up. Fein has decided t be an air-cnditining technician(技师), a jb that AI can’t d. And Lipkin nw wrks as a dg walker. She says, “Peple are lking fr the cheapest slutin, and that’s nt a persn-it’s a rbt.”
1．Why did Lipkin and Fein lse their jbs?
A．There was less and less wrk fr them t d. B．ChatGPT was much mre creative than them.
C．The cst savings were in the first place fr the cmpanies.
D．The cmpanies thught their wrks were f lw quality.
2．What can we learn frm Paragraph 2?
A．AI systems will replace all kinds f jbs. B．AI systems can write as well as human writers.
C．AI systems have a persnal vice and style.D．AI systems still have a lng way t g.
3．What can we knw abut ChatGPT?
A．It requires n crrectins in writing.B．It may give wrng suggestins t users.
C．It can nly be used t write articles.D．It has been widely used in every field.
4．Which f the fllwing best describes Lipkin and Fein?
A．Humrus and hnest.B．Strng-minded and hard-wrking.
C．Patient and easy-ging.D．Kind-hearted and smart.
5．What wuld be the best title fr the passage?
A．Will ChatGPT Replace Humans?B．Shuld Humans Trust ChatGPT?
C．Will ChatGPT Becme Creative?D．Can ChatGPT Think by Itself?
（2）
On Nvember 14, 2023, the Internatinal Civil Aviatin Organizatin (ICAO) (国际民用航空组织) fficially recgnized China’s Bei Du Satellite Navigatin (卫星导航) System (BDS) as the wrld level. This makes it ne f fur glbal satellite navigatin systems, alng with the United States’ GPS, Russia’s GLONASS and the Eurpean Unin’s Galile.
China started t develp the BDS in 1994. The system came int use in 2000. After 12 years f wrk, it began serving the Asia-Pacific regin. In 2020, with the glbal use f BDS-3, China has imprved the system t prvide users with mre crrect psitining services, making it a valuable tl fr mre industries, including transprtatin, agriculture, and surveying.
Nw, with 59 satellites in its netwrk, the BDS has served mre than 1.5 billin users acrss the wrld. Mst mbile apps prviding maps, navigatin and shpping services in China already supprt the BDS. China’s satellite navigatin industry is grwing fast. Its value reached mre than 500 billin yuan in 2022. That number is expected t duble by 2025. In the first half year f 2023, there were abut 13.4 millin new BDS devices (设备). Nearly 60% were used in transprt systems. The rest were used in cmmunicatin and agriculture. The frmer made up abut 28% and the latter 12%.
As BDS gets mre ppular, it is expected t play an increasingly imprtant rle in glbal navigatin and psitining services.
1．What des the underlined wrd “recgnized” in Paragraph 1 prbably mean in Chinese?
A．研发B．认可C．试用D．提升
2．When did BDS start t serve the Asia-Pacific regin?
A．1994.B．2000.C．2012.D．2020.
3．What d we knw frm Paragraph 3?
A．It is very expensive t put BDS int use. B．All f the mbile apps in China supprt the BDS.
C．Bei Du Satellite Navigatin System is develping rapidly.
D．China’s satellite navigatin industry is facing great challenges.
4．In the first half year f 2023, mst BDS services were used in ________,
A．agricultureB．public safetyC．cmmunicatinD．transprt systems
5．Which f the fllwing is TRUE accrding t the passage?
A．BDS has been widely used in many fields. B．BDS has served mre users than Russia’s GLONASS.
C．BDS began t prvide psitining services fr peple in 1994.
D．BDS is the mst imprtant satellite navigatin system in the wrld.
（3）
The Hangzhu Asian Games tk place frm 23rd September t 8th Octber in the Hangzhu Olympic Sprts Center Stadium. It has attracted the attentin f peple frm all ver the wrld. Befre the fficial cmpetitin, many shrt vides have been shwed t make preparatins fr the pening. Behind these shrt vides are the effrts by different grups.
Firstly, the Hangzhu Asian Games Kung Fu creative vide “Success” was fficially sent with super realistic digital character (超写实数字人) Xia Zhu, martial arts actr Zhang Jin, yung athletes and singers Xilinnayi Ga and Li Changcha. This vide shws peple Chinese Kung Fu, which has been passed dwn fr thusands f years. Every mve is full f pwer, inspiring peple’s enthusiasm fr sprts. It hpes peple will als d exercise in their daily lives.
