海南州贵德高级中学2024届高三下学期七模（开学考试）英语试题

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While there are many summer programs for high school students in NYC, the Career Edge, an NYU high school summer program, affords students an exceptional college and career readiness experience. It has served thousands of high school students from around the world in exploring career paths and experiencing what it is like to live on the NYU campus and learn at a well-known university. 

Program overview

The program offers you the chance to explore a career path before you declare it as a college major. Many students choose to attend multiple weeks, taking a different course each session. 

Academic experience

The courses focus on the content that provides a comprehensive overview of your area of interest. Field trips to related companies and organizations bring what you learn in class to life. 

NYC experience

Living and learning in NYC is an unforgettable adventure. You'll dive deep into the course content that immerses you in industry, while enjoying the culture and excitement of the city.

Students' feedback

Tony: The Finance class was great. We explored Wall Street, visited Federal Hall and the Museum of American Finance, and learned how to trade stocks. The instructor made the course interesting and entertaining. 

Ava: The Integrated Marketing class was very informative. The instructor was a real professional. Visits to digital agencies and marketing firms gave me an insider's view of what it's like to work in the field.

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The beauty industry produces many units of one-time use containers every year. More and more consumers are asking how they can keep themselves clean and beautiful without trashing the planet. 

It's a question Women of the Future winner, Natassia Nicolao, considered during her years working in product development for beauty and wellness companies. Raised by a strong and supportive mother, Natassia used her skills and passion to make a difference. In 2021, she created her waterless beauty brand.

She said, "Water is involved in every stage of a product life cycle. Everything we use, buy, sell and make has a huge water footprint. On top of that, the beauty industry adds water as the main ingredients in its products, despite it having no direct benefit to our skin. "

Having lived through water restrictions in drought-ridden Australia, Natassia felt it necessary to stop the overuse of water in the beauty industry. Natassia has always loved beauty. Her company tries to be sustainable in every step of the way, but at its core, it is about removing water from our beauty routines. 

"It's really rooted in water conservation first, and then managing your water footprint, your carbon footprint and your waste footprint, " Natassia said. "We create waterless beauty products to help conserve water. " The glass bottles and jars of her products can be recycled. The oils and wipes are formulated without any water, requiring no water to use. The company also has a piece of game-changing beauty technology: face-wipes and masks that completely dissolve in water.

"The company is still in its beginning, " Natassia said. With the prize money from Women of the Future, she plans to purchase a machine to simplify the creation of the wipes and masks. The publicity, meanwhile, will help her spread the message central to the company's existence that beauty must do better. Natassia believes that, with a little courage and innovation, it can do.

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Research shows that forming connections with your coworkers is good for your career and your overall happiness. 

It's a fact that as you get older, it becomes harder to make friends. It's a natural progression, whether you work in an office or a remote area. As you get older and leave school, you often have more demands for your time and fewer opportunities to get to know those around you.

"Maintaining friendships takes effort, but it's well worth it, " says CEO andFast Company contributor Corey Weiner. "Studies show that a friend can make you a better collaborator (合作者), a more creative and productive worker and generally happier with your job. "

After all, most of you spend a huge number of your waking hours at work. Of course, it's more fun to have someone to collaborate with and occasionally sympathize with. But how do you go about making genuine connections with coworkers or other like-minded individuals in your industry?

It might sound overly simplistic, but a big part of building friendships is just putting yourself out there. "If you're not used to having a lot of friends any more, you may actually need to remind yourself to engage, " writes Professor Art Markman. "Set time on your calendar for a phone call or make plans to get a cup of coffee. "

"Don't wait for someone else to make the first move, " says Keith Rollag, author ofWhat to Do When You're New. "If things go well during an initial coffee or activity, actively follow up to build on that connection. "

You're not going to immediately bond with all of your coworkers or every person you meet at a networking happy hour. But making continual attempts to find connections with your non-annoying colleagues will eventually pay off. Last but not least, don't call them work husband or work wife in the beginning.

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"The majority of decisions we make do not come from the conscious (有意识的) mind, but the subconscious mind, " Beni Gradwohl, the co-founder of Cognovi Labs, said. "Our decisions are based on emotions. People think they are very rational (理智的). But they are not. In fact, decisions in the subconscious mind are made in a second before the rational mind recognizes that. "

Gradwohl used to think that cold and hard data defined the world. But when he was exposed to behavioral economics, his world view changed. He said, "Emotional intelligence is more important than intelligence quotient (IQ). Most successful leaders in the world don't have above-average IQ but above average emotional quotient (EQ). "

Gradwohl co-founded AI company, Cognovi Labs, to better understand how people make decisions, using data and science and technology to measure underlying emotions. 

When asked how event organizers could benefit from using emotional AI, Gradwohl said, "The first thing is whether you really understand what's driving your target audience to an event. " He added, "You can ask them, but what potential registrants tell you may be incorrect. "

According to Gradwohl, registering for an event is not an entirely rational decision, and it goes deeper. Understanding how your target audience makes decisions is important because you don't want to sell them something they don't care about. Cognovi Labs' AI can uncover the underlying emotional drivers or blockers of your target audience's decision-making.

