重庆市缙云教育联盟2020-2021学年高一上学期期末考试英语试题

Growing flowers from seeds needs both physical work and self-control. One must take care of the seeds, and make sure they get watered on 1 basis and believe they will actually produce flowers beautifully. Thus, 2 beautiful flowers without mistakes is a miracle (奇迹), which needs to be fed,3 and hard work. How does the same thing 4in life?

The miracle I dreamed of was to become an excellent5.I would, to be honest, sit in front motivational speakers as they spoke, 6 one of them would spot something valuable in me and encourage me to follow my 7.I neither said anything nor did anything 8wish. Then one day, I met a professional speaker at a conference I attended. He told me the National Speakers Association 9helps whoever makes up his mind to start professional speaking businesses. Their club was two hours' drive away from my home, and expensive, but I was very 10 to hear of it. Frankly, it didn't matter to be 11or to pay it. I joined it and made my first speech but I 12halfway. I got so angry at myself that after getting home I locked myself in my home to 13making speeches for three days. And I 14 figured out what I would speak on and then tried to improve my speaking 15 . I stuck to it and sincerely said thanks to whoever 16 my shortcomings. All the time, I stopped the negative voice in my head from 17me.

Now five years passed, and a(n）18 was worked. At the age of 53, I became a professional speaker at last. What miracle are you hoping for? What seed do you mean to 19 and then water it, to grow your miracle? If you haven't started, remember to do it now, and the20, the better.

Many actors in the world are not confident enough to refuse an offer from Steven Spielberg. Maybe that was why Juliette gave him a choice. She said she'd be happy to be in Jurassic Park as long as she could play a dinosaur. Of course he turned her down and it was probably a good thing. It's difficult to imagine Juliette tearing people apart with her teeth. However, her decision doesn't seem to have done her career any harm. She has gone on to make a string of hits, including The Unbearable Lightness of Being, The English Patient (for which she won an Oscar) and Chocolat.

It is not so easy to be successful in the United States for other foreign stars. Aaron is a good example. While some of his films have been popular in the US, they have usually been French films that traveled. One possible exception was Green Card, directed by Peter Weir, where he plays a French immigrant (移民) who goes through a fake wedding in order to stay and work in the United States. This is a predictable but sweet romantic comedy which typecasts (使模式化) its lead actors in terms of national stereotypes (陈规陋习). While some reviewers were kind, others shredded both the film and Aaron's performance.

According to a new US study, couples who expect their children to look after them in old age should hope they have daughters because daughters are twice as attentive as sons overall.

The research by Angelina Grigoryeva, from Princeton University, found that, while women provide as much care for their elderly parents as they can manage, men do as little as they can to get away with and often leave it to female family members.

Her analysis of the family networks of 26,000 old Americans concluded that gender (性别) is one of the most important things that decide whether or not people will actively care for their elderly parents.

In a paper presented at the annual conference of the American Sociological Association in San Francisco, she concludes that simply having a sister makes men likely provide less care. Using data from the University of Michigan Health and Retirement Study, a study which has been tracking a cross-section of over 50s for the last decade, she calculated that women provide an average of 12.3 hours a month of care for elderly parents while men offer only 5.6 hours.

"Sons reduce their relative caregiving efforts when they have a sister, while daughters increase theirs when they have a brother."

"This suggests that sons pass on parent caregiving responsibilities to their sisters."

In the UK, the 2011 Census (人口普查) showed that there are now around 6.5 million people with caring responsibilities, a figure which has risen by a tenth in a decade.

But many are doing so at the risk of their health. The census showed that those who provide 50 hours or more of care a week while trying to hold down a full time job are three times more likely to be struggling with ill health than their working counterparts (同事) who are not carers.

How do you like your milk: cooked or raw? It may sound a strange question, but it's being asked more often at kitchen tables, grocery stores and farmers' markets across the US.

The vast majority of milk we drink is heat-treated to kill off harmful bacteria (细菌). Raw milk, on the other hand, goes straight to bottle. Fans call it milk as nature intended: nutrient-rich and full of a good kind of bacteria. Some fans go further, calling it a super food that aids digestion (消化), benefits the immune system and treats some diseases.

An increasing number of people agree. For health-conscious, organic-loving shoppers, raw milk is a growing food trend. They feel uneasy at the thought of heated milk sitting under supermarket lighting. But despite the enthusiasm, it's a trend with a terrible side.

