【正文】 moky and his owner began a long journey. They were moving from Oklahoma to Tennessee. When they were just eighteen miles from their Oklahoma home, Smoky jumped out of the car. Then he found his way back to the old house. There he wandered around outside for many days. Finally he disappeared. A year later Smoky meowed at the door of a house in Tennessee. A man opened the door. “Is that you, Smoky?” he said in surprise. At first he couldn?t believe it. Then he saw the red hair around its right ear. It was Smoky! 41. What is the first thing a pet does in a new place? A. It travels a long way. B. It smells the new place. C. It finds its way in the dark D. It follows something it knows. 42. Put these events in the right order that they happened. ① Smoky got to Tennessee. ② Smoky jumped out of the car. ③ Smoky went to his old house. A.③①② B.①③② C.②③① D.③②① 43. What does the underlined word wandered mean in the passage? A. 游蕩 C. 搜尋 D. 圍繞 44. What is the best title of the passage? A. A Kind Owner B. A Humorours Cat C. A Surprising Journey D. An Excellent Memory B Who is smarter, human being or artificial intelligence(AI, 人工智能 )？ The question swept the world a few months ago. In March 2022, AlphaGo, an AI program developed by Google, had the Go(圍棋 ) match with Lee Sedol, a South Korean Go player. He is the world top player of this old Chinese game. In October 2022, AlphaGo became the first puter program to beat a professional(職業(yè)的 ) human Go player. And this time, it beat Lee Sedol 41. In fact, before the match, most people believed that Lee would certainly be the winner, because they didn?t think that AI was good enough to beat the human mind. However, the result was disappointing. As a machine, AlphaGo would never get tired, while Lee Sedol was only a human and humans must have some weaknesses. AlphaGo?s wins over a human champion(冠軍 ) show that puters can do more difficult tasks. Some people may worry whether puters are now smart enough to beat us at everything. But scientists say that is not the case. Real life problems can be more difficult than the Go game. Thomas Johnson, a scientist of AI said, “It?s not hard to get a puter program to remember and produce facts. What is hard is getting puters to use knowledge in everyday situation. ” We believe we can use the technology of AI to improve the world. 45. The match between AlphaGo and Lee Sedol is mentioned at the beginning of the article mainly to_____________. A. get the reader to think about AI B. draw the reader?s attention to AlphaGo C. show how AI is usually tested D. tell the reader AI has over the human brain 46. What was the result of the match? A. Google program beat AlphaGo. B. Lee Sedol won AlphaGo 41. C． Lee Sedol was beaten. D． Neither side won the match. 47.— Why did most people believe Lee would be the winner? — Because . A. puters had weaknesses and also got tired B. AlphaGo only beat a human Go player once C. the Go game was invented by Chinese people D. puters were not so smart as a human 48. What does Thomas Johnson probably agree with？ A. AI does better than humans in every situation. B. It?s hard for AI to beat the human at everything. C. The development of AI could be harmful one day. D. AI should be used to help us make difficult decisions. C Joe was an old man. The 75yearold lived very happily in a village and had a beautiful family. Joe had four grandchildren, and they visited him during their holidays. During one vacation, Joe was preparing his home for the kids: cleaning and buying their favorite foods. After he finished working, he realized he lost his favorite watch. The watch was a gift from his wife when their first child was born. Joe loved the watch very much, especially after his wife?s death. He was very upset about losing it. Once his grandchildren came, they promised him they would find the watch. One granddaughter asked: “Grandpa, do you remember when you saw the watch last before it went missing?” “I guess when I was cleaning the barn(谷倉(cāng) )！ ” Joe replied. The children looked for more than two hours with Joe, but they could not find it. The kids were now also sad, but they tried to fort(安慰 ) their grandfather. One grandson went back to the barn to search again. Joe asked why he was going there a second time. But the little boy just asked the others not to follow him and to remain silent. He was there for about fifteen minutes and then rushed to his grandfather. He found the watch and happily gave it to Joe. Joe was surprised and asked how he was able to find it. The little boy replied: “I sat there without making a noise, and the barn was so silent. After a few minutes, I heard the ?tick, tick? sound and found the watch.” Joe hugged and thanked the little boy. 4