2023-2024学年辽宁省新高考联盟（点石联考）高二下学期3月份阶段测试英语试题Sometimes accommodation can feel restricting when you’re traveling. If you’re in an unfamiliar country, it might be tempting (有吸引力的) just to go and stay in a hotel. It doesn’t hurt to step out of your comfort zone from time to time though, and there are plenty of accommodation options that aren’t hotels that are easily accessible and not too hard on the wallet.Home SwapThere is a way to stay in a beautiful home for a minimal cost. The hidden disadvantage? A stranger is also staying in your home. Home swaps are increasing in popularity and there are sites dedicated to giving you peace of mind so that you can enjoy your holiday in the comfort th at your home isn’t being messed up.HouseboatThe perfect option for those who love the water, houseboats come in all levels of luxury, so you should be able to find one that suits your budget. It could be tough to get the hang of controlling your home if you’re unfamiliar with boats, but it a skill that you should pick up relatively quickly!IglooObviously not an option in anywhere warm, staying in an igloo for a night is actually a lot warmer than you think! Don’t worry about accommodation experience, th ere are plenty of igloos around the world that can provide services as varied as ice bars and hot bathtubs, so you can survive this odd experience in comfort and without freezing.CottageA great way to provide freedom and a “home away from home” feeling i s to rent a cottage on your holiday. A cottage can give authentic, home y feel to a foreign country. Most can comfortably fit a family and give children plenty of space to play, so a cottage is a great option for the family holiday.1. What is the advantage of home swap?A．It can make travelers relaxed. B．It has beautifully decorated rooms.C．It provides good traditional cuisine. D．It can help you interact with a stranger. 2. What is probably the major concern of travelers who choose to stay in an igloo?A．Comfort. B．Diet. C．Location. D．Reservation.3. Which accommodation best suits a big family with children?A．Home Swap. B．Houseboat. C．Cottage. D．Igloo.The French couple, Katia and Maurice Krafft, shared an attraction to volcanoes, one that perhaps approached an addiction. There are many people interested in volcanoes, but very few who are willing to climb an erupting crater(火山口) and approach the flowing lava(岩浆). Katia and Maurice did a lot of work, shooting photographs and films of volcano eruptions, always being the first on the scene ofan active volcano, and the ones who fearlessly came to just a few feet from lava flows. They were not only highly respected by volcanologists all around the world, but also envied.The couple metinthe1960s when they were both students at the University of Strasbourg, and got married in 1970. Both of them were attracted to volcanoes since childhood. Upon graduating, Katia and Maurice pursued their careers as volcano observers with no financial support at all, just their own savings, which they spent on a trip to Stromboli to observe the eruption of the volcano.They took an incredible and valuable set of photographs of the near-continuous eruption. People were curious about the photographs, while public officials working on threatening volcanoes found them useful. This interest in their work helped the French couple to establish a career in documenting eruptions. Now able to obtain financial support for their work, Katia and Maurice visited hundreds, if not thousands, of volcanoes around the globe. They traveled and recorded eruptions, always getting closer to the danger than anyone else.In June 1991, along with 40 other people, the Kraffts set out to film the eruption at Mount Unzen in Japan. A sudden and unexpected flow took place and all the people in its path were killed. Later investigation revealed that Katia’s and Maurice’s bodies were closest to the volcano crater. They were 44 and 45 years old respectively.In their 25-year-long career, the couple documented hundreds of volcanoes, and their work consists of thousands of sill photos, 300 hours off film materials, a number of books, and scientific articles published in Bulletin of Volcanology.4. When did the couple start their careers as volcano observers?A．As children. B．While studying at college.C．When leaving university. D．After getting married.5. What is unique to the couple’s photographs of volcanoes?A．They focused on threatening volcanoes.B．They were taken with their own savings.C．They recorded continuous eruption of volcanoes.D．They were shot at a shorter distance from lava flows.6. What can we infer from the last two paragraphs?A．The couple didn’t get prepared before setting out.B．The couple had been married for 25 years before the accident.C．