河北省邯郸市2024届高三下学期第三次调研考试英语试题

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If you're looking for some festive atmosphere, here's part of the Florida festival calendar.

Kumquat Festival, Dade City, Jan. 27

The downtown in Dade City fills with as many as 35, 000 people for this free event celebrating the tangy little fruit grown locally. Along with dozens of booths and live entertainment, a highlight is enjoying kumquat treats, from kumquat pie, kumquat cookies to kumquat salad. 

Sunnyland Boat Festival, Tavares, Mar. 22-24

This antique and classic boat festival is one of the largest classic wood boat shows in the country with as many as 250 to 300 restored ancient boats on display in the water and along one third of a mile of Lake Dora shoreline at Wooton Park in Tavares, which is really a feast to the eye for free. 

Siesta Key Sunsculpting Festival, Sarasota, Nov. 10-13

Two dozen professional artists compete in creating sculptures on the gorgeous Siesta Key beach. Those who buy tickets can watch the sculptures take shape, view them under colored lights at night, see demonstrations and take lessons. The party atmosphere includes a tent with ful bar (no ticket required) and a vendor(小贩) village. 

Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami Beach, Dec. 8-10

Art Basel, an international art fair, draws top galleries from around the world plus the rich and celebrities to South Florida. A far cry from the street art festivals all over Florida, this is an event that is not cheap-Tickets start at $65. Over the years, however, a variety of satellite events have developed, creating art-related events for regular folks, including Miami Art Week.

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A few years ago, I asked a neighborhood handyman to build a tree-house in my backyard. In part, this was to solve a problem: my children were good friends with the children who lived beside us and they liked to climb over the fence that separated the two yards. We could have just put a gate into the fence, but I decided that building some kind of climbable structure around the large fir tree in the yard, which also included a staircase into the neighbor's yard, was a more creative solution to the problem, and I liked the idea that the tree-house would also serve to join the two play spaces together.

The handyman took the task much more seriously than I had expected. He made drawings, built small wooden models, and even held a kind of "visioning" exercise with the children and their parents to make sure that he hadn't missed any important details. At the end of our lengthy discussions, he asked, "Where would you like me to put the beer rail?"

The question took me aback as I hadn't really considered the possibility that a nice play structure in my yard might also facilitate beer consumption among the neighborhood children, but I quickly tuned in to the fact that our designer had intuited what should have been obvious to me- the children wouldn't be the only ones to take advantage of this platform up among the branches of the beautiful old tree. And, indeed, over the years that I lived in that house I discovered that the platform made a pretty good perch (栖息处), not only for the occasional cold beer, but also for sitting and dreaming, reading a book, enjoying a picnic or even getting some writing done. My children enjoyed climbing around in the tree-house, playing tag, setting up imaginary pirate ships and fortresses (城堡), and they also used it for some quiet thinking and even the occasional math homework. The tree seemed to be a particularly good algebra tutor.

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Why do children learn so quickly? Is it simply a necessity, or is a child's brain more capable of taking in new information than an adult's brain?

"It is a common way of thinking that ‘children are like sponges' and have the magical ability to learn new skills faster than an adult, but there are some misconceptions here, " said Debbie Raven, a researcher at the University of Chester. "A child's cognitive (认知的) development is age-related and, naturally, children perform worse than their older peers in most areas. However, there are times when being young brings an advantage, and this is especially true around their earliest years.

This advantage is largely due to neuroplasticity, meaning the brain's ability to form and change its connections, pathways and wiring based on experiences. Neuroplasticity is what gives children the capacity to learn-and, if necessary, unlearn-habits, routines, approaches and actions very quickly. This ability is most constant and rapid before a child's fifth birthday, when much of what they encounter or experience is novel. "This ability to learn quickly is connected to several areas, including plasticity, their experiences with adults, their environment, and their biological drive to explore, " Raven said. "Childhood is a place where children spend their time catching up with adults' more sophisticated abilities. "

Language learning, in particular, is an area where children often have a huge advantage over adults. This is largely because "babies are able to tune in to the rhythm and sounds used in their native language, and can therefore become fluent speakers by the age of four. "This ability can help young children learn a second or third language with apparent ease, Raven said.

