天津市南开区2020届高三英语第二次模拟考试试卷

—________ I never go traveling with a book.

—Sorry. I am not ________ as any of you.

—I know. By next month, he ________ enough for a second-hand one.

—Having a positive outlook on life.

—________, since you haven't been well these days.

    The weather was cold. I drove down long narrow road with Boris, my old high school friend. He was very outgoing and treated everybody1, no conditions added.

    After graduation, I went into the Navy, and gradually lost2with him. Ten years later saw a man that3 Boris. But he was blind in one eye. I said hello and introduced myself. I could4 he could not see me 5 he turned the opposite way. Then I said that again. He answered 6, "I don't know you and you don't need to7who I am. Don't 8me and leave me alone." I did not 9what I was hearing because he used to be very kind and 10 person.

    It's apparent that he didn't 11anyone. He must have had a hard time since he left school or someone might have 12him. So I immediately13 I would not be one of those people. Then he told me he became blind while helping someone. But nobody showed any 14toward him and even laughed at him a lot. I told him that I would always be his friend. 15 he put down everything in the heart and chose to forgive others since he didn't live better with hatred. This is going to be a reunion and a new16.

    I believe that love and kindness conquer all. Ever since I was little, my parents told me even though people are 17sometimes, the best way to deal with that is kindness. I believe if we had not shown our18toward these people, that would 19both sides in the end. 20 if we stuck to our hatred and lived in the shadow of it, we would never enjoy a happy life.

    Here are Important Travel Notices from United Airlines  March 20, 2019, 7:12 AM. Information is updated as it is received.

1 Travel and the Zika virus

    If you have a ticket for travel to a country affected by the Zika virus (as listed on the CDC website) and have concerns, please contact the United Customer Contact Center with any questions or changes to your reservation. Customers advised to avoid the affected regions based on CDC guidance may change their destination or travel date without a fee or may choose to receive a refund if their tickets were booked before February 28, 2019. The new travel date must be within the validity of the ticket. Additional charges may apply if there is a difference in fare for the new travel route.

2 Longer lines at security checkpoints

    Procedural changes at TSA checkpoints throughout the United States may result in longer lines at security checkpoints. Please plan accordingly and allow for extra time at the airport. The TSA advises arriving at the airport two hours before your flight for US travel and three hours before for international travel. To save time at security, we encourage you to visit www.tsa.gov.com and apply for tsa pre-check.

3 Notice for flights departing the European Union, Norway and Switzerland

    EU Regulation 261/2004 requires air lines to provide the following notice: if you are not allowed to board or if your flight is canceled or delayed for at least two hours, ask at the check-in counter or boarding gate for the form, stating your rights, particularly about compensation and assistance.

4 How to protect yourself

    Travelers to regions affected by Zika can take precautions to prevent contracting the disease by protecting themselves against mosquitos. The CDC recommends visitors to areas with Zika wear long-sleeved clothing, apply mosquito repellant, and use a mosquito net at night.

    Diana Jacobs thought her family had a workable plan to pay for college for her 21-year-old twin sons: a combination of savings, income, scholarships, and a modest amount of borrowing. Then her husband lost his job, and the plan fell apart.

    "I have two kids in college, and I want to say come home. ' but at the same time I want to provide them with a good education," says Jacobs.

    The Jacobs family, did work out a solution: They asked and received more aid from the schools, and each son increased his' borrowing to the maximum amount through the federal loan (贷款) program. They will each graduate with $ 20,000 of debt, but at least they will be able to finish school.

    With unemployment rising, financial aid administrators expect to hear from more families like the Jacobses. More students are applying for aid, and more families expect to need student loans. College administrators are concerned that they will not have enough aid money to go around.

    At the same time, tuition (学费) continues to rise. A report from the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education found that college tuition and fees increased 439% from 1982 to 2007, while average family income rose just 147%. Student borrowing has more than doubled in the last decade.

    "If we go on this way for another 25 years, we won't have an affordable system of higher education," says Patrick M. Calan, president of the center. "The middle class families have been financing it through debt. They will send kids to college whatever it takes, even if that means a huge amount of debt."

    Financial aid administrators have been having a hard time as many companies decide that student loans are not profitable enough and have stopped making them. The good news, however, is that federal loans account for about three quarters of student borrowing, and the government says that money will flow uninterrupted.

    "In only six days I lost seven pounds of weight."

    "Two full inches in the first three days!"

    These are the kinds of statements used in magazine，newspaper, radio and television ads, promising new shapes and new looks to those who buy the medicine or the device. The promoters of products say they can shape the legs, slim the face, smooth wrinkles, or in some other way to add to beauty or desirability.

    Often such products are nothing more than money-making things for their promoters. The results they produce are questionable, and some are dangerous to health.

    To understand how these products can be legally promoted to the public, it is necessary to understand something of the laws covering their regulation. If the product is a drug, FDA (Food and Drug Administration) can require proof under the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act that is safe and effective before it is put on the market. But if the product is a device, FDA has no authority to require premarketing proof of safety or effectiveness. If a product already on the market is a danger to health, FDA can request the producer or distributor to remove it from the market voluntarily, or it can take legal action, including seizure (查封) of the product.

