广东省名校联盟(珠海一中、中山纪中)2020学年高二英语9月联考试题

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A

The

National

Beekeeping

Centre

Wales

is

a

free

attraction

in

the

countryside

that

teaches

children

about

the

importance

of

honeybees

–

with

the chance to try lots of local honeys.

This friendly visitor centre is a supporter of Welsh honeybees, which

are increasingly under threat from climate change and loss of wildflower

meadows. It raises visitors

’

awareness of environmental issues and shows

the 4,000-year history of beekeeping and honey-making, from the ancient

Egyptians to the Romans. A Hive (

蜂巢

) Aid scheme lets you adopt a beehive,

and

regular

courses

(from

?60

per

person)

train

new

generations

of

beekeepers.

Fun fact

Bees pollinate (

授粉

) about a third of everything we eat and play an

important role in sustaining our ecosystems. In economic terms, honeybee

pollination could be worth up to ?200m to the UK alone.

What about lunch?

Next

door

is

the

Furnace

Tearoom,

part

of

the

Bodnant

Welsh

Food

Centre,

which

serves

light

bites

–

wraps

(

卷饼),

fruit

salads

(?7)

and

coffee.

And

the nearby Pavilion Restaurant at the National Trust

’

s Bodnant Garden has

cooked

food,

including

baked

potatoes

(?5)

and

daily

specials

such

as

local

casseroles (

焙盘

) with bread

rolls (?6), plus coffee and cakes.

Exit through the gift shop

There

is

a

range

of

bee- themed

gifts

in

our

gift

shop,

including

bee

toys

(?2), wooden honey candy (?2) and a selection of honeys all made by Welsh

producers (?5). The bestselling Bodnant honey

(?8) goes fast.

Getting here

We

are

located

just

off

the

A470

on

the

Bodnant

Estate

in

the

Conwy

Valley,

and 10 minutes from the A55 north Wales coast road. Follow the brown signs

just after Bodnant Gardens.

Value for money

Visits and activities for kids are free, though donations are welcome.

Taster days (from ?60) and the weekend beekeeping course (?80 per person)

are held at Abergwyngregyn village, 10 miles west down the A55.

Opening hours

The Visitor Centre opens daily from 10 am-4 pm but it is volunteer-run,

so

phone

ahead

to

check.

Expect

lots

of

fun

activities

around

the

annual

Conwy

Honey Fair.

1. What do we know about the National Beekeeping Centre Wales?

A. It makes money mainly by selling local honeys.

B. It invites visitors to adopt a beehive for free.

C. It’s an educational center about beekeeping.

D. It shows visitors Wales’ long beekeeping history.

2. You can buy _______ at the Furnace Tearoom.

A. bread rolls

B. fruit salads

C. baked potatoes

D. local casseroles

3. Where is the National Beekeeping Centre Wales?

A. In the village of Abergwyngregyn.

B. Opposite Bodnant Gardens.

C. Off the A55 Wales coast road.

D. Next to the A470 on the Bodnant Estate.

4. How much would you have to pay for the weekend course and two bee toys?

A. ? 64

B

Recently, I was interviewed by a parenting magazine for a story it was

running on eco-parenting.

The reporter explained that it was expensive to be an eco-parent, with

organic baby foods and clothing to buy.

But I told her. “I’m sorry,

but eco-

parenting isn’t about buying

ecologically-

produced

versions

of

products

we

think

we

may

need.

It’s

about

discovering what we don’t need.”

I told the reporter about my daughter Sarah

’

s simple wish for a pink

balloon on her birthday, but she felt that things would inevitably change

as Sarah grew up and adopted more materialistic desires.

I agreed that Sarah may not always be interested in such simple gifts

as

balloons,

but

I

couldn’t

agree

that

a

birthday

needs

to

be

about

materialistic desires.

To

me,

a

birthday

is

an

opportunity

to

celebrate

the

life

and

the

development of a person.

Do

we

need

to

see

a

table

covered

with

gifts

to

know

that

our

family

and

friends

love

us?

Somewhere

in

our

consumer

culture,

we

’

ve

confused

material

items with expressions of love and gratitude.

My own birthday was just a few days ago. It came and went in the middle

of a snow storm, and my birthday party was canceled. While my husband and

I spent much of the day clearing the snow, Sarah made some little dolls for

me.

B. ? 76

C. ? 84

D. ? 96

And when we came in to rest, Ula climbed onto my lap and sing Happy

Birthday.

Throughout

the

day,

my

friends

called

to

wish

me

a

happy

day,

and

my

mother

called, upset that she couldn’t visit.

Later, my husband apologized that he was unable to do anything special

for me that day.

“I had a fantastic birthday,” I replied, as I thought of all the love

I’d felt.

5.

What

does

the

author

think

eco- parents

should

do

according

to

the

article?

A. Buy organic foods and clothing for their kids.

B. Teach their kids to protect the environment.

C. Try to avoid buying useless things for their kids.

D. Allow their kids to make their own choices in life.

6. What does the author intend to express with Sarah’s story?

A. A pink balloon is the best birthday gift for girls.

B. Kids’

material desire will change as they grow up.

C. We don’t have to express our love with expensive gifts.

D. A birthday is a good occasion for us to express our love.

7. Why did the author think that her birthday was fantastic?

A. Her husband did something special for her.

B. Many friends came and celebrated it with her.

C. She received meaningful gifts from her children.

D. She felt a lot of love from her family and friends.

C

The

World

Health

Organization

recently

said

that

it

planned

to

add

gaming

disorder to its new list of disease classifications, angering the gaming

industry but pleasing doctors who hope it may make treatment more easily

available.

