山西省孝义市2021届高三下学期英语第九次模拟考试卷

Four Interesting Science Museums

Polytechnic Museum, Russia

For many guests of the capital, some of the most vivid childhood memories are associated with this museum. A variety of technical fields are presented in 65 halls-Mining, Space, Energy, and Transportation, etc. And the exposition (博览会) is the only museum project in Russia about the history of the bike. The interactive division "Technoplay" is open, where you not only can but also need touch most of the exhibits with your hands. In addition to self-experimentation, for personal requests the museum's experts will show many entertaining experiments.

Eureka, England

The Eureka educational center is a huge complex where modern science and technology are becoming clear, even to kids. The main exhibition is devoted to the human body, the laws of physics and natural things. Visitors can obtain energy or create paper with their own hands. On the area of the Eureka educational park there is a botanical garden and a collection of minerals from the rock types of Finland is presented there.

Deutsches Museum, Germany

In this museum you can see more than 100 thousand different items from windmills (风车) to medical equipment. All aspects of industrial production appear before the eyes. Several museum rooms are arranged especially for children-there are exhibits that entertain kids starting from three.

NEMO, the Netherlands

The largest Dutch research centre stands ready to share its secrets with everyone. This immersion (沉浸) in the world of science and technology will not be dull. All significant information is presented in the form of exciting games. All exhibits are interactive; visitors are allowed to touch, pull and press on anything. The museum is for children from 6 to 16, as well as for their parents-it will be interesting to all.

After university in 2011, Samuel went to a rural primary school for native children, where, on his first day, another teacher told him, "Samuel, you don't have to do much, they're just Orang Asli-native children." This was what Samuel would spend years fighting against.

The Orang Asli community has struggled with poverty, melting into society, and losing their own identity and culture due to others' disregard of it. Samuel saw that the main barrier in teaching these children was the attitude on the part of many teachers that the native children were not worth their efforts. It was thought that whatever was taught would make no difference, so nobody bothered to try. The children themselves ended up believing these stigmas (污名), often doubting what they can achieve. Teachers skipped or slept in classes, and little effort was made to create an appropriate learning environment. Consequently, the school was one of the worst-performing in the district.

Samuel bonded with his native students and accepted their culture, leading him to see their potential. However, he also came to see that they did not have equal opportunities compared to urban schools, due to the lack of facilities. So he set up a crowdfunding project to create a fully equipped 21st-century English classroom with tablets and computers. The Orang Asli children now learn technology, experience English and communicate in English with volunteers all over Malaysia and overseas.

Consequently, the students have improved in national standardized examinations, from a pass rate of 30% in English (2008-2012) to an average of 80% (2013-2017). These efforts have resulted in a shift of what local children are considered capable of academically.

A shocking 53.6 million tons of electronic waste were discarded (丢弃) last year, a new UN-backed report has revealed. The report shows that e-waste is up 21%from five years ago. This isn't surprising, considering how many more people are adopting new technology and updating devices regularly to have the latest versions, but the report also shows that national collection and recycling strategies are nowhere close to matching consumption rates.

E-waste contains materials including copper (铜), iron, gold and silver, which the report gives a conservative value of $ 57 billion. But most are thrown away or burned rather than being collected for recycling. Precious metals in waste are estimated to be worth $ 14 billion, but only $4 billion-worth is recovered at the moment.

While the number of countries with national e-waste policies has grown from 61 to 78 since 2014, there is little encouragement to obey and a mere 17% of collected items are recycled. If recycling does occur, it's often under dangerous conditions, such as burning circuit boards to recover copper, which "releases highly poisonous metals" and harms the health of workers.

The report found that Asia has the highest amounts of waste overall, producing 24.9 million metric tons (MMT), followed by Europe at 12 MMT, Africa at 2.9 MMT, and Oceania at 0.7 MMT.

But whose responsibility is it? Are governments in charge of setting up collection and recycling points, or should companies be responsible for recycling the goods they produce? It goes both ways. Companies do need to be held accountable by government regulations and have incentives to design products that are easily repaired. At the same time, governments need to make it easy for citizens to access collection points and deal with their broken electronics in a convenient way. Otherwise, they may turn to the easiest option-the landfill.

Some termite (白蚁) species have figured out how to enjoy the shelter of the huge complex nests that the insects build without contributing to their construction. They avoid the full anger of their builder hosts by being extremely easy-going.

Animals that live in the nests of another species without affecting them are known as inquilines. Inquiline termites are unique among termites in being unable to make their own nests. Instead, they live in the hallways built by another termite, Constrictotermes cyphergaster. Until now, it has been unclear how the two parties kept peaceful in such tight quarters because termites are typically very aggressive towards outsiders.

Helder Hugo at the University of Konstanz in Germany and his colleagues collected Constrictotermes cyphergaster's nests in the Brazilian Cerrado and brought them into the laboratory. They then placed host and tenant (房客) termites in either open or narrow areas and used video to track and record the ways in which the two species reacted to each other.

