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天津市静海区大邱庄中学2020届高三上学期英语第一次质量检测试卷
The environmental group Heal the Bay organized a beach clean-up. And I was one of the volunteers. We went to Venice Beach to clean up the trash.
At first glance, the beach didn't look dirty at all. But then I saw a Styrofoam(泡沫)cup half buried in the sand on the beach. I pulled hard and finally got it out. As we moved farther, we found pieces of Styrofoam spread all over the sand. The Heal the Bay representative had told us that these little pieces of Styrofoam and other small pieces of plastic are what actually harm sea life most. Sea animals eat the plastic. After eating it, they think they are full. As a result, they can die of starvation as they are cheated by their feeling and don't think they need to eat any food.
We kept on picking up the trash. Then I saw someone with a full Heal the Bay trash bag and I went to see what was inside. When I opened the trash bag, I found everything from a pair of old jeans and a brown belt to headphones and some plastic bags. It made me very angry with the people who left their things behind without thinking what effects they might have on the ocean.
It is really important to protect the ocean. The ocean covers 70 percent of the Earth's surface. A clean ocean not only helps animals in the ocean survive but also helps us survive.
By noon, the sun was shining and the temperature was rising. The volunteers that had spread out across Venice Beach were coming back to throw the trash they had collected into the truck. I could not believe how much trash there was. All together we collected more than 135 bags of trash. I do hope that next time people go to the beach, they will stop littering.
Maybe you are an average student. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} This is not necessarily so, however. Anyone can become a better student if he or she wants to. Here's how.
Plan your time carefully. When planning your work, you should make a list of things that you have to do. After making this list, you should make a schedule of your time. First your time for eating, sleeping, dressing, etc. Then decide a good, regular time for studying. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} A weekly schedule may not solve all your problems, but it will force you to realize what is happening to your time.
Make good use of your time in class. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} Listening carefully in class means less work later. Taking notes will help you remember what the teacher says.
Study regularly. When you get home from school, go over your notes; look at the important points that your teacher is going to discuss the next day, read that material. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} If you do these things regularly, the material will become more meaningful, and you'll remember it longer.
Develop a good attitude towards tests. The purpose of a test is to show what you have learned about a subject. They help you remember your new knowledge. The world won't end if you don't pass a test, so don't be over worried.
{#blank#}5{#/blank#} You will probably discover them after you have tried these.
A. There are other methods that might help you with your studying. B. Don't forget to set aside enough time for relaxation. C. Take advantage of class time to listen to everything the teacher says. D. No one can become a top student unless he or she works hard. E. You probably think you will never be a top student. F. Make full use of class time to take notes of what the teacher says in class. G. This will help you understand the next class. |
Ways to protect cell phones from damage
While people use cell phones frequently, very few take the necessary measures to prevent damage. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} Here are some simple ways for you to protect your cell phone from damage.
Keep cell phones out of the rain
If you must talk on the phone while it's raining, try to move indoors. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} Otherwise, you may have trouble with the numbers or the cell phone speaker. Imagine dialing (拨打) one number and getting different results.
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Many people like to put their cell phones in the pants or jeans pocket. However, storing a cell phone there will put it at risk of damage. You may forget that it is still in your pocket and just sit on the cell phone. As a result, your cell phone screen will get damaged.
Do not handle cell phones while eating
{#blank#}4{#/blank#} This is especially true for those times when you are eating messy things and get the ingredients on your hands. One accident can cause lots of damage for your cell phone.
Get a protective cell phone case
There are many kinds of cases available on the market. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} It will provide a protective cushion (垫子) that may save you from paying money to fix or buy a new phone.
A. Do not put cell phones in your pocket B. Do not throw cell phones onto hard surfaces C. Many people often talk on the phone in the rain. D. You can also cover the phone up with your hand. E. Just choose one that fits the size of your cell phone. F. One mistake may end up costing you more money. G. Food and drinks should not be near your cell phones. |
It is now mandatory(强制) for drivers or passengers to wear seatbelts while in a car in all states. In addition, it is also mandatory for kids of be in some kind of specialized car seat. Given the strict requirements in other vehicles, why don't buses have seatbelts?
The main answer, at least for school buses, is that seatbelts do not make school buses safer. Overall, traveling on school buses is the safest way to travel—40 times safer than riding in a car—with only a handful of deaths occurring to passengers on school buses every year. The seats on the school bus are placed very close to each other and have high backs that are thickly padded. As a result, in an accident the students would be propelled forward a very short distance into a padded seatback that in a way is like an airbag. In addition, the fact that people sit high off the ground on school buses also makes it safer to travel on them.
While school buses feature high backed seats and elevated seating locations, the same cannot be said of city buses. However, from a practical angle, there's little need to require seatbelts on city buses. Although the design of the modern low—floor city bus is less safe than the design of school buses, the fact that city buses rarely travel at speeds greater than 35 miles per hour means that any collision is likely to be small, Also, given that most trips on city buses are short and that many trips have standing passengers, the presence of seatbelts will make even less of a difference.
