江苏省扬州市2018-2019学年高一下学期英语期末调研试题

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    ﹡After the fire, what now?

    Bishop Patrick Chauvet, Notre Dame (巴黎圣母院)'s manager, admitted that the famous building would close for "five to six years" as he spoke with local business owners Wednesday. He added that it was unclear what the church's 67 employees would be doing in the future. French President Emmanuel Macron said Tuesday that he wanted the church rebuilt in five years.

    ﹡What are the new rules?

    While tourists can't go inside the site itself, the area still may prove popular to those paying their respects. Visitors are welcome to write messages of support in both the main and local city halls.

    The island that houses the church has been closed and the people there have beenevacuatedsince the fire. Paris businessmen who depend on Notre Dame tourism are worried about the church's future as well as their own.

    ﹡_________________________

    It's known that spring is a busy time for tourists in Paris. The travel company recommends people visit other places, like the Basilique Saint-Denis, the Sacre-Coeur and so on. Those who tend to observe church services during Holy Week are advised to go to Saint-Eustache.

    ﹡Looking ahead to rebuilding

    It seems rebuilding can begin, since firefighters put out the fire early Tuesday, more than 12 hours after nearly 400 firefighters had battled the flames that changed the city's skyline. Two policemen and one firefighter were not badly injured, according to the Paris Fire Service.

    A large campaign to raise money already is underway to rebuild the church. Up to Wednesday, donations came to $1 billion.

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    A team of Israeli scientists "printed" a heart with a patient's own cells (细胞) first in the world, researchers say.

    Past researchers had been able to print simple tissues (生物组织) without blood vessels (血管), the team said. The new development is the first time "anyone anywhere has successfully engineered and printed an entire heart filled with cells, blood vessels and so on," Tal Dvir of Tel Aviv University toldThe Jerusalem Post.

    Dvir and his team reported the findings Monday inAdvanced Science. The heart, about the size of a rabbit's, is too small for a human, but the process used to create it shows the potential for one day being able to 3D-print pieces and maybe full transplants (移植), the team said. Because the heart is made from the patient's own biological material, it reduces the chance that the transplant would fail, according to the research paper. The team used fatty tissues, then separated and "reprogrammed" the materials. The cells that become heart cells were then created.

    The development is being praised as a "major breakthrough" in medicine and one that could help battle heart disease, the leading cause of death in the United States, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "Patients will no longer have to wait for transplants or take medicines to prevent their side effects," Tel Aviv University said in a statement. "Instead, the needed hearts, lungs etc. will be printed, fully personalized for every patient." The research is still a long way off from clearing the way to transplant the 3D-printed hearts into humans, the team says.

    Dvir told the news organization Bloomberg that the heart the team printed will need another month before cells develop full to beat. Tests on animals would need to be done before the technology could be tried in humans, he added. It would take a whole day and billions, rather than millions, of cells to print a human heart, Dvir told Bloomberg.

    But Dvir remains hopeful. "Maybe, in 10 years, such printers will be seen and used in the finest hospitals around the world," he told The Times of Israel.

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    In 2009 a group of parents in Lymington started sharing worries about their children's money-management skills. Pocket money was now stored in a building society rather than a piggy bank (储蓄罐); household shopping was done online; the children rarely saw their parents handling cash. They were spending online, too.Money had become intangible. How, then, were children to learn its value?

    The answer they came up with was GoHenry, an app now available in America as well as Britain. It is designed to help young people learn good spending habits through real-world money activities. Parents sign up with their own bank accounts and pay a monthly fee of £2.99 or $3.99 for each child aged six or over. Adults and children download separate versions. Parents can schedule pocket money and set chores. When those are marked as done, the child is paid the agreed amount. Parents can see what the child has bought and where. And they can choose where the card can be used: in shops, online or at ATMs.

    Children get cards printed with their name. They can put money in savings pots, view their spending and balances, and set savings targets. "They could decide to save ten dollars for a friend's birthday in four weeks' time, or set a goal at 12 to have $2,000 to buy a car at age 18," says Dean Brauer, one of GoHenry's founders. "The app tells them how much to save each week to meet their goal."

