广东揭阳第一中学等校2025-2026学年度高二级（2027届）第二学期期中考试英语学科试题

Dates

5/4/2026 - 5/31/2026

Required Days

Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday

Hours Available

40 hours per week

Description

Applicants need to be currently in a college or university working towards an undergraduate or graduate degree. Majors can include but are not limited to History, Education, Environmental Sciences, Parks and Recreation, Social Sciences, or Biology. We are looking for outgoing students who enjoy working and talking with adults and children. Experience working in an environmental setting and presenting education programs is helpful but not required.

The position is in the Division of Interpretation. Duties include:

• Staffing river access sites

• Presenting river safety talks and providing area information to river users

• Performing river patrols (巡逻)

• Developing and presenting educational programs to park visitors, local community groups, and summer youth camps

All interns will be provided with training that includes orientation to the park, education program development, First Aid and CPR certification, and canoe and white-water rescue training. Interns must know how to swim to be considered for this position.

For interns that are coming from outside the commuting area which is defined as over 50 miles from Lackawaxen, PA housing is provided and $30.00 is given for each day worked.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Early applicants will be given first consideration. For more information about the Internship Program, contact Ingrid Peterec, 570-493-1020, email: ingrid_peterec@nps.gov.

Maya had already identified a critical fault in traditional fog-collecting mesh nets (网状网): they frequently became blocked by the very water drops they caught, which severely reduced their effectiveness. Digging deeper into solutions, Maya found a novel device designed by two scientists — the "Fog Harp (竖琴)".

Maya decided to use the handy materials to create her own "Fog Harp". At first, neighbors watched the process with doubt as she strung hundreds of thin, upright wires across a solid wooden frame. To them, the setup looked no more than "a giant musical instrument" that only produced useless sounds in the cold coastal wind. Little did they know this simple-looking setup would soon prove surprisingly effective.

The remarkable efficiency of Maya's Fog Harp lies in its clever use of gravity. In a traditional mesh net, tiny water drops get easily trapped within the small square gaps, which stop further collection. This occurs because the surface tension — the invisible, stretchy "skin" of liquid water — is too strong for the small drops to overcome. In Maya's Fog Harp, by contrast, water drops hit the wires and slowly combine into larger drops. Most importantly, with no cross wires to hold these larger drops in place, gravity easily overcomes surface tension, allowing the water to slide effortlessly down the wires and collect in a tank below.

Of course, the project faced its share of setbacks. During one severe coastal storm, the extreme wind tore through the wooden frame. Yet, instead of giving in to despair, she immediately set out to fix the problem by reinforcing the entire structure with durable steel wires. By the time autumn arrived, Maya's "Fog Harps" were reliably producing plenty of fresh water every day, partly meeting the daily water needs of the village.

An estimated 140,000 to 500,000 birds die each year due to turbine crashes. Bird deaths could rise to 1.4 million per year if the U.S. Department of Energy achieves its goal of expanding wind energy to 20 percent of the country's total electricity generation by 2030.

To prevent avoidable deaths, some scientists are supporting the use of citizen science data when deciding where to construct wind farms. Unlike conventional survey statistics, which cover limited time periods or geographical zones, the citizen science data stretch over the entire United States and reflect the entire year. The wind energy industry could use such information to get a more all-round picture and minimize harm to birds.

Citizen science has already proven its value in bridging critical informational shortages in ecological research. From 2007 to 2018, more than 180,000 birders uploaded observations about bald eagles to the eBird database. Using that treasure house of data, conservation scientist Viviana Ruiz-Gutierrez, of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, and her work fellows estimated where in the United States the birds would be most plentiful throughout the year and face the highest risk of colliding with wind turbines.

"Citizen science data should inform decisions about where to build wind turbines," Viviana argues. "What we're able to do is really drawing on the strength that only citizen science has." The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has recommended using the team's bald eagle maps to identify low-risk crash areas suitable for building wind turbines.

That worried Zeynep, 14. She knew that ChatGPT often gave wrong answers or agreed with incorrect statements. Could this type of AI, known as a large language model — or LLM — really be trusted with our mental health?

To find out, she tested whether several LLMs could detect stress in human text. She gave the models a dataset of more than 3,500 posts. Human raters had been asked to label each one as containing stress or not. Then Zeynep asked the models to identify which posts showed stress.

To judge how well the models did, Zeynep calculated something called an F1-score for each one. This score considers how many stress-containing posts the models accurately spotted. It also accounts for how often the models missed cases of stress and how often they mislabeled posts as showing stress. An LLM specifically designed for mental health did the best. It scored about 82 percent. ChatGPT scored only about 74 percent.

ChatGPT performing badly was "really surprising", Zeynep says. It did even worse than the "random-forest" model, which is "supposed to be a very simple and old technique. So I just put it in as a baseline," Zeynep says. "That was very interesting — how something so small and simple was able to beat an LLM like ChatGPT that used millions of parameters (参数) and had so much coding go into it."

"We should be mindful with AI," Zeynep says. "That doesn't mean that LLMs are bad, because they're for general use. They're not necessarily meant for mental health." Her data led her to conclude that LLMs should not be replacing human therapists. Instead, these models might help identify people who are struggling and refer them to a mental health professional.

