1 . Investment Competition

About the Competition

The Wharton Global High School Investment Competition is a free, online investment simulation (模拟) for high school students(9th to 12th grade)and teachers. Students work in teams of four to seven, guided by a teacher as their advisor (顾问). Together, they learn about teamwork, communication, risk, companies and industry analysis and many other important aspects of investing.

Teams examine a brief case study featuring a potential client and are tasked with working closely to meet that client’s long term investment goals. Equipped with an approved stock list and the Wharton Investment Simulator (WInS), which allows them to simulate (模拟) stock trading, students develop an investment strategy, analyze sectors and companies, and build a portfolio (投资组合) using $ 100 ,000 in virtual cash provided by WInS over the course of 10 weeks. Winners are selected on the strength of their team strategies, not on the growth of their portfolios.

Results

Final reports are reviewed by a team of judges, who select 50 semi-finalist teams. Those teams are invited to present their strategies to a panel of expert judges at the virtual semifinals. The top 10 teams from the semifinals move on to the final of the competition, the Global Finale, at Wharton in Philadelphia.

Please Remember

Once advisors register for the competition, they will receive a confirmation email with instructions to set up their student team accounts on WInS, our trading platform. Student team accounts must be set up no later than September 20, 2023. In order to complete the registration form, advisors will need to:

•Choose the username and password for their advisor accounts.

•Provide their school-issued email address, as well as a back-up email address where all competition communications will be sent.

1. What’s the function of WInS?

A．Offering virtual cash.	B．Studying some brief cases.
C．Making people win business.	D．Understanding clients’ requirements.

2. What can we know about the Global Finale?

A．All final reports must be delivered to it.

B．It’s the highest level of the competition.

C．It’s a final graded by clients’ opinions.

D．About fifty teams can participate in it.

3. What should advisors do after registering for the competition?

A．Send a confirmation email to judges.

B．Guide students to create their own accounts.

C．Ensure team members are from the same school.

D．Build the student team accounts on the specific platform.

2 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

The M1 highway was closed down in both directions due to flooding, leaving thousands of vehicles stuck on the spot. Several hundred had been stuck for at least 30 hours since the road was cut at about 7.30 am on Monday.

Unluckily, I was one of the people who were waiting for help. There are almost 100 vehicles trapped on the road about 800 meters long. And one benefit was that there was a short road tunnel (隧道) that had provided shelter from the pouring rain as well as some lighting after nightfall. So how people have felt depended on how well they stored food. I was totally in trouble because of lacking food. I heard someone knocking on my window while I was worrying about my situation.

A man, who was driving a truck full of raw (生的) chicken leaving for downtown, opened his truck’s door and shared the chicken around by dinner time on Monday. This was a thriving community of shared resources and resourcefulness, where the truck driver dished out food that had been ordered for supermarkets. And others helped to cook the raw chicken by the tool which were found in their cars.

I took the chicken from the truck driver and, after expressing my thanks, I lost in thought: how do I cook this chicken? Just as I was looking around in confusion, a girl not far away waved to me, “Come over here, we have cooked meat.” “No, thanks,” I replied casually. But I was so hungry that I couldn’t help but walk over to her with the chicken. She took the chicken from my hand, cleaned it and put it on the grill (烧烤架). I was impressed by her masterful way. After a while, some meat was cooked and I took the meat she handed to me.

注意：
1. 续写词数应为150左右;
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

As I got the hot chicken, I was filled with gratitude.

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I carefully wrote down the phone number of Catherine, the girl who had helped me so much during the wait.

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3 . A 23-year-old woman just set a record for the fastest solo row across the Atlantic. Departing from the Canary Islands, Payne rowed 59 days, before arriving in Antigua. The _________ achievement was made for a charity. More than $14,200 was raised to help people _________.

The challenge was described as one of the hardest ones on Earth. No _________ was allowed—all necessities must be brought along. But she was _________ enough to keep going without extra help.

The last 8 miles was really _________ for Payne. It was that point where she knew she couldn’t give up and that she had to _________ it. Although 8 miles was _________ in the great plan of 3,000 miles, it felt like some of the longest for her. However, hunger, lack of sleep and the test of body and mind were _________ by sighting fantastic sea life and _________ the beauty of the sunrise and sunset. So the __________ was worthwhile.

Payne rowed 15 hours per day alone in the Atlantic Ocean with strong winds. “In the last week, I thought I wasn’t going to break a __________ at all because the wind dropped and I was going nowhere,” she said. “There was one day when I rowed __________ for 18 hours, but I only rowed less than 10 miles. That was pretty__________. I could just feel the race record slipping away.”

