2023-2024学年四川省成都市彭州市高三上学期期中考试英语试题Never climbed before? It doesn’t matter! Boulders Indoor Climbing Centre is a fantastic outing for the whole family that’s guaranteed to pack your day with fun and adventure! No experience is necessary.Under the guidance of qualified instructors, you will step outside of your comfort zone in a safe and controlled environment. All equipment is provided —just bring your spirit of adventure and your willingness to challenge yourself! Boulders specializes in introducing people of all abilities into this vertical world in a fun, safe and inclusive (综合的) way!With climbing walls that reach between 4 to 12 meters in height, Boulders, whose task is to teach you all the skills required to climb safely, is designed to train the bravest explorer. You will learn how to move around the climbing wall in a safe manner, and how to differentiate(区分)between grades and varieties of techniques.There’s even a cafe on site with free Wi-Fi, so send the children to climb and check in with the office while you’re enjoying a skin ny latte! Boulders offers a wide range of climbing activities, including:Climbing classes for children, families, students and adultsBirthday parties for all agesChildren’s holiday activitiesSoft play for children 7 years old and underClimbing-Introduction coursesOpening hours:Mon. -Thur. 10: 00-22: 00 Fri. 10: 00-21: 00 Sat. -Sun. 10: 00-18: 00Price: Adults- £15 Children-£10The price includes entry to the wall after the session, your one-off registration fee and shoe hire.Family pass: £38 Up to 4 persons. Rental shoes & chalk included. Registration fee for any new climbers, 14 years+, not included in pass.1. What is the requirement for the climbers in Boulders Indoor Climbing Centre?A．Abilities to communicate with others. B．Previous experience of rock climbing.C．Being brave and adventurous. D．Awareness of safety.2. What is the aim for Boulders according to the text?A．To help instructors to enjoy the spirit of adventure.B．To guarantee the climbers out of their comfort zones.C．To equip learners with abilities to design climbing walls.D．To instruct the lovers to gain skills of climbing safely.3. Which of the following is the most suitable for an 8-year-old boy?A．Having soft play at 10 am on Wednesday.B．Taking climbing classes at noon on Sunday.C．Attending a birthday party at 8 pm on Saturday.D．Attending climbing classes at 9 am every Friday.Levon Biss was looking at insects from his garden through a microscope he bought for his son. For fun, they unintentionally placed an insect under the lens (镜片). “It is amazingly beautiful!” they both screamed.The father had been making a career taking photographs for advertisements. But that experience gave him a new direction. Around the world, insect populations are in decline because of habitat loss and climate change. Biss thought that if people could see what he saw through his son’s microscope, they would care more about protecting insects.So Biss turned to macrophotography: taking close-up pictures of small things, like flowers or bugs. His work has attracted attention not just for its unusual beauty. It also raises awareness about the need for conservation.In 2016, Biss showed his first insect project, Microsculpture. The term refers to the features of an insect’s exoskeleton, or outer shell, which develops overtime as the bug adapts to its environment. Biss’s pictures capture the insects in a ll their microscopic details. Then he blows up the images until the insects become larger than life, some of them eight feet tall. But each image takes weeks to make. He uses a digital camera with a microscope lens. The camera is fixed on a computerized track, which allows Biss to take a shot, then move the camera by seven microns (微米)— a distance equals to about 1/10 the thickness of a human hair— for the next shot. In the end, Biss might take 10, 000 shots of a bug. A computer combines these small pictures into a single image.Biss’s latest exhibition is Extinct and Endangered at the American Museum of Natural History. He selected bugs that were extinct or endangered, hoping his photographs would serve as a better purpose. “I communicate visually,” he says, “The way I work is through pictures. But I think it’s my duty to shake things up and get people to pay attention. ”4. What made Levon Biss turn to macrophotography?A．An expensive microscope. B．An accidental observation.C．Beautiful insects. D．Attractive environment.5. How does Biss manage to capture insects’ microscopic details?A．By taking a shot at them twice. B．By adjusting the camera on a track.C．By putting them in order on a computer. D．By taking close-up pictures countlesstimes.6. What does the underlined phrase “shake things up” refer to in the last paragraph?B．Spare no efforts to face difficulties.A．Make people think about naturedifferently.C．