2024-2025学年辽宁省普通高中高二上学期11月期中英语试题Farmer in the ClassroomDuring the season when outdoor field trips aren’t possible, and you get uneasy as the days are shorter, Oxbow’s farm educators bring the farm to you with one of several interactive lessons.Ages: Preschool-8th grade; Minimum age:4Participants: Max.30 students per lesson (4 lessons per day)Period: 60 minutes (length can be adjusted)Time: Monday—Thursday, January 8—March 28,2025Price: $300 per lesson (Add-on lessons $200. Max.4 in a day) Lesson 1: Wonder Worms!What makes healthy soil? We dig into soil, study worms, and hang out with them in our worm bin. We show how, in nature, there’s no waste, and worms are the clean-up team in this circle of life.Suggested Grade Levels: PreK to 8th grade Lesson 2: The Buzz on Pollination （授粉）Animals need plants to survive, but do plants need animals? We explore the magic of pollination through the role of pollinators we play in growing the fruits we know and love.Suggested Grade Levels: PreK to 8th grade. Lesson 3: Calling All BirdsWhat makes beaks （鸟喙） unique? Students become scientists as we discover how birds have adapted to their environment to feed themselves.Suggested Grade Levels: 2nd to 8th grade.Readytoattend?*****************************************************:· Detailed information of your school/ organization.· Lesson of choice.· Ideal times: What time do you want the lesson (s) to start?· Number of lessons you would like to schedulePlease list at least two or three time choices to allow our team to plan ahead.1. What can be changed to suit the participants?A．The fees. B．The educators.C．The whole class time. D．The topic for each class.2. What do Lesson 2 and 3 have in common?A．They focus on explaining facts. B．They use role-playing activities.C．They ask students to do experiments. D．They bring live animals into the class.3. What’s a must for signing up for the class?A．Paying fees in advance. B．Offering three topic choices.C．Providing flexible times. D．Listing parental information.“I can’t wait for it to go dark,” says Sylvester. We’re minutes away from a total solar eclipse （日全食）, and I’m writing in my notebook, trying to record my impressions of a family trip in search of wonder, a once-in-a-generation event. So rare and special that Sylvester is missing a day of fifth grade.I tell myself that he’s being schooled in the science of the universe, the movement of planets. He can’t learn that in a classroom. Actually, he can, and he did already. But here we are, lying on a town commo n in Waterbury, Vermont. And we’re not the only ones skipping school.Sylvester looks into my lap. “Will you be able to write in the dark?” he asks.Sure, I tell him. But when the eclipse happens, I can’t. Words fail me. Nothing will measure up to the dizzying feeling of day becoming not-night, not-day.Sylvester turns to me again, “The moon is covering the sun! Take a photo of it, Dad.” ButI keep my phone in my bag. I just want to watch and share the moment with Sylvester and Jenn, my wife. You can’t put a price on memories. At least, that’s how we justified our last-minute decision to book the last hotel room in town at peak eclipse price.On our way to the common, I told him how the Aztecs viewed solar eclipses. They believed a total eclipse meant a monster was trying to eat the sun god Tonatiuh, causing humanity to fall into darkness. Ceremonies were needed to prevent this. Sylvester is quiet at first. But later, as we sit watching the moon cover the sun, I joke that the monster is taking bigger bites of the sun. He laughs, and suggests we offer a sacrifice to save the sun god.After the sun reappears, the crowd starts to leave. We are also ready to move on. The next total solar eclipse in August 2026 won’t be observable from North America. It will, h owever, pass over Iceland. We know a family who is already planning housing there. Maybe we should join them. Sylvester won’t even need to miss school.4. What made the author a little regretful about the trip?A．Sylvester’s lack of interest in space.B．Sylvester’s annoyance at taking notes.C．Sylvester’s taking a day off from school.D．Sylvester’s impatience in the observation.5. What led the author to finally reserve the hotel?A．The cheapest local hotel to live in. B．The family’s bond and memorie s.C．The sense of learning about planets. D．The experience of shared excitement.6. Why did the author tell Sylvester about the Aztecs?A．To explain the wonder of eclipses. B．To prove their lack of scientificknowledge.C．To inspire Sylvester to explore space more. D．To offer a different interpretation on eclipses.7. How does the author like their family trip at last?A．