四川省德阳市2023-2024学年高二上学期1月教学质量监测（期末）英语试题

Beijing was the first Chinese city to be equipped with a subway station in 1971. By the end of 2020, Beijing subway had had 24 subway lines in operation, 428 subway stations, and covered a total route length of 727 kilometers.

Quick Facts about the Beijing Subway

The Beijing Subway is the world's second-largest subway system by route and length, following the Shanghai Metro.

By the end of 2019, the Beijing Subway has been equipped with automatic ticket machines that can scan smartphones for payment.

Subway logo: The Beijing Subway logo, located at subway access points, is a white ‘G' with a ‘B' inside it on a square blue background.

Beijing Subway Tickets Price

Downtown Subway Prices

The prices of Beijing subway tickets are based on distance traveled, starting from 3 yuan for the first 6 kilometers (4 miles) except the Airport Express. After 6 km, the price increases by 1 yuan for each further 6 km until the trip distance reaches 30 km(20 miles).So, a 40-km(25-mile) trip would also cost 7 yuan.

Airport Express Subway Ticket Prices

The Capital Airport Express ticket price is fixed at 25 yuan per ride. The prices of Daxing Airport Express are divided into different classes. The ordinary class price varies with distance from 10 yuan to 35 yuan and the business class price is fixed at 50 yuan per ride.

How to Buy the Tickets

In Beijing, most passengers pay for their tickets by Transportation Smart Card (Yikatong). Passengers can buy the card or tickets at ticket counters or vending machines in every station. If you are going to stay in Beijing for a long time, the Smart Card is much better for your transit in Beijing. Since 2017, single-trip tickets can be purchased with a mobile phone app.

Notes

The subway tickets are valid for only one day.

Children shorter than 1.3 meters (4.3 feet) cannot take a subway train alone.

Children below 1.3 meters (4.3 feet) travel for free when accompanied by an adult.

When people wanted to find their way to a place in the past, they used to have to buy a map. They don't have to do that any more. Now they can either buy a GPS, or go online and find maps for just about anywhere.

Is this an improvement? Perhaps, but some people think some of the online companies are going too far, because they have been sending out cars with photographic equipment on their roofs, to photograph every street and house in the country.

One of these cars arrived on a Wednesday morning in the quiet English village of Broughton. The camera was on a metre-high pole on top of the car and could see over walls and into people's gardens. Some of the villagers came and stood around the car, and asked the driver and photographer to go away. Journalists quickly arrived on the scene, and soon the event was news all over the country.

Of course, the online company in question claims that it is simply collecting information that people on the Internet want. But Broughton residents feel differently. "We used to have privacy in this country. Now companies just come. and take photographs of our homes without even asking," said one resident. "It's not right. We mustn't let this happen. We mustn't lose our right to live privately."

There is, of course, no law to prevent people from taking photographs of houses, so the residents cannot go to court. But many people are asking the question: OK, it's legal, but is it right? This is a question that won't go away very quickly.

There are two ways to forget about troubles in life: music and cats.

At the Hey Cat Cafe in Wuhan, Hubei Province, you can have both. About 30 furry creatures, each wearing a red burp cloth with its name on it, welcome and "serve" the guests. The "employees" are all stray(流浪的) black. cats, most of whom were rescued by caring people after being abandoned by their owners.

Opened in September 2021, the cafe is one of the first nonprofit cat cafes in China. Manager Du Fan told China Daily that all the profits are used to help homeless animals.

The 41-year-old said he opened the black cat cafe to dispel(消除) the myth that such cats are "inauspicious", as described in some movies and TV dramas Over the past 17 years, a lot of people have come to Du to ad opt cats, but many said they didn't want black cats. "Actually, in traditional Chinese culture, black cats can drive away evil spirits and bring luck. They should be mascots(吉祥物)," he said. So are black cats as reserved and mysterious as folk tales suggest? Well, perhaps not.

Hearing two young women open the door, six or so passionate "cafe workers" waited and greeted them. When the visitors sat down, one cat rubbed against the bottom of one woman's pants, while another climbed onto her knee. Some of the cats simply fell asleep against the guests 'legs.

While these cats are rescued, they also help people with developmental or social anxiety disorders learn to open their hearts. "Cats possess certain qualities that humans don't have, "Du added. "Many people with psychological problems can find comfort in cats."

Five months ago, a new species of box jellyfish was discovered in Hong Kong. It is a relative of the deadly Australian box jellyfish, one of the most venomous(有毒的) animals on Earth. One sting(刺伤) from it can kill a person in minutes.

A university team in Hong Kong, led by Qiu Jianwen from the Hong Kong Baptist University, discovered it at the Mai Po Nature Reserve, a local wetland area. It was the first discovery of a new box jellyfish species in Chinese waters.

But it's not the first time bi ology professor Qiu has discovered a new creature. He's made more than 30 discoveries in about 20 years spent exploring new marine(海洋的)anımals.

Qiu doesn't go looking for new species on purpose. In 2014, he did research on the health of coral in Hong Kong waters. To learn more, Qiu and his team needed to find all of the coral species involved. And in doing so, they discovered four new coral species.

Finding new species reminds Qiu of how biologically diverse Hong Kong's waters are. Hong Kong takes up just 0.03 percent of China's total marine area, yet it is home to more than 25 percent of all marine species recorded in China, a report by the University of Hong Kong showed.

However, Hong Kong's marine animals face threats, due to factors including habitat loss, climate change and overuse of natural resources.

