安徽省黄山市2021届高三第一次质量检测英语试题

Master classes

Introduction to Linocut (油毡浮雕艺术)

Sunday 10 a.m.—5 p.m.

Learn the basics of linocut-from tool advice to gaining confidence and control. You'll go home with a selection of greeting cards, postcards and prints. All tools and materials are provided and all levels are welcome.

Creative Learning Space £70

Keeping up with Kids

Sunday 10 a.m.—1 p.m. & 2 p.m.—5 p.m.

Explore the digital literacy of today and how you can support young people's development, while increasing your own knowledge and understanding of each key stage in the computing classes.

Woods-Scawen Room £40

Watercolor Landscapes (风景)

Sunday 10 a.m.—5 p.m.

In this workshop you will learn to paint a beautiful watercolor landscape with a sky, mountains and trees. Working from a picture and with guidance and step-by-step demonstration from Purnima Panchal, you will learn skills such as graded wash, transparent layers and stippling.

Helen Martin Studio £70

Life Drawing

Sunday 10 a.m.—4 p.m.

This life drawing class is open to improvers and experienced artists and is an opportunity to develop and explore drawing skills with a model. Working on lines, shading and general drawing skills, you'll see demonstrations and be given individual teaching to help develop your skill base. Not all materials are provided.

Helen Martin Studio £75

Stained Glass (彩色玻璃)

Saturday & Sunday 10 a.m.—5 p.m.

It is a two-day introduction to the traditional art of stained glass using the Tiffany-style skill. Over the two days you will be taught how to make your own decorative suncatchers and will produce at least two pieces to take home.

Ensemble Room £195 for both days.

My 7-year-old daughter Leeny always has her nose in a book. She even took to reading in the car on the long drive to summer camp, which was where she lost the book. This is the first lost library book in my life. My family has always been overeducated, but we were poor. I didn't own books. I borrowed books. However, my daughters have more books now than I owned my whole childhood, and I knowingly contribute to it by adding to the stacks(堆).So it's probably my fault that when Leeny realized she had lost the book, she shrugged(耸肩). "Sorry. I can't find it," she said. "It's only $ 20, right? What's the big deal?"

I felt the need to make her feel responsible for the book. She agreed to help me clean the chicken coop (笼子)in trade for my paying the library fine. I thought this idea was very clever because cleaning the coop is some work I had been avoiding for months. It was summertime and dust floated in the air. But my girl, my animal-loving mini-me, thought shoveling chicken poop(铲鸡粪)was the most fun she'd had on a Saturday morning in a long time. She didn't feel any of the emotions that punishment is supposed to introduce. In fact, she looked as if she might lose another on purpose in order to clean the coop again. I stood, somewhat dumbfounded, watching her.

It took me a while to realize what had happened, why my punishment had failed so completely and why I didn't care. The fact is that I had Leeny help me clean the chicken coop. I was there, too, shoveling chicken poop, fetching the clean straw and feed. Leeny's little sister, Vicki, was inside watching a cartoon while my husband paid bills. Only Leeny and I were outside. She had me all to herself for the first time since Vicki was born, and she was enjoying all the attention for once. I don't know what she learned about responsibility, but I found that I didn't care about the book any more. We bonded over that unpleasant job and spent quality time together: mother, daughter, and chicken poop.

It's summertime. That means long hot days, no school— and summer camps. Lots of kids spend at least some of the summer at camps. Some kids spend the whole year playing one sport. And what do they do during the summer? They go to a camp and keep playing that sport. So what's wrong with that?

A study published in the journal Sports Health found that "for most sports, there is no evidence that intense (集中的) training and playing one sport before 13 or 14 are necessary to achieve elite (精英的)status." How big is the risk of injury if you specialize in one sport? A Loyola University Chicago study of 1, 200 youth athletes found that kids who specialized in one sport were 70 percent to 93 percent more likely to be injured than multi-sport athletes. That's a lot. Kids who specialize in one sport also get burned out. An Ohio State University study found that kids who played a single sport were more likely to quit their sport and be physically inactive as adults.

But don't you have to specialize in one sport when you're a kid to have a chance to play in college or be a professional? No! Sorry, but I have to talk about another study. This one was a survey of college athletes by the American Society of Sports Medicine. The study found that 88 percent of college athletes played more than one sport when they were kids.

Look at this year's National Football League (NFL) draft, 26 of the 31 first- round picks, including Jared Goff, the player drafted ahead of all the others, had been multi-sport athletes in high school, according to Tracking Football. It wasn't just the first round: 224 of the 256 draft picks had played more than one sport in high school. More than a third of the drafted players were three-sport athletes.

So if you are a year-round baseball kid, try soccer this summer. It will get you into great shape and help you move your feet in the field. Or if you're a soccer kid, try tennis or rock climbing. Have some fun, and try something new. It's summertime.

Ride-sharing services are thought to help to reduce pollution since fewer people use private vehicles and cause carbon dioxide. However, a new study has found that these services result in much more pollution than other kinds of private and public transportation. Ride-sharing trips also draw passengers away from more environmentally-friendly methods of travel, like public transportation, walking or biking, the study found.

Several studies in recent years have suggested that ride-sharing services like Uber and Lyft can worsen traffic problems in cities, which continue to have high rates of private vehicle ownership.

The new study, carried out by the nonprofit group Union of Concerned Scientists, represents an attempt to center on how ride-sharing services affect pollution. The research examined the effects of ride-sharing services on seven of America's largest cities. Overall, the researchers reported that ride-sharing trips now "result in about 69 percent more climate pollution on average than the trips they replace". The study notes that the same passengers could have chosen to travel by bus, train, bike, scooter(小型摩托车)or on foot.