You can start by prioritizing your health. Without health, you won't be able to show up for your own life or for your loved ones. Find ways to balance all of these so you feel safe, secure, and stable in your body, home, and community.

Another positive step you can take is listening to your needs and desires. Remember this is the key to finding proper partners, careers, and lifestyles—because your values and desires matter. So stay true to yourself and have faith in discovering people and opportunities that meet your needs.

So work toward a passion project that lights you up, rather than mindlessly browsing social media. Think about how you would want to spend your time if you had more of it, and create moments to do just that. You have the power to fill your own life by choosing how you invest your time.

Your connection to yourself is foundational. How you speak to yourself and whether you meet your needs is the base of any other relationship you have in your life. So make sure to check in with your thoughts and feelings, treat yourself with kindness, and carve out time for self care.

A. Respecting your time is equally essential.

B. Through these steps, you can be your own best friend.

C. Make sure to also surround yourself with positive people.

D. Independence helps you learn to trust and rely on yourself.

E. You may easily forget your needs while attempting to fit in with others.

F. By valuing your needs, you provide yourself with your own recognition.

G. Remember that it includes your mental, physical and emotional well-being.

On our first group4 — a moderate trail (小径) to a waterfall viewpoint — my enthusiasm outweighed my caution. Halfway up, I5 on a loose rock and hurt my ankle. A sharp pain shot through me, and I6 to the ground, embarrassed and frustrated.

What happened next was far from what I had expected. The group's leader, a woman named Sam,7 the hike immediately. But more8, not a single person turned back toward the trailhead. Instead, the dozen9 I had met only an hour earlier gathered around. Someone10 a medical bandage. Another offered water and snacks. As we waited for help, we sat on the forest floor. We shared11 — not just about hiking, but about our reasons for moving here, our jobs, our hopes. Laughter12 under the tree, my aching ankle momentarily forgotten.

I had joined the group13 beautiful scenery and perhaps a polite acquaintance or two. I left that day with something far more14. The physical trail was steep, but the human impulse (冲动) to connect, to stay beside someone in difficulty, was a powerful, leveling force. It was a vivid15 that we are never truly alone, even on the most difficult paths life sets before us.

London's food scene has witnessed an inrush not only of traditional Cantonese (广东的) restaurants but also a diverse range of regional Chinese cuisines. For decades, London's Chinatown has been closely associated with classic dishes (root) in Guangdong province, while London's Chinese food has expanded far beyond that, reflecting a much (broad) cultural shift.

While Cantonese-centric offerings have laid the foundation of familiarity with Chinese culinary (烹饪的) culture, the increasing variety makes it big challenge for restaurants to meet local British tastes. To adapt to the trend, they manage to introduce new dishes and enhance existing ones (continuous) for bettering the menu. Additionally, larger culinary schools commit to teaching authentic (地道的) Chinese cooking, (strengthen) greater appreciation and mastery of the cuisine.

Hotpot, a typical Chinese dish, has taken centre stage in London, described as an "adventure" locals could enjoy genuine Sichuan cuisine and unfamiliar cultural experiences. Meanwhile, hearty hand-pulled noodles of Xi'an are also making waves, driven by the growing (present) of Chinese customers and Londoners' appetite for authentic regional flavors.

Chen Xin, the chief organizer of the 2024 London Chinese Cuisine International Development Convention, (emphasize) that London was becoming a true global centre of Chinese cuisine, staying true one single mission — providing Chinese customers with a taste of home and showcasing the depth of Chinese culinary culture to international(diner).

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A VR Journey to the Tang Dynasty

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I was in Philadelphia for a conference when I saw an ad in the hotel. A nearby theater was showing a documentary (纪录片) about several local animal shelters that were helping to save abandoned dogs across the country. I love animals, and I felt an urge to go to this fundraising event. However, none of my co-workers would go with me, and I was worried about walking on the street alone at night.

I resigned myself to spending the evening in my hotel room, but as soon as I got back to my room I felt restless and bored. The theater where the event was taking place was only about five blocks from the hotel, and the area around the hotel didn't seem particularly dangerous. So, I decided to brave it. I gathered up my wallet and room key and set off.

It was already getting dark and the streets were nearly deserted. I managed to find the street the theater was on, but when I turned the corner, I stopped in shock. In front of the theater were a group of bikers — very big, tough-looking bikers.

I've known lots of motorcycle enthusiasts and most are nice people. However, in this case, I was a woman all alone, in a strange neighborhood, at night, and there were twenty or so very large men — all wearing insignia (徽章) that indicated they were in some sort of club — standing before me. Warning bells began to sound in my head, and my heart was pounding. Was I at the right theater? Had I misread the date of the event?

A sign outside the theater told me that I was in the right place on the right evening. Nevertheless, I wondered if I should rush back to my hotel instead of walking through that crowd of bikers. I finally decided that I would be safer inside the theater. Hopefully, the bikers would have gone away by the time the film was over.

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I hurried into the theater, only to find there were even more bikers inside.

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When the film began, I realized that the bikers were an animal rescue group.

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