黑龙江省齐齐哈尔市重点中学2021-2022学年高二下学期英语开学考试

It's the most wonderful time of the year! The winter holidays are the perfect chance to get comfortable with a good book, and luckily we have some best-sellers right now. We're sure you'll find what you're looking for.

Sunday Funday by Katherine Hallgan

Hardback, $20（10 percent off with membership）

A great book full of seasonal activities that families and friends can enjoy together. From gardening projects to creative hand-made things and warming winter recipes (食谱), there's something for everyone, whatever the weather.

The History of the World in 100 Animals by Simon Barnes

Hardback, $16.99

This beautifully pictured book explores the good relationship between humans and animals, from bees to chimpanzees (黑猩猩) who share more than 90% of our DNA. If you are crazy about animals, this is the book for you.

Accidentally Famous by David Baddiel

Paperback, $12.99

Nothing amazing ever happens to Billy Smith but when TV workers visit his school he becomes popular, but as everyone knows, being famous comes with a price. David Baddiel's laugh-out-loud book asks what life would be like if everyone suddenly knew your name.

Eddie Albert and the Animal Gang by Paul O'Grady

Paperback, $15

This action-filled adventure from TV favourite Paul O'Grady follows a young boy with a very special gift—he can talk to animals! On a trip to Amsterdam, Eddie meets a monkey in danger and rescues the young creature with the help of his animal friends.

What's the biggest online shopping day in the world? Not Valentine's Day. Not Cyber Monday or Black Friday. The winner is China's Singles' Day, celebrated on November11, or 11.11.

Singles' Day began as a day for unmarried or uncoupled people to celebrate their lives.

Single students, looking for an excuse to buy themselves presents, started it on November 11, 1993, reported The Guardian. Later it quickly became a cultural phenomenon which widespread in China. It is symbolized by the four number ones in the date of November 11 and is also called Double Eleven, in reference to the day it was started, said the BBC. When it first began, "Singles' Day was very much an offline comfort to actual single people," noted the website Atlas Obscura." Then it became a major shopping day in 2009. The CEO of an online shopping site—Alibaba—tried to increase sales and started the yearly online sale on that day.

Last year, Alibaba sold more than $1 billion worth of products in the first three minutes of the sales. Total sales on Singles' Day soared to $9 billion within 24 hours. That's four times bigger than Cyber Monday in the U.S., which is on the Monday after Thanksgiving and traditionally a big shopping day. By comparison, online sales in the U.S. last year on Black Friday were just $1.5 billion, reported TechCrunch.

Today, Singles' Day is very successful. It's estimated that this year sales on China's Singles' Day will increase to a new high. In the U.S., Jennifer Wang, a co-founder of a company targeting Chinese-Americans, said, "Over 3 million people are expected to click our website for the Singles' Day." The influence of Singles' Day is growing.

Most children now chat daily online or via their mobile phones. They are connecting to a huge community of other children all over the world. Some are shy "in real life" but socialise with confidence online; others find support from people of their own age on relationship issues, or problems at home.

Sometimes the online world, just like the real world, can introduce problems, such as bullying or arguments. Going online is great fun, but there are also a few people who use the Internet for offensive or illegal purposes. Children must be made aware of both the good things and the dangers.

To keep children safe, your supervision as a parent must cover the family computer. Just as you decide which TV programs are suitable, you need to do the same for the websites and chatrooms your children visit.

Remind children that online friends are still strangers. Reminding them of the risks will keep them alert(警惕的).

Computer studies are part of schoolwork now, so it's likely that your children may know more than you do. We get left behind when it comes to the interactive areas of websites, like chatrooms and message boards, which are especially strange. The language of chat is strange to many parents, too. Chatters love to use abbreviations(缩写)such as atb— all the best, bfn—bye for now, cul8er—see you later, gr8— great, idk—I don't know, kit— keep in touch, paw—parents are watching, lol—laugh out loud, xlnt—excellent! It seems like another language, and it is!

There is a famous story about British poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge. He was writing a poem when he was interrupted by a knock at the door.

This was an age before telephones. Someone was delivering a message. When Coleridge got back to his poem, he had lost his inspiration. His poetic mood had been broken by the knock on his door. His unfinished poem, which could otherwise have been a masterpiece, would now never be more than a fragment(碎片).

This story tells how unexpected communication can destroy an important thought, which bring us to the cellphone.

The most common complaint about cellphones is that people talk on them to the annoyance of people around them. But more damaging may be the cellphone's interruption of our thoughts.

We have already entered a golden age of little white lies about our cellphones, and this is by and large(大体上)a healthy, protective development. "I didn't hear it ring" or "I didn't realize my phone had shut off" are among the lies we tell to give ourselves space where we're beyond reach.

