阅读理解 Growing up in the Philippines, construction worker Johnny Manlugay combs the beaches each night for the eggs of sea turtles. He knows exactly what to look for, as he was trained as a child by his grandfather on how to locate the animals and their eggs. Back then, his family traded or ate them. It wasn't about getting rich as much as it was just a part of life. Manlugay has since turned over a new leaf. Instead, he uses his tracking skills to protect the sea turtles that visit the beaches he lives by. "I've learned to love this work," Manlugay acknowledged in an interview. "We didn't know poaching(偷猎)was illegal and that we should not eat turtle eggs and meat." Manlugay delicately transferred each egg into a bucket he brought with him, as well as some sand from the turtle nests, to be handed over to Coastal Underwater Resource Management Actions(CURMA), the group leading the conservation program on the beaches. Established in 2009, the CURMA conservation effort has gradually transformed sea turtle poachers into valuable allies(盟友). They manage this by offering training to ultimately save thousands of turtles and keep their eggs from ending up everywhere but their nests. "We talked to the poachers, and it turned out poaching was just another means for them to earn a living," explained Carlos Tamayo, the director of operations. "They had no choice." On average, sea turtles lay 100 eggs in a nest. The number of nests in the area ranges between 35 and 40 each season, which runs from October to February. Tamayo noted that the figures had doubled during the first year of the COVID pandemic. "Last season alone, for example, we had 75 nests and we released close to 9,000 hatching," he shared. Once collected, the eggs are then transferred to CURMA's hatchery(孵化场) to be reburied in protected areas. Another former poacher, Jessie Cabagbag, grew up eating turtle meat and eggs like many people there. "I stopped poaching when we underwent training and were taught that what we have been doing was illegal and that these species of turtles are endangered," he explained. Now, he admits, "I am truly proud. I am happy that I get to contribute to the conservation of the turtles."

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Growing up in the Philippines, construction worker Johnny Manlugay combs the beaches each night for the eggs of sea turtles. He knows exactly what to look for, as he was trained as a child by his grandfather on how to locate the animals and their eggs. Back then, his family traded or ate them. It wasn't about getting rich as much as it was just a part of life.

Manlugay has since turned over a new leaf. Instead, he uses his tracking skills to protect the sea turtles that visit the beaches he lives by.

"I've learned to love this work," Manlugay acknowledged in an interview. "We didn't know poaching(偷猎)was illegal and that we should not eat turtle eggs and meat."

Manlugay delicately transferred each egg into a bucket he brought with him, as well as some sand from the turtle nests, to be handed over to Coastal Underwater Resource Management Actions(CURMA), the group leading the conservation program on the beaches.

Established in 2009, the CURMA conservation effort has gradually transformed sea turtle poachers into valuable allies(盟友). They manage this by offering training to ultimately save thousands of turtles and keep their eggs from ending up everywhere but their nests.

"We talked to the poachers, and it turned out poaching was just another means for them to earn a living," explained Carlos Tamayo, the director of operations. "They had no choice."

On average, sea turtles lay 100 eggs in a nest. The number of nests in the area ranges between 35 and 40 each season, which runs from October to February. Tamayo noted that the figures had doubled during the first year of the COVID pandemic. "Last season alone, for example, we had 75 nests and we released close to 9,000 hatching," he shared.

Once collected, the eggs are then transferred to CURMA's hatchery(孵化场) to be reburied in protected areas. Another former poacher, Jessie Cabagbag, grew up eating turtle meat and eggs like many people there. "I stopped poaching when we underwent training and were taught that what we have been doing was illegal and that these species of turtles are endangered," he explained. Now, he admits, "I am truly proud. I am happy that I get to contribute to the conservation of the turtles."

(1) Why did Johnny Manlugay hunt turtles as a child? A. To make a living. B. To make a fortune. C. To protect them. D. To locate them.

(2) How does Johnny Manlugayc deal with the turtle eggs nowadays? A. To sell them. B. To hatch them. C. To hand them over to a conservation organization. D. To bury them under some sand near the turtle nests.

(3) On average, how many sea turtle eggs are laid in the area seasonally? A. About 7500. B. Close to 9,000. C. From 3500 to 4000. D. Between 3500 and 10000.

(4) What's the best title for this passage? A. Sea Turtles are Well Protected in the Philippines. B. Local People in the Philippines Search the Beaches for Sea Turtle Eggs. C. The Conservation Program Aims to Save Endangered Turtles. D. Former Turtle Egg Poachers in the Philippines Turn Protectors.

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The maker of ChatGPT recently announced its next move into generative artificial intelligence. San Francisco-based OpenAI's new text-to-video generator, called Sora, is a tool that instantly makes short videos based on written commands, called prompts.

Sora is not the first of its kind. Google, Meta and Runway ML are among the other companies to have developed similar technology. But the high quality of videos displayed by OpenAI — some released after CEO Sam Altman asked social media users to send in ideas for written prompts-surprised observers.

A photographer from New Hampshire posted one suggestion, or prompt, on X. The prompt gave details about a kind of food to be cooked, gnocchi (意大利团子), as well as the setting — an old Italian country kitchen. The prompt said: "An instructional cooking session for homemade gnocchi, hosted by a grandmother — a social media influencer, set in a rustic (土气的) Tuscan country kitchen." Altman answered a short time later with a realistic video that showed what the prompt described.

The tool is not yet publicly available. OpenAI has given limited information about how it was built. The company also has not stated what imagery and video sources were used to train Sora. At the same time, the video results led to fears about the possible ethical and societal effects.

