四川省会理第一中学 2026届高三上学期第二次调研考试英语试题

Exhibition focus

The theme of this year's exhibition is "Technology and Life". Potential topics include:

1. Displaying how technology changes people's lives

2. Envisioning future technological advancements

3. Honoring scientists and other technology professionals

Timeline of the event

Work Submission: By July 15,2025

Review and assessment: July to August 2025

Awards Ceremony: Between September and October 2025

Awards

The awards are categorized into 4 types: Gold Prize (1 winner) with ¥30,000 prize money; Silver Prize (2 winners) with ¥20,000; Bronze Prize (3 winners) with ¥10,000; 10 Outstanding Prize winners with an award. Additionally, all the winners will receive a certificate and portfolio (作品集) book.

Requirements for submission

1. The submitted works must be original. Participants should be fully responsible for their entries.

2. The works should be submitted in JPEG format, with a resolution of 300dpi, file size no less than 2M and not exceeding 10M.

3. The submitted works should include a title and a brief textual description.

4. For AI-assisted works, please label as "AI-generated".

5. Student participants should additionally provide their school name and grade year. The names of their instructors or training institutions are optional.

6. Register and upload your submission on the following website: https://artcontest.chinadaily.com.cn/2025.html

I went on to work with Sauria for more years and he set me up for success in science. From the start, Sauria showed a level of trust in my experimental skills that I did not always think I deserved. Even when I used 10,000 times more of an expensive reagent (试剂) than I should have, Sauria didn't roll his eyes. Instead, he guided me through how the reagent works, making it a teachable moment. He also told me stories of his own mistakes, helping me gain lessons from the situation and do better.

After a few months in the lab, Sauria and I started a project together that required us to write a computer program. That was something I had experience in, and it felt great to teach him. Over the years, he's always been open to a two-way exchange of information, which has led us to develop many successful projects. We even published a paper together — just the two of us. With these results, my confidence increased gradually during the process.

Looking back, I'm thankful to meet the mentor who drilled into me a desire to learn and gave me freedom to contribute my own ideas. I hope all mentors have their own inner excitement about new knowledge and skills and pass it on to others, because undergraduate researchers aren't just an extra pair of hands in the lab — we're also future scientists who need direction and encouragement.

None of the scientists possessed X-ray eyes: they had no supernatural powers for looking down below the earth's surface. They were merely employing one of the most cutting- edge methodologies for locating minerals in the ground-using trees and plants as indicative markers that certain minerals may lie beneath the ground on which the trees and plants take root and flourish. This approach to mineral exploration is predicated upon the principle that minerals deep in the earth may affect the kind of bushes and trees that grow on the surface.

At Watson Bar Creek, a brook six thousand feet high in the mountains of British Columbia, Canada, a mineral search group gathered bags of tree seeds. Boxes were filled with small branches from the trees. Roots were dug and put into boxes. Each bag and box was carefully marked. In a scientific laboratory the parts of the forest trees were burned to ashes and tested. Each small part was examined to learn whether there were minerals in it.

Analysis of the roots, branches, and seeds disclosed an absence of silver. But small amounts of gold were detected in the roots, with lower gold concentrations present in the branches and seeds. The seeds growing nearest to the tree trunk had more gold than those growing on the ends of the branches.

Had the trees not provided indications of gold in the ground, the scientists would not have allocated funds for digging into the depths. They did excavate and uncovered additional gold reserves below the surface. Further digging revealed substantial quantities of the precious metal.

Professor Steve Brusatte, a palaeontologist at the University of Edinburgh, suggested that the way in which other mammals have previously responded to periods of climate change could offer an insight into humans' future. He compared the potential problem of people as similar to that of early horses, which became smaller in body size as temperatures rose around 55 million years ago.

Writing in The Rise and Reign of the Mammals, Brusatte notes that animals in warmer parts of the world today are often smaller than those in colder areas, an ecological principle known as Bergmann's rule. "The reasons are not entirely understood, but it is probably, in part, because smaller animals have a higher surface area relative to their volume than bigger animals and can thus improve the dissipation of the extra heat," he writes.

Brusatte said that becoming smaller was "a common way that mammals deal with climate change". He added, "That's not to say every species of mammal would get smaller, but it seems to be a common survival trick of mammals when temperatures rise pretty quickly. That does raise the question: If temperatures do rise really quickly, might humans get smaller? And I think that's certainly reasonable."

However, not all experts agree that rising temperature causes mammals to shrink. Professor Adrian Lister, of the Natural History Museum in London, said the relationship shown by the recent human remains study is weak. "We are not really controlled by natural selection," he said. "If that was going to happen, you'd need to find large people dying before they could reproduce because of climate warming. That is not happening in today's world. We wear clothes, we have got heating, we have got air conditioning if it is too hot."

Keep it real. The human eye is very good at spotting the difference between a "social smile"，where just the mouth muscles are working, and a "real smile", which reaches the eyes. If you force a smile for the photo, it risks making you look not genuine.

Get the eyeballing right. A straight gaze looks aggressive, while gazing down at the camera seems commanding and gazing up small and weak. Whichever option you choose, it's best to avoid extremes.

