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2020-2021学年广东省梅州市高一下学期期末考试英语试题

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Once a blind man fell flat on his face, which was awful but finally harmless. His service dog, however, was trained lo tum to an adult if the owner had an epileptic seizure (癫瘤发作). While the dog did what it was taught, the first person it found was merely annoyed but not alarmed. Thankfully, the dog's owner was not in the situation of medical emergency. But the experience inspired him to share this information on social media, "If a service dog without a person approaches you, it means the person is down and in need of help," the owner explained. "Don't get scared, don't get annoyed, and follow the dog! If the first person doesn't cooperate, it moves on.

Referring to the accident, a TV presenter asked a dog trainer, Olivia, some basic questions about service dogs, including how humans should react if an unaccompanied service dog approaches them.

"What they're going to do is sniff and gently push your leg," the trainer explained, specifically noting that service dogs are not usually trained to jump or bark. "If you see a dog in a vest without a person around it, follow it." When asked if one should say something to indicate they're prepared to follow the dog, Olivia said," there's no clear command. Just start walking wherever the dog leads."

Olivia concluded the TV show by adding that those who rely on service dogs could train their companions to move along to someone else, if the first person the dog came upon reacted negatively to its request. Doing so could finally save the owner's life.

(1)、What does the underlined word "him" in Paragraph 1 refer to?
A、the TV presenter B、the dog trainer C、the blind man D、the writer
(2)、In the owner's emergency, a service dog will generally ______.
A、run home for help of families immediately B、jump or bark to draw people's attention C、find the nearby person and "ask" for help D、stay beside the owner until the owner recovers
(3)、How should people react to an unaccompanied service dog?
A、Follow it to anywhere it leads. B、Communicate with it through commands. C、Keep it home until finding its owner. D、Take it to the nearest police station.
(4)、What is the author's purpose of sharing the story?
A、To encourage everyone to help disabled people. B、To introduce a talk show about service dogs. C、To teach how to train service dogs well. D、To spread knowledge of dealing with service dogs.
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    Sahara

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    Across Patagonia: From the Andes to the Ocean

    Attractions: Boundless Journeys   Length: 10 days    Price: $8,995

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Tribal(部落的)India

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    The annual World Economic Forum took place in Davos, Switzerland, in Jan 23-26, 20What did Chinese entrepreneurs speak in the forum?Are there some quotable quotes for you ?

    ★Jack Ma, founder and executive chairman of Alibaba Group

    I think globalization cannot be stopped-no one can stop globalization, no one can stop trade. If trade stops, the world stops.Trade is the way to dissolve the war not cause  the war,” said Ma in Davos, “Google, Facebook,  Amazon and Alibaba—we are the luckiest companies of this century. But we have the responsibility to have a good heart, and do something good.

    ★Richard Liu, founder and chief executive officer of JD

    “Business is not only a way to make money but also a way to contribute yourself, to help people,” Liu said in a speech in Davos. “How can we face the fractured (分化的) world? That's the topics of the Davos this year. I think a very important thing in business is cooperation. If we can unite, work together, (if) we work very closely, I think we can bring more hope to the people and we can build more trust between the people, countries and companies and partners,” he said.

    ★Jane Sun, CEO of Ctrip

    “Tourism is a sunrise industry. Since I entered Ctrip, every year there are new comers, which, first of all, shows that tourism is booming,” Sun told Sina.com in Davos. “We invested heavily in ABC. A refers to AI, B is big data, and C is cloud computing. As we continue to expand overseas, these three will be very good weapons for us. So we think those mean opportunity,”she said.

★Hu Xiaoming, president of Aliyun

    “In 2018, people will see the development in various countries more closely connected with cloud computing. More manufacturing enterprises and financial institutions will start to use 'cloud'. And cloud computing will increase the efficiency of technology and finance,”Hu told Xinhua in Davos.

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    My sister and I were flying by ourselves from our home in Kansas to a summer camp in Minnesota. Our plane had a two-hour stop at the airport in Omaha, Nebraska. A flight attendant took us to a souvenir shop, where a toy airplane looked just like the plane my sister and I were flying on. I really wanted that airplane. I had $10 and the plane cost $8. I had no idea what I needed to buy at camp, but I bought the plane anyway. When we reached the camp, I discovered that there were no showers! Instead, we bathed in a lake every night. I needed to buy special soap because the regular soap I brought had chemicals that could harm the fish. The special soap cost $4 at the camp store. However, I had only $2 left.

    What upset me was that I couldn't get clean without the soap, which was soon found by my teacher, Sally. I had to tell her that I had spent most of my money on a toy airplane. She laughed and explained to me that a budget was necessary and it was a plan for spending money to help make sure you set aside enough for things you need, like soap, before you buy fun things, like toys.

