1、2022届安徽省宣城市高三年级第二次调研测试英语试题 学校:_姓名：_班级：_考号：_一、阅读理解Are you ready to become an international UN volunteer?You can contribute your time, skills and knowledge through volunteering with the UN. This is an opportunity to create a positive impact and be a significant force for achieving peace and developmen
2、t. Make a difference to the lives of many!Why Volunteer with UN? They promote peace and development in communities around the globe, while upholding the ideas and aspirations of the United Nations; They represent many cultures and backgrounds, bringing a wide variety of perspectives and approaches;
3、Your assignment can create a ripple effect that extends far beyond the immediate results of your efforts; You will learn about different cultures, expand your networks, study foreign languages and gain matchless professional and life experiences. Requirements 25 years old and older (no upper age lim
4、it); university degree or higher technical diploma; At least two years of relevant work experience in a professional background; Ability to work in a multicultural environment; willingness to work with people and local organizations; Ability to adjust in hard living conditions or remote locations; s
5、trong interpersonal and organizational skills.Conditions of service Assignments generally run for 6 to 12 months with the possibility of extending for one to two years; Short-term assignments are also requested from time to time; Allowances are in no way to be understood as a compensation, reward or
6、 salary in exchange for the volunteer work.1What can we benefit from being an International UV Volunteer?AIt is convenient for us to go abroad.BWe can promote local tourism rapidly.CIt is a good way to practise Chinese well.DWe can help achieve peace and development.2What is the age range if you wan
7、t to serve as an International UN Volunteer?AYounger than 18.BFrom18-25.CAt least 25.DFrom 25-60.3What can we learn about International UN Volunteers from the passage?AThey are given salaries or reward annually.BThey are required to have related work experience.CThey are asked to work for at least o
8、ne year abroad.DThey are arranged to work in isolated areas only.Looking out of my window today reminded me of another day just like this one, a day when I was searching for a special blue bird. I thought it had been talking to my grandmother about me.One day grandmother asked me to buy some bread.
9、On the way home I gave my bread to a black dog. I really wanted to keep her but I knew my mother would not allow.An idea occurred to me. I got to our back gate, carefully dug a hole under the fence, and left the rest of the bread right at the hole. Then from the front door I went down the drive and
10、through to the backyard. I got there just in time. She was trying to reach the bread at the hole. I held her front paws and pulled her through. She ate up the bread and I was delighted that my idea had worked.When I got inside, I told my grandmother that my bread was eaten by a stray dog. I was very
11、 pleased with myself for not having to lie. We suddenly heard scratching coming from the back door. Seeing her, grandmother asked me, “Where did that come from?” “She must have come in under the gate.” I pointed out the hole under the back gate. Grandmother told me she thought it was I who brought t
12、he dog home. I looked at my grandmother s face and asked, “How did you know?” She said, “A little bird told me, a little blue bird told me.” I reminded her I had not told a lie. She grinned and said, “No you did not lie. But the truth you told was not the whole story either.”I spent most of that sum
13、mer making sure the blue birds stayed out of the yard. I remember watching grandmother giggling a little as she watched me.Years later I found out that grandmother had been looking out of the breakfast room window and watched me dig the hole, run back into the yard and pull the dog through. She and
14、my mother laughed about it. Anyway, we kept the dog (even after she delivered 13 puppies) until she passed away with snow-white on her snout and around her eyes.4How did the dog get into the house?AFrom the hole under the fence.BFrom the bakery at the back door.CFrom the front door and the drive.DFr
15、om the breakfast room window.5What does the underlined word “that” in paragraph 4 refer to?AThe bird.BThe scratching noise.CThe dog.DThe hole.6Why did grandmother grin?ABecause she knew the truth.BBecause she once talked to the bind.CBecause she thought I told the truth.DBecause she loved the dog to
