陕西省西安重点中学2022届高三下学期4月第四次模拟考试英语试题

Do you want to travel to the New England Aquarium and experience it? If you are an Aquarium super fan, I believe you must be interested in some information below.

Animal encounter Programs Dive into the water with a seal. Stand on top of the four storey Giant Ocean Tank to feed the animals. Go behind the scenes of your favorite exhibits. Whether you have an unquenchable(无法遏制的)curiosity about oceanic animals or you want a brand new observation on popular exhibits, fascinating Animal Encounter programs are designed for the Aquarium super fans. Call Central Reservations at 617-973-5206 to book your program.

Daily Performances Don't miss a day in the life of the New England Aquarium. Be sure to catch our daily events, which include penguin feedings, seal training sessions, dives in the Giant Ocean Tank and live animal performances. Our daily schedule will tell you when and where to watch your favorite program. All programs are included with admission.

Special Programs Join us for family activities at the Aquarium, where we explore the blue planet most days through art, animals and other activities. We focus on one animal every month with Blue Discoveries Family Day, from octopuses(章鱼)to whales. These activities are included with admission. For a fee, schools and other qualifying groups can also choose Explorer Classes for kids and special 3-D showings. Virtual Tours and Videos Before stepping foot in the Aquarium, explore some of our special exhibits and learn what to expect. Check out the Field Trip Orientation video before arriving with your group. The How to Be a Shark and Ray(鳐鱼)Whisperer video gives special instructions on how to best experience our shark and ray touch tank. The Blue Impact virtual tour highlights some of our exhibits as it explains the impact of climate change on oceans around the world.

Boredom is such a large part of day-to-day existence. Perhaps because it's common in our lives, scientists have been slow to explore it. John Eastwood is one of the first scholars to take an interest.

One of the most common false views is that "only boring people get bored".

Yet as Eastwood set about exploring the reasons for boredom, he found that there are two distinct types of personality that tend to suffer from the feeling of boredom, and neither are particularly dull themselves.

Boredom often goes among people who are constantly looking for new experiences. For these people, the steady path of life just isn't enough to hold their attention. The second kind of bored people have almost exactly the opposite problem: the world is a fearful place, and so they try not to step outside their comfort zone. While this might offer some comfort, they are not always satisfied with the safety it offers and boredom results.

Emotions should evolve for our benefit. "The very fact that boredom is a daily experience suggests it should be doing something useful," says Heather Lench at Texas A$M University. Feelings like fear help us avoid danger, after all, while sadness might help prevent future mistakes. So, if true, what does boredom achieve?

Reviewing the evidence so far, Lench suspects that it lies behind one of our most important characters—curiosity. Boredom, she says, pushes us to try to seek new goals or explore new ideas which stimulate innovation(激发创新).

Eastwood is less enthusiastic about boredom's benefits, but admits we should be cautious about looking for an immediate escape. "The feeling is so disgusting that people rush to remove it," he says. "I'm not going to join that war on boredom and come up with a cure, because we need to listen to the emotion and ask what it is trying to tell us to do."

Electronic sensors built into paper could be used in a range of ways from information storage to touch screens and more.

Electronic sensors built into cartons（纸盒） may make it easier to tell when it's time to throw out rotten milk or orange juice. And that's just the start. At least that's the goal for researchers working on putting electronics into paper. They're trying to figure out how to combine the flexibility, low-cost and recyclability of paper with the information-carrying ability of electronics.

Daniel Torbjork, a physics graduate student in Finland, has been working on the problem. He's published a review of the field in the journal Advanced

Materials.

Much research has been focused in this area. While most electronic applications require patterned conducting structures, conductive paper could be used in applications such as energy storage devices, sensors, electric heaters and others, according to Torbjork.

"You could even have some interactive functions in magazines," Torbjork said, "You could put a simple game in a package. If you want a touch screen, press a button and then something happen. Sensors in paper could tell us when something has gone bad."

Additional applications, such as information storage and security paper,

have been suggested for magnetic papers containing magnetite. In Massachusetts, researchers have figured out how to post a video of such a device put into a paper airplane.

German researchers have also put electronic chips in paper bank notes to defend counterfeiters （造伪币者） .Paper is a good material but printing electronics also requires low-cost manufacturing. As many US and European paper makers lose market share to cheaper paper from China, these big paper companies are looking for added value products. That's where electronic paper devices could make a difference.

"The major obstacles are paper's large surface roughness and chemical impurities."Torbjork says. But others in the field think that electronic sensors in paper are still far from the consumer marketplace.

"I don t think it's going to happen." said Roy Horgan. "You need a conductive surface. It could be 10 years out. What we are looking for are solutions that you can commercialize today."

Solar Print is partnering with Italian automaker Fiat to develop a unique auto-glass with tiny photostatic cells （光电） that can capture electricity from the sun. In the meantime, using paper to conduct electricity is still a "blue-sky" project.

"I would love to see someone prove me wrong, because that means that it's actually happening." Horgan said. "If someone comes up with conductive paper, then that's a very interesting technology."

BEIJING—A bullying(欺凌)incident at a primary school in Beijing should not be bushed off as "a joke that went too far"; rather, faces should be dug out and action should be taken to prevent similar events from happening on campus again, according to experts.

Huang Zifang, a psychologist specializing in children's growth issues, said schools should be careful about taking bullying incidents as mere pranks(恶作剧).