Take action to save insects. D．Get rid of the prejudice.7. Which of the following best describes Levon Biss?A．Wealthy and ambitious. B．Polite and strong-willed.C．Curious and easy-going. D．Patient and responsible.Use food to ease your moods? The time of meals may have an impact on moods, including levels of depression and anxiety, accor ding to researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.To conduct the study, 19 participants (12 men and 7 women) were arranged to experience a Forced Process in a dark room for four 28-hour “days”. Participants were assigned to one of two meal timing groups: the Daytime and Nighttime Meal Control Group, which had meals according to a 28-hour cycle (resulting in eating both during the night and day, which is typical among night workers), and the Daytime Only Meal Group, which had meals on a 24-hour cycle (resulting in eating only during the day). The team then assessed depression and anxiety like mood levels every hour.The result showed that meal timing significantly affected the participants’ mood levels. During the simulated (模拟的) night shift (day 4), those in the Daytime and Nighttime Meal Control Group had increased depression and anxiety like mood levels, compared to the baseline(day 1). In contrast, there were no changes in mood in the Daytime Only Meal Group. Participants with a greater degree of circadian(昼夜节律的) disorder experienced more depression and anxiety like moods. Researchers discovered that among individuals in the daytime and nighttime eating groups, anxiety and depression rose by 16% and 26% individually. A famous author Sarah Chellappa, who completed work on this project, said, “Meal timing is emerging as an important aspect of nutrition that may influence physical health, but the causal role of the timing of food intake in affecting mental health remains to be tested. Future studies are required to establish if changes in meal timing can lead individuals to experience anxiety-related disorders.”The findings open the door for studying a behavioral strategy that might benefit individuals suffering from mental health disorders, such as shift workers. The study also adds to a growing body of evidence finding that strategies that improve sleep and circadian patterns may help promote mental health.8. How is the study carried out according to the text?A．By presenting cause and effect.B．By examining the participants’ eating habits.C．By recording the eating time in various groups.D．By comparing data from two different groups.9. Which of the following will the researchers probably agree with?A．Daytime eating might benefit mental health.B．It’s unavoidable for people to eat at the wrong time.C．Nighttime meal is harmful and should be prohibited.D．It’s necessary to keep track of our mood levels each day.10. What does the follow-up test aim to find out according to Sarah Chellappa?A．How food intake affects human’s moods.B．Whether changes in meal timing cause emotional problems.C．Whether food nutrition is related to mental health.D．Why shift workers suffer from mental health disorders.11. Which of the following can be a suitable title for the text?A．Meal Timing Reduces Pressure B．Meal Timing May Affect MoodsC．Mood Disorders Result in Anxiety D．Good Strategies Benefit Our HealthIn the future, environmentally responsible travelers might be sunbathing on green instead of white sand beaches, which help remove CO2 from the atmosphere. Erica Jamieson reports.Green sand beaches made of volcanic minerals named olivine (橄榄石), may speed up a naturally occurring carbon capture process, which could slow global climate change. It may sound like science fiction. However, Project Vesta, the nonprofit behind the olivine beach programme, will soon start a pilot project to demonstrate this in the Caribbean. As it plans, olivine will be mined from nearby river beds, processed into sand and spread over beaches. It estimates that olivine sand would need to cover just 2 percent of global shelf seas to capture 100 percent of annual human carbon emissions (排放物).Early funders including Stripe, the credit card processing company, and other private donors, work together to raise US $1. 5 million for further experiments. In the long term, Project Vesta plans to use greensand beaches to help entire nations reach carbon neutrality (碳中和), on a global basis.“Reducing emissions is not enough to solve the climate crisis,” stated Project Vesta co-founder, Eric Matzner. “We need a solution that removes tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions a year. Once we manage to prove our approach through studies, we will carry it out worldwide.”Some critics have raised concerns that increased levels of olivine on beaches could release heavy metal into the water. The upcoming research will closely monitor metal content in the water, sand and other related areas, to measure this effect.Others argue that if successful, green sand could be an effective alternative to planting forests, which has recently been criticized for “doing more harm than good”. One study has shown that planting trees can reduce biodiversity on the Earth with little impact on carbon emissions.12. What might be a potential benefit of green sand beaches according to the text?A．