福建省厦门重点中学2022-2023学年高二下学期期中英语试题

If a list was to be made about places that most people would like to visit before their death, Venice would beat the very top of the list. This ancient city with its rich history not only gives you a beautiful holiday destination, but true taste of Italian Cuisine. Here is a list of some of the best restaurants in Venice.

Quadri

Some travel advisers would term Quadri as the only fine dining restaurant located in Piazza San Marco. This might have contributed to it winning the Michelin Star Award in 2012. It offers you a variety of dishes but specializes most on fish and desserts. To top it, all the view from this restaurant is breathtaking.

Alle Testiere

With a sitting space of only 22 people at a time, this is the perfect restaurant for you if you wish to enjoy your meal away from the crowd. With a price range of less than $100 per person, you'll be able to enjoy Chef Bruno's delicacy. What makes this restaurant so special is that the Chef prepares his meals with what is fresh in the market that day.

Antico Martini

A traveler magazine ranks it as one of the top dining restaurants to visit in Venice. Established in 1720, its 300 years of history is enough to tempt any tourist. However, its food does not disappoint and its fine dining rooms conceal (掩盖) their age with a modern look. The menu offers visitor different types of fresh fish or you can choose the traditional Venetian cuisine meals accompanied by seasonal vegetables.

Impronta Cafe

If you prefer a modern dinning setting, then this should be your restaurant of choice. In this restaurant, you can get all your favorite food that you enjoy at home while still enjoying the beauty of Venice. Their sandwiches are very good and their salad bar is unmatched by any other restaurant in Venice.

Trucker Gerlock traveled hundreds of thousands of miles with his dog, Holly, who came with him on every route-including his last one. While driving near Dallas, Texas, on the job, the 59-year-old Marylander crashed into a concrete column. Gerlock was killed instantly. Looking in the back of the truck, though, rescue drivers found one survivor.

Rescue workers cut the Chesapeake Bay retriever(切萨皮克海湾寻回犬)—practically untouched—out of the back of the truck, where she'd been sleeping. "It's amazing that anything survived," Sandy Nordhoff, friend of Gerlock, told The Kent County News.

Unsure what happened to Holly, Gerlock's friends from his town of Rock Hall, Maryland, made numerous calls and emails to agencies in order to find out where the dog was. Eventually, they found out she had been staying in Dallas Animal Services shelter and a foster family had taken her in for Thanksgiving. The Rock Hall locals hatched a plan to get her home.

Joe Creighton and Sandy's husband, Russell Nordhoff, both lifelong friends of Gerlock, volunteered to make the 2,800-mile trip from Rock Hall to Dallas and back, which took two days each way. The friends borrowed Gerlock's pickup truck for the road, so Holly would feel more comfortable on the journey home, according to The Kent County News.

Back in Rock Hall, some of Gerlock's friends adopted Holly. Ever since, the dog has been a town icon(偶像), making an appearance in almost every town parade.

"The outpouring of love shown towards Gerlock and Holly was heartwarming," Rock Hall resident Jamie Elburn tells Reader's Digest. "It shows how the companionship of man's best friends and simple kindness can overcome even the most difficult situation!"

Working on a computer with a traditional mouse never came easy for 8-year-old Isabelle Dapkus, who has developmental disabilities. However, Isabelle is now able to access her schoolwork online, all thanks to a fidget mouse (减压鼠标): the Hoglet—a multisensory device that resembles toy. "She's never been able to use a mouse before, and it wasn't for lack of trying, but it was just not the appropriate tool," said her mother, Julia Dapkus, 41, of Michigan.

As virtual learning has become a common option for families during the COVID-19 pandemic, online schooling has also become a struggle for students with developmental disabilities.

The Hoglet—which takes its name from its resemblance to a baby hedgehog (刺猬)—is specially designed with elements from a fidget toy to increase focus for those with developmental disabilities and autism spectrum disorder (自闭症). The Hoglet is wireless and minimizes clicking sounds as to not annoy those with autism spectrum disorder.

Parker Lynch, creator of the Hoglet and CEO of Hedgehog Health, met Dapkus at a fundraiser, and he eventually asked her and her daughter to test the mouse out. Children who use a fidget device have an increase in concentration, are not as restless and are more likely to complete tasks in treatment and education, according to a study. The Flushing Hospital Medical Center in New York, which performed the study, found that fidget toys can be academically beneficial for all students, including those with learning disabilities.

Because of research of his own that saw similar results, Lynch decided to create a tool similar to fidget toys that could provide the same functionality. After five years of research and testing, Lynch founded Hedgehog Health and released the company's first product, the Hoglet.

Lynch is now working on a removable and washable cover for the Hoglet as well as another mouse that will stimulate all five senses.

In the frozen continent of Antarctica scientists fear an alien invasion(侵袭)—not from outer space, but carried in people's pockets and bags.

Seeds and plants accidentally brought to Antarctica by tourists and scientists may introduce alien plant species which could threaten the survival of native plants in the finely balanced ecosystem.

"The people that were carrying the most had lots and lots of seeds. They really were real threats," said Dana Bergstrom, from the Australian Antarctic Division.

"When we take things in through hitchhiking (搭车旅行) then we get species which are competitive. The plants and animals there are not necessarily competitive, so we'd start losing various precious biodiversity on the (Antarctic) continent", Bergstrom told Reuters.

