2022-2023学年河南省商丘市高二下学期6月摸底考试英语试题
河南省平顶山市舞钢市第一高级中学等2校2022-2023学年高二下学期开学考试英语试题(原卷版)
Getting an eye exam is simple and painless--and it’s the single best thing you can do for your eye health! Even if your eyes feel healthy, you could have a problem and not know it. That’s because many eye diseases don’t have any symptoms or warning signs. An eye exam is the only way to check for many eye diseases early on when they re easier to treat.
Middleton, 38, the owner of a barbecue restaurant and former auto mechanic (修理工) who, in his free time, repairs and gives away used-cars. He’d heard about Lee’s situation from her nephew McClary, the mayor of Andrews, South Carolina. On Christmas morning, Middleton showed up unannounced at Lee’s home with a gift: a white 1993 Oldsmobile.
Other health conditions, like diabetes (糖尿病) or high blood pressure, can also increase your risk of some eye diseases. For example, people with diabetes are at risk for diabetic - an eye condition that can cause vision loss.
上海交通大学附属中学2022-2023学年高二下学期开学摸底考英语试卷
上海交通大学附属中学2022-2023学年度第二学期高二英语摸底考试试卷(满分150分，120分钟完成。
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)命题：张宁审核：程姑第I卷II. Grammar and Vocabulary (20'+20‘)Section ADirections: Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A,B, C and D. Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence.21.These teenage girls prefer to take pictures________ stands a famous cubism painting in a gallery.A. whereB. whatC. whenD. as22.When guided to reflect on their good fortune, people tend to be more thankful for and appreciative of ________ they have and ________ they are on their path right now, thus more willing to contribute to the common good.A. which, whenB. what, whereC. all, whichD. all, that23.-The wounded soldier ________ have been sent to hospital immediately.-So he ________ , but all efforts made no difference.A. should, wasB. must, didC. ought to, hadD. can, has24.With robots coming to the rescue and appearing on the farm scene, farming has been more efficient with regard to the time ________takes to inspect crops and dig up weed.A. whatB. itC. oneD. which25.We need________ to have a good command of English as a medical student needs ________a doctor.A. as long and tough a training, to becomeB. as long and tough a training, becomingC. as a long and tough training, to becomeD. as a long and tough training, becoming26.The success of Full River Red (Man jiang hong), a 2023 historical suspense comedy film directed by Zhang Yimou, is such________ even some western celebrities have started to read Chinese history.A. asB. likeC. thatD. making27.According to economics, money flows to ________ it is that controls the scarce thing, say, the cutting-edge knowledge.A. whomB. whomeverC. whoD. whoever28.It is natural that the prominent actress ________ charged with tax evasion.A. wereB. would have beenC. may have beenD. should have been29.Premier Li Keqiang is going to take questions from both Chinese and foreign correspondents at the annual press conference_________ in March.A. to holdB. to take placeC. occurredD. held30.Given the serious damage and substantial losses caused by the recent 7.8 magnitude earthquakewhich struck southern Turkey, just 50 miles from the Syrian border, more financial support from international society _________.A. remaining to be raisedB. remains to be raisedC. remaining to raiseD. remains to raise31.The firm has been taking measures to cut costs to keep its _________up, including purchasing cheaper raw materials and reducing its workforce.A. expenditureB. profitsC. salariesD. rank32.The idle afternoon we are going through at home really deserves a fix of coffee or tea to _________our tired minds.A. repairB. refreshC. recoverD. rescue33.General Motors(GM) plans to _________ its two plants to electric vehicle production by 2035 and another plant in Coahuila will make the new model of Chevrolet Blazer from 2024.A. converseB. convertC. conserveD. preserve34.Since the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic in China, investors from home and abroad have lowered expectations of these tech companies, making it harder to lift their _________.A. marketsB. pricesC. brandsD. shares35.A record 3.3 million Americans applied for unemployment _________in the third week of March 2020, according to the US Labor Department, as restaurants, hotels, barber shops, gyms and more shut down in a nationwide effort to slow the spread of the deadly coronavirus.A. claimsB. benefitsC. interestsD. objectives36.On hearing the heart-breaking news, she couldn't _________herself and broke out crying.A. regainB. reserveC. composeD. comprise37.ALK or the gene for anaplastic lymphoma kinase is a stretch of DNA whose mutant (突变的)form has been associated with human cancers, but, its normal function which has something to do with thinness in humans had not been _________before the research.A. foundedB. establishedC. maintainedD. received38.When the candidate presented the results of his experiment on the brain of mice to the pharmaceutical company, they laughed and paid no _________to the discovery which later turned out to be a brilliant idea for a new product.A. investigationB. regardC. noticeD. inspection39.In the 4-day Shanghai Disneyland Tour, you will spend a full day venturing in dream-like Disney castle, gardens, _________ film scenes, enjoying fabulous kid joy with famous Disney characters and various family entertainment activities and amusing shows.A. fancyB. fantasyC. fascinationD. fashion40.The policy _________ "renationalisation”, and throws the country's financial markets back to the past, complains the economist shepherding privatization for the former prime minister.A. accumulatesB. amounts toC. equals toD. recovers Section B:Directions: Complete the following passages by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.(A)A. selectedB. distinctiveC. signatureD. odds AB. domestication AC. decidedAD. individuals BC. tamest BD. conflicted CD. mixed ABC. developIf you see a house cat, the_____41_____are high that it will have white paws, a look that many owners affectionately call“socks." But socks are rarely seen in wildcats, the elusive and undomesticated cousin of the house cat, so why do so many pet cats sport furry white feet?As it turns out, this story started about 10,000 years ago, when humans and cats _____42 _____ life was better together.This_____43 _____eventually led to uber-prevalent socks on cats, as well as other well-known coat patterns, said Leslie Lyons, professor emerita and head of the Feline Genetics Laboratory at the University of Missouri College of V eterinary Medicine.“As humans became farmers and started staying in one place, they had grain stores and waste piles” that attracted rodents, Lyons said. It was a mutually beneficial arrangement: the humans had fewer rodents to deal with and the cats got an easy meal.The wild, undomesticated ancestor species of house cats, Felis silvestris, lives in Africa and Eurasia. These felines are tasty snacks as kittens and stealthy predators as adults, so _____44 _____ born with a coat that offers camouflage (保护色)have tended to survive and reproduce.But not every F. silvestiis is born with a coat that blends into its habitat."Genetic mutations are occurring all the time.” Lyons said.There isn't much evidence to indicate why early cat people chose the individuals they did, but Lyons said the range of coats seen on modern domestic cats shows that our agrarian ancestors favored cats with markings that would have _____45 _____with their camouflage.In its native mixed forest or scrub desert environment, a cat with stark white paws would have stood out to predators and prey.When humans started taking an interest in cats, these white paws would have stood out to them, too. “There were probably people saying,‘I particularly like that kitten because it has white feet . Let's make sure it survives, Lyons said.Humans probably also_____46 _____cats who were calm and comfortable around humans, Lyons said. Behavioral traits seem unrelated to coat color, but for reasons that scientists don't fully understand, white spots tend to appear when the _____47 _____individuals are selected and bred.These_____48_____fur colors and markings emerge while a cat embryo is developing. The cells that give cat fur its color first appear as neural crest cells, which are located along what will become the back, Lyons said.Then, those cells slowly migrate down and around the body. If those waves of cells move farenough to meet each other on the cat's front side, the embryo will be born a solid-colored kitten, such as an all-black or all-orange cat. Felines _____49 _____white feet, faces, chests and bellies when these cells don't quite make it all the way.So, the next time you see a kitty wearing white socks, you'll know that this _____50 _____ feature is a result of genetic mutations, domestication and developmental biology. Although if you try telling the cat that, it will probably just look at you quizzically before sauntering away.