Design your body language. The wider your body stretches, the more relaxed you look. Think of a king looking down thoughtfully from his throne. If you're making a gesture, or the wind is blowing your hair, you look lively and playful—that's great as long as it's real. Again, people are good at detecting insincerity.

Avoid using selfies, which often come out looking either vain or self-conscious. There are lots of studios offering shots—and videos—that look attractive and natural. Talk to the photographer to make sure he/she puts you at ease, because that's how you want to look on the site. Make the trip as fun and loving as possible—when there's someone you love behind the camera, you'll show an affectionate look unconsciously, and people are more likely to think, "I want that person to look at me like that！"

A. Find your photographer.

B. Be creative in your photography.

C. Looking slightly at an angle is often the friendliest.

D. You will discover a lot about yourself through your photo.

E. Have your photo taken when you are really enjoying yourself.

F. Similarly，the stiller you are，the more formal and confident you seem.

G. For a cheaper option，ask a close friend to go somewhere nice with you and snap away.

As we placed rocks representing2 moments onto a growing tower, the stones became smaller, showing how even small hurts leave lasting3. We added tiny rocks for support to keep the tower steady, demonstrating that even the smallest acts of care can help provide4 during difficult times.

In the most touching moment of this lesson, my daughter quietly5 the rock tower we had built together. With a gentle6, the tower fell. "No matter how we arrange our pain, we can choose to let it7," she said softly.

After the tower fell, my daughter shared a simple8. "Why care about all the bad things that have happened? They don't9," she said, her words cutting through the silence.

Then, with a smile, she10 me a new rock and asked, "What's the best thing that ever happened to you?"

From there, we began building a new tower with11, more stable stones. Unlike the first one, it didn't need any extra12. It stood firm, quietly showing how focusing on the good can bring a stronger, more balanced13.

The final lesson on healing is clear: Focus on the positives and let go of the negatives; what we focus on14 our strength and peace as we move forward, guiding our journey toward15.

The Hongkou District Sports Festival, aiming to establish Shanghai's Ruihong Tiandi as an integrated sports and( consume) centre, kicked off on July 5.( span )58 days through August 31, the event capitalizes on its peak summer season to engage all age groups with 13 major competitions and 45 sporting disciplines.

( structure) around three main activity pillars — competitive sports events, community competitions and recreational sports activities — the festival featured national, city, and district-level sporting events. These included a national Go championship hosted by the Chinese Weiqi Association, a Shanghai amateur fencing open organized by the China Sport School Federation, a youth jump rope competition talented students demonstrated their athletic abilities.

Since its launch, more than 200 experiential activities, followed by a tech-integrated sports zone added in mid-August,( develop) for the festival through its partnership with Decathlon.

To boost commercial cooperation, organizers team up 100 local restaurants and 39 sports venues, launching discount packages with parking privileges. A cutting-edge virtual carnival demonstratesenhanced reality technology transforms athletic experiences, operating daily from 7:00 am until 2:00 am( serve) diverse schedules.

This extended framework of the Hongkou Hazhajin Sports Festival promotes sports-retail integration and stimulates district-wide economic vitality, with each goal (respective) in place.

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Dear Kathy,

Thank you for creating a new elective.

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Yours sincerely,

Li Hua

A Lunchbox Stitched with Love

Michael had watched it all unfold. For twelve long months, the silence between his father Jack and uncle Sam hung heavier than the winter fog clinging to their small town. It started with their late (已故的) father's old workbench (工作台) — hand-carved by their grandfather, a piece they'd both cherished. When their dad passed away, Uncle Sam took it to restore, but his father Jack thought he'd taken it for himself forever. "You always got first pick," Jack snapped; Sam shot back, "At least I'm not letting it rot." Doors slammed, and they'd not spoken since.

Jack, once a man who laughed so loud that the neighbors knocked to complain, now moved like a ghost: mornings without the clatter (哐啷声) of his favorite coffee mug, evenings staring at the unlit fireplace in dead silence.

One afternoon, Michael found his dad on the porch (门廊), staring at a photo — Jack and Sam, arms slung over each other's shoulders at the workbench, both grinning wide. "Why don't you call him?" Michael asked. Jack's jaw tightened. "Some things can't be fixed, kiddo." But Michael shook his head. He'd watched his mom mend his favorite sweater with a needle and thread, turning a hole into something stitched with care. Michael also noticed that Aunt Clara, Uncle Sam's wife, still called Mom, asking gently how his dad was doing. Maybe broken things just needed the right hands to fix them.

That night, Michael slid a list of Uncle Sam's favorite foods into his pocket — the ones Dad had always bought at the market on weekends, the two of them laughing over plates together. By morning, Michael had come up with a plan: something sweet might fix. With his allowance, he set out to fill his dad's old lunchbox with what was on the list. Michael hit the market: Mrs. Hernandez's warm meat pies; Mr. Patel's spicy mango sauce and buttery cookies. Although his shirt was stained with jam, and his shoes were coated in dirt, Michael smiled, seeing the lunchbox was full.

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When Michael finally stood on Uncle Sam's porch, his heart pounded like a drum.

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A few minutes after Aunt Clara's phone call, the front doorbell rang again.

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