海南省2021-2022学年高二下学期期末学业水平诊断英语试...

Exhibitions for You!

In June 2019, Steve Wilson was going on a bike ride. Like many of us often do, he checked his phone beforehand, and saw a moving post about his friend's daughter Linda." She was a junior in high school at the time; she just received a life-saving kidney(肾) from a woman in town," Wilson told CBS News." And they didn't even know this woman till they made the request for their daughter."

"So, I became emotional. I just thought that is the coolest thing," said Wilson, who lives in Westchester, N.Y." I took a long bike ride and I kept thinking, 'I would love to do something like that one day."

After seeing the post, Wilson selflessly decided to become a living donor himself, donating a kidney, while he was alive, to someone he didn't know.

"I knew it would go to someone. It eventually went to someone across the country," Wilson said." They took my kidney to the airport and flew it out to the W est Coast." He said he sill doesn't know the person who received his kidney and he probably never will, which he's fine with. He just wanted it to change somebody, s life, he said.

Going through an operation may seem frightening, but Wilson says all it takes is two weeks of one's life for recovery. And to prove that it isn't burdensome，Wilson and his fellow living donors finished an even harder mission: Conquering(征服) Mount Kilimanjaro.

"I do think that having that purpose made it a little bit easier. But there were some people一and I was one of them- who really ploughed hard to get through. And the purpose behind it was the reason why you just kept going," Wilson said.

The team reached the summit on March 10一symbolically, World Kidney Day. As for whether the climb to encourage living donations was worth it, Wilson said he inspired at least his friends to consider becoming living donors, but he thinks the Kilimanjaro summit could have inspired countless others.

Bad news for people who frequently use the emoji(表情符号): It is no longer cool.

In recent weeks, two generations have been debating in videos and comments on Tik Tok over the symbols of millennial(千禧一代) culture that are now considered uncool by Generation z(born after 1996). The symbols include the popular laughing crying emoji that some millennials(born in the 1980s), including me, use hundreds of times a day, or more.

"Face with Tears of Joy", the official name for the laughing crying emoji, is currently the most used emoji on Emojitracker, a website that shows real-time emoji use on Twitter.

"What's wrong with the laughing crying emoji?" one user asked in a Tik Tok comment. Another responded," It's so off." In a different video, a woman says she's cut back on using it after learning kids don't.

"I use everything but the laughing crying emoji," 21-year-old Walid Mohammed told CNN Business." I stopped using it recently because I saw older people using it, like my mom, my older sisters and just older people in general."

For many Generation Zers, the emoji has become a popular replacement for conveying laughter. It's the visual version of the slang phrase I'm dead "or" I'm dying", which means something is very funny. Other acceptable choices一the emoji officially called" Loudly Crying Face", or just writing "lol" (laughing out loud) or "lmao".

"Tears of Joy was a victim of its own success," said Gretchen McCulloch, the author of" Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language". "If you express digital laughter for years and years in the same way，it starts to feel insincere. It gets worn out through continued use," she said. That's why Generation Zers may be looking to fresh and novel ways to signal they're laughing in different ways.

"Older generations tend to use emojis literally while younger people get more creative," said Jeremy Burge， the chief emoji officer of Emojipedia, an emoji dictionary website. Generation Zers told CNV Business they like to assign their own meanings to emoji, which then spreads to others, often through social media.

Human beings are extremely adaptable creatures, and able to find something good in almost everything. A recent study asked the American population to find out what they consider to be the positive aspect(方面) of COVID-19.

A team from Harvard and Stanford conducted interviews of 3,113 participants over the seven-month period from March to September 2020.

The scientists found many things in the responses. Using statistical analysis, the researchers grouped words themes together to find the most common silver linings in the storm of COVID-19 waves.

Number one, reported by 46% of participants, was quality time with loved ones，including " The kids are helping around the house more", "I'm in touch with my family who live far away "and" My husband and I take more walks, resulting in more time together.

The second most-recognized silver lining was" life slowed down, and I could do things calmly without FOMO (fear of missing out). "They also noted that because life was slower, they could pursue low-cost hobbies merely for fun, and find time for thinking.

Number three was community coming together, not just in terms of the local community in which the participant was a member, but seeing communities come together all over the world.

The other six themes reported by between 8% - 12% of participants, included the benefits of having a more flexible working schedule, or completely working from home, getting more health knowledge, and feelings of gratitude.

"Reflecting on benefits may help people better recognize the outside protective factors in their lives一such as having strong relationships with family or friends一or their own inside protective factors一such as being grateful," the researchers note.

"The process of identifying benefits may help people notice the protective factors in their lives, which are 'skill, strengths, or resources that can help them deal more effectively with stressful events'. It serves as psychological buffers(缓冲区) that protect individuals from the potential harms of tough situations."

Listening is one of the four primary forms of communication, along with reading, writing, and speaking.There's a higher form of listening, fortunately, which leads to real communication. We call it" genuine listening". And it's the kind of practice we want to put to use. But to do genuine listening, you need to do three things differently.

It is reported that only 7 percent of communication is contained in the words we use. The rest comes from body language (53 percent) and how we say words, or the tone and feeling reflected in our voice (40percent). To hear what other people are really saying， you also need to listen to what they're not saying., most everyone is tender inside and has a strong need to be understood.

