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文章大意:这是一篇应用文。文章主要介绍了四种可以在环游世界时赚钱的工作。

1 . If you dream about working and meanwhile travelling in different countries, we’ve made a list of jobs that allow you to tour around the globe while earning some money!

A Travel Nurse

If you’re in the medical field, becoming a travel nurse is a good option. A travel nurse in worldwide demand is well paid, so medical professionals can wear uniforms on any continent. The nursing assignments vary in the length of working time. You can enjoy accommodation payment and insurance benefits, but you have to work in the high-stress environment.

A Waiter

A waiter abroad is a popular choice for young travelers because some restaurants don’t require much precious experience or qualifications, but they do not have access to high health insurance. Many people do service work for a while to earn enough money to travel abroad for the rest of the year. It’s OK for those without family to deal with customers at night, but they can’t get high wages.

An English Teacher

English is one of the world’s most spoken languages, so there is always a demand for people who can teach it. Being an English teacher abroad often requires a TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) certification. There are some popular destinations for prospective teachers. However, as teachers abroad, especially part-time teachers, their salaries are not high.

An Oil Industry Worker

Oil industry is one of the highest paying fields for both skilled and unskilled workers, with plenty of opportunities to travel whether they fulfill a position in exploration or production. You can be a researcher or an engineer on deep sea drilling rigs (钻塔). The job is well paid, and you can help companies do less harm to the sea.

1. What should travel nurses do?
A.Assign nursing tasks.B.Get a TEFL certification.
C.Pay for their own accommodation.D.Develop a good anti-pressure ability.
2. What’s the common feature of working as a waiter and an English teacher in traveling?
A.The low pay.B.The prospective career growth.
C.Large health insurance benefits.D.Professional training opportunities.
3. Which job is best suited to a traveller wanting to contribute to the environment?
A.A travel nurse.B.A waiter.
C.An English teacher.D.An oil industry worker.
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文章大意:本文是一篇议论文,主要讲述了恢复初级阅读是非常重要的,因为不仅人文学科需要它,而且整个人类文化也需要它。

2 . It is a general belief among academics that the humanities(人文学科) are in crisis. According to Harvard historian James Hankins, part of the problem is the dominance of “critical” reading over “primary” reading. Primary reading takes a text at face value and simply tries to understand what the author intended to say. Critical reading assumes an author’s statements can never be taken at face value. Instead, they must be “seen through” to expose the text’s real meaning, which is determined in line with this or that fashionable theory.

Mr. Hankins says primary reading “must be recovered” for higher education in the humanities to be effective. I would go further. Primary reading isn’t important only for the humanities, but for education more generally. The restoration of primary reading could be a crucial weapon in fighting the “idle talk” that troubles American society.

Idle talk was philosopher Martin Heidegger’s term for inauthentic discourse(话语). It involves adopting and circulating others’ opinions about something without ever personally engaging that thing for yourself. People engaged in idle talk speak in line with expectations for their particular role. They hold and express the opinions a person in their role is expected to hold.

Idle talk can be harmless. Each year my mother forms strong opinions about which films should win Academy Awards without seeing any of them, after reading articles by critics she favors. But idle talk can also be dangerous. Consider journalism. The norm nowadays is for one reporter to break a story, followed by dozens or hundreds of journalists recycling that content. They may add a little spin of their own but rarely look into the issue for themselves—even when this would require but a few clicks. Some journalists even just search social media for the story of the day and rewrite it in their own words.

It could be argued that social media has contributed to the popularization of idle talk. Authentic discourse requires time, effort and good-faith engagement, but social media tends to encourage the opposite. Social media raises this voice, pushing it into user feeds 24/7. We hear about everything, and we can’t hear about anything without also being told what opinion we should have about it. Opinions before facts; know what to think about something before actually looking into it for yourself. And really, why even bother with that?

Primary reading isn’t only something the humanities need. Our entire culture needs its value to be recognized and restored.

1. What do we know from the first two paragraphs?
A.Critical reading leads to the crisis in the humanities.
B.Critical reading is generally dominated nowadays.
C.Primary reading fails to expose the real meaning.
D.Primary reading isn’t important for the humanities.
2. What does the underlined word “spin” in paragraph 4 probably mean?
A.Interpretation.B.Intervention.C.Interaction.D.Investigation.
3. What does the author think of social media?
A.It tends to encourage high engagement.B.It promotes the spread of idle talk
C.It offers people facts instead of opinions.D.It advocates independent thinking ability.
4. What’s the author’s advice for readers?
A.To focus more on facts.B.To get off social media.
C.To gain an insight into idle talk.D.To read original texts exclusively.
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文章大意:这是一篇说明文。文章主要说明了地球上的许多语言正在消失,少数民族语言被视为进步的障碍,但实际上濒危语言可以让我们获得更广泛的自然知识,是值得拯救的。

3 . There are close to 7,000 languages spoken on Earth. However, it’s estimated that by the end of this century, up to 50% of them may be lost.