(B)A. initiallyB. formedC. societiesD. map AB. officiallyAC. constructed AD. potentially BC. investigate BD. perspective. CD. boundaries ABC. considerationConstruction of the world's largest radio astronomy observatory, the Square Kilometre Array, has_____51_____begun in Australia after three decades in development.A huge intergovernmental effort, the SKA has been hailed as one of the biggest scientific projects of this century. It will enable scientists to look back to early in the history of the universe when the first stars and galaxies were _____52_____.It will also be used to _____53 _____dark energy and why the universe is expanding, and to _____54 _____search for extraterrestrial life.The SKA will _____55_____ involve two telescope arrays---one on Wajarri country in remote Western Australia, called SKA-Low, comprising 131,072 tree-like antennas. SKA-Low is so named for its sensitivity to low-frequency radio signals. It will be eight times as sensitive than existing comparable telescopes and will _____56 _____the sky 135 times faster.A second array of 197 traditional dishes, SKA-Mid, will be built in South Africa's Karoo region.Dr Sarah Pearce, SKA-Low's director, said the observatory would "define the next fifty years for radio astronomy, charting the birth and death of galaxies, searching for new types of gravitational waves and expanding the_____ 57 _____of what we know about the universe'1.She added: "The SKA telescopes will be sensitive enough to detect an airport radar on a planet circling a star tens of light years away, so may even answer the biggest question of all: are we alone in the universe?"The SKA has been described by scientists as a gamechanger and a major milestone in astronomy research."To put the sensitivity of the SKA into _____58 _____, it could detect a mobile phone in the pocket of an astronaut on Mars, 225m kilometres away,” said Dr Danny Price, a senior postdoctoral fellow at the Curtin Institute of Radio Astronomy." More excitingly, if there are intelligent _____59 _____ on nearby stars with technology similar to ours, the SKA could detect the aggregate 'leakage' radiation from their radio and telecommunication networks~the first telescope sensitive enough to achieve this feat."Prof Alan Duffy, director of the space technology and industry institute at the Swinburne University of Technology, said the SKA would probably be the largest telescope _____60 , _____,"connecting across continents to create a world-spanning facility allowing us to see essentially across the entire observable universe".III. Reading Comprehension (15'+22'+8‘)Section ADirections: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.The economic case for regiftingDespite its pleasures, gift giving can be problematic.A recipient wants items A andB (say, a hat and gloves) yet receives itemsC andD (say, a scarf and mittens). Another recipient wants C and D, yet receives A and B. The_____ 61 _____ seems simple: The two recipients can simply pass along the gifts they received to each other.The _____62_____ however, is more complex. People in a study published in the Journal of Consumer Behaviour, for instance, used such words as guilty, lazy, thoughtless and disrespectful in describing their_____63 _____ about regifting. Popular culture casts it as taboo, as well.Getting stuck with gifts we do not want is no small problem. Consider that the National Retail Federation calculated that the average holiday-season______64 _____in the U.S. last year spent more than $1,000 on gifts. In a survey across 14 countries in Europe, meanwhile, 1 in 7 said they were unhappy with what they received for Christmas, yet more than half simply kept the gifts.Why can't more gifts be passed along to people who _____65 _____them?Our research with Francis J. Flynn, a professor of organizational behavior at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business, suggests the shame associated with regifting is largely _____66 _____. Indeed, our research consistently tells us that people overestimate the negative consequences.We conducted a study in which we asked people to imagine themselves either as a "giver,” who gives someone a gift card and later _____67_____it has been regifted; or as a "regifter," one who receives the gift and gives it to someone else. The latter group saw more offense. Regifters tended to assume the original givers would be _____68_____ when they found out. The general _____69_____ of the original givers, however, was: It's your gift, do what you want with it.”Next, we tried to shed light on just how serious the perceived offense is. We asked two group —again givers and regifters—to______70_____ regifting a hypothetical （假设的）wristwatch with throwing it in the trash. For the original givers, regifting the watch was a much less offensive act than trashing it. The regifters, however, _____71 _____ assumed that the givers would find both equally offensive.Finally, given that the feared offense looks more imagined than real, we turned our attention to how people might be_____72_____ to break this taboo.For this part of our research, we invited to our lab at Stanford people who had recently received presents and divided the people into two groups. When we gave the first group an opportunity to_____73_____that present, 9% did so.When we gave the second group the same opportunity, we added that it was '"National Regifting Day,” a real______74 _____that happens each year on the Thursday before Christmas. It wasn't really National Regifting Day, but the group didn't know that: 30% of them agreed to regift.Everyone has received bad gifts in their lives, and we generally accept that we will receive more in the future. Yet for some reason, we believe that we give only good gifts.Our research offers a simple solution to the problem of _____75 _____ gifts. This holiday season, consider regifting, and encourage people who receive your gifts to do the same if what you give them isn't quite what they hope for.61.A. result B. cycle. C. trick D. solution62.A. cause B. psychology C. science. D. theory63.A. feelings B. ideas C. trick. D. evaluations64. A. citizen B. retailer C. shopper D. foreigner65. A. refuse B. appreciate C. envy D. collect66. A. perceived B. ignored C. unjustified D. immeasurable67. A. learns B. suspects C. complains D. imagines68. A. praised B. hurt C. hateful D. grateful69. A. motto B. code C. principle D. attitude70. A. replace B. connect C. compare D. exchange71. A. desperately B. voluntarily C. responsibly D. wrongly72. A. encouraged B. pushed C. challenged D. forced73.A. hide B. sell C. regift D. decline74. A. ceremony B. celebration C. day D. event75. A. unpopular B. unwanted C. expensive D. meaninglessSection BDirections: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.(A)Jailbreaking commonly refers to unlocking iOS for iPhones and iPads. Seventeen-year-old George Hotz, or geohot as he liked to be called, was the first person to jailbreak an iPhone. He accomplished his feat in 2007, and many others followed his lead.Jailbreaking an iPhone offers some distinct benefits. With a jailbroken iPhone, you have numerous ways to change any setting to suit your needs. You can also alter the look and feel of the phone so that it matches your personality. Another advantage of jailbreaking for iPhone users is the ability to install apps not offered in Apple's App Store. Cydia, an alternative app store for jailbroken iOS devices, offers a variety of apps, some of which cost more than others.Before jailbreaking your iPhone, you should consider the consequences. Jailbreakingimmediately voids (使无效)your iPhone's warranty, which means that Apple is no longer required to fix your phone if something goes wrong. Jailbreaking also exposes you to the dangers associated with alternative apps. Poor quality apps from alternative app stores may cause your iPhone to crash more often or stop working altogether. After jailbreaking your iPhone, you must also be careful not to allow Apple to install new software on your phone.Apple naturally discourages its customers from jailbreaking their iPhones. According to the company, jailbreaking doesn't just affect the security and stability of an iPhone. It can also shorten the phone's battery life. For many people, this is an important consideration.76. Which aspects of jailbreaking does the article discuss?A. The ways in which jailbreaking can save people timeB. The positives and negatives associated with jailbreakingC. The clients who got into legal trouble for jailbreakingD. The best and worst techniques for jailbreaking phones77.What does the article imply about the first person to jailbreak an iPhone?A. He apologized for his actions.B. He produced hardware designs.C. He gave himself a nickname.D. He was turned down for a job.78.From this article, what can readers learn about the products offered by Cydia?A. Their prices vary somewhat.B. Their inventors are quite young.C. They're still manufactured abroad.D. They take only a few moments to install.79.According to Apple, what might happen after a person jailbreaks his or her iPhone?A. It might need a new camera stand.B. It might become harder to sell.C. It might be easily damaged by water.D. It might use up its battery faster.