广西北海市2019-2020学年高二下学期期末教学质量检测英语试题

    During my junior year of college, I signed up for a volunteer leaching program in Costa Rica. I lived within an inspiringly colorful living quarter which was 1 into a female and male section, along with a kitchen, eating room and conference room. I taught at a school. It was located (位于) within a 2 and every day birds and butterflies flew throughout our school. It was 3 . We were 4 on Costa Rica's school system, the country, the language and how to 5 a lesson. Additionally, we took part in 6 acclivities lo relax ourselves.

    The experience was beneficial to my English writing 7 when I got back to college, I began writing. I wrote so much that a piece of my writing about that experience was 8 in Folio's Literary Magazine. Because of that, I was more 9 to continue working abroad.

    After 10, I moved to China for a year and worked in schools to teach reading and writing. It was a life-changing 11 of my life. Not only did I 12 my experiences through a weekly blog, but I began a book. Culture differences 13 me and even consumed me in the beginning, but 14 I fell in love with the people, their schools and their history.

    Upon 15 to my home, I became a teacher in Trenton, New Jersey. The moment I stepped into the classroom. I could empathize (感同身受) with my 16. I truly feel volunteering in Costa Rica was where it all 17 and working in China enriched my leaching life. If I could do anything 18 , it might be volunteering or working abroad more before settling down.

    The 19 I've made through volunteering and working abroad are an English major's dream and I hope that every English major 20 the chance to study or work abroad.

The following are a few places recommended(推荐) by tourists.

Pololu Valley

Lying along the North Kohala Coast, it is home to the island's most beautiful sandy beaches with pleasant weather. Head east on the Akoni Pule Highway and drive to the end of the road before parking at the Pololu Valley Overlook where the trail(小径) begins. The hike(步行) is short at 2.5miles round-trip, but it has a couple of very steep sections that will get your heart beating fast.

Papakolea Beach

The hike to Papakolea Beach will take you 2.5 miles each way to one of the world's only green sand beaches. Drive along South Point Road and look for "Green Sand Beach" signs, then follow the road on foot to the beach below. The hike will take at least one hour each way with no shade, so don't forget your water, hiking footwear and sunscreen!

Hawaii Tropical Botanical Gardens

Take the self-guided hike through the gardens for a mile or two, passing by more than 2, 000 different species of native Hawaiian plants, flowers and trees. The gardens are only open from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, with admission ending at 4:00 pm. Also, entry costs $20 for adults, $5 for children ages 6 to 16, and free for children under six.

Mauna Loa Lookout

The Mauna Loa Trail begins an 18-mile uphill to the top of the volcano—but don't worry, you'll only need to hike a couple of miles to get there. This is the largest volcano on earth and the weather here is changing rapidly. Snow or driving rain are possible at any time of year. High altitude storms can occur without warning. You'd better pay attention to the local weather forecast or weather information on the website before hiking.

Shortly after graduating in 2012, Dutch fashion designer Bas Timmer heard some upsetting news. While he had been busy drawing designs for his new brand, a friend's father, who was homeless, had died of hypothermia (体温过低) just meters away from his studio. The young man set aside his personal ambitions and instead used his design skills to create Sheltersuit—a jacket that doubles as a sleeping bag to protect the world's homeless against extreme weather.

To transform the coat into a sleeping bag, the wearer simply zips (用拉链拉上) on a second piece to the bottom. The suit's large hood (兜帽) helps protect against bright street lights at night, while a built-in scarf adds warmth and protection. When not in use, the "portable shelter" can be tucked away in the accompanying backpack.

The designer had originally intended to create a limited number of Sheltersuits and then go back to develop his clothing brand. :I thought, OK, I'm going to make 100, : he says. However, demand for the product, which was an instant hit, has never stopped. Over the past four years, Timmer and his team have distributed 6, 000 Sheltersuits to the homeless in Europe.

To help pay for the production cost, Timmer set up the Sheltersuit Foundation, which accepts donations from both groups and individuals. Since March 2019, the team has also been using its factory to create clothing, bag and other things for paying customers.

Though Timmer's efforts are deserving to be praised，the special clothing is not the solution(解 决）to this serious social issue, which is largely the result of income loss and the rising house prices in US cities like San Francisco and New York. Hopefully, governments, groups and individuals will come together to find a way to help the people that are down on their luck.

If you expect to work in the future in the travel industry, you should begin learning Chinese.

That's because Chinese people spent nearly$258 billion in total on international travel last year. That's more than twice the combined amount spent on international travel by people from the United States and Germany, the next two biggest-spending nations. The Chinese are relative(相对的)newcomers when it comes to traveling beyond their nation's borders and only a small percentage of them travel outside of China each year. Given the size of that nation's population. even that small percentage represents well over 100 million Chinese travelers to foreign destinations.

