A£®Translate by image and voice recognition software£® B£®Speak the phrase or word for you£® C£®Make real-time translation£®

D£®Allow you to type in a word or phrase£® 22£®What can we infer from the second part?

A£®All the restaurants own automated ordering booths£® B£®Service problems can¡¯t be handled automatically£® C£®Cooks will not be automated by AI and robots£® D£®Customers will have no complaints because of AI£® 23£®What does the underlined word¡°obsolete¡±mean in Part 3? A£®Abandoned£® B£®Welcome£® C£®Forbidden£®

D£®Efficient£®

24£®What does the author mean by¡°you better start polishing your resume¡±in the last paragraph? A£® You must value your present work£® B£®You have some job security£® C£®Your resume needs correcting further£® D£®You should consider changing the job£®

B

It was Groundhog Day£®A winter storm had hit overnight too£®I tried to open my backdoor only to find six inches of wet£¬heavy snow piled up against it£®I knew I had quite a job of shoveling out ahead of me£¬so I reached over to grab my snow shovel£®It looked a lot more ready to work than I did£®I sighed and pulled on my boots£¬gloves£¬and heavy coat£®

The wind chill was below zero and cut into my face as I slowly shoveled off my deck£®After that I stayed my way over to my daughter¡¯s house shoveling the path as I walked£®It took a while to get her driveway clear and I knew I still had a lot to do£®Next came the paths down the hill to my own cars covered in snow£®I had grabbed the broom to sweep them off as well£®I winced when the breeze blew the swept snow back into my face£®Then I started to shovel out my driveways£®My back was aching as I worked£®I wished I could be building a snowman instead of shoveling£®Winter sure had seemed a lot more fun when I was a boy£®

When I was done I examined my work£®It didn¡¯t look half bad£®I smiled and looked at the

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woods covered in white£®They were such a special sight£®I leaned on my shovel and took it all in£®Then I started up the hill with the snow shovel in one hand and the broom in the other£®Suddenly£¬an urge came over me and I dropped them both£®I spread my arms£¬fed back into the blanket of white and happily moved my arms and legs to make an angel in the snow£®

As you go through the seasons of this life take joy in your work£®Take joy in your life£®Remember that the course of your days rests in your own hands£® 25£®What¡¯s the theme of the text? A£®Enjoy winter work£® C£®Take joy in your life£®

B£®Take things seriously£® D£®Fight against cold£®

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26£®Which is the correct order of what the author shoveled? A£®his deck-his daughter¡¯s driveway-his cars-his driveway B£®his cars-his deck-his daughter¡¯s driveway-his driveway C£®his daughter¡¯s driveway-his deck-his driveway-his cars D£®his driveway-his daughter¡¯s driveway-his cars-his deck 27£®What can we conclude about the author from Paragraph 3? A£®He was not satisfied with his work£® B£®He was absorbed in the snow sight£® C£®He was fond of making snowmen£® D£®He was in low spirits after work£®

C

If you¡¯re a book lover£¬you have a pile of books on your bedside£¬or a bookshelf in your library with a¡°to read¡±sign on it£®Yet you can¡¯t stop yourself from adding to the pile£®This can lead to feelings of guilt over your new purchases£®But I¡¯m here to tell you to stop worrying£®

What you have is an antilibrary£¬and it¡¯s a very good thing£®The term comes from writer Umberto Eco£®He is the owner of a large personal library£®He separates visitors into two groups£ºthose who react with¡°Wow! What a library you have! How many of these books have you read?¡±and the others who get the point that a private library is not something to show off but a research too1£®Read books are far less valuable than unread ones£®Indeed£¬the more you know£¬the larger the rows of unread books£®Let us call this collection an antilibrary£®

If you think you already know everything about a subject£¬you¡¯re cutting yourself off from a stream of information at an artificial point£®So a growing library of books you haven¡¯t read means you¡¯re consistently curious about the unknown£®And that attitude is a great foundation for a lifelong love of 1earning£®

So don¡¯t feel guilt over your unread books£®Those books will be there for you when you do want them£¬and as you build your library of read and unread books£¬you can start using it as you would use a bigger library£®Certain books may become references more than read-throughs£®Or you may find that a book you bought five years ago has special relevance today£®Letting the role of books evolve in your life is a healthy sign of curiosity£®That¡¯s good for you and good for the world around

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you£®

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