(2026·吴忠模拟)
请阅读下列A—E五个小语段，将其与所给的四个情景相匹配，并将所对应的选项(A、B、C、D、E)填在相应的位置上，其中一个选项为多余选项。
A. If you are wondering about the population of Canada, questions like "What is the popular of Canada?" will not get you the correct answer.
B. Instead of asking "How do I cook a meal?" you can say "What are the s to make a pancake with a pan?"
C. If you tell AI "Guess if I'm happy today", it will fail to do it because it has no ability to judge human feelings.
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D. If you aren't satisfied with the picture AI draws, give more requirements like "Please add a pink window and paint the walls yellow."
E. For a student who w to improve his English reading, it is better to ask questions like "How can I improve my English reading as a Grade 9 student?"
9. Don't use general questions when you ask AI for instructions. Instead, ask it to give you clear steps.
10. Make no mistakes in your questions, or you may not get correct answers.
11. If you are not happy with a painting or a song AI creates, give it more instructions until you get what you like.
12. It's better to tell AI who you are. In this way, you'll get answers that meet your needs.

9. B 10. A 11. D 12. E

Ⅲ.短文填空
请阅读下面语篇,在空白处填入适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
People often say Thomas Edison was the greatest genius of his age. There are only a few men in all of history, who have changed the lives of other men as much as the 1. (invent) of the first useful electric light. But Edison could never be pleased only 2. someone said he was a genius. “There is no such thing as genius,” Edison said. He thought what people called genius was 3. (most) hard work.
But Edison was a 4. (dream) as well as a worker. From his earliest days as a child he wondered about the secrets of nature. He tried to understand them, and then he tried 5. (learn) what he could usefully do with them.
Edison enjoyed 6. (think). He knew that most people would do almost anything instead 7. the difficult work of thinking, especially if they do not think very often. But he knew, too, that thinking could give men enjoyment and 8. (please).
Edison could not understand how anyone could not be interested in life. As he loved to think, he also loved to work. On 9. day he became 75 years old, someone asked him what idea he had about life. “Work,” he answered, “Discovering the secrets of nature and using them to make men happier.” He said he had enough 10. (invent) in his mind to give him another 100 years of work.

1. inventor 2. because 3. mostly 4. dreamer 5. to learn 6. thinking 7. of 8. pleasure 9. the 10. inventions