黑龙江省鹤岗市名校2022-2023学年高二上学期8月开学考试英语试题

Mini Book Excerpts (节选)

Biography

When Salinger learned that a car park was to be built on the land, the middle-aged writer was shocked and quickly bought the neighboring area to protect it… The townspeople never forgot the rescue and came to help their most famous neighbor.

J. D. Salinger：A Life by Kenneth Slawenski (Random House, $27)

Mystery (疑案小说)

"You're a smart boy. Benny's death was no accident, and you're the only who saw it happen. Do you think the murderer should get away with it? "The boy was starting stubbornly at his lap again.

A thought suddenly occurred to Annika, " Did you …You recognized the man in the car, didn't you?"

The boy hesitated, twisting his fingers, "Maybe, "he said quietly.

Red Wolf by Liza Marklund (Atria Books, $25. 99)

Short Stories

She wants to say to him what she has learned, none of it in class. Some women are born stupid, and some women are too smart for their own good. Some women are born to give, and some women only know how to take. Some women learn who they want to be from their mothers, some who they don't want to be. Some mothers suffer so their daughters won't.  Some mothers love so their daughters won't.

You Are Free by Danzy Senna (Riverhead Books, $15)

Humor

Do your kids like to have fun? Come to Fun Times! Do you like to watch your kids having fun? Bring them to Fun Times! Fun Times!'s "amusement cycling" is the most fun you can have, legally, in the United States right now. Why spend thousands of dollars flying to Disney World when you can spend less than half to that within a day's drive of most cities?

Happy And Other Bad Thoughts by Larry Doyle (Ecco, $14. 99)

Most recently, Zhang Chaofan has been honored as a national ethical role model at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

Over the past six years, Zhang has donated 1. 35 million yuan and raised 5. 2 million yuan from the public to help more than 400 people with health problems—including teachers with severe cancer, disabled children and autistic (自闭症的) children in poor families—learn traditional Chinese culture.

She has also made more than 700 public welfare speeches at universities and in poor mountain areas, teaching people how to gain self-esteem, confidence, self-reliance and self-improvement.

The young girl was born without a left forearm in Changchun, Jilin Province, but her constant drive to become stronger has inspired many people.

In 2015, Zhang rejected an offer of postgraduate study from a famous university and set up a calligraphy and painting school in Changchun. When she found that some parents were unable to afford their children's education fees, she made the lessons free and began providing 300, 000 yuan annually to help them through her foundation.

"I think it's important for teenagers to receive quality education because they are the future of the country," she said. "I will make great efforts to help them get equal opportunities to pursue their dreams and inspire them to do their best."

In early 2020, her school stopped all courses because of the pandemic, but she didn't stop her public welfare activities. She raised materials and donations worth more than 8 million yuan. Then she sent masks, protective suits, and daily necessities to medical workers.

"Women in the new era should have the courage to create value and also have a sense of social responsibility," she said. "It is my great honor to be elected as a role model. This will become a driving force for me to forge ahead and pass on the seeds of public welfare through even greater efforts. "

For thousands of years, traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has been used across China and Southeast Asia. Its practices have developed over time-and now, scientists are giving it a high-tech update.

Developed by Singaporean company AiTreat, "EMMA"is a robot masseuse (女按摩师)designed to give Tui Na, a type of TCM bodywork similar to a deep tissue massage(深层组织按摩), a 21st-century makeover. Using sensors and 3D vision to measure muscle stiffness(僵硬), EMMA(which stands for "Expert Manipulative Massage Automation")identifies pressure points and gives massages to patients to help offer pain relief and relaxation. AiTreat founder and CEO Albert Zhang hopes that EMMA can create low-cost massage treatments that can be part of the growing attraction of preventative medicine.

In 2015, Zhang founded AiTreat. A trained TCM physician, Zhang has firsthand experience treating patients.

Patients lying on the table might not even notice the difference between EMMA and a real-life masseuse -but Zhang doesn't want robots to replace masseuses. Instead, he says that they can help by taking away the back-breaking work masseuses do every day, and enable them to "focus on the 10% highly skilled part, " which can increase their productivity and income while reducing the cost for patients. "One physician can only see one patient at a time, but with EMMA, the physician can control two robots and see up to four patients at the same time," he says.

While TCM practitioners accept years of training, EMMA's AI system has been trained with thousands of "data points"-bodies of different shapes, sizes and ethnicities-to find the acupoints (穴位)in each individual, says Zhang.

Currently, Zhang says 11 robots are working at eight different clinics(诊所)in Singapore, with plans to send them overseas. "We are seeing great responses from practitioners in the US and China," he adds.

