浙江省杭嘉湖金四县区2021-2022学年高二下学期5月份调研测试英语试题

Mom had read about geraniums(天竺葵) in a magazine—pretty, easy to grow—and, she became possessed with a vision of a house flooded with flowers. She sprang into action and started to grow them enthusiastically. She could be like that: my mother always had sudden bursts of creativity.

Mom transformed the backyard into a flower factory, crowded with pots and plants and bags of soil. She called for my help, and we arranged the roots of the flowers in elegant containers. It was the ripe height of summer. Mom wore long gardening gloves over her hands. She had bought me gloves too, but I refused to wear them. She burst with annoyance. For half an hour she would not talk to me, but then she softened, so engaged in the completion of her project that she forgot my offence, or perhaps for fear that I might abandon the project altogether.

She needn't have worried. I wouldn't leave. It was a rare chance to spend time with my mother without the pressure of speaking to one another. We could crouch(蹲下) side by side, our attention on the plants. Although I was her daughter, we often struggled to communicate with each other as though we were strangers or beginners of a language. I wanted to learn her language, if only to better understand her and to increase the chances of her understanding me. There was so much I longed to tell her, but I also feared that if I started, other matters not meant to be spoken might leap out. Better not to risk the opening. Over the course of our three days, I would dream of seeing a great geranium with its root bared until my hands arrived full of soil to cover it back up.

When all the flowers were ready in their decorated pots, Mom spent a fourth day distributing them through the house, moving a wooden stand here and now there, there and now here, until at last every geranium was moved into the house and she collapsed onto the sofa. Flowers at every turn.

Twenty-three states require high schoolers to take the subject, and more could join them in an effort to boost the next generation's financial literacy(理财素养). The number of states requiring high schoolers to learn about personal money matters continued to tick higher in 2021, and another state—Florida—is ready to join the group shortly. In Florida, a law has been passed to require students to take a course in personal finance before graduating.

"Financial concerns have been heightened by the Covid-19 pandemic(大流行病), and rising inflation(通货膨胀) is tightening household budgets. Those factors, combined with continual worries about burdensome student debt levels and shaky retirement security, have created a stronger case for making personal money skills a priority for high schoolers, who are soon to make decisions about college loans or finding a job," an advocate for financial literacy said.

Financial literacy—a knowledge of concepts like saving, credit, interest rates, investing and risk assessment—is generally low among American young adults, according to a recent report from the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America Institute. Two-thirds of Generation Z, members born between 1997 and 2012, for example, couldn't correctly answer more than half the financial questions in the survey, which compared financial literacy across five generations.

"The pandemic has shown a critical need for the average American to have these skills," said Tim Ranzetta, co-founder of Next Gen Personal Finance. "State-level surveys conducted for Next Gen have found strong support for high school personal finance requirements," Mr. Ranzetta said, "and dozens of proposals have been presented to the law-making bodies in the government. It's uncertain how many will become law, but a requirement in a large state like Florida is likely to propel other states' efforts." He also said," There will be a FOMO(Fear of Missing Out) effect."

The sweat your fingertips produce while you sleep could help power the next generation of wearable sensors(传感器). These sensors can measure glucose(葡萄糖), Vitamin C, or other health indicators. That's the promise of a new advance—a thin device that wraps around your fingertips like a Band-Aid. Its creators say that it is the most efficient sweat-powered energy harvester yet.

"The ability to harvest tiny amounts of sweat from the fingertips is really unique," says Roozbeh Ghaffari, a researcher at Northwestern University.

Researchers around the world are currently developing wearable sensors to measure anything from a runner's acceleration to a patient's glucose levels.

However, what prevents these sensors from widespread use is how to power them continually. Batteries are large, heavy and short-lived, and solar power doesn't work at night. More recently, researchers have looked to the human body itself to generate power.

Lu Yin, a scientist with the University of California, San Diego, and his team turned to fingertip sweat. Our fingertips are home to the highest concentration of sweat glands(腺体) on our bodies. They make sweat constantly, regardless of whether you're exercising or not. We typically don't notice this sweat because it disappears almost instantly.

The new device, reported in Joule, is just one square centimeter in size. It captures sweat and can generate 300 millijoules(毫焦耳) of energy per square centimeter during a night's sleep. This is enough to power a watch for a day. What's more, if a person wearing the device presses two fingers together, it can produce 30 millijoules per square centimeter. These little bursts of energy are enough to power a wearable Vitamin C sensor.

"It allows the user to continuously harvest energy from the human body," says Wei Gao, a medical engineer at the California Institute of Technology. "From a power point of view, this makes wearable sensors more practical."

Wearable sensors are still in the early stages of development, but research like this is helping to push them toward becoming an everyday reality, Ghaffari says.

Have you ever felt the need to be alone for a while? I don't mean situations when you should be alone, but occasions where you are with a group of people at a party or a restaurant. You get tired of jumping from conversation to conversation, and your mind starts to wander towards that interesting book you left halfway done, or that movie you have been meaning to watch.  Now before you rush to defense, please understand that being an introvert(内向的人) is completely normal.