"Instead, they should work to find out the root cause of the incident in a timely manner, guide the children involved to face and handle the incident in a correct way and teach them to behave properly to avoid-similar situations," Huang said.

She made the comments after a mother in Beijing posted a description online on Thursday of how her 10-year-old son was bullied at Zhongguancun No 2 Primary School, a top school in Haidian district.

The mother wrote that her fourth-grade son was the target of bullies who threw a toilet wastepaper basket at him, striking him in the head. The boy was also mocked by his classmates, she said, bringing on acute stress disorder—a mental illness triggered by severe anxiety.

The mother also wrote that the school described the incident as "a joke that went too far" and that the parents of the boy who threw the basket believed their son was "just being naughty".

The article went viral, with many internet users recalling being bullied at school.

Shen Xua, a volunteer from Beijing who has traveled the country for several years to work with schools to reduce bullying, said schools should take responsibility for such incidents and try to make the bullies understand that their behavior is "vicious and harmful" and "not allowed".

"In the long run, a reporting system should be established to root out bullying on campus. Students should be given specific channels to report what they experience to teachers before further measures are taken to deal with incidents," Shen said.

Huang, the psychologist, said that schools and parents must pay more attention to the ethical(道德的) development and mental health of children, rather than just looking at their academic performance.

On Saturday, Zhongguancun No 2 Primary School released a statement on its social media account saying that it had talked to the parents on both sides and would make further efforts to achieve an outcome satisfactory to all parties.

As your teacher passes out the math test, your palms turn sweaty. You notice that your heart has begun to race. Glancing down at the page, you suddenly forget those operations on which you had drilled only a few days earlier. Do you perform all additions first in a complex calculation? Suddenly, you start to doubt a lot of things that you know.

If that sounds familiar, you might suffer from math anxiety. Or maybe not. Even researchers who study this condition note that it can be surprisingly hard to define math anxiety. After all, it's not an officially recognized mental disorder in the way that depression is.

It asks things like "how anxious would you feel about being given a set of division problems to solve on paper". Those who score high on these surveys about stress over making calculations related to numbers will be labeled math anxious. In general, people who panic over their math skills tend to do worse in math classes than people who don't mind numbers. "Just because you're math anxious, that doesn't always mean you're bad at math," notes Rose Vukovic, an educational psychologist at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis.

Math anxiety affects people of all ages. It can lead to poor performance in math classes. Throughout life, this type of stress can stand in the way of mastering skills or projects in a host of areas that rely on calculations. But the good news is that the problem is manageable. Researchers are finding ways people can cope with this stress.

When Mercado dreamed of becoming a professional model, she surfed the Internet for someone with a physical disability in the modeling world. That was eight years ago, when disabled models were1. Thus, her search2empty.

"I didn't think it was a3. That's not because I wasn't worthy of it, but because I didn't see4else like me out there." However, Mercado, who was diagnosed with spastic muscular dystrophy（肌肉萎缩症） as a teen, has helped 5that reality because of not giving up. Last year, Mercado signed with IMG Models, the powerhouse agency that6top supermodels,

"There's7 been a problem with the team not getting what they need to get from me. There's never been a(n)8she has a disability, this is not going to work because the photos won't look nice. '" She says. "If I'm a9, a clothing company wants to display their clothes10me. That's all it should be."

Her small body has more than a dozen surgical11and she felt both nervous and excited when she decided last year to12them for a lingerie （内衣） company. "13I'm very outspoken with what I believe in. I'm very much of a14person still at heart. But I wanted to15a new challenge. "She liked16people that everyone can feel attractive in their own skin, "You shouldn't be ashamed of your own17.

In the meantime, she's focused on using her blog to encourage those who want to follow her example. She18her success to confidence, faith and never19."I turned my weakness into my strength. I'm a(n)20that you can do what you want, because …" she pauses, "Just because! That's it. You just can!"

Last week I took the bus back to Jinan from Qingdao. I (carry) a big piece of luggage with me and put it beside my leg on the bus．As usual, I closed my eyes and tried to take a rest. Suddenly, I felt someone (move) my luggage. I opened my eyes and looked up. It was the driver carried my luggage away, saying "you will be more comfortable if you put the luggage at the front row no one takes the seat" . As a salesperson, I took these buses many times, and never have I (meet)such a considerate driver who had cared so much about the passengers before. This simple act touched my soft heart and will always (keep)in my memory.

I think we have to learn from him and serve our clients much (well). We have to be more considerate and offer more attentive service to our clients during (they) visit to us. Sometimes one little thing may make people happy or angrymake the clients decide (do) the business with us or not.

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。

After school, I was about to enter into my apartment then I saw a little dirty dog lying beside the dustbin. He looked extremely weak. Immediate the homeless dog filled me with sympathy. So I decided to take him home. I gave him some food and bath. After the bath he looked energy and refreshed. What a lovely dog!

When my parents got home, I asked that I could keep the dog. To my surprised and joy, they agreed. Up to now, he has become a member of our family and everyone had enjoyed his company. Looked at the cute and happy dog today, I realize that I was right to help him. We offered him a shelter and he has brought ourselves great happiness and laughter.

1）领导能力；  2）个性特点；  3.英语水平。

注意：

1）词数 100 左右；

2）可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3）信的开头和结尾已给出，但不计入总词数。

参考词汇：英语俱乐部主席 Chairperson of the English Club

Dear Mr Brown,

Yours sincerely,

Li Hua