The couple made a great fortune with what they shot.D．The couple went ahead of the rest at the last minute.7. Which of the following can best describe the couple?A．Caring and demanding. B．Promising and optimistic.C．Brave and devoted. D．Dynamic and calm.Feeling unhappy, depressed or lonely could speed up the ageing processes more than smoking or even certain diseases, researchers have suggested. While everyone has an age based on their date of birth —their “chronological age”, they also have what is known as a “biological age”, based on the ageing of the body’s functions, influenced by gene is, lifestyle and other factors. Studies have previously suggested the higher the biological age, the higher the risk of various diseases, and the risk of death.Now researchers say they have created a digital model of ageing, revealing the importance of psychological health. “Your body and soul are connected —this is our main message,” said Fedor Galkin, a co-author of the study and lead scientist at the Hong Kong startup Deep Longevity.“We demonstrate that psychological factors, such as feeling unhappy or being lonely, add up to 1.65 years to one’s biological age,” they write. While Galkin said the figure is an estimate, not least as the model assumes that different feelings such as hopelessness or fearfulness are independent of each other, the study highlights the importance of psychological state in how fast we age.“Taking care of your psychological heath is the greatest contributor that you can have to slowing down your pace of ageing,” he said. The team also report that people who smoke are predicted to be 15 months older than their non-smoking peers, while being married reduces biological age by around seven months. People living in rural areas are predicted to be almost five months older than their urban peers.“But,” he said, “it is unlikely that isolation and loneliness are truly worse risk factors for health than smoking because the study only looked at data collected at one point in time. The researchers did not follow up participants to show that those with psychological distress actually aged more rapidly,” he said. “It will be important in the future to test whether these predictions are fulfilled by repeating testing over a number of years.”8. What does the underlined words “chronological age” in Paragraph 1 mean?A．Mental age. B．Age measured by time.C．Biological age. D．Age of psychological development.9. What idea does the author want to convey in Paragraph 3?A．Psychological fa ctors add up to 1.65 years to one’s chronological age.B．External factor can speedup people’s ageing process.C．Psychological state is a crucial factor in people’s ageing process.D．Physical health can slowdown you pace of ageing.10. What is the autho r’s attitude to the research?A．In different. B．Favorable. C．Disapproving. D．Objective.11. What is the main idea of the passage?A．Depression and loneliness may slowdown the ageing process.B．Isolation and depression maybe worse risk factors foraging than smoking.C．Smoking is harmful to our physical and mental health.D．People with depression need others’ company and understanding.Most able-bodied people take their ability to perform simple daily tasks for granted — when they reach for a warm cup of coffee, they can feel its weight and temperature and adjust their grasp accordingly so that no liquid is spilled. People with full sensory and motor control of their arms and hands can feel that they’ve made contact with an object the instant they touc h or grasp it, allowing them to start moving or lifting it with confidence.But those tasks become much more difficult when a person operates an artificial arm, let alone a mind-controlled one.In a paper published in Science, a team of bio engineers from the University of Pittsburgh describe how adding brain stimulation that generates tactile (触觉的) sensations makes it easier for the operator to use a brain-controlled robotic arm. In the experiment, combining vision with artificial tactile feedback cut the time spent grasping and moving objects in half, from 20.9 to 10.2 seconds.Study participant Nathan Copeland, who was left with limited use of his arms after a car crash, is the first person in the world who was implanted with tiny electrode arrays (电极阵列) in his brain. Arrays allow him to not only control the robotic arm with his mind, but also to receive tactile feedback.In a series of tests, where Copeland was asked to pick up and move various objects from a table to a raised platform, providing tactile feedback through electrical stimulation allowed him to complete tasks twice as fast compared to tests without stimulation.“Even though the sensation isn’t natural, that never bothers me,” said Copeland.