黑龙江省哈尔滨市宾县一高2020-2021年高二下学期5月第二次月考英语试卷

— But I wouldn't need to ask if you actively _________the information.

What can holidaymakers in Argentina do in the country? Express.co.uk spoke to the travel experts to find out more.

The best time to visit Argentina

If you want to avoid crowds and peak prices while still enjoying everything offered, Lloyd, Director of Sunvil Latin America, advises visiting from October to mid-December and April to mid-June.

If you want to see the Patagonia penguins(企鹅), Tom Bourlet, a travel blogger, advises going between October and March.

The best places to visit in Argentina

"Buenos Aires is a melting pot of cultures," said Tom Hughes, "Here travellers will discover a wealth of culture, not to mention it is the birthplace of a fast dance, tango. Nature lovers should head to the world's largest waterfall system, Iguazu Falls."

"I highly recommend San Carlos de Bariloche," Tom Bourlet said. "It's a quite beautiful and fantastic, and also acts as a good base for exploring the Lake District."

"The best holiday destination in Argentina is Patagonia. The most famous place is Ushuaia—the southernmost city in the world. Expect glaciers(冰川), national parks, wildlife and end of the world cruising," said Lloyd.

The best accommodation in Argentina

Lloyd advises avoiding some of the chain hotels. "While it may be attractive to stay at famous hotels, I recommend some of the smaller boutique hotels in the city," he said.

Bourlet also recommends staying in some of Argentina's more unique accommodation, such as a youth hostel and a boutique hotel in the heart of Argentina's wine country.

Shimon, a four-armed robot with a ball-like head, holds small mallets(球棍) in "hands" to play a kind of music called a marimba. As he plays, his head moves around in time to the music.

Using "deep learning", Shimon was taught to write his own music. He could not only make up his own music, but do it in real time, while playing with other musicians. This is called "improvising".

Now he is back with a whole bunch of new tricks. He can write the words to his own songs, and sing them. Shimon learned to write the words for the songs the same way he learned to write music – by being "fed" thousands of examples. Shimon was trained on the lyrics (歌词) to 50,000 songs.

Georgia Tech professor Gil Weinberg, who leads the Shimon project, gets Shimon going with a starting idea. Shimon then writes the lyrics based around that idea. Mr. Weinberg usually provides much of the music for the songs, but Shimon helps out there, too.

Singing the songs is another story. To give Shimon a voice, the Georgia Tech team worked with experts at Pompeu Fabra University. The voice was created using AI and sounds very much like a man.

Later this spring, the team plans to put out an album of about 8-10 of Shimon's songs. The album will be released on the music streaming service Spotify. There are also plans for Shimon to go on tour with a band to play and sing his songs live.

For Mr. Weinberg, that's the main goal behind the Shimon Project – not to have robots take over, but to have robots and humans make something beautiful together.

On Monday, about 270 pilot whales got into difficulty on a sandbank at Macquarie Heads, near Strahan on Tasmania's west coast, about 190 kilometres from Hobart. Another 200 of the animals were found early on Wednesday, making it Tasmania's largest recorded stranding event. The Department of Primary Industry, Parks, Water and Environment (DPIPWE) said that about a third had died.

Marine biologists arrived in the area to carry out rescue operations. They planned to use specialized equipment such as special tarpaulins to push the whales back into the deep water. The local police also assisted in the rescue.
The whales that were stranded are Pilot Whales, and they are found in almost all the oceans of the world, according to the Marine conservation group. Pilot whales are in fact one of the largest members of the dolphin family, but they are treated as whales for the Marine Mammals Protection Regulations issued in 1992.They were named pilot whales because it was thought that each pod followed a ‘pilot' in the group.

Cetacean stranding, commonly known as beaching, is a phenomenon in which whales and dolphins strand themselves on land, usually on a beach. Several explanations for why cetaceans strand themselves have been proposed, including changes in water temperatures, unusual features of whales' echo location in certain surroundings, and geomagnetic disturbances, but none have so far been universally accepted as a definitive reason for the behavior.

In recent years, whale strandings have become more frequent around the world. In November 2018, a dead sperm whale that had washed ashore in eastern Indonesia consumed a horrifying collection of plastic trash, including 115 drinking cups, 25 plastic bags, plastic bottles, two flip-flops and a bag containing more than 1,000 pieces of string. In all, the plastic contents of the whale's stomach weighed 13.2 pound (six kilograms). The bags are black due to a reaction with the creature's stomach acids, according to Thai Whales organization. A person, on average, breathes or swallows at least 74,000 microscopic particles of plastic each year.

The student arrived early, sat front and center, and stood out in my classroom in more ways than one. I'd say that he had about 40 years on his classmates in my class. He eagerly jumped into class discussions, with his self-deprecating humor and wisdom of experience. And he was always respectful of the other students' opinions, as if each of them were a teacher. Jerry Valencia walked in with a smile-and he left with one too.

One day, Valencia said he would have to stop taking classes that semester and reapply for next year. By then, he hoped to have earned enough money from construction jobs and have his student-loan papers in order. But he said he was still coming to campus to attend events or see friends. He asked seriously whether he could still sit in on my communications class.

Sure, I said. But he wouldn't get any credit. No problem, he said.

Soon there he was again, back at his old desk, front and center, jumping into our discussions on how to find and tell stories in Los Angeles – a 63-year-old junior with as much energy and curiosity as any of the youngsters in class.

"Here he is, willingly taking a class for the joy of it and benefit of learning," says Jessica Espinosa, a 25-year old junior. "You may not see that in our generation."

