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1 . A number of companies have used the wind, the sun and the ground heat to produce energy. Now, the Ocean Renewable Power Company, or ORPC, is using the force of flowing rivers and ocean currents. The company recently presented the new technology at an energy conference. Christopher Sauer, the CEO and co-creator of ORPC says the technology was designed for small, rural communities that do not have easy access to power sources.

The ORPC technology is an energy generator which can be put under water, called RivGen. It works in a series of steps. First, the generator is put in the middle of a steel cage. The cage goes on top of a wide boat with a flat bottom. Wheels— or, turbines (涡轮机) — are attached to each side of the generator. Once the boat is fixed to one place, it is flooded with water. The boat, cage, and generator all sink to the bottom of the river. There, the river current turns the wheels and creates as much as 50 kilowatts of power.

CEO Christopher Sauer says RivGen is not very tall, so it can work in water areas that are not very deep. Other companies are not able to work in shallow water, he adds. Sauer says the turbines are safe for the animals that live in the river. Meanwhile, the turbines’ shape permits the generator to harvest power from tidal currents in the ocean. The company’s ocean turbine, called TidGen, can create up to 600 kilowatts of electricity, enough to power a small settlement.

Right now, the amount of power TidGen can harvest changes as the strength of the tide goes up and down. But ORPC workers are trying to make the power output steady. In time, they want TidGen power to be part of the main energy grid (电网). Sauer estimates ORPC’ s current price is about 50 cents per kilowatt-hour. That price does not make the ORPC system competitive with natural gas. However, for small rural communities, diesel (柴油) energy can cost more than $ 1 per hour. In these situations, energy from flowing water could be more economical.

1. What does ORPC use to produce electricity?
A.Wind.B.Sun.C.Water.D.Ground heat.
2. What’ s paragraph 3 mainly about?
A.The working principle of RivGen.B.The design feature of RivGen.
C.The system composition of RivGen.D.The main function of RivGen.
3. What’ s the advantage of RivGen?
A.It can work in shallow water.B.It can accelerate ocean currents.
C.It can power a large settlement.D.It can increase the number of fish.
4. What does the underlined word “economical” in the last paragraph probably mean?
A.Pollution-free.B.Money-saving.
C.Mass-production.D.Resource-consuming.
2021-05-17更新 | 58次组卷 | 1卷引用:安徽省蚌埠市2021届高三下学期第四次质量检测(4月)英语试题

2 . Vietnam launched preparations for the Lunar New Year with a fish release on Thursday. The tradition involves releasing fish called carp into rivers and lakes in the country a week before the holiday known as Tet officially begins.

The tradition comes from an ancient story of three “Kitchen Gods”. The three, two males and a female, take a ride on the brightly colored carp at the end of the year. They go to Heaven to meet with the Jade Emperor, the God who rules there. The Kitchen Gods report news about the families they represent to ask for the emperor's care and protection. Their efforts help to keep the kitchen fires burning, and families happy and healthy.

Vietnamese believe the fish release brings good luck to their families. As the gods go to Heaven, families clean their houses in preparation to celebrate Tet. A clean house, Vietnamese believe, will bring luck in the new year. On Lunar New Year's Eve, the gods will return to earth and their duties in the kitchen of the house.

Releasing the fish makes me feel better about myself," said Nguyen Hong Nhung of Hanoi. "It's like I've done a good deed, so I'll be luckier in the new year.

Thursday's event, which takes place across Vietnam, was more restrained than in years past because of COVID - 19. It is spreading in several northern areas of the country. "Vietnamese will still follow the tradition of releasing the fish, but COVID-19 has made people keep a safe distance", said Tran Van Toi as he released carp from a plastic bag at Hanoi's West Lake.

The Lunar New Year is also celebrated in China, Korea, Laos and other Asian countries.

1. Why do Vietnamese set free carp at the Lunar New Year?
A.To honor the Jade Emperor.B.To follow official rules.
C.To bring good fortune.D.To protect wildlife.
2. What does the underlined word "restrained" in Paragraph 5 mean?
A.Canceled.B.Postponed.C.Forbidden.D.Restricted.
3. What's the text mainly about?
A.A tradition in Vietnam.B.The Kitchen Gods.
C.A festival in Asian countries.D.The fish called carp.
4. Which section of a newspaper is the text probably taken from?
A.Opinion.B.Culture.C.Business.D.Lifestyle.
2021-04-15更新 | 82次组卷 | 1卷引用:安徽省蚌埠市2021届高三第三次教学质量检查考试(三模)英语试题

3 . In the second half of each year, many powerful storms are born in the tropical Atlantic and Caribbean seas. Of these, only about half a dozen becomes the strong, circling winds of 75 miles per hour or more that are called hurricanes, and several usually make their way to the coast. There they cause millions of dollars of damage, and bring death to large numbers of people.