(B)Vanuatu is an island nation in the South Pacific. It is also one of the smallest countries in the world. But for those interested in adventure and sport, there is a lot to do. Some of the best snorkeling (浮湖) can be found here. Vanuatu's islands also offer visitors two of the most exciting and dangerous activities in the world: volcano surfing and land diving.Volcano SurfingOn Tanna Island, Mount Yasur rises 300 meters (1,000 feet) into the sky. It is known as the Lighthouse of the Pacific because of its regular eruptions for hundreds of years. For centuries, both island locals and visitors have climbed this mountain to visit the top. Some visitors find Yasur terrifying; others cautivating. Photographers are beside themselves at the opportunity to make stunning artwork from such a special point. Recently, people have also started climbing Yasur to surf the volcano.In some ways, volcano surfing, also commonly known as ash boarding, is like surfing in the sea, but in other ways it’s very different. It was invented by an adventurer journalist named Zoltan Istvan, while on a trip to Vanuatu Islands in 2002. V olcano surfing is considered as an extreme sport and there are not many practicing it. A volcano surfer's goal is to escape the erupting volcanowithout getting hit by flying rocks! Riders hike up the volcano and slide down, sitting or standing, on a thin plywood or metal board. It's fast, fun, and dangerous—the perfect extreme sport.Land DivingMost people are familiar with bungee jumping, but did you know bungee jumping started on Pentecost Island in Vanuatu and is almost fifteen centuries old? The original activity, called land diving, is part of a religious ceremony. A man ties tree vines (藤) to his legs. He then jumps headfirst from a high tower. It originated as a rite (仪式) of passage for young men trying to prove their manhood. The idea is to jump from as high as possible, and to land as close to the ground as possible. It is also a harvest ritual. The islanders believe the higher the jumpers dive, the higher the crops will grow. Every spring, island natives (men only) still perform this amazing test of strength.80.Which of the following can be learned from the passage?A. Mount Yasur is a light tower on the Pacific Ocean.B. The history of volcano surfing dates back centuries.C. Bungee jumping grew out of land diving.D. Land diving came to Vanuatu from another country.81.The underlined word captivating is closest in meaning to _______.A. distressingB. charmingC. disappointingD. relieving82.Which of the following could be the best title of this passage?A. Untouched Beauty: V ANUA TUB. V olcano Adventure: V ANUATUC. Extreme Destination: V ANUA TUD. Preserved Culture: V ANUATU(C)The water off the coast of northwest Greenland is a glass-like calm, but the puddles (水坑)on the region's icebergs are a sign that a transformation is underway higher on the ice sheet.Several days of unusually warm weather in northern Greenland have caused rapid melting, made visible by the rivers of meltwater rushing into the ocean. Temperatures have been running around 60 degrees Fahrenheit—10 degrees warmer than normal for this time of year, scientists said.The amount of ice that melted in Greenland between July 15 and 17 this year alone—6 billion tons of water per day~~would be enough to fill 7.2 million Olympic-sized swimming pools, according to data from the US National Snow and Ice Data Center,Each summer, scientists worry that they will see a repeat of the record melting that occurred in 2019, when 532 billion tons of ice flowed out into the sea. An unexpectedly hot spring and a July heat wave that year caused almost the entire ice sheet's surface to melt. Global sea level rose permanently by 1.5 millimeters as a result.Greenland holds enough ice一if it all melted一to lift sea level by 7.5 meters around the world. The latest research points to a more and more threatening situation on the Northern Hemisphere'siciest island.“Unprecedented" rates of melting have been observed at the bottom of the Greenland ice sheet, a study published in February found, caused by huge quantities of meltwater flowing down from the surface. This water is particularly concerning because it can destabilize the sheet above it and could lead to a massive, rapid loss of ice.And in 2020, scientists found that Greenland's ice sheet had melted beyond the point of no return. The rate of melting in recent years exceeds anything Greenland has experienced in the last 12,000 years, another study found—and enough to cause measurable change in the gravitational field over Greenland.At the East Greenland Ice-core Project~ or EastGRIP—research camp in northwest Greenland, the work of scientists to understand the impact of climate change is being affected by climate change itselfAslak Grinsted, a climate scientist at the University of Copenhagen's Niels Bohr Institute, said that they have been trying to get flights into the camp but the warmth is destabilizing the landing site.Before human-caused climate change kicked in, temperatures near 32 degrees Fahrenheit there were unheard of. But since the 1980s, this region has warmed by around 1.5 degrees Fahrenheit per decade—four times faster than the global pace—making it all the more likely that temperatures will cross the melting point.83.The passage is mainly written to _______.A. alert people to the rapid melting of Greenland's ice sheetB. arouse people's awareness of protecting the environment of GreenlandC. inform people of the large amount of ice Greenland holdsD. reveal to people the cause and effect of the rise in sea level84.What does "a transformation” in the first paragraph refer to?A. Climate change.B. A rise in sea level.C. Global warming.D. The melting of ice.85.What can be learned about the ice that melted in 2019?A. It repeated a record melting of the ice sheet several years ago.B. Its amount was the largest ever and lifted sea level permanently.C. It was enough to fill 7.2 million Olympic-sized swimming pools.D. Its melting rate was so rapid as to result in an unexpectedly hot spring.86.It is implied in the passage that _______.A. climate change is a result of human activitiesB. the study of climate change is being made easierC. the melting of Greenland's ice sheet is reversibleD. temperatures increase 1.5°F or so each decade globallySection CDirections: Read the following passage. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need.A. They also found cetaceans gained and lost TSGs at a rate 2.4 times higher than in other mammals.B. If the whale gene was injected into the human body, could humans fight cancer?C. Some people deny that cetaceans can increase TSGs faster than other mammals.D. If you have more cells that means that one of those cells has an increased risk of becoming cancerous.AB.In contrast, cetaceans have much lower cancer rates than most other mammals.AC.But we still need to learn more about why and how they did this.Can Whales And Dolphins Fight Cancer?Whales and dolphins have been shown to be better at fighting cancer than we are, and now we may be closer to understanding why cetaceans (鲸目动物)do it. Cetaceans are generally the oldest living mammals, and some cetaceans have reached their 200th birthday. Their size means their bodies contain far more cells than the human body."_______87_______” says Daniela Tejada-Martinez at the Austral University of Chile. “So, if you are big or live longer, you have thousands and millions of cells that could become harmful." _______88_______“There's a joke that whales should be born with cancer and not even able to exist because they're just too big,” says Vincent Lynch at the University at Buffalo, New York, he says there is a super trivial explanation for how whales can exist. "They just evolved better cancer protection mechanisms," he says. ______89 _______Now, Tejada-Martinez and her colleagues have studied the evolution of 1077 tumor suppressor (肿瘤抑制)genes (TSGs). In all, they compared the evolution of the genes in 15 mammalian species, including seven cetacean species, Genes regulating DNA damage, tumor spread and the immune system were positively selected among the cetaceans. _______90 _______“It's not like we're gonna be taking whale genes and putting them into humans and making humans cancer resistant,” says Lynch. "But if you can find the genes that play a role in tumor suppression in other animals, and if you can figure out what they're doing, maybe you can make a drug that can be used to treat people."第II卷IV Grammar (10+10)Directions: After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper farm of the given word; far the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.(A)When Steve Birkinshaw, the British fell running (越野路跑)champion, planned his record-。
河南省2022-2023学年普通高中学业水平考试解析与检测综合测试(二)英语试题
河南省2022-2023学年普通高中学业水平考试解析与检测综合测试(二)英语试题一、听力选择题1. How is the weather now?A．Cold.B．Warm.C．Sunny.2.A．Borrowing money from a business company.B．Lending some money to a student.C．Asking for some financial aid.D．Reading students’ application.3. What does the woman ask the man to bring for her?A．A cake.B．A cup of coffee.C．A chocolate bar.4.A．The woman will go to China this weekend.B．The woman offers to treat the man to dinner.C．The man prefers other food than Japanese food.D．The woman refuses to join the man for dinner.5.A．Unpleasant atmosphere.B．Terrible food.C．Slow service.D．Unacceptable price.二、听力选择题6. 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. Who is Frank Stone?A．A patient of Dr Milton’s.B．A friend of the woman’s.C．The secretary to Dr Milton.2. Why can’t Mr. Stone come to the clinic tomorrow?A．He can’t spare the time.B．The clinic will be closed.C．Dr Milton won’t come to work.3. When is the clinic open in a week?A．From Monday to Friday.B．During the whole week.C．On weekdays except Thursday.4. What time has finally been fixed for Mr. Stone to come?A．5:30 p. m., Wednesday.B．6:15 p. m., Wednesday.C．6:15 p. m., Thursday.7. 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
河南省鹤壁市高中2022-2023学年高二下学期第一次段考英语试题含解析
Live with roommates? Have friends and family around you? Chances are that if you’re looking to live a more sustainable lifestyle, not everyone around you will be ready tojump on that bandwagon.
