福建省福州市八县一中2023-2024学年高二上学期1月期末联考英语试题（音频暂未更新）

Nowadays, more and more young people have the chance to go to another country to study. Studying abroad will enable you to have various experiences. The best recommendation I'd like to give you is to be open to the experiences and the culture shock. Several common new experiences are around food, locations, culture, and language.

Food: The food in a foreign country will not only be different from American food, but the cooking style will also be different. For example, while most American vegetables are usually boiled, which, as far as I'm concerned, is terrible! In China, where I studied, vegetables are often fried. China actually helped me like my former enemy, vegetables. So, have an open mind, and try the local food.

Locations: In terms of locations, I mean that your study ab road location differs from your home location or college location. For example, coming from San Francisco and going to school at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Masschusetts, was a location shock for me. I was not used to the very slow public transport and the need to drive.

Culture: Having an open mind will benefit you the most. In a global education program, we had Chinese roommates, and my Mount Holyoke Class was mainly made up of Chinese graduate students. Therefore, hanging out with them was not too much trouble, but if finding local friends is not that easy, join clubs, sit at coffee shops, or start conversations at a gathering or party. Being interested in flea markets and art galleries, I looked online for those types of events and went to them. At these events, I met expatriates(侨民) and locals alike and became good friends with them. Another way to fit in with the culture is to find people who will go to cultural events and places with you. I would walk around Shanghai, taking in the Chinese culture everywhere I went.

In the past few months, Sam Altman, the father of ChatGPT, has become the hottest face in the world of AI. Many industry leaders, AI researchers see ChatGPT as a fundamental technological shift, as significant as the creation of the web browser or the iPhone. But few can agree on the future of this technology.

Some believe it will deliver a utopia(乌托邦) where everyone has all the time and money ever needed. Others believe it could destroy humanity. Still others spend much of their time arguing that the technology is never as powerful as everyone says it is, insisting that neither heaven nor hell is as close as it might seem.

Mr. Altman, a slim, boyish-looking, 37-year-old businessman and investor from the suburbs of St. Louis, sits calmly in the middle of it all. As chief executive of Open AI, he somehow embraces each of these seemingly distinct views, hoping to balance the numerous possibilities as he moves this strange, powerful, unperfect technology into the future.

He believes that artificial intelligence will happen one way or another, that it will do wonderful things that even he can't yet imagine and that we can find ways of reducing the harm it may cause. It is an attitude that mirrors Mr. Altman's own path.

He is not necessarily motivated by money. Like many personal fortunes in Silicon Valley that are tied up in a wide variety of public and private companies, Mr. Altman's wealth is not well recorded. But he said the only money he stands to make from the company is a yearly salary-"whatever the minimum for health insurance is, "he said.

Georgeann Kepchar, who taught Advanced Placement computer science course, saw Mr.Altman as one of her most talented computer science students and one with a rare knack for pushing people in new directions." He had creativity and vision, combined with the ambition and force of personality to convince others to work with him on putting his ideas into action, "she said.

You are what you eat—and what you eat may be encoded in your DNA. Studies have indicated that your genetics play a role in determining the foods you find delicious or disgusting But exactly how big a role they play has been difficult to pin down "Everything has a genetic factor, even if it's small," says Joanne Cole, a geneticist and an assistant professor at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. "We know that there is some genetic contribution to why we eat the foods we eat. Can we take the next step and actually show the regions in the genome(基因组) ?"

New research led by Cole has gotten a step closer. Through a complex and overall genomics analysis, her team has identified 481 genome zones, or loci, that were directly linked to dietary patterns and food preferences. The findings, which have not yet been peer-reviewed( 同 伴 评 审), were presented last month at the American Society for Nutrition's annual flagship conference.

They build on a 2020 Nature Communications study by Cole and her colleagues that used data from the U. K. Biobank, a public database of the genetic and health information of 500,000 participants. By scanning genomes, the new analysis was able to target 194 regions associated with dietary patterns and 287 linked to specific foods such as fruit, cheese, fish, tea and alcohol. Further understanding how genetics impact how we eat could expose differences in nutritional needs or disease risks.