    One notable case a few years ago involved an electrical device called the Relaxacisor, which had been sold for reducing the waistline. The Relaxacisor produced electrical shocks to the body through contact pads. FDA took legal action against the distributor to stop the sale of the device on the grounds that it was dangerous to health and life.

    Obviously, most of the devices on the market have never been the subject of court proceedings (法律诉讼), and new devices appear continually. Before buying, it is up to the consumer to judge the safety or effectiveness of such items.

    Addiction is a term that we hear all the time but it's a surprisingly tricky concept to pin down. Orally, we might say things like:" Oh, I downloaded this new game on my phone and I'm totally addicted to it." But from a clinical perspective, we think of addiction as occurring when someone has found that their life whether it's their relationships with friends or family, their ability to perform their jobs, or something else has been knocked off-kilter (冲昏头脑) by desire to perform behavior.

    Prof Robert West, editor-in-chief of the journal Addiction, defines addiction "a psychological condition that involves repeated powerful motivation to engage in a behavior that's learnt through experience, and that has either actual or potential harmful consequences". Under this definition, it is possible to be addicted to anything—not just substances—if it turns from a want for it to a need for it, and it puts a person at risk of harm.

    In 2008, Bowden-Jones set up the National Problem Gambling Clinic. To date, this is the only NHS-funded treatment center for people with problem gambling (赌博). Despite seeing some of the most severe cases of gambling addiction in the country in her clinic, she is keen to point out that the scale of the problem might not be as extreme as some would think. Despite lots of people gambling and the pervasive (遍布的) nature of gambling advertising, problem gamblers make up less than one per cent of the population.

    Yet she wonders whether there is something about how modern technology has become increasingly risky. "The more you have availability, the more you uncover vulnerability," she says. And there's concern among researchers from several different countries that online games and apps are taking inspiration from gambling to keep people playing, and paying. These include what are known as "loot boxes". These are prizes, paid for with real money, where the contents are not known until they're purchased. Recent research has suggested purchase of these prizes is linked to higher levels of problematic gambling behavior.

    However, Bowden-Jones points out that technological advances have also improved support for some people with problematic gambling. Software now exists to block gambling-related websites across people's devices. Banking apps can allow a person to disable any ability to spend money on gambling, cautiously, by just toggling (切换) a switch. She believes that this is a big step forward -historically people were encouraged to hand their finances to their partners. This can put pressure on relationships and there is strong evidence to show it can increase domestic violence.

    It's hard to tell addiction is on the increase, partly because as yet there aren't standardized measures by which to assess things like problematic gaming, and large-scale surveys have not been done. But just because we might see people glued to their phones while they're on buses or trains or while walking down the street, it doesn't mean we've become nation who are addicted to the Internet.

    Nonetheless, in 2018 the World Health Organization announced that it was classifying gaming disorder as a mental health condition, decision they based on a review of the evidence and after discussion with experts. However, some researchers worry that this classification will lead to overdiagnosis of gaming The NHS does not offer treatment for gaming disorder, and a pilot treatment clinic has been delayed. It's clear that we know very little about how many people have gaming disorder, and it's likely that the vast majority of people who play games do so with no harm to their health whatsoever. Having said that, for those who are worried, it is possible to spot the warning signs of pleasurable activity becoming compulsion (强迫力), either in yourself or in those around you.

    Robert West has some final words of advice for those individuals who are trying to reduce their need for a behavior. "Self-control is much easier when you set fixed boundaries than when you leave the rules more flexible," he explains. Be strict with yourself and don't allow your boundaries to slide, then even if you do slip up, you can get back on track.

    Mothers and fathers all over the world teach their children manners. Other children may have manners that are not like yours. There are all kinds of manners.

    Many years ago, children who had good manners were seen and not heard. They kept quite quiet if grown-ups were talking. Today, well-mannered children have more freedom.

    Sometimes good manners in one place are bad manners in other places.

    Suppose you are a visitor in the land of Mongolia. Some friends ask you to eat with them. What kind of manners do they want you to have? They want you to give a loud "burp" after you finish eating. Burping would show that you liked your food.

    In some countries, if you give a loud burp, y“ou are told to say Excuse me, please." In many places, people like to eat together But in some parts of Polynesia, it is bad manners to be seen eating at all. People show good manners by turning their backs on others while they eat.

    What are manners like in an East African town? The people try not to see you. They are being polite. You may see a friend. He may not see you at all. If you are polite, you will sit down beside him. You will wait until he finishes what he is doing. Then he will talk to you.

    Suppose you visit a friend in Arabia. You should walk behind the other tents until you come to his tent. If you pass in front of the other tents, you'll be asked into each one. The people will ask you to eat with them. And it is bad manners if you say no.

    Manners are different all over the world. But it is good to know that all manners begin in the same way. People needed ways to show that they wanted to be friends.

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