四、[新情境·科技成就]Read and finish.
1.
Today, AI is a smart friend. It can help us study English in many ways.

AI can help us practise listening
AI is like a super listener friend! AI can play（播放）words, sentences and songs again and again. It can also read stories aloud to help us listen better.
AI can help us practise speaking
Some AI apps talk with us and help us speak better. Some apps can play games with us. AI never（从不）gets tired, so we can practise anytime and anywhere. It is like a teacher and it
is always ready to help us, so we become more confident（自信的）in speaking.
4. AI can help us practise
When we read English stories and meet new words, we can ask AI “What’s the meaning of...?” Then the AI will tell us what it means, how to say it and even how to use it. It makes reading more fun!
AI can help us practise writing
If we need writing ideas, we can ask AI. And after writing, we take pictures and send them to the apps. It checks（检查）our work, just like a teacher. In this way, we can improve our writing.
Task 1: Read and choose A, B or C.
()1. Choose a title for the passage.
A. AI can help us study Chinese
B. AI can help us study maths
C. AI can help us study English
()2. The underlined word “improve” means “”.
A. 降低 B. 提高 C. 放弃
()3. Which one is NOT true?
A. AI never gets tired.
B. AI can check our writing.
C. With the help of AI, we don’t need to study hard.
Task 2: Read and finish the subtitle（小标题）.
4. AI can help us practise
Task 3: Read and answer.
5. Do you like AI?

6. What do you think of AI?

7. What AI apps do you know?

1. C 2. B 3. C 4. reading
5. Yes, I do./No, I don’t.
6. AI is helpful.(仅供参考)
7. I know Qwen and Doubao.(仅供参考)