Another answer why buses do not have seatbelts is cost. It is estimated that adding seatbelts to buses would add between $8,000 and $15,000 to the cost of each bus. In addition, seatbelts would take up room currently used as seats, meaning that each bus would have fewer seating places. The additional room in the bus taken up by seatbelts would mean that bus fleets would have to increase by as much as 15% just to carry the same number of people. Such an increase would be especially difficult in cities that experience overcrowding on their vehicles.
Regardless of whether their passengers have seatbelts, all buses provide seatbelts for drivers and most bus companies make their drivers wear seatbelts in order not to be influenced by a collision.
Why don't buses have seatbelts? | |
Topic | Everyone is {#blank#}1{#/blank#}to wear their seatbelts in a car while no seatbelts are provided for passengers on buses. |
{#blank#}2{#/blank#} | School buses: ●Seatbelts make no{#blank#}3{#/blank#}.in improving the safety of the school bus. ●Traveling on school buses is safe thanks to their seats with high padded backs, which can{#blank#}4{#/blank#}the students from danger because they are propelled forward into them in a collision. ●Sitting high off the ground on school buses also {#blank#}5{#/blank#}to the safety |
City buses: ●Their low traveling speed reduces the risk of a collision ●City buses tend to travel a short {#blank#}6{#/blank#} ●Many passengers stand while on a city bus, making seatbelts {#blank#}7{#/blank#} | |
●Fixing seatbelts on buses can{#blank#}8{#/blank#} in an increase in cost. ●Seatbelts can also limit the number of seating places by{#blank#}9{#/blank#} room on a bus. ●As a result, an increasing number of bus fleets are required to carry the same number of people. | |
A rule | All buses provide seatbelts for drivers, who should wear seatbelts to{#blank#}10{#/blank#} the impact of a collision. |
Fighting the curse of presenteeism
"It's true hard work never killed anybody, but I figure, why take the chance?" Beyond a certain level, extra effort seems to be selfdefeating. Studies suggest that, after 10 hours a week, employee productivity falls sharply.
But that doesn't stop some managers from demanding that workers stay chained to their desk for long periods. Jack Ma, the founder of Alibaba, recently applauded the "996" model, where employees work from 9am to 9pm, six days a week, as a huge blessing". However, to modern office workers presenteeism is a curse.
There will be days when you do not have much to do, just waiting for someone else to respond to a request. As the clock ticks past 5pm, there may be no purpose in staying at your desk. But you can see your boss hard at work and, more important, they can see you. So you make an effort to look busy.
If bosses do not like to go home before their underlings (下属)and underlings fear leaving before their bosses, everyone is trapped. Staff may feel that they will not get a pay rise, or a promotion, if they are not seen to be putting in maximum effort. This is easily confused with long hours. Managers, who are often no good at judging employees5 performance, use time in the office as a measurement.
But presenteeism has more serious consequences. As well as reducing productivity, this can increase medical expenses for the employer. According to a study, these costs can be six time: higher for employers than the costs of absenteeism among workers. To take one example, research found that Japanese employees with lowerback pain were three times more likely to turn up for work than in Britain. As a result, those workers were more likely to experience greater pain and to suffer from depression. What could be more discouraging than being in pain while feeling trapped at work?
"None of this is to say that employers are not entitled to expect workers to be in the office for a small amount of time. Unavoidably there will be a need for some (preferably short)meetings. Dealing with colleagues face-to-face develops friendships, allows for a useful exchange of ideas and enables workers to have a better sense of their common needs.
With portable smart phones and laptops, we can work at home as easily as in the office. Turning an office into a prison does nothing for the creativity that is increasingly demanded of office workers as routine tasks are automatic. To be productive you need presence of mind, not being present in the flesh.
Fighting the curse of presenteeism | |
{#blank#}1{#/blank#} | Modern office workers stay chained to their desk for long periods. |
Contributing factors | •The staff think it may give them a(n){#blank#}2{#/blank#} to get a pay rise, or a promotion. •Employees' performance is{#blank#}3{#/blank#}in terms of working hours. |
Consequences | •Employees work less {#blank#}4{#/blank#}, some pretending to be busy. •More medical expenses have to be {#blank#}5{#/blank#} by employers for their staff. •Workers have a{#blank#}6{#/blank#}to be both physically and mentally. unhealthy. •It is of no {#blank#}7{#/blank#}to the development of creativity. |
{#blank#}8{#/blank#} of facetoface contact | •It develops friendships. •It makes a useful exchange of ideas {#blank#}9{#/blank#}. •It enables workers to {#blank#}10{#/blank#}each other's needs. |
Conclusion | To be productive you need presence of mind, not being present in the flesh. |
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