16、o.7How did the writer feel about keeping the dog?AFrightened and puzzled.BConcerned and happy.CTolerant and sympathetic.DDelighted and carefree.Have you ever found picking out the face of a friend in a group photo is sometimes hard, especially when everyone crowds together? In the same way, it can a
17、lso be hard to read a passage of text when the letters are too close together. In fact, a new study shows that spacing the letters farther apart can help anyone read faster, and possibly understand more.Dyslexia is a common reading disorder. Crowded text was especially difficult for people with dysl
18、exia to read. So researchers wanted to see if increasing the spacing between letters would help.Steven Stagg, a scientist, studies how people think and learn. His team recruited 59 students between 11 and 15 years old, thirty-two of whom had dyslexia. While the researchers recorded them, each studen
19、t read two passages out loud. One passage was in its original format. In the other, there was an increase of 2.5 points in the spacing between the litters. The recording allowed the scientists to measure their reading speed and count any mistakes, such as skipped words.People with dyslexia often emp
20、loy aids to help them read, such as colored overlays (覆盖物). This time they are offered by the researchers. Those colored overlays didnt help either group of kids. However, kids with dyslexia read the wider-spaced text 13 percent faster than the text with original spacing. These kids also made fewer
21、mistakes. Students without dyslexia read faster, too, although only by 5 percent.This is very good news. It means teachers and publishers can print material with extra spacing between litters. Readers with dyslexia wont feel singled out by having to use special aids for reading. An organization call
22、ed Readability Matters is working on these issues. The group is trying to get tech companies to make changes that should make reading easier.Stagg says, “Some methods have shown mixed results, but Letter spacing seems to be the one thing that everyone is finding works.”8What is the purpose of the fi
23、rst paragraph?ATo make the article interesting.BTo present a common problem.CTo lead to the topic of the article.DTo provide a new solution.9What do you know about people with Dyslexia?AThey may understand everything while reading wider-spaced text.BThey may read faster than normal kids while readin
24、g wider- spaced text.CThey may free from dyslexia after increasing letter spacing.DThey may feel singled out while using colored layouts for reading.10In which column of a newspaper can we probably find this passage?AScience study.BCampus life.CStar stories.DBusiness.11What is the best title for the
25、 text?AReaders Try to Improve Reading SpeedBYou Just Need More SpaceCColored Overlays Are Helpful AidsDDyslexia Affects Reading SpeedChina s booming coffee business has made it the second most important market for global giant Starbucks, behind only its home U.S. market. But its also providing ferti
26、le ground for new and innovative (勇于创新的) players catering to local preferences. One of the latest in that group is Shanghai-based chain Manner Coffee, which, together with other similar homegrown names, are reshaping the countrys coffee drinking landscape.This year alone has seen 16 financing events
27、 in Chinas coffee sector, with more than 5 billion yuan ($784 million ) pouring into the space. Even the infamous Luckin Coffee, which was removed from the Nasdaq last year after being exposed for massive fraud (欺诈), is once again attracting investors attention.Dubbed (被称作) as a seller of “street co
28、ffee” priced between 10 yuan and 20 yuan per cup, equal to $ 3 or less, Manner quickly became popular among young office workers for its less expensive price and high quality.Manner and the other up-and-comers are thriving on a China coffee market that is growing at a healthy 15% per year. After exp
29、anding slowly in its first three years, Manners store count rose from just eight at the end of 2018 to 194 this year, with 165 in Shanghai and the rest in Beijng, Shenzhen, Chengdu and other cities. It plans to keep expanding outside of Shanghai by opening up to 100 new stores a year.Meanwhile, Star
30、bucks reported its same-store sales in the Chinese market grew by just 19% in its financial third quarter, down sharply from 91% growth in the previous quarter, due in part to weak year-ago figures from stores affected during early stages of the pandemic in 2020. The company forecast that growth wou
31、ld slow further still in the following years.12What does the underlined phrase “fertile ground” in paragraph 1 probably mean here?ALimited space.BFat chance.CRich soil.DNecessary conditions.13What can we learn from the passage?AStarbucks is creating the countrys coffee-drinking landscape.BStarbucks
