广东省梅州市2023-2024学年高一上学期期末考试英语

 By the time I rushed to the train station the train ____.

 In Sri Lanka, 1,600 km west of the quake centre, the number of ____ was 2498.

 For me, ____ is the biggest problem — there are just SO MANY new words.

 After a while, she discovered that ____ could help her feel less lonely and bored.

 Only when we learn to exist in harmony with nature can we stop ____ to wildlife and to our planet.

"When you ____ tough times, you meet others online who are facing similar challenges," Jan said.

 Finding and keeping the right ____ between progress and the protection of cultural sites can be a big challenge.

 If you ____ about all the different ____ brochures, just turn to me.

 This is the architect ____ the speaker referred in his lecture yesterday.

 We will start at the point ____ we left off last time.

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Global Works provides international travel programs that help teens learn about the world.

Costa Rica: Wild Adventure

This service program brings you into a wildlife reserve, where you will do some voluntary work to help protect local animals. After an overnight white-water rafting (漂流) trip you get to work on sea turtle (海龟) protection projects on Costa Rican beaches!

GRADES: 9-12 DAYS: 21 DESTINATION: Costa Rica FOCUS: Wildlife Protection

AVG.GROUP SIZE: 18 Students/3 Staff

Fiji Islands: Sunny Service and Island Immersion (沉浸)

Looking for an unforgettable travel program? Join our Fijian family! Experience Fijian life firsthand and contribute to service projects that bring us to the heart of the local community. In this teen volunteer program, you will have a chance to play with the local kids and teach them English!

GRADES: 9-12 DAYS:17 DESTINATION: Fiji Islands FOCUS: Working with Children

AVG.GROUP SIZE: 16 Students /2 Staff 

Puerto Rico:Hurricane Relief

This is a hands-on service trip focused on hurricane relief and disaster prevention efforts. Home repair work is the heart of this program. The projects we work on will help families and communities to deal with a future hurricane.

GRADES: 9-12 DAYS: 8 DESTINATION: Puerto Rico, United States

FOCUS: Building Services

AVG.GROUP SIZE:18 Students /3 Staff 

France: French Immersion

Want more than just a standard France teen travel program?This French adventure has it all! From the Palais de Versailles to the French Alps, your journey introduces you to some of Frances most attractive sites and stories.

GRADES: 9-12. DAYS: 21 DESTINATION: France FOCUS: French Immersion

AVG.GROUP SIZE: 18 Students /3 Staff

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In my childhood, my mother spent her evening hours doing something for someone else. Sometimes she knitted (编织) hats for babies, and at other times, she cooked chicken soup for sick neighbors. Therefore, I wasn't surprised when one evening my mother announced she had undertaken a new project.

"I am going to telephone seniors," said my mother. "Every night? But you don't even know these people." "It doesn't matter," she said. "What's important is that I listen." I was sixteen years old and couldn't understand why my mother was willing to spend her evenings talking to strangers. She had friends and my two older sisters to call if she felt lonely. "They will talk your ear off. Some people didn't even stop to catch breath." I said.

My attitude didn't stop my mother's enthusiasm for the project. That evening, she settled on the sofa and dialed. For a while, I listened as she asked the woman on the other line about her day and what she had eaten for dinner. When she finished the call, I said, "Why do you care whether she had cookies or rice pudding for dessert?" My mother grasped one of my hands and gave it a slight squeeze. "I'm the only person she talked to today."

It took me more than thirty years to fully understand the meaning of that statement. Now, as my mother is nearing eighty, I find myself thinking about those nightly calls she used to make. I am often the only person who telephones my mother, and sometimes I'm the only person she speaks to all day. I ask her what she cooked for dinner, but mostly I just listen as she describes a walk she took, or how her dog Lucky stole foods from the refrigerator. I realize that my mother's calls were life lines that ensured housebound seniors remained connected to the world. Without her, their world would have been empty.

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Japan has started releasing wastewater into the ocean. But this isn't the kind of wastewater that flows from city streets into stormwater drains. It's treated nuclear wastewater used to cool damaged reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, stricken by an earthquake over a decade ago.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has approved the plan by Japan to release more than a million tons of treated nuclear waste water from the destroyed Fukushima power plant into the ocean, believing Japan's claims that the wastewater would be safe. However, Neighboring countries and other experts say it remains environmentally harmful that will last generations and may affect ecosystems all the way to North America.

Local fishermen, who heavily depend on the ocean's resources, fear a huge decrease in their marketability. "Japan's self-interest should not harm the well-being of humanity in the long run." They said.

The release of the wastewater into the sea is a threat to the ocean environment and will damage Japan's international image. The amount of money Japan would need to spend in restoring (恢复) its international image will far exceed that required to solve the problem in an eco-friendly way.

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Public Speaking

It can be stressful to deliver a speech in front of people. What do you say? How do you catch people's attention? What do you do if you mess up? You can use the following basics about the art of public speaking to help you overcome these challenges and be a good speaker.

Point everything back to the central idea

Before you begin your speech, figure out your core message. It makes it easier to decide what to say and it helps you make every other decision, from the structure to the specific stories and concrete images that you include.

