天津市第一中学2025-2026学年高一上学期12月月考英语试题

________ .I can take your order over the phone.

— Don't worry. He ________ a board with your name on it at that time.

Venkat's passion4 helping others started as soon as she could walk, as her parents, active volunteers themselves, brought her along on their various5, like some creative ways to volunteer. By fifth grade, she'd6 such enthusiasm for it that she started organizing her own service projects in her community.

NEST4US was born when she realized how much food waste there is, how many hungry people there are, and how7 it would be to use the former to help the8. "There was a homeless man standing on a corner in D.C. and he was holding a9 that said ‘Hungry Need Food'," she recalls. "So I gave him my lunch and his whole face just10. It was so easy, it only took me 30 seconds,11 it really helped him."

As NEST4US12, with hundreds of volunteers helping to13 thousands of hungry people, Venkat decided to branch out with her volunteer14, starting three other branches of NEST4US. Serving others had become such a way of life for her that she15 celebrated her 13th birthday at a homeless shelter, bringing the party to them16 expecting gifts for herself.

As much as she has helped others, they've helped her as well. Not only does she get a lot of joy and personal17 from her volunteer work but running NEST4US has taught her important life18 like time management, public speaking, writing, and leadership. "19 it's really given me is this opinion of putting other people first," she says. Venkat has given us a wonderful example of the20 that one person can make to help others in their time of need.

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In 2017, British polar explorer Ben Saunders attempted the challenge but he had to abandon the journey after 52 days for lack of food. Another explorer, Henry Worsley, also attempted to cross Antarctica alone supported, but Worsley had to seek help when there were 30 miles left from the end of the journey.

O'Brady spent a year getting ready for all the different aspects of the trip.

For the physical side of things, O'Brady trained every day, doing strength training, according to Men's Health. While every day was different, bench presses and weightlifting were all part of his workout. And cardio (有氧运动) was also necessary.

O'Brady didn't want to repeat the food-based problems that had affected previous attempts. "People who have tried this tough journey in the past, their failures have come unfortunately from not getting that nutrition perfectly right," he said. "I thought perfecting that was important."

To that end, O'Brady worked with Standard Process, a "whole food supplement" company that, with O'Brady's help, made a personalized nutrition bar tailored (定制的) to his body's needs for walking across Antarctica. The size and shape of a gold brick with a light taste of chocolate, the so-called Colin Bar helped him get the 8,000 calories he needed each day.

Then there was the simple matter of figuring out how to pack the sled. According to Outside, O'Brady's sled weighed 375 pounds when he started, carrying 280 of the Colin Bars, additional food, 55 pounds of fuel needed to melt the five liters of water he needed per day and 75 pounds of equipment and clothing.

O'Brady wasn't the only person attempting to cross the continent supported. Louis Rudd, a friend of Worsley, also attempted the journey. Their journey was 912 miles.

O'Brady was the first to finish the journey; he set up camp to wait for Rudd. Then they would fly to Union Glacier together.

One of the strange effects comes from the now famous "memory loss" study. Alan Preece and his colleagues at the University of Bristol placed a device thatmimicked the microwave emission of mobile phones to the left ear of volunteers. The volunteers were all good at recalling words and pictures they had been shown on a computer screen. Prece says he still can't comment on the effects of using a mobile phone for years on end. But he rules out the suggestion that mobile phones have an immediate effect on our cognitive (感知的) abilities. "I'm pretty sure there is no effect on short-term memory," he says.

Another expert, Lattersall, remarked that his latest findings have removed fears about memory loss. One result, for instance, suggests that nerve cell synapses (神经元突触) exposed to microwaves become more — rather than less — receptive to undergoing changes linked to the memory formation.

It would be an even happier outcome if microwave turned out to be good for you. It sounds crazy, but a couple of years ago a team led by William Adey at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in California found that mice exposed to microwave for two hours a day were less likely to develop brain tumours (肿瘤) when given a cancer-causing chemical.

So should we forget about mobile phone radiation causing brain tumours and making us unable to think clearly or reasonably?

"If it doesn't certainly cause cancer in animals and cells, then it probably isn't going to cause cancer in humans," says William. And while there's still no absolute proof that mobile phone does damage your memories or give you cancer, the consensus is: Don't panic.