32、was removed from the Nasdaq last year due to fraud.CManner Coffee has a cheaper price and superior quality.DManner Coffee plans to expand is overseas market.14What is the purpose of mentioning Starbucks in the last paragraph?ATo show that new players are starting to bite into Starbucks lunch.BTo pro
33、ve that Luckin Coffee is an unusually successful hit.CTo explain the fast increase of Starbucks in the Chinese market.DTo present the promising future of the U.S. coffee market.15Whats the text mainly about?AManner Coffee becomes fashionable worldwide “street coffee”.BManner Coffee joins hand with S
34、tarbucks to develop business.CManner Coffee replaces Starbucks both at home and abroad.DManner Coffee takes on Starbucks in China with “street coffee”.二、七选五What is empathy?Empathy is the ability to share and understand the feelings or emotions of others.Types of empathyThere are three different ways
35、 to think of empathy. First, there is affective empathy. This is the ability to share the emotions of others. For example, someone watching a scary movie may feel scared when a character is scared. Second, there is cognitive empathy. This is the ability to understand the feelings of others. A good e
36、xample is a counselor. Counselors may understand that someone they are speaking to is sad, but that does not mean the counselor becomes sad. Finally, there is emotional regulation. _16_. For example, doctors need to control their emotions when doing surgery on a patient. They cannot be afraid of hur
37、ting them or sad for them because they are sick.Depending on the situation _17_ . It may not always be positive. For example, strong positive empathy feelings for members of our own family might lead to negative emotions like hate toward those we see as a threat. _18_. For instance, people might fee
38、l more empathy for people who look or act like them. People who are good at reading others emotions might also trick other people for their own benefit.Measuring stick _19_ . These typically ask people to tell how much they agree with certain statements. They might say they strongly agree or they di
39、sagree. One statement might be, “It affects me very much when one of my friends is upset.” This would measure how much affective empathy someone normally feels.Our brain has evolved to be able to quickly change under different circumstances. _20_ . It can help us to understand others so we can help
40、them. Sometimes, though, we need to be able to switch off our empathetic feelings to protect our own lives and those of others.AHaving empathy is very usefulBEmpathy is often measured with surveysCThis refers to the ability to control ones emotionsDSometimes it could be helpful to feel less empathyE
41、People experience pleasure when their opponent failsFSometimes we may feel too much empathy for our own groupsGEmpathy helps humans respond appropriately to different situations三、完形填空Eradajere Oleita thinks she may have a partial solution for two of their countrys persistent problems: garbage and po
42、verty. Its called the Chip Bag Project. As a student and_21_she is asking local snack lovers a_22_: Rather than throw empty chip bags_23_into the trash,_24_them! Then she can turn them into sleeping bags for the homeless.Chip_25_drop off their empty bags at two_26_: a print shop and a clothing store
43、, where Oleita and her volunteer helpers collect them. After they sanitize (清洁) the chip bags in soapy hot water, they slice them open,_27_them flat, and iron them together. They_28_fillings to line the insides.It takes about four hours to_29_a sleeping bag, and each takes around 150 to 300 chip bag
44、s, depending on whether theyre single-serve or family_30_. The_31_is a sleeping bag that is “waterproof, lightweight, and easy to carry around,” Oleita told theNews.Since its start in 2020, the Chip Bag Project has_32_more than 800, 000 chip bags and,_33_last December, created 110 sleeping bags.Sure
45、, it would be_34_to raise the money to buy new sleeping bags. But the project is only half the_35_for Oleita whose family moved to the United States from Nigeria a decade ago with the hope of attaining a better life and her fellow volunteers. “We are dedicated to making an impact not only_36_but env
46、ironmentally,” she says.And, of course, theres the symbolism of recycling bags that would_37_land in the trash and using them to help the homeless. Its a powerful_38_that environmental_39_and poverty often go hand in hand. As Oleita toldlocalnews. com,“I think its time to show_40_between all of thes
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