The notion(概念) of being unreachable is not a new concept—we have "Do Not Disturb" sign on the doors of hotel rooms. So why must we feel guilty when it comes to cellphones?

Why must we apologize if we decide to shut off the phone for a while?

Now time alone, or a conversation with someone next to us which cannot be interrupted by a phone, is something to be cherished. Even cellphone devotees(信徒), myself usually included, can't help at times wanting to throw their phone away, or curse the day they were invented.

But we don't and won't, and there really is no need. All that's required to take back our private time is a general social recognition that we have the right to it. In other words, we have to develop a healthy contempt (轻视) for the rings of our own phones.

A cellphone call deserves no greater priority than a random word from the person next to us，though the call on my cellphone may be the one-in-a-million from Steven Spielberg—who has finally read my novel and wants to make it his next movie. But most likely it is not, and I'm better off thinking about the idea I just had for a new story, or the slice of pizza I'll eat for lunch.

Public Speaking Training

●Get a coach

so get help. Since there are about a billion companies out there all ready to offer you public speaking training and courses, here are some things to look for when deciding the training that's right for you.

●Focus on positives

Any training you do to become more effective at public speaking should always focus on the positive aspects of what you already do well. Nothing can hurt confidence more than being told that you aren't doing well. , so good public speaking training should develop those instead of telling you what you shouldn't do.

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If you find a public speaking course that looks as though it's going to give you lots of dos and don'ts, walk away! Your brain is so full of what you're going to be talking about. . As far as we're concerned, there are basically no hard and fast rules about public speaking. Your audience can be your friends.

●You are a special person not a clone

Most importantly, good public speaking training should treat you as a special one, with your own personal habits. . Your training course should help you bring out your personality, not try to turn you into someone you're not.

A. So trying to force a whole set of rules into it will just make things worse

B. The one thing you don't want is for them to fall asleep

C. Whatever the speech, public speaking is tough

D. Cheek the rules about dos and don'ts

E. Turn your back on too many rules

F. You already do lots of things well G. You aren't like anybody else

When things around the house stop working, people probably just throw them away. There are many 1for this trend. In some areas, it's difficult to find people who can make repairs, and 2things can be expensive. Also, some small appliances are so cheap that it's easier to 3buy a new one.

Martine Postma decided there must be a better way. Her 4was Repair Cafés: places where people can take damaged or torn items. There they will find tools, 5and volunteer experts to help with repairs.

Postma's first Repair Café opened in 2009 and was a huge 6. News of the café spread, and people began asking how they could 7their own. In 2011, Postma established the Repair Café Foundation. This 8organization provides guidance to those hoping to begin their own neighborhood repair group. Today, there are roughly 2,000 Repair cafés around the world. Everything is free, but donations are greatly 9.

The cafés not only provide help with repairs, they also 10community ties. Postma has often heard visitors say, "This is the kind of world I want to 11!" In addition, valuable 12is passed along and preserved.

In an interview, Postma described how 13it is watching people who really want to help one another. Postma summed up the 14of Repair Cafés best in the following words: "Everyone is a/an 15and a receiver."

(sit) back in my seat, I can't believe that I'm about to travel along the railway that many foreign experts claimed was "impossible". The train has been racing along (steady) since it left Xining.

I was one of the people came from all parts of China to work on this railway. Taking years to complete the Qinghai - Tibet Railway is a record of all of our efforts to overcome most difficult challenges. How (protect) the ecosystem was among the top concerns. The first landmark (catch) my eye is the Qingshuihe Bridge, the world's longest bridge built over permafrost. To prevent damage to wetlands and grasslands, 675 bridges (build) between Golmud and Lhasa.

Tanggula Station, (locate) at over 5,000 metres above sea level, is the highest railway station in the world. To make sure we stayed healthy, several oxygen - making stations were constructed. Passing Cuona Lake, I feel a sense of pride and (achieve). Along the lake we built a twenty - kilometre wall to protect the lake construction waste.

I'm proud that we built our "impossible" railway. It truly is an extraordinary "Sky Railway".

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I have a dream to be a doctor. About third years ago, I am badly injured in a car accident. The ambulance rushed me to the nearest hospital, that the doctors and nurses did their best to look for me. Five days late, I was getting better. I watched the doctors to perform their duties tirelessly but offer all their patients the best treatment available. My experience in that hospital great influenced me. Ever since then, I made it my life's ambition to fight against diseases and save lives. I know my dream will come true if I keep work hard for it.

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My opinion on smartphone addiction among teenagers