The great storms that hit the coast start as soft circling wind hundreds—even thousands—of miles out to sea. As they travel aimlessly over water warmed by the summer sun, they are carried westward by the southeast winds. When conditions are just right, warm, moist air flows in at the bottom of such a wind, moves upward through it and comes out at the top. In the process, the moisture in this warm air produces rain, and with it the heat is changed to energy in the form of strong winds. As the heat increases, the young hurricane begins to move in a counter-clockwise motion.

The life of a hurricane is only about nine days, but it contains almost more power than we can imagine. The energy in the heat released by a hurricane’s rainfall in a single day would satisfy the entire electrical needs of the United States for more than six months. Water, not wind, is the main source of death and destruction in a hurricane. A typical hurricane brings 6 to 12 inch downpours, causing sudden floods. Worst of all is the powerful movement of the sea — the mountains of water moving toward the hurricane center. The water level rises as much as 15 feet above normal as it moves toward shore.

1. When is an ordinary tropical storm called a hurricane?
A.When it begins in the Atlantic and Caribbean seas.B.When it hits the coastline.
C.When it is more than 75 miles wide.D.When its winds reach 75 miles per hour.
2. What is the worst thing about hurricanes?
A.The terrible effects of water.B.The heat they give off.
C.That they last about nine days.D.Their strong winds.
3. Here the underlined word “downpour” means__________.
A.heavy rainfallB.the progress of water to the hurricane center
C.dangerous wavesD.the increasing heat
4. Which statement about a hurricane is wrong?
A.It travels more than 75 miles per hour.
B.It usually stays about 9 days.
C.It usually causes 6 to 12 inch downpours.
D.It sometimes brings the sea water level to the height of 15 feet.
2021-04-15更新 | 92次组卷 | 2卷引用:安徽省蚌埠第三中学2020-2021学年高二下学期4月月考英语试题

4 . To stay safe during the COVID-19, we have had to sacrifice many things we enjoy, including physical contact with others. Gone are handshakes, kisses and hugs. Research has shown that humans need physical touch to stay mentally and physically healthy. Without it, many become lonely, sad and even sick. So, if you feel you need a hug, we know something you can safely put your arms around and hold close : A tree!

Tree hugging may sound a little strange. But humans have practiced forms of nature therapy for years. The Japanese practice of shinrin-Yoko is an example. Shinrin means forest in Japanese, and yoku is the Japanese word for bath. But no soap or water is needed for shinrin-yoku. All that nature bathing requires is spending time in nature : listening to its sounds, breathing in its scent, connecting to its life force.

Recently, Israel has been promoting tree hugging on social media. The country's nature and parks agency is behind the public health campaign. Orit Steinfeld is marketing director for Israel's Apollonia National Park. "In this unpleasant period, she said, we recommend to people around the world to go out to nature, take a deep breath, hug a tree, express your love and get love. ”

Israel's tree - hugging campaign is not the first one. Iceland's Forest Service launched a similar effort in April. They advised everyone in the country to hug a tree for at least five minutes every day. The story on Iceland's tree-hugging campaign was also reported on TreeHugger. com.

1. What's the main purpose of the first paragraph?
A.To show the findings of a research.
B.To state the cause of social distance.
C.To introduce the reason for tree hugging.
D.To explain the effect of physical contact.
2. What does the underlined word “therapy"   in Paragraph 2 mean?
A.Treatment.B.Medicine.C.Study.D.Experience.
3. What can be inferred from the practices mentioned in the text?
A.They were all started by the medical departments.
B.Nature plays a role in helping people keep healthy.
C.Tree hugging is the best way to deal with the disease.
D.Shinrin-Yoku is the first practice during the COVID-19.
4. Where is this text most likely from?
A.A diary.B.A guidebook.
C.A novel.D.A magazine.
2021-02-10更新 | 45次组卷 | 1卷引用:安徽省蚌埠市2021届高三第二次教学质量检查(二模)英语试题
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5 . We lived in a very quiet neighborhood. One evening I heard a loud crash in the street. Earlier that evening my wife had asked me to go to the store to get some soft drinks. It seemed that this would be a good time to let my teenage daughter Holly practice her driving, so I sent her to the store in my truck. At dinner my son talked about how much he liked my truck. I enjoyed having it, but I said: “Guy, my heart is not set on that truck. I like it but it is just metal and won' t last forever. Never set your heart on anything that won't last.” After hearing the loud noise, the whole family ran outside. My son shouted: “Dad! Dad, Holly crashed your truck.”

The accident had happened in my own driveway. Holly had crashed my truck into our other vehicle. In her inexperience, she had confused the brakes and the gas pedal . Holly was unhurt physically but when we reached her, she was crying and saying: “Oh, Dad, I'm sorry. I know how much you love this truck.” I held her in my arms as she cried.

