重庆市第十一中学校2023-2024学年高三上学期10月月考英语试题
重庆
高三
阶段练习
2024-01-31
79次
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适中
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With mental health awareness more important than ever, here are the best mental wellness apps that take minority groups into consideration.
Reju
Reju is another meditation and self-care app, launched to respond to the rapid growth in mental health challenges in African American communities. Reju offers a wealth of motivational content to reduce stress, improve mental health, and lead users towards better living. Best of all is the welcoming Reju community for free, where you can connect with peers and get support with issues they’re also facing.
Spoke
Spoke is a meditation (冥想) app designed to deliver mental health support for music lovers. Created by a group of musical artists working with scientific advisers in London, it cleverly combines mental health tools like mindfulness, CBT, and positive psychology with binaural and hip-hop beats, nature sounds, ambient music, and guided lyricism.
Liberate.cx
Liberate.cx is a daily meditation app specifically for the BIPOC community (黑人社区), with mindfulness resources that address topics such as race, microaggressions, anxiety, and self-worth. It draws on expert teachers from diverse cultures to offer wisdom everyone can benefit from.
Headspace
Renowned mental health app, which is only for women. Headspace has launched the Headspace Women’s Collection to provide welcome meditation resources for women. These cover a wide range of issues, including sex and relationships, self-worth, and solidarity. A series of body-supportive sessions are aimed at helping women healing after a miscarriage or struggling with fertility.
1. If a music fan has mental health, which app is appropriate for him?A.Reju. | B.Spoke. | C.Liberate.cx. | D.Headspace. |
A.It is merely for female users. | B.It’s a free mental health app. |
C.It provides meditation resources. | D.It appeals to a wider customer base. |
A.To advertise these apps to attract more users. |
B.To arouse more and more attention of the society. |
C.To offer wisdom to everyone from diverse cultures. |
D.To recommend mental wellness apps for minority groups. |
Once upon a time a little leaf was heard to sigh and cry, as leaves often do when a gentle wind is about.
And the twig (细枝) said, “What is the matter, little leaf?”
And the leaf said, “The wind just told me that one day it would pull me off and throw me down to lie on the ground!”
The twig told it to the branch on which it grew, and the branch told it to the tree. And when the tree heard it, it rustled all over, and sent back word to the leaf, “Do not be afraid; hold on tightly, and you shall not go till you want to.”
And so the leaf stopped sighing, but went on nestling and singing. Every time the tree shook itself and stirred up all its leaves, the branches shook themselves, and the little twig shook itself, and the little leaf danced up and down merrily, as if nothing could ever pull it off.
And so it grew all summer long until October.
And when the bright days of autumn came, the little leaf saw all the leaves around becoming very beautiful. Some were yellow, and some scarlet, and some mixed with both colors.
Then it asked the tree what it meant. And the tree said, “All these leaves are getting ready to fly away, and they have put on these beautiful colors because of joy.”
Then the little leaf began to want to go, and grew very beautiful in thinking of it, and when it was very bright, it saw that the branches of the tree had no color in them, and so the leaf said, “Oh branches, why are you lead color and we golden?”
“We must keep on our work clothes, for our life is not done; but your clothes are for holiday...”
Just then a little puff of wind came, and the leaf let go without thinking of it, and the wind took it up, and turned it over and over, and whirled it like a spark of fire in the air, and then it fell gently down under the fence among hundreds of other leaves, and began to dream — a dream so beautiful that perhaps it will last forever.
4. Why was the little leaf anxious?A.It would lose the twig soon. | B.It would be blown off by the wind. |
C.It couldn’t nestle on the tree. | D.It would fly away from the tree. |
A.The tree taught the leaf to be merry. | B.The branches are the nest of the leaf. |
C.The tree was strong to fight against the wind. | D.The little leaf conquered its fear and anxiety. |
A.The leaf was changing its color for holiday. | B.The branches were of tired of the leaf. |
C.The leaf was on the way to falling off. | D.The branches were jealous of the leaf. |
A.Every dark cloud has a silver lining. | B.Everything on earth goes with the law of nature. |
C.The grass is always greener on the other side. | D.Life is of high value but freedom is more precious. |
When you think of the new place for growing food, you might think of Mars. But one Italian family believes one possible place is right here on the Earth: the ocean.
Nemo’s Garden is the world’s first underwater cultivation system of terrestrial (陆地的) plants. Located off the coast of Noli, Italy, it consists of several greenhouses called biospheres (生物圈), attached to the seafloor. “The mission of it is to change agriculture, to give it an added possibility for growing produce in the ocean,” says co-founder Luca Gamberini.
