四川省广安市邻水县中2022-2023学年高三上学期第一次月考英语试卷

Several years ago, I took a summer vacation in Lecce in southern Italy. After climbing up a hill for a panoramic(全景的) view of the blue sea, white buildings and green olive trees, I paused to catch my breath and then positioned myself to take the best photo of this panorama.

Unfortunately, just as I took out my camera, a woman approached from behind, and planted herself right in front of my view. Like me, this woman was here to stop, sigh and appreciate the view.

Patient as I was, after about 15 minutes, my camera scanning the sun and reviewing the shot I would eventually take, I grew frustrated. Was it too much to ask her to move so I could take just one picture of the landscape? Sure, I could have asked her, but something prevented me from doing so. She seemed so satisfied in her observation. I didn't want to mess with that.

Another 15 minutes passed and I grew bored. The woman was still there. I decided to take the photo anyway. And now when I look at it, I think her presence in the photo is what makes the image interesting. The landscape, beautiful on its own, somehow comes to life and breathes because this woman is engaging with it.

This photo, with the unique beauty that unfolded before me and that woman who "ruined" it, now hangs on a wall in my bedroom. What would she think if she knew that her figure is captured(捕捉) and frozen on some stranger's bedroom wall? A bedroom, after all, is a very private space, in which some woman I don't even know has been immortalized(使……永存). In some ways, she lives in my house.

Perhaps we all live in each others' spaces. Perhaps this is what photos are for: to remind us that we all appreciate beauty, that we all share a common desire for pleasure, for connection, for something that is greater than us.

That photo is a reminder, a captured moment, an unspoken conversation between two women, separated only by a thin square of glass.

Destinee Whitaker was in fourth grade when she learned that millions of people around the world lack clean water.

"It was a problem that confused me for a long time," said Whitaker, from the United States city of Philadelphia. "Water is a necessity."

When she got to Carver High School of Engineering and Science, Whitaker carefully re­searched the problem and felt that she must do something about it.

Early in her senior year, Whitaker approached fellow members of the school's National Honor Society with a proposal: They should raise money to buy water purification (净化) systems for people in need. Whitaker, the National Honor Society president, knew the systems would have to be easy to carry and able to operate without electricity. So she checked with a micro­biologist（微生物学家）to make sure the system she had her eye on would fit the bill.

Once her classmates agreed to back the proposal, Whitaker took it upon herself to raise money. She organized a game where students bought tickets to guess how many pieces of candy a jar contained.

In the end, they raised $800—a large amount for a school where 70 percent of the students' families are not well-off.

Whitaker soon found that raising money was the easier part of the project. Finding an organization that could deliver the water purification systems was a bigger puzzle. She approached some organizations about their possible connections but no one could help.

Then Whitaker connected with Joseph Sackor, who runs the Liberia Medical Mission—an organization that provides medical care to Liberians who lack health services. Sackor accepted the school's money and agreed to deliver the systems to people who needed them.

Whitaker dreams of someday launching(发起)her own nonprofit organization to bring clean water to more people in need.

"Some students in Liberia can't even go to school because their parents cannot afford to buy them bottled water," Sackor said. "This money is huge."

Animals can move from place to place, but plants cannot. When an animal is under attack, it can run away or fight back. Plants certainly cannot run away, and they lack teeth and claws. But plants can defend themselves by using both physical and chemical means.

Some plants have their own ways to keep animals away. For example, the leaves of the holly plant have sharp spines(刺)that discourage grass­eating animals. Holly leaves on lower branches have more spines than leaves on upper branches. This is because the lower leaves are easier for most animals to reach.

Some plants, such as the oak tree, have thick and hard leaves that are difficult for animals to eat. Some grasses may contain a sandy material；eating such grasses wears down the animal's teeth.

Many plants also have chemical defenses, some plants produce chemicals that taste bitter or cause an unpleasant reaction. Some plants may fight against an attack by increasing the production of these chemicals. When a caterpillar(毛虫)bites a tobacco leaf, the leaf produces a chemical messenger. This messenger sends to the roots the information to produce more nicotine. The higher levels of nicotine discourage the caterpillar.

