高考英语一模突破卷03（上海专用）（考试版A3）

这是一份高考英语一模突破卷03（上海专用）（考试版A3），共9页。
（考试时间：120分钟 试卷满分：140分）
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I.Listening Cmprehensin （第1-10题, 每题1分；第11-20题，每题1.5分；共25分）
Sectin A
Directins: In Sectin A, yu will hear ten shrt cnversatins between tw speakers. At the end f each cnversatin, a questin will be asked abut what was said. The cnversatins and the questins will be spken nly nce. After yu hear a cnversatin and the questin abut it, read the fur pssible answers n yur paper, and decide which ne is the best answer t the questin yu have heard.
1．
A．Dctr and patient.B．Teacher and student.
C．Pliceman and thief.D．Husband and wife.
2．
A．At the airprt.B．At a subway statin.
C．At the schl gate.D．At a bus stp.
3．
A．Cleaning the square.B．Drinking a tast.
C．Mving the table.D．Taking phts.
4．
A．Excited.B．Satisfied.C．Shcked.D．Uninterested.
5．
A．It’s tiny and warm.B．It excites her whenever she walks in.
C．It’s t big fr ne persn.D．It is nt that satisfactry.
6．
A．He wanted t have a mre prfitable career.
B．He was nt fit enugh as a basketballer then.
C．A basketball career typically did nt last lng.
D．It was cmmn fr basketballers t change careers.
7．
A．Her manager sat next t her at the meeting.
B．Her manager didn’t praise her at the meeting.
C．The man self-evaluated his annual perfrmance.
D．The man didn’t attend the evaluatin meeting at all.
8．
A．The man feels energetic after the interview.
B．The man regards the wman as a gd listener.
C．The wman wants t try smething beynd her capacity.
D．The wman is willing t begin frm the entry-level psitin.
9．
A．T witness the develpment f a city.B．T tap her ptential well.
C．T cntribute nticeably t a city.D．T d research n materials.
10．
A．Which cuntries are similar?B．Hw t fix things?
C．Hw t keep fit?D．Wh are facing these prblems?
Sectin B
Directins: In Sectin B, yu will hear tw shrt passages and ne lnger cnversatin, and yu will be asked several questins n each f the shrt passages and the lnger cnversatin. The shrt passages and the lnger cnversatin will be read twice, but the questins will be spken nly nce. When yu hear a questin, read the fur pssible answers n yur paper and decide which ne is the best answer t the questin yu have heard.
Questins 11 thrugh 14 are based n the fllwing passage
11．A．Healthy diets.B．Gd sleep quality.
C．Cst efficiency.D．Sense f safety.
12．A．They are equipped with cmputers.B．They are technlgy-supprted.
C．They can keep weather recrds.D．They have several electricity panels.
13．A．Delivering fd t thse wh need it.
B．Taking friends anywhere in the wrld.
C．Streaming vides f their new way f life.
D．Meeting the basic needs f peple in remte areas.
14．A．It is acceptable.B．It is expensive.
C．It is ut f date.D．It is prblematic.
听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
15．A．Being generus.B．Listing husehld duties.
C．Fllwing the rmmate’s advice.D．Establishing rules.
16．A．T push him r her t clean it next time.B．T prevent frictin.
C．T g thrugh a hard time gracefully.D．T shw yur kindness.
17．A．Ding time machine experiments is unsafe.
B．Nbdy can bear the lud sund at late night.
C．Cmmunicatin is key t living tgether in peace.
D．It is better t keep awkward experiences as a secret.
Questins 18 thrugh 20 are bused n the fllwing cnversatin.
18．A．Why we need t write dwn ur plans.
B．Why sme tasks r respnsibilities matter.
C．Why it is necessary t spare time fr handwriting.
D．Why we shuld let g f sme unimprtant things.
19．A．Be mre mtivated at wrk.
B．Recnsider the value f a task.
C．Fulfill ur cmmitment t the cmmunity.
D．Raise ur awareness f scial respnsibility.
20．A．Giving them up.B．Assigning them t thers.
C．Typing them dwn.D．Adding t their meaningfulness.
II.Grammar and Vcabulary （每题1分；共20分）
Sectin A
Directins: After reading the passage belw, fill in the blanks t make the passage cherent and grammatically crrect. Fr the blanks with a given wrd, fill in each blank with the prper frm f the given wrd; fr the ther blanks, use ne wrd that best fits each blank.
