福建省厦门市2018-2019学年高二下学期英语期末考试试卷

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    In 2012, Kim Stemple, a special-education teacher, found herself tied to an IV pole（输液架）in a Boston hospital being treated for one of several diseases she had. Before she got too sick to exercise, Stemple had been a marathon runner. She was naturally getting very depressed. And then a racing partner who had just finished a half marathon in Las Vegas gave her a medal and hoped the keepsake would act as a kind of pick-me-up. It worked like a charm.

    After Stemple hung the medal from her hospital IV pole, other patients said they wanted medals too. That got Stemple thinking. "A medal is a simple way to give a positive message," she told pilotonline.com. And so was born her charity, We Finish Together, which collects medals from strangers—runners, dancers, swimmers, singers, and even spelling bee winners—and donates them to all sorts of people in need.

    People who receive the medals have included hospital patients, residents of homeless shelters, and veterans. Part of the process involves the donor writing a personalized note on the ribbon（授带）, "This gives them a connection to someone," says Stemple. "If they receive a medal, they know someone cares."

    Can a simple medal really make a difference? Yes, says Joan Musarra, who suffers from a terrible disease. "I opened my package containing my new medal and the note of positive, warm thoughts. I was deeply touched," she wrote to Stemple. "At that moment, I was sitting on my couch breathing through an oxygen cannula（插管）because my lungs had worsened so badly. It means so much to me to feel that I am not alone."

    China's self-developed floating airship Jimu No.1 has set a new world record, reaching an altitude of 7,003 meters on May 23rd in Southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region.

    Jimu No.1 is a lighter-than-air ship with a volume（体积）of 2,300 cubic meters. Its surface is made of composite fabric（复合织物）, which can withstand low temperatures of -70℃. Equipped with scientific instruments, it conducts upper air observations and collects weather data.

    Floating airships play a significant role in high-altitude observations and tracking climate and geological changes. Compared with observation stations on the ground, they can make stereoscopic（有立体效果的）observations that provide more accurate data as the airships can directly travel to test areas and are less affected by buildings and local terrain（地形）.

    Jimu No.1 is being used in a monitoring project, part of China's second Qinghai-Tibet research mission, which aims to help researchers understand the source of the water supply and water transmission routes on the plateau. Named "the Third Pole" and "the Water Tower of Asia," the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau provides water to many Asian rivers, making it an ideal place for carrying out high-altitude projects and conducting research in water, ecology and human activities.

    Jimu No.1 has been breaking records. It set the previous records of over 6,200 meters in January, and 6,300 meters in April. And floating airships are expected to reach an altitude of 10,000 meters in the future.

    "Data is the new oil." Like the sticky black thing, all those Is and 0s are of little use until they are processed into something more valuable. That something is you.

Five of the world's ten most valuable companies are built on a foundation of tying data to human beings. Google and Facebook want to find out as much as possible about their users' interests, activities, friends and family. Amazon has a detailed history of consumer behavior. Tencent and Alibaba are the digital wallets for hundreds of millions of Chinese; both know enough about consumers to provide widely used credit scores. Those with a good Zhima credit score, provided by Alibaba, enjoy discounts. Those without receive few offers. In other words, data are used to decide what sort of access people have to services.

That data are valuable is increasingly well-understood by individuals, too, especially because personal information is so often leaked（泄露）or stolen. The list of companies that have suffered some sort of data leak in 2018 alone reads like a roll call of household names: Facebook, Google, British Airways and so on. Such events have caused a switch in the public understanding of data collection. People have started to take notice of all the data they are giving away.

Yet few people have changed their online behavior or exercised what few digital rights they possess. Partly this is because managing your own data is time-consuming and complex. But it is more because of a misunderstanding of what is at risk. "Data" is an abstract concept. Far more solid is the idea of identity. It is only when "data" is understood to mean "people" that individuals will demand responsibility from those who seek to know them.

The fossils of past actions fuel future economic and social outcomes. Privacy rules and data-protection regulations are extremely important in protecting the rights of individuals. But the first step towards ensuring the fairness of the new information age is to understand that it is not data that are valuable. It is you.