Later that week a friend stopped by and asked what had happened to my truck. I told her the whole story. Her eyes moistened and she said : “That happened to me when I was a girl. I borrowed my dad' s car and ran into a tree that had fallen across the road. I ruined the car. When I got home, my Dad knocked me to the ground and began to kick me.” Over 40 years later, she still felt the pain of the night.

I remember how sad Holly was on the night she crashed our truck, and how I comforted her. One day, when Holly thinks back on her life, I want her to know that I love her a thousand times more than any piece of property.

1. What do we know about Holly?
A.She crashed her car.B.She was badly injured.
C.She ran into a fallen tree in the truck.D.She mistook the gas pedal for the brakes.
2. What happened to the author's friend after she had the crash?
A.Her father comforted her.B.She lost the courage to drive.
C.Her father was violent toward her.D.She suffered physical pain for a long time.
3. What does the underlined word “property" in the last paragraph probably mean ?
A.Advice.B.Experience.C.Possession.D.Relationship.
4. Which is the best title of the text?
A.What Really MattersB.How to Educate Children
C.Who Really CaresD.How to Be a Father

6 . It was the first time I watched him carefully. Before this, Jack had just been the friendly young man assigned by the hotel to help me on trips into the wildlife park nearby. But then he caught my attention by asking me to shut up.

"It's just a garden spider, don't scream(尖叫)! " he said, looking at the small thing with more love than I could find in others. I had indeed screamed, but a spider was on my clothes, and we were in the jeep in the middle of the wildlife park.

I wanted him to pick the thing up and throw it out of the jeep right at that moment. However, he did something quite else. He gently let the spider onto his own knee and drove on, as if nothing had happened. I sat there staring at the spider for any sudden movement --- if a tiger had walked by then, I would not have even looked at it.

I was frightened that the man was completely OK with a spider on his knee. About 15 minutes later, he pushed his knee forward to the dashboard (仪表盘)and the spider immediately climbed off his knee and onto the jeep. "The poor thing had been trying to get off me, " he said. " I only sensed that it was trying to reach the dashboard, so I helped him.

I wondered then about this man, who thought about the spider with such kindness. . Where and when did I lose my love towards the unfamiliar? Now, when faced with a row of ants in my way, my first thought is no longer to attack them. I just skip over them and we both carry on. The ants were already wise, but thanks to Jack, I learned to live with the not so beautiful bits of nature.

1. What does the underlined word “assigned” in Paragraph 1 mean?
A.Fired.B.Sent.C.Praised.D.Interviewed.
2. Why did the writer scream?
A.She felt sick in the jeep.B.She was afraid of visiting the park.
C.She had a spider on her clothes.D.She wanted to catch Jack's attention.
3. How did Jack help the writer with the spider?
A.Let it move onto his leg.B.Throw it out of their jeep.
C.Feed it to the tiger walking by.D.Put it on the jeep's dashboard.
4. What is the text mainly about?
A.A moving love story.
B.A wildlife park adventure.
C.A spider living in a nature park.
D.A love lesson learned from a young man.

7 . Former NBA great Tracy McGrady has called for the league to call off the regular season in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic(流行病).

On March 11, the NBA became the first major U.S. league to suspend its season after Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert became the first player to test positive for the novel coronavirus. Since then, the COVID-19 outbreak has swept across the U.S.

NBA commissioner(委员) Adam Silver has indicated all options remain on the table, including playing games behind closed doors and isolating players to postponing the start of next season to allow the current campaign to be completed.

McGrady, who spent 16 seasons in the NBA, said: "As a former player, I would be in favor of calling the season off,for I don't have the facilities I need to stay in tip-top shape that I need to be in because everything is closed." Also, he added that even once training facilities re-opened and players could train as usual again, it was going to take them some time to get back to what he described as "basketball shape”.

The only feasible(可行的) solution to get players to be back to full fitness was to allow them to train and then ensure their fitness in a series of exhibition games.

"You just can't jump back into the regular season," McGrady added.

Last week, Silver admitted "there was no clear path ahead" for the NBA to return.

"Based on the reports that we got from varied outside officials, current public health officials ... we are not in a position to make any decisions," the NBA commissioner said in a conference, which followed a video conference meeting with the NBA's board of governors.

"And it's unclear when we will be…”

1. What does the underlined word “suspend” in the second paragraph mean?
A.怀疑.B.预测.C.暂停.D.花费.
2. According to the passage, which one is not a suitable alternative for the NBA players?
A.Play games indoors.
B.Go on playing as usual.
C.Exercise themselves on a regular basis.
D.separate themselves physically from others.
3. It can be inferred from the passage that______.?
A.Tracy McGrady did not support calling the season off.
B.The COVID-19 has not influenced most places of the U.S.
C.The NBA commission will soon make a decision.
D."basketball shape” is essential to NBA players.
2020-10-21更新 | 59次组卷 | 1卷引用:安徽省蚌埠田家炳中学2020-2021学年高二10月月考英语试题
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8 . I received a private message on Facebook. It began harmlessly enough: “Hey, girl. Wanted to invite you to join my next challenge group—we’ll be focusing on fitting in 30 minutes of exercise and balanced nutrition.”