    Sally gave me one of her extra(额外的) bottles of special soap. When I returned home, I decided to budget. I spent several weeks writing down everything I bought, just to get an idea of how I was already spending my money. Then I made my first weekly budget. My budget wasn't always the same each week. For some weeks, I would have more in my “Money In” account because I did some jobs around the house. Once summer vacation started, I didn't need to buy school lunches, so I had extra money to go to the neighborhood swimming pool or to give to the town animal shelter.

    Budgeting was hard, sometimes. Whatever week it was, I always made sure that “Money In” equaled “Save and Spend.” That's called making ends meet, and it's how you make sure that the money you have will always be enough to cover your plans to spend and save.

阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。

    American high school students are terrible writers, and one education reform group thinks it has an answer: robots. Or, more accurately, robot-readers—computers programmed to scan students' essays and spit out a grade.

    Mark Shermis, professor of the College of Education at the University of Akron, is helping to hold a contest, set up by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation (WFHF), which promises $ 100,000 in prize money to programmers who write the best automated grading software. "If you're a high school teacher and you give a writing task, you're walking home with 150 essays," Shermis said. "You're going to need some help."

    Automated essay grading was first proposed in the 1960s, but computers back then were not up to the task. In the late 1990s, as technology improved, several textbooks and testing companies jumped into the field. Today, computers are used to grade essays on South Dakota's student writing assessments and a handful of other exams, including the TOEFL test of English fluency, taken by foreign students.

    The Hewlett contest aims to show that computers can grade as well as English teachers—only much more quickly and without all that depressing red ink. "Automated essay scoring is objective," Shermis said. "And it can be done immediately. If students finish an essay at 10 pm, they will get a result at 10: 01 pm."

    Take, for instance, the Intelligent Essay Assessor, a web-based tool marketed by Pearson Education, Inc. Within seconds, it can analyze an essay for spelling, grammar, organization, and help students to make revisions. The program scans for key words and analyzes semantic (语义的) patterns, and Pearson claims that it can understand the meaning of text much the same as a human reader.

阅读短文,从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。

Teen Volunteers

    The zoo supports future conservation by having the youth involved in voluntary jobs. We have popular summer year-round programs that are designed to be fun and educational while building job readiness skills and inspiring youth to appreciate, care for, and conserve nature.

    ◆Zoo Crew

    Volunteer on a team to restore wildlife habitat at Lake Merced and Mountain Lake in San Francisco.

    Ages11-14

    Program runs: September through June

    Hours: One Saturday per month, form 10 a. m. to 12 p. m.

    The Zoo Crew will hold a necessary training for all prospective volunteers in August at the Zoo.

    ◆Nature Trail

    Nature Trailers work in close proximity (接近) to the Zoo's ambassador animal collection, and teach guests about adaptations and conservation. Nature Trailers will learn to handle a few small mammals and reptiles.

    Ages 12-14 (must be 12 by Memorial Day)

    Program runs: Memorial Day to Labor Day

    Hours: 2 days per week, 10 a. m. to 4: 45 p. m.

    ◆Talk on the Wild Side

    Learn to handle amazing animals like livestock and arthropods (节肢动物) while giving informational talks to zoo visitors. Use biofact carts to educate the public.

    Ages 14-17

    Program runs: Memorial Day to Labor Day

    Hours: 2 days per week, 9: 30 a. m. to 4: 30 p. m.

    ◆Zoo Teacher Assistant

    Help kids explore the world of animals through zoo tours, crafts, games and assist Zoo Camp teachers with activities. Gain practical work experience with children.

    Ages14-17

    Program runs: mid-June through mid-August

    Hours: A daily half-day or full-day shift for a minimum of four weeks over the course of the summer.

阅读理解

    Parents do not owe (欠) their children a college education. If they can afford it, they can certainly send them to a good university. But they needn't feel guilty if they can't. When children grow up and want to get married, their parents do not owe them an apartment. They do not have the duty to look after their grandchildren, either. If they want to do it, it must be considered a favor, not an obligation.

    Do parents owe their children anything? Yes, they owe them a great deal.

One of their obligations is to give their children a personal worth. Children who are always made to feel stupid and unworthy, constantly compared with brighter brothers, sisters, or cousins will become so unsure, so afraid of failing that they won't try at all. Of course they should be properly corrected when they do wrong, but it's often better to let children learn their mistakes by themselves in time. All their parents should do is to trust them, respect them, understand them and give them chances to try and fail. They must learn to stand failure. When criticisms (批评) are really needed, they should be balanced with a smile and a kiss. That is the way children learn.

    Parents owe their children a set of solid values around which to build their lives. This means teaching them to respect the rights and opinions of others; it means being respectful to elders, to teachers, and to the law. The best way to teach such values is by deed. A child who is lied to will lie. A child who sees no laughter and no love in the home will have difficulty laughing and loving.

No child asks to be born. If you bring a life into the world, you owe the child something.

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