Valencia showed up and took the final exam too. Afterward, I overheard Valencia say he wanted to stay in school until he earned a master's degree, but it had taken him 12 years to finish community college, so he had a long way to go.

Twelve years? He was in and out of school, he said, subject to his work schedule and whether he had money for classes. He had earned his associate of arts degree over the summer, then transferred to Cal State LA to start on his bachelor's.

More and more Chinese are jogging to stay healthy. Most joggers will run alone, but some will jog with friends or even coaches. The Beijing Olympic Forest Park is one of the most popular spots.

Jogging after a whole day's work can be a way to relax people. It is true for He Wenjun, whose workplace is right near the Beijing Olympic Forest Park. She discovered her athletic talent at the age of seven, when she began playing tennis. Then she turned to jogging, and she has kept it for 10 years.

"I come to jog almost every day after work, whenever I have time. And for me, a girl, it helps me to keep slim, " she said.

She says she prefers jogging alone, so she can focus better. She loves jogging, even during Beijing's smoggy days. "If the smog is severe, I'll hold off for a while. But if I really want to get away from work, I'll wear a mask and go on jogging, " she said.

Wu Houbin started two years ago, when he was overweight. Within two months, his weight dropped from 82 kilograms to 64 kilograms. The success helped him recover health, and he has made friends.

Jogging does not require speed. If you want to stick to the game, you need to take it as a habit, and then eventually a hobby.

Jogging is beneficial for heartlung function, but improper technique damages your knees and ankles. And, jogging in a bad environment can cause some serious problems. So you should first consider your physical condition. It is advised to jog three or four times a week, and 30 to 60 minutes each time. The best time to jog is around 4 p. m. —5 p. m.

A. Jogging is good for my health.
B. But keeping jogging is not always easy.
C. Jogging helps people be liked by their friends.
D. And then decide the amount and type of exercise.
E. Nothing can stop me jogging even in the terrible weather.
F. For those who are not so athletic, jogging also has its attractions.
G. It is filled with runners in the afternoon, usually after work and at weekends.

On December 6, Kelsey Zwick boarded Flight 588 from Orlando to Philly with Lucy, one of her 11-month-old twin daughters. Lucy was born 11 weeks prematurely (早产) and 1 from severe lung disease as a result of a complication (并发症) of 2. The brave baby girl was on oxygen 3until recently. Today, Lucy needs oxygen at night and while flying, one small good deed reminded Zwick how "4" she and her husband, Yuri , truly are.

"To the 5 in 2D. I don't know you, but I imagine you saw us somewhere. I pushed a stroller(婴儿车), had a diaper (尿布) bag on my arm and also 6 an oxygen machine for my daughter," Zwick wrote on her Facebook post. "We 7 the plane, sat down in our window seat and made 8 with those around us about having to sit by my yelling-but-happy baby. The flight attendant came over and told me a gentleman was waiting to 9 seats," she wrote. "You were giving up your comfortable first-class seat to us. Not able to 10 tears, I cried my way up the passage while my daughter Lucy 11! She felt it in her bones too. . . real, pure, goodness. I smiled and thanked you 12we switched but didn't get to 13 you properly," the mom continued.

"So. thank you. Not just for the seat itself but for 14. For seeing us and realizing that maybe things are not always 15. For the decision you made to show a random act of 16 to us. I can't wait to tell Lucy 17. In the meantime. . . we will pay it 18."

Zwick's story touched the hearts of many, giving rise to 19comments on the post that has since been 20over 164, 000 times.

I'm Yuan Longping. Look at my sunburnt face and arms and my slim strong body and you will think I'm like a farmer than a scientist. In fact I(struggle) for the past five decades to help (farmer). In 1974, I began to grow a so-called super hybrid rice. This special strain of rice makespossible to produce one-third more crops in the same area.

I was born into a poor farmer's family in 1931. When I was young, I saw many people go hungry often. So I have devoted myself to (find) ways to increase rice harvest without expanding the area of fields since I graduated from Southwest Agriculture College in 1953. Now more than 60% of the rice  (produce) in China each year is from this hybrid strain. I am popularizing this knowledge in India, Vietnam and other less developed countries to increase their harvest. Perhaps you think I am rich.(actual) I live a simple life. I care little about money. In my opinion, a person with too much money will have more troubles. I don't want to be famous  I prefer to have more time to do my research. In my free time I love listening to music, playing mahjong and reading. I once had a dream, in  I saw rice plants as tall as sorghum and each ear of rice was as big as an ear of com and each grain of rice was as huge as a peanut. Now I have another dream—to export my rice so that it can (grow) all over the world.

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：

①每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

②只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。

Dear Lucy,

I was delighting to receive your letter. Thank you for the English dictionary you bought it for me. I received it this morning. There is no doubt that it is of great helpful to me. I'm deeply grateful for your advice what I should pay more attention to practise my spoken English. I've made up my mind to speak English both in and out of class. Next month I'll take trip to Australia, which is organizing by my school. I hope I can practise my spoken English there as many as possible. By the way, I am sending you a set of stamp with this letter, and I'll send you more if I got any. I do hope you will have a good holiday.

Yours,

Li Hua

2022年冬奥会将在北京和张家口举行。为了确保冬奥会圆满成功，组委会发起了志愿者招募活动。假如你是学生李华，请用英文给组委会写一封申请信，希望能成为其中一员。

内容包括:

①个人情况；

②自身优势；

③服务承诺。

注意：

①词数 100 左右；

②可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

③开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Sir/ Madam,

Yours faithfully,

Li Hua