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浙江省衢州市2024年中考一模英语试题
Are there any lakes in your hometown? What color are they? Around one-third of the world's lakes are blue according to a study in September 2022. But global warming (全球变暖) may lead them to turn green or even brown.
Yang from Southern Methodist University in the US and his team studied the color of over 85,000 lakes based on satellite photos taken from 2013 to 2020. They found that lakes in places with cooler average summer air temperatures—below 19℃—were more likely to be blue than lakes in places with warmer summers.
According to the research, the color of a lake is in part decided by what's in the water. Water takes in the long wavelengths of sunlight, such as red, orange, and yellow, leaving behind the shorter ones like green and mostly blue. In other words, the cleaner the water is, the bluer it looks. In warmer lakes, phytoplankton (浮游植物) develops easily. It has colors from green to brown and red, giving the lake a different color. If global warming continues, one in ten blue lakes might change color, according to the study.
Lakes serve as an important part of our environment, with their color being one of the oldest ways to decide the health of an ecosystem. Humans get their drinking water from lakes, streams and groundwater. As lakes become greener, people may lose lots of clean water. Because of this, treating the water of such lakes becomes more expensive.
At the same time, blue lakes are also a place for people to relax. Some people, according to Catherine O' Reilly, a scientist from the study, considered blue lakes as a place to set their minds free. As these blue lakes disappear, they may feel sad.
If the temperature keeps rising, the fast growing of phytoplankton in greener lakes will provide lake animals more food. However, an increase in these things may also cause some lake animals to die because there is not enough oxygen for them.
① Some animals in the lakes may die.
② The weather in these places may change.
③ The plants around the lake may grow well.
④ People may not get enough drinking water.
A Smart Schoolbag | Forget to put the books you need into your schoolbag in the morning before you go to school? A boy aged 11 has invented a schoolbag. It tells you which books to bring. A small computer and a scanner(扫描装置) are fixed in the bag. As each book is put into the bag, it is checked by the scanner. If any book is missing, a message will be shown on the computer screen to remind you. |
Weather Sweets | Can you eat weather? A university makes that happen. It uses a 3D printer to create sweets according to the weather information of a certain day. The shapes of the sweets are influenced by wind speed. The colours of the sweets are decided by temperature. The sweets act as a weather record of the day when they are made. |
A Sunrise Bed | It's hard for you to get up in the morning, isn't it? To help you get up, a company has created a "tool" — a sunrise bed. It wakes you up as the sun rises. Lights built into the bed turn on and start to get brighter and brighter. When the lights are fully on, soft music will begin to play. It will be louder and louder until you turn it off. |
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My cousin Sandy is an English girl. Her {#blank#}1{#/blank#} name is White. She is {#blank#}2{#/blank#}. In her room, her books and tape player {#blank#}3{#/blank#} in the bookcase. She always puts pencils, {#blank#}4{#/blank#}, rulers and erasers in the pencil box. Now the pencil box is on the desk, her schoolbag is on the desk, {#blank#}5{#/blank#}. Two baseballs are {#blank#}6{#/blank#} the desk, but they' re not Sandy's. They' re her two brother's. {#blank#}7{#/blank#} father gave(给) them. Sandy {#blank#}8{#/blank#} a computer. It's on the table. There is a photo on the {#blank#}9{#/blank#}. Two girls are in the photo. Do you know {#blank#}10{#/blank#} the two girls are? Well, they are Sandy's good friends, Mary and Anna.
| Welcome to the Paris Olympic Games 2024! Find out more about these popular matches. Shooting, Basketball, Football, and Marathon! There are some rules(规则) you should know before watching these matches. | |
Shooting ●Sit at the back or on either side of the stadium. ●Above all, keep quiet during the match. ●Do not use the flash(闪光灯) on your camera. ●When the players are aiming, keep your voice down. |
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Basketball & Football ●You cannot bring drinks in glass cups. ●Keep the cheering down at important moments. Do not use the camera flash. ●If you easily get too excited, bring some food. Keeps your mouth moving to cool yourself. |
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Marathon ●You can use the flash to take photos but remember to keep yourself away from the player. ●Players might look tired, but do not hand them water or anything else. ●Again, if a runner hurts, do not run over to help. The best thing to do is to call our doctors for help. |
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