黑龙江省齐齐哈尔市重点中学2020-2021学年高二下学期英语6月月考

Where to eat and drink at museums

Museums, like department stores and airports, are now counting food among their attractions. The following museum restaurants would be worth a meal even if not surrounded by masterpieces. Most of them can be visited independently of the museums.

Met Breuer

Flora Bar

The food from a brief menu is anything but: refined, excellent and pleasantly served. It begins with breakfast when it pays to arrive before the famous cinnamon buns run out.

Open for lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 3: 30 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays;

Dinner from 5: 30. p.m. to 10 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays and 5: 30 p. m. to 9 p. m. Sundays (reservations, no museum admission required).

646-558-5383

Asia Society

Garden Court Café

Here Steamed Chinese Dumplings served in bamboo baskets share the menu with Indian samosas, Koran Japchae Glass Noodles and a Japanese bento box assortment. Wine and beer are served.

Open daily from l: 30 a.m. to 3 p.m., except Mondays (reservations, no museum admission required).

212-570-5202

EI Museo del Barrio

Side Park Café

Mexican street food, done with some refinement, is the order of the day.

Open from 8 a. m. Mondays through Fridays, and 11 a.m. Saturdays and Sundays, until 8 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays and 6 p.m. Sundays through Tuesdays (no reservations, no museum admission required).

212-831-7272

Museum of Arts and Design

Robert

Crowd-pleasing food includes crab cakes, Wagyu beef sliders and duck breast.

Lunch: 11:30 a. m. to 2: 30 p. m. Mondays through Fridays;

Dinner: 5 p. m. to 11 p. m. Wednesdays through Saturdays, and 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. Sundays through Tuesdays (reservations, no museum admission required).

212-299-7730

As your teacher passes out the math test, your hands turn sweaty. Your heart begins to race. Glancing down at the page, you suddenly forget those operations on which you drilled only a few days earlier. What's the multiplication table? Oh, you know it—well you're pretty sure, right? 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(下定义) math anxiety. It's also hard to identify precisely how many people suffer from it.

To diagnose(诊断) math anxiety, researchers design questionnaires, asking 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 will be labeled math-anxious. But the exact part will fluctuate, depending on where the line defined as high is drawn by the researchers.

In general, people who panic over their math skills tend to do worse in math classes than people who don't mind numbers. But that's not always true. "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. Its effects don't end at graduation. Throughout life, this type of stress can stand in the way of mastering skills or projects in a host of areas that rely on computations.

The good news is that the problem is manageable. Ian Lyons, a psychologist at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. Compares it to public speaking. Many people get anxious before giving speech or performing. "You can respond to that positively and use that," he says, "or you can go the other way." The most important is whether you can see that stress as a positive challenge to overcome.

Round and Round They Go

Space is becoming more crowded. On December 3, a Falcon 9 rocket made by SpaceX thundered into the sky. On board were 64 small satellites, more than any American company had launched before in one go. They have a variety of uses, from space-based- radar to the monitoring of radio-frequency- emissions.

These objects are part of the latest breed of low-Earth-orbit (LEO) satellites. This launch is just taste of what is planned. SpaceX and OneWeb, a communications firm, plan to launch satellites in their thousands, not hundreds. The pair are set to double the total number of satellites in orbit by 2027.

That promises to change things dramatically on Earth. LEO satellites can bring internet connectivity to places where it is still unavailable or unaffordable. This will also be a lasting source of new demand for the space economy. Morgan Stanley, a bank, projects that the space industry will grow from $350 billion in 2016 to more than $1. I trillion by 2040. New internet satellites will account for a half this increase.

For that to happen, however, three worries must be overcome. Debris(碎片)is the most familiar concern. As long ago as 1978, Donald Kessler, a scientist at NASA, proposed situation in which, when enough satellites were packed into low-Earth orbits, any collision could cause a chain reaction which would eventually destroy all space craft in its orbital plane(平面). The syndrome which bears Mr. Kessler's name weighs heavily on the minds of executives at the new satellite firms. Debris could cause entire tracts(广阔的一片) of space to be unusable for decades.

Solutions exist. One is to grab malfunction satellites and pull them down into Earth's atmosphere. Another is to monitor space more intensively for debris; a US Air Force programme called Space Fence is due to start in 2019. But technology is only part of the answer. Rules are needed to govern the safe disposal(清除) of old satellites from low-Earth orbit. The United States' Federal Communications Commission is revising its regulations with this in mind. Other countries should follow suit.

Cyber-security is a second, long-standing worry. Hackers could take control of a satellite and seal intellectual property, redirect data flows or cause a collision. The satellite industry has been slow to respond to such concerns. But as more of the world's population comes to rely on the infrastructure of space for access to the internet, the need for action intensifies.