Beyond using Cognovi Labs' AI in the marketing leading up to an event, once the event is underway, Gradwohl thinks organizers can know how their participants are feeling via the AI. That involves using feedback (反馈) surveys. He said, "Have attendees talk to the event app and then transcribe that. We call that diagnostic (诊断的) interview because they may generate a strong emotional response. With those conversations about what they are experiencing throughout the program at different times of the day, we will see what the emotional blockers and drivers are. We can get a full picture of the emotional aspects of the attendees. "

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The 40th birthday is often treated as a milestone birthday. For men, especially, the birthday may symbolically signify the start of middle age.  . Give the man turning 40 in your life a gift that he will treasure or one that will make him laugh. 

Gag (恶作剧) gifts

Many 40th birthday parties are roasts. They are meant to be funny. If this is the case and the man has a good sense of humor, consider giving him a gag gift. Wrap up a magazine printed in large print or set a cane or walker by his chair. . 

Adventure gifts

Recapture the man's feeling of youth by giving him the gift of adventure.. For example, if he has always wanted to go paragliding (滑翔伞运动), pay for the lesson, pick him up in the car and don't give him a chance to back out of it.

Something expensive

Most men don't outgrow their love of expensive toys. Get together with some friends and chip in for a 40th birthday gift he will truly treasure.. Giving him something expensive that he would never purchase for himself is a great way to stave off that middle-age crisis.

Give the man the gift of words. Write a list of 40 things that you love about him and then read it aloud to him while dining on his favorite meal. Alternately, ask everyone in the family to write one admiring thing about him. Once you have 40 sentences, give them to the man. It will be treasure he will remember for a long time. 

A. A loving list

B. Reading an article aloud

C. Talk with him about his adventures

D. You can also choose other items like false teeth

E. The gift you give to the man may depend on his preference

F. Perhaps the man has been eyeing his friend's brand-new laptop

G. Think of something he has always wanted to do and arrange for it to happen

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Taking a vacation may be the last thing on the mind of a cancer patient.1 can be expensive, time-consuming and sometimes hard work. While people facing illness may be2 of resources for vacation, they are3 a stress-free time away. I'm one such4 .

I'm suffering from lung cancer. Diagnosed in March 2017, I was5 beyond belief. At that time, I was6 60 hours a week as a billing clerk. Due to my medications' side effects, I7 my career and what I thought made me who I was, though I now discover that8 is what matters.

Through the Internet, I 9 Little Pink Houses of Hope, a nonprofit that provided a free week-long 10 to cancer patients and their families. After applying and being 11 , we drove from Houston all the way to Hatteras Island in North Carolina. It rained most of the time, so I 12 the beauty along the way. I had no idea what to expect and was 13 . 

Looking back, I am so glad I went. I hadn't felt such14 love and such a sense of family. We went to the beach, had wonderful meals and went surfing which I had never thought I would get the chance to do. We15 in a way that I thought was impossible, not only with the other16 but also with the volunteers. It was nice to see my husband get along with the other husbands. Being a(n)17 and the breadwinner, " he had a lot on his plate.

I've suffered from the cancer for many years and I undergo18 every year. I want people to know that though I am living with a serious disease, I am still living19 . So don't feel sorry for me, but make the20 of life with me.

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The concept of "gap days" (appear) on a variety of social media platforms recently. Unlike a gap year, a gap day means an (extreme) brief period of relaxation and escape from everyday routine. After resting, people will continue to devote (they) to the busy pace of normal life.

Apart from "gap days", other similar expressions have made hit on the Internet, such as "city walk", "da zi (activity partner)" and so on. This growing trend of creating new phrases or euphemisms (委婉语) for something otherwise ordinary and common has caused (heat) discussion.

Some people think that these kinds of new phrases better cater to (迎合) people's mindsets, (show) their optimism. For example, the common expression "taking a walk" is neutral (中性的). But "city walk" (be) the positive version of it, meaning "to explore the city with a curious mind".

Others disagree, however, and think that it's simply just a kind of "sugaring up", satisfying one's need for showing off. For example, "city walk" is the same as "taking a walk" general. But by calling it a "city walk", people feel like they are doing something fancier than it actually is.

But no matter how we think of these phrases, they have taken root in our daily lives and have already gained wide  (recognize) among the younger generation. So  we need to do is not make them out to be bigger than they actually are. 

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 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文, 请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误, 每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧）, 并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线, 并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2. 只允许修改10处, 多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Living a low carbon life is becoming increasing important in our modern society. It means reduce the amount of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases we released into the atmosphere. There are many simple steps we can take them. Firstly, we can choose eco-friendly modes of transportation such as walking, cycling, or using public transport instead driving. Secondly, saving energies in our homes is crucial. Switching off lights when they are not in use but using energy-efficient appliances (电器) make a significance impact. Lastly, consuming less meat and dairy products, that have a high carbon footprint, and opting for organic produce can make a different. 

 假定你是李华, 你的外国朋友Linda热爱学习汉语, 计划在她所就读的学校成立汉语俱乐部。请你用英语给她写一封邮件, 内容包括：

1. 称赞她的计划；

2. 给出你的建议；

3. 预祝她取得成功。

注意：

1. 词数100左右；

2. 可以适当增加细节, 以使行文连贯。