It’s commonly thought that majority languages tend to be valued for being useful and for promoting progress, while minority languages are seen as barriers to progress, and the value placed on them is seen mainly as sentimental. But is sentimentality really the only motivation for preserving language diversity?

Speakers of endangered languages often live in remote areas with unique landform. It is quite common for these languages to distinguish between hundreds more types of plants and animals than those known to modern science. For example, in Southeast Asia, some tribes have discovered the medicinal properties of over sixty-five hundred plant species. This has led to many of landmark achievements in medicine.

It was once believed that the limits of one’s language defined the limits of one’s thought. This theory, called the Sapir-Wharf hypothesis (假说), has been largely rejected in favor of the improved version, which assumes that the language we speak does not set the limits of our thoughts, but it does direct our focus in certain ways. For example, English is a tense-based language. It’s nearly impossible: to talk about doing something without specifying the time — i. e. I went to the party(past), I’m going to the party(present), or I’ll go to the party(future). This differs from Chinese, where it’s perfectly reasonable to say, “I go to the party” without defining the “when”. Thus, part of the richness of language is that it allows us to organize the world in ‘so many unique ways.

Some languages categorize the world in ways so different from our own that they are difficult to conceptualize (概念化). The United States employed native Navajo speakers to create a system of message coding during the Second World War. The Japanese were never able to break it, and the “code talkers” are often cited today as having helped decide the outcome of the war.

As we’ve already seen, minority languages are valuable for many practical reasons. In conclusion, I’d say the short answer is yes — dying languages are certainly worth saving!

1. Why does the author list the numbers in the first paragraph?
A.To alarm people.B.To offer background information.
C.To reveal the topic.D.To arouse the readers’ interest.
2. What does the underlined word “sentimental” in the second paragraph mean?
A.Emotional.B.Reliable.C.Reasonable.D.Experimental.
3. What benefit can endangered languages bring us according to the passage?
A.Helping us discover drugs in more ways.
B.Saving us the trouble of distinguishing different medicines.
C.Making it possible for us to acquire a broader knowledge of nature.
D.Inspiring us to learn more as to how to protect plants and animals.
4. What is the writing purpose of the passage?
A.To explain ways of saving some languages.B.To correct the Sapir-Wharf hypothesis.
C.To show how languages categorize the world.D.To prove the value of minority languages.
2024-01-28更新 | 90次组卷 | 3卷引用:湖北省云学名校联盟2023~2024学年高二上学期期末联考英语试题
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文章大意:本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。尽管种族和宗教不同,但作者小时候和Ismail成了亲密的朋友,多年后二人再次相遇,他们依然非常亲切。作者从自己的亲身经历中认识到,如果让孩子们消除偏见,做真实的自己,那么他们会和不同种族和宗教的人建立牢固的友谊。

4 . I often read of incidents of misunderstanding or conflict. I’m left _______. Why do these people create mistrust and problems, especially with those from other_______?

I was growing up in Kuala Lumpur in the early 1960s, when children from different races and religions played and studied together _______. At that time my family lived a stone’s _______ from Ismail’s. And no one was bothered that Ismail was a Malay Muslim and I was an Indian Hindu—we just _______ our differences. Perhaps, our elders had not filled our heads with unnecessary advice, well _______ or otherwise. We were nine when we became friends. During the school holidays, we’d explore the countryside on our bicycles, hoping to _______ the unexpected. At times Ismail would accompany my family as we made a rare shopping trip to town. We would be glad of his _______. When I was twelve, my family moved to Johor. Ismail’s family later returned to their village, and I lost touch with him.

One spring afternoon in 1983, I stopped a taxi in Kuala Lumpur. When I _______ my destination, the driver acknowledged my ________ but did not move off. Instead, he looked fixedly at me. “Raddar?” he said, using my childhood nickname. I was astonished at being so ________ addressed. Unexpectedly! It was Ismail! Even after two ________ we still recognized each other. Grasping his shoulder, I felt a true ________, something hard to describe.

If we can allow our children to be themselves without prejudice, they’ll build friendships with people ________ race or religion, who will be ________ their side through thick and thin. On such friendships are societies built and then we can truly be, as William Shakespeare once wrote, “We happy few. We band of brothers”.

