广西桂林市2019-2020学年高二下学期期末质量检测英语试题

    The Silk Road was a route that connected people from the East to West for hundreds of years and allowed (they) to trade valuable goods with each other. But there's more to the story. The Silk Road should (real) be called the Silk Roads. The Silk Road, started in China, went west and branched out into many routes.

    The Silk Road has been around for nearly 3,000 years. Most people know that valuable goods traveled along the route: silk and spices from China; jewels and wood from India; gold and animals from East Africa. These goods (trade) in cities along the route or ended up as far west Europe.

    But the people (travel) along the Silk Road were carrying something far (valuable) than their goods. They were carrying ideas and technology. European travelers returned home with stories of huge Chinese ships they had seen. The compass is an example of a(n) (invent) that came west from China. Europeans learned from Korean maps, which were advanced for the 1400s.

    was the 11, 000 km Silk Road that shaped the world we know today. The many routes were a way for different people (meet) each other and talk about the developing world.

Four interesting books about adventures for children

See You in the Cosmos

See You in the Cosmos by Jack Cheng is about Alex and his crazy life. Alex goes to a rocket festival, finds out he has a stepsister, loses his dog, gets seriously injured, and travels around the country, while recording his adventures on his iPod to send to space. Maiah Weidemann, 11, said, "This is one of the best books I've ever read, and I seriously recommend (推荐) it."

The Cricket in Times Square

The Cricket in Times Square is a 1960 children's book by George Selden and pictured by Garth Williams. It won the Newbery Honor in 1961. The story is about a cricket (蟋蟀) who got lost and ended up in Times Square, New York. He makes friends there that are kind and loving. The question is: Does he get back home?

A Year Without Autumn

A girl named Jenni and her family go on their yearly trip to Riverside Village. Jenni meets up with her best friend, Autumn, at Riverside Village. But when Jenni goes to visit Autumn's apartment and takes an unfamiliar lift, it transports Jenni one year into the future. She works to return to the present, Liz Kessler tells us a story about what true friendship is all about.

The Mysterious Benedict Society(series)

This exciting series by Trenton Lee Stewart is an adventurous story about a group of four kids who are on a mission (使命) to save the world. Each of them has been through lonely times, but they're working together to save their lives. Nothing is safe, not even their homes. They have to leave their loved ones behind and go into dangerous places undercover. This is a time to remember, and it will change their lives forever.

At just 17, McGarry is a rising star of the food world and has been dubbed(……取别名) the "Justin Bieber" of American cooking.

Flynn McGarry's cooking career started when he was 11, partly thanks to his mother. "My mom didn't really like cooking, and when she did cook, I didn't really like her food. I was watching something on the Food Network channel and I thought, 'I could do this, ' so I went to the bookstore and looked for the biggest cookbook I could find."

Within a year, he had produced most of its recipes(菜谱) and was ready for a bigger challenge. He said, "I wanted to create my own dishes and I started to cook for more people than just my family too." His parents allowed him to build a test kitchen in his bedroom. "At first, they were fine with it, but then they asked if I wanted to sleep next to a stove(火炉) and I said yes ! It started off as two tables with some gas burners, my desk and my bed, but then I needed more space for cooking，so I gave up the desk and got a foldaway bed(折叠床)." Then Flynn'S older sister, whose bedroom had more space, went off to college. He moved down to her room and fitted it with a large stove, four work stations, and a long area for preparing the end results on plates.

Flynn and his mother set up Eureka, a supper club pop-up business that organizes monthly events inside his room. Flynn, who has also cooked in top-class restaurants around the US, says he's not doing it for the money, but because he loves cooking. "At the point in your life where you stop caring if you, re going to be famous or do well, your dream will come to you. I did something with my gift and people recognized it. I hope to keep getting better and better.

Usually, when you listen to music you will expect it to be enjoyable. Music is everywhere these days. It can make an experience much more pleasurable, unless we are watching a horror movie. Then, we expect something different, or something that is also horrible!