    Low energy levels can make it difficult to be productive at work or to engage in everyday activities.  Among them, changing your diet may come first.

    Give your body right protein.

    Given if you're eating enough food every day, it's possible you're not eating the right kinds of food. Protein in particular plays a big part in your daily energy levels. But not all protein is good protein.  Best sources of heart-healthy protein include salmon, eggs, beans, and tofu.

    Choose slow-burning carbohydrates（碳水化合物）.

    Carbohydrates are an essential part of a healthy diet.  Slow-burning ones can help stabilize blood sugar and promote a healthy body weight. If you're feeling exhausted, choose healthy carbohydrates that will help fuel your body throughout the day.

    Eat more raw fruits and vegetables.

    Fruits and vegetables provide you with what your body needs to feel full and energetic. Eat at least five servings of vegetables each day and two to four servings of fresh fruit.  They are packed with vitamins, minerals and nutrients.

    Avoid sugar.

    Sugar gives consumers a temporary burst of energy（known as a sugar rush）.  Once the sugar rush ends, most people feel tired. Don't eat candy, sweets, soda, or any other food products with added sugar, as these will only make you more tired as the day goes on.

A. However, the effect wears off quickly.

B. They provide us with energy to complete all activities.

C. Select leafy and dark green vegetables for daily consumption.

D. Fortunately, there are steps to help increase your energy levels.

E. Low energy levels are one of the most common problems faced by all.

F. Some meats, for example, are high in protein but come with high fat levels.

G. Adults consume at least 8 grams of protein for every 20 pounds of body weight.

    One day, Taylor received a random Facebook message: "I'm Willie from Liberia. I need some 1 assistance." Taylor didn't 2 it and thought it was some Internet scam（诈骗）. But he wanted to see what the 3 were. So he replied with a small 4, saying that he owned a photography business and could use some 5. Soon came Willie's shots of people in shabby neighborhoods. For Taylor, the images were 6. He'd never seen such poverty. He thought "Oh, no, now I have to find a 7 to reward him for his work. 8, I would be the scammer."

    Taylor 9 a crowd-funding site, where he tried 10 copies of Willi's photos. Surprisingly, sales 11. In no time he raised $1,000. He sent Willie the money but asked him to 12 half of it. It was a test. In Liberia $500 is a big fortune, so Taylor didn't 13 much. But pictures arrived showing joyful 14 with new book bags and notebooks—Willie had bought out a market and blessed five schools with 15.

    "He came through." Taylor eventually set aside his 16 and traveled 6,500 miles to meet Willie. "I've changed. I set out to 17 a man, but ended up helping him. Sometimes people 18 you when you give them a chance."

    Willie has changed, too. "I used to 19. Now I'm the one who's giving. When you 20 that, you come from nobody to somebody. I've come from zero to hero."

    Where have you travelled? This is the question that always （come）up after each holiday. I remember being particularly embarrassed about this when （surround）by those who'd explored many countries. That's not to say I'm not interested in those places, but my preferred mode of travelling has always been focusing more on  makes me happy. I'm content to explore closer to home and to trade passport stamps for  joy of finding a spot I should know about and yet have never seen before. A favorite moment in my day can be （walk）down a new street and realizing that, while I have lived here  12 years, there are still little corners  lie undiscovered. There are a million （story）waiting to be discovered on your own road, so why do we regard them as （important）than those that can only be heard after an eight-hour flight?

    Travelling experiences （rich）life. It's very nice to go travelling, but it's so much nicer to come home.

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删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：⒈每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；⒉只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

    Our school held an English speech contest which theme was "Green Campus, Green Future" on last week. All the students and teachers gathered to watch them in the student center.

    First, every participant deliver a speech. Then each of them asked to make an unprepared speech according to the topics giving by the judges. But the last part of the contest was presenting the prizes to the top three winner.

    The contest gave us a opportunity to improve our spoken English. More importantly, it also helped us have a deeply understanding of our responsibility to protect the environment.

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⒉活动意义；

⒊表达期待。

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