云南省丽江市2021-2022学年高一下学期英语4月月考试卷（2）

Ways to Improve Vocabulary in Just One Day The average American has a vocabulary in the thousands. Try these tricks to make sure yours builds up.

Watch movies

"If you see the movie version of your favourite book you're likely to have a deeper understanding and knowledge of the words in it," says Neuman, professor of Childhood and Literacy Education at New York University. "Seeing and reading something on the same topic is really important. "

Read magazines

If you want to improve vocabulary, don't just flip through your favourite magazine, really read it.

Listen to how words sound

Many people won't remember tricky words unless they come across them frequently. But if you hear a word that you think sounds interesting, you become word conscious（有意识的） and start using it yourself, says Neuman.

Join a book club

"Book clubs are a wonderful strategy to learn new words, " says Neuman. Not only will it force you to set aside time in your day to read, but it's also a good way to discover some special books you might not normally be drawn to.

Listen to the radio

Those types of programs can expose you to topics you may not be familiar with. Don't miss these middle school vocabulary words adults still don't know.

Pay attention to your surroundings

Next time walk down a busy street or take a walk in the park, try to describe what you're seeing as much as possible inside your head.

Read, read, read

Even if you don't stop to look up every single foreign word, chances are you can improve vocabulary simply by figuring out（想出） their meaning based on the context.

You may not realize it, but you are doing much more than just studying when you are at school. School is also the place where you learn to get on well with people. But this is not always easy. What can you do if you just don't like one of your classmates？

If you discover that you have problems getting on with your classmates or friends, the most important thing to learn is tolerance. Tolerance is the ability to realize and respect the differences in others. We cannot change the way that other people do, so it is important to learn to live happily with them.

Tolerance will make everyone get on better with each other. Getting to know someone may help you understand why he does things differently. Something different does not exactly mean that it is bad. Tolerance teaches us to keep a temperate and open mind.

You need to remember an old saying, "Treat others how you want to be treated. " If you tolerate something, it does not mean that you have to like it. No one is asking you to change who you are or what you believe in. Tolerance just means that you should respect the differences in others and not try to make them change.

It is important to practice tolerance, because it will make everyone's life easier. Learn to accept people for their different abilities and interests. The world is very different, and practicing tolerance in your own school and city can help make a difference.

Thailand（泰国） has several unique holidays. One of them is King's Birthday, which is a national holiday. On this day, each city is decorated with bright colored lights, and in the evenings the Thai walk around together looking at the decorations. Traditional dishes and family favourties are eaten, and meals always include steamed whole chicken with hot pepper dipping sauce and sliced roast pig's head.

New Year's Day is also important in Thailand. Brown eggs are boiled and then cooked in soy sauce, sugar, fish sauce and five spices. These eggs represent good life in the coming year. The Thai will also eat special egg rolls, dipped in namplaprig, a sweet and sour sauce. Decorations for the New Year include fruit like bananas, coconuts, pineapples and papayas.

Songkran is a three-day water festival that comes in April. For this holiday, people douse each other and everything they have with water in thanks for rain and in the hope of good luck. April is the hottest month in Thailand, so this festival is refreshing and fun. The celebrations also include a big dinner, at which curries, usually yellow ones, and long noodles are eaten. These noodles symbolize long life.

Loy Krathong is a November holiday that involves making bamboo boats and putting lighted candles into them. As these little boats float down the river, they are supposed to carry away sin and pay honor to the spitits of the water. After watching the boats, people eat a large meal that includes grilled chicken, fish, coconut and egg yolks. No matter what they are celebrating, Thai holidays always include family and good food.

The fiddler crab（招潮蟹） is a living clock. It indicates the time of day by the colour of its skin, which is dark by day and pale by night. The crab's changing colour follows a regular twenty-four hour plan that exactly matches the daily rhythm of the sun.

Does the crab actually keep time, or does its skin simply answer to the sun's rays, changing colour according to the amount of light strikes it？To find out, biologists kept crabs in a dark room for two months. Even without daylight, the crab's skin colour continued to change exactly on time.

This characteristic probably developed in the process of evolution（进化）gradually in answer to the daily rising and setting of the sun, to help protect the crab from sunlight and enemies. After millions of years it has become completely regulated （受控制） inside the living body of the crab.

The biologists noticed that once each day the colour of the fiddler crab is especially dark, and that each day this happens fifty minutes later than on the day before. From this they discovered that each crab follows not only the rhythm of the sun but also that of the tides. The crab's period of greatest darkening is exactly the time of low tide on the beach where it was caught!

It takes time to really get to know someone, but first impressions（第一印象）often determine（决定） whether someone is willing to spend more time learning about you. In fact, people's first impressions are made within seven seconds of meeting someone new.