Changing carbon capture process.B．Providing leisure materials for tourists.C．Helping reduce human carbon emissions.D．Transforming volcanic minerals into green sand.13. Why is Stripe mentioned in the text?A．To show the promising future of sand beaches.B．To list names of the donors for the scientific experiment.C．To stress how the olivine beach programme works for the Earth.D．To show financial support for further experiments on the project.14. Which of the following best describes people’s attitude to growing levels of olivine on beaches?A．Supportive. B．Different.C．Unconcerned. D．Worried.15. In which section of a newspaper does this text most probably appear?A．Geography. B．Technology.C．Environment. D．Culture.How to Make Friends at Community CollegeMaking friends in community college is a bit trickier than in four-year schools in some cases. Students don’t typically dorm at community colleges, so there isn’t always a shared living environment. 16 Here’s a look at how to make friends at a community college.Get hired on campusWhile working part-time, most initial engagement involves assisting students with their needs. For example, if you work in the bookstore, the conversational icebreaker usually focuses on finding out what the other students need to find. Previously, you may have only had opportunities to socialize with other students in your classes. 17 .Attend events18 . Whether it’s special lectures, career fairs, musical performances, or anything else, these occasions bring students together outside of the classroom. By participating in activities that correspond to their hobbies or preferences, you and your peers can meet other like-minded students.Plus, the event can be an initial topic of conversation, giving your peers an easy way to engage with others.19College work will occupy most of your day. Your health, for one, is something you may start to neglect as you throw yourself fully into college life. Needless to say, ignoring your health is absolutely unacceptable. 20 . You can start with your pal by heading over to your school’s gym or fit-ness center and try meeting new people there.It was wintertime 30 years ago. I was a young father with 3 little children to support. My college education, however, didn’t ________ me a good job. Now I was working in a sawmill (锯木厂) for just above the minimum ________. Every day before I went to work, I would ________ band-aids around my fingers. Working 8 hours a day in the cold dry air had ________ cuts and scars.That day was harder than normal. We were ________ of workers and the machines kept breaking down. We could see our ________ as the heaters weren’t working. When the day finally came to an end, I ________ my legs to my car. There I took off my work ________ to see my aching fingers. The cuts were worse than ever and ________ leaked through again. As I made a (n) ________ to fix it, my bad back cramped (抽筋). I had never felt that ________ before. I finally started my car back home and ________ fought back the tears. I wondered why life was so hard and how ________ I could keep doing this.As I opened the door, I ________ a weak smile on my face. But it soon became ________ as my daughter screamed a sweet “Daddy”. When she threw her little arms around my neck, my heart________ with love. All my aches and pains disappeared in her ________! In that second I remembered again I was here for ________ and I knew I could move on.In our lives, we all have ________ fingers and band-aid days. But with love we cansurvive.________, work may give us a living, but love gives us a life.21.A．show B．guarantee C．teach D．name22.A．wage B．size C．order D．grade 23.A．hang B．move C．pull D．wrap 24.A．applied to B．put off C．resulted in D．cleaned up 25.A．short B．aware C．proud D．fond 26.A．eyes B．teeth C．life D．breath 27.A．crossed B．dragged C．swung D．kicked 28.A．shoes B．uniform C．gloves D．cap29.A．water B．sweat C．juice D．blood 30.A．attempt B．excuse C．schedule D．deal31.A．nervous B．sad C．angry D．lonely 32.A．successfully B．bravely C．desperately D．simply 33.A．long B．well C．soon D．often 34.A．imagined B．practiced C．shared D．forced 35.A．obvious B．pure C．natural D．innocent 36.A．broke B．exploded C．sank D．beat37.A．cry B．suggestion C．laughter D．hug38.A．assistance B．comfort C．love D．shelter39.A．slim B．bleeding C．nervous D．bent40.A．After all B．On average C．In contrast D．At last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。