Expensive. B．Adventurous.C．Meaningful. D．Tiresome.The idea of turning Mars into a livable world for humans is a common element of science fiction. But could such an action be done in real life?There are many issues that need to be solved before humans can successfully live on Mars. They include a lack of breathable oxygen, harmful ultraviolet （紫外线） radiation, salty soil, and dust storms that sometimes cover much of the planet. And the average Martian surface temperature is about minus （零下） 65 ℃. With its thin atmosphere, solar heat on the Martian surface easily escapes into space.Scientists are now proposing a new method to warm up Mars. The idea involves putting engineered particles made of iron or aluminum （铝） into the atmosphere at a rate of about 30 liters per second for years. The goal is to trap escaping heat and direct sunlight towards the Martian surface. The proposal would aim to permit liquid water to exist on the surface of Mars, which has water in the form of ice at its polar areas and its subsurface.The proposed idea would be to increase the natural greenhouse effect on Mars and raise its surface temperature by around 28 ℃ over ten years. Such a change alone would not make Mars livable for people. But the scientists see it as a possible first step.Scientist Kite described the process of changing a planet’s environment to be more like Earth. “For Mars, warming the planet is a necessary, but not enough, first step. Previous concepts have focused on releasing greenhouse gases, but these require large amounts of resources that are rare on Mars,” he said. Kite added that climate modeling suggests the new idea of using engineered particles to warm Mars’ atmosphere could work better than previous ideas and that the work is important because it presents a possible method that could help future exploration plans.Kite suggested that the costs and benefits of releasing particles are uncertain. For example, he said if Mars’ soil has compounds that are harmful to life from Earth, then the benefit of warming Mars is zero.8. What’s the function of the question mentioned in paragraph 1?A．To prove the untruth of sci-fi. B．To expect readers’ clear answers.C．To express people’s strong doubts.D．To introduce the theme of the text.9. What does the author intend to explain in paragraph 2?A．The challenges for human settling on Mars.B．The variety of natural environments on Mars.C．The possibility of solid ice existence on Mars.D．The reason for the year-long darkness on Mars.10. What does Kite’s words about the new idea convey?A．It’s perfect.B．It’s practical.C．It’s dangerous.D．It’s traditional. 11. What’s the best title for the text?A．Scientists Help People Move to Mars B．Scientists Make Mars a Second HomeC．Scientists Propose an Idea to Warm Mars D．Scientists Change the Atmosphere ofMarsScientists worldwide worked on an experiment to discover the role of trees in cloud formation and to understand pre-industrial climate patterns.When solid or liquid aerosol particles （气溶胶颗粒物） between 0.1-10 micrometers combine with water steam, they experience a process called New Particle Formation (NPF). The new molecule （分子） acts as a “cloud seed” that combines with other molecules, growing until they form a cloud. They come from human sources like steam released from burning fossil fuels and natural sources like sand or salt. Since the Industrial Revolution, about half of the clouds have been seeded from a fossil fuel pollutant. The other half comes from natural sources like trees, volcanoes, and dust from various places.To further study how nature contributes to cloud formation, an experiment called Cosmics Leaving Outdoor Droplets (CLOUD) Project is being conducted. The tests are conducted in a giant metal container that can copy various ecosystems around the globe, such as ancient rainforests and mountain regions. Different compounds are introduced into the environment, which allows researchers to observe how the virtual atmosphere reacts.CLOUD determined that volatile organic compounds （挥发性有机化合物） released by trees called terpenes, play a large role in cloud formation, forming ten times as many “cloud seeds” as the other compounds tested! Additionally, trees produce more sesquiterpenes when they suffer environmental stress, which occurs more frequently because of climate change.One aim of CLOUD is to discover what compounds seeded cloud formation during the original pre-industrial era. This will allow scientists to ascertain the environmental results of human behavior since that time. Because clouds directly affect rainfall, and can either cool the earth or protect it, understanding the principles of their formation is crucial to predicting our future climate. The climate is affecting the cloud formation, and the clouds are affecting the climate.This study is a huge step in the right direction and has shown scientists ways to close gaps in their research to ensure more exact climate modeling results. Let’s hope the research continues allowing us to explain more mysteries about our environment!12. What is the second paragraph mainly about?A．