Pasteurization (加热杀菌) is a reason—it's highly effective at killing some harmful things that can hang around in the body of even healthy cows. Raw milk, on the other hand, relies heavily on the skill of the farmer to avoid them.

Raw milk illnesses have increased as more people drink it. Between 2010 and 2019, raw milk and raw milk cheese caused the vast majority (96%) of all illnesses linked to dairy products. Considering far fewer people consume it, that makes unpasteurized dairy 840 times more risky than pasteurized. The recent deaths of two people who ate raw milk cheese made in New York underscored the sometimes deadly consequences. And for young children, whose underdeveloped immune systems make them more vulnerable (易受伤害的), the dangers of raw milk make it hard to recommend.

Put five, eight, twelve or more people together in a room, and it's a game of luck as to how well they'll function as a team. The larger the group, the more difficult it becomes. It's a lot like dining out with a bunch of friends. Where to go? Italian? Vegetarian? Steakhouse? Each person has their own appetite, which can make creating a "shared-interest" extremely challenging.

Shared-interest is the lifeblood of teams, and only the most successful companies know how to foster it. But how?

"Project Aristotle", an experiment led by Abeer Dubey, a manager in Google's People Analytics division was conducted in 2012 to discover how to build the "perfect team." After years of analyzing data and interviews from more than 180 teams across the company, Google found that the individual personalities in a team are not so relevant.

"We had lots of data, but there was nothing showing that a mix of specific personality types or skills or backgrounds made any difference. The 'who' part of the equation didn't seem to matter," Dubey said in an interview with The New York Times. Instead, the researchers found that there were five key characteristics of enhanced teams:

Psychological safety: Everyone feels safe in taking risks, and that they won't be embarrassed or punished for doing so.

Dependability: Everyone completes quality work on time.

Structure and clarity: Everyone knows what their specific expectations are. These expectations must be challenging yet attainable.

Meaning: Everyone has a sense of purpose in their work, for example, supporting family.

Impact: Everyone sees that the result of their work actually contributes to the organization's overall goals.

While Google's findings may be true to some extent, a large number of scientific studies have caused researchers outside of Google's lab to shockingly disagree. Thomas Chamorro-Premuzic, a professor of business psychology at Columbia University and author of the book "Why Do So Many Incompetent Men Become Leaders?" and psychologist Dave Winsborough are among them. They both claim that personality, in particular, heavily affects the role of an individual within a team and is indeed a significant factor in what makes a team successful.

Researchers found that the poorest-performing teams were 100 percent "pragmatic" (讲求实效的) and had 0 percent 'relationship-building' traits. "Too often, organizations focus merely on the functional role and hope that good team performance somehow follows," Chamorro-Premuzic and Winsborough co-wrote in a Harvard Business Review article. "This is why even the most expensive professional sports teams often fail to perform according to the individual talents of each player: There is no psychological synergy (协作). A more effective approach focuses as much on people's personalities as on their skills."

If you only had one minute, or even just 20 seconds, to establish a good relationship with someone you've never met before, how would you do it? Here are three A's that you may find helpful.

Awareness

Getting along with others requires an awareness of three things-the environment, time, and the person you are meeting.  . The setting (e.g., a church versus a gym) decides how you communicate and even what you should wear. Time is also important. Do you have hours, minutes, or just seconds? The less you have, the more you need to think about what you will say and how you will say it.

While an awareness of the setting and time is important, so is our awareness of others. Our immediate assessment of others, their mood and emotional state, contributes to getting along. Approaching someone when they are stressed may not be the best thing to do.  .

Acceptance

Since ancient times, the wise have said, "When in Rome, do as the Romans do." This is especially true in foreign countries.  . Change how you do things, how you dress, how you greet, how you talk, so that you will fit in. Don't resist and don't insist that you have things your way, or that you know better. It is, once more, not about you. It is about two things-the setting and fitting in with others. Respect the beliefs, norms, customs, and practices of those you wish to engage. Mirror those around you. It's the secret that wise men have used since ancient times.  .

Approachable

 . Smiling works to a point, but you must make welcoming eye contact. Your body language should say, "I am friendly and approachable."

A. It is no different today

B. You need to respond with a smile

C. And it also applies in the other settings

D. An awareness of the environment gives you a head start

E. Instead, waiting just a half-hour can make all the difference

F. If you want to be liked or fit in, you must be both accessible and friendly

G. But we can't expect others to do for us what we should be doing for ourselves

Unluckily for my son Joey, he was born with two diseased feet. The doctor said that he would be able to walk with  (treat) but would never run very well. The first three years of his life (spend) in hospital.