"One of the problems with a lot of these genomics studies is that they're very small. Put more simply, they don't have enough people to really be able to identify genes in ways that are firm. This study had a huge quantity of people, so that's really powerful," says Monica Dus, an associate professor at the University of Michigan, who wasn't a part of the new research but studies the relationship between genes and nutrition. "The other thing that I thought was really great is that they have so many different aspects that they're measuring , as with diet. They included cholesterol(胆固醇), the body, socioeconomic backgrounds."

As the research advances, Dus says such genome analyses could possibly help health care providers—and even policymakers—address larger issues that affect food access and health. "Instead of trying to persuade people to eat this or that, a more powerful intervention is to make sure there aren't ‘food deserts' or to make sure that there's a higher minimum wage—things that have a broader impact," she says.

Most of us associate awe(敬畏) with something rare and beautiful: nature, music or a spiritual experience. But people can waken awe too, and not just public heroes. Research shows that we can be awed by our nearest and dearest—the people sitting next to us on the couch, chatting on the other end of the phone, looking back at us over Zoom 

Often, interpersonal awe is a response to life's big, sweeping changes, such as witnessing a baby's first steps John Bargh said he was "truly awestruck" by his 5-year-old daughter while dining in a McDonald's. When she heard another child crying, she grabbed the toy from her Happy Meal, walked over to the boy and handed it to him.

Though we can't make someone else behave in a way that's awesome, we can prepare ourselves to notice it when they do and boost the emotion's positive effects.

Question your assumptions. Do you believe your partner is insensitive or your sibling(兄弟姐妹) is selfish? There may be a little truth to that, but it's never the whole tale. To increase your chances of feeling awed by the other person, ask yourself what's going on in his or her life that you don't know about.

Name awe when you see it. Speaking out "Wow, that was awesome!" is a simple way to help you identify and remember a special experience. Taste it in the moment and then tell others about it This will reinforce your positive emotions Studies show that you will feel awe again simply by remembering an awe experience.

 This makes the other person feel good and can give your relationship a boost. And it will help you too: Studies show that people who practice gratitude have significantly higher levels of happiness and psychological well being.

In denying ourselves the chance to see a situation from different perspectives, we rob(剥夺) ourselves of many wonderful opportunities By choosing not to 1  all possible outcomes of a situation, we may choose a direction that actually 2  us rather than allows us to flourish(茁壮成长).

Since the moment I discovered music as a 3 of mine, I have always known that I don't want to teach it To me, music is something that cannot be 4 It is not a step by step5 in my opinion You must have some sort of talent to build on 6 , as I began my unwilling search for vocal teaching positions, you can imagine my 7 at how rewarding the profession sounded The job advertisement was offering a teaching 8 in a highly reputable music school They 9 that their teachers work to "develop students" and to "prepare them for performances at school and around the community "This is something that 10 me I didn't realize just how much I 11 to give young students with a passion for music the same nurturing(培养) in their 12 growth that I received

I was extremely 13 when I didn't find many job ads requesting singers or entertainers which I planned to be Had I not been 14 , I wouldn't have considered music teaching nor would I have discovered all the 15 things that come along with it. By not limiting my path, I suddenly saw many roads I could follow. So, as the old saying states, "Don't knock it till you try it."

The recent hit in China is all about Harbin, Helongjiang. Numerous netizens have expressed their long for this northern ice city,(enthusiastic) declaring "Harbin, I'm coming!"

Among those highlights, journey of 11 kids from Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region has melted hearts across the Internet. Chinese netizens have been eagerly following their adventures online.

Fondly(深情地)(describe) as "Little Tangerines(柑橘)"for their orange colored coats, the kids also visited China's northernmost town,they sang the national anthem. The firefighters there had prepared snow sculptures and snowmen, eagerly expecting the (arrive) of the "Little Tangerines" Mr Liang, the leader of the group, confirmed their coming in Mohe.

This study tour, under the spotlight of the entire Internet,(draw) a lot of attention. The parents are grateful for the concern shown by netizens and the care provided by friends in the Northeast China They feel more  ease with everyone's collective support.

was reported that the residents organized a fleet of about 300private vehicles, (provide) free rides to tourists Despite the city's freezing climate, its residents work diligently (create) a warm environment for their guests.

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参考词汇: "一带一路"国际合作高峰论坛 The Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation

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