Zero waste was a radical lifestyle movement a few years back. I remember showing my parents a video of Bea Johnson, sharing how cool I thought it would be to buy groceries with jars, and have so little trash! A few days later, I came back with my first jars of zero waste groceries, and my dad commented on how silly it was for me to carry jars everywhere. It came off as a bit discouraging.
Yet as the months of reducing waste continued, I did what I could that was within my own reach. I had my ownbedroom, so I worked on removing things I didn’t need. Since I had my own toiletries (洗漱用品), I was able to start personalising my routine to be more sustainable. I also offered to cook every so often, so I portioned out a bit of the cupboard for my own zero waste groceries. Perhaps your household won’t entirely make the switch, but you may have some control over your own personal spaces to make the changes you desire.
河南省焦作市2022-2023学年高二下学期6月期末英语试题
河南省焦作市2022-2023学年高二下学期6月期末英语试题学校:___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________一、阅读理解Below are a few examples of very different mothers from different authors, from the classics to modern day examples.The Railway Children by Edith NesbitWhen their father is taken away by two strangers one evening, the lives of Roberta, Peter and Phyliss are broken up. They and their mother are forced to move from their comfortable London home to a simple cottage in the country where their mother writes books to make ends meet. This is such a lovely story of how the children adapt to their new way of life by the railways and of how their mother continues to care for them and bring them up, sometimes to the point we could almost believe she is too good to be true!The Dwelling Place by Catherine CooksonSet in County Durham in the 1830s, Cissy Brody and her young siblings are driven out from their farm cottage when both of their parents die of cholera. Determined that she and the children will not enter the frightening workhouse, young Cissy takes on the parental responsibility for them and moves them all to live in a small cave on the moors where they will face many hardships before finding a happy ending.Little Women by Louisa May AlcottIn this book, the mother, Mrs March, is the glue that holds the family together through the Civil War as we follow the lives of her daughters, Jo, Meg, Amy and Beth. Their father is away serving as a Chaplain in the war and having lost their fortune, their mother must use all her resources to keep the family together, which she does remarkably well.Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenSometimes garrulous, rude and materialistic, yet strangely likeable, Mrs Bennet leads her five daughters, Jane, Elizabeth, Mary, Kitty and Lydia, to suitable marriages. Nothing will stand in her way although sometimes her rather full-on approach does scare away suitable suitors. Sometimes touching and at other times funny, it never fails to make me smile. 1．How does the mother in The Railway Children support her family?A．By starting her writing career.B．By selling the comfortable house. C．By working at the railway.D．By washing clothes for the rich.2．What is Little Women set in?A．A rich family.B．The war period.C．The imaginary future.D．The countryside.3．Which book covers the subject of marriage?A．The Railway Children.B．The Dwelling Place.C．Little Women.D．Pride and Prejudice.At 70 years old and nearly 200 pounds heavy, Joan MacDonald’s health was deteriorating (恶化) rapidly. Her amazing body transformation inspired thousands!She was taking a cocktail of medications (药物) to address her many illnesses: high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and acid reflux. While many would say that it’s normal for people at her age, Joan knew there had to be a better way. Doctors said she had to make adjustments to her lifestyle, or else, she would have to take increased dosages of these medications.Although Joan couldn’t remember the last time she really thought about her health, she knew it was time for that body transformation. Joan watched her mom take medication after medication, and she didn’t want to end up that way.Joan began with small changes, including walking, practicing yoga, and lifting weights. After six months of hard work, Joan was able to shed 45 pounds. Ever since she started working out and eating more healthily in 2017, this tough woman has managed to lose a total of 50 pounds! Her routine involves hitting the gym five days a week, doing weightlifting, and doing 15 to 30 minutes of sports.While Joan admitted to struggling with the technology at first, she refused to throw in the towel. Since she carried out these changes in her life, Joan has felt so much better. She’s gotten off her medications and her arthritis is not as bothersome as before.Now, Joan is inspiring women of all ages worldwide by proving to them that it’s never too late to change. Her advice to other women who want to make a change but don’t know how to is “to believe that it is possible! Even though you can’t turn back the clock, you can wind it up again.”4．What do people usually think of Joan’s illnesses?A．They should be cured immediately.B．They are completely avoidable. C．They are nearly harmless to health.D．They are common for people in their 70s.5．Why is Joan’s mother mentioned in the text?A．To share Joan’s mother’s late life.B．To show the origin of Joan’s illnesses. C．To explain Joan’s motivation to change.D．To stress the importance of health. 6．What is paragraph 4 mainly about?A．The efforts Joan has made.B．Joan’s gift for sports.C．The challenges Joan has met.D．Joan’s favorite activities.7．What can we learn from Joan’s story?A．Where there is life, there is hope.B．Nothing is impossible for a willing heart. C．The good seaman is known in bad weather.D．All things are difficult before they are easy.After a dolphin was found swimming alone in a creek (浅湾) in Florida, marine biologists formed a human chain to rescue it.Dolphins typically travel in groups called a “school” or a “pod”, although solitary (独自的) dolphins are becoming more common. This can be a cause for concern because dolphins are naturally sociable creatures, so if they are isolated(孤立) from other dolphins, they may turn their attention to human interaction. This in turn can be dangerous, both for dolphins and humans.Dolphins can become dependent on humans for food, and become less inclined to feed on their own. Additionally, dolphins that are used to human contact spend more time in shallow waters, which can lead to standings or boat crashes. Meanwhile, humans who get too close to dolphins can find themselves with injuries such as broken bones.Therefore, after seeing that the dolphin had been alone in for a few days, and was near a residential area with potential for human disturbance, NOAA Fisheries Service decided to take action. Twenty-eight biologists from the Clearwater Marine Aquarium, NOAA and FWC came together to form a human chain, creating a barrier that would guide the dolphin out of the creek.Rescue biologist Brittany Baldrica said, “The goal was to just be a barrier that was novel to the animal, so we wanted to create a physical barrier as well as an auditory (听觉的) barrier. We had somebody behind us that was banging on a boat, setting off their engine and then we were splashing water and moving forward towards the animal, so we were giving the animal the option to swim through the bridge on its own.”The rescue was successful, with the dolphin making its way out of the creek. 8．Which of the following situations can make people worried?A．More dolphins are becoming solitary.B．Dolphins always live in groups.C．Dolphins are becoming independent from humans.D．Dolphins have no interaction with humans.9．Which may be a consequence of a dolphin being isolated?A．Being hunted by humans.B．Becoming less cruel.C．Relying on humans for food.D．Staying in deep waters longer. 10．What is the function of the human chain?A．Offering human interaction to the dolphin.B．Preventing the dolphin from running into boats.C．Making the dolphin desire to move around.D．Guiding the dolphin out of the shallow water.11．What is mainly expressed in Brittany’s words?A．The trouble the dolphin was in.B．The people who rescued the dolphin. C．The way the dolphin was rescued.D．