广东省佛山市顺德区华侨中学2022-2023学年高一下学期开学收心考英语试题

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When can you start seeing results? "Most clients report seeing results after just 4 or 5 classes. It's incredibly effective!"

Locations: For class schedules and locations, click here.

Cost: $34 for a single class-and new clients get a second class free! For other package options(选择),click here.

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I love travelling, but it hasn't always been my passion. In my first year of university, I started to travel during the holiday. During the Christmas holiday I went to Paris, and during the spring vacation, I visited Athens and various cities in Italy. I was very excited because this was the first time I had travelled abroad with just my friends. This desire to travel started off simply as a way to have something to look forward to after exams, but I soon discovered how important it is to travel.

On my travels I have had the opportunity to not only experience new and exciting cultures through the art, history, language and food, but also communicate with people who have different views on life. Travelling is a learning experience for both yourself and the people you meet. Some people I met during my travels had never heard of Gambia and it was very delightful to share my African roots with them. When you travel you will meet people who have different cultural backgrounds and as a result, sometimes your own ideas and opinions might be challenged. Ifs important to learn to see things from other people's perspectives (观点) and to challenge your own.

This is how I realized that travelling is the realization of home. When you I ravel you are exposed to a different setting, a different language and a different way of living. All these factors, mixed with a new and exciting adventure，make you realize your own home. Not just the physical location of home, but also your way of life and your outlook.

Travelling is truly an enriching experience and I am always excited about the discoveries that wait for me in my next adventure!

One Concern is an AI company (人工智能公司) in California. It is using machine learning and AI to help firefighters. The company hopes its software (软件) can make exact predictions about earthquake damage. It can tell firefighters how to plan for an earthquake and how to do their jobs better when it happens.

Nicole Hu, a technology officer from One Concern, says the key is to feed the computers a lot of data (数据) about an area. The data may include information about homes and other buildings, the natural environment, and the size of an earthquake. The computers then use the information to make predictions about what would happen if there were an earthquake in the area. It then uses data from past earthquakes to see whether its predictions are any good, and changes its predictive models accordingly.

Gregory Deierlein, earthquake engineer at the Stanford University, says one of the most surprising things about the company's software is its ability to make use of data from an earthquake as it's happening, and to change its predictions in real time.

In the past, researchers would collect data after an event and a few years later they'd produce new models, says Deierlein. Now the new models appear in a matter of minutes.

Dan Ghiorso leads the Woodside Fire Protection District (区) near San Francisco, which covers about 32 square miles. He says in the past, when an earthquake hit, he'd have to make educated guesses (based on experience and training) about what parts of this district might be badly damaged and then drive to each place to have a look around. He hopes One Concerns' software will change that. "Instead of driving thirty-two square miles, in fifteen minutes on a computer I can get a good idea of the damage," he says. ‘‘Instead of me taking my educated guess, they're putting science behind the predictive models."

I am from Argentina, and I started to study Chinese in 2009 out of curiosity about Chinese characters. During the learning process, although I had to wake up early every weekend and take a two-hour bus ride to class, learning Chinese every time was an enjoyable experience for me. Chinese characters not only look very beautiful, but also have deep meanings.

In 2014, I was given an opportunity to study at Jilin University in China and was surprised by everything I saw when I first came to this beautiful country. During my study, I met lots of friends from all over the world, and visited a lot of famous places in China. After I returned to Argentina, I wanted to share my experience of learning Chinese with more Argentine people, letting them know the beauty of China.

Fortunately, my application for a Master's degree of Teaching Chinese to Speakers of Other Languages (MTCSOL) at Jilin University was approved and I came to China for the second time. During my two years of studying for my Master s degree, the joy of learning Chinese became the pleasure of studying Chinese. In 2019, I joined the PhD program of the China Studies Program at Jilin University, trying to achieve my PhD to study Chinese in greater depth.

When the COVID-19 broke out, I created my own bilingual official account online to share my views of life and learning experience. As for me, the joy of studying Chinese became that of spreading Chinese.

Chinese has created unlimited opportunities in my life and opened the door to a new world for me, making my dream come true. I hope you will join me to learn Chinese, to understand Chinese culture, to feel the charm of Chinese language and Chinese culture, and to give yourself a chance to create unlimited possibilities.

How to Adjust to a New School

School is a base for students, where they learn to succeed. When you go to a new school, you might worry that you don't know anyone. You worry that you might get lost, or if the teachers are strict. Here are some ways to help you adjust to a new school.

Get to Know the School

Before you start the school, go with your parents to visit the school. 

Prepare for the First Day

Being well rested will help you remove(去除) any nervousness you may be feeling. Try to get at least 8 to 9 hours of sleep if you're between 7 and 17 years old.

Make sure you leave lots of time in the morning to get to school. You don't want to be rushing into your classroom after the bell rings. Arriving early may also give you a chance to chat with a few other students and hopefully make a few new friends.

Make friends

Take part in activities. Sign up for activities like drama, sports or chess club. This will put you into smaller groups with people who have the same interests as yours. You might even be able to teach some other kids about how to do something.

A. Go to school on time

B. Leave early for school

C. Find out where your classroom will be, as well as other important places.

D. Start off your first day of school with a good night's sleep.

E. Learning the rules of the school will help you adjust and will keep you out of trouble.

F. But adjusting to a new school can be difficult.

G. This will also give you a chance to show your skills at sport or other activities.

Many years ago, when we first went to Canada, we were driving through Montana to Colorado with our two children. As it was getting late we 1 looking for a hotel only to find out that it was 2  time in that part of the country, and all the hotels were 3 .

Finally, we stopped at a gas station to fill the car up with gas. My husband asked for a(n) 4  book and told the woman at the counter that we were trying to find a hotel. She told us it would be 5 . He tried for 15 minutes. When he was 6 , the woman, Linda, said she and her family lived nearby and would be happy if we spent the night at her home.

My husband was 7  at her offer of generosity. She called her son to 8 us, since she had to work at the gas station till midnight.

When we reached their home, her husband 9  us. He invited us to have coffee and chat while we 10  his wife. She came back past 12 am. We asked if we could slip away in the morning so as not to 11  them. They said we were now 12  and we would have to have breakfast with them.

Next morning, we ate breakfast, and when we were leaving, my husband asked if he could offer some 13 . They would not hear of it and 14  we were their guests. We kept in touch with them for many years, and invited them to our home, too. Over the years, we have lost touch with them, but have 15  forgotten their kindness.

Videos of 77-year-old Xu Xiuzhen, who speaks different languages with foreigners while selling water, postcards and headdress flowers, have brought her fame (名声).

To support her family, Xu, who dropped out of junior school in the third grade, began to learn different languages(attract) more foreign customers.

Xu said she would convert (转变) words in any language into Chinese (character) based on their pronunciation and then memorize them. She would repeat the words in her head before going to bed and immediately waking up, which has given her fluency in basic conversations with foreigners, she said.

Over the past two decades, Xu (teach) herself 11 foreign languages, (include) English, Spanish, Japanese and Korean. In addition to making her (extreme) popular, her language ability has madeeasier for her to communicate with foreign tourists. As result, Xu has also become one of the (busy) tour guides in Yangshuo. Her fame draws a large crowd of tourists every day, especially foreign visitors, come to meet the multilingual guide out of admiration.

"More and more foreign tourists are coming to Yangshuo, and I hope they will feel at home here with my help." she said.