（新题材）The benefits f cntainer gardening
D yu lve gardening, but yu dn’t have a yard? If that’s the case, 21 (take) cntainer gardening int cnsideratin. This methd invlves 22 (grw) plants in pts and cntainers rather than in the grund. Cntainer gardening is a great way t grw flwers, herbs, vegetables, fruit trees and mre. There are many advantages t this gardening methd.
T begin with, yu dn’t need much space. A rf r any ther utdr area that receives direct sunlight will wrk. In fact, a sunny, indr kitchen windwsill(窗沿) is perfect fr a few small plants, 23 gives yu easy access t herbs and vegetables as yu prepare meals. The key is t chse a spt that receives a gd deal f sunlight.
Unless they’re t big r heavy, cntainers are prtable. This allws yu t mve yur plants inside if necessary. Or yu can mve yur plants int the shade 24 extremely ht days. Cntainers allw yu t place yur plants 25 they’ll grw best.
With cntainers, yu’re almst certain 26 (fill) them with prductive sil. Using a gd bag f ptting sil that cntains the necessary nutrients fr yur plants is best. Here’s an imprtant tip: Once 27 (stuff), large cntainers can get heavy. Therefre, it’s best t put them at a prper place befre filling them.
One f the greatest benefits f cntainer gardening is that little r n weeding 28 (require). Fr plants in the grund, weeding is smetimes a daily r weekly requirement.
Peple als lve the fact that almst 29 can be used as a cntainer. Yu dn’t need expensive pts fr cntainers. Wden bxes, cans, tea kettles, ld shes and mre will wrk. There’s n end t the number f items that can be used. Just be sure t drill hles in the bttm f yur cntainers fr prper water discharge.
30 shws ff yur green fingers and yur creativity is a cntainer garden.
Sectin B
Directins: Cmplete the fllwing passage by using the wrds in the bx. Each wrd can nly be used nce. Nte that there is ne wrd mre than yu need.
A hacker’s life
Have yu ever lcked yurself ut f yur hme and had t try t break in? First, yu get a sense f 31 in succeeding. But then cmes the wrrying realizatin that if yu can break int yur wn place as a(n) 32 , a prfessinal culd d s five times faster. S yu lk at the weak pint in yur security and fix it. Well, that’s mre r less hw the DefCn hackers cnference wrks.
Every year passinate hackers meet at DefCn in Las Vegas t 33 their knwledge and capabilities. Mentin the wrd ‘hacker’ and many f us 34 a seventeen-year-ld geek (怪人) sitting in their bedrm, illegally hacking int the US’s defence secrets in the Pentagn (五角大楼). Or we just think ‘criminals’. But that is actually a misrepresentatin f what mst hackers d.
The activities and experiments that take place at DefCn have an enrmus impact n ur daily lives. These are peple wh lve the challenge f finding security gaps: cmputer 35 wh can’t break the habit. They lk with great care at all kinds f systems, frm the Internet t mbile cmmunicatins t 36 dr lcks. And then they try t hack them. In ding s, they are ding all f us a great service, because they pass n their findings t the industries that design these systems, which are then able t 37 the security hles.
A typical example f this is when I attended a presentatin n electrnic dr lcks. Irnically, ne f the mst secure lcks they demnstrated was a 4,000-year-ld Egyptian lck. But when it came t mre mdern devices, the presenters revealed 38 weaknesses in several brands f electr-mechanical lcks. A bi-lck that uses a fingerprint scan fr entry was 39 , easily, by a paper clip. (Unfrtunately, althugh all the manufacturers f the insecure lcks were 40 nt all f them respnded.)
III.Reading Cmprehensin (共45分。 41-45每题1分；56-70每题2分)
Sectin A
Directins: Fr each blank in the fllwing passage there are fur wrds r phrases marked A. B.C and D. Fill in each blank with the wrd r phrase that best fits the cntext
（社会热点）Administratrs f the Mga Caves in Dunhuang, Gansu Prvince, are trying t harmnize turists’ explratin f the site with the need t safeguard the murals (壁画), thrugh innvative measures.
Sandstrms, rainfall and turist visits cnstitute the mst severe 41 t the UNESCO Wrld Heritage Site, said Wang Xiawei, directr f the Dunhuang Grttes Mnitring Center at the Dunhuang Academy. Since the Mga Caves pened t the public in 1979, the number f visitrs has been 42 at an average annual rate f arund 20 percent, reaching 2.15 millin in 2019. “If yu enter the caves during the 43 turism mnths f July, August and September, yu’ll find it hard t breathe,” Wang said. The carbn dixide and misture (潮气) breathed ut by visitrs increase inside the caves and cause damage t the murals, Wang said.