Secndly, seven days befre the game, a “lve letter” written by “Hangzhu” t everyne—“City f Lve”—swept acrss the Internet. It is played by Hangzhu Jianlan High Schl Symphny Orchestra. The yung musicians had nly 5 days t finish this task, but they made it with all their hearts. “City f Lve” shws the lve between Hangzhu City and its peple: peple lve the city, peple lve each ther, and then let the city express lve thrugh “letters”. It makes peple deeply feel the respnsibility f being a Hangzhu persn and the great pwer f the band’s yuth.
We can see that the Hangzhu Asian Games nt nly shw the develpment f sprts events, but als spread cultural charm and the spiritual utlk f the Chinese peple thrugh different ways. Let’s lk frward t the next Asian Games tgether!
1．What can be the best title f this passage?
A．The Develpment f Sprts Events B．A Great Letter Written by Hangzhu Peple
C．Wnderful Things Abut the Hangzhu Asian Games
D．Famus Actrs and Singers at the Hangzhu Asian Games
2．What des the underlined wrd “enthusiasm” mean in Paragraph 2?
A．A strng feeling f interest.B．A brave try f new things.
C．A deep feeling f respnsibility.D．The care fr an imprtant persn.
3．What can we learn abut “City f Lve”?
A．It is a letter written by yung musicians. B．It is a vide shwing the lve f Hangzhu.
C．It is a high schl with many freign musicians. D．It is a sprts game held at the Hangzhu Asian Games.
4．Why did the writer include the last paragraph?
A．T shw Chinese traditinal culture. B．T intrduce the histry f sprts events.
C．T tell us hw imprtant the Hangzhu Asian Games are.
D．T explain why the Hangzhu Asian Games were held.
（4）
A new vide series (系列) called Escape frm the British Museum came ut n August 30th, 2023. It has caused heated discussins in China’s scial media recently.
The three-part series was created by tw Chinese vide vlggers. It features a wman wh plays the rle f an ancient jade teapt, a beautiful piece f China’s histry. Her partner is a reprter wh helps the jade teapt return t China. Tgether, they tell a tale f hw the teapt, a symbl f Chinese artistry, escapes frm the British Museum and finds its way back t China.
The vides were inspired (赋予灵感) by an Internet friend. He suggested making a vide t recrd the hard way f Chinese cultural relics (文物) returning hme frm the UK t celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year and t raise awareness abut the imprtance f cultural heritage (遗产).
T bring this stry t life, the tw lggers travelled all the way t the UK and spent three whle mnths shting the vides. The stry they created is based n real events and facts, and aims t draw attentin t the Chinese relics that are kept in museums far away frm their hme cuntry.
The British Museum is knwn t have a ttal f 23,000 Chinese relics, while abut 2,000 Chinese relics are n lng-term display. The Chinese bjects, frm the New Stne Age t the present, include paintings, prints, jades and s n.
Fr lng, the British has said that the cultural relics are safer and better prtected at the British Museum, t refuse their return. But the British Museum was reprted t have lst sme cultural relics, which has caused a lt f cncern arund the wrld.
The vides are nt nly fun t watch but als serve as a reminder f the rich histry and culture f China. The creatrs f the series hpe that their wrk will inspire a lve fr Chinese heritage.
Thugh there is still a lng way t g t return the cultural relics, China’s search fr the lst cultural relics abrad will nt stp.
1．Hw des the series bring the jade teapt t life?
A．By having an actress play the rle f the teapt. B．By shwing it as a character in a histrical drama.
C．By telling its stry frm the first-persn pint f view.
D．By using cmputer cartns t express the deep meaning.
2．What inspired the prductin f the vide series?
A．An exhibitin at a museum in China.B．A suggestin frm an nline friend.
C．An fficial prgram n cultural heritage.D．A cntest by a well-knwn Chinese artist.
3．What is the aim f the vide series Escape frm the British Museum?
A．T interest peple with a made-up stry. B．T shw the histry f the British Museum.
C．T encurage Chinese peple t travel t the UK. D．T make peple care abut Chinese relics abrad.
4．What’s the writer’s pinin n the fact that Chinese relics are held abrad?
A．He is nt interested in the events shwn in the vide series.
B．He is wrried and hpes they can be returned t China sn.
C．He is prud that Chinese relics are shared with ther cuntries.
D．He is sure that the museum des a gd jb f prtecting the relics.