The New York Times and some writers have taken legal actions against OpenAI for its use of copyrighted works of writing to train ChatGPT. And OpenAI pays a fee to The Associated Press the source of this report, to license its text news archive (档案) . OpenAI said in a blog post that it is communicating with artists, policymakers and others before releasing the new tool to the public.

The company added that it is working with "red teamers" — people who try to find problems and give helpful suggestions — to develop Sora. "We are working with red teamers-express in areas like misinformation, hateful content, and bias — who will be adversarially testing the model," the company said. "We're also building tools to help detect misleading content such as a detection classifier that can tell when a video was generated by Sora."

(1) What makes Sora impressive? A. Its extraordinary video quality. B. Its ethical and societal influence. C. Its artificial intelligence history. D. Its written commands and prompts.

(2) What can we infer from the text? A. Some disagreements over Sora have arisen. B. Sora is the first text-to-video generator in history. C. OpenAI CEO Altman wrote a prompt as an example. D. All the details about how Sora was built have been shared.

(3) What is the main idea of Paragraph 6? A. The company's current challenge. B. The company's advanced technology. C. The company's problems in management. D. The company's efforts for Sora's improvement.

(4) What is the author's attitude towards Sora? A. Neutral. B. Optimistic. C. Pessimistic. D. Cautious.

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Ten years ago, the professors Brian Lucas and Loran Nordgren encountered a contradiction. On the one hand, we recognize that other people are more likely to make creative breakthroughs when they persevere. On the other hand. when we feel stuck on a problem, most of us fail to sec how successful we'll be if we just keep trying. We tend to believe that our creativity drops over time — that if our best ideas don't come to us immediately, they won't come at all.

Lucas and Nordgren call this misunderstanding the "creative cliff illusion", which refers to the false belief that our creativity sharply declines after an initial period of effort, leading us to underestimate our ability to generate new and innovative ideas with continued perseverance. In one experiment, they asked participants to spend 10 minutes generating "as many original ideas for things to eat and drink at a Thanksgiving dinner as you can. " Afterward, participants were asked to guess how many ideas they would come up with during a second 10-minute period. Most expected to generate far fewer ideas the second time around, but in fact they produced just as many during that second period — 66 percent more than they had guessed. And those were rated by other people as more creative than the initial ideas.

Though we tend to think our ability to come up with ideas is easily consumed, we actually get more creative the longer we focus on a problem or task. One major reason for this is known as the "serial-order effect". Each next creative idea we have is likely to be better than the one that came before.

The serial-order effect isn't always easy to see. Most of us have adopted the belief that creativity should feel easy, or "fluent". And so we associate mental difficulty with pointlessness. But working through bad ideas is a necessary step in the creative process. The first solutions that come to mind tend to be either preexisting ideas or popular wisdom. These are the paths of least resistance. Though avoiding them requires some work, it's the surest way to find original ideas that aren't immediately manifest.

The serial-order effect applies to tasks that last minutes or days, but creativity also improves across years, decades, and even careers. The life's work of most successful entrepreneurs proves it.

(1) What does the contradiction mainly tell us about? A. Two professors' wonder. B. The best ideas for failures. C. People's mental tendency. D. Immediate solutions to creativity.

(2) How would the participants feel about the second-round results? A. Humble. B. Surprised. C. Hopeful. D. Unconcerned.

(3) What does the underlined word "manifest" mean? A. Obvious. B. Effective. C. Attractive. D. Acceptable.

(4) What does the text intend to tell us? A. People can be more creative with age. B. Creativity comes from creative approaches. C. Creativity actually increases with continued effort. D. People can avoid misunderstandings about creativity.

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One of the negative effects from the all-pervasive social media is that it has almost killed the reading habit To change this situation, a group of IT professionals and engineers have come together to start the 'Let's Read India' movement in Maharashtra by taking their library to the people's doorstep.

Prafulla Wankhede, one of the founders of the campaign, says it's getting an overwhelming response. "Our primary objective is to bring this WhatsApp and social media generation back to books and make them better educated and more civilized citizens," he said.

Wankhede said their library van (货车) went to remote places lacking major facilities. "We want to reach out to every person who wants to read a book. We have three mobile libraries now. People can borrow books for a week for free with only one condition: the borrower should submit a 300-word review about the book to be able to take a second book," he said. "Our objective is to ensure people read."

"Those who want to get books can connect through our social media website and app. This will enable them to know the locations of the mobile library that has GPS attached. Besides, there is a QR code for each book. The mobile library makes the weekly visit to the identified locations," Wankhede said.

Initially, 'Let's Read India' Foundation had planned to start the initiative in Maharashtra, Goa and Madhya Pradesh, the plan was shelved because of the pandemic situation. "We are now focusing on Maharashra," said Wankhede. "Once we grow in Maharashtra, we'll then shift our focus to the rest of the county." The foundation also plans to start a YouTube channel where well-known authors' speeches, interviews and reviews will be played

"We not only offer books, we also suggest what should be read. Many people are really confused about their reading choices. If they are able to read the kind of books they want, it will help them in their academic and professional life," said Wankhede,

(1) What is the purpose of the campaign? A. To build mobile libraries. B. To advocate online reading. C. To promote reading habits. D. To fight against social media.

(2) The mobile libraries can be described as_________. A. conventional B. comfortable C. impractical D. convenient

(3) Why does the foundation plan to start a YouTube channel? A. To shift the focus. B. To deliver speeches. C. To better serve readers. D. To ensure people read.

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