But finally Payne __________ it with a strong will. She received the cheers of the crowd when approaching Antigua. She could hear the __________ from her family and friends waiting for her.

1.

A．remarkable

B．artistic

C．common

D．industrial

2.

A．for fun

B．for sale

C．in charge

D．in need

3.

A．error

B．destination

C．support

D．profit

4.

A．strong

B．tense

C．ordinary

D．generous

5.

A．free

B．tough

C．smooth

D．brief

6.

A．measure

B．finish

C．celebrate

D．extend

7.

A．something

B．anything

C．everything

D．nothing

8.

A．interrupted

B．matched

C．balanced

D．worsened

9.

A．describing

B．affecting

C．imagining

D．appreciating

10.

A．struggle

B．failure

C．foundation

D．tracking

11.

A．container

B．commitment

C．reform

D．record

12.

A．globally

B．carelessly

C．determinedly

D．instantly

13.

A．disappointing

B．rewarding

C．harmless

D．formal

14.

A．lost

B．deserted

C．made

D．refused

15.

A．regret

B．screams

C．permission

D．complaints

4 . If you’re worried about being a self-centered person, that concern shows you’ve already taken an important step towards change.     1    

Focus on listening instead of talking. Give others your full attention and really hear them out. Self-centered people often make conversations center around themselves and they tend to get bored when the focus isn’t on them.     2     Give others a chance to speak their minds and do your best to show that you’re really listening.

    3     Imagining yourself in their situation helps you understand them better. If your friend is telling you about something that happened to him or her and you just don’t feel engaged (吸引住), it can help to imagine how you would feel in his or her situation. Try asking yourself how you would feel and what you would need if you were him or her. Then, keep those things in mind when you respond to your friend.

Use fewer “I” and “me” statements. Fight the strong wish to talk about yourself in every conversation. It’s an easy habit to get into, but you can’t focus on anyone else if you’re always talking about yourself. Try to actively reduce the number of “I” and “me” statements you make in daily conversation. Studies show that talking about yourself less often can make you happier and healthier.     4    

Learn how to compromise (妥协).     5     Compromising means choosing to believe another person’s needs and desires are just as important as your own. Instead of demanding your way during a disagreement comes, try meeting the other person halfway so that each person gets some of their needs met.

A．Let someone else be in charge.

B．Put yourself in someone else’s shoes.

C．If this sounds familiar to you, you can break that habit.

D．If there are other solutions, don’t always have to add yours.

E．Self-centered people want everything to go their way all the time.

F．Try reminding yourself to do that when you are not having a good time.

G．Change can be tough, but there are still useful tips you need on this journey.

5 . About 230 whales beached themselves on the western part of the Australian island of Tasmania. It is the second such incident in recent days. At least half are alive and animal officials are working to rescue them. They are trying to understand why the whales got stuck.

The whales are stuck on Ocean Beach near Macquarie Harbor in the western part of Tasmania. About two years ago, 470 whales became stuck on sand in the same area. That time, about 100 whales were saved but the rest died.

The whales are pilot whales, which weigh between 1,000 and 2,000 kilograms and measure over 6 meters. Pilot whales are the species that most often get stuck in large numbers. Some scientists believe it is because they travel in large groups and follow a leader.

A team from the Marine Conservation Program was heading to the area to help the whales. The harbor does not have deep water and its entrance is known by locals as Hell’s Gate.

Linton Kringle is a salmon farmer who once helped with the rescue in 2020. He told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation this year’s work would be more difficult. That time, he said that the whales were in the harbor, so people could reach them easily on boats. This time, they are outside of the safe area, on a beach, which means it will be harder to get boats near them. “It’s too shallow (浅的) and too rough. My thoughts would be to try to get them onto a vehicle if we can’t get them swim out,” Kringle added.

Vanessa Pirotta is a wildlife scientist who studies animals like whales and dolphins. She said the fact that the whales have gotten stuck around the same place during the same part of the year, suggesting there might be something environmental here.

1. What puzzles animal officials most?

A．The number of beached whales.	B．The cause of whales’ beaching.
C．The times of whales’ beaching.	D．The way to rescue beached whales.

2. What can make pilot whales suffer beaching in large numbers?

A．Their group travel habits.	B．Their heavy weights.
C．Their poor eyesight.	D．Their long bodies.

3. Why does Linton Kringle consider this year’s rescue work to be more difficult?

A．There aren’t so many rescue workers.

B．The entrance is known as Hell’s Gate.

C．Making them swim back to the sea is almost impossible.

D．The whales in danger are too far away to reach by boat.