The formation of clouds. B．The sources of fossil fuels.C．The floating particles in the sky. D．The effect of the Industrial Revolution. 13. What can be inferred from paragraph 4?A．Trees have their emotions of stress in the wild.B．Cloud seeds can be widely used for many times.C．Climate affects trees’ cloud-forming contribution.D．Ecosystems in ancient locations remain unchanged.14. What does the underlined word “ascertain” mean in paragr aph 5?A．Accept. B．Confirm. C．Ignore. D．Suffer.15. What’s the author’s attitude towards the study?A．Unconcerned. B．Unclear. C．Doubtful. D．Favourable.How to Become a Lifelong LearnerThere are no age limits when it comes to education. Being a lifelong learner is all about maintaining your curiosity and love for learning. Identify your learning style.Everyone has a preferred way they like to approach information. Determine your own preferred learning style. Choose what learning techniques are most efficient for you and use them as much as possible. Most people learn through multiple methods but favor one or two. 16 Promote a positive attitude towards learning.Don’t just force yourself to learn things because they’re important or necessary. Instead, learn things that you need to learn alongside things you love to learn. 17 Do you remember the 8th grade history that you hated so much, with all those names and dates that seemed to mean nothing? It was a chore then, but it makes sense, now. Get some perspective.Broaden your horizons and respect the journey. Take a look at the theory of multiple intelligence if you don’t know it yet. 18 A lot of people have a fixed attitude. This means they think intelligence can’t be grown. They think mistakes reflect badly on their intelligence, so they avoid taking risks. Create something.Getting to know your creative muscles can help you learn about yourself. 19 In fact, some of the most powerful learning happens when you are creating or formulating something for yourself. Creation, like intelligence, can be artistic or scientific; physical or intellectual; social or lonely. Use what you learn.20 This is the best way to test it and it will help you learn it more completely. It will also help you discover weaknesses and strengths in your learning, which is how we progress the sum of human knowledge.Most kids spent their summers relaxing, but twelve-year-old Dylan Spears decided to spend his helping others.He had a goal to mow （修剪）fifty lawns for free. After ______ his goal, he’s decided to keep going. “I wanted to do it so I could help people who couldn’t ______ their lawn themselves,” Spears said.Since June, Spears has turned ______ grass into neat lawns for homeowners like Cindy Kok and her husband, free of ______. “He was looking especially for the disabled and elderly, and I knew my husband was having a lot of ______ doing the yard and I thought we fit in all those______,” Kok said.It’s hard work for Spears, but it doesn’t go unnoticed. “It’s a wonderful ______,” Kok said. “My husband would spend three days trying to get the yard mowed and the weed ______ wouldn’t g et done. It always looked half done and when you like your yard, you like it to look ______.”Every yard Spears works on ______ that helping others a little can ______ more than green grass.“Never thought we would be in this position but here we are,” Kok said. “He ______ at just the right time to ______ our needs. We are ______.”Spears hopes to ______ other kids to help more people in need.21.A．hitting B．seeking C．setting D．missing22.A．make B．cut C．water D．establish23.A．fresh B．dry C．tender D．overgrown24.A．stress B．pollution C．charge D．noise25.A．success B．trouble C．knowledge D．ability26.A．ranges B．assumptions C．schedules D．demands27.A．experience B．help C．chance D．condition28.A．expanding B．burning C．growing D．eating29.A．subtle B．primitive C．nice D．simple30.A．recommends B．regards C．reminds D．stimulates31.A．explore B．approach C．survive D．plant32.A．turned up B．showed off C．checked out D．passed up33.A．acquire B．stop C．recognise D．meet34.A．grateful B．kind C．serious D．nervous35.A．examine B．warn C．inspire D．disturb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。