In a research paper, the authors suggest that "human babies are born seeing and hearing linguistic information that older children and adults miss, although they lose this ability with more experience in their environments. Moreover, babies can "discriminate speech sounds and tones used in al of the world's languages, making them open to al input, regardless of the linguistic environment they are born into.

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"Individuals of all ages who have empathy (共情) understand that sometimes telling little white lies can protect other people from getting hurt," says Barbara Greenberg, a clinical psychologist in Connecticut. "Most people that I have come across tell these little white lies because they understand that 100 percent honesty all the time is not beneficial." A white lie, she explains, spares people from unnecessary hurt.

At the same time Dr. Julia Breur, a marriage and family therapist in Florida, emphasizes the importance of paying attention to the way we respond to someone. The fact is that not telling the truth can result in something unpleasant on you; it's not just about the person the white lie is being told to. For example, she says someone who always tells others that "all is good" when it comes to a sick parent in an effort to avoid discussions about how serious their health issue really is, can eventually face stressful experiences. When that parent eventually passes away, the person who always gave an "all is good" response ends up emotionally broken.

Sometimes, telling white lies often depends on the situation, Dr. Breur says. For example, consider a woman who has not seen her mother for several months. The daughter has gained noticeable weight, yet the mother responds by excitedly declaring that she looks great. "I emphasize during psychotherapy sessions with my patients that context helps define meaning," Dr. Breur says. "So when we look at the context of a mother saying you look great when she clearly sees that her daughter has gained weight, it can be acceptable. It reflects the intention of the white lie which is kindness, protection and unconditional love. Otherwise, white lies — especially when told to avoid personal accountability — can start a cycle of mistrust between people, ultimately compromising integrity," she adds.

Therefore, it's important to ask ourselves when it is and isn't appropriate to deliver the honest truth, and when it's best to step back and offer a more delicate response. More often than not, it's about finding a balance between the two.

/span>.根据短文内容, 从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Camping isn't the same without a fire and in fact, many campsites even allow the use of one as long as you remain responsible and eco-friendly. As daylight disappears, there's nothing quite like a campfire to see you through the evening and into the night.

Remember, campfires can be fun as long as you put some common sense into your practice. If you're a first-timer to the whole campfire scene, or simply want to know how to get your fire blazing in no time at all, we've got some great tips to help you.

• Choose the right location. With any campfire it's important to select a location that's safe. Preferably you'd keep away from areas with overhanging branches and dry undergrowth.

• Use dry wood. If your wood logs are wet or damp, you'll really struggle to get any fire going. Therefore, store the wood in a dry place and keep your matches tucked away in a Ziploc bag.

• Build up from small beginnings. You'll need to start small and get the blaze going with firelighters, kindling or newspapers. Only then can you start to apply larger wood logs.

• Don't add the larger logs on too quickly, as this can stifle (抑制) the fire and see your efforts wasted at the first hurdle.

• Remember to put the fire out. After you sat around the campfire, enjoying great conversation and some light-hearted games, you'll need to put the fire out. Instead, let the fire die down and pour water or shovel earth on as required.

A. Avoid rushing the process.

B. Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

C. A great campfire takes time and patience.

D. Never go to bed believing a smoking fire safe.

E. You might come across a variety of problems.

F. Also make sure not to build your fire too near any tents.

G. Camping is a fantastic experience for people of all ages.

阅读下面短文, 从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中, 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I was struggling earlier in the year, even though I'm a(n) 1 person by nature. The entire world seemed to have come to a stop all of a sudden. I was 2 with worry about my family and paying the bills, and whether life would ever be the same again.