4. What is the purpose of this text?

A．To introduce pilot whales.

B．To call on people to protect whales.

C．To recommend a suitable rescue method.

D．To tell an incident about whales’ beaching.

6 . Four Modern Poets Who Are Making a Difference

Shonto Begay

Shonto Begay was born in 1954. He is an artist, writer, poet and filmmaker. His experiences of growing up in Native American culture and spending 10 years in the National Park Service as a ranger (护林员) stir up all of his art and writing. Begay’s works try to keep the traditional culture alive while also expressing the realities and struggles of modern native Americans.

Sarah Kay

Sarah Kay was born in 1988 and lives in New York City. She is well known for her spoken word poetry. Kay has published four poetry collections. Her works have inspired people of all ages to be the best they can be. Young and extremely passionate, she is out there making the world a better place by doing charity work.

Cathy Park Hong

Cathy Park Hong is a Korean-American poet and professor. She has published three volumes (卷) of poetry: Translating Mo’um, Dance Dance Revolution, and Engine Empire. She is best known for her style of “code switching”—the use of mixed languages. She does this to create interactive possibilities and social experimentation.

Amber Tamblyn

Amber Tamblyn was born in 1983 and is an American actress and poet. Her work in both television and movies has influenced her poetry. Apart from two self-published books of poetry, she holds three poetry collections: Free Stallion, Bang Ditto, and Dark Sparkler, the last of which explores the lives and deaths of child star actresses. She also co-founded the Write Now Poetry Society which is devoted to creating poetry programs.

1. What influenced Shonto Begay’s works?

A．Native American culture.

B．Modern young Americans.

C．His work as a filmmaker.

D．His childhood in the National Park service.

2. Who is devoted to the public service?

A．Shonto Begay.	B．Sarah Kay.
C．Cathy Park Hong.	D．Amber Tamblyn.

3. Which of the following books is about child stars?

A．Free Stallion.	B．Bang Ditto.
C．Dark Sparkler.	D．Engine Empire.

7 . It is very important to stay healthy. A lot of people aren’t aware of many benefits of daily exercise and only begin to do so when health complications (并发症) happen. Why then is it important to stay healthy?

Regular exercises will help you burn extra body fat and keep your body vigorous. There are many health complications related to having too much body fat. Heart diseases that are often very deadly are mostly a result of extra body fat.

Exercising keeps you sharp at all times. Keeping your body active also improves the functioning of the brain. Any kind of exercise is terrific. Most sports are excellent for keeping the body in good health, such as, basketball, swimming, bicycling, running and so on. Sports are not only good for your body, but they are enjoyable and interesting, too. There is a reason why most athletes are usually happy. Maybe the reason why you stay angry easily all the time is due to lack of exercise.

Fitness exercises are ideal for strength building. Regular daily exercise will build body muscles and improve your physical strength. They are also important in strengthening your back for good postures. People generally become less active as they grow older, especially when they have small kids that expect to play with them. Daily fitness will help you get the much needed strength and activity to keep up with the youthful energy of your children. Exercising also slows down the aging process by tightening your skin and increasing your body’s metabolic (新陈代谢的) rate.

Exercising is very important and some of the results of not joining in daily fitness are dangerous. Having fitness goals that actually mean something to you will help you develop a controlled daily fitness and achieve your desired result. These are just some of the benefits of having a strong fitness program. Many people ignore them and just begin to suffer from lifestyle diseases in their later lives. Exercise is very significant.

1. What can we learn from paragraph 1?

A．Lots of people are too busy to exercise.

B．Lots of people are used to staying quiet.

C．Lots of people keep exercising when they are sick.

D．Lots of people don’t realize the advantages of daily exercise.

2. What does underlined word “vigorous” menu in paragraph 2?

A．Fit.

B．Thin.

C．Young.

D．Graceful.

3. What will happen to us if we do daily exercise?

A．We can’t get ill.	B．We will eat more food,
C．We can become energetic.	D．We will become beautiful.

4. Which is the most suitable title for the text?

A．What do people think about keeping fit?	B．Why is exercise significant to keep fit?
C．What kind of exercise are good for health?	D．Why do people go to gymnasium to exercise?

8 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

“Hey, honey!” I said, hugging my seven-year-old, Jean Prince, as she got off the bus. “How was school?” I asked her as I always did.

“Well, not so real good,” she replied, looking sad. “Everyone has their pictures on the Reading Bulletin Board (布告栏) but me. I never get my picture up, not for math or reading or anything.” Her shoulders fell suddenly, and her chin began to shake clearly.

