江苏省如东重点中学2020-2021学年高二下学期期末考试英语试题（含完整音频）

What will the woman do first?

What does the man mean?

What is the most important reason for the man's shopping online?

What are the speakers talking about?

Where does this conversation most likely take place?

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Here's what are arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week.

Hunter and the Dog Star

Edie Brickell and New Bohemians, who published their first album in 1988, will return with their fifth one on Friday. The 11-trackHunter and the Dog Starwas written by Brickell and her bandmates, including Brandon Aly, Josh Bush, Brad Houser and Kenny Withrow. The new album includes the tunesMy Power,TripwireandHorse's Mouth.

Nomadland

There are many reasons to make time forNomadlandwhen it hits Hulu Friday for its maiden show(处女秀). It is one of the loveliest and most spirit-lifting films in recent memory. It is an American documentary about the retiring men and women, in which Frances McDormand gives an all-time performance as Fern, who takes to the road after her husband dies and the economic crisis leaves her with nothing. Writer-director Chloe Zhao is a once in a generation talent who you'll want to get to know sooner rather than later

The Hedgehog

If you need something more family friendly,The Hedgehogfeaturing e voices of Ben Schwartz and Jim Carrey, comes to Amazon Prime and Hulu on Thursday. Critic Mark Kennedy wrote in his review that it's a feel-good cartoon for both parents and their little ones.

The Black Church

The names could top a concert bill. John Legend, Jennifer Hudson, Bebe Winans and Yolanda Adams are among those interviewed inThe Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song, a four hour, two part series airing Tuesday and Wednesday on PBS. It details the African American church's history, from the beginning of slavery. the Civil Rights Movement to today.

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Butter coffee, also sometimes referred to as bulletproof coffee, is almost exactly what it sounds like. Take a cup of black coffee and drop a bit of butter into it. Though the name doesn't indicate this, you also need to add a little coconut oil. Upon hearing about butter coffee, people generally fall into one oftwo camps. Either you are disgusted at the notion and determine never to try it or you are more laid-back and think “Sure, why not?”

If you are still puzzled about why this drink exists, here's a bit of backstory. In 2009, Dave Asprey, a businessman, launched and trademarked Bulletproof coffee. He got the idea during his travels in Tibet, where yak butter（酥油）tea is common. He marketed and sold the concept as a low-carbon, high-fat breakfast alternative that would help people lose weight and be energized.

Despite all of Asprey's claims, there are not many benefits to butter coffee, especially if anyone skips meals and replaces them with the drink. While cutting out carbohydrates（碳水化合物）may be good for people with type 2 diabetes, a low-carbon diet is usually only recommended for a short period of time. And though the fat from the butter may keep you feeling full for a while, there are a number of downsides to adding a couple of tablespoons to your morning coffee.

Doctors point out that the amount of fat in butter coffee is higher than most recommended daily amounts. Additionally, a breakfast of butter and coffee does not contain nutrients that are essential to a healthy diet.

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On May 1, 1926, Ford Motor Company became one of the first American companies to adopt a five-day, 40-hour week. It was something workers and labor unions had been calling for. However, the five-day workweek was to increase productivity. With more time and money, workers were expected to buy and use the products they were making. Manufacturers soon followed Ford's lead, and the Monday-to-Friday workweek became standard practice.

Since then, everything has changed but the hours. Many people worked longer, which severely influenced health and well-being, as well as the environment. Until the Second World War, it was common for one person in a family, usually the oldest male, to work full-time. Women gradually made up 42 percent of the world's full-time workforce. Later, technology made lots of work unnecessary, with computers and robots doing many tasks previously performed by humans.

Well into the 21st century, we continue to work the same long hours as 20th century laborers, using up more of Earth's supply to produce more goods that we must keep working to buy, use and replace in a seemingly endless cycle of hard work and consumption. It's time to pause and consider better ways to live like shifting from fossil-fueled lifestyles with which our consumer-based workweeks are connected.

The UK New Economics Foundation argues that a standard 21-hour workweek would address a number of interconnected problems: overwork, unemployment, over-consumption, high carbon emissions, low well-being, and the lack of time to live sustainably, to care for each other, and simply to enjoy life. Economic systems that require constant growth on afinite(有限的) planet make no sense. It's time for a change in our economic thinking.