Amongst the alien species discovered were the Iceland Poppy, and Annual Winter Grass—all from cold climates and capable of growing in Antarctica.

The Antarctic Peninsula, where most tourists travel, is now considered a "hot spot" on the frozen continent and the warmer the climate, the easier for seeds to grow. "The peninsula is warming at some of the greatest rates on the planet," said Bergstrom.

The study, the first continent-wide assessment of invasive species in Antarctica, surveyed about 1,000 passengers during 2007-2008, the first year of the International Polar Year, an international effort to research the polar areas.

Bergstrom said the one alien seed that had gained a foothold is Annual Winter Grass. It is a strong weed in the sub-Antarctic and is on the Antarctic island of King George. It has also made its way to the tail part of the Antarctic continent.

As a speaker of 10 languages I know the benefits of speaking more than one language. To start with, we need to dispel(消除) four common misconceptions about language learning.

You have to have a gift for learning languages.

No, you don't.In Sweden and Holland most people speak more than one language. They can't just all be gifted at languages. In language learning it is attitude, not aptitude(天赋) that determines success.

Some immigrants to North America never learn to speak more than broken English. Yet we meet people in other countries who speak flawless English. With the Internet, language content is available to anyone with a computer.

To learn a language you need formal classroom instruction.

Classrooms may be economical to run and a great place to meet others. They have the weight of history and tradition behind them. Unfortunately, a classroom is an inefficient place to learn a language.A majority of school kids graduate unable to communicate in languages that they study for 10 or more years.

I would love to learn but 1 don't have the time.

How about the time you spend waiting in line or going for a walk? Why not use that time to listen to a language on your iPad? Once you get started, even 10 or 15 minutes a day will soon grow to 30 minutes a day, or one hour.. As I do, you will find the time.

A. Anyone who wants to, can learn.

B. That's my experience.

C. Where you live is not a problem.

D. You need to speak in order to learn.

E. The more students in the class, the more inefficient it is.

F. You have to live where the language is spoken.

G. We simply have to change the way we go about teaching languages.

We have all heard how time is more valuable than money, but is it1to have too much?

I remembered back in high school I spent most of my day at school since I also2a team sport. By the time I got home, I only had a few hours to do my homework, and I had to doit3

When I got into college, things4I suddenly found myself out of class before noon time. So there was no sense of5to do my school work immediately. I was performing this action of waiting until it later became a6Once that happened, I just kept7my studying further and further back in my day. Then I got to the point where I was8 really late at night to get my work done.

One day I9a former classmate of mine making a lot of money running a sideline(副业). Since his regular job was boring, I asked him why he just didn't do his sideline full- time. He said without the job, he would10have too much time and would just do what I did back in11He said that if he12the job, he would lose his13 to work and succeed.

So, try14your time with other work. This is why there is a saying that if you want something done, ask a15person to do it.

With teenagers growing up,can be easy for some to form bad habits. For example, some of them may become(involve) in tobacco or alcohol abuse. If(leave) unchecked, these bad habits could lead to more serious ones.(change) harmful habits, teenagers must learn to understand how habits work-the "habit cycle".

There is little doubt Earth is getting warmer and warmer. In 2013, a lot of people. (shock) by a news photo of a dead polar bear which appeared to have starved and died. This (alarm) case showed how the increase in temperature hadimpact on Earth's ecology.

China will take (measure) to promote the employment of people with disabilities from 2022 to 2024, in a bid to realize adequate and(relative) high-quality employment for the group during the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025).

假定你是李华，暑假在伦敦学习，得知当地美术馆要举办艺术展，分为西方艺术和中国艺术两个展区。请选择一个展区写一封信申请做志愿者，内容包括：
1.写信目的；
2.个人优势；
3.能做的事情；
注意：
1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

Yours,

Li Hua

One sunny afternoon, Janes, a seven-year-old girl whose parents went to their farm to harvest corns, was left home with their dog, Yeller. Feeling rather bored, she decided to go out for an adventure alone. With a toy gun in her hand and a whistle around her neck, Jane crossed a large area of grassland into the woods before she realized that she was lost.

Sitting on a rock and wondering what to do, Jane began crying. After a while, she decided to walk along a wide path lined with tall trees and thick bushes. It was getting dark, but she still couldn't find her way home. Suddenly, she heard a strange noise, which was actually the sound of wind blowing leaves. She ran quickly in the woods until there was no road ahead but a river. She lost her toy gun while running. Cold and scared, Jane sat down near the river and fell asleep against a tree.

Her parents were back from work but could not find their daughter. Deeply worried about Jane's safety, they locked the door and went out to search for her.

Their dog, Yeller, was left at home. He noticed something was wrong because it was dark but there was nobody home. He sensed that Jane was in danger. He tried to get out, but the door was locked. He jumped through a window, looked in the fields but couldn't find her anywhere. However, from the ground came a familiar smell as he lowered his head. He followed the smell and walked across the grassland until he found the toy gun. But Jane was not there. The dog circled around the woods, barking loudly into the air.

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Jane opened her eyes and heard Yeller barking nearby.

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Weak and hungry, Jane walked back home with Yeller leading the way.