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1、Live performances are often described as raw, emotional, and immersive, while studio recordings are polished and carefully produced.

One of the most notable differences with live music is the energy. A live performance brings an atmosphere that cannot be recreated in a studio. When musicians perform live, they connect directly with their audience. The cheers, clapping, and excitement from the crowd create a feedback loop (循环) that can enhance the performance. This shared energy makes each live concert unique and personal for everyone there. Whether it's a small, intimate venue or a massive stadium, the space influences how you experience the music. Live music is more than just something you hear; it's something you feel.

Another key aspect of live music is its unpredictability. No two performances are ever the same. Musicians might improvise (即兴演奏), change the arrangement of a song, or even interact with the audience in ways that feel spontaneous and genuine. In a live setting, imperfections can make the music feel more real. A slight mistake or an unexpected variation in a song reminds you that what you're witnessing is unique. It's a reminder that music isn't just about technical perfection — it's about emotion and expression.

Live music creates a special kind of connection between performers and listeners. Seeing musicians perform in real time allows you to witness their passion and energy firsthand. For many people, live music is about more than just the songs. It's about being part of a shared experience, which can make the music feel more powerful and memorable.

While recordings offer a polished, consistent way to enjoy music, live performances bring energy, authenticity (真实性), and emotional connection. Both forms of music have their place, and many people enjoy a mix of the two.

A. Live music and studio recordings each have their own strengths.

B. The physical environment also plays a significant role in creating this energy.

C. Studio recordings often rely on advanced technology to perfect the sound quality.

D. These moments of authenticity add an extra layer of excitement to the experience.

E. This contrast isn't just about how the music sounds but also about how it feels to experience it.

F. This doesn't mean studio recordings are less valuable — they offer a different way to enjoy music.

G. The physical presence of the artist, their expressions, and how they interact with the crowd all contribute to this emotional connection.

2、Imagine a not-too-distant future, where we each inhabit our own AI-driven digital filter (过滤) bubble, crafted for us alone and designed to serve corporate interests. This future resembles 1998's movie The Truman Show, where the main character unknowingly lived his entire life within a reality TV show designed by a production studio.

One subset of AI, large language models (LLM), won't turn our lives into reality TV shows. Instead, personalized AI agents threaten to cage each of us in an individualized and illusory (虚假的) unreality, profiting from our digital activities and walling us off from genuine connections. Many companies are developing individualized LLM. The underlying principle is that AI will learn about the individual user and adapt accordingly. For example, if you're a super fan of a football team, you'll be fed updates, ads, and videos tailored to your interests 24 hours a day. Some algorithms may even learn your schedule, pushing information at you during precisely those times when you're most likely to be looking.

This may sound harmless. But the next step is to use LLM to create memes, or even fake articles,feeding you conspiracy theories about rival teams. This is a miserable reality for at least two reasons.For one, there are neither computational methods or ethical incentives (激励) in place to ensure that the information you receive is true. But just as frightening as the lack of regard for the truth is an even scarier element. You will no longer live with an accurate understanding of football team that is fully compatible with anyone else's. You will run on information generated only for yourself. This vision is unsettling, even in sports and entertainment. But what of institutions that have more direct social consequences?Education? Politics?

With the fall of the press and polarization of everything,conversations around holiday table have already become impossible for many extended families. Bad as the status quo might be, stranger times lie ahead that make us long for today's echo chambers (信息茧房). Soon, our bubbles will shrink further and further,until our digital worlds involve only ourselves. In an Al-mediated future,everyone will live in a private Truman Show. As a society, we will be completely incapable of making fruitful collective decisions because we will have no shared understanding of the world.

What's the way out? Find your entertainment in spaces with actual people, exchanging thoughts and creations with each other. Even online, we must keep our understanding of the world grounded in human-authored documents and artifacts. Valuing what humans create is not merely a matter of authenticity; it also ensures we focus on arguments that an author cared enough to make, on conservations that speakers cared enough to have.

Otherwise,The Truman Show's premise becomes our reality, unknowingly inhabiting a fake world where our every experience is designed for profit. Even more existentially alienating? Living in a Truman Show where the director, producer and the only one watching is an AI.

3、Walking home from school, I am enjoying my day. Each day I stop to hear music coming from the ivy (常春藤). Sparrow (麻雀) song is a loud glorious sound. The ivy is pulsing below a leafless tree, decorating around the lower trunk like a celebration. Nervous flittings, in and out, pecking at the branches. This ivy is a home for them, harboring an entire flock. But this scene is no longer ubiquitous. Numbers have declined by almost 70% in the UK since 1970. Sparrows make their homes near human places and finding a tree like this is a blessing. Happily, the ivy is still full of chatter and twitter.

In Greek mythology, sparrows are sacred and often associated with the goddess Aphrodite, symbolizing true love and spiritual connection. I wonder how many people look at sparrows and feel that depth of connection. All birds live brightly in our imagination, connecting us to the natural world, opening up all kinds of creativity.

As I stand there, fluffed-up sparrows in conversation among themselves, there is a spark. Noticing nature is the start of it all. Slow down to listen, to watch. Take the time, despite mountains of homework.

Take the time to observe nature, to immerse oneself in its patterns, structures, happenings and rhythms. It is how mathematicians and scientists are nurtured. Alan Turing studied the patterns in nature: the arrangement of petals on the flower, spots on a leopard and stripes on a zebra. He was looking for a mathematical formula (公式) for the development of cells in living things. Nature sparks creativity. All we have to do is start with the question, Why? The way my mind whirrs and whirls in nature, or even when "daydreaming" is way more productive than the work I do in school.

I consolidate myself by thinking and thinking while intensely watching the movements of sparrows. Who knows where watching sparrows will lead?

4、With everyone ______, the head teacher began the meeting, ______ the importance of self-discipline for senior high students.

5、Human impact on the animal kingdom, such as hunting and destruction of habitats, ___________a reduction in the population of certain species in the past three decades.

6、Once ______ to light, the film will be damaged and get useless.

7、The meaning of the word "nice" changed a few times ________ it finally came to include the sense "pleasant."

8、A modern city has been set up in _____ was a wasteland a few years ago.

9、Recently, scientists have started a debate on _______the computers will "think" like human in half a century.

10、Last month, part of Southeast Asia was struck by floods, from ______ effects the people are still suffering.

11、Kenny still remembers the class discussion________the teacher asked students to share what they wanted to be when they grew up.

12、If only I ________ her advice that I book an air ticket in advance. I ________ a slight change in schedule could have such a strong influence on my travel plan.

13、If he          my advice, he wouldn't have lost his job.

14、Tom's father as well as his mother ________ that he ______ at home.

15、Not only ______ to stay at home, but he was also forbidden to see his friends.

16、Hardly ______ down, ______ he stepped in.

17、She had to ______ the company's job offer because the salary was too low.

18、During the pandemic, medical staff worked long hours to ______ patients.

19、The system uses ______ data to update traffic conditions in real time, helping drivers avoid congestion (拥堵).

20、The demand for traditional cameras has ______, while the sales of smartphones have increased significantly.