The meaning of rescuing the dolphin.It may be better to let a mild fever run its course instead of automatically reaching for medication, new research of University of Alberta suggests.Researchers found that untreated mild fever helped fish clear their bodies of infection rapidly, control inflammation (炎症) and repair damaged tissue. “We let nature do what nature does, and in this case it is very much a positive thing,” says Daniel Barreda, lead author on the study.Mild fever is self-resolving, meaning that the body can both cause it and shut it down naturally without medication, Barreda explains. The health advantages of natural fever to humans still have to be confirmed through research, but the researchers say because the mechanisms (机制) driving and sustaining fever are shared among animals, it is reasonable to expect that similar benefits are going to happen in humans. That suggests we should resist reaching for fever medications at the first signs of a mild temperature, he says. “They take away the discomfort felt from fever, but you’re also likely to give away some of the benefits of this natural response.”For the study, fish were given a bacterial infection and their behaviour was then tracked and evaluated using machine learning. Outward symptoms were similar to those seen in humans with fever, including immobility, fatigue and malaise. These were then matched to important immune (免疫) mechanisms inside the animals.The research showed that natural fever offers an integrative response that not only activates defences against infection, but also helps curb it. The researchers found that fever helped to clear the fish of infection in about seven days—half the time it took for those animals not allowed to have fever. Fever also helped to shut down inflammation and repair damaged tissue. “Our goal is to determine how to best take advantage of our medical advances while continuing to control and use the benefits from natural mechanisms of immunity,” says Barreda.12．What can be learned about the health benefit of natural fever to humans?A．It is impractical.B．It needs proving.C．It has been frequently tested.D．It is useful in making medicine. 13．What does the underlined word “curb” in the last paragraph probably mean? A．Replace.B．Explore.C．Control.D．Observe. 14．How did natural fever help the fish?A．By shortening the infection time.B．By improving their living conditions. C．By sending warnings to their brain.D．By extending their life.15．What can be a suitable title for the text?A．Nature does what it should do.B．Mild fever is self-resolving. C．Animals share the mechanisms of fever.D．Mild fever helps clear infections faster.二、七选五The life of a student is busy. To ensure you have a healthy lifestyle, employ these tips in your daily routine.Cut down on sugar16 . That is to say, what you eat matters. Healthy eating results in youthful skin, boosts energy levels and enhances the immune system, which reduces diseases. An unhealthy body increases the risk of diseases. When you are unwell, you will miss classes, which in turn affects your academic performance. Avoiding meals containing processed sugar is the bestway to live a healthy life.Say no to stressDue to the high expectations placed on students, many experience high levels of stress.17 . Chronic (长期的) stress eventually leads to depression, irritability, anxiety, inability to concentrate and an increase in risky behavior.18The phrase “too much of anything is poisonous” applies to the meals you eat. Eating more carbohydrates (碳水化合物) causes your blood sugar levels to get too high. Too much fat leads to obesity, and consuming excess proteins puts your kidneys at risk of failing. Avoid consuming too much of a specific meal by opting for a balanced diet.Get an exercise partnerAlthough it’s an essential part of a healthy lifestyle, working out regularly can be a struggle for most students with a busy schedule.19 . A workout partner comes in to keep you responsible, offer companionship and give you the push you need to make physical activity part of your routine.Don’t overcommitIf you frequently overcommit, you will stretch yourself too thin and eventually spend less time on things that really matter. If you find yourself saying yes to every invitation because you don’t want to disappoint your friends, the result will be you dealing with burnout.20 .A．Balance proteins, fat and carbohydratesB．Make your spare time full and wonderfulC．A healthy lifestyle starts with a healthy dietD．Even students who make it a New Year resolution often give up on the goalE．So choose a healthy life and plan your time wisely to avoid overcommittingF．Sugar doesn’t play a big part in securing a healthy bodyG．In fact, academic stress has become a lifestyle crisis affecting students at all levels三、完形填空65-year-old Dee Harkrider had just finished a shopping trip at her local Walmart and didn’t realize she’d left her wallet in a shopping cart.Soon after she 21 , Delivontae Johnson, 19, drove his car into the lot of the same Walmart in Forrest City, Arkansas , in need of a 22 tire after hitting a pothole (坑). After he drove into a space, Johnson 23 a black item in a cart: it was a wallet, containing Harkrider’s driver’s license, cash and bank cards. His immediate 24 was, “I have to try to find out who this lady is and give her wallet back.”Johnson 25 the driver’s license to find her through Facebook. He sent the lady a (n) 26 , saying that he was driving north to her home in Wynne to 27 the wallet. But at the same time, Harkrider was miles away in the 28 direction, visiting a friend in Palestine. 29 , Johnson made a U-turn and the pair 30 in a restaurant parking lot in Palestine. “I gave him a big hug,” Harkrider said. “I’m 31 that we have young people out there like him.”Despite the 32 difference, Harkrider has befriended Johnson and his family, who live in Forrest City. Meanwhile, Johnson, in school to earn his commercial driving license, is heartened by what’s grown out of his 33 .“People nowadays have a lot of bad things to say about teenagers,” Johnson says. “My 34 was to give back the wallet to whoever it belonged to. And I think that is the right thing for me to do. I feel 35 now.”21．A．turned up B．pulled over C．drove off D．hung out 22．A．new B．big C．cheap D．fixed 23．A．accepted B．selected C．placed D．spotted 24．A．challenge B．reaction C．suggestion D．mission 25．A．discovered B．compared C．checked D．reported 26．A．invitation B．certificate C．contract D．message 27．A．return B．search C．claim D．recognize 28．A．given B．opposite C．wrong D．right 29．A．Frequently B．Occasionally C．Immediately D．Actually 30．A．met B．argued C．parted D．competed 31．A．worried B．calm C．confused D．grateful 32．A．income B．age C．national D．racial 33．A．judgment B．plan C．kindness D．wish 34．A．concern B．opportunity C．regret D．occupation 35．A．lucky B．strong C．unique D．joyful四、用单词的适当形式完成短文阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式，并将答案填写在答题卡上。
2022—2023 学年高二下学期开学考试英语试卷(新高考)笔试部分
2022—2023 学年高二下学期开学考试英语试卷（新高考）笔试注意事项：1. 答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考生号等填写在答题卡上。
2. 回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。
如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。
回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。
3. 考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。
第一部分阅读（共两节，满分50分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