Right from the start, the inquiline' termites moved around less than their hosts and interacted little with them, even in the much narrower area. "Many times," says Hugo, "when two unrelated groups are put together in a limited space—such as an experimental area—the outcome is conflict with losses from both sides." But that didn't happen here. Despite attacks from host termites, the tenant termites were obedient. Hosts would bite or attack the inquilines with strong chemicals, but their targets never responded in the same way, choosing to flee. Some ignored the hosts completely.

"We did not expect that they would never fight back," says Hugo, noting that the inquilines are capable of protecting their own place with mouths. "By preventing conflict going worse, inquiline termites may considerably improve their chances of living together with their host termites peacefully."

"Passiveness does not necessarily lead to defeat, but can be a very useful strategy, saving energy and resources," she adds. "Nature may not always be red in tooth and claw, and aggression is not any more successful a strategy than 'cowardice' (儒弱)."

Camping is a great way to spend family time. It provides great opportunities for kids to explore new places and try new activities. Even a campsite near home can open up a new world of excitement.  If you are looking forward to your camping trip this summer, but are worried about keeping your parents entertained, here are a few easy suggestions.

 If you are camping in a mountainous area, try mountain biking. Encourage your parents to bring their bikes along on your camping trip. Flying along together through the bike trails near your campsite will be an exciting experience for you and your parents alike. Remember to bring along your helmet, so your parents don't have to worry about your safety and make sure they bring theirs as well.

Go canoeing (独木舟) or fishing with your parents. Encourage your parents to rent a canoe. You can paddle (划) downstream if you are camping on a river, or you can move across the lake from one shore to another. If your parents like to fish and your camping trip is during the fishing season, bring along your fishing equipment. You can go out in the canoe in the early morning to experience the best fish.

Bring along craft supplies. When you go camping with your family, bring along some basic craft supplies, like paper, glue and scissors.  With these treasures you can create craft projects to remember your camping trip. If you are near the ocean you could collect shells with your parents and make a seashell mobile.

Practice your nature identification. If you and your parents share an interest in nature, find a good insect, bird, plant, animal or tree identification book. Collect different species of leaves and try to identify them with your family.

A. Take good security measures.

B. Try a new outdoor sport together.

C. Then later in the day you can cook your fish over the campfire.

D. Autumn camping is becoming more popular with family campers.

E. While exploring nature, pick up anything interesting you might find.

F. Try to recognize the different species that you come across with your family.

G. At times it is hard for you to share these new worlds with your family, though.

On Nov. 29, 2011, my little sister Lily was born. The whole family welcomed her arrival with 1 and open arms. We were thrilled to have a new addition to our family.

As she grew, her 2 became apparent. We 3 she would appear distant at times and was unable to 4 with others. The smallest things would keep her entertained for long periods, and she would 5 the same routine happily throughout the day. At the age of three, Lily was taken to the hospital by my parents. We were told that she was a child with autism, and she would have 6 in communicating and forming relationships with others.

My family were 7 to learn that our loved one would probably be unable to live a 8 life. Unaware of what exactly this would bring, we made a decision to consider autism a 9. And what a blessing it turned out to be! The diagnosis brought our family 10, and we realized a deeper 11 for one another.

Raising a child with a developmental disability is a(n) 12 process. Mistakes are 13. However, through it all, our family is always there watching over her, 14 that she is in a comfortable and safe environment at all times. And Lily knows that she has a loving and supportive family who can be 15 and her biggest cheerleaders when 16 is achieved.

For those normal people perhaps my experience might make you more 17 what is really important in life. As for me, autism has 18 been a blessing of strength, courage and hope. It should not be 19 as a burden, but rather as a blessing to the families fortunate enough to 20 a different lifestyle.

Of all the events in the universe, solar eclipses may lead to the (great) change in animal behavior.(puzzle) animals that are active during the day head back to their night places while night animals think they've overslept.

When the sun, moon and the earth are  a straight line, there will be an eclipse, so that the moon completely (block) the sun. Around the world, when a solar eclipse occurs, unusual phenomena in animals are often reported.

Some spiders start breaking (they) nets during the eclipse, just as they usually do at the end of the day. Once the solar eclipse has passed, they will start to rebuild them.  (similar), fish and birds,  are active during the day, go to their night resting places while bats come out. They seem to be tricked by  sudden darkness.

Once it (observe) that hippos in Zimbabwe left their rivers during an eclipse, and headed towards their night (feed) places on dry land. In the middle of their journey, the solar eclipse passed, daylight returned, and the hippos gave up their efforts.

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。

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：1）每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2）只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Last Saturday, I took part in an English speech competition hold by our school. I was really excited about it. When it was my turn, I walked onto the stage. I felt nervously and frightened with such large a crowd looking at me! I was about to give up as I saw my family members seated there. I regained belief in me at once. I was announced as one of the second-prize winner and all my family take great pride in me for my success.

I am glad to have participated in contest. I learnt a lot of from this experience. I improved my English speaking skills. I also learnt what to face people bravely and confidently.

1）项目名称；

2）推荐理由。

注意：

1）词数100左右；

2）可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。