1、2022届广西南宁市高中毕业班第一次适应性测试英语试题学校:_姓名：_班级：_考号：_一、阅读理解Podcasts recommended by Readers DigestThe Last Days Of Vincent Van GoghThe bright, sunny colors of Dutch painter Vincent Van Goghs canvases may cover his tragic ending. But his last years and final days would also see him create much of the dramatic a
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4、at Happened To You?Oprah Winfrey and renowned brain expert Dr. Bruce Perry discuss the impact of our childhoods and how healing should begin with the way we phrase our questions. Rather than asking “Whats wrong with you?, try What happened to you?”How to get podcasts（播客）？To listen on the web: In a s
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6、ards.2Which podcast concerns people with remarkable success in their careers?AThe Last Days Of Vincent Van GoghBI Will Teach You A LanguageCUnsung ScienceDWhat Happened To You?3How can you get podcasts as mentioned in the passage?ABy talking to experts.BBy referring to the web.CBy watching TV.DBy re
7、ading a paper magazine.Making a career out of building with Lego bricks sounds like a dream job. But its the real deal for Sean Kenney, who turned his childhood hobby into a full-time career. For more than 15 years Kenney has been creating masterpieces using Lego bricks. His creations have been disp
8、layed at museums and zoos around the world, inspiring people of all ages.Like most kids, Kenney spent his free time playing with Legos. As he got older, he got trained in his artistic skills as a cartoonist, studying visual arts at Rutgers University. Upon graduation he worked as a graphic(平面的) desi
9、gner, often including Lego bricks into his work. It wasnt until a botanical garden in Iowa approached him about making replicas(复制品）of some of its flowers and plants that he made the natural world his subject.“One of the biggest challenges is trying to get the softness of features and the expressive
10、ness of the face right while using blocky Lego bricks,” Kenney says.To accomplish the tasks, Kenney cooperates with a group of artists who work together in teams of two or three to create each sculpture. Most pieces start out as rough drafts on paper, which are then transformed onto graph paper or c
11、omputer models to plan out the basic shape and size of the animal. The artists then use these blueprints as a point of reference as they click together Lego bricks to build a prototype(原型). From start to finish, a single sculpture can take thousands of bricks and many months of labor to complete. So
12、me large sculptures can take up to nine months to construct.While COVID-19 may have an effect on travelling, it hasnt stopped Kenney from creating new Lego sculptures. For 2022, hes dreaming up a “colorful, powerful and playful” exhibition called “Nature POP” that gives the natural world a novel spi
13、n.4What inspired Sean Kenney to focus his works on nature?AHis wonderful artistic skills as a cartoonist.BHis previous work as a graphic designer.CSome flowers and plants in the natural world.DHis working experience in a botanical garden.5What can be inferred about Sean Kenneys job?AIt involves much
14、 time and teamwork.BAll his works feature plants.CIt doesnt require high artistic skills.DIt has been stopped due to COVID-19.6What do the underlined words “a novel spin” probably mean?AA clear definition.BA new look.CAn extra burden.DA fun ride.7Where may this text be taken from?AA travel brochure.