ACoach your favourite sports to poor children in schools. Help these children to get a structured sporting education and see their joy as they pick up new skills. If that’s not enough sport for you, you can even get involved in playing with local teams in your evenings and at weekends.DescriptionAs a volunteer sports coach, you and your group will head to 3 schools each day to coach your chosen sport or a variety of them. Sports coaching volunteering involves not just teaching the kids, but also acting as a good role model. Children are aged about 10–13 and are often new to playing sport in a structured environment. You don’t need to be a top player to take part (though any champions are welcome!) — it’s your patience and drive that will make the biggest effects.Which sports to coach?Sports coaching volunteers can choose to specialize in coaching just one sport, but often we find that it is best to combine several sports for more variety. The freedom to choose between different sports makes the weeks even more diverse. Follow the links to find out more about each sport.Accommodation·The accommodation is located in a leafy suburb 10 minutes’ drive from the city centre and the seafront.·Sports volunteers share accommodation with childcare and teaching volunteers.FoodAll dietary requirements can be catered for, as long as we know about them in advance. Coaching children in sport will make you hungry — many volunteers choose to supplement (补充) their meals with snacks bought in the local shops, just 10 minutes’ walk away. There is a volunteer kitchen where participants can do any cooking they wish outside of mealtimes.Want to go travelling afterwards?We can arrange a week-long Garden Route tour after your time on the project. Follow the link to find out more about the Garden Route Tour.1. What can a volunteer do in the evenings if he wants to do more sports?A. Drive to the supermarket.B. Pay a visit to 3 schools.C. Match with local teams.D. Have a Garden Route tour.2. Which is the most important as sports coaching volunteers?A. Being a top player.B. Being skilled in various sports.C. Being able to cook well.D. Being motivated and patient.3. Where is the text probably from?A. A web page.B. A news magazine.C. A travel guide.D. An education paper.BInstead of escaping the summer heat in air-conditioning indoors, Mustafa Furkan Ozgener prefers the sunshine in an experimental seed field of over 200 kinds of melons in Pingluo County, Northwest China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. Picking melons, weighing them, observing their growth, tasting, recording and taking pictures, the 31-year-old Turkish man runs his tests on up to 50 kinds of melons every day. “I love working in the field. Melons are favored in Turkey in the hot summers and my job here is to choose the best kinds for Turkish customers,” he said.Influenced by his father who used to do business in China, Ozgener majored in Chinese at university and therefore expected a journey to China one day. The young man visited China for the first time as an exchange student in Beijing. Two years later, Ozgener applied for a master’s degree in tourism management at China’s Sun Yat-sen University. Since then, he’s traveled around the country to learn about the colorful Chinese culture and enjoy different dishes. “The more I learn about China, the more I want to stay here,” said Ozgener. He worked as a translator in Ningxia after graduation.The company Ozgener works for now is a scientific and technological enterprise engaged in vegetable planting, production, promotion, import and export. It has bred over 70 new varieties of seeds and exported seeds to 27 countries and regions in Asia and Africa, including the Middle East.Before the outbreak of COVID-19, Ozgener would spend two months in Hainan and another four months in Ningxia to help foreign clients select seeds. Then he would go back to Turkey. But due to the epidemic (流行病), he has stayed in Ningxia for more than a year, observing and selecting target seeds in the field every day.“I used to do translation work only, but now I’m also responsible for all the stuff related to the seeds. It’s tiring but rewarding, because I can learn a lot. I will continue to pursue my dream here,” said Ozgener.4. Why does Ozgener work in the melon field in Ningxia?A. He likes the hot weather there.B. He prefers eating melons there.C. He loves working in the field there.D. His father wants him to work there.5. What do we know about Ozgener?A. He learned Chinese in Beijing as an exchange student.B. He worked in the field in Hainan after graduation.C. He traveled around China the first time he came there.D. He had a greater interest in China as time went by.6. What kind of person is Ozgener?A. Hard-working and determined.B. Energetic and patient.C. Kind and devoted.D. Ambitious and confident.7. What is the text mainly about?A. A man’s wonderful journey to China.B. Planting and selling melons in Turkey.C. A tiring job in the field in a hot summer.D. Going after a dream of planting seeds in Ningxia.CNow, a study proves that gardens are more than just a pretty place. The study, by researchers at Illinois State University, demonstrates that such constructed gardens can have a measurable and positive impact on water quality.Floating gardens are essentially platforms built and wrapped in coconut husks (椰子壳), and filled in with native plantings. As plants grow, they extend their roots into the water. On the North Branch of the Chicago River, non-profit Urban Rivers and its partners are developing a mile-long floating eco-park called the Wild Mile. The re-development of this former industrial canal is Urban Rivers’ important project. As part of the park, floating gardens, attached to shore, are being fixed.The primary aim of the floating gardens is beautification. But the Illinois State team, from the University’s Department of Geology, Geography, and the Environment, saw an ideal setup for a controlled experiment. “We joined it because it’s the perfect opportunity to see if there’s an influence on water quality,” explains lead author Abigail Heath.The study is novel: previous studies have explored floating gardens’ influence on water quality over time, primarily in wastewater treatment ponds, but not over space, in moving water. The project also matches well with Urban Rivers’ broader goals. “The city is interested in bettering water quality,” says Phil Nicodemus, Urban Rivers’ Director of Research. “Happily, Illinois State took part in it later.”Could this small human-made park improve water quality? An average of data collected over the course of the study shows middle but definitive improvement. For example, nitrogen (氮) dropped from 4.69 milligrams per liter in surface water to 4.43 milligrams per liter, a drop of about 1 percent.“Despite how small this garden was, there was measurable improvement in water quality from upstream to downstream,” notes Heath. She and her colleagues see this as a model for how large floating gardens should be to help improve water in similar settings. “Even this tiny garden makes a difference,” she says.8. What can be inferred from the second paragraph?A. The floating gardens are environmentally friendly.B. The floating gardens are fixed everywhere in the eco-park.C. The floating gardens can help fix the former parks.D. The Urban Rivers were once industrial canals.9. What is the main reason to build the floating gardens?A. To reduce waste water.B. To attract more visitors to the park.C. To make the surroundings brilliant.D. To help researchers do the experiment.A. The floating garden.B. The project.C. The treatment of ponds.D. The quality of water.11. Which of the following could be the best title for the text?A. Floating Gardens: More than PrettyB. The Best Way to Better Water QualityC. A Practical Method of Improving ParksD. Floating Gardens Beautify the CityDStressed at work and feeling your blood pressure rise? People all over the world are told by their doctors to try for a low-sodium (钠) diet to treat high blood pressure or other diseases, but there’s no denying that salt makes food taste good. Fortunately, Japanese researchers at Tokyo’s Meiji University and the manufacturer Kirin have developed high-tech chopsticks that enhance salty tastes, potentially helping those who need to reduce sodium in their diets.These wired-up chopsticks are actually part of a device that the researchers say can enhance the salty flavor of low-sodium foods. And when they were tested on participants for the first time, results showed that the high-tech chopsticks increase perceived (察觉到) saltiness in foods by about 1.5 times.According to the research team, the basic principle is that the extra salty flavor is perceived due to extremely weak electric currents conveyed directly into the mouth through the tip of one of the chopsticks. Scientists have apparently been using this kind of weak electricity to play with flavors in the lab for years, but these chopsticks in particular are set to adjust the activity of ions (离子) in sodium chloride (table salt), which enhances salty flavor.And do these chopsticks work as expected? To verify the effect of the new chopsticks, the researchers conducted an experiment on a total of 36 participants aged 40 to 65, all of whom were eating a low-sodium diet. If nothing else, one thing was clear: participants using the chopsticks tasted more salt than they did without. Results show that they even thought that low-sodium food eaten with the high-tech chopsticks tasted saltier than regular food made with an average amount of sodium, and eaten with normal chopsticks.The chopsticks aren’t on store shelves quite yet, but with promising results, people around the world who are unhappily devoted to a low-sodium diet might just be excited for any updates to come!12. What is the main function of the future high-tech chopsticks?A. To treat blood pressure.B. To test how salty a dish is.C. To increase the saltiness of food.D. To help reduce salt intake.13. How do the high-tech chopsticks work?A. By sending warning information to the brain.B. By changing the saltiness of food with electric shocks.C. By using electricity to transport ions between chopsticks.D. By tricking our brains into tasting extra salt.A. Confirm.B. Improve.C. Change.D. Strengthen.15. What is the writer’s attitude toward the future of the chopsticks?A. Doubtful.B. Optimistic.C. Uncertain.D. Pessimistic.第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