A common misunderstanding about introverts is that they are loners or anti-social. They have friends, probably not as many as extroverts(外向的人), but enough to suit their needs for human interaction. Scientifically, all humans fall somewhere between being an introvert and being an extrovert, and at least 25 percent of us are introverts.

 Therefore, the ability to network is extremely valuable. Of course, sometimes introverts might be as capable of talking with people as extroverts, but sometimes they have to force themselves to engage with others in order to "fit in". While extroverts feel comfortable shaking hands and making jokes, introverts get increasingly exhausted. For the introverted, to continue in this awkward situation could really end up bringing them harm, with individuals reporting to suffer from loss of sleep, panic attacks and depression.

 They form deep thoughts, conduct themselves carefully, and pay significant attention to detail. So, for the best results in a project involving group work, both introverts and extroverts are needed.

Sixteen-year-old Brennon had recovered from so many trips to the hospital that his mother, Megan, thought this would be just one more trip. Since birth, Brennon had been1from hydrocephalus(脑积水). Whenever there was a2of a headache, the family would head to the hospital, have the fluid released, and go home.3this time, that didn't happen.

On arrival at the hospital, Brennon's pain was extreme. A CT scan4that his brain had turned black. In the next week, Brennon's5continued to worsen. 6, his brain activity stopped.

Then, a miracle happened7a process that saves organs for transplant(移植) after the heart stops beating. Brennon saved four8with his liver, kidneys and heart.

Brennon wanted to9a career as a doctor. Instead, he was able to save lives as an organ donor. He also improved many more lives through the10of his tissues. "Brennon was a giving kid," Megan said. "I knew the donations were what he would have11."

While the12of Brennon is still upsetting for his family, Megan has been13 by how many friends have reached out to tell her what a14person he was.

Shortly after Brennon's death and donations, his high school English teacher15Megan. She'd been16papers and found something Brennon wrote when he was 14 on the subject "your favorite human quality". Brennon completed the assignment with some simple and beautiful17: "Selflessness. Caring about others is18. Caring for other people is what helps us survive."

Today, many people are surviving and thriving—thanks to Brennon's19and his family's generosity. His legacy(遗产) of20lives on.

It was in 1982. Steven Callahan (cross) the Atlantic alone in his sailboat when it struck something and sank. He was out of the shipping lanes and floating in a life raft, alone. His supplies were few. His chances were small. Yet when three (fisherman) found him seventy-six days later, he was alive—much (skinny) than he was when he started, but alive.

The thing that caught my eye was how he managed to keep himself going when all hope seemed lost, when there seemed no point in (continue) the struggle, when he was suffering greatly, when his lifeboat was broken with a hole and after more than a week struggling (fix) it with his weak body, it was still leaking air. He was starved and (thorough) exhausted. Giving up would have seemed the only wise choice.

When people survive these kinds of circumstances, they do something with their minds  gets them encouraged to keep going. Many people in similar circumstances give in or go mad. Something the survivors do with their thoughts helps them find  courage to carry on in spite of overwhelming odds.

"I tell (me) I can handle it," wrote Callahan in his story. "Compared to  others have been through, I'm fortunate."

1）活动时间、地点；

2）活动内容；

3）活动意义。

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1）词数80左右；

2）可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Sophie was dressed and all ready for her very first dance recital(舞蹈表演). When she started dance class last year, she didn't know about the recital. She heard people talk about the recital but she didn't know what it was. The recital was a chance for all of the parents and grandparents to see the dance students dance. It was at the high school every year and Sophie was going to dance on the stage in front of everyone. She did not like the thought of that. It scared her.

Yesterday she practiced her dance for the first time on the stage. There were only a few moms watching so it wasn't too bad. But the thought of dancing in front of lots of people tonight was really scary.

"All ready to go?" Mom asked.

"Yes. I guess," Sophie said.

"You don't sound like you are ready. What's wrong?"

"I don't know. I don't feel so good. I'm kind of afraid."

Mom sat on the edge of Sophie's bed. "Remember yesterday when you practiced and I was right in the front row? You did just fine!"

"But today there will be so many people!"

"When you go out on the stage, you just look right where I was sitting yesterday. I will be in that same seat. You just look at me and it will be just like yesterday! Let's go!"

"What about the rest of the family?"

"They are coming in the other car. We have to be there a little early."

Sophie thought about what her mom said all the way to the high school. Mom was always right, but Sophie wasn't sure about this time. She still hated the thought of dancing in front of all those people.

When it was time for her to dance Sophie thought about what Mom told her. She sure hoped Mom was right. Her belly felt like butterflies were flying inside it. The music began to play.

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1）所续写短文的词数应为150左右；

2）应至少使用5个短文中标有下划线的关键词语；

3）续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；

4）续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。

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She followed the other girls in her class onto the stage and took her place.

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After the dance, Sophie ran up to Mom in the hall.