广东省普宁市第二重点中学2021-2022学年高二上学期期中考试英语试题

Growing up, we are constantly reminded that young people are heavily affected by technology. We are the "antisocial club", those who prefer to text our friends in the same room rather than make eye contact with them. And even though never-ending studies reveal to us the extent of our social media addiction, we should at least consider that it's not only our young people's problem any more.

There's the rise of the Instagram mums, who like to post an abundance of cute baby pictures, share their mom feelings along the way and show their wonderful lifestyles. They are the so-called "Facebook mum generation", a growing group of parents that like to overshare.

While all of this might be fine, and even a little humorous, new research suggests that parents' technology addiction is negatively affecting their children's behavior. According to the study, 40% of mothers and 32% of fathers have admitted having some sort of phone addiction. This has led to a significant fall in verbal interactions within families and even a decline in mothers' encouraging their children.

There is no denying that I get annoyed when receiving the words "I'll be with you soon" from a parent, when all I want to do is ask one question. But, at the same time, every day leaving the room to wait until my father is finished with his "serious business" (Farmville), has now become the norm. Whether you want to escape your disturbing children for a bit, or want to stay up late flicking through Twitter, know that wanting to do all of these is normal. We, your children, know how addictive it can be and how difficult it is to switch off. But before telling us to put our phones away at the table or even worse, listing statistics of how damaging social media can be for us, maybe lead by example, considering how much time you spend on the phone and how this is impacting your children and your relationship with us. Maybe in this way we can work on our addiction together.

China's first panda-themed tourist train, known as the "Panda train" left Chengdu Railway Station in Sichuan's provincial capital for Zunyi in neighboring Cuizhou province on Sunday night. The train is decorated with giant panda images, and attendants carry panda toys and passengers can even try panda-shaped food. The "panda train" will start operation on March 28. It will serve on fixed lines and customized lines to connect tourist attractions in Sichuan and neighboring provinces.

In the future, the train will operate on a number of rail lines linking Chengdu and Chongqing, Chongqing and Guiyang, Shanghai and Kunming in Sichuan, Guzhou provinces and Chongqing municipality.

Ticket offer:

The three-day trip costs 1,280 yuan, including food, accommodation and entrance tickets to scenic spots in Guizhou.

Facilities:

The train, which doubles as a mobile star-rated hotel, can accommodate 252 passengers. It has a dining room, bar, karaoke room, dance hall and mahjong room. The 12 cars have individual rooms for two or four passengers, and each room has a washroom with a toilet and shower facilities.

The mahjong room might be the biggest attraction for passengers from Sichuan whose people are known for their fondness of the game. There's an old joke that an airplane passenger bound for Chengdu can sleep soundly, only to be woken by the clicking of mahjong tiles in the city before landing. In fact, Chengdu is better known for its love of mahjong than its other attractions, such as the giant panda, Sichuan Opera and Sichuan cuisine, according to an online survey conducted by sohu.com two decades ago.

Booking information:

Tickets are only available in advance through Chengdu Railway International Business Travel Group website during the trial runs.

Susan had always loved making clothes, spending her teenage years fashioning Vogue Patterns to wear to parties. However, life got in the way of taking her fashion dreams any further.

Susan worked as any staff from a waitress to a cook in an old people's home, before getting a job at a charity.

"For some reason, the charity had to reduce my days. I thought I'd use the opportunity to take up an A-level on my extra day off, and of course I chose textile," she said. "At last, I knew what I wanted to do with myself; I wanted to be creative."

At the age of 61, Susan quit her job to follow her passion. "I loved learning all the different techniques like quilting, batik (蜡染), pattern making," she said. "I felt I was in my element, and getting my hands dirty with bleach (漂白剂) and dyes; I'd never felt happier."

After an open day at the University of Northampton, she signed up to get a degree in fashion. Susan was a hit at university, and the teachers were impressed with her designs, which she described as female. Being picked for the Graduate Fashion Week show was the cherry on the cake. She said, "It was an unbelievable experience and I loved every minute of the show. It's given me a taste of what I want to do next, and that's to work in the fashion industry."

To anyone else who has a dream they've never had the chance to complete, she has an important message. "I want to tell people to just have a go," she said. "One step at a time, the journey of 1,000 miles starts with one step. Do what you can with what you've got and don't let age be a barrier. I'm so glad I did the course—it's given me a new lesson of life and shows you can really do anything."

For decades, world wars and fears of a brave new world have made British workers very anxious. Yet it appears that the rise of robots has been overestimated, according to new data. The Office of National Statistics (ONS) published a series of data which showed that far fewer jobs are at risk of replacement by robots than previously thought.

In 2017, out of the 19.9 million jobs analyzed in England, 7. 4 percent of people were employed in jobs at high risk of replacement. This marked a fall of 0.7 percent less than in 2011. However, the number of employees that were in jobs at low risk of replacement in 2017 was 27.7 percent of all employees, a rise of 2.4 percent since 2011.

The ONS found that the three jobs with the highest possibility of replacement are waiters and waitresses, shelf fillers and the most basic sales jobs. As expected, regular things in a fixed order and repeated tasks can be carried out more quickly and efficiently by an algorithm(计算程序) written by a human, or a machine designed for specific functions. Therefore, the risk of replacement in such jobs is to be higher.

However, the three jobs at the lowest risk of replacement are doctors, higher education professionals and senior education professionals. Furthermore, while the general number of jobs has increased, most of these are jobs that are at low or medium (中等的) risk, suggesting that the labour market may be changing to jobs that require more complex skills.