    A big benefit of such apps is that they inspire family conversations about money. According to the latest research, more than half of British parents find the subject hard to discuss with their children. And yet most agree that children's attitudes to money are formed in their early years.

    Some GoHenry customers are wealthy parents who worry that their children will grow up with little knowledge of money. Others have slim incomes but regard the app as a preparation for their child's future. Some say that they have been in debt and want their children to avoid that mistake when they grow up; others that the app is cost-effective because their children learn to plan spending. Even though young people no longer touch and hold money, they can still be taught to handle it well.

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    Look out of the window of your workplace. Is the view pleasing? Can you see trees and grassy areas, or rubbish bins? Do you enjoy leaving the building at lunchtime or would you rather stay in your office?

    Indoor work environments (in particular factors like light, noise and temperature) have an effect on working quality. Attractive offices, with common areas and relaxing activities, will appeal to businesses and workers. If a positive office indoor environment helps, it makes sense that a nice outdoor one should do the job, too.

    Those who work in a big city are complaining about crowded conditions, surrounded by busy roads. But there are exceptions. Chiswick Park in west London is the kind of area that local people like to frequent on their days off. It has its own waterfall and lake, where ducks have settled, and there are tree-shaded lawns where one can picnic on sunny summer days. The actively minded can head for a special area to play basketball or football. The autumn brings firework shows and when the weather is good, the site holds food fairs, concerts or other events.

    During the week, however, 9,000 people flood into the park's 12 office buildings. They are home to 73 businesses, including big companies like Paramount and Sony.

    Anyone who has visited the main office of a tech company will be surprised to find comfortable chairs, pool tables and even guitars or bikes for hire, like those in a big hotel. The worry about such services is that they aim to keep employees in the office for as long as possible. If you can eat, go to the gym and even get your dry cleaning done at work, why go home?

    The danger, as with many aspects of the future economy, is of another class divide. In addition to fat pay checks, well-decorated offices with top-class services located in attractive parks for the fortunate few who program for big tech groups or run large companies; dissatisfying jobs in "satisfying centers" and busy roads outside for the rest. On the bright side, office workers in the latter will at least still have a reason to head home.

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The call of the Wild

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To the Lighthouse

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    Much has been made about the need for teachers to develop healthy relationships with the parents of their students. Similarly, headmasters who hold the opportunity to build the relationships with parents will find it to be a worthwhile investment (投资).

    As is known, headmasters spend much time on after-school activities. Great headmasters are good at finding common interests with almost any parent. They can talk about anything from the weather to politics to sports. Having these talks helps parents see you as a real person for the school. Knowing something personal about you will make it easier to trust and respect you.

    One simple strategy for building relationships with parents is to call 5-10 parents each week and ask them a sum of questions about the school, their children's teachers, etc. Parents will love that you took the time to ask them their opinion.  A headmaster can invite a small group of parents to join them for lunch to talk about key problems the school is dealing with. These lunches can be scheduled every month or as needed.

    Finally, schools are almost always forming committees on different school-related topics. These committees should not be limited to school personnel. Inviting parents and students to serve on a committee brings a different viewpoint that can be beneficial for everyone. And they provide their stamp (印记) on their child's education. Headmasters are able to use this time to continue to build relationships and ask for a viewpoint.

A. Another strategy is a parent's lunch.

B. Parents may not always agree with your decisions.

C. Parents get to be a part of the inner workings of the school.

D. This is a great opportunity to build informal relationships with parents.

E. The relationship between headmaster and parents are more distant.

F. They see you in part as the person who really likes their kids.

G. Adopting these strategies can really strengthen relationships with parents.

Experts have shared their opinions on how to _____ the changes in the digital age.

The knowledge and skills the trainees have learned can help them make a clear _____ between what is right and wrong.

Being able to _____ on a stage will for sure serve as a great inspiration for their future careers if they hold on.

VR can be used to practise skills in a(n) _____ environment that otherwise would be quite dangerous.

The tea-picking opera _____ developed from the tea-growing regions in Jiangxi where the tea pickers would sing songs while working.

— The trip to Yangzhou is impressive thanks to free access to tourist attractions, isn't it?

— Well, free access is just an added _____ and the real attraction lies in its local-flavor food.