Show respect. People want to feel respected before they show you the same respect. Be sure to treat everyone around you well, because it shows a lot about who you are.

Be active. Don't be afraid to show that you are interested in someone. Showing your enthusiasm by smiling or using friendly humor will make you seem easygoing.

Body language is as important as your words to first impressions. Make sure your posture is good, make strong eye contact （眼神接触） and try to express your interest in others.

Try to avoid the bad days. If something unfortunate happens, you don't have to follow a scheduled meeting on the day. Let them know you don't want unfavorable things to affect them. It'll show your ability to communicate effectively.

A. Make others comfortable.

B. Instead, you can set another time.

C. Pay attention to your body language.

D. Show interest in the person you meet.

E. When you go out for dinner, be polite to waiters.

F. Be polite and show respect with "please and thank you".

G. Here are some tips on how to make a good first impression.

I became lame（瘸的） in both legs in my childhood. I can't stand1the support of two sticks. Only in my wheelchair（轮椅） can I "walk".

I still remember the first day at2. When I appeared at the door, everyone in the classroom stared at me in3. My face turned red. I couldn't help4back. It was the5and sympathy（同情） in their eyes that6me doing so. I went shyly towards an unoccupied （空的） seat.

Being lame, I didn't dare to7in front of my classmates. I was afraid that I might be8at. In those days I was very sad to see others walking happily.

One day, a few students came up to me and asked me to go outside. I was really9. They encouraged me with a（n）10smile and11me in my wheelchair from place to place. I was12to them for giving me a chance to see the sights of our lovely school with my own eyes.

After that we often read, played and talked together. My friends are always13to help me. It made me14 I am handicapped（残疾的）.

Once they asked me, "What is the most beautiful thing in our school？" Without hesitation I said, "It is the15. "

There are several reasons why school uniforms（校服） are a good idea. First of all, uniforms help the school look smart. The students feel that they belong to a particular group. When every pupil in the school wears the uniform, nobody（have）to worry about fashion（时尚）. Everybody wearssame style of clothes. Uniforms can be useful in unexpected ways. A school in Ireland has introduced an interesting new uniform. On the edge of the jacket, there is a piece of clothgives off light in the dark. When the children are walking or（ cycle） to school on dark mornings, car drivers can（easy）see them.

But can uniforms help improve school standards？The answerthis question is not clear. One study in America found that students' grades improved a little after the school introduced（uniform）. But some students didn't want （ wear） the uniforms. Other American studies showed no connection（联系） between uniforms and school performance.

School uniforms are（tradition） in Britain, but some schools are starting（get） rid of（摆脱）them. Some very good schools don't have a uniform policy. However, uniforms are still popular. Pupils at about 90 percent of British secondary schools wear uniforms.

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Dear Editor,

Yours, Li Hua

Ali and Abraham were brothers. Their mother died very early. Their father also died after some time. He left his sons a cow and a date tree.

Ali was cunning （狡猾的）and greedy, while Abraham was kind and honest. Abraham trusted his elder brother. They wanted to divide their father's property. Ali said, "I will be very fair（公平的），Abraham. You take the front part of the cow as your share. I will take the hind（后面的）side of the cow. Each one gets his profit（利益） only from his share. " In the same way the tree was also divided. The upper part of the tree went to Ali. And the lower part of the tree went to Abraham.

Abraham fed the cow very well with fresh grass and water. The cow became healthy. It gave lots of milk. Ali got the milk. He sold the milk and got a lot of money. But he did not share the money with Abraham. Abraham asked his brother about his share of money. Ali replied, "I got the milk from my part of our cow. Hind part is mine according to the agreement. Each of us gets the benefits only from his part. " Abraham said nothing.

A wise man advised Abraham. He said something in the ear of Abraham. The next day Ali was milking the cow. Then Abraham beat the cow in the front portion. The cow started kicking（踢）. Ali shouted at Abraham, "You fool!Why do you beat the cow？Do not see me milking the cow？"

"The front portion of the cow is mine. I can do anything. That is our agreement, " said Abraham.

Ali could not say anything. Finally he agreed to share the money. Abraham said, "Not just money. You must also share the work of feeding and taking care of the cow too. " Ali agreed.

With regard to the tree, Ali had taken the upper part of the tree. He made holes on the upper part of the tree. A kind of sweet-smelling juice came out of these holes.

The juice was collected in pots（罐子）. These pots were kept near the holes. Ali sold the juice for money, which he also didn't share with his brother. Once more Abraham went to seek advice from the wise man. The next day, while Ali was on the top of the tree, where he was fixing pots near the holes, Abraham began cutting the lower part of the tree.

"You fool! Why do you cut down the tree？Don't you see I am on it？" Ali shouted