T preserve the caves, the duratin f visits is 44 and smetimes stpped during rain r dust strms. T ensure visitrs aren’t 45 when restrictins are in place, the center prvides a digital exhibitin, he said. Currently, the center is being 46 t accmmdate an additinal 3,000 visitrs n tp f the existing capacity f 6,000.
The Dunhuang Academy began 47 recrding and string images f murals and painted sculptures ver 30 years ag. The digitizatin prject has successfully 48 ver 200 caves, with a dedicated team f 110 experts currently undertaking the wrk. “Digital technlgy nt nly serves cultural turism but als 49 a histrical recrd fr future generatins,” said Ding Xiasheng, deputy directr f the Institute f Cultural Heritage Digitizatin at the academy. Digitizatin als brings the wnders f the Mga Caves t a 50 audience, accrding t Su Bmin, head f the Dunhuang Academy. “The Mga Caves are 51 , and transprting them is impssible,” Su said. “Hwever, with digitizatin, we can perfectly cpy Dunhuang art exactly and shw it wrldwide, intrducing Eastern culture t the wrld.”
In 2016, the Digital Dunhuang went live, sharing high-definitin images and 52 turs f the mst beautiful 30 caves glbally. Currently, visitrs frm 78 cuntries have 53 the murals, ttaling ver 16.8 millin visits.
Su said Dunhuang can 54 diverse cultural exchanges thrugh its cultural relics (遗迹). “By digitizing these relics, we enable peple wrldwide t understand Dunhuang’s culture, thereby gaining a deeper appreciatin fr China’s histrical 55 t diverse cultural exchanges — that is, an idea f inclusivity, mutual learning and a shared future,” he said.
41．A．shrtagesB．restrictinsC．cntributinsD．threats
42．A．dublingB．grwingC．cntinuingD．varying
43．A．culturalB．previusC．peakD．cmmercial
44．A．limitedB．extendedC．publicizedD．cncealed
45．A．cnfusedB．amazedC．scaredD．disappinted
46．A．expandedB．cnstructedC．decratedD．repaired
47．A．exclusivelyB．digitallyC．subjectivelyD．autnmusly
48．A．clarifiedB．highlightedC．cveredD．strategized
49．A．cmes acrssB．turns verC．leaves behindD．lets alne
50．A．glbalB．prfessinalC．technlgicalD．different
51．A．cmplicatedB．irreprducibleC．cntrversialD．immvable
52．A．virtualB．tempraryC．cnventinalD．steady
53．A．imitatedB．accessedC．praisedD．purchased
54．A．rejectB．prvideC．adjustD．classify
55．A．adaptatinB．attentinC．admissinD．cmmitment
Sectin B
Directins: Read the fllwing three passages. Each passage is fllwed by several questins r unfinished statements. Fr each f them there are fur chices marked A, B, C and D. Chse the ne that fits best accrding t the infrmatin given in the passage yu have just read.
A
Sap bubbles (泡泡) are like little flating wnders. They’re light, delicate, and full f surprises. And, f curse, they shine with beautiful clurs! But if yu lk clsely, yu’ll ntice smething dd — bubbles shw pink, green, yellw, and smetimes blue, but where are the ther clurs? Why dn’t we see bright red, deep purple, r warm range flating in the air?
The secret behind a bubble’s clurs lies in its thin film. The uter surface reflects light, and s des the inner surface. Light mves like a wave in this situatin. Just like ripples (涟漪) n a pnd, the light reflected frm the inside travels a bit farther and may r may nt match up with the light reflected frm the utside. If the waves strengthen each ther, the clur f that wavelength becmes visible.
S far, s gd — this prcess can create many clurs. But where’s my red bubble?
The light waves spreading frm the bubble cntain all the clurs f the rainbw. Hwever, we dn’t see them separately because the sap film’s thickness ften prduces a mix f clurs. Interestingly, the thickness that enhances red als enhances vilet (紫色). But instead f seeing bth, we nly see pink.
The vilet wave ripples fur times befre exiting, while the red wave ripples three times. Yet, by the time they leave the bubble, they meet. Pink seems like a single clur, but it desn’t actually exist in the rainbw — ur brains create it by mixing red and vilet.
