广西柳州重点中学2022-2023学年高二下学期期中英语试题

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Is a picture worth a thousand words? We think so! Take a digital photograph that answers this question: Why is Earth Day important to our planet?

The winning photographer will receive a digital camera, and the photo will be published in TIME for Kids magazine.

Get details below.

• The competition is open to students from 8 to 13 years of age

• Judges will look for creativity, photo composition and relation to the Earth Day theme.

• Students must include their first name only; their e-mail address; a parent's, or a teacher's e-mail address （very important）; the location in the photo, and the date when it was taken （must be between June 1, 2021, and March 202022）.

Competition begins: January 9, 2022. Competition closes: March 20, 2022.

• To enter, students should visit timneforkids. com/20/7 earthdaycontest and follow instructions to provide an original digital photo.

The winner will receive a digital camera.

• All entries must follow the official rules for consideration.

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If you're reading this, you were probably born in the 2000s. The oh-ohs （00后）. The21^st century. That would make you young, creative, connected, global, and no doubt smart. Maybe good-looking, too. Right? But what do other people think about your generation?

Some adults worry that you're more interested in the screen in front of you than the world around you. They think of you as the "face-down generation" because you use your phone so much and they wonder how you will deal with school, friends, and family. Are today's teenagers too busy texting and taking selfies （自拍） to become successful in real life-or "IRL", as you would say?

Other adults worry that today's youth are spoilt （宠坏的） and don't want to face the challenges of adult life. Many children born in the 1990s and 2000s were raised by "helicopter parents" who were always there to guide and help them with a busy schedule filled with homework and extra-curricular activities such as dancing, drawing, or sports. With partners who do everything for them, today's youth seem to prefer to live like teenagers even when they are in their 20s or 30s.

Does the face-down generation need a heads-up? Well, probably not. The fact is that many of today's teenagers are better educated and more creative than past generations. They also seem to be enthusiastic （热情的） and willing to become leaders.

More young people than ever volunteer to help their communities. There are also brave young people such as Malala Yousafzai, the teenager who won the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize for pushing girls' rights to go to school.

So if you're one of the oh-ohs, there's reason to be hopeful about the future.

Things are looking up for the face-down generation. Chances are that you will do GR8（great） and LOL （laugh out loud）.

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It was bad enough when COVID-19 closed schools in Philadelphia, US, in March. Like a lot of students, Makyla Linder, 16, found herself getting bored. So she started watching baking videos and shows on TV and online. Soon, she started baking on her own.

Cupcakes and chocolate-covered strawberries were her first creations.

"I tried them on my friends when they came to my house, " Linder sad. "I also tried them on my family. They said my creations were good. "

For most children, that would have been enough. But Linder had bigger ideas. She asked her mom—what if she started selling her baked goods?

With the help of her mother, Linder got more baking supplies and equipment. She started taking orders online. More people started hearing about her business. Linder also started giving out business cards to make her company more well-know.

She also improved her baking as time went on. She researched new recipes (食谱) and learned good baking skills. She now sells chocolate-covered cookies, chocolate apples and banana pudding. She has some customers who have returned to her several times. They say her prices are good. She charges ＄15 for a dozen cupcakes or cake pops.

When school reopened in September, Linder had to focus more on her studies. "I wanted to do both, but I understand that school is much more important right now, " she said. However, she still watches cooking shows to get new ideas for her business.

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Paper is one of the most important products ever invented by man. Wide spread use of written language would not have been possible without some cheap and practical material to write on. The invention of paper meant that more people could be educated because more books could be printed and distributed. Together with the printing press, paper provided an extremely important way to communicate knowledge.

How much paper do you use every year? Probably you cannot answer that question quickly. In 1900 the world's use of paper was about one kilogram for each person a year. Now some countries use as much as 50 kilograms of paper for each person a year. Countries like the United States, England and Sweden use more paper than other countries.

Paper, like many other things that we use today, was first made in China. In Egypt and the West, paper was not very commonly used before the year 1400. The Egyptians wrote on a kind of material made of a water plant. Europeans usedparchmentfor many hundreds of years. Parchment was very strong; it was made from the skin of certain young animals. We have learnt of the most important facts of European history from records that were kept on parchment.

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The Guide to Keeping Your Dorm（宿舍）Room Clean In most cases, students don't like or have time to clean their dorm rooms. As a result, everybody's business is nobody's business. Read through this guide to keeping your dorm room clean.

Have a cleaning routine（常规）. With a cleaning routine in place, you will always tidy up your room at a particular time often. If you can, sweep up your room every day in the morning. You can also do it every other day. Doing this can make the process harder during exam time. In addition, you can take turns cleaning if you have a roommate.

The quickest way of making a dorm room dirty and unorganized is to throw clothes everywhere. Never throw dirty clothes on the bed or the floor. They will quickly fill your room up. Rather, you should keep your dirty clothes in a basket and clean ones in your closet.