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To start a conversation about the secret to happiness, ABC News' health editor Dr. Richard Besser hosted a Twitter chat Tuesday.  Experts from the National Institutes of Health, Mayo Clinic, Harvard University and TEDMED, as well as clinicians and people from across the country, joined the one-hour discussion. There are countless ways to measure happiness. With research on the topic increasing, researchers have carried out surveys to study people's sense of well-being.

Angela Haupt, health and wellness editor for U. S. News and World Report, said, “Happiness indicators include life satisfaction, health and community engagement. ”

@toddkashdan added that, “despite problems with self-reports, there is no better way to measure happiness than focusing on personal thoughts and feelings. ”

While scientists try to find out what caused happiness, others often believe that true joy doesn't exist. Dr Friedman, a psychiatrist at New York Presbyterian-Weill Cornell Hospital, said that “happiness is hard to measure, but easy to recognize. ”

Still, common themes about satisfaction come up in these conversations. Finding meaning in daily work was important. Indeed, researchers have found that having creative and purposeful work to do is a key factor in happiness.  But people were quick to state the importance of balancing work and family obligations.

Chat participants(参与者) agreed that money does not surely bring happiness. And studies agree once people's basic needs like food and housing are met, higher incomes do little to improve your happiness.  At last, people found value in their connections with others.  Research shows that having support through friends, family, and social networks can bring happiness.  Many agree with @drmommy, who said “I measure my happiness by the loving people that are around me. ”

So, can we increase our happiness?  Expressing gratitude(感激) is a possible way of feeling happiness. Researchers have found that people who regularly write down things for which they are grateful in “gratitude journals” have increased satisfaction in life, higher energy levels, and improved health.  In one study, people who read a letter of appreciation to someone in their lives prove happier almost one month later.  Performing acts of kindness can raise your moods

Data show that our relationships matter, too. People who are interested in meaningful conversations with friends or family are reported to be happier than those who don't. Close interpersonal ties and strong social support are important for happiness.

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It happens all the time-you are standing on a bus, listening to music, when you feel someone's breath on the back of your neck. You think to yourself: Is this person getting too close to me? The answer is yes. Everyone has a sense of personal space.

According to a new study, the size of the space is different for different people, reported Los Angeles Times. In the study, researchers from University College of London asked volunteers to hold their hands at different distances from their face. They then gave them an electric shock on their hand while measuring how often the volunteers blinked. The more they blinked(眨眼),

The results among volunteers were a little different, but the average personal space was 20 to 40 centimeters. Researchers also found that the more anxious a person was, the larger their personal space was because they were more sensitive.

Besides psychological factors, . For example, a person who grew up in a country that hugs a lot has less of a problem with strangers getting too close than a person who grew up in one with more distance between people.

"If you are chatting to someone in your living room, you won't have a large safety margin(界限)at all, " explained researcher Gian Domenico Iannetti. "But if you are walking through a dangerous area, then that will be much bigger. " Sadly, sometimes people just don't understand the idea of personal space and keep getting into yours. Whenever that happens, rather than trying to step backwards, researchers suggest that you "create a new space" by turning to wave at someone passing by or to get something out of your bag.

A. But how big is this space?

B. it shows that they are worried about their hands.

C. the more of a threat they felt the shock was to their face.

E. culture is also thought to be able to change your personal space.

D. but generally it is between 20 to 40 centimeters in front of the face.

F. People's senses of personal space also depend on the environments they are in.

G. It is clear that people's senses of personal space is considered to be very important.

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I remember it as if it were yesterday. I was 11 then, thinking, if my parents weren't going to tell me, I would 1what was going on myself. I slowly walked up to my teacher and asked, ＂Mrs. Marcus, do you know what prostate cancer is?"She looked at me in2, "Why do you ask, Rachel?" I responded, "I 3my parents talking about it. "

Mrs. Marcus taught us health and nutrition. If there was anyone who had information on the topic, it was her. The next day, she4me an envelope in which was an article that answered my question. I read the article and learned it was a cancer with a low survival rate as it was5found early on.

My father had gone for a yearly check-up. Results came back and everything looked great. He looked at the reports and saw that some levels were 6elevated(升高），yet still within the normal7.