I’d like to believe that, with enough educational treatment, visits to the doctor, experimenting with different medicines for ADHD (多动症), and drill, practice, and patience at home, I can turn my Jean into a teacher’s “dream child,” the skilled and intelligent kid who gets everything right and never colors outside the lines.

But I can’t. And every failure is yet another blow to me, as well as to Jean. Taking a deep breath, I turned on the “building self-esteem (自尊)” mode. “Well, honey, I’m sorry. But I’ll bet something good happened to you today, didn’t it? What was the best thing that you did today?” Jean took her own sweet time, thinking things through. To my relief, she wasn’t, however, on the edge of tears anymore.

Finally, she brightened a bit and said slowly, “Yes, when I passed the gate of the park, I saw a little girl who was walking with her mother and she fell down and cried because her knee bled, I hurried home and took my Barbie doll and gave it to her. She loved it and stopped crying, her mother said thanks to me and I felt good.”

“Sweetie, that’s great!” I said excitedly.

“It is you who have told me that I should be kind and learn to share good things with others,” Jean replied.

I learned that Jean had saved from her allowance (零花钱) for the past month to get that doll, which was her favorite, so I thought to myself, “I will tell all these to Mrs Doe, Jean’s teacher.”

注意：1. 续写词数应为150左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Later that night, after driving Jean home, I hurried to Mrs Doe’s.
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At 4：30 the next afternoon, Jean rushed to me happily at the school gate.
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9 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

My family have been involved in agriculture business since the late 1800s when my great-grandfather     1     (start) the family farm. Over the years, the operation has developed from growing crops into selling farm equipment today — our primary focus has become the technology used in farming.

Agriculture,     2     general, has undergone a similar     3     (develop). Technology has become an indispensable part of doing business for every farmer, and agriculture retailer. In fact, a recent study by Hexa Reports suggests precision agriculture     4     (expect) to grow to $ 43.4 billion by 2025. It is a concept that was born in the 1990s and that was quite     5     (impress).

The increasing adoption rate of technology in agriculture shouldn’t be     6     (surprise) to anyone. Farming is     7     (high) land-intensive and labor-intensive. Farmers are driven to use technology to increase efficiency and manage costs.

But what exactly does the precision agriculture mean? Precision agriculture is also known as precision farming. Perhaps the easiest way     8     (understand) precision farming is to think of it as everything     9     makes the practice of farming more accurate and controlled when it comes to the growing of crops. A key component of this farm management approach is     10     use of information technology and a wide range of items such as sensors, drones, and GPS-based soil sampling.

10 . I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver. This year, I had the opportunity to _________ the community in many ways. I volunteered at several organizations. These experiences further opened my eyes to the needs of my community.

Years ago my family struggled with _________ and Helping Hands Charity was _________ enough to help us pay our electric bill. _________, I wanted to pay back the program. At first, however, I found little _________ in sorting piles of toys but then the manager told me that _________ would be very happy to receive these toys. This helped me know _________ isn’t about me; it is about playing an active role in the community, bringing joy to families who are _________, and giving hope to the hopeless.

I also had the _________ to help with the Meals on Wheels America, from which my grandfather once __________. He still remembered how he looked forward to a hot meal daily, and __________ me to help someone in the same way. It was __________ to deliver hot meals to people who didn’t have the means of getting one. This experience made me realize how __________ I am and the benefit I have got.

At the Science Museum I helped prepare for community services such as the Science Nights. When I was young, I had the opportunity to participate in one of the activities they hosted. I remember how the volunteers worked hard cooking our breakfast. It was beneficial to be on the __________ end instead of the receiving end. The Science Nights is a good way of making education __________ and exciting for the children.

1.

A．build

B．design

C．contact

D．serve

2.

A．education

B．weather

C．income

D．water

3.

A．wise

B．generous

C．strong

D．outstanding

4.

A．Otherwise

B．Instead

C．However

D．Therefore

5.

A．value

B．room

C．money

D．time

6.

A．elders

B．doctors

C．children

D．teachers

7.

A．volunteering

B．teaching

C．singing

D．dancing

8.

A．at risk

B．in need

C．at ease

D．under attack

9.

A．memory

B．ability

C．method

D．opportunity

10.

A．benefited

B．graduated

C．separated

D．escaped

11.

A．frightened

B．forbad

C．encouraged

D．ordered

12.

A．interesting

B．rewarding

C．challenging

D．tiring

13.

A．clever

B．stupid

C．blessed

D．considerate

14.

A．finishing

B．eating

C．giving

D．walking

15.

A．professional

B．comfortable

C．realistic

D．fun