If the bubble’s surface becmes slightly thinner, the red and vilet waves cancel each ther ut, leaving nly green, which is a real rainbw clur. As the film gets even thinner, red and green appear tgether (bth rippling abut twice), but blue disappears, s we see yellw instead.
We nly see clurs when the sap film is very thin — just ne r tw light wavelengths thick. This means there are nly a few pssible clur cmbinatins, and red alne isn’t ne f them. S, n red bubbles fr me.
It might be frustrating t hear, “That’s just hw it is,” but in this case, I dn’t mind. Every sap bubble fllws the same rules, n matter hw r where it’s made. It’s actually cmfrting t see the universe wrking in such a cnsistent way. Pink and green bubbles are simply nature’s design.
56．Light reflected frm the uter and inner layers f a bubble interacts by ______.
A．cmbining int strnger light
B．either adding tgether r reducing each ther
C．absrbing each ther t make a single clur
D．passing thrugh the bubble withut changing
57．Why d we never see a perfectly red sap bubble?
A．Red light always mixes with ther clurs.
B．Red is t weak t be seen n a bubble’s surface.
C．The bubble’s surface absrbs red light cmpletely.
D．The sap in the bubble prevents red light frm reflecting.
58．What pint des the writer make in the last paragraph?
A．It’s nice that the natural wrld is filled with uncertainties.
B．It’s gd that the natural wrld fllws clear scientific rules.
C．It’s sad that we d nthing t change the clurs f sap bubbles.
D．It is frustrating t see the sap bubbles wrking in a cnsistent way.
59．What is the passage mainly abut?
A．Why light is s appealing.
B．Hw sap bubbles are made.
C．Hw light creates wnders in nature.
D．Why sme clurs dn’t appear in sap bubbles.
B
Li Lin, a senir high 3 student, is preparing an argumentative essay n sea explratin. He has cllected sme texts fr reference, tw f which are shwn belw fr his writing.
60．Which f the fllwing can be inferred frm the texts?
A．Plastic pllutin has directly cntributed t the melting f Arctic ice.
B．Lgging new species culd lead t advancements in medicine and fd prductin.
C．Overfishing has been cmpletely stpped due t internatinal bans intrduced in 1982.
D．The ppulatin grwth wrldwide has reduced the need fr deep-sea resurces.
61．Befre writing, Li Lin puts frward sme questins. Which questin CAN NOT Li Lin find the answer t frm the texts?
A．What’s the purpse f sea explratin?
B．Hw des sea explratin cause damage t the sea?
C．What benefits can sea explratin bring t ther research fields?
D．What can we d t balance envirnmental prtectin and sea explratin?
62．If Li Lin is determined t write an essay based n pinins frm bth texts, which f the fllwing will mst prbably be the central theme f his essay?
A．Ways t imprve the efficiency f sea develpment.
B．Technlgical breakthrughs in sea explratin.
C．Balance between the impact f sea explratin and its benefits.
D．Appeal t prtect the sea frm unsustainable explratin.
C
The phrase “cin tss” is a classic equivalent t randmness. But since at least the 18th century, mathematicians have suspected that even fair cins tend t land n ne side slightly mre ften than the ther. Prving this tiny bias (偏见), hwever, wuld require hundreds f thusands f carefully recrded cin tsses, making labratry tests a nightmare.
František Bartš, currently a Ph.D．candidate at the University f Amsterdam, became fascinated by this challenge fur years ag. He culdn’t rund up enugh vlunteers t investigate it at first. “Nbdy was stupid enugh t spend a cuple f weekends tssing cins,” he says. But after he began his Ph.D．studies, he tried again, recruiting 47 vlunteers (many f them friends and fellw students) frm six cuntries. Multiple weekends f cin tssing later, the team had perfrmed 350,757 tsses, breaking the previus recrd f 40,000.
The tssed cins, accrding t previus findings, landed with the same side facing upward as befre the tss 50.8 percent f the time. The large number f thrws allws statisticians t cnclude that the nearly ne percent bias isn’t a fluke. “We can be quite sure there is a bias in cin tsses after this data set,” Bartš says.
The leading thery explaining the subtle advantage cmes frm a 2007 physics study by statistician Persi Diacnis and his clleagues, whse calculatins predicted a same-side bias f 51 percent. Frm the mment a cin is launched int the air, its entire path in the air — including whether it lands n heads r tails — can be calculated by the laws f mechanics. The researchers determined that cins in the air barely turn arund their symmetrical axis (对称轴); instead they tend t mve ff-center unsteadily, which causes them t spend a little mre time in the air with their initial “up” side n tp.