Yet Chinese citizens flew, on average, just 65 miles last year versus(与……相对) the 227 miles flown on average by US residents(居民), the 285 miles flown on average by Germans, the 271 miles flown on average by those from the United Kingdom, and the 632 miles flown by the average Canadian last year.

China's high total spending on international travel and its low average number of miles flown on international travel may show that while only a small percentage of China's residents actually travel outside their homeland, and those who do spend a lot of money don't go that far. But there are reasons for China's low average of miles travel on international trips. A small percentage of Chinese now have enough money to travel internationally, though the number of people who do travel outside of China is growing fast every year. Besides, a large percentage of Chinese people traveling abroad stay close to home.

However, as more and more Chinese gain the financial ability to travel internationally and as Chinese become more and more interested in visiting destinations farther and farther away from home, their spending on international travel and the average distances flown will both rise rapidly.

For a good night's sleep, here is some expert advice: Turn off, turn in and drop off. Anyone who does the opposite—turning on an iPad or other similar electronic readers in bed — may have a harder time both dropping off to sleep and shaking that weak feeling the next morning, a new study found.

Sleep experts at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, found that the light from a tablet computer upsets the body's internal (体内的) clock while reading a printed book does not have the same effect.

An internal clock helps regulate when we sleep. Exposure to the light of day and darkness of night keeps its timing set to a roughly 24-hour cycle. Starting about two hours before bedtime, our brains start to produce a hormone called melatonin (褪黑激素), which signals our internal clock that darkness has fallen and prepares the body for sleep.

Scientists have known for long that light at night can mess with that internal clock. And it does so by suppressing（抑制）melatonin, thus preventing the body from getting the message that bedtime is near.

For their new study, the researchers recruited(招募) six men and six women, all in their mid-20s. Over two weeks, each spent four hours reading each evening before a 10: 00 pm bedtime. The volunteers read on an iPad for five nights in a row. On another five evenings they read a printed book.

Participants took nearly 10 minutes longer to fall asleep, on average, after reading on the iPads. They also spent less time in rapid-eye movement sleep which appears important for learning and storing memories.

There was no difference in hours spent sleeping after reading from either the iPad or a printed book. But how volunteers felt the next day did differ.

"Our most surprising finding is that participants using the e-reader would be more tired and take longer to become alert (警觉的) the next morning, says sleep researcher Ann-Marie Chang.

Reading poetry is an art in itself. Whether you're reading someone else's poem or your own, how you read the poem can affect the meaning. If you need to read a poem in front of others, you need to take steps to read it well.

Stand up straight. When you're reading a poem in front of people, you need to show confidence.  Instead, you should stand up straight with your shoulders back, so that you can exude (散发) confidence, even if you're not feeling confident.

Make eye contact (接触).  However, it's important to know your poem well enough so that you can look up from time to time to make eye contact with the audience. It both attracts the audience and helps you show confidence.

Add proper movement. Movement can help make a poem better accepted, but only if you do it properly.  If it's a very serious, natural poem, you may not want to use any movement at all. If it's a more playful poem, movement may be more proper.

 When you're in a room, make sure you are heard by all in the room. Those people in the far back need to hear, so you will often need to read louder than you normally do. If you're not sure how loud you need to speak, you can always ask if the people in the back can hear you.

A. Project (投射) to the whole room.

B. Read the poem in the loudest voice.

C. You can't make eye contact all the time while reading.

D. Eye contact shows that you are confident to use movement.

E. Particularly, you need to pay attention to your body language.

F. If you stand with your head down, that shows a lack of confidence.

G. Think about the poem itself to determine how much movement is proper.

This year marks the 30th anniversary of Disney's The Little Mermaid. Later, Disney  (produce) some of its most loved movies, including The Lion King and Beauty and the Beast, during its golden age of animation (动画片),  (know) as the Disney Renaissance (复兴). This helped create  situation in which later animations, like the hit movie Frozen became popular. The Little Mermaid helped to prove that fairy tales and animation weren't just for children  (enjoy).

Jodi Benson,  lent her voice to the brave and stubborn Ariel, didn't expect much when she tried out  the role. In fact, she had forgotten all about it by the time she was hired the next year. Back in those days, voice acting  (consider) just something to add to a resume (简历). Benson's life, however, changed all at once. The  (succeed) of The Little Mermaid led to two Grammy awards and three Academy Award nominations (提名).

Now, there is a live-action remake on the way and the  (origin) animated film will be re-released on Blu-Ray this year. This will give new  (generation) the chance to recognize Benson's voice and to all in love with Ariel like others before.