It was all becoming too much. Facebook was running my life, not me.

But what killed Facebook for me was when I posted a photo, and five minutes later my son asked me how many “likes” it had got. His question was a wake-up call.

“Likes” are signs of acceptance and approval. I had forgotten that acceptance and approval need to come from within and had unknowingly set him a bad example.

Before Facebook, surfing the internet was an occasional distraction and I spent a lot more time reading books and magazines. I checked in with friends through texts, emails and phone calls.

To recreate the simplicity of those days and set a healthier example to my son, I deactivated my Facebook account.

I’d been in the habit of checking Facebook many times a day, so I had to come up with some new habits. I carried a novel and a crossword puzzle book around with me. I rediscovered knitting. I started taking yoga classes.

I started to remember a few things. My body is fine just the way it is. I have friends who will help me out when I’m in trouble, and I will help them out. I do my best to be a good mother, and our son is happy and healthy. We are very lucky to be able to afford two vacations a year.

I stopped looking at the world through my cellphone. I felt completely present in the moment.

The break left me feeling better about myself, my family, my home and my life.

After a few weeks, I returned to Facebook. Now I look at the photos of my friends’ kids growing up and treasure how social media allows me to keep in touch with family far and wide. I look in on a daily basis, but no longer with the desire constantly to post updates.

It is not an addiction any more.

1. What was the author’s life like before her break from Facebook?
A.She enjoyed reading in her free time.
B.She spent much time on social media.
C.She didn’t get along well with her son.
D.She didn’t care what others thought of her.
2. The underlined word “deactivate” in Paragraph 6 is closest in meaning to “________”.
A.closeB.updateC.keepD.check
3. What did the author do to change her life?
A.She went to the gym as often as she could.
B.She developed some healthy habits.
C.She tried to make money for her holidays.
D.She traveled around a lot for a year.
4. What is the author’s attitude toward social media?
A.Critical.B.Supportive.C.Objective.D.Indifferent.

9 . Notre-Dame de Paris, a cathedral church in Paris, is the most famous of the Gothic cathedrals of the Middle Ages. For the French, it represents something immortal, ever-present and unchanging, like a mountain. Built over almost two centuries, the Notre-Dame is, as President Emmanuel Macron said, “where the French lived all their great moments”. Soldiers prayed here before leaving for the Crusades; Napoleon Bonaparte was crowned here; it survived the French Revolution, two World Wars and the Nazi occupation. It is where men bend their knees to profess love and thousands of tourists take photos every day.

A fire, whose cause was not identified yet, engulfed(吞没), on April 15th, the cathedral's upper structure. More than 400 firefighters took part in the 15-hour battle to control the blaze(火苗) that triggered sorrow over the globe. The extent of the damage is still unknown, but the fire destroyed much of the gothic cathedral’s wood-timbered roof and spire(塔尖). The cathedral will certainly be restored (the French government promises), but the sight of flames bringing down the spire moved the world in a manner far exceeding its religious significance.

French Culture Minister Franck Riester on Thursday said the government would draw all the consequences from the huge flames that destroyed the centuries-old Notre Dame Cathedral, adding measures to protect the national heritage were on the table. “Staff from the fire department, the culture ministry and the city town hall rushed to the Cathedral, when the fire started, to protect the main artworks that were inside. The artworks, which include relics such as the Christ's crown of thorns and French king Saint-Louis's 13th century tunic, were first moved to the city town hall and will now be transferred to the nearby Louvre Museum .” the minister told Le Parisian newspaper in an interview without giving details on the possible measures.

1. What can we learn about the Notre-Dame de Paris?
A.It is the most well-known cathedral.B.Most of the French think little of it.
C.It was built by Napoleon Bonaparte.D.It’s still in existence after two World Wars.
2. The underlined word “triggered” in Paragraph 2 can be replaced by___________.
A.destroyed.B.avoided.C.caused.D.prevented
3. What is true about the Cathedral in the accident?
A.Only the spire was brought down by the flames.
B.It was completely burnt in the fire.
C.The gilded crown of thorns in it was gone forever.
D.The cause of the accident to the Cathedral was still unknown.
4. According to Franck Riester, what has already done by the government?
A.Rebuild the cathedral.
B.Rescue the artworks inside the cathedral.
C.Transfer the relics to the nearby Louvre Museum.
D.Release the cause of the fire to the public.
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