His father Sergio Gamberini came up with the idea by combining his two passions—diving and gardening. In 2012, the project began with planting basil in a balloon underwater. Now Nemo’s Garden is growing strong.
With the global population expected to reach roughly 10 billion by 2050, the UN estimates food production will need to increase up to 60% to feed the population.
“We have a limited amount of resources, and our current way of harvesting those resources is unsustainable,” Luca says, “and we believe that underwater gives us some advantages over traditional agriculture.
Floating six to ten meters underwater, plants in Nemo’s Garden are separated from any outside pathogens (病菌) and pests. Also, the relatively steady temperature of the ocean water is an ideal environment for plant life. Besides, Nemo’s Garden uses hydroponics—a technique that uses water-based nutrients instead of soil. Sunlight does reach the plants, but growing lights are used when needed. “Also, there is little interaction with the marine environment and related ecosystems, which means no harm is caused to marine life,” adds Luca.
Everything is monitored on land through cameras and sensors, and settings can be adjusted remotely. When it’s time to harvest, a diver will cut the vegetation, place Different studies have been conducted on Nemo’s Garden. A 2020 study concluded that basil from the garden had a higher essential oil concentration and contained more antioxidants (抗氧化剂).
The team at Nemo’s Garden has plans for even bigger biospheres in the future, as well as other locations. Luca believes the future of Nemo’s Garden will be mostly along the coastlines where communities could benefit from the added space it offers.
8. What does the underlined word ”it“ in Paragraph 2 refer to?A.The biosphere. | B.The seafloor. | C.Agriculture. | D.Nemo’s Garden. |
A.To estimate the current situation of food production. |
B.To address the expansion of global population. |
C.To add some background information on the project. |
D.To point out some problems in traditional agriculture. |
A.Cost-effective. | B.Energy-saving. |
C.Multi-functional. | D.Eco-friendly. |
A.Its plants are low in nutritious value. |
B.Its biospheres are not large enough. |
C.Its biospheres completely rely on antioxidants. |
D.Its plants are too weak to fight pathogens. |
Professionals use the word “amateur” as a disapproving term for those who lack formal training and qualifications. I think such prejudice is a mistake. One day that amateur might just create a new industry.
Typical amateurs are free to invent as they please, try new ideas, fail, and get up and do it all again—but better. As Marshall McLuhan, the media theorist, said: “Amateurs can afford to lose.” They are self-improvers, chasing a dream rather than a laborious, life-long career within a group. Amateurs can do it part-time, for charity or for fun.
Thanks to the Internet, we can all be competent amateurs at almost everything. Now everyone can DIY and experiment—from blogging to film-making to online advice shops. The mysteries, terms and exclusiveness of the self-satisfied old crafts are revealed online for all to see. Besides, the world is vastly more complex now, but that means even the most respected professional needs expert help. The end of the age of authority means we no longer hold elites (精英) such as judges and bankers in such awe. For centuries the club-like professional bodies have taken society in their control, a form of freemasonry (互助协会) for the well-educated and connected.
Charles Leadbeater has written persuasively about the importance of serious amateurs, or “professional amateurs”, who have helped introduce innovations to the mainstream. These passionate amateurs cooperate to give disruptive ideas (颠覆性的观点) possibility. Their constructive ideas contribute to the improvement of mountain bikes. Social enterprises are dominated by enthusiastic amateurs whose priority is to improve the world rather than bill clients. Among the greatest cooperative achievements of the Internet Age have been Wikipedia and Linux. It is surprising there haven’t been more crowded-sourced successes. Perhaps business projects have been too chaotic and lacked the leadership necessary for any complicated project to come to fruition.
Nevertheless, I show my admirations for the armies of gifted amateurs. I don’t deny the importance of education, but I place greater emphasis on results and originality, which are the highlights of amateurism.
12. The advantages of amateurs are listed below except ______.A.they enjoy more freedom in creation. | B.they can afford the cost of failure. |
C.they are the fruit of the Internet Age. | D.they have a wide range of choices. |
A.The influence of professionals are being challenged. |
B.Public opinion is influenced by the small group of elites. |
C.Only the competent amateurs can make crafts revealed. |
D.Human society has been governed by well-educated groups. |
A.By listing figures. | B.By making comparisons. |
C.By explaining causes. | D.By giving examples. |
A.The Evolution of Amateurism | B.A New Industrial Revolution |
C.A Salute to the Amateur | D.The End of Authority Age |