上海市闵行区六校联考2024-2025学年高一上学期10月期中英语试题
上海市闵行区六校联考2024-2025学年高一上学期10月期中英语试题一、听力选择题1．A．$30.B．$27.C．$20.D．$10.2．A．He may feel better soon.B．He doesn’t like to take pills.C．He may not be able to wake up on time.D．He may want to take the pills without food. 3．A．Post her the paper after the deadline.B．Hand in a handwritten draft of the paper.C．Attend a conference with her two weeks later.D．Complete the course without handing in the paper.4．A．Lose some weight.B．Shop for new clothes.C．Have his jeans altered.D．Wear clothes that fit better.5．A．Sharpen the man’s pencil.B．Ask the model to move his arm.C．Give the man a new sheet of paper.D．Show the man a drawing technique.6．A．Disappointed.B．Curious.C．Satisfied.D．Casual.7．A．He’d like some help at the baggage counter.B．He doesn’t know the woman ahead of him.C．He was permitted to carry one extra bag.D．He is carrying someone else’s suitcase.8．A．Some of her colleagues may not take part in the program.B．A few of them are allowed to participate in the training.C．All her colleagues have agreed to go for the program.D．Employees are all required to receive the training.9．A．She would rather take a direct train.B．It doesn’t take long to get to Chongqing.C．She doesn’t care how long the trip takes.D．Taking an airplane might be more practical.10．A．If he has more than a dollar.B．If he makes a phone call first.C．If he finds the change machine.D．If he buys something from her.听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
河南省商丘市第一高级中学2021-2022学年高二下学期期末考试英语试题(解析版)
A. Seeing movies.
B. Playing computer games.
C. Making videos.
16. What course does Sarah take?
A. Editing videos digitally. B. Buiቤተ መጻሕፍቲ ባይዱding websites. C. Creating pictures.
A. It was worthwhile. B. It was full of danger. C. It cost them much money.
听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。
14. What are the speakers talking about?
A. Choosing a job. B. Choosing a university. C. Choosing a major.
Cadbury World, Birmingham, England
In the United Kingdom, chocolate means one thing: Cadbury. Cadbury World opened in 1990 in the Bournville village, where Cadbury factory starting in 1893 once located. It was considered a model village for workers at the time. One of the exhibits on this self-guided tour focuses on this area and how it impacted the company. Admission is $23 for adults.
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2022-2023学年河南省商丘市高二下学期6月摸底考试英语试题1. Best Volunteer Opportunities Abroad for 2023 & 2024As more people choose to travel more sustainably, International Volunteer HQ (IVHQ)’s volunteer abroad programs are booking up quickly for 2023 and 2024. You won’t want to miss out on these volunteer opportunities!beaches, rainforests and volcanoes, Costa Rica1. Which program is the most popular with its participants?A．Costa Rica Program. B．South Africa Program.C．Zambia Program. D．Guatemala Program.2. What can the participants do in the South Africa Program?A．Take a weekend safari. B．Train the ocean turtles.C．Make the delicious coffee. D．Swim near Victoria Falls.3. What makes the participants love Guatemala?A．Its various wildlife.B．Its natural beauty and cultural cities.C．Its friendly local people.D．Its delicious food and good education.2. San Francisco Park ranger Amanda Barrows, who registered in City College of San Francisco (CCSF)’s Poetry for the People class, began to place a nightstand (床头柜) in Golden Gate Park with a note “take a poem, leave a poem” in December 2022. Since then, over 100 handwritten poems have been placed in the nightstand. “It’s completely unexpected,” said Barrows. “I’m really taken aback by the outpouring of support.”Park ranger by day and poet by night, Barrows said she began writing and attending poetry workshops in 2020. The poetry course she attended was founded by Leslie Simon in 1975. The class advocates for a focus on the neighborhood, and the cultivation (培养) and public presentation of new poems. For Barrows, the idea that she could combine her job and her hobby by bringing poetry into parks was an inspiration. Barrows asked her friends to contribute their favorite poems to the nightstand as poems that could be taken.Armed with an old nightstand, Barrows filled the stand with pens and paper. An added drawer at the bottom holds the poems that people “donate”. The concept reminded her of Little Free Libraries, which are fixtures across the city. “I was having anxiety. I had no idea what I was going to do; then it sort of just came to me,” said Barrows. “I was inspired by the little free libraries you s ee in SF, where you ‘take a book, leave a book’, and thought, ‘Maybe I could do this with poetry.’”One of the teachers at the CCSF poetry course, Lauren Muller, told The Washington Post that “people need poetry now”, which she suggested as the reason for the success of Barrows’s project.Past student projects included writing poetry on sidewalks in chalk and placing poems on the windshields (挡风玻璃) of cars. “It’s exciting to see the work that students are doing,” Muller continued. “My hope is that this will happen across city parks… elsewhere.”1. What did Amanda Barrows do for her project?A．She invited her friends to donate poems.B．She gave a special poetry course by herself.C．She read a lot of poems for people.D．She equipped parks with many nightstands.2. How did the little free libraries affect Amanda Barrows?A．They made her interested in poetry.B．They let her quit her job for her interest.C．They gave her inspiration for her project.D．They encouraged her to write more poems.3. What did Muller think contributed to the success of Barrows’s project?A．The benefits of writing poetry.B．The public demand for poetry.C．The help from her neighbors.D．The large number of parks in SF.4. What might be a suitable title for the text?A．The Impacts of a Park Ranger’s Poem-writingB．San Francisco’s Unique Poems on a NightstandC．The Spread of Poetry Throughout the LibrariesD．A Park Ranger’s Powerful Poetry Project3. Do our musical preferences say something about our personality or how we view relationships? According to a new research, they just may.In the study, 469 participants listed 7~15 of their favorite songs about something related to relationships. Then, they filled out questionnaires that measured their attachment style in relationships. People with an anxious attachment style fear being abandoned while people with anavoidant attachment style dislike connecting with others. Those with a secure attachment style see themselves as worthy of love and enjoy being close to others.Research assistants read the lyrics(歌词) of the songs people chose and rated how much those lyrics reflected different attachment styles. According to the analysis, those who were more avoidant preferred songs with avoidant themes, while people who scored high in neuroticism(神经质) preferred songs expressing more anxious themes.According to the lead author, Ravin Alaei of the University of Toronto, this is the first study that examines how song lyrics play a role in music preferences. “One reason people turn to music is that it can validate what they think, feel, and do in relationships and lyrics matter for that,” he says. “People enjoy having their feelings and thoughts spoken back to them.”Next, the researchers pulled together 823 popular songs. After rating how much these songs’ lyrics reflected different attachment themes, they compared songs from 1946~1965 to those from1990~2015. They found more recent popular songs were likelier to have avoidant attachment themes and less secure lyrics than older popular songs.Alaei believes this could be because people are less connected than they used to be. “We’ve become more individualistic, and we feel lonelier these days than people used to several decades ago. Social media may, ironically, make people feel less co nnected,” he says.1. What do those with avoidant attachment style tend to do?A．