2023-2024学年江苏省海安高级中学高三上学期期中考试英语试题The MOTHER EARTH NEWS FAIR is back and bigger in Belton, Texas in 2024! Join us Feb. 16-18, 2024 (Friday-Sunday), at the Cadence Bank Center (formerly the Bell County Expo Center) for a THREE DAYS of opportunities to live a more independent and economical lifestyle, such as learning DIY skills to slash your monthly bills, stopping overpaying for basic necessities. And you can get the chance to learn directly from some of the most sought-after experts in the world of sustainability!The MOTHER EARTH NEWS FAIR is your passport to money-saving hacks, health-boosting remedies, and environmental strategies from leading experts and entrepreneurs around the country.Enjoy dozens of workshops, exhibitions, demonstrations, and the MOTHER EARTH NEWS FAIR bookstore! Children 17 and under are FREE and do not need to register.Buy in Advance and Save!Get your tickets early and get excited!Individual day prices will increase $5, Weekend and Preferred Seating will increase $10 the weekend of the Fair.What do you get with your ticket type?Ordinary PassThis registration provides access for one adult to Friday, Saturday, or Sunday, including dozens of on-stage workshops, a robust marketplace and attractions in Belton, Texas, on February 16-18, 2024. It does not include access to Hands-On or Extended workshops.Preferred Seating PassEnjoy the following benefits when you get a Preferred Seating Pass:● Access to seating in the front rows of most workshop areas.● The complete MOTHER EARTH NEWS Archive 1970-2022: Classic Edition on USB (a $59.95 value!)Please note: All FAIR ticket sales are final and non-refundable unless the event is canceled. Please, no pets allowed other than service animals.Visiting Hours:Feb. 16. Friday·12:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.Feb. 17. Saturday·9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.Feb. 18. Sunday·11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.1. The main purpose of the FAIR is to help visitors know more about ________.A．the new breakthroughs in the medicineB．the challenges of the environmental protectionC．the recipes for self-sufficiency and sustainabilityD．the sustainable development of the global economy2. If you are free only in the morning, what time to visit the FAIR is the most suitable?A．Thursday B．Friday C．Saturday D．Sunday3. What can we learn from the text?A．Visitors will be refunded if the FAIR is cancelled.B．Every visitor can learn about the history of the FAIR.C．A guide-dog for the blind isn’t allowed into the FAIR.D．Adult visitors have free access to Extended workshops.Nikos was an ordinary man. He went through life accepting the mixture of good things and bad things. He never looked for any explanation or reason about why things happened just the way they did.One morning Nikos woke up. He started to shave, as he did every morning, but then he noticed that the mirror on the bathroom wall wasn’t quite straight. He tried to adjust it, but as soon as he touched it, the mirror fell off the wall and hit the floor with a huge crash. It broke into a thousand pieces. Nikos knew that some people thought this was unlucky. “Seven years’ bad luck,” they said, “when a mirror broke.” But Nikos didn’t care.After that he went to make himself a sandwich, which needed some tomato sauce. When he picked up a jar of tomato sauce, it fell from his hand. Tomato sauce was everywhere. Some people, he knew, thought that this was also supposed to bring bad luck. But Nikos didn’t care.On his way to work, he saw a black cat running away from him. He didn’t care.Even though Nikos wasn’t superstitious, he thought that something bad was certain to happen to him today. He told everybody at work what had happened. “Something bad will happen to you today,” they all said. But nothing bad happened to him.That evening, his friend thought Nikos was going to have bad things. However, whatever they played, Nikos won. “Go on then, Nikos,” his friend shouted, “use all the money you have won to buy some lottery tickets!” Nikos did it. The next day, everybody was watching the draw for the lottery on TV. The first number came out, for the third prize. It was Nikos’ number. Then the second number, for the second prize. It was Nikos’ number. Then the first prize. It was Nikos’ number as well.He WON all three of the big lottery prizes!4. The following things are thought of as the signs of unluck EXCEPT ________.A．A black cat B．A sandwich with tomato sauceC．A broken mirror D．Spilt tomato sauce5. What does the underlined word “superstitious” in paragraph 5 mean?A．Not studying or looking at things thoroughly.B．Controlling bad luck to become good fortune.C．Believing certain events bring good or bad luck.D．Taking actions to keep bad things from occurring.6. Why did Nikos’ friend recommend him to buy lottery tickets?A．To test his luck. B．To change his fortune.C．To bring in more money. D．