1.
A.fascinatedB.curiousC.frustratedD.puzzled
2.
A.partiesB.nationalitiesC.regionsD.races
3.
A.at randomB.in harmonyC.on occasionD.by turns
4.
A.castB.dropC.flightD.roll
5.
A.embracedB.removedC.soughtD.defended
6.
A.paidB.preservedC.meantD.treated
7.
A.get throughB.come acrossC.deal withD.run into
8.
A.absenceB.choiceC.effortD.company
9.
A.statedB.tracedC.decidedD.ordered
10.
A.instructionsB.attemptsC.intentionsD.arrangements
11.
A.similarlyB.strangelyC.familiarlyD.dramatically
12.
A.departuresB.decadesC.yearsD.months
13.
A.infectionB.affectionC.motivationD.homesickness
14.
A.let aloneB.according toC.rather thanD.regardless of
15.
A.fromB.withC.byD.against
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文章大意:本文是议论文。文章作者探讨了在追求事业时,要相信自己。

5 . Even when you have confidence in yourself, your goals will sometimes seem out of reach. When that happens, get hold of the people who _________ you and your goals and don’t let go!

When I was younger, I _________ because life felt so hard. I had _________to become a teacher or a business administrator. I knew I needed a college degree, but I had _________ believing in myself. Then a teacher in my high school _________ me. He told me three things: First, if you don’t believe in yourself, it will be _________ to get anyone else to believe in you. Second, never let other people’s _________ to see your brilliance prevent you from being brilliant. And third, despite life’s _________, stick to creating the future you want.

Early in my _________, I was teaching a workshop when a person in the audience yelled out to me. He told me I had __________ made a job choice and had a bright future. This __________ feedback (反馈)came at just the right time, because while the audience didn’t know it, I was __________ self-doubt.

Even now, I __________ myself that I have a bright future. That’s what I tell myself when I __________ success and failure. You have a bright future ahead. Think about this every single day. Remember your talents, skills, and interests. Explore the jobs that interest you, and have courage—and most __________, believe in yourself.

1.
A.refer toB.depend onC.learn fromD.believe in
2.
A.quitB.struggledC.regrettedD.argued
3.
A.responsibilitiesB.dreamsC.opportunitiesD.doubts
4.
A.stoppedB.admittedC.allowedD.considered
5.
A.trackedB.recommendedC.accompaniedD.encouraged
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A.seriousB.possibleC.hardD.necessary
7.
A.requestB.unwillingnessC.inabilityD.attempt
8.
A.difficultiesB.optionsC.aimsD.standards
9.
A.careerB.experimentC.businessD.recovery
10.
A.foolishlyB.simplyC.wiselyD.bravely
11.
A.originalB.familiarC.typicalD.positive
12.
A.looking intoB.taking downC.dealing withD.pointing out
13.
A.introduceB.remindC.guaranteeD.warn
14.
A.experienceB.describeC.compareD.limit
15.
A.probablyB.fortunatelyC.obviouslyD.importantly
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文章大意:本文是一篇应用文。文章主要介绍了美国旅行公司提供的旅游一站式服务内容。

6 . Welcome to American United Travel Company. We’ll help you spend a perfect holiday. For over 6 years, we have been organizing value for money summer holidays, whether it’s a late holiday deal or your main summer holiday. Whether you’re looking for a romantic getaway, a luxury 5-star holiday, or you just want to relax and soak up the sun, we’ve got access to the very best flight and hotel deals throughout the world. We are proud to offer you various services unlike other tour companies where we offer one-stop shop for complete tourism.

Our Services Include

Tours. Meet & Assist Services. Airport Transfer. MICE (Meeting, Incentive, Conferences, Exhibitions) private Jets. Ground handling (24 hours) VIP services on arrival & departure. Adventure Tour.

Means of Transportation Reservations

We operate for all means of transportation available in the country, starting with buses for groups to car rental to individuals.

Guidance

We have the most qualified guides who speak French, English, German, Italian, and Spanish. We bank on their communication skills as well as their knowledge in various fields.

Fancy Dinners

We prepare outdoor dinners in particular places such as castles, beaches, old and traditional houses, etc. Usually, these dinners are arranged according to the clients’ choices.

Luggage Concierge

Don’t worry about luggage size and weight when travelling. Give your bags to Luggage Concierge in advance and they will be waiting for you at your destination when you arrive.

Call one of our experienced travel consultants on 18884700610 to secure one of these fantastic deals.

