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When Elvis Presley died on August 16th, 1977, radio and television programs all over the world were interrupted to give the news of his death. President Carter declared a day of national mourning. Carter said: “Elvis Presley changed the face of American popular culture ... He was unique and irreplaceable”. Eighty thousand people attended his funeral. The streets were jammed with cars, and Elvis Presley films were shown on television, and his records were played on the radio all day. In the year after his death, one hundred million Presley LPs (密纹唱片) were sold.

Elvis Presley was born on January 8th, 1935, in Tupelo, Mississippi. His parents were very poor and Elvis never had music lessons, but he was surrounded by music from an early age. His parents were very religious, and Elvis regularly sang at church services. In 1948, when he was thirteen, his family moved to Memphis, Tennessee. He left school in 1953 and got a job as a truck driver.

In the summer of 1953, Elvis paid four dollars and recorded a song for his mother’s birthday at Sam Phillips’ Sun Records studio. Sam Phillips heard Elvis and asked him to record “That’s All Right.” Twenty thousand copies were sold. He made five more records for Sun. Then in July 1955, he met Colonel Tom Parker, who became his manager in November. On January 10th, 1956, Elvis recorded “Heartbreak Hotel”, and a million copies were sold. In the next fourteen months, he made another fourteen records, and they were all big hits. In 1956, he also made his first film in Hollywood.

In March 1958, Elvis had to join the army. He wanted to be an ordinary soldier. When his hair was cut, thousands of women cried. He spent the next two years in Germany, where he met Priscilla Beaulieu, who became his wife eight years later on May 1st, 1967. In 1960, he left the army and went to Hollywood where he made several films during the next few years.

By 1968 many people had become tired of Elvis. He hadn’t performed live since 1960. But he recorded a new LP “From Elvis in Memphis” and appeared in a special television program. He became popular again, and went to Las Vegas, where he was paid seven hundred fifty thousand dollars for four weeks. In August of 1977, he died from a heart attack. He had been working too hard, and eating and drinking too much for several years. He left all his money to his only daughter, Lisa Marie Presley.

【小题1】The first song Elvis recorded was______.
A.a hit overnightB.played on the radio
C.sold well in Las VegasD.a gift for his mother’s birthday
【小题2】How did Elvis begin his career?
A.By attending church services.B.By meeting Colonel Tom Parker.
C.By recording “Heartbreak Hotel”.D.By getting recognized by Sam Phillips.
【小题3】From the passage, we can know that ________.
A.Elvis learnt music from his father
B.Elvis once lost his popularity in the 60s
C.Elvis became a drinker when he got a job as a truck driver
D.Elvis’s hair was cut in the army because of his wrongdoings
【小题4】Why did Elvis gain great respect after his death?
A.He had great musical talent.
B.He achieved success in all his records.
C.He won unexampled recognition in live performance.
D.He contributed to the development of American pop culture.
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It’s an exciting film and inspiring reminder that our beautiful planet still has a lot to explore.
【小题1】When did James Cameron become interested in the ocean?
A.When he was in his childhood.
B.After his films The Abyss and Titanic.
C.After he achieved great Success in movies.
D.When he began to explore the deep sea alone.
【小题2】What is the unexplored ocean like?
A.Colorful and dangerous.
B.Boring and deserted.
C.White and attractive.
D.Small and dull.
【小题3】What can we know about James Cameron’s Deep-sea Challenger 3D?
A.It is a film about the exploration of ocean creatures.
B.It is a story about Cameron’s film-making dream.
C.It aims to attract more people to explore the deep sea.
D.It tells us about James’ journey into Challenger Deep.
【小题4】What is the best title for this passage?
A.The great dream of a film director.
B.A film director exploring deep sea.
C.James Cameron and his documentary film.
D.The first person to make films about the deep sea.

AI is a machine’s ability to perform the cognitive (认知的) functions we associate with human minds, such as reasoning, learning, interacting with an environment, problem solving, and even exercising creativity. You’ve probably interacted with AI even if you didn’t realize it — voice assistants like Siri and Alexa are founded on AI technology, as are some customer service chatbots that pop up to aid you to explore websites.

By using artificial intelligence, companies have the potential to make business more efficient and profitable. But ultimately, the value of artificial intelligence isn’t in the systems themselves but in how companies use those systems to assist humans — and their ability to explain what those systems do — in a way that builds and earns trust.

Since they are so new, we have yet to see the long-tail effect of AI models. This means there are some risks involved in using them — some known and some unknown.

The outputs AI models produce may often sound extremely convincing. This is by design. But sometimes the information they generate is just plain wrong. Worse, sometimes it’s biased, because it’s built on the gender, racial, and various other limitations of the internet and society more generally. And it can even be operated to enable immoral or criminal activity.

These risks can be reduced, however, in a few ways. For one, it’s crucial to carefully select the initial data used to tarin these models to avoid including toxic (中毒的) or incorrect content. Next, rather than operating an off-the-shelf generative-AI model, organizations could consider using smaller, specialized models. Organizations with more resources could also customize a general model based on their own data to fit their needs and minimize shortcoming. Organizations should also keep a human in the process — make sure a real human checks the output of a generative-AI model before it is published or used, and avoid using generative-AI models for critical decisions, such as those involving significant resources or human welfare.

【小题1】What can we learn about AI from the first two paragraphs?
A.Its value lies in its practical application by firms.
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D.It has been widely used by profitable companies.
【小题2】What does underlined word “biased” in paragraph 4 mean?
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【小题3】Who are mostly responsible for reducing the risks when using AI?
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C.Personal users and data collectors.
D.Operating companies and personal users.
【小题4】What’s the author’s purpose in writing the text?
A.To analyze the advantages and disadvantages of AI.
B.To lead companies to improve efficiency with AI.
C.To introduce AI and ways to overcome their limitations.
D.To tell customers how to operate AI correctly and precisely.

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