One of the big reasons they give for this result is that ride-sharing vehicles are often driven with no passengers in the car. This happens when drivers are either waiting for rider requests, are on the way to pick up passengers or are driving between pickups.

This situation, known as" deadheading" takes up about 42 percent of the ride-sharing driving activity, the study found. The researchers said that "deadheading" results in about 50 percent more carbon dioxide than one person driving in a private vehicle.

The study urges services like Uber and Lyft to increase the number of electric vehicles on the road and to improve connections to public transportation centers. The two companies already operate businesses that offer electric scooters and bikes and have begun to include public transportation information in their systems. In some cities, they have also promoted vehicle electrification.

Everyday Habits That Could and Should Change Forever After Coronavirus

Handshakes will be out. In this new era of the coronavirus and the practice of social distancing, there will undoubtedly be a cultural shift in the way we all greet one another.  Instead, social greetings may be a head nod, or any action that enables one to avoid direct touch or contact.

 We are already seeing a dramatic shift in how consumers are eating at restaurants. The restaurants that require their guests to dine in are seeing the largest decline in sales. Delivery and takeout options might be expanded. More clear information might be posted in the restaurant showing they are clean.

More companies will permit employees to work remotely. More companies will permit employees to work at home. Businesses and their employees see that working from home is not only doable but that it might even be more productive.

We'll find another way to press buttons. Directly touching the keypads with your fingers will be an action of the past. Most of us are aware that everyday locations are full of germs.  People might start pushing those elevator buttons with their elbow or even an object like a pen instead of their fingers.

People will take their personal space more seriously. One of the most visible policies in the age of the coronavirus is the idea of "social distancing”.  People will start paying more attention to whom they let approach them in their personal space and the socially acceptable personal distance will change in most cultures.

A. It may be the end of shared foods.

B. Our relationships with restaurants may change.

C. Surfaces are ideal places for spreading the disease.

D. Shaking hands, hugs, and kisses are to be abandoned.

E.This involves staying at least six feet away from other people.

F.That could cause a big shift in office cultures across the globe.

G.These places include buttons on ATMs and buttons in an elevator.

When I married my wife Martha, it was the most beautiful day of my life. Halfway through the reception, my 1 tapped me gently on the shoulder I heard her whisper, "Will you 2with me, sweetheart?"

"Sure," I said, smiling, when some guests pulled me off in their direction. An hour later my mother 3 again. And again I readily 4, smiling and reaching for her with a (n)5but letting some old college friends place a beer there instead.

Then my wife and I were off on our honeymoon. A nagging (烦人的) 6 grew in the back of my mind during the honeymoon. When we finally 7our new home, a phone message told us our pictures were 8 at the photographer's. We unpacked slowly and then drove to pick them up. Hours later, after we had examined every one with 9 memories, I held one out to reflect upon in private. It was a picture of two happy guests, sweaty in their dancing. But it wasn't the couple I was 10 .There, in the background, I 11 a familiar figure -my dear mother who was 12 .

And I didn't think they were tears of 13 . I then drove to my mother's apartment a few miles away. "I'm sorry, I never danced with you, Mom." I said. Mom looked at me and said something I'll never 14 , "Nonsense, dear. You've danced enough with me in my lifetime. And while you were being the perfect 15and making all of your guests feel so special, I watched you and felt nothing but 16 .That's what a 17   is, honey. Something old, something new. Something borrowed, something blue."

"Well, this old woman, who was wearing blue, watched you dance with your beautiful new bride, and I 18 I had to give you up, 19 I had you so many years to myself, but I could only borrow you until you found the lady of your dreams."

Both of our tears covered her sofa that day. And after the talk, I asked Mom for a dance. Unlike me, she didn't 20

The traditional Chinese name chop(印章)or seal  (use) for thousands of years.

It is quite likely that people began using name chops because Chinese (character) are so complex and few people in ancient times were able to read and write. In addition, chops have a long history  (date) back to the Shang Dynasty, there was no other form of identification such as ID cards.

A chop also served  a valid signature. All official documents in China needed a chop to be valid. Today, most Chinese are well  (educate), but the tradition is kept alive in China.

If you spend any length of time in China, you will almost  (certain) need to have a chop. If you're staying a short time, a chop makes amazing souvenir. A chop can be made quickly, but first you will be required  (translate) your name into Chinese.

There are many different sizes and styles of chops.  (expensive) small chops can be carved from wood or plastic while high-end chops are made from ivory (象牙) , jade, marble or steel. Only a special type of slow-drying red ink is used for a name chop, so if you buy a chop in China, get an inkpad(印泥盒) too.

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：在错的词下画一横线，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。

It was a Sunday afternoon. My parents and I were watching TV excited when suddenly I noticed the pigeon on the balcony. It was a white pigeon with a ring around one of its foot. It rested there quietly, refuse to fly away. Realizing it must have been lost its way back home, I managed call the Pigeon Association up for help. In the same time, my parents brought the pigeon inside and gave it some bird food, what helped refresh it. Before long, the owner got the message but came to take the pigeon back. He thanked us a lot. My parents and I both felt happy for what we had done.

内容包括:

1）高中三年的收获（如学习策略、品格培养或交友等方面）

2）对于未来的展望（对大学生活的期待等）

注意:

1）词数100左右。开头已为你写好，不计入总词数；

2）须包括所有要点，可适当发挥。语言连贯、通顺；

3）文中不得出现真实姓名、校名等相关信息。

My Unforgettable High School Life

How time flies! My colorful high school life is coming to an end.