Have a study plan. Being a student does not mean living without a plan. Therefore, having a study plan helps you stay in control of your study life. As a result, you are better able to clean your room if your life is organized.

Avoid eating in your room. Food can easily cause a mess in a room. No matter how careful you are, you will drop a few parts of food in your room if you eat in it. Therefore, the best way of keeping your room clean is to avoid eating in it.

A. Keep your shoes by the door.

B. Avoid placing clothes everywhere.

C. It also makes your social and personal life easier.

D. What's worse, waste can quickly spread all over your room.

E. But do not go more than two days without cleaning your room.

F. Besides, many students share a room with at least one other student.

G. Similarly, do not allow friends and classmates to eat in your room.

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It has been difficult to sit on the bench most of the time, watching my team from the sideline. I always1 why I am not good enough to be on the floor. After endless hours of work and devotion, pushing myself through drill after drill, the last thing I want is to be a cheerleader. The feeling of being2 is sometimes too much and drives me to3 on the spot. I often feel as though my4 are wasted and my time is eaten away, 5 nothing. It is heartbreaking to be a spectator（旁观者） for the game I love, knowing that no one has enough faith to give me the chance to6 on the floor. Tears well up（涌出）, but I7 them back. I shouldn't be so8 something so silly.

Away from the game, it's easier to put my thoughts together, rather than letting my 9 drive my reasoning. I consider why I am where I am. I have played basketball my whole life. I have a strong10 for the sport and always have. There is nothing like the11 of playing: the swish（飕飕声） of the net, the sweat rolling off my cheeks, even the bruises（青肿） are battle wounds worn12 after every game.

Even if I don't play much, I participate in every13 . I am part of a team of girls who stick together like a family. I am there for them, as they are for me.

Should I move on? Or should I stay with my team and continue playing basketball with great passion just a little longer? The 14 isn't difficult when I consider the joy that being a part of a team

15 me-and not just any team, but my team. I love basketball and my teammates. When I think about that, my view from the bench really isn't so bad after all.

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Dogs are not toys and their needs should be taken into consideration. Dog owners in Germany will （ require） to walk their pets at least twice a day if a new law passes.

The country's agricultural minister Julia Klockner proposed a law that would order dog owners to walk their dogs at least twice a day for a total of an hour or more （ let） their dogs take enough exercise. The new law would also stop owners from （ leave） their pets home alone all day or tying （ they） up outside for a long period of time. The law also includes a limit for dog owners on number of dogs they can keep.

The idea behind the law is to make sure the country's dogs get enough exercise and stay （ health）. The proposed law has brought forth different opinions from dog owners and those are working in the animal industry.

"There are lots of （ way） to enrich your dog's life without a strict law, and exercise needs are different depending on the size, type and age of the dog, "Lindsay Hamrick, a worker of the Humane Society of the United States said. Meanwhile, dog trainer Anja Striegel said, "Staying at home all day （ do） the species little good. A large part of the problems that dog owners have their animals these days arise from lack of exercise. "

假定你是李华，你校下周将邀请英国友人来校参观，需要志愿者介绍你校的历史和特色文化。请你写一封申请信，内容包括:
1. 申请原因;
2. 你的优势;
3. 相关经历。
注意：
1. 写作词数应为80左右;
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

Dear Sir/Madam,

Yours sincerely,

Li Hua

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Mother's gift I grew up in a small town where the primary school was a ten-minute walk from my house. When the noon bell rang, I would race breathlessly home. My mother would be standing at the top of the stairs, smiling down at me.

One lunchtime when I was in the third grade will stay with me always. I had been picked to be the princess in the school play, and for weeks my mother had rehearsed my lines so hard with me. But no matter how easily I acted at home, as soon as I stepped onstage, every word disappeared from my head. Finally, my teacher took me aside. She explained that she had written a narrator's part to the play, and asked me to change roles. Her word, kindly expressed, still hurt, especially when I saw my part go to another girl.

I didn't tell my mother what had happened when I went home for lunch that day. But she sensed my pain. Instead of suggesting we practise my lines, she asked if I wanted to walk in the yard.

It was a lovely spring day and the rose vine was turning green. Under the huge trees, we could see yellow dandelions（蒲公英）in the grass in bunches, as if a painter had touched our landscape with a bit of gold. I watched my mother casually bend down by one dandelion. "I think I'm going to dig up all these weeds, " she said, pulling it up by its roots. "From now on, we'll have only roses in this garden. "

"But I like dandelions, " I protested. "All flowers are beautiful—even dandelions. "

My mother looked at me seriously. "Yes, every flower gives pleasure in its own way, doesn't it? " she asked thoughtfully. I nodded, pleased that I had won her over. "And that is true of people too, " she added. "Not everyone can be a princess, but there is no shame in that. " Relieved that she had guessed my pain, I started to cry as I told her what had happened. She listened and smiled reassuringly.

注意： 1. 续写词数应为150左右；
2. 请按如下格式作答。

"But you will be a beautiful narrator, " she said.

After the play, I took home the flower.