Fr day-t-day decisins, cin tsses are as gd as randm because a ne percent bias isn’t perceptible with just a few cin tsses, says anther statistician wh wasn’t invlved in the new research. Still, the study’s cnclusins shuld eliminate any dubt that still exists regarding the cin tss’s slim bias.
It isn’t difficult t prevent this bias frm influencing yur cin-tss matches; simply cncealing the cin’s starting psitin befre tssing it shuld d the trick. Alternatively, yu can d away with tssing altgether by shaking the cin between yur palms. But if yur friends are unaware f the tiny bias, yu may as well benefit frm yur slight advantage. After all, 51 percent dds beat a lt.
63．Why was it difficult t prve the tiny bias in cin tsses?
A．Because it required a large number f trials and lads f tests.
B．Because few scientists and researchers were interested in this tpic.
C．Because scientists lacked the ability and technique t cnduct this study.
D．Because previus researches failed many times and scientists lst cnfidence.
64．The meaning f the underlined wrd fluke in paragraph 3 mst prbably refers t smething that ______.
A．happens by accidentB．can be planned in advance
C．ccurs under specific cnditinsD．can be gained by practice
65．What can we imply frm the last paragraph?
A．This ne percent bias matters little in real life.
B．We shuld rely n this ne percent bias t help us.
C．Thugh unnticeable, we may still take advantage f this bias.
D．Relying n the ne percent bias t win a cin-tss match is unfair.
66．What is the best title f this passage?
A．Risk-takers? Experts recmmend cin-tss matches.
B．Luck r Maths? Here’re sme tips n tssing cins.
C．Cin cllectrs? There’re stries behind each cin.
D．Heads r Tails? Research suggests it’s nt 50-50.
Sectin C
Directins: Cmplete the fllwing passage by using the sentences in the bx Each sentence can nly be used nce. Nte that there are tw sentences mre than yu need.
Little Miss Mzart
An 11-year-ld British cmpser earned cmparisns with Mzart after her pera pened in Vienna t enthusiastic applause. Alma Deutscher, wh lived in Surrey with her parents, was already wrld-famus as a vilinist and pianist befre her first full-length pera made its first perfrmance n the Austrian stage.
67 Cinderella was a cmpser whm Deutscher described as “a bit like me”. Deutscher said much f the musical inspiratin behind Cinderella and ther cmpsitins came when her mind was elsewhere. During an interview with NBC’s Tday shw, she explained that trying t create beautiful meldies n demand ften resulted in a blank mind. 68
The pera is tw and a half hurs lng with the musical scre running t 237 pages. 69 Deutscher said the prince having t ask whse ft wuld fit the slipper didn’t make much sense. Lts f peple might have the same sized ft, but nly ne persn culd have written that meldy.
Cnductr Simn Rattle declared he was “abslutely bwled ver” when he first saw her perfrm, but it was Stephen Fry wh first predicted that Deutscher culd be this generatin’s Mzart, after watching a vide f her perfrming nline. 70 She said, “I lve Mzart very much. He’s prbably my favurite cmpser, but I dn’t really like it when peple call me ‘Little Miss Mzart’ because I dn’t like being called ‘little’. I’m very big, and secndly, if I just wrte everything Mzart wrte again it wuld be bring. ”
A．Hwever, it is nt a cmparisn that the 11-year-ld is particularly keen n.
B．Interestingly, it was ften during unexpected mments that a beautiful meldy suddenly came t her.
C．Deutscher’s mst ambitius wrk has enabled the audience t see her talent.
D．Instead f the glass slipper f the fairytale, the prince lks fr a lst meldy he cannt quite remember.
E．The wrk reinvented the Cinderella fairytale t be set in an pera huse ruled by a mean stepmther.
F．She never gt nervus n stage, as she was just happy that peple wanted t listen t her music.
IV.Summary Writing (共10分）
Directins: Read the fllwing passage. Summarize the main idea and the main pint( s)f the passage in n mre than 60 wrds. Use yur wn wrds as far as pssible.
The Tchaikvsky Cure fr Wrry
The 19th-century Russian cmpser Tchaikvsky was nt a happy man. In his 5,365 letters t friends and family, we find cnstant references t his sadness and anxiety. He had just ne, temprary pain reliever fr his misery: “… a new idea awakens in me and begins t assume a definite frm.”