15、BA novel.CA science fiction.DA newspaper.In a medical first, doctors transplanted（移植）a pig heart into a patient to save his life and a Maryland hospital said on Monday that hes doing well three days after the highly experimental surgery.While its too soon to know if the operation really will work, i
16、t marks a step in the decades-long effort to one day use animal organs for life-saving transplants. Doctors at the University of Maryland Medical Center say the transplant showed that a heart from a genetically edited animal can function in the human body without immediate rejection.The patient, Dav
17、id Bennett, 57, knew there was no guarantee that the experiment would work but he was dying, unsuitable for a human heart transplant and had no other option, his son told The Associated Press.Such transplants, or xenotransplantation, have failed before, largely because patients bodies rapidly reject
18、ed the animal organ. The difference this time: The Maryland surgeons used a heart from a pig that had undergone gene-editing to remove a sugar in its cells thats responsible for that super-fast organ rejection.“I think you can characterize it as a breakthrough in medical science,” Dr. David Klassen,
19、 UNOS chief medical officer, said of the Maryland transplant. Still, Klassen warned that its only a first tentative（实验性的）step into exploring whether this time around, xenotransplantation might finally work.It will be important to share the data gathered from this transplant before opening the option
20、 to more patients, said Karen Maschke, a research scholar at the Hastings Center, who is helping develop policy recommendations for the first clinical trials under financial aid from the National Institutes of Health. “Rushing into animal-to-human transplants without this information would not be ad
21、visable,” Maschke said.The surgery took seven hours last Friday at the Baltimore hospital. He realizes the importance of what was done, David Bennett Jr. said of his father. He could not live, or he could last a day, or he could last a couple of days. I mean, were in the unknown at this point.”8What
22、 is the top reason for the animal-to-human transplant on David Bennett?AHe couldnt afford a human heart.BHis son made the decision for him.CHis life was at great risk.DThe experiment is bound to save his life.9What is the purpose of the gene-editing in the case of the transplant in Maryland?ATo avoi
23、d immediate rejection.BTo remove cells from the pigs heart.CTo guarantee the functions of the pigs heart.DTo save time in the transplant.10What does Dr. David Klassen probably think of the transplant?ACasual.BDangerous.CSuccessful.DPioneering.11What message does the author mainly convey in the text?
24、AAnimals are our best friends.BAnimals may be our life-saver.CAnimals organs have helped save many patients.DThe animal-to-human transplant is now advisable to perform.In zones like the Atacama, where winds bring fog but no rain, the invention of trap in the 1960s which can absorb that damp from the
25、 air has helped sustain settlements otherwise suffering from drought.Fog traps are polymer-mesh (聚合物网) screens in metal frames. As misty air blows through them, drops of water get stuck to the mesh. Those absorb others until the result breaks free and runs down the screen, as a raindrop runs down a
26、window glass, into a collector. A typical trap, with a 40-square-metre collecting area, produces about 200 liters a day. That is enough to supply around 60 people with drinking water. Such a collector costs $1,000 or so, and will last a decade.A simple idea, then. But even simple technology can be u
27、pgraded. And that is exactly what Urszula Stachewicz of the AGH University of Science and Technology, in Krakow, Poland, proposes to do.Her upgrade relies on giving the mesh a slight electrical charge. The outside of each thread in a mesh might be given one electrical polarity (极性) while the other p
28、olarity might be buried inside the thread. Just as static electricity (静电) will attract a balloon to a wall, a surface charge created in this way will attract small water drops from the air.Previous attempts to do this have coated the threads with metal. But that is expensive. As they describe in AC
29、S Namo, Dr. Stachewicz and her student Daniel Ura have done it by changing the way the threads work, which is cheap.Dr. Stachewicz and Mr. Ura proposed to use a technique called electrospinning and they kept experimenting, which resulted in meshes able to collect 50% more water than commercial versi
30、ons, at no extra cost of production. They expect soon to have a practical version which can be made available for sale. And that will certainly improve the lives of people who rely for their survival on drawing water not from a well, but from thin air.12Why does the author discuss the fog traps inve
31、nted in the 1960s?ATo show the difficulty of their upgrade.BTo explain that they are helpful.CTo voice that they are costly.DTo urge a replacement of them.13What is the idea behind Urszula Stachewicz upgrade in technology?ACharge the mesh slightly.BPut the collectors in place.CBury the two electrica