Then, one evening I went outside and 3 . The sky was dark and the stars were shining so brightly that I almost held my breath. As I stood under that splendid ceiling, I was filled with 4 .

I really wanted to find out more about them. Suddenly, I remembered I'd 5 an app on my phone a couple of months earlier, which 6 all the stars and planets. Together with my daughters, I raced to the upstairs, where we had a perfect 7 of the night sky. Using the app, we were excited to 8 that bright white star hanging over the horizon was Venus. Then we looked past Betelguese, a dying red supergiant star700times the size of Earth, and many more. 9 , the world no longer seemed like an unfamiliar place. It 10 me that the Earth had been around for

4. 5 billion years and had experienced things much more 11 . That realization 12  brought my worries into a much broader perspective (眼界). 

Plus, that twinkling night sky was just so beautiful — I felt happier and calmer just looking at it. It became our 13  to sit at the window every evening, gazing at the stars. Not only did it help us 14  the reality, but for half an hour each day we got to 15  outside our four walls.

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。

China produces and uses so much bamboo that the country is sometimes referred to the Bamboo Kingdom. 40% of all known bamboo species in the world are grown in China, so it's not (astonish) that China grows more bamboo than any other country in the world. Today, roughly one fifth of the global supply of bamboo is grown in China, with Sichuan and Fujian (be) the provinces with the largest total area of bamboo cultivation.

Bamboo is one of  fastest-growing plants on earth. Although some types of bamboo can grow to be almost 35 meters in height, you may be surprised to learn that bamboo is (actual) a type of grass rather than a tree. 

In traditional Chinese culture, bamboo, plum blossoms, orchids (兰), and chrysanthemums (菊) form a group  is called the Four Gentlemen. Each member of the group is used  (represent) some aspect of the character of an ideal person. In the case of the bamboo, it serves as an emblem (象征) of modesty and mental (strong). 

Along with the pine and plum blossom, bamboo also sometimes (appear) as part of the Three Friends of Winter. Each of these three plants (admire) for its ability to remain firm and fresh when the weather turns cold.

 假定你是李华, 你班上周末组织了一次登山活动, 你的英国笔友Darren想了解相关情况。请给他写一封邮件, 内容包括：

1. 旅行前准备；

2. 活动开展情况。

注意：

1. 写作词数应为80个左右；

2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

Dear Darren,

Last Sunday I went trekking on the nearby hills with my classmates.

Yours truly,

Li Hua

 阅读下面材料, 根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段, 使之构成一篇完整的短文。

I'd like to share with you a funny incident that occurred almost 4 years ago

I was an 8th grader at high school. One day, the teacher gave us a group assignment and we went to some libraries after class to collect data. In the evening, I found that my group members were complaining that they were hungry and needed to have some food. 

Together we entered a restaurant nearby. When the waiter approached our table, one of my classmates made an order directly without even looking at the menu. And after we were done with our food, a classmate asked the group leader to pay the bill. The group leader was surprised as he had not offered the meal and said that he did not have the money to pay the bill. I asked the waiter to bring the bill and we were shocked to see the amount. It was much more than we had expected. Though we were a bit worried, we started laughing and enjoying the whole thing. At this moment, a group member suggested we collect all of our money to pay the bill. We searched our wallets, pockets and bags for money. There were so many coins there that we had to count 2-3 times. But unfortunately, the total amount was still not enough to pay the bill. 

As the scene unfolded, the atmosphere shifted from casual laughter to a shared sense of responsibility. Realizing the gravity of the situation, I stepped up and decided to explain our situation to the manager, hoping for some understanding or perhaps a way to work out a payment plan. To our relief, the manager kindly listened to our story. Seeing our genuine efforts to resolve the issue, he agreed to let us pay what we had collected and arrange for the rest to be settled later. 

注意：

1. 续写词数应为150个左右；

2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

We left the restaurant with empty wallets but light hearts.

This incident served as a reminder for better teamwork in the future.