To use up all the money.7. What can we infer from the passage?A．Nikos went to great lengths to know what lay behind all the things.B．The mirror on the bathroom wall broke into pieces out of no reason.C．The occasional things failed to convince Nikos of the coming bad luck.D．Nikos’ story tells what happens in life has nothing to do with the evil signs.The Wampanoag language was not dead. To call it dead would be an insult to the ancestors who left it for future generations as a way to communicate-and a way to teach. But it was “unspoken” until linguist Jessie “Little Doe” Baird brought it back. Her project’s Wampanoag dictionary holds more than 11,000 entries.Words on paper are not a language. A language lives through the people who speak it. So Baird founded the Wôpanâak Language Reclamation Project. She teaches community classes and family camps. Kids in grade school and high school have the opportunity to learn the language.The Wampanoags have lived for 12,000 years in Massachusetts and parts of Rhode Island. When the Pilgrims (清教徒) met the first Indigenous people, those were the Wampanoags. The English settlers brought disease that killed thousands-an estimated two-thirds of the Wampanoag Nation died-as well as war and rules that fragmented (分裂) the tribes. There once were 69 tribes in the nation; now there are three. Baird is a citizen of the Mashpee tribe. Her ancestors left a key to their language. They translated the King James Bible into Wampanoag. They left hundreds of documents in their written alphabet (字母表).Baird describes a vision she had where her ancestors helped her see it was time to bring the language home. She began her research, which led her to a graduate degree at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where she learned from and worked with other linguists. In 2010, she was named a MacArthur Foundation Fellow, earning a “genius grant” to further her work.“It’s incredibly difficult to reclaim a language, even more so when there are no speakers alive, and even more so when you’re driving 90 minutes a day, each way, to attend graduate school, with four small children at home.”“I might have been afraid to do the work had I known that,” Baird says with a laugh now. “But I didn’t, and so here we are.”8. What is the situation of the Wampanoag language?A．It has entirely gone by now. B．It is being brought back to life.C．It is a compulsory course in schools. D．It has got well-recognized in the USA. 9. What may contribute to the downfall of Wampanoag?A．The wide use of English in the new land.B．The religious change of the Wampanoags.C．The sharp reduced population of Wampanoag.D．The shortage of reference books on the language.10. What’s the key element of saving the Wampanoag language?A．The local linguists lend a timely hand.B．Children are asked to learn the language.C．The government gives the financial support.D．The materials ancestors left lay the foundation.11. Which of the following words can best describe Jessie Baird?A．Determined and responsible B．Considerate and ambitiousC．Intelligent and kind-hearted D．Independent and adaptableA poll of 2,000 UK adults found more than one third (36%) admit to rarely, or never, reading cookies or terms and conditions online before accepting them. And of those who do, 38% spend a mere 30 seconds or less scanning through. About 31% simply can’t be bothered to read the small print, while about one quarter (26%) claim they do not have the time.It also emerged that 85% have accepted cookies on a website without reading the policies or making any changes, and that 62% will accept despite not knowing what they are agreeing to.The research was commissioned (委托) by Avast, which has teamed up with baking star Prue Leith to help educate Internet users about digital cookies. She has created a limited run of her chocolate chip cookies, which are free for people to order online and come with tips and tricks on how to scan the digital kind of cookies.Prue Leith said, “While recent times have highlighted the importance of being connected online, it’s also never been more important for people to feel safe while doing so. Many people of all ages, butparticularly of my generation, aren’t as familiar with certain aspects of the Internet, and this of course includes digital cookies. This can prove to be a barrier to learning about everything that being online has to offer, so I am absolutely delighted to be working with Avast to help people understand what cookies are and how they work.”The survey also found half of adults are “fed up” with being asked to accept cookies when landing on a web page, although 30% find it helpful that cookies remember information such as passwords and preferences. But 29% are confused by cookie policies, and 70% even believe websites intentionally try to confuse them with the language they use. However, over two thirds (68%) feel they could be risking their onl ine privacy when accepting a “cookie policy” without reading it. As a result, three quarters (75%) think Internet users need to be better educated on what is included in cookie policies.12. Prue Leith baked a limited run of cookies to ________.A．