1. What is special about United Travel company?
A.It provides one-stop complete tourism.B.It supplies the best flight and hotels.
C.It offers transfer service.D.Its guides speak various languages.
2. What can you do with your luggage before travelling?
A.Send it to your destination directly.B.Carry it by yourself.
C.Keep it as light as possible.D.Hand it to Luggage Concierge.
3. What’s the purpose of the text?
A.To diversify the economy.B.To attract tourists.
C.To conserve the environment.D.To entertain readers.
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文章大意:本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了鹦鹉作为被捕食动物的行为特性和生存策略。

7 . Parrots are prey animals, which means that other predators (捕食者) in the wild, such as hawks or snakes, are looking to make them into a meal. This one factor influences parrots’ behavior in your house more than any other.

Parrots are most easily hurt when feeding on the ground. Membership in a group plays an important function in ensuring their safety and improving their chances of survival from attacks by predators. The most common predators of parrots include hawks, snakes, cats, monkeys, and bats. Some predators make attacks only during the day while others hunt in the night.

As prey animals, parrots are constantly watching out for danger and they instinctively (本能地) react to risks. Their first choice is to take flight. However, if this is not possible, they will fight with their powerful beaks to defend themselves.

Because their biggest enemy is the hawk, parrots are especially reactive to quick movements from above and behind. For this reason, it is wise to avoid quick, sudden movements near your bird. This is a built-in reaction not subject to logic or reason. Simple and relatively harmless household objects can draw extreme fear responses from a bird. For example, a balloon may represent a hawk or a vacuum hose (吸尘器软管) may be the same as a snake in your bird’s mind.

As prey animals, parrots are often frightened by exposure to new household items or strangers. It is important to expose your bird to safe experiences and changes starting at a very young age to build flexibility and improve their adaptability. Variety in diet and toys, travel, and exposure to new people and places all help to make your bird more flexible and adaptable to change.

1. What is important for parrots to better survive from attacks in the wild?
A.Living in a group.B.Growing beautiful feathers.
C.Feeding on the ground.D.Avoiding coming out at night.
2. What is parrots’ first response to an immediate risk?
A.To attack back.B.To get away.
C.To protect the young.D.To play dead.
3. Why would a balloon frighten a parrot?
A.It may explode suddenly.B.It may be in a strange shape.
C.It may have a strong color.D.It may move around quickly.
4. What is the author’s purpose of writing the text?
A.To explain wild parrots’ behavior.B.To give advice on raising a parrot.
C.To call for action to protect animals.D.To introduce a study on bird ecology.
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文章大意:本文属于议论文。本文叙述了不同语言转换的障碍与翻译之间的壁垒问题,进而讨论了通过现代科学技术,语言障碍能不能变小甚至消失的问题。

8 . Wouldn’t it be wonderful to travel to a foreign country without having to worry about the headache of communicating in a different language?

In a recent Wall Street Journal article, technology policy expert Alec Ross argued that, within ten years or so, we would be able to communicate with one another through small earpieces with built-in microphones. That’s because technological progress is extremely fast. It’s only a matter of time. Such is the belief among certain parents that the technology is imminent and they’re wondering if their kids should learn a second language.

It’s true that an increase in the quantity and accuracy of the data loaded into computers will make them cleverer at translating “Noes Bueno dormer mucho” into “It’s not good to sleep too much”. Replacing a word with its equivalent (对等词) in the target language is actually the easy part of a translator’s job. But even this seems to be a difficult job for computers.

It’s so hard for computers because translation doesn’t — or shouldn’t — involve simply translating words, sentences or paragraphs. Rather, it’s about translating meaning. And in order to infer meaning from a specific expression, people need to understand a lot of information all at once. Think about all the related clues that help us understand what someone is trying to say: volume, gesture, situations, and even your culture. All are likely to convey as much meaning as the words you use.

Therefore, we should doubt a machine that can’t understand our world like we do. If people from different cultures can upset each other without realizing it, how can we expect a machine to do better? Unless engineers actually find a way to breathe a soul into a computer, undoubtedly when it comes to conveying and interpreting meaning using a natural language, a machine will never fully take our place.

1. What does the underlined word “imminent” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?
A.Ready.B.Confusing.C.Unpractical.D.Coming.
2. Why is it hard for computers to replace a word with its equivalent?
A.The real meaning of words can vary.
B.Their data is not rich enough.
C.Their accuracy needs big improvement.
D.A man’s soul hasn’t been breathed in them.
3. What view does the author hold about translation?
A.Proper translation can be difficult for computers.
B.Slight differences doesn’t matter in translation.
C.Machines will translate our world properly.
D.Cultures need more attention than words used.
4. What is the best title for the text?
A.An Expert’s Prediction.B.Travel without Headache.
C.The Pleasure of Translation.D.Will the Language Barrier (障碍) Actually Fall?
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文章大意:本文是一篇应用文,主要介绍的是一个探索极地的博物馆的参观指南。

9 . Discover polar adventure and exploration on your doorstep. From penguins to paintings, Inuit art to explorers’ diaries and sleeping bags – come find out about exploration, science and survival at the extreme ends of Earth.