Tchaikvsky’s experience is nt abnrmal. Mdern research in neurscience (神经科学) and psychlgy reveals that active engagement in creative pursuits is an effective way t gain relief frm negative emtins and see the wrld in a much mre psitive way. At a time when md disrders are explding and less than a third f U.S. adults believe that they are living up t their creative ptential, this might be the simplest, easiest, and mst natural way fr anyne t imprve their life.
Neurscientific research ffers explanatins f hw creativity might lwer negative emtin, and anxiety in particular. In a fascinating 2015 study, neurscientists bserved peple as they wrte petry. They fund that during the idea-generatin phase f writing, the medial prefrntal crtex (前额叶内侧皮层) is especially active. This is the same part f the brain that is activated during meditatin (an activity in which peple sit still and fcus n their thughts), which suggests that creative activity might have sme f the same effects n stress as meditatinal exercises d — thus why sme anxius peple rutinely use it t treat themselves.
Yet, s many different creative utlets exist that the task f finding ne that fits yur persnality and tastes can be scary. One methd I like t suggest, t help peple find the ideal activity fr them, is t start by categrizing creative pursuits as public r private and inventive r interpretive. All yu need is t knw yur persnality type and yur preference. Outging peple wh prefer t interpret the wrks f thers can try theater r classical music; peple wh are shy might prefer studying petry.
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V.Translatin (共15分。第1小题和第2小题,每题3分;第3题4分;第4题5分。)
Directins:Translate the fllwing sentences int English, using the wrds given in the brackets
72．面对不公，他毫不犹豫地挺身而出，捍卫正义。(hesitate)(汉译英)

73．她极有绘画天赋，不知接下来会有何等佳作面世。(n telling) (汉译英)

74．设计师将可持续理念融入历史建筑的修缮，既确保了该建筑符合环保要求，又保留其文化底蕴。(integrate) (汉译英)

75．在90年代，这种疾病因其复杂性，曾被误诊为流感类疾病，如今人们已经认识到它是一种罕见的精神障碍。(whse) (汉译英)

VI.Guided Writing (共25分)
76．Directins: Write an English cmpsitin in 120-150 wrds accrding t the instructins given belw in Chinese.
你是未来中学的高三学生小星，正在完成一份英语学科的跨文化研习课题。请根据以下给出的报告提纲，撰写一篇文章阐述研究所得。
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F. significant G. diagnse H. addicts I. amateur J. alerted K. picture
Text 1Explring the sea usually means expliting it, which has caused numerus prblems and will cntinue t cause mre.
Mre explratin means mre pllutin. The Deepwater Hrizn spilled ver 200 millin gallns (加仑) f il int the sea in 2010. Plastic pllutin is als harmful, killing many birds and fish, and has even been fund in ur tap water. Mining fr resurces is damaging, especially in the Arctic. Climate change has led t less ice, which means we can lk fr mre fssil fuels(化石燃料) further nrth. But if we burn these, the ice will melt mre, thus wrsening this negative cycle. Whales and dlphins are als verfished fr their meat r fr research. Althugh this was banned in 1982, sme cuntries are still “murdering” these intelligent creatures withut mercy.
The sea stretches ut immeasurably but it is mre sensitive than we think. If we dn’t prtect it, future generatins will nt frgive us.
Text 2T truly understand ur planet, we must explre the ceans which cver mst f it. Oppnents may be cncerned, but sea explratin matters t the future.
Gaining mre insights int the sea will als help us manage its resurces better. Lgging new species will imprve ur understanding f life n the earth. It may enable us t discver new medicines, as well as new surces f fd and energy. Accessing the deep cean may prvide hints f events such as earthquakes. The ppulatin f the wrld is grwing and we need new resurces fr future develpment. There are prbably vast amunts f resurces under the sea and ice, nt just il and gas but als valuable minerals. The related envirnmental risks shuld be balanced with ecnmic needs. Hpefully, as technlgy imprves, we can have mre ptins fr managing this balance.
Festivals in China and Western Cuntries
Reprter: Xia Xing
Steps
1. Chse ne typical festival frm each f China and Western Cuntries.
2. Cmpare the tw festivals in at least tw aspects, whether in cmmn r different.
(Such as the cultural backgrund, ways t celebrate, etc.)
3. Analyze why these features are in cmmn r different.
4. Find cmmnalities r differences between Chinese and Western cultures the festivals reflect.
(if any, r can be mitted)
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