32、l polarities inside.DCoat the threads with metal.14What advantage may the up graded fog traps have over commercial ones?AThey are more effective in collecting water.BThey are less dependent on surroundings.CThey are less expensive to produce.DThey are more practical for sales.15Which of the followin
33、g can be the best title for the text?APublic Interest in Fog TrapsBTechnology Demanded of Fog TrapsCOld Fog Traps Upgraded for More WaterDTechnology Simplified for Water二、七选五Some people love the tradition of setting a goal each Jan. 1st. _16_. But there is actually a logic to joining the New Years r
34、esolution trend. If you want to increase your chances of sticking to your 2022 New Years resolution, behavioral scientists have discovered a host of techniques that can help. Make it measurable.An unclear, ill-defined target, such as “get fitter”, is a reason for a failed resolution. To increase you
35、r chances of success, ask yourself what you consider fitter and how you can achieve this. A better solution might be “run 5kms in X minutes. _17_. Specific goals allow you to track progress, which in turn can motivate you. Make it fun.If you get pleasure from your workouts or study sessions, researc
36、h has found you11 carry on longer. _18_. For example, only letting yourself drink a mocha latte during study sessions so there is an attraction to get you to the library. _19_.Ensuring youll face some punishment if you dont achieve your New Years resolution can work wonders. One easy way to do this
37、is by telling a few people about your goal so you 11 feel ashamed if they check back later and find out you havent followed through. Get a little help from your friends.Spending time around high achievers can promote your own performance. If your resolution is to run a marathon, youd be wise to star
38、t hanging around friends whove made it to the finish line and can show you how its done. _20_,because youll tend to learn their patterns of behavior.AConsider a punishmentBFigure out your resolution listCYoure extra motivated to set your goalsDYoull pick up a bit just by spending time togetherEYou c
39、ould even add deadlines for reaching certain important stagesFOthers argue its a waste of time since most resolutions fail by mid-MarchGOne way to make going for a goal more fun is to combine it with a pleasure三、完形填空A very dear friend has been experiencing various challenges these past few months. S
40、he mentioned how it sometimes felt like she was hanging on by a thread with no quick _21_ in sight.It reminded me that the caterpillar (毛虫) that I _22_ just changed into a butterfly that morning. After _23_ on milkweed leaves from our garden, the caterpillar found a _24_ spot at the top of the net i
41、n the butterfly enclosure (围笼) and spun (吐) a silken thread to _25_ itself there. The caterpillar hung upside-down in a J shape for a day or so. Then, in less than a few hours of _26_, the caterpillar was a beautiful green butterfly!All the research Ive done _27_ that the change into a butterfly sho
42、uld take between 10-12 days. I can only_28_ what is going on there, but Im sure its a huge struggle and _29_ . Havent we all been doing the same to some degree _30_? These especially challenging times are _31_ us with the unavoidable experiences needed for our _32_ selves to use as food for _33_. No
43、t easy? You bet! Worth it? Yes!Many _34_ to our local library for the loan of the butterfly enclosure. They _35_ and released the butterflies as part of their childrens summer reading _36_ this year. I had no idea that planting a few plants would lead to such a(n) _37_ study of caterpillars and butt
44、erflies. The caterpillar has kept me interested and_38_ during our recent self-isolation (自我隔离).Hanging on by a thread as we _39_, keep in mind the beautiful wings we are growing. We are all somewhere in the middle of that unbelievable process. Trust the process. Have _40_. Know that you are becomin
45、g the most beautiful person that you can be.21AfixBlookCstepDbite22Apicked upBattended toCgave awayDhunted for23AactingBworkingChealingDeating24AcomfortableBdangerousCcommonDpractical25AburyBhideCattachDabandon26AsurvivingBexploringCdefeatingDstruggling27ArequiresBindicatesCreportsDforecasts28Ajudge
46、BlearnCimagineDaccess29AreformingBpracticingCpreparingDrepairing30AshortlyBrarelyClatelyDfinally31AcomparingBpresentingCimpressingDattracting32AinnerBidealCluckyDsmall33AharvestBgrowthCfreedomDknowledge34AregardsBwishesCthanksDlimits35AborrowedBwatchedCboughtDraised36AprogramBlectureCmaterialDcontes
47、t37ArelaxingBconvincingCamazingDdemanding38AdepressedBrelievedCconfusedDaddicted39AcommitBtransformCperformDtranslate40AspiritBdesireCtalentDfaith四、用单词的适当形式完成短文阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。On Oct. 20, 2021, the flame for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games arrived in Beijing, _41_ (carry) a message of peace and union. Witnessed by many people, t