To make your presentation memorable, you can try using "sticky stories" in your speeches — honest, vivid anecdotes (逸闻) with details that engage the senses of sight, sound, smell, taste and touch. People remember stories and images.

Practice in front of people

Practicing your speech can ease feelings of nervousness and help you adjust your presentation. Ask a friend or a family member to listen to you as you practice. You can also take a voice memo with your phone and play it back to yourself.

Slow down and start again

If something unexpected happens in the moment — say you stumble (结巴) or lose your place — pause or slow down. Take a deep breath and go back to the beginning of a sentence or restate the word you stumbled on. And don't worry people don't notice those pauses as much as you think they do. The point is to set yourself up for success, not perfection.

A. Use vivid imagery and storytelling.

B. These problems will drive you mad.

C. Avoid big words and long sentences.

D. Even if someone does notice, that's OK, too.

E. Then make sure all the ideas in your speech point back to it.

F. There's also a chance to practice short speeches on important topics.

G. By doing so, you can get supportive feedback to improve your speech.

 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

One day, my son Ryan said, "I'm going to keep working until everyone in Africa has clean water." I thought, oh, boy! But I'd heard about encouraging children to be 1 and dream big dreams. So I didn't want to say that he couldn't make a 2 .

At first, he planned to make money to build a 3 in Africa. But when he 4 his first $70 made by doing chores in neighborhood to a charity (慈善机构), he was told that it actually 5 $2000 to build a well. It was a lot of money, but Ryan didn't 6 . He persuaded his classmates and neighbors to give money. And I wrote to the local newspaper to make his story go 7 . After several months, Ryan had 8 the $2000, with which a well was built near a primary school in Uganda. The children at the school 9 needed to walk for hours to get water. They were 10 to him and invited him to visit.

In Uganda, Ryan saw the well with his own eyes and hundreds of students who had turned out to 11  him. Seeing that he really had 12  these children, he broke into a 13  smile. 

Now there is a Ryan's Well Foundation. His dream has 14 the lives of so many people, though most of whom we will never meet. Ryan has shown me what the 15 of dreams can do.

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The Chinese New Year is now widely known as the Spring Festival because it starts the beginning of Spring. (it) origin (起源) is too old to be known. Several explanations are hanging around. But all agree that the word Nian, which in modern Chinese means "year", was (original) the name of a monster beast started to eat people the night before the beginning of a new year.

One legend goes that the beast Nian had a very big mouth that would swallow a great many people with one bite. People were very (frighten). One day, old man came to help them, offering to subdue Nian. He told people (put) up red paper decorations on their windows and (door) at each year's end to scare away Nian in case it came back again, because red was the color the beast feared the most.

Today, the custom of putting up red paper and setting off fire-crackers  (be) still around. However, people have long forgotten why they are doing all this, except that they feel the color and the sound add to the  (excite) of the celebration.

 Which club do you think is  (suit) for Adam? He likes maths very much.(所给词的适当形式填空)

 It is for this reason that Spanish is the main (office) language of Peru. (所给词的适当形式填空)

(obvious), I was unhappy, but I won't quit. （所给单词适当形式填空）

 Jordan's skills were impressive, but the mental  (strong) that he showed made him unique. （所给单词适当形式填空）

 It's(legal) to drive a car without a driver's license. (所给词的适当形式填空)

If you want to pass the exams, you'd better change your (态度). (根据汉语提示单词拼写)

 At that time fifty countries  (捐赠) nearly $80 million to the project. (根据汉语提示单词拼写)

 Look! The exchange student is talking to Mr. Zhang on  (校园). (根据汉语提示单词拼写)

People buy lots of things at great (折扣) on November 11^th, Singles' day. (根据汉语提示单词拼写)

 Remember: This door should only be used in an  (紧急情况). (根据汉语提示单词拼写)

 我决定这学期报名上夜校。

I have decided to  evening classes this term.

 不抽烟的人的健康状况平均比抽烟的人好得多。

, people who don't smoke are much healthier than people who do.

 赛场上的失利会使他更加努力地训练和绝不放弃。

Losing games taught him to practise harder and never .

 今天，来自世界各地的游客纷纷造访敦煌、欣赏洞窟。

Today, tourists from  visit Dunhuang to see the caves.

 汉字，最初是一种基于图形的语言，追溯到数千年前使用龙骨的时期。

Written Chinese, a picture-based language at the beginning,  several thousand years to the use of longgu.

 两周之后，她们真成了世界冠军!(汉译英)

 首先，我得非常认真地考虑自己要选什么课程。（汉译英）

 我们可以从大型数据库中获得最新的信息。(汉译英)

 今天下午，我们在科学实验室上化学课。(汉译英)

 到达目的地之后，您将有一天的时间来探索这座令人叹为观止的古城。(汉译英)

假定你是李华，你校高一级将于下周举行"12公里徒步活动"。请你代表学生会给你校外籍教师Johnson写一封电子邮件，邀请他参加本次徒步活动。内容包括：1.向他发出邀请；2.介绍本次徒步活动；3.活动注意事项。

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 Johnson,

……

Yours sincerely,

Li Hua