“When even limited and imperfect sensation is restored, the person’s performance improved in a pretty significant way. We still have a long way to go in terms of making the sensations more realistic and bringing this technology to people’s homes, but the closer we can get to recreating the normal inpu ts to the brain, the better off we will be,” said Robert Gaunt, co-senior author of the study.12. What does the author intend to tell us in Paragraph 1?A．The value of being healthy. B．The importance of the sense of touch.C．The simplicity of daily tasks. D．The advantages of able-bodied people.13. What’s the purpose of implanting the arrays into Copeland’s brain?A．To allow him to feel the objects. B．To improve his test performance.C．To connect his senses of sight and touch. D．To stimulate him to complete more tasks.14. What can we learn from Robert Caunt’s words about the study?A．It’s unreliable.B．It’s promising.C．It’s perfect.D．It’s theoretical.15. What’s the best title for the text?A．Application of Biotechnology in Medical Care.B．Restoration of Lost Sensations Proves Possible.C．Development of Mind-Controlled Robotic Arms.D．Sense of Touch Improves Control of a Robotic Arm.As a young person, it can be frustrating (令人沮丧的) when you’re expected to give respect and yet you don’t always receive that same respect in return. 16 But, there are several reasons why this is so often the case.Although it’s unfair, the very fact that you’re young plays apart in this equation. It’s wrong, but others, including many adults, don’t show the respect they should to teenagers. This is no fault of your own, but try to understand that-generally speaking—the older you get, the more respect you’ll receive. 17 To help, there are actions you can start taking to gain respect from others. First, you should show respect for those around you. 18 In order to gain respect, you have to be a giver of respect as well. There’s a basic level of respect that we should show for everyone, regardless of the circumstances. Make sure that you hand out respect as you go around your school or your community. 19 . For example, take the initiative to handle your schoolwork, chores around your house and job responsibilities seriously. Do the responsible thing without having to be told. Your attitude and behavior are two important factors in whether other people will respect you or not. Finally, you need to show that you believe your life is important. 20 Your study habits, what you do with your spare time, what outside interests you have and many similar factors show what you think about yourself. As people observe your attitude and behavior, these observations will go a long way toward your gaining their respect that you hopefully deserve.Isabella Springmuhl Tejada is one of the first professional fashion designers with Down Syndrome (唐氏综合征).Her path to success wasn’t ________.Although she showed her________.for design in childhood, when she would spend hours designing paper dresses for her dolls, she was________from several fashion schools due to her disease. She had no________but to seek other ways. She________for a sewing course, where she was________to sew clothing for finger-sized traditional Guatemalan (危地马拉的) dolls, which she________happily. Meanwhile, she also made a(n)________in designing dolls, creating some life-sized dolls and dressing them in the colorful traditional embroidered jackets she’s now famous for.This design experience helped Tejada develop her own design style,________traditional Guatemalan patterns, colors, and materials in her culture. She also created her own brand Down To Xjabelle,________for people with Down Syndrome, knowing how difficult it was for people like her to find________! clothes. The new brand ________right away, making it all the way to London Fashion Week, proving fashion can________all barriers and borders.And the ________designer talks about her plans for the future as well, “I want to export my brand all over the world and________that people with Down Syndrome can do what they set out to do.”21.A．comfortable B．awful C．awkward D．smooth22.A．arrangement B．talent C．determination D．responsibility23.A．rejected B．dismissed C．ignored D．excused24.A．guidance B．aim C．option D．right25.A．waited B．competed C．prepared D．registered26.A．assigned B．forced C．inspired D．persuaded27.A．purchased B．accepted C．imagined D．contacted28.A．discovery B．opportunity C．innovation D．schedule29.A．indicating B．abandoning C．transforming D．highlighting30.A．specially B．naturally C．usually D．obviously31.A．pricey B．suitable C．fancy D．famous32.A．paid off B．got across C．took off D．caught up33.A．combine B．fuel C．beautify D．overcome34.A．ambitious B．enthusiastic C．humble D．proud35.A．guarantee B．assess C．show D．conclude阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