Although action is being taken, it focuses more on bigger creatures, like dolphins and birds. "Many marine species are small and they are often overlooked. If these species were to become extinct, few people would notice or care. But for me, each one has its rightful place," said Qiu.

He hopes everyone can recognize the importance of the ocean. "When more people show concern for the ocean, we are, in fact, acting for our own benefit," he said.

There are many requirements that need to be fulfilled when students apply to college, but the application essay can be the most difficult. Many students wonder: " " Here are some elements that should be included in your essay.

What makes you unique?

Your essay or personal statement is your opportunity to showcase what makes you stand out. This is your chance to humbly brag about your life. Admissions officers look for unique experiences beyond traditional education such as volunteer work, travel, or overcoming personal adversity. 

Can you write?

In college, you are going to be spending a tremendous amount of time writing. Your essay provides insight into your ability as a writer  Also, make sure that your essay doesn't have any grammar and spelling mistakes.

Your writing should be meaningful and appealing to your reader. The voice of your writing should be similar to the way you speak.

Admissions officers want to know how you will enhance(改善) your community if accepted. Colleges are increasingly aware of the value of cultural diversity in the student body  How will you bring your culture to the community and share it with students? This ties into what makes you unique.

When I was 19, determined not to spend my last teenage year stuck in a suburb in Buckingham, I 1  with an Australian friend and we traveled around Europe for months As budget travellers, we stayed in the 2  accommodation we could find and live on bread, cheese and the 3  bottle of red bull 

This was 1990, a time before mobile phones and the 4  , when the primary contact with home was the collection of mail from the general post office.

Before I left, Mom had made me a money pouch(荷包) to wear around my neck. She'd also made me a sleeping sheet so I could 5 unclean bedding. While she didn't want me to go, these gifts were her way of telling me to have a wonderful time.

It's only now, as my 18 year old daughter is preparing to leave on her own 6  year trip, that I have more sympathy for what Mom felt.

Working 7  jobs and saving money, my daughter has researched where to stay, how to get around and what to do when she arrives She 8  asks for my opinion and I find myself desperately 9  of whether I should wade in(介入) or back off I want to be 10  but not too involved. I want to be cool but not aloof(漠不关心的) I want to be like the perfect guide.

When she first mentioned gap year travel, I was encouraging, wanting her to have her own experiences that 11 her As I had mine, I didn't let myself dwell too long on the idea of her not being here. Our house has already got smaller in size and soon it will just be me, my son and the cat. And I'm not quite 12 for that

But this trip is about her.

This is not 1990 and I am not 13  at home waiting for a letter I have promised not to 14  her with messages, but 15  I know she can contact me when she wants to 

It has been over 500 years  the first journey around the earth in 1521. Long before the invention of trains and planes, many thought it was impossible. It nearly was. The journey (start) by a Portuguese explorer, Ferdinand Magellan, but he never saw it finished.

Magellan was following in the footsteps of explorers like Christopher Columbus. He'd traveled from Spain to America in 1492 and encouraged others (take) to the seas. But Magellan's journey was even more daring. It was a journey around the whole world that would (complete) show the still questioned idea that the world was not flat, but round.

In 1519, Ferdinand Magellan set sail from Spain, he got support from the Spanish King, Charles V. But Spanish sailors didn't feel like (lead) by a Portuguese man.

After fighting storms, losing ships and many of his men turning against him and returning home, Magellan was killed in the Philippines by local people.

After Magellan's (die), his group continued in the only ship that was left Along the way, they traveled across a new ocean and (map) new paths for European trade For better or (bad), they had made the way for modern world trade and proved that the earth was round.

The passage Magellan's team went through, between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, was named after him: the Strait of Magellan, which is 570 kilometers long. His influence on the world did not end there In 1989, NASA named  spacecraft after the explorer and sent it to Venus(金星).

注意：1.词数 80 左右;2.开头与结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Peter,

……

Yours,

Li Hua

It was time to go home. "Remember to work on your class speeches for homework," Miss Walker called, as everyone started talking and packing their schoolbags. Jenny felt sick. She hated having to read aloud in class. She was sure everyone got really bored listening to her. Once, when Jenny was reading out her holiday diary, Lee was even looking at his watch, a silver and blue one which seemed just magical.

Jenny watched Lee walk ahead of her as they left school. He seemed so clever, and he had a certain sort of shining confidence. He was one of those people who were good at everything. Jenny sighed. As she turned the corner, she saw Lee's watch lying right in the middle of the path.

Jenny knew she should just pick it up and return it to him, but she didn't want to run after him. Jenny bent down quickly, picked up the watch and ran home. On arriving home, Jenny put it on almost without thinking. She was surprised it fitted so well. She walked to the mirror and started practicing her speech. Words just flooded out of her. "I'm going to talk about swimming. I have been lucky. I've won lots of competitions. But when I'm in a race, I'm not really thinking about winning. I'm just loving the feeling of being in the water..."Jenny laughed with excitement. She walked across the room. She suddenly seemed to have a certain sort of confidence. Turning back to the mirror, Jenny saw a flash of light from the watch in the glass. The flashes of silver seemed almost magical. So maybe Lee's watch really did have something magic about it.

The next day, as the lesson began, Miss Walker asked who was going to be brave and go first. Nobody moved. Jenny slowly raised her arm. Before Miss Walker could say anything, there was a shout from behind. "She's stolen my watch!" Lee said angrily. "It went missing at school yesterday."

注意：1.续写词数应为 150 左右;2.请按如下格式作答。

Everybody was fixing their eyes on Jenny, waiting for an explanation.

……

At that point, Miss Walker smiled and asked the class to listen to Jenny's speech first.