安徽省江南十校2024届高三3月联考英语试卷(含答案)

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安徽省江南十校2024届高三3月联考英语试卷

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一、阅读理解

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favourites.

Finding the right book subscription can be tricky, though, which is why

we’ve gathered

some of the best book subscription boxes in Australia for you to enjoy.

Bionic Book Subscription, $75 per six months at Etsy

This personalized book subscription service will send you books via an algorithm (算法)

that learns your taste preferences to select and send books you’ll love. You can enjoy a mix of

new and recent releases across fiction and contemporary classics.

Mystery Book Subscription Box, $99.95 per quarter at Isubscribe

Enjoy a great selection of pre-loved books, coming straight to your door, with a range of

extras to keep you reading comfortably. You can expect to receive three or six books sent to

you month by month, according to your choice.

“Purchased as a gift subscription for Father’s Day and he absolutely loves it!

Such a

fantastic and

unique option for a book lover yourself or a loved one,” a five-star reviewer said.

Australian Magazine Subscription, $36.99 per month at Magshop

Magshop features all of the top selling Australian magazine subscriptions in one place,

making it easy for you to enjoy your favourites. You’ll find all kinds of

books—from

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homes, and so much more.

Ultimate Mystery Book Subscription Box, $190 per year at Etsy

Sent to you month by month, each box contains three or six great books with one hand-drawn bookmark, a new handmade candle in a variety of colours, smells and containers, and

a new pair of socks.

“Got 2/3 books so far and I’m loving the selection! Can’t believe I got a

perfect-condition hardcover on my first go. It was an amazing surprise. The custom little bookmarks

are cute too. I’d recommend this subscription in a heartbeat and can’t wait to

purchase a

second round,” a five-star reviewer said.

1.Which one is the least costly if you subscribe for a year? A. Bionic Book Subscription.

B. Mystery Book Subscription Box.

C. Australian Magazine Subscription.

D. Ultimate Mystery Book Subscription Box.

2.What do we know about Australian Magazine Subscription?

A. It covers a wide range of interest.

B. It contains extra hand-made items.

C. It can be purchased as a gift subscription.

D. It learns readers’ taste preferences via an algorithm.

3.What do Mystery Book Subscription Box and Ultimate Mystery Book Subscription Box

have in common?

A. A supply of top-selling books.

B. A service of monthly delivery.

C. A mix of new and recent releases.

D. A selection of amazing hardcovers.

Heman Bekele is not your typical high school student. Rather than spending his

free

time playing video games or staring at his phone, this 14 year-old from Fairfax, Virginia was

calling professors and conducting experiments, all to create a soap that could treat skin cancer,

and to make it affordable for everyone who needs it. His work won him the grand prize in

this year’s 3M Young Scientist’s Challenge, a competition that encourages kids

to think of

unique ways to solve everyday problems.

Growing up in Ethiopia, Bekele found in pity that people working outside were likely to

end up getting skin cancer. Skin cancer did have cures and was treatable in most

cases.

However, the average price of skin cancer treatment globally was almost $40,000.

Those

shocking statistics really inspired him to create a more accessible solution. He started doing

experiments and working on different things, and that turned into his bar of soap as a project.

A lot of his research and development

started in his family’s kitchen and in his basement.

But as he reached the final of the competition, he realized that he did need to do a little bit

more outside of just his house. So he reached out to people at University of Virginia

and

people at Georgetown, and he got a lot of assistance. The number one person would

be

Deborah Isabelle, who helped him organize and structure his ideas during the

finalist

competition. Bekele said that he definitely couldn’t have done that all by himself.

Bekele’s award-winning soap is a compound based bar of soap and it’s charged

with

different cancer fighting chemicals. The color of the soap is a bit of a dark type of white and

it has a rough surface, which could be a good exfoliant (去角质剂) . It does have a strong