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亮点原创·Nowadays, OpenAI company's ChatGPT, Dall-E and Sora have been a hot topic all around the world. But perhaps most of us have never thought about what it takes to run such intelligent(智能的) products. One thing this technology depends on may get you s 1 —plenty of water!
Why does a computer programme need so much water? In fact, in order to have the a 2 to write like a human, an AI system must first study a large n 3 of texts written by humans. In the process, it not only uses much electricity but also produces much heat. So, on hot days, computer engineers use water to keep the computers cool.
Microsoft has worked with OpenAI for years. In a recent report, Microsoft shared how much water was used from 2021 to 2022. The total amount of water used in cooling machines is e 4 to fill more than 2,500 Olympic - sized swimming pools. It is believed the training of AI systems l 5 to the big rise.
Usually, AI supercomputing centres l 6 in places that are cool for most of the year. These centres can just use outside air to cool the computers. But in summer, the temperature goes up to 30℃. The computer engineers have to use a large amount of water to cool all the machines.
ChatGPT also “drinks” water while chatting. Scientists have worked out the environmental costs of using AI p 7. For a conversation of 20 to 50 questions and answers, ChatGPT uses up a bottle of water, about 500 ml. The exact amount of water used in chatting c 8 with the seasons.
Many people aren't a 9 of the problem. If you don't know how many resources ChatGPT uses, how can you help to save water? Next time you are amazed at how smart ChatGPT is, think about how much water it's “drinking”. Why not r 10 the time of talking to machines—to help save the Earth's water resources?

二、(2023·陕西 A 卷)语法完形。
Dear Helen Keller,
My name is Amelia Grant. I live in a small city. There, my father has an oil factory. At the age of eight, something terrible happened while I 1 playing near an oil well. It made me lose most of my hearing.

A lot has changed for me 2 then. For one thing, I cannot hear music like before. I used to love listening to my mother sing songs. When I first lost my hearing, I was sad that I 3 never again hear my mother sing. But now I put my ear to her chest 4 the vibrations(震动) of her voice. Now, I feel music instead of hearing it.
Also, I have to go to 5 different school in another city—Texas School for the Deaf. It is over 300 kilometres away from my hometown. The teachers there are kind, 6 I can only see my parents during holidays. I miss them very much.
During 7 last winter holiday, my daddy gave me a book you wrote, The Story of My Life. From it, I learnt a lot about you. When you first became deaf and blind, you had a hard time showing people 8. Because of this, you would sometimes get mad and make 9 noises.
Now I know your feelings and I 10 by your book. I'm going to write to you in a few days to tell you more.
Yours,
Amelia Grant
1. A. is
B. are
C. were
D. was
2. A. since
B. at
C. until
D. by
3. A. can
B. could
C. have to
D. had to
4. A. feel
B. to feel
C. hear
D. to hear
5. A. a
B. an
C. the
D. /
6. A. because
B. if
C. but
D. or
7. A. we
B. us
C. our
D. ours
8. A. what do you want
B. what you want
C. what did you want
D. what you wanted
9. A. loudest
B. most loudly
C. loud
D. loudly
10. A. am encouraged
B. will be encouraged
C. encourage
D. will encourage