Alessandro, an expert in AI, said he was not surprised by the fall in jobs which were at risk. "When something like technology becomes fashionable, there's a rise in major expectations. Our expectation reaches the highest point, and then it comes back down to a more realistic level," he added.

"Communication is the most essential and sociable of all human behaviors", which is absolutely true as for human community. Communication is the majority of everyone's social life. "Without communication, life would be as cold as a rock."Because these certain conversations can make people attracted. Personally, we should consider the following three aspects to make good communication.

To start good communication, we can make certain adequate preparations, especially some relative questions.We can ask some questions to show our politeness, respect and sincere care. For example, have you been carrying on well recently? What do you favor in your spare time? Remember to think again before you put forward a question.

The most important part of communication is to listen. Permit others to do most of the talking. Be patient and hold interest in their comments, making necessary gestures to show you are listening. Do not interrupt others when they express excitedly. Being a good conversationalist as well as a good listener will help you a lot.

Appropriate eye contact is like a great element of the main dish which makes it more delicious. During communicating with others, we should look the speakers in the eye kindly. It will help us to improve mutual (相互的) understanding. Do not hesitate to look into them. But you had better not stare at them and not look at them for too long.

A. Enjoy good communication, being friends with them.

B. It is usually said that eyes are windows to the soul.

C. It would make others feel uneasy and unwilling to continue talking.

D. They believe they wanna know and even convince us.

E. We should concentrate on others' saying and think in their shoes.

F. It is considered to be fairly comfortable to be asked fine questions.

G. Furthermore, good communication is an interesting attraction in our daily life.

The first time my grandma came to visit us in Canada, she was a little upset. She 1 that there was nothing to do.

Before my grandma arrived, I used to tend the flowers in our garden. But while I was at school and my parents were at work, my grandma, feeling 2, came down upon the little piece of land. She pulled out the annuals (一年生植物) and 3 those with orderly rows of green onions and other 4. I told her to stop, to keep the flowers. "They're pretty, but they're 5," she said matter-of-factly. I was annoyed until I learned something about her past.

Grandma was 6 at the time of a severe famine (饥荒). She lost her parents and did everything on her own. 7 , she never cried about it to anyone.

Different times 8 unique characters. My grandma was shaped by the 9 of her family members and the difficulties in China's recent history. Those who experienced the famine are, 10, unwilling to use valuable land to plant flowers. Her 11, responsibility, diligence and frugality (勤俭), helped her through those difficult years, some of which were laid down by the hands of time, and to change them now would 12 her. She is a(n) 13 link between my family's past and future — she 14 her times' challenges to support the next generation. Someday, I will be like my grandma and 15 my small part to human's moving on.

Kierman was born in Sydney, Australia, and grew up near the sea. For more than 40 years, he raced in international sailing (competition)．

While taking part in  important race in 1987, Kierman began to notice the huge amount of rubbish in the world's oceans. He decided to do something about it. He organized a community event called "Clean Up Sydney Harbour". On Sunday, January 8, 1989, more than 40,000 volunteers came out (clear) away rubbish. The next year, Kierman made the clean­up a national event,  turned out to be a huge success. Across Australia, about 300,000 people spent the day (improve) their local environment. Since then, "Clean Up Australia" has got  (big) year by year. In 2002, for example, 800,000 people  (clean) up almost 15,000 tons of rubbish from Australia's beaches, parks and streets.

(inspire) by the success of his project, Kierman started an even bigger program.  the help of the United Nations Environment Program, he introduced "Clean Up the World" to other parts of the world. "Clean Up the World" has been growing (rapid) and his wonderful idea has now spread from one city to the whole world.

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Dear Prof. Green,

I am Li Hua, a high school student from China.

……

Yours,

Li Hua

Yesterday a heat wave hit the town. "It's too hot! Let's go for a swim after we finish our chores (家务活) at home!" Joseph complained to his little brother, Loren. As the boys walked toward the Little Colorado River, they saw Sam and Frank, who ran to join them. "Swimming's just what we need to cool off!" Sam said, kicking a rock.

"Sure it is," Frank agreed. Then he looked at the field they were passing. There were many round watermelons in Farmer Davis's patch (小块地). "Hey, Joseph"  Frank said, "do you have the courage to climb over that fence and get us a ripe (成熟的) watermelon?"

"I don't know. " Joseph said.

Loren looked uncomfortable. "I don't think that's a good idea."

"Come on," Frank said, pushing Joseph toward the fence. "No one will ever know."

Then Frank started to climb the wooden fence. Joseph felt bad but climbed the fence and jumped with Frank into the watermelon patch.

Joseph took the closest melon and raced back to the fence. The other boys laughed and took turns carrying the heavy melon as they ran to the river. Finally they broke open the watermelon. The sticky sweet juice was delicious! But Joseph regretted what they had done and wished he hadn't taken the melon.

On the walk home, they finished off the last piece of the melon just as they passed the watermelon patch again. Joseph lowered his head quickly when he saw Farmer Davis in the field. He waved at the boys, who quickly threw the melon rinds (皮) to the side of the road. Davis looked upset as the boys hurried by. Joseph felt terrible. It was wrong to take the watermelon. He knew he had to tell Farmer Davis what they had done and ask for forgiveness (宽恕).

That evening Farmer Davis visited Joseph and Loren at their house. "One of my biggest watermelons went missing," he said, "I was wondering if you boys happened to see anyone in my field as you passed by today."

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Joseph looked at his shoes and said in a low voice.

……

Farmer Davis thought for a minute.