Keep close to their friends. B．Enjoy songs full of anxiety.C．Stay away from the outside. D．Worry about their future.2. What does the underlined word “validate” in paragraph 4 probably mean?A．Imagine. B．Improve. C．Steal. D．Prove.3. What did the researchers find in the study?A．Older popular songs had more secure lyrics.B．Lyrics hardly affected participants’ attachment.C．Songs with more anxious themes were more popular.D．People fond of recent popular songs got angry easily.4. What can we learn about music preferences from the text?A．They contradict with personalities.B．They may reflect our personal lives.C．They can impact life satisfaction.D．They are reliant on social media.4. The book An Immense World, by science journalist Ed Yong, looks into the remarkable sensory capacities of non-human animals. Other popular works—from naturalist Carl Safina’s Beyond Words to biologist Jonathan Balcombe’s What a Fish Knozws—argue that many animals are individuals with lives that matter to them. These observations are significant, because the degree of care we give to animals seems to rely on how we picture their inner lives.We humans tend to judge and give consideration to other animals based on their smartness. Instead, I want to suggest that emotion, displayed by animals around us, may even provide our fellow creatures with what we could term a “spiritual” life.One well-documented case is of a mother elephant named Eleanor. Weakened by age, Eleanor kept collapsing, and a fellow elephant, Grace, kept trying to lift her onto her feet. There’re even examples of elephants becoming depressed when they encounter the body of another species. In one instance, a young, orphaned elephant moaned(呻吟) when it discovered the remains of its rhinoceros companion, killed by hunters.It’s suggested that non-human animals may be more aware of feelings than we are. I call this “living closer to the bone”. Other creatures might wel l have stronger, more immediate feelings because, unlike us, they don’t appear to analyze. Even if they can’t tell us what they’re experiencing, we’d be foolish to rule this out.A story appeared on the front page of the San Francisco Chronicle. A female humpback whale became stuck in a pile of crab traps. The whale was badly cut. A rescue team dove underneath her, spending hours helping it. Once the huge animal realized she was free, she swam in a large circle, touching each diver in turn. One of the dive rs said, “It felt to me like it was thanking us, knowing it was free and that we’d helped it.”To me, this is an instance of animals’ spirituality on display. I suspect that, the more we learn about fish, birds, and even insects, we’ll recognize further el emental similarities of feeling.1. Why are the three books mentioned in paragraph 1?A．They offer us observations on ourselves.B．They remind us to care for animals’ emotions.C．They praise us about non-human animals.D．They show human dependence on animals.2. How do we usually make judgements about non-human animals?A．From their feelings.B．On the basis of their awareness.C．By their appearances.D．According to their intelligence.3. Which of the following can best describe the elephants in the text?A．Sympathetic. B．Indifferent.C．Unconcerned. D．Cooperative.4. What does the author suggest in the text?A．Analyzing animals’ cleverness.B．Offering animals more freedom.C．Giving more understanding of animals.D．Avoiding killing non-human animals.5. Not everyone is a people person, and making other people feel comfortable in your company doesn’t come naturally to all of us. Still, a good atmosphere is more than desirable not only on social occasions but also at the workplace. Perfecting cross-cultural communication at the workplace is easier than you think. 1Maintain etiquette (礼节). When preparing for a business meeting with international colleagues, find out something about their business etiquette, so you could follow its rules and avoid misunderstandings and embarrassing situations. For example, if you’re doing business with Italians, do your best to look presentable, since dressing well in their culture is a sign of success. 2 This number is considered to bring bad luck.Speak slo wly and clearly. Even if your international colleagues are fluent in the language you’re using, try to express your words more carefully. 3 In the same fashion, avoid using long sentences and give your colleagues a chance to digest what you’ve said by ma king short breaks.Avoid closed questions. When interacting with your international colleagues, avoid asking them the Yes/No questions. 4 So you’ll probably always get a “Yes” as an answer, even if your conversational partner doesn’t mean it. In contrast, by asking open-ended questions, you’re encouraging your colleagues to be more creative and offer solutions you might not have predicted.5 For intercultural communication to be effective, all team members need to feel comfortable. So, treat your colleagues with respect, communicate clearly, and encourage them when needed. Especially in a remote work environment, it’s important that your team feels connected.6. There is no age limit to work or do something you love. 102-year-old Jean Bailey, a resident of Elk Ridge Village Senior Living in Omaha, is constantly ________ this by teaching a fitness class four times a week for almost three years now.Bailey mentioned that some of her ________ clients have arthritis(关节炎) that restricts their mobility, but they can ________ perform stretching exercises by following her instructions and get benefit from them. Bailey, who also uses a ________ frequently due to her leg pain, is a strict coach despite this. She explained she was ________ and called “mean” for being strict in her classes. “The girls seem to ________ what I’m going to do for them,” she added. “They know it’s beneficial.”In 2020, 99-year-old Bailey started ________ classes. Despite being a senior, she wasn’t ________ by the younger ages of her peers(同行). Being someone who was keen on staying active and good at motivating people, she encouraged her students to bring chairs into the hallway and performed________ exercises. Everyone enjoyed it greatly and the classes never stopped.Bailey ________ 30-minute exercise classes on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, which begin at 9:45 am. Apart from helping them stay ________, the classes also have allowed the women attending to form beautiful ________. Bailey said, “One of us would do something for anybody. We rea lly keep track of each other.”One of these women is Phyllis Black, 87, who lives down the hall from Bailey. Black was ________ by Bailey with homemade cookies when she moved into Elk Ridge about three years ago. Bailey often treats the ________ with baked goods after the exercise sessions, especially on birthdays, as she believes all birthdays are significant at this age. Black said of Bailey, “She’s a very ________ neighbor, and she’s also a good friend.”1.A．promoting B．identifying C．proving D．qualifying2.A．wise B．regular C．warm-hearted D．skillful3.A．vividly B．stably C．awfully D．easily4.A．walker B．caretaker C．tool D．chair5.A．kept pace with B．taken care of C．made fun of D．looked up to6.A．assume B．realize C．expect D．confirm7.A．language B．driving C．exercise D．cooking8.A．appreciated B．inspired C．teased D．frightened9.A．simple B．fierce C．typical D．elegant10.A．attends B．conducts C．quits D．improves11.A．brave B．smart C．busy D．fit12.A．bonds B．shapes C．figures D．images13.A．rewarded B．supported C．welcomed D．impressed14.A．neighbors B．participants C．bosses D．couples15.A．fair B．ridiculous C．honest D．nice7. 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。