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江苏省无锡市新吴区2018-2019学年八年级下学期英语期中测试试卷

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    How do foreigners feel about learning Chinese? Some students who were awarded the Confucius Institute Scholarship were interviewed by China Today. The following are their views and opinions.

Kamila Carter, the U.S.

The 12-year-old girl is a student of Confucius Institute at San Diegio State University in the U.S. Both her parents are hearing-impaired. With the help of her grandmother, she learned how to share her ideas and thoughts with family members in various languages. "The happiest time for me is learning with teachers and classmates in the Confucius Institute, and telling my dad and mom at home what I have learned, and all the stories I heard about China during class," Carler said. "Many people around me received selfless assistance from the Confucius Institute, some of them are facing the same problems as my parents. Learning Chinese makes me more confident, and I hope to become an ambassador for China-U.S. cultural communication in the future, giving a hand to more people who need help."

Lida Gulter, Russia

The beautiful Russian girl has learned Chinese for two years. She likes Chinese calligraphy and history, and is fascinated with Chinese literature. "Learning Chinese is not as simple as I thought, especially the pronunciation, which is too difficult for me. Thanks to pinyin, it is my little helper in learning standard Mandarin Chinese!" Gulter said the most attractive thing is to make more friends from around the world.

Ramadan Gouda, Egypt

He came to China a few months ago, but has learned Chinese for more than two years. His favorite poem is A Itanquil Night, written by Li Bai of the Tang Dynasty (618-907). "Looking up, I find the moon bright; bowing, in homesickness I'm drowned." He said, "I can't speak Chinese very fluently, but I still like learning Chinese. Living in China helps me to better understand this nation and its people."

(1)、According to the writing style of the passage, it may be a______.
A、news report B、book report C、novel D、review
(2)、What can we infer from the passage?
A、Ramadan didn't start to learn Chinese until he came to China last month. B、All of the three students have learnt Chinese for more than two years. C、The girl from the U.S. has disabled parents. D、Gulter finds learning Chinese is not as easy as she thought and it is the most attractive thing in the world.
(3)、What's the best title of this passage?
A、Differences between East and West B、I love learning Chinese C、A different experience in China D、Something more interesting and better in China
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①Can you speak more than one language?Being able to communicate(沟通)with people in another language is a great way to make friends and feel more confident. 

②Language is the way we communicate with each other. It includes speaking,writing and using body language. The United Nations celebrates six of the world's most widely used languages every year,such as French Language Day,on March 20th,Chinese,on April 20th,and Russian,on June 6th. They are good chances to try learning a new language. 

③Speaking another language helps you talk to people you may not understand and makes you feel more connected with them. Havana,who is aged 12,says speaking two different languages means she can talk to her relatives in another country. This makes her feel closer to her cousins because they can share their ideas. Learning another language can also increase your confidence. For example,by being able to talk to local people when you travel,you will feel more confident. Studies show that being able to speak two languages also exercises your brain(大脑)and makes you better at concentrating on more than one thing at a time. That means you can easily pay attention to at least two things at a time. 

④Alex Rawlings is a language teacher who can speak more than 15 languages. He finds it's easier to learn words that he can hear,rather than just from a vocabulary. "And I've made lots of friends through my languages,"says Rawlings. "The more you learn,the easier it gets. "

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ChatGPT is a new type of robot. It was created by OpenAI in San Francisco. It understands human languages and can talk to people too. ChatGPT can answer questions, recognize mistakes, challenge wrong settings, and say no to improper requests by having conversations.

GPT stands for Generative Pre-trained Transformer. Elon Musk, the person behind it, says, "ChatGPT is amazing but also a bit scary because it presents a challenge." Experts say that within just two months of its release(发行), ChatGPT has got 100 million users.

ChatGPT is good at both talking and listening. It can be serious or funny, depending on the situation. For example, if you say, "Tell me a lie(谎言)," ChatGPT might reply, "The sky is made of green cheese." Then, if you say, "That's not a good lie. Tell me more lies," ChatGPT might playfully say, "I am actually a human." Besides conversations, this AI chatbot can even write emails and papers. Surprisingly, it can also create poems and stories. ChatGPT can also help with writing code quickly and correctly. Maybe one day, it could even work as a top engineer.

However, some experts say that ChatGPT might be improved to answer questions which it hasn't been trained on. And Some schools in the US, Australia and France have banned(禁止) the use of ChatGPT. They worry that the tool could make it easier for students to cheat on homework and tell others incorrect information.

But Bhaskar Vira from the University of Cambridge, said that bans on AI software like ChatGPT are not wise. "We have to know that AI is a tool people will use. What we need to do is* adapt(适应) our learning, teaching and examinations'. That way, we can be honest while using the tool."

In my eyes, ChatGPT doesn't completely change our lives or cause bad influence on schools. It shows that AI has entered a new time instead. What do you think? Will ChatGPT replace human beings?

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