The origins of _____ is now generally known as modern art can be linked to social changes of the 18th century.

Tourists who enter the quiet area _____ obey the rule to reduce any potential effect on the environment.

The inventor is satisfied to see a number of new products _____ after countless efforts.

The greatest discovery of our generation is _____ a human being can change his life by changing his attitudes.

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    On March 25, 2010, Kate and David Ogg heard the words every parent fears: Their newborn wasn't going to make it. Their twins—a girl and a boy—were born two minutes 1 and 14 weeks before the natural time, 2 just over two pounds each. Doctors had tried to 3 the boy for 20 minutes but saw no 4. His 5 was nearly gone, and he'd stopped breathing.

    The baby had just moments to live. "I saw him gasp (倒抽气), but the doctor said it was no 6," Kate remembered. "I know it sounds 7, but if he was still gasping, that was a(n) 8of life. I wasn't going to 9 easily." Still, the 10 knew this was likely goodbye. "We'd accepted the fact that we were going to 11 him, and we were just trying to make the most of those last moments."

    Kate took Jamie out of his hospital blanket and 12 David to take his shirt off and join them in bed. The first-time parents wanted their son to be as 13 as possible and hoped the skin-to-skin 14 would improve his condition. They also talked to 15. "We explained his name and that he had a twin that he had to 16 and how hard we had tried to have him." Then something unbelievable happened. Jamie gasped again—and then he started 17. Finally, he 18 for his father's finger. The couple's dying boy had made it.

    Eight years later, Jamie and his sister, Emily, are happy and healthy. The Oggs only recently told the kids the story of their 19. "Emily burst into tears," Kate said. "She was really upset, and she kept holding Jamie in arms . This whole experience makes you 20 them more."

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    Now that the temperature is heating up, do you find yourself  (stare) at a sea of clothes in your cupboard, wondering what to wear? You may have a lot of choices, but which one is the  reasonable?

    The idea of wearing dark clothes doesn't make sense as heat hungrily goes into the clothes and  (cause) you to suffer a lot. But white clothes will lightly return the heat right off, and you'll be more comfortable on a hot day.

     it certainly sounds great in theory, there are a few other factors at play that might be working against the old saying about the light clothes. At the very least, there's some  (convince) evidence that says it doesn't matter. Let's start with some 1980 academic research from the journal "Nature," titled "Why do Bedouins (贝都因人) wear black robes (长袍) in hot deserts?"

    The researchers,  you can guess, were as confused as you and I by the fact that in serious heat, the people of the Sinai desert wear black robes instead of white.  they found was that the differences were zero when they tested white robes versus black.

    They found that the black clothes did collect more heat, but that's  it stayed. In other words, the black clothes take  additional heat, but that extra is lost by the time it actually gets to your skin. Is there a way more useful for keeping cool, however? The robes are loose to allow air to move.

    There's also an argument that the whole "light clothes" argument is missing a key element: the person who's wearing the clothes. This means that the heat your body gives out will actually reflect off white clothing, returning to your body  (keep) you comfortably warm. Not a bad theory, but it's not tested on humans.

The local government has a great importance to protecting these traditional skills.

Consumers have easy access to the store, because it c lies just on Main Street.

The people there believe that fire helps drive away disaster and m.

It is of great s to promote the Belt and Road cooperation with related countries.

All of these public service advertisements are m to educate the public.

—Why did Dimitri make an apology to Aleko?

— Because he was a of having acted so rashly.

—How deep do the platforms extend?

—They extend to a d of over 100 feet under the sea.

— Does modern art can be only seen in museums?

— No. This idea is m.

—When did Mrs. Ramsay receive the anonymous letter?

— Just three days after Rastus' d.

—What had happened to Louis Bleriot about a week before July 21, 1909?

—He had completed a successful overland flight d which he covered twenty-six miles.

假设你是中华高中高二(11)班的班长Jim。你班将举办一次英语演讲比赛(speech contest)。希望来自附近IT公司的美国人Green女士来做评委。请参照下面比赛通知给她写一封邀请信。

注意：词数100左右。

Dear Ms. Green,

Yours sincerely,

Jim