Mark Korven writes music for movies and TV. He provided the music for a successful horror movie called The Witch .Its director, Robert Eggers, asked Mark not to use any electronic music for this movie. He wanted to create a more real sound. Following this experience, Mark began to think about how a more natural sound could be made for future horror movies. He got in touch with his good friend, Tony Duggan-Smith, a musician and maker of musical instruments. Tony camp up with something great.

Tony created a special instrument that he calls The Apprehension Engine. It looks a little like a mechanic or engineer's workshop table. The handmade instrument was inspired by something called the Soundtrack Box, invented by the Oslo-based new- music technologist Koka Nikoladze. Every section of the instrument is there to create a sound or noise that can scare you.

Mark has said that his purpose when writing music for the The Apprehension Engine is to help produce sounds that are disturbing. He showed his skills recently by giving a hugely successful performance one dark evening in Brooklyn, New York on Friday 13", of course! In the shadow of candles, members of people jumped out of their skin.(吓得魂不附体)

So, is The Apprehension Engine a musical instrument, a machine, or an engine? If you believe that the purpose of music is to excite the listener, you can probably call it a musical instrument-it's just that the sounds the instrument makes do not necessarily make you feel happy or relaxed.

Here are five cooking habits that could be costing you important nutrients, causing you to overeat——or even making you sick.

Boiling vegetables

A 2015 review showed that boiling vegetables resulted in a high loss of vitamin C.  "If you're not drinking a soup, you're missing out on nutrients," says Nishta Saxena, a dietitian based in Toronto.

Washing chicken

While your favourite old cookbooks likely tell you to wash a chicken before cooking, this outdated advice is a safety risk. Cleaning meat in water may remove some of the bacteria, but it's also likely to pass it around your kitchen.  And clean your hands after you've finished the cooking.

Removing skins from fruits and vegetables

"Large amounts of nutrients are found in the skins." says Liz Powell, who is a dietitian from Vancouver." Concern about chemical remains isn't a good enough reason to do the removing. "

Mixing everything

A smoothie (a mixed drink) is a smart way to eat some greens.  They're often short of protein and healthy fat. These things work together to keep us feeling full and satisfied. Without them, it's not really a balanced meal, Powell suggests adding some foods which contain protein or having a piece of wholewheat (全麦的)bread on the side.

Overdressing salads

We think we can add anything to salads, and they'll still be a nutritious choice. But it's just not true. If you're topping your bowl with dried strawberries and sweet cheese, you've easily added 30 grams of sugar to your so-called healthy lunch.

A. You should choose healthy produce for your family.

B. But these kinds of drinks are likely to be unbalanced.

C. To stay safe, don't wash the meat when preparing it.

D. Cabbage. for example, loses about 33 % of its vitamin C.

E. Nuts are better choices to improve the taste of your greens.

F. The skins of potatoes contain more nutrients than its inside part.

G. Washing your produce will remove some chemicals from the surface.

Smith, an old man, lived in the middle of town. One day he found his watch1in his own store. It2a lot to him because it was from his wife. After searching up and down in the3for a long while, he 4to ask for help from a group of children playing outside the store. He5them that the person who found it would be rewarded6 this, the children hurried inside the store, went through and around the7store, but still couldn't find the watch.

Soon the man felt hopeless and wanted to8. A little boy went up to him and asked for another9.The man looked at him and though, "Why not? 10, this kid looks sincere enough. "11, the man sent him back in the store. After a while the boy12with the watch in his hand ! The man was very13, and he asked the boy how he found it while the others had14. The boy replied, "I did nothing but sit on the ground and15.Then I heard the ticking of the watch and just looked for it in that 16."

We usually do something in a hurry and don't think about our own needs, which can't bring peace into our mind, 17, we need to think about ourselves and keep peaceful for a while, which can produce a 18result, So allow a few minutes of19to your mind every day, and see how it helps you deal with your work and make 20 as you expect to!