（5）
Chinese writer Hai Ya’s The Space-Time Painter wn the Hug Award (雨果奖) fr Best Nvelette (中短篇小说) n Oct. 21st. He became the third Chinese writer t win a Hug Award after Liu Cixin and Ha Jingfang.
When creating The Space-Time Painter, Hai Ya drew his idea frm a famus painting, A Panrama f Rivers and Muntains (《千里江山图》). It was created by Wang Ximeng frm the Sng Dynasty. Based n Wang, Hai created a painter named Zha Ximeng. After many hard times, Zha’s mind leaves his bdy and enters a space where a mdern pliceman is trying t slve a case (案件) abut an ancient painting.
Hai Ya’s stry with science fictin began in his childhd. “When I was a child, the bkstre in my hmetwn helped create a beautiful garden in my mind that belnged t me nly. In it, science fictin ffered the mst beautiful ‘flwers’; it pened a new wrld fr me as a kid,” Hai Ya tld Beijing Yuth Daily.
Hai Ya’s wrks feature a mix f histry and science fictin. These tw styles seem ppsite: One lks back at the past, and the ther faces the future. Hwever, in Hai Ya’s wrks, they find a perfect balance.
“If we can nly imagine the future and things in space like rckets, it will nly limit ur imaginatin,” Hai Ya tld Shenchen Special Zne Daily. “I dn’t think histry is smething cmpletely in the past. It is flwing (流动的), and we can make predictins abut the future by lking back at histry. ▲ ,” he added.
Mre Chinese writers tday are trying t mix traditinal culture with mdern stries. Hai Ya believes that it is nt a chice but a natural prcess.” Our histry and culture have universal values (普世价值) that can tuch everyne,” he said t Xinhua.
1．What d we knw abut The Space-Time Painter?
A．It is created accrding t an ancient painting. B．It tells Wang Ximeng’s life stry.
C．Its stry is based n the faraway future. D．It is a histrical nvel abut the Sng Dynasty.
2．What des the third paragraph mainly talk abut?
A．Why Hai Ya enjyed reading bks. B．Hw much Hai Ya liked reading.
C．Hw Hai Ya gt the idea f writing the nvel. D．Hw science fictin influenced Hai Ya as a child.
3．Why did Hai Ya cnnect histry with science fictin?
A．T remind peple f the flw f time. B．T encurage readers t learn frm histry.
C．T cmpare histry with mdern life. D．T find a balance between histry and reality.
4．Which f the fllwing can be put in ________?
A．The future is als very imprtant B．Histry is als part f ur future
C．Histry recalls many events in the past D．Histry has smething t d with the future
5．What’s the best title fr the passage?
A．Hai Ya’s Childhd B．The Space-Time Painter
C．China’s Science Fictin Has Imprved D．Anther Chinese Writer Wn the Hug Award
（6）
A “slw train” in suthwest China with its wn study rm has attracted much attentin n the Internet. The “slw train” N. 5609/5610, which runs between Chngqing and Xiushan, prvides students with a gd learning envirnment while enjying the beautiful views alng the way.
In the carriages (车厢), sme seats have been replaced by desks and chairs next t the windws t turn them int “study carriages” fr passengers in need.
In additin t N. 5609/5610, ther “slw trains” have been imprved with “study carriages”, t. Peple frm nearby schls ften take the trains between schls and hmes. They are the children’s best chice, and many students use the travel time t finish their hmewrk.
On the train N. Z150, a new “bk bar” carriage has been welcmed by cllege students. There are nearly 400 schls alng the line, making the train N. Z150 the first chice fr mst students frm thse schls. Since 2015, the train’s dining car has been pen fr free at night t prvide returning students with free tea and ther services. These small but kind actins are a welcme cmfrt fr students in need f a relaxing place t cntinue their studies.
1．The main passengers f the “slw trains” are ________.
A．visitrsB．studentsC．freignersD．fficers
2．The seats have been changed int desks and chairs t ________.
A．make gd use f the spaceB．attract passengers’ attentin
C．prvide places fr learningD．make the space cmfrtable
3．The underlined wrd “They” in Paragraph 3 refers t “________”.
A．the slw trains B．the beautiful views C．the study carriages D．the nearby schls
4．What is the passage mainly abut?
A．The useful time n the train. B．The mst ppular bk bar n the train.
C．The interesting activities n the “slw train”. D．The special “study trains” with gd service.
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