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湖北省武汉市江汉区2024年中考模拟英语试题（二）
AI could make it less necessary to learn a foreign language. That's good news for travelers, but bad news for soulful connection. Travel has long been one of the reasons for study unless people start to feel AI tools offer a good enough service.
Some are worried that apps are turning language learning into a weakening need. Douglas Hofstadter, a writer, has argued that something important will disappear when people talk through machines. He describes giving a not so fluent (流畅的) speech in Chinese, which required a lot of work but offered a great sense of achievement in the end. Who would show off taking a plane to the top of Mount Everest?
★ They don't take the weakening as a big deal. Most people do not move abroad or have the kind of continual contact with a foreign culture that requires them to put in the effort to become fluent. Nor do most people learn languages for the purpose of developing themselves or training their brains. On their holiday, they just want a beer or pizza.
As AI translation becomes a more popular labor-saving tool, people will divide into two groups, just as the above. There will be those who want to challenge their minds, put themselves in other cultures or force their thinking into new ways. This group will take on language learning, often aided by technology. Others will look at learning a new language with a mix of admiration and confusion, as they might say with extreme sports (极限运动): "Good for you, if that's your thing, but a bit painful for my taste."
However, a focus on the learner alone misses the basically social nature of language. It is a bit like discussing the advantages of close relationship to heart health but turning a blind eye to the inner value of those bonds themselves. When you try to ask directions in broken Japanese or make a joke in simple German, you are making direct communication with someone. And when you speak a language well enough to tell a story with perfect timing or put stress on an argument, that connection is till deeper.
"Teenager" means people from 13 to 19 years old. Although they are young, they have to make many important choices by themselves. They need to think about questions like these: Can I get into a university? {#blank#}1{#/blank#} However, other people also influence (影响) their choices (选择).
Who influences teenagers? It depends on the kind of choice. When teenagers buy things, friends are the most important influence. This is especially true for clothes and music. TV shows, advertisements and parents also influence teenagers. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} Some teenagers say it's best to regard (把……看成) both parents and friends as influences. James, a 17-year-old boy says, "Parents are really important because they can tell you what is right and wrong." {#blank#}3{#/blank#} As a girl said, "If our parents don't let us make our own choices, maybe in the future we won't know how to do it." {#blank#}4{#/blank#} Because friends sometimes know more about them than their parents do.
Do you depend on parents or others when you don't know what to do and how to do it? {#blank#}5{#/blank#} Your future is in your hand.
A. What kind of jobs do I want? B. Teenagers should make more friends. C. They also need listen to parents' opinions. D. And they feel friends can often be a big help. E. But teenagers also feel they need to make choices themselves. F. Whoever (无论谁) you depend on, the correct choice is the most important. G. About more serious things, parents are probably the most important influence. |
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