Collection Highlights

- Fossil ferns (化石蕨类) from about 140 million years ago.

- Snow goggles (护目镜) used by Ernest Shackleton on the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1914-16 (Endurance) - given to him by Harald Nilsen.

- An unopened tin of pemmican (干肉饼) taken from the hut (小屋) of the British Antarctic Expedition 1907-09 (Nimrod).

- A folding camera, created by A.E. Staley & Co. and used by Robert

Falcon Scott at the South Pole, 1912, on the British Antarctic                                                

Expedition 1910-13 (Terra Nova).

Free Entry

Contact Us

Website: www.spri.cam.ac.uk/museum Call: 01223 336540

Email: museum@spri.cam.ac.uk

Family Visits

Visiting with a baby carriage

Baby carriages are welcome, but cannot be left unattended. Please contact the museum before your visit with any questions.

Activities

Audio guides are available at the information desk, with one tour aimed at adults and one at younger visitors. A small charge applies.

Gallery routes: Discover the polar regions with a pack-a-polar suitcase route, an explorer route and other activities for children.

Research Inquiries and Image Approval

Researchers wishing to learn about the museum’s collections should email museum@spri.cam.ac.uk to make an appointment.

To request approval to use images of the museum’s collection, please contact the Picture Library at the Scott Polar Research Institute.

1. What collection can visitors see in the museum?
A.Fossil ferns from about 1.4 billion years ago.
B.Snow goggles used by Harald Nilsen on an expedition.
C.A tin of pemmican left over a century ago.
D.A folding camera used at the North Pole in 1912.
2. What can we know about the museum?
A.It aims to promote polar tours.
B.It has baby carriages for rent.
C.It offers free audio guides to adults.
D.It prepares various themed routes for visitors.
3. How can you get image approvals from the museum?
A.By calling 01223 336540.
B.By contacting the Picture Library.
C.By emailing museum@spri.cam.ac.uk.
D.By visiting www.spri.cam.ac.uk/museum.
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文章大意:这是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了瑞士开发人员Renato Casuut开发了一个“仿生阅读”系统,它可以通过人工注视点引导眼睛,使在线阅读更容易、速度更快,还有助于帮助人们理解阅读内容。

10 . Today, many people spend a lot of time reading online. Whether reading news or e-books, people are spending more time eyeballing (盯住) screens. While online reading opens up a great deal of knowledge to people, there are some disadvantages too, such as eyestrain, headaches, as well as difficulty in focusing on the text. Now a new reading system, Bionic Reading, developed by Swiss typographic designer Renato Casutt, can help people overcome these issues, and most importantly, it aims to help people read faster online and develop a more in-depth understanding of written content.

The reading system improve the reading process by guiding the eyes through text with artificial fixation points. To make it short: some parts of the words are displayed in bold (粗体). As a result, the reader only focuses on the highlighted letters and lets the brain center complete the rest. Your brain can “read” faster than your eyes, so by essentially reducing the number of letters your eye needs to look at, you can read faster while still preserving the full context.

Cassult discovered the system by accident. He was working on designing a book in a foreign language and realized he could read it if he sectioned it off. He worked for six years to develop Bionic Reading and is still working to adjust it.

A preliminary (初步的) study was conducted by the Swiss Institute InnoSuisee, but more research is needed before it can be definitively shown that the system improves reading. Some people with ADHD (多动症) prove that Bionic Reading helped them focus and comprehend what they are reading. Other people don’t seem to notice a big difference compared to regular text. There’s also no evidence to suggest Bionic Reading is any better than regular text. The best way to know if the Bionic Reader helps you read better online is to try it yourself.

1. What is the main purpose of Bionic Reading?
A.To point out people’s reading problems.
B.To teach people necessary reading skills.
C.To reduce readers’ screen time and eye stress.
D.To improve people’s reading speed and comprehension.
2. What does the underlined phrase “artificial fixation points” in paragraph 2 refer to?
A.Words displayed in capital letters.B.Useful expressions.
C.Difficult sentences in the text.D.Bold letters.
3. What do some people with ADHD think of the system according to the text?
A.It is complex.B.It can be beneficial.
C.It needs to be improved.D.It has little effect on them.
4. What is the text mainly about?
A.A reading project for ADHD.B.A research on language learning.
C.A system to help with online reading.D.A tool for treating reading disability
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