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浙江省温州市2022-2023学年高一下学期期末教学质量统一监测英语试题

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日期: 2024-04-28
期末考试
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Here's a list of the new picture books and novels for children and teens this month.

Food Fight by Alex Latimer, Oxford, £7.99

The Fruits and the Vegetables are long-standing enemies until secret friends Grape and Mushroom set off on a pilgrimage (朝圣) to the Wise d Cheese. Can they find a way bring peace to Fruit Bowl and Veg Drawer alike? A diversity of verbal and visual puns (双关语) makes for a funny picture-book treat.

The Boy Who Saved a Bear by Nizrana Farook, Nosy Crow, £7.99

Farook's latest animal adventure features a boy Numan who is convinced that his parents favour his perfect brother Krish and is determined t prove his worth. After he takes over Krish's book delivery job, he forms an unexpected bond with a frightening bear and sets out to return the stolen Key of Nissanka to the King's City, This lively, exciting picture book for 8+ will attract existing fans and newcomers alike.

Stink by Jenny McLachian, Farshore, £7.99

Danny thinks the fairy door he got for his birthday is a rubbish present. Worse still, Stink, the world's worst fairy, flies out of it. Stink does nothing but ride on rats, eat insects and cause trouble. The only way she can get back to Fairyland is by doing a good deed. Can Danny help his hopeless fairy be good for once? This wildly comic, highly illustrated book is perfect for 6 and up.

A Child Like You by Na'ima B Robert and Nadine Kaadan, Otter-Barry, £12.99

This powerful picture book for 5+ readers describes four children's fears and worries—climate disaster, lack of support, feeling lost and alone—and then shows how they find ways to fight back, "because the world can be a hopeful place" too.

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On our second day in Barcelona, Spain, my classmates and I headed out to see the sights. We hadn't had a chance to stop by any banks to take out cash, but we had our bank cards, which, to our American way of thinking, would naturally be accepted anywhere. Our teacher led us to La Sagrada Familia, a church which has been under construction for over 100 years.

She let each of us decide whether we wanted to pay for entrance to the church or return to the hotel after a long day. Many headed for the subway and returned to the hotel. Eager to explore more, two of my friends and I wandered about the plaza (露天广场), but soon the other two decided they wanted to return to the hotel also. I was confident in my abilities and had a subway ticket, so I felt comfortable without them; I got in line to enter the church.

When I reached the window, they asked for the 10-euro admission price. I confidently handed over my bank card, which they denied, asking for cash only. I was shocked. I only had three euros on hand, and my entire group had left. I was leaving the next day to fly to Madrid, and I wasn't going to get this opportunity again.

Just then, I overheard English being spoken around me. It took about ten minutes to collect my courage to approach the speakers and explained my dilemma: American student, no cash, priceless landmark, no other opportunity to see it. Fortunately, one smiling woman handed me a 20-euro bill. "Go buy me a bottle of wine, and you can keep the change," she offered. I did so without delay, grateful that I wouldn't miss this fantastic opportunity.

Perhaps seven euros didn't mean a lot to her, but it meant a lot to me, and she offered it in such a friendly way that I didn't feel like a beggar. That simple act of kindness remains in my memory as one of the nicest things a stranger has ever done for me.

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Earlier this month, TikTok announced that it will be introducing screen time limits for the accounts of users aged under 18. Children under 13 will require a parent or guardian to type in a password to continue scrolling (滚屏) through their feed, and those aged 13-17 will be asked to set their own passwords when the viewing time goes beyond the limit.

Studies suggest that 30 minutes may be the sweet spot for social media use, where users are able to stay connected with friends and family and view entertainment. However, many other studies show that overly-heavy social media use can lead to a lot of problems, such as physical issues and depression.

By suggesting 100 minutes as a hard line where a password is required to be created by the user, TikTok is gradually making the standards clear as to what may be regarded as problematic social media habit in young people. Although these passwords for older teenagers can obviously be bypassed, they are a step in the right direction in encouraging children to use social media responsibly.

Also, parents who own their own TikTok accounts will be able to link with their children's accounts, gaining additional, such as muting notifications (消息免打扰) and customizing time limits for different days in the week.

Algorithms (算法) that could tell parents if the child has been viewing dangerous material could soon be put into use. However, the difficulty in this is the amount of content available on the internet.

Ultimately, apps such as TikTok and Instagram will need to continue introducing more measures to improve online safety for children.

Lawmakers around the world are paying close attention to the effect social media has on the young, meaning that the development of new tools to improve its use will no doubt take place soon if big tech wishes to avoid additional legal issues.

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It's hard to predict which songs will become hits. It's even more difficult to predict which artists topping today's charts will go on to record more hits and who will see their fame end.

