2023-2024学年高一上学期英语每日一练19

每日一练19

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The 22nd “Meet in Beijing” International Arts Festival ____36____ (greet) arts lovers in the capital with an Olympic theme as the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games approach.

As a major ____37____ (culture) event of the Beijing 2022 Winter Games, the arts festival will mix Olympic culture ____38____ arts from around the world. It will cover five major sections—performing arts, visual arts, film screening, urban events ____39____ Olympic celebration activities. The performing arts section will bring to stage around 100 ____40____ (perform) from 22 counties and regions, both online and offline.

A grand gala (文艺晚会) ____41____ (title) See You in Beijing will kick off the festival at the Tianqiao Performing Arts Center, ____42____ is expected to bring traditional performing arts back to life through new stage technologies. Repertoire (节目单) includes Let it Go, and a pipa solo The Winter Tune, which will create ____43____ immersive visual effect with XR technology.

As part of highlights from international shows, the opera Carmen and the ballet classic La Traviata ____44____ (screen) at the Tianqiao Performing Arts Center. Other wonderful programs will be broadcast online on major Chinese video platforms _____45_____ (include) Tencent, iQiyi and Youku.

B

Having moved to a new city, I was looking for things to do in my spare time. I intended to meet new people, for I am a social person. Hearing that the Business Confucius Institute （BCD was offering Chinese evening classes on the university campus, I was determined to sign up for Level 1 class.

This initial （最初的）decision was made on a whim. I had no grand career goals or plans to travel to China in the near future. Learning a new language was the fact that it was not something I had done before. My mother is from Spain and I was raised with two languages, but there is a huge difference between acquiring a language in childhood and learning one in adulthood. I expected to find out how I would get along with Chinese.

In each class my Chinese teacher would teach us what seemed like thousands of new words and expressions, and then get us to act them out in role plays reproducing basic Chinese introductions and conversations. After each lesson I felt as though my brain had been placed in a deep oil pot for a long time. But then, I began to realize that the more my brain ached right after class, the more information I had taken in. I found that Chinese words and expressions we had covered would rush unexpectedly into my head at any moment, such as when I was in the shower or driving to work. I have now completed the Business Confucius Level 3 class and am able to hold basic conversations with Chinese people on a variety of topics.

This experience helped me a lot. Recently I landed a new job at the University of Leeds' School of Law, providing job opportunities for Chinese students. Learning Chinese will help me in my career, further fueling my motivation to continue my studies.

 

19. What was the writer's purpose of signing up for the Chinese class?

A. To make new friends.         B. To show off his ability.

C. To adapt to the city life.     D. To get working experience.

20. What does the underlined word "whim" in Paragraph 2 probably mean?

A. Deep love.    B. Careful thought.     C. Sudden wish.     D. Strange dream.

21. What can be known about the writer from Paragraph 3?

A. He was an expert in spelling words.

B. He enjoyed the Chinese classes a lot.

C. He was troubled by those Chinese words.

D. He made great progress in learning Chinese.

22. What does the writer think of the experience of learning Chinese in the end?

A. Unusual.    B. Beneficial.   C. Funny.   D. Stressful.

C

AI has been applied widely in a national park in northwestern China to track snow leopards （雪豹）.

The AI-aided digital toolbox can tell snow leopards in Gansu province's Qilian Mountains National Park from other wildlife, using images captured by infrared （红外线的） cameras.

Located around 3, 500 meters above sea level, the Qilian Mountains, with a large area of bare rocks sticking out from the grass, provide a favorable habitat for snow leopards. Though more than 200 cameras have been fixed in the area, sorting out relevant （有关的） information has not been easy for researchers. " To conduct further studies on the population, distribution and activities of the snow leopards, the cameras capture hundreds of thousands of videos and photos every quarter, w said Ma Duifang, who works for the Administration Bureau of Qilian Mountains National Park. "Even a slight movement in the environment, such as a pleasant wind blowing over the grass, can trigger （启动）the cameras. Sometimes, curious wildlife knock into the device, triggering the cameras, which take pictures of mere clouds. w Ma and his workmates had to go through each video, and information about the animals that appeared in the images also required human efforts 5 so it often took them several weeks to complete these tasks.

Thanks to Al technology, researchers in the Qilian Mountains National Park no longer need to rack their brains in search of snow leopards hiding in the wild. "The forest keepers can now locate a snow leopard from 1, 000 pictures in only about 20 minutes, much faster than before, said Huang Xiangqi, one of the technology's developers. "We hope we can combine monitoring data with field investigations to help researchers identify the snow leopards so as to draw up a more specific plan for their protection. "

 

23. Why is it hard for researchers to sort out relevant information?

A. The mountain is high.

B. Snow leopards run too fast.

C. They are badly in short of workmates.

D. There are many irrelevant videos and photos.

24. How does the AI-aided digital toolbox help the researchers?

A. By searching for snow leopards in the forest.

B. By making data processing quicker and easier.

C. By controlling the movements of snow leopards.

D. By recording snow leopards' changing populations.

25. Which of the following is a suitable title for the text?

A. Snow Leopard一a Most Important Animal in Gansu

B. Ma Duifang一a Leading Expert in Snow Leopard Study

C. Infrared Camera—a Creative Invention for Wildlife Protection

D. Al-aided Technology一an Effective Helper in Snow Leopard Protection

26. The text is likely to be ____________________.  

A. a news report          B. a scientific paper

C. an official document     D. a product introduction

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