However, I was determined to talk with him seriously after careful 8. I told him, ＂You'd better check again just to be9. These levels aren't concerning, but you know… "＂Why not?"That"why not"10 my father to live for another 22 years. It 11my father did have early prostate cancer. In addition to traditional medicine, my parents tried every type of 12treatment they could get their hands on. 13he chose to operate. The operation proved successful and just weeks after they14the cancer, my father went skiing all day long.

I couldn't imagine what would have occurred if the borderline results had been ignored. With time, I understood, realizing my dad had cancer as a child was challenging and 15the way I view health.

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The Chinese Garden of Friendship was built as a beautiful symbol of friendshipSydney in the State of New South Wales and Guangzhou in the province of Guangdong, China(sister cities of sister states), to mark Australia's bicentenary(二百周年纪念) in 1988.

The garden (design)and built by Chinese landscape architects and gardeners, (follow)the Taoist principles of"Yin-Yang"and the five opposite elements-earth, fire, water, metal and wood. These principles also stress the (important)of Qi, the central force of life and energy.

Yin-Yang (play)such a vital role that just one missing element would disrupt the garden's harmony and balance. However, when (combine) perfectly, the five elements form a fluid and nurturing environment. Everything you encounter in the garden has been hand-picked and very carefully placed to capture the five elements and the energy of Qi.

Unlike western-style gardens, there are no planted flowerbeds neatly-cut lawns, wild (aspect)of nature are recreated in landscapes feature waterfalls, mountains, lakes and forests.

The art of Chinese Garden design began in imperial parks during the Shang Dynasty 3, 000 years ago. Darling Harbor's Chinese Garden of Friendship is a small-scale version of (type) private garden from this time.

The Forbidden City was once only a to the emperor, his family and senior officials.

The government makes it a top priority to guarantee that all children, whether urban or rural, have equal access to nine-year c education.

The number of road accidents and the deaths a from those accidents has increased over the past year.

In 1998, a modern (改编) of Charles Dickens novel Great Expectations appeared in cinema.

Do consider making information about your property downloadable into a PDA for easy (参考).

(考虑到) Australia's small population, its outstanding performance at the Olympics was really unbelievable.

“Rock Around the Clock” caused music to be classified as its own, separate style, and made it win international (认可).

Though when younger he painted a wide variety of subjects, when older he most often painted the water lilies (漂浮)on the surface of the pond in his garden.

It was then that Robert Redford became its sponsor and changed the focus to independent films, often made on very m (有限的) budgets.

In my opinion, governments should place (限制) on scientific research and development because the research might cause ethic problems, danger, and social chaos.

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Kenneth Hansen, 46, was working late one May evening two years ago, putting the last pieces of board on a house in Gratiot County, Michigan. He saw a boy crazily waving his arms. Then Hansen heard screaming. Standing on the back porch (门廊)of the house next door was the little boy screaming "Help!", while four dogs barked and ran after him. Hansen knew little about the boy. After all, the boy was just visiting his grandfather during holidays.

At first, Hansen thought it was just a dogfight. Then alarm bells went off in his head. The noises they made sounded like what dogs do when they're biting something. His feeling proved right when he watched in horror as they sank in their teeth and bit at the boy's leg.

Then, Hansen realized the boy was in a great danger. He raced across the grass, jumped over a six-foot-high fence and landed in the neighbor's yard. He shouted at the dogs, but they ignored him. He screamed and yelled louder until they let go just long enough for Henson to grab the eight-year-old boy, Ethan. But he couldn't grab him under his arms, which would make it harder to run, because the boy was badly injured. Luckily, He found a long wooden stick at the corner. Henson used it to drive the dogs away and held the boy into his arms.

Hansen ran fast across the yard, and the dogs followed him. Hansen ran to the back deck (木制平台). So did the dogs. When he reached the top, he pulled on a courtyard door, but it wouldn't open. At that time, a dog grabbed Ethan's foot again to get him back from Hansen. Then Hansen pulled on a second door. It sprang open. He rushed inside the house, followed closely by the dogs scratching (抓)at his legs. He opened a bedroom door a crack, pushed Ethan in quickly, then closed it immediately.
paragraph 1：Turning around, Hansen faced the dogs.
paragraph 2：Months later, Ethan was fully recovered.

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