To figure out if there's some kind of principle that can help explain who becomes a flash in the    an and who has a lasting music career, Justin Berg, a social scientist who researches creativity at Stanford University's business school, studied the songs from pop music charts. He used a database of about 3 million songs from 1959-2010 released by record labels that had produced at least one hit in the United States over that time. Of those songs, nearly 25,000 landed on the weekly Billboard Hot 100. That provided Berg with a list of nearly 4,900 artists who had one or more songs that made the list, his yardstick (标准) for defining a hit.

Hits are rare, the data show. Of the 69,000 artists in the original database, 93 percent never had a hit, 3 percent had one and 1 percent had two hits. The success rate for additional hits drops from there.

Artists with more variety in their music type have a better chance to land repeat hits. But there's a dilemma for artists who want to be popular over the long term. Variety isn't what helps artists land that first hit, Berg reports. It's the similarity of a new song to recent hits.

According to Berg's study, musical artists who produced music like other already existing music were about twice as likely to have their first hit. But those who created a more creative and varied music type before fame hit were more likely to make a series of hits.

However, Berg doesn't want his research to diminish (贬低) the accomplishments of one-hit wonders. "A lot of them in their time were quite famous and successful," he says. "You go out and try to make a song that catchy. It's not an easy challenge."

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Every day, we face a series of opportunities o do the right thing. Sometimes we seize (抓住) those moments; other times, we don't. And what drives some people to take the moral high ground?

Jessie Sun interviewed 952 people about the motivations (动机) for moral behavior and the changes they wished to make in their lives order to become more morally good.

When we think about morals, we often think about making "personal sacrifices (牺牲)" for the greater good. In Sun's study, she found that nearly half of the participants said they were most encouraged to become more moral for themselves. And fewer participants said that they most wanted to benefit friends and people in general.

Moreover, many people believe that acting more morally—for example, being more thoughtful, more open-minded—would increase their own well-being. The more they believed that their moral change would have positive results for themselves, the more they reported being encouraged to make that change.  That was the most surprising finding in the study.

Interestingly, participants generally expected possible harms to themselves and others if they were honest. You can imagine that some people regularly tell white lies to save other people's feelings, and they believed it would be hurtful if they were honest.

Researchers also asked people about the things they'd like to improve about themselves. If they're extremely shy, they usually want to become more comfortable in social situations. But if they aren't especially honest or thoughtful, they usually won't improve those aspects of their lives on purpose.

A. How can we become more moral?

B. So, why do we make these choices?

C. Being moral just isn't what most people consider first.

D. Being moral means different things to different people.

E. But people see some disadvantages of being moral, too.

F. In short, many people want to become more moral for their own benefits.

G. Sixteen percent said that they most wanted to become more moral for their family.

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Jeremy was with his father in South Africa, which was far from his hometown Wales. He rarely spent time with his father, a famous wildlife photographer. So far, he wasn't sure he liked following his dad around. The work seemed mostly hot and boring.

"Ready?" Dad asked. Jeremy nodded and they climbed into the old truck. As the truck moved noisily across the rough dirt, Dad chatted with the local guide Ben. And Jeremy watched for animals.

Suddenly, there came a big crash from the car. Jeremy was shocked to find that the door had fallen off! "It might be a blessing (幸事) in disguise! Now we can see better," Dad said. Ben threw the door into the back of the truck.

They stopped near a river. Ben said he was friends with the elephants that sometimes gathered here. Maybe they'd see some. Before long, Jeremy saw a small group of elephants in the distance, moving slowly through the grassland towards the water. Dad leaped out of the truck and focused his camera on the largest elephant, whose two long teeth shone in the sun. Jeremy spotted a very young baby elephant walking between two adults. It was tiny, by elephant standards. The two adult elephants kept stopping to wait for their baby.

Jeremy watched as the group neared the river. They trumpeted loudly and flapped their large ears to cool themselves down. Then several larger elephants jumped in the water up to their ears. However, Jeremy lost sight of the baby. Where was it? Then he saw. It was in water up to its eyes, holding its trunk (象鼻) up above the water. Jeremy hoped it could breathe through its trunk, because its mouth was underwater.

Other elephants were using their trunks to spray (喷洒) themselves with the cool water, splashing and playing in the water. It was an elephant party. But the baby elephant was in trouble. "Look!" screamed Jeremy. The bank was too steep (陡峭的) for the baby. It couldn't climb out of the water. Other elephants tried pushing it, without success. The mother was anxious.

注意:1. 续写词数应为100左右;2. 续写部分为一段,段首句已写好。

                                 

Suddenly, Jeremy got an idea and rushed to the back of the truck.

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