广东省深圳市光明区2022届高三下学期5月名校联考英语试题

Fort Street Hotel

Fort Street Hotel is located in a beautiful historic building in Auckland CBD (Central Business District). Facilities include free coffee, a sauna, a rooftop kitchen with beautiful views of the city and harbor. Free daily activities include walking tours and barbecue events.

Fort Street Hotel is within a 10-minute walk from Spark Arena, Sky Tower and Viaduct Harbor. It is a 5-minute walk to Britomart Train Station and Queen Street is just around the corner.

You can relax in the sauna, then head down to the bar, located on Darby Street, to meet fellow travelers from all over the world. Free Wi-Fi is available 24 hours a day in the common area on Level 1.

Great location：16-20 Fort Street, 1010 Auckland, New Zealand — show map

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#Non-smoking rooms    #Free Wi-Fi    #Free parking   #24-hour front desk  #Laundry

On many days I admit that I feel depressed, days when it seems that the efforts, the struggles, and the sacrifices of so many people fighting for social and environmental justice, fighting prejudice and racism, are fighting a losing battle.

But without hope, all is lost. It is a crucial survival character that has supported our species from the time of our Stone Age ancestors. Certainly, my own improbable journey would have been impossible if I had lacked hope.

Like all people who live long enough, I have been through many dark periods and seen so much suffering. I was in New York on that terrible day in 2001. I still can remember the disbelief, the fear, the confusion as the city went quiet except the whistles of the police cars and ambulances on the streets emptied of people.

It was ten years after that day that I was introduced to the Survivor Tree, a Callery pear tree discovered a month after the collapse of the towers. All that was left was half a trunk that had been burned black, with roots that were broken and only one living branch.

She was almost sent to the dump, but the young woman who found her, Rebecca Clough, begged that the tree be given a chance. And so she went to be cared for in a nursery in the Bronx. Bringing that seriously damaged tree back to health was not an easy task, and it was touch-and-go for a while. But whenever you give her a chance, nature returns. Eventually the tree made it. In the

spring, her branches are bright with blossoms. I've seen people looking at her and wiping away tears. She is a symbol of the resilience (适应力) of nature — and a reminder of all that was lost on that terrible day 20 years ago.

The Survivor Tree, brought back from the dead, had not only put out new leaves herself but also nurtured (养育) the lives of others. Now do you understand how I dare hope?

Nowadays, countries are eager to get more electric cars on the road because moving away from gas-powered vehicles is vital to fighting climate change. China says that most new vehicles sold by 2035 will be electric. The United Kingdom will ban new gas-powered cars in 2030. One of the world's major automakers, General Motors (GM), announced that it would stop selling gas-powered cars by 2035.

The key to an electric future is batteries. Automakers are racing to pack the most energy into the smallest one. The lithium-ion (锂离子) battery is what powers our mobile devices, which can be recharged again and again. Making these batteries has an environmental cost. Lithium is taken from the earth, like the oil used to make gasoline. But the long-term cost is much smaller. "Once you burn gasoline, you can't recycle it, "says Jessika Trancik, a researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "But when you use up a battery, you can still recycle the material."

It's up to governments to make electric cars accessible to everyone. National policies can help. In the United States, an electric Chevy Volt costs about $35,000. Trancik says charging stations must also be made widely available. As part of an effort to fight climate change, America plans to build half a million of them in the U.S. by 2030. She hopes enough charging stations will be built soon. "It's important to put chargers where many different people can have access to them, " she says. "Not just wealthier people."

Last year, almost 5% of approximately 67 million new cars sold worldwide were electric. For Venkat Viswanathan, a professor of mechanical engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, green electricity is part of the solution to climate change, and electric cars are just the beginning. He sees a future of solar-powered homes and electric flying cars. "Soon, a plug-in vehicle might be as cheap as a gas-powered car. It is now abundantly clear that electric is the future, "he says. "It will be a totally new world."

We've all been there — watching late-night TV and a commercial comes on for something that looks positively mouthwatering. Maybe it's yummy pizza, a refreshing beer, or steamed chicken wings. We think "how I wish I could get my hands on that right now" but instead settle for a bowl of instant noodles or some biscuits and cheese.

A Japanese professor wants to change that, and has developed a prototype for a lickable television screen device that can imitate food flavors.

According to a report from Reuters, the device is called Taste the TV (TTTV) and it uses a moving belt of flavor canisters (气雾罐) that spray in combination to imitate the tastes of particular foods. The device works by releasing flavor from 10 canisters onto a sheet of film that is rolled over the TV or tablet screen, which users can lick.

"The goal is to make it possible for people to have the experience of something like eating at a restaurant on the other side of the world, even while staying at home, " Homei Miyashita, a professor at Meiji University in Tokyo, told Reuters, adding that it could be beneficial for people who want to interact with foods from around the world during the pandemic.

According to a demonstration video, researchers mixed various foods and used sensors to "taste" them. The video shows other ways the TTTV could be used. For instance, you could add flavoring to toast, or make one food taste like something else entirely. The canisters can spray different flavors, which mix them together to create the desired taste profile.