Some US experts said it would make little difference when it comes to

helping

people

with

the

disorder,

although

others

said

it

would

bring

attention to a disorder that people sometimes don’t recognize.

Many of us enjoy video games, but does playing our favorite game for a

couple

of

hours

every

night

mean

we’re

suffering

from

gaming

disorder?

Not

according to the WHO.

The symptoms listed by the WHO include a lack of control over gaming,

treating

gaming

more

seriously

than

other

life

interests

and

daily

activities,

and

continuing

to

play

games

despite

the

negative

consequences

that

playing

them might have.

“The b

ehavior pattern is enough to result in significant damage to

one’s personal, family, or social life, the WHO said.

Meanwhile, Douglas Gentile of Iowa State University has carried out

influential research into the cause of gaming addiction in young people.

“I and many others had assumed that gaming is not really a problem but

is a symptom of other problems,” he told NBC News. Many had thought it was

simply a failure of self-control.

To see if it was, Gentile’s team studied a group of children who had

been gaming for several years.

“We

found

that

when

kids

became

addicted,

their

anxiety

increased

…and

their grades decreased,” Gentile said.

When

kids

were

able

to

back

off

from

gaming,

their

symptoms

disappeared,

he added.

Gentile

thinks

medical

organizations

sh

ould

pay

attention

to

the

WHO’s

proposal.

“This

isn’t

an

issue

of

opinion;

it’s

an

issue

of

science,”

he

said.

“This is a major scientific and medical organization. They don’t do

things lightly and without reason.”

Dr Petros Levounis, chair of psychiatry (

精神病学

) at the New Jersey

Medical

School

at

Rutgers

University,

said

that

he

hoped

the

WHO

’

s

proposal

would

lead

to

more

research

into

obsessive

behavior

among

all

types

of

people.

“Now, there is renewed interest and excitement,” he said.

8.

Which

of

the

following

is

a

sign

of

gaming

disorder

according

to

the

WHO?

A. Putting games before everything else.

B. Playing games for several hours every night.

C. Having no hobbies but playing games.

D. Keeping playing until winning the games.

9. Why is Gentile’s rese

arch mentioned?

A. To explain the cause of gaming addiction.

B. To show the impact of gaming disorder.

C. To show the reasons behind the WHO’s decision.

D. To introduce the study that influenced the WHO’s proposal.

10. What did Levounis think of the WHO’s

decision?

A. It needed further research to make it more convincing.

B. It would do little to help people with gaming addiction.

C. It would encourage new cures for gaming disorder.

D. It would encourage studies about diseases similar to gaming disorder.

11

. What’s the article mainly about?

A. The WHO defining gaming disorder.

B. New research findings about gaming disorder.

C. The benefits of defining gaming as a disease.

D. The discussions about defining gaming disorder as a disease.

D

“

Although we live in an era where everything seems to be available

immediately, our study suggests that today

’

s kids can delay gratification

longer

than

children

in

the

1960s

and

1980s,

”

said

University

of

Minnesota

psychologist Stephanie M. C

arlson. “This finding stands in gr

eat contrast

with

the

assumption

by

adults

that

today’s

children

have

less

self

-control

than previous generations.”

The original marshmallow (

棉花糖

) test conducted by researchers at

Stanford

University

involved

a

series

of

experiments

in

which

children

aged

between

3

and

5

years

were

offered

one

treat

that

they

could

eat

immediately

or a larger treat if they waited. Researchers then left the room to see how

long the children would wait and watched from behind a one-way mirror.

Interestingly, today’s adults thought that children nowadays would be

more impulsive and less able to wait, Carlson found. “Our findings serve

as an

example of how our beliefs can be wrong and how it’s important to do

research,”

said

co

-author

Yuichi

Shoda,

PhD

at

the

University

of

Washington.

The researchers offered several possible explanations for why children

in

the

2000s

waited

longer

than

those

in

prior

decades.

They

noted

a

statistically

significant

increase

in

IQ

scores

in

the

last

several

decades.

Another explanation may be society’s in

creased focus on the importance of

early education, according to Carlson. The primary objective of preschool

changed

from

largely

custodial

care

(

监护

)

to

school

readiness

in

the

1980s.

Parenting also has changed in ways that help promote the development of

executive

function,

such

as

being

more

supportive

of

children’s

self-control, the researchers noted.

Walter

Mischel

of

Columbia

University,

who

co-authored

this

paper,

noted

that “while the results indicate that the children’s ability to delay is

not weakened on the marshmallow test, the findings do not speak to their

willingness

to

delay

gratification

when

faced

with

the

many

temptations

now

available in everyday life.

”

12. What is the adults’ assumption about today’s children?

A. They are not easy to please.

B. They are less able to control themselves.

C. They don’t like things that are easy to get.

D. They have different personalities from previous generations.

13. What does the underlined word “impulsive” in Paragraph 3 mean?

A. productive

B. considerate

C. clear-minded

D.

hot-headed

14. What did the researchers find about children in the 2000s?

A. They are more prepared to go to school.

B. They are not as clever as previous generations.

C. They are taught self-control by their teachers.

D. They have better education than previous generations.

15. What does the author want to tell readers in the last paragraph?

A. Most children nowadays can’t resist the temptations of everyday life.

B.

Children

did

not

willingly

choose

to

delay

gratification

in

the

marshmallow test.

C. The marshmallow test can’t accurately measure children’s ability to

delay gratification.

D.

Children’s

ability

to

delay

gratification

is

weakened

because

there’re

many temptations.

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last

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months,

more

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