promote her baked products online. B．offer free cookies to people in need.C．maintain the cooperation with Avast. D．spread the knowledge on digital cookies.13. How does the author present the result of the research?A．By conducting polls. B．By listing statistics.C．By exploring phenomenon and nature. D．By analyzing causes and effects.14. What will the author tell in the following paragraph?A．The side effects of leaking personal privacy.B．The gravity of fully accepting digital cookies.C．The drawbacks of overlooking digital cookiesD．The specific tips on how to read digital cookies.15. What’s the purpose of the text?A．To remind netizens to pay more attention to digital cookies.B．To appeal to consumers to be concerned about the online tricks.C．To advocate caring for the generation unfamiliar with the Internet.D．To advise the Internet companies to revise digital cookies policies.“We are becoming the people we wanted to be,” Gloria Steinem, a journalist and social activist, declared in the 1970s. So have women really become the people they wanted to be? Yes. 16 And they are nurses, clerks, doctors, scientists and so on. For a better understanding, here are some true data about women at work.17One of the great changes in gender equality is taking place in education. More women graduate from high school, attend and graduate from college. In 1994, 63 percent of female high school graduates and 61 percent of male high school graduates were enrolled in college the following fall, according to the Pew Research Center. By 2012, that number for women jumped to 71 percent, but remained unchanged for males, at 61 percent.The wage gap between males and females is still existing.Even as more women are flooding onto college campuses, here’s a disappointin g trend. 18 But there still is a gap between their earnings and men’s earnings. Women in professional specialty occupations earn 72.7 percent of what men in the same position earn.Is there any place women earn the same as men?No. Unfortunately, there is no such place. But it can be to a woman’s advantage to work in a labor union. 19 So, while there is a gap, it’s much less than in professions without unions, where women make 72 percent of men’s incomes.Women bring home more income.20 Over 40 percent of moms are now the sole or primary source of income in U.S. households. Women are now the primary or co-money-maker in nearly two-thirds of American families and working married women bring home 44 percent of their family income.As I held my boy in the arms to rock him to sleep, he had his arms wrapped around me and kissed me on the cheek. I could feel his _________ love and trust.For many years my husband John and I dreamed and _________ about becoming parents someday. If I couldn’t have any children of my own, I would _________. One Sunday morning a lady_________ me and told she had a granddaughter planning to _________ her unborn baby. We met with the young birthmother and showed her a profile of our family, which included a resume and pictures.Less than two months later we completed our home study and were _________ by the adoption agency just two days before the baby’s birth. One Sunday morning, we got the news and rushed_________ to the hospital. What a(n) _________ feeling it is to finally hold your newborn son for the first time! We named him Eric Daniel.During his stay in hospital, we got to hold him and feed him, so we _________ instantly. On the fourth day, Eric was __________ from the hospital and went home with us. Staring at this__________ angel, I couldn’t believe after all these years that I was now the mother of this beautiful child.It took 10 months for the adoption to become __________. On that day we stood before the Judge declaring Eric __________ ours. It has been over two years now since we were __________ with Eric and I truly have enjoyed every day that I spend as a mother. I no longer __________ any day for granted. Thank God for giving me the opportunity to take care of such a life.21.A．selfless B．unconditional C．independent D．adorable22.A．acquired B．ensured C．prayed D．possessed23.A．adopt B．deliver C．raise D．abandon24.A．approached B．accompanied C．spied D．whispered25.A．bring up B．hold up C．pick up D．give up26.A．considered B．approved C．rejected D．ranked27.A．casually B．merely C．straight D．suddenly28.A．abnormal B．awful C．awesome D．unforgiving29.A．bounced B．bent C．bounded D．bonded30.A．released B．retired C．withdrawn D．departed31.A．positive B．odd C．native D．precious32.A．royal B．genuine C．final D．decent33.A．originally B．legally C．ethnically D．precisely34.A．overcome B．blessed C．occupied D．rewarded35.A．waste B．spend C．regret D．take阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。