Many plants depend on both physical and chemical defenses. A certain plant in China, for instance, has prickly(多刺的)leaves, and each prickle contains poisonous venom(毒液)．A single experience with this kind of plant will teach an animal to stay away from it in the future.

Family conflict affects everyone. , you may want to mediate(调解) to make everyone's life easier. It's worth it to try to smooth things over.

●. It can be difficult to look at family situations objectively, so before trying to mediate disagreements, make sure you look at all sides of the argument. While you shouldn't take sides when trying to mediate, you don't want anymore to think you are overlooking their point of view. Take some time to think about why everyone feels wronged or hurt in a situation.

●Encourage everyone to control their feelings. It's not uncommon for tensions to run high when discussing family conflict. . Try to control the emotional outbursts as much as you can. While everyone has a right to their personal feelings, make it clear these feelings must be expressed in an appropriate, productive way.

●Try hard for forgiveness. Even if you were not directly involved in the argument, you are probably affected by the atmosphere in some way. Choose forgiveness. Remember, you can't control someone else's actions but you can control your own response. You can also encourage other family members to forgive. .

●Work on fixing the relationships. , you can offer suggestions how family members could better treat one another in the future. Think about what has been said during mediation. Look for areas where change is needed. You should also agree to work actively on letting go of the conflict. For example, "for the next couple of months, let's agree not to bring this up."

A homeless student just graduated from his high school with an excellent score in Texas this month. The student is Derrick Ngo, 18, who had a troubled childhood, growing up without a1and finding his mother in and out of prison through the years.

Before his2, Ngo had been to 12 different schools. At 15, he started to3by himself with the little help of his mother, but it was barely enough that he ended up4about two years later. Ngo5his childhood to VOA the other day. "We often didn't have that much food. We didn't have that much money. We didn't have a stable6of income and one of my biggest struggles in7was that lack of parental guidance." 

Determined to8his future, Ngo left all his9behind, and buried himself into his studies, which eventually landed him as the10student of his class at Energy Institute High School. "I bet that 11 I didn't use school, education and the resources that were12to me, then there would be no way that I would get out of the 13I was in," he said.

In December, Ngo learned that he had been14by Harvard, where he will be attending this fall. "It was, at first, a15…I just got into Harvard. My heart was16." he said. He was excited very much. The young man17his success to discipline and laser-like (激光一样的)18on final aims. "With a dream in your heart, you will have a19goal that you're working towards. Although it's not real yet, it is 20that is going to be real one day."

Yao Zhongyu, student of Beihang University from Taiwan, told his(parent) in a video posted online that he would not be able to spend the Spring Festival with(they) as he volunteered for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games.

"Beijing is such a big stage and I have missed out on many of the big events that(take) place in the past few years. It is a(significance) opportunity to participate as a volunteer in such an international event," Yao said.

In order(select), Yao had passed the College English Test before he signed up as a volunteer, attended the Red Cross rescue training, was organized by Beihang University, and obtained a corresponding certificate.

"My parents think that it is an honor me to be a part of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games and they(true) take pride in me," Yao said.

Yao worked as a volunteer in the Yanqing competition zone in the suburban area of Beijing.

According to Yao, the mainland has done a great job in COVID-19 prevention and control, and Beijing has many policies to support students from Taiwan to start businesses and find jobs. He plans to pursue his career in the mainland after (complete) his studies.

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（Λ），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：在错的词下画一横线, 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。

One summer, a biker friend invited me join him in a bike festival. He said we could camped at the festival and that he had plenty of rooms in his tent for me. That Saturday morning, we get on our bikes to the festival at 9:30 am. On the way, my bike broke down. It took him about one hour to fix it, and I felt proud with myself. When we arrived at the campsite at 11:30 am, it began raining hardly. I was really embarrassing when I found that my friend had been forgotten his tent! Fortunately, one of the other bikers had brought the extra tent, so we borrowed that!

要点如下：

1）活动目的

2）活动的时间、地点

3）活动的内容（体育比赛，课后锻炼如跑步、游泳等）

4）呼吁大家积极参加

注意：1）词数100左右；

2）可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。