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Why Alice is still wonderful

Have you ever read the novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland? When British writer Lewis Carroll dropped Alice down the rabbit hole in 1865, he had no way of knowing what it would lead to (how popular it would be). The girl and her friends in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland have become well-known around the world. More than 100 versions of the book have been published. More than two dozen adaptations of the story have been made into movies. Millions of people are fascinated by the story and the characters in it.

Why have Alice and her friends kept us fascinated with them for so long? Why is the story so attractive?

One reason is that many people think the 7-year-old girl is our inner child. She is the child that we ever dreamed to be. Alice is the center of the book. She's brave, curious and always wants to move ahead to the next adventure. When she meets problems or even is attacked, she never once thinks of asking her parents for help. Instead, she tries to solve the problem in her own way. Maybe this can explain why the story is so welcomed by kids and teenagers. Because nowadays, they have been over protected by their parents and can't live in a world of their own. Alice is the child they really want to be.

Besides, the attractive setting in the book is another reason. The story is set in an imaginative world. Many things that don't exist in the real world can be found in the story. In the book, Alice can be 3 inches (7.6cm) tall and stand up on her tiptoes. She even finds a blue caterpillar smoking on a mushroom. Kids and teenagers are really attracted by the strange and imaginative world in the story.

The wonderland world makes us connect Alice's adventures with our own childhood. No matter how old you are, there is always a child living in your heart.

1.Who is the book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland written by?

2.How many versions of the story have been published?

3.Why is the story so attractive?

4.Does the story make us think of our own childhood or adulthood?

5.What's the passage mainly about?

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Do you know about Artificial intelligence (AI) (人工智能) ?

AI is growing very fast now. AI is a group of technologies that help machines get, understand and use information to do tasks. AI’s recent developments have got a lot of social attention. Some people have welcomed AI because it makes things possible. For example, AI will have a big influence on areas like medicine and engineering. But this attention has also produced a lot of fear. Especially, many workers are worrying that AI could make them lose their jobs.

According to a recent study, nearly five percent of jobs will disappear because of AI. In some industries, AI is already doing the work that people used to do. Self-driving cars and trucks controlled by AI will also take away the drivers' jobs in the future.

On the other hand, AI will also create many new jobs for people. More people will be needed to write programs for AI systems (系统)and they will set up and work on them, too.

Meanwhile, jobs that require feeling, excellent communication skills with people will not be replaced (取 代) by AI. These include jobs in fields like teaching, nursing and personal training.

AI is here. It is changing how people live and work in many ways. That makes AI important to watch, not to fear.

1.What can AI help machines to do? (不超过 15个词)

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2.How many jobs will disappear because of AI? (不超过 10个词)

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3.What jobs will not be replaced by AI? (不超过 15个词)

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An old worker was going to stop doing his job because of his _________. He told his boss about his plans to live a more relaxing life. He would miss the job, but he had to _________as he was too old.

The boss was sorry to see his worker go and asked _________he could build just one more house. The worker said yes, but it was easy to see that his heart was not in his work. He did his work in a _________ way. It was an unlucky way to end his career.

When the worker finished his work, the boss handed the front-door key to him. “This is your house,” he said, “my _________ to you.”

What a surprise! He didn't know that he was building his own house, _________ he would do it differently.

It's the same for all of us, _________. We build our lives in a careless way. At important times, we do not put our heart into what we do. "Then we look at the situation we have _________ and find that we are now living in the house we have built for ourselves. If we realize what will happen earlier, we will do things in a _________way.

Think of yourself as the worker. Think about your ____________. Each day, you place a board, or build a wall. It is the only life you will ever build. Even if you live it for only one day more, that day deserves(值得)to be lived brightly and beautifully.

1.A.money B.age C.work D.boss

2.A. leave B.arrive C.get D. work

3.A.when B.why C.what D.if

4.A.careless B.proper C.powerful D.magical

5.A.tool B.present C.sign D.deal

6.A.but B.because C.or D.and

7.A.actually B.nearly C.clearly D.easily

8.A.replied B.attended C.created D.replaced

9.A.hopeless B.single C.same D.different

10.A.medal B.house C.energy D.speech

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