The third issue follows from the first two. If a simple mistake or a cyber-attack can cause a chain reaction which wipes out hundreds of billions of dollars of investment, who is liable? Underwriters(保险商) are studying the plans of firms that wish to operate large numbers of satellites. But there is a long way to go before the risks are well understood, let alone priced.

As space becomes more commercialized mind-bending prospects open up: packages moved across the planet in minutes by rocket rather than by plane, equipment sent to other small planets, passengers launched into orbit and beyond. All that and more may come, one day. But such activities would raise the same questions as LEO satellites do. They must be answered before the space economy can truly develop.

Many people often find themselves waking up in the middle of the night, unusually awake and excited.That's really frustrating. However, there is no need to worry. Here are some effective ways to help you fall asleep again.

Remain in bed. For you to fall asleep, your heart rate needs to slow down. When you get up, your heart rate goes up. So, avoid going to the bathroom during the night if you can. Do not eat too little or too much for dinner. Do not drink and fill your bladder (膀胱) before bed. . It may make you fall asleep faster, but it may also disrupt your sleep later in the night.

Stay in the dark. When you cannot sleep, LED lights on printers and cable boxes may be the reason. The same is true for light streaming in through cracks in curtains. . You should cover lights with tape and wear a sleep mask. A popular choice has deep eye cups so your eyes can open and shut while you wear them.

Quiet your mind. Try ways to relax, such as deep breathing, meditation, and mindfulness exercises. . The point is to keep your brain busy with something that is not demanding and is relaxing.

 If your wake-up time is 6:30 a.m. and your clock reads 3:00 a.m., do not think Oh no! I have only three hours left! Instead, say to yourself Oh great! I have three more hours to sleep!

You have a problem if you wake three times a week for more than three months. It may affect your quality of life. You need to find a sleep expert who can help identify the cause and fix it.

A. Think in a positive way.

B. Maintain a calm attitude.

C. They may keep you awake.

D. Most importantly, avoid alcohol in the evening.

E. You can do simple math problems in your head.

F. Getting up to do some mild exercise is also helpful.

G. Tossing and turning in bed, they are unable to fall asleep.

Years ago, I was working in a French cosmetics (化妆品) company. One day, we had a discussion about the package of the newly-designed product. One of my colleagues 1 the picture of his design. The director asked us to 2 on it.

I found the pattern well-designed but didn't match the French style. 3 it has no feature to reflect the French fashion. 4, I stood up and expressed my opinion, "The package is beautiful and the colors are harmonious. But as the Chinese marketing manager, I know 5 what concerns the customers. They'd like to see some traces of French 6 from the design. Since this product mainly 7 the Chinese market, I suggest we add something familiar to our 8. For example, we can attach our company logo to the picture; 9, it can't highlight our company image." But some of my workmates 10 with me. They believed the design was good enough and 11 the manager of our department was on their side.

The argument was so 12 that eventually I said in a trembling voice, "I insist on some changes in the design, because I can't bear to see you 13 the reputation of our company."

The meeting ended with the problem 14. However, the next day the director of the company came to my office and told me, "I thought twice about the new 15 last night and I had to admit that your plan was more practical. So we'll adopt your plan and thanks for your 16 to persuade others. Without your advice, our company might 17 great losses."

I was very happy that I had stuck to my opinion 18 following others. Sometimes, people lack the 19 to insist on the right choices. But a small step further can make a big 20.

According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, one third of the world's fisheries are being pushed beyond  (they) natural limits. Overfishing goes hand in hand with bycatch (副渔获物). Bycatch is that unwanted sea life (catch) along with the desired catch and then thrown away. Asresult, billions of fish along with seabirds, sea turtles and millions of sharks are lost. Bycatch is (probable) the most important threat to sea turtles now.

The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) (海洋管理委员会) has been working with scientists, fisheries and seafood(producer) for more than 20 years. They (develop) standards for sustainable fishing 20 years ago. Around 15 percent of wild-capture fisheries are now MSC certified. And Fishery Improvement Projects (FIPS) in many countries are working ( increase) that percentage.

What can you do? Look for MS's bluefish label, appears on over 30, 000 products and menus in almost 100 countries. Buying a product with this label means you're supporting a fishery that is contributing to a (healthy) ocean than before. And that will help protect both the oceanthe fish for years to come.

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。

Zhang Yao is 40 years old, an actor, director and teacher of Shanghai Opera Theatre. Most of his students are from the other part of China and have come to Shanghai at a very young age of sixteen or seventeen. He hopes create an environment for his students that it is much more relaxing than the one he used to study in. He thought that an actor should relax himself when performing. His students deep respect him and he never needs to raise his voice in order to be hearing. For his opinion, actors should go on even when they feel they have made a mistake in his performances because the moment is already gone and people can ever be back to it. So art is always changing and developing.

1）表明写信的目的

2）阐述申请理由

3）期待回复。

注意:：

1）词数100左右；

2）可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

参考词汇： narrator解说员