To give a tip or not? If so, how much? They can be headaches even for the most experienced tourists. This week, the main political parties in the UK have finally come to rescue by passing laws to forbid bars and restaurants taking tips from the customers.

However, not every country in the world takes the matter as seriously as the British, who are believed to have invented the custom in the 17th century-originally as a noble practice of giving small gifts to the so-called "inferior(低等的)classes". Later, tipping has become a habit widely accepted in the world, although it is influenced by a nation's culture and values.

A common joke among Americans is that only getting tax return is more confusing than tipping. Tips were imported into the country in the 19th century, when wealthy Americans began travelling to Europe. The custom was originally disapproved in the US. Critics accused tippers of creating a class of people who "begged for favors". Fast forward to the 21st century and you will still find Americans debating the pros and cons. But tipping is now completely ingrained(根深蒂固的)in the national soul.

Like many Asian countries, China is largely a no-tipping culture for decades it was actually prohibited and considered illegal. To this day, it remains relatively uncommon.

Japan's complex manner system includes tipping. It is socially acceptable on special occasions such as weddings, but on the other occasions, it can actually make the receiver feel ashamed, if not abused. Even on occasions where tips are expected, the money is expected to be sealed in special envelopes as a sign of gratitude and respect. Otherwise, it will be refused because tips are usually included in the payment for the service.

I think it is safe to say that happiness is the king of emotions. Everyone wants to talk about how to get it, ways to prolong(延长) it and the benefits associated with it. Not surprisingly, negative emotions are considered to be bad. But bad feelings can be a valuable way to arouse you to take action. In fact, they can be a surprising source of personal growth by doing the following things.

◉Recognize what you are feeling. There are going to be times when the negative emotions are just temporary.However, if it happens on a frequent basis, your mind is trying to tell you something and you need to handle it.

◉Once you recognize the negative emotion you are feeling, you need to understand just what is behind it. The trouble is that often the cause of your bad feelings might be hard to see. Is it your home life, work, friends, unrealized dreams or various other frustrations? Take your time figuring it out and get to the root of what is causing the negative emotion.

◉Take correct action. In some cases, it might be easy. If someone consistently makes you angry, you can just avoid them. In many other cases, you might need to take even bolder(大胆的)action. Hopefully you have a different opinion on negative emotions now. They are not things designed to only make your life miserable.

A. Understand the causes.

B. Action is the real cause of pain.

C. Acknowledge your true feelings.

D. They are to be avoided at all costs.

E. What they really are is a signal for change.

F. Everyone feels a little down every once in a while.

G. An example of that would be ending a failing marriage or quitting your job.

A homeless man rescued all the animals at a shelter after it caught on fire. Hamlin, the1of the W-Underdogs shelter, told CNN.

Keith Walker, 53, a homeless man, 2his life to save several cats and dogs3at an Atlanta animal shelter after it caught fire, the facility's founder said.

"I was nervous as hell. I was really4to go in there with all that smoke. But God put me there to save those animals and I 5into the shelter after a fire engulfed(吞没) its kitchen." Walker told CNN. "If you love a dog, you can love anyone in the world. My dog is my best friend, and I wouldn't be here6him, so I knew I had to save all those other dogs. "

7the shelter was not completely destroyed, the fire left it uninhabitable, according to W-Underdogs founder Gracie Hamlin.

"He is my guardian angel," Hamlin told CNN. "Even the firefighters didn't want to8dogs. They called animal control, but Keith was already in the building pulling out the cats and dogs until they were all9"

Hamlin10knew Walker, who has been homeless since he was 13 years old, because she lets him11his dog, a pit bull named Bravo, at the shelter every night.

Walker was on his way to12Bravo and take him for a walk when he saw the fire. He was able to rescue all the animals-six dogs and ten cats.

"I can't thank him13for saving my animals," Hamlin said. "I'm still in14because I've been around a fire and I know how fast it spreads. Homeless man as he is, Walker is my 15".

Resilience(适应力)is the" grit(毅力)" that helps us get through difficult (day), stressful situations, and hard times. But how do we develop resilience? This is a big topic, as there (be) lots of things we can do! This time, we'll focus on (develop) our emotional resilience, means learning positive ways to overcome some of our more "challenging" feelings and emotions. You can create your very own tools and keep adding them to build up your emotional resilience. Here are some tools to start you off.

First, remind yourself that these feelings will pass (final), as they always do! You must be confident about the future. Second, be kind to yourself. Do something you enjoy (help) the feeling change, like reading or drawing! Third, give thanks. Can you think of at least one thing that has gone well, that you can feel positive about and (thank) for?

We all go through tough times, but we can build resilience by getting through (they) and coming out other side at last! There is nothing you can't overcome!