By the time Joey was eight, he could walk as  (normal) as others. Children in our neighborhood always ran around during their play, Joey would run and play, too.

In the seventh grade, he decided to join the school running team.  (know) that only the top seven runners would be chosen, he trained (hard) than anyone else. He ran four  five miles every day, even when he had a fever.

One day, I went to see him and found him running alone in the playground. I asked him  he felt. "I'm OK," he said. He still had two more miles  (run). So he kept running.

Two weeks later, the seven team members were picked out, among Joey was number six. Joey's efforts paid off. I was very proud of him.

Old Man Donovan was a mean man who hated children. He threw rocks at them and even shot at them with a shotgun. At least that's what we had heard.

His small farm bordered our neighborhood where my younger sister, Leigh Ann, and I lived when we were growing up. His farm was long, narrow, and quaint. It held two treasures. One was his beautiful fruit.

There were many varieties of fruit: pears, apples, and lots more I just can't think of. The fruit naturally drew the children to his land. It made them into thieves. But my sister and I didn't dare to take his fruit because of the horrible rumors we had heard about Old Man Donovan.

One summer day, we were playing in a nearby field. It was time to head back home. My sister and I were feeling very daring that day. There was a short cut to our house that went through the Donovan farm. We thought he wouldn't be able to see us run across his property around the luscious fruit trees. We were almost through the farm when we heard, "Hey, girl!" in a gruff, low voice. We stopped dead in our tracks! There we were, face to face with Old Man Donovan. Our knees were shaking. We had visions of rocks pounding our bodies and bullets piercing our hearts.

"Come here," he said, reaching up to one of his apple trees. Still shaking, we went over to him. He held out several ripe, juicy, red apples. "Take these home,” he commanded. We took the apples with surprised hearts and ran all the way home. Of course, Leigh Ann and I ate the apples.

As time went on, we often went through Old Man Donovan's farm, and he kept on giving us more luscious fruit. One day, we stopped by to see him when he was on his front porch. We talked to him for hours. While he was talking, we realized that we had found the other hidden treasure: the sweet, kind heart hidden behind his gruff voice. Soon, he was one of our favorite people to talk to. Unfortunately, his family never seemed to enjoy our company. They never smiled or welcomed us in.

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Every summer, we would visit Mr. Donovan and talk to him.

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The next winter, word got around that Old Man Donovan had died.

When the boys and girls got on the bus early in the morning, they noticed Vingo, who sat in front of them, staring at a photo, completely in silence. At noon, the bus pulled into Howard Johnson's, a service area, and everybody got off the bus except Vingo. The youngsters began to wonder about him. When they came back, one of the girls sat beside him and introduced herself.

"Want some drink?" she asked.

Vingo smiled and thanked her and became silent again.

Late in the afternoon, they stopped at another Howard Johnson's, and this time Vingo went out. The girl insisted that he join them. He followed them to a restaurant and ordered a cup of black coffee and some cookies. When they returned, the girl sat with Vingo again. After a while, slowly and painfully, he began his story and told her that he had been in prison for the past four years, and now he was going home.

"Are you married?" asked the girl.

"I don't know," he said softly.

"You don't know?"

"Well, when I was in prison I wrote to my wife," he said, "I told her that I was going to be away for a long time, and that if she couldn't stand it, if the kids kept asking questions, and if it hurt her too much, she could just forget me. I'd understand. I told her she didn't have to write to me. And she didn't. Not for three and a half years."

"And you're going home now, not knowing?"

"Yeah. Well, last week, I wrote to her again. We used to live in Brunswick and there's a big oak (橡树) tree just as you come into town. I told her that if she didn't have a new man and if she'd take me back, she should put a yellow handkerchief on the tree and I'd get off and come home. If she didn't want me, forget it--no handkerchief and I'd go on through."

"Wow," the girl burst out, "Wow!"

She told the other youngsters, and soon all of them were in it.

注意:

1）续写词数应为150左右；

2）请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

Vingo handed the photo to the youngsters.

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Vingo sat there, staring at the oak tree as a statue.

1）活动的理由及目的;

2）具体的做法;

3）呼吁从我做起，节约粮食。

注意:

1）写作词数应为80左右;

2）请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

Dear fellow students,

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The Student Union