Miyashita told Reuters the device could also be helpful for distance learning classes for cooks or chefs, or could be used for tasting games and quizzes.

New Year's resolutions：turning vows to deeds

Luckily, for those who fail at seeing their resolutions through, there is always a way to achieve your desired goal. Through a carefully designed plan for action, there is a way to achieve your goals. .

●Aim for what is in your control

The first thing to note is that New Year's resolutions are not wishes! . Ambiguous things like "I want to find love" or "I want to get a promotion" are unrealistic goals as they are determined by external forces that are out of our control. You cannot achieve what you can't control. Only work towards achieving what you are capable of. For instance, since we have no say as to who gets a promotion at work, this desire of being promoted can be broken down into achievable goals of increasing productivity and being more confident.

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Just because we have set a goal that we need to achieve this coming year does not mean we should start it on the first day of the first month of the year. Starting anything is not easy, it requires mental and physical preparation. . That can lead to easy failure or giving up.

●Track your progress

Maybe there are some ways to know you are on course to achieve your goals. . One can only be certain they are making headway on their resolutions if they have a way of determining their progress. To know we are headed towards the goal, we need to know how far we have come and how much further we have to go.

A. Have a game plan

B. Start when you are ready

C. Here are some easy steps to turn the written hopes into fruition

D. The best is to establish a method that quantifies your improvement

E. We have all made New Year's resolutions that have not worked in the past

F. Avoid writing down things you desire but are not 100 percent in your control

G. To say you will start on January 1 is to start too early and without preparedness

The fourth-graders walk up to a mirror — one after another — at a school in southwest Atlanta.

"I'm a good person!" a boy 1 a face mask adds.

Another boy follows, "I'm strong and 2, " before hurriedly walking away. In the background, their teacher, Acker, holds up the mirror in front of the kids and 3 them on.

"Yes! Louder! Love it!" she calls out.

Acker teaches science at Gideons Elementary School, and she's on a 4 to boost her students' confidence and 5. The kids returned to school this month after a year of virtual learning, and said their 6 words every morning before class starts.

Acker 7 this with her 5-year-old daughter since she developed verbal language skills, and loved how they both felt 8. "The best part about doing the affirmations is the feeling after I say them, " Acker says. "And the feeling I see my students feel or that they 9 after they do it. Their attitude is better, their self-confidence is 10 and we have a better day."

Mental health issues are 11 among children nationwide as they struggle with 12,

uncertainty and pandemic. Many adults report that the pandemic has been hard on their mental health. For kids, some experts say, it has become a(n) 13.

And more so this year, kids "need all of the kindness and compassion we can 14, "says Dr. Marcuetta, a psychologist.

Children develop their 15 based on how grown-ups speak to them, making teachers a key influence and positive affirmation a crucial first step, she adds.

Yao Zhongyu, a student of Beihang University from Taiwan, told his parents in a video (post) online that he would not be able to spend the Spring Festival with  (they) as he volunteered for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games.

"Beijing is such a big stage and I have missed out on many of the big events that (take) place in the past few years. It is a  (significance) opportunity to participate as a volunteer in such an international event, " Yao said.

In order  (select), Yao had passed the College English Test before he signed up as a volunteer, attended the Red Cross rescue training,  was organized by Beihang University, and obtained a corresponding certificate.

"My parents think that it is an honor  me to be a part of the Beijing 2022 and they  (true) take pride in me, " Yao said.

Yao worked as a volunteer in the Yanqing competition zone in the suburban area of Beijing.

According to Yao, the mainland has done  great job in COVID-19 prevention and control, and Beijing has many policies to support students from Taiwan to start businesses and find jobs. He plans to pursue his career in the mainland after  (complete) his studies.

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My ex-husband had made some very bad choices in his life, and I did not want my children to pay for them all their lives, so the boys and I talked and we decided to move. We moved 2,700 miles from home. We had a small car that pulled a small U-haul over the Rocky Mountains. I could barely read a map (my 8-year-old reads them great, I learned).

We arrived in our new town three days later, and found an apartment. I started the boys in their new school and went to our new home to unload the U-haul. I had brought all the clothes, dishes, blankets and toys that I could fit in the U-haul. As I began unloading, a lady whom I had briefly met the day before was driving down the road and she stopped to help me unload and carry everything up the three flights of stairs. After getting moved in, I was blessed two days later when I found a job.

Things were going great. The boys went to the Boys & Girls Club after school, and I would pick them up after work. In December, two months after moving, the manager of the Boys & Girls Club called me and said that there was a group of people who wanted to choose a family for Christmas and would I mind if they chose our family. My first thought was no, because we had all the love we needed for the holidays, but then he said that my children had told him that there was no furniture in the house, and this group had a lot of used furniture, and that the boys and I would be making them very happy. So I agreed.

They called me and asked what the boys wanted for Christmas and I told them that anything would be appreciated, and I told them what their favorite toys were.

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