Stand in another man's shoes. To become a genuine listener, you need to take off your shoes and stand in another man's. In the words of Robert Byrne," Until you walk a mile in another man's shoes you can't imagine the smell.

Practice mirroring. Think like a mirror. What does a mirror do? It doesn't judge. It doesn't give advice. It reflects. Mirroring is simply this: Repeat back in your own words what the other person is saying and feeling. Mirroring isn't mimicking(模仿). Mimicking is when you repeat exactly what the other person says, like a parrot. If you practice mirroring but don't really desire to understand others, they will see through it. If your attitude is right but you don't have the skill, you'll be okay..If you have both the attitude and the skill, you''ll become a powerful communicator!

A. Listen with your eyes, heart, and ears

B. But it doesn't work the other way around

C. Although you can choose an interesting topic

D. However, many people don't know how to listen

E. No matter how hard people may appear on the surface

F. Communicate with others as often as possible

G. You must try to see the world as they see it and feel as they feel

High school senior Jonathan Walker is unquestionably celebrating an amazing milestone in his life. The Florida teen has been1into 27 universities and received up to $4 million in scholarships.

"It was just a surprise to see that they wanted me to2their institution, and that they were offering me3... it was just a ton of excitement," Walker said during an interview with ABC News' Linsey Davis.

Colleges and universities that included Harvard, Stanford, Yale, and MIT all4to enroll (登记) the 18-year- old Florida student.

5, the teen was very surprised when he was admitted to all of the universities. He told CBS Miami in an interview," That's such a6thing to occur, but it did happen.

However,7he has been accepted to all of his choices, the teen is working on8the list down." I'll be able to make a pretty confident9"

Actually, Walker is also active in the science club, the international Baccalaureate program, and the school football team. The amazingly1018-year-old has also been working with a partner on a wrist device that11 people who are blind and deaf to communicate better with people.

"My parents12me a chemistry set(化学用具) a couple of years ago...And then from there I really13that I could use engineering to help people. And so I just became super interested in14devices that could help disadvantaged communities and people15a challenging period," Walker said.

World leaders at the 5th meeting of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) agreed that by 2024,they would create and sign a new treaty(协定) on plastics. The new treaty would create international lawscould help bring plastic waste under control.

Because plastic is useful for so many purposes, it has become a part of nearly all areas of our lives. It's hard to look anywhere without finding dozens of (object) made of plastic.

The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) reports that(current) 400 million tons of plastic is produced every year. By 2040, that number is predicted to double. And even though there's a lot of talk about recycling, only 9% of all the plastic ever(produce) has been recycled.

Plastic gives off dangerous gases when it's made and also when it's burned or buried in the ground. Scientists say plastics are responsible4.5% of the world's greenhouse gases一the gases that are driving the climate crisis.

Plastic doesn't" decompose(腐烂)"like natural materials. Instead, it just breaks into smaller and smaller pieces. And as the plastics(fill) our world break down, they createnew problem一microplastics.

Microplastics are so tiny that(they) existence is usually ignored. In the past few years, microplastics(find) almost everywhere, from the North pole to Antarctica, from the top of the Earth's(high) mountain to the deepest point in the sea. They've even appeared in the bodies of animals including humans.

1）健康生活方式的重要性;

2）如何养成健康的生活方式。

注意：1）词数80左右;

2）可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

"Owwww!" Robert yelled，backing away from me." That hurt!"

"What do you mean? I just hit you with my jacket!" I said, laughing.

Robert was the smartest boy in my class, and I didn't mean to hurt him. Besides, it was just a lightweight jacket.

The next thing I knew, Robert was heading to the nurse's office. And I was being sent to the principal's office.

What would my parents say? How could a stupid jacket hurt anybody? Then it suddenly occurred to me that my brand-new yo-yo(悠悠球) was in my pocket. So I had hurt Robert not with my jacket, but with my yo-yo. As I crossed the courtyard to the principal's office, I prayed," Please don't let Robert be hurt too badly. And please don't let Mr. Sinclair call my mom." Then I reached the principal's office.

"What happened, Julie?" Mr. Sinclair asked.

"We were playing outside... and... I hit Robert on the shoulder with my jacket. I... um... I guess I had this in my pocket. "I opened my palm to show him the shiny red yo-yo I'd bought with my pocket money. "I'm sorry. I'm really sorry. I didn't mean to hurt him."

"I know you well enough to believe you. But Robert has a knot on his shoulder that's about the size of your yo-yo. His mother is very upset. She's taken him to the doctor.

My head hung so low. It nearly touched my knees. More than anything, I wanted to melt into a puddle and trickle away under the door.

"I'm sure you didn't mean to hurt anyone," Mr. Sinclair went on." But because Robert was injured, I have to send you home for the rest of the day. Please wait in the outer office until your mother comes to pick you up.

My eyes widened." Now I'm going to get it!" I thought. I had plenty of time to think while I waited for my mother. I was always trying to be the" perfect student". "What will happen now?" I wondered. I had never been in trouble at school before.

注意：1）续写词数应为150左右;

2）请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

Ten hopelessly long minutes later, my mother opened the door to the office.

……

The next day, Robert came back to school as usual.