2024年4月7日发(作者：)

2022~2023

学年广东省广州市荔湾区高一下学期期末联考英语试题

1. The Win-win Global High School Finance Competition is a free, online competition for high

school students (9th to 12th grade) and teachers. Students work in teams of four to seven, guided by

a teacher as their advisor. Together, they learn about teamwork, communication, risk, company and

industry analysis.

About the Competition

Numbers from last year’s

Finance Competition

2022-2023

Team: 4-7 students and 1

advisor

Important Changes:

Student teams must consist

of members from the same

school.

Advisors must be a teacher

at the high school.

1300

Teams

1,015

Advisors

64

Countries

6,981

Students

Teams conduct a brief case study and work together to help their clients to win his or her business.

Winners are selected on the strength and explanation of their team strategies, not on the growth of

their profits, which is a key difference between this finance challenge and others.

A team of judges select 50 teams for semifinals (

半决赛

) by reviewing their final reports. Those

teams are invited to present their strategies to the expert judges at the virtual semifinals. The top 10

teams from the semifinals move on to the Global Final Stage in the school hall.

The reasons to join the Competition

● You get to explore the exciting world of securities and strategies.

● You learn about risk, company and industry analysis.

● You develop teamwork, leadership and communication skills.

● You build your file for college and scholarship applications.

● You have a chance to compete against teams from around the world.

● You learn finance skills that will last a lifetime.

1. What is a new requirement for the teams in 2023?

A

．

Students should be at least in Grade 8.

B

．

Advisors must come from universities.

C

．

Members must be from the same school.

D

．

There are at least 5 students and a teacher.

2. Which will decide the teams chosen to the final?

A

．

Stage performance.

C

．

Online presentation.

3. Which is a benefit of the competition?

A

．

Financial skill development.

B

．

Success in college application.

C

．

A chance to study in a famous school.

D

．

A lot of new friends from other schools.

2. Jordan knew he wanted to do something unique with his farmland. He wanted to win the local

garden club’s “Yard of the Month” award. But he didn’t have the money to buy new trees, so he

began by using bushes and shrubs (

矮树苗

) that a local nursery had thrown away—that looked dead

to most people.

Because he worked days at a can factory, Jordan often tended his garden at night. Neighbors got

used to seeing one little headlight as Jordan stood on a ladder, cutting and shaping his steadily

growing bushes. Gradually, the shrubs took on different shapes. Jordan then began planting trees and

using zip ties, coat hangers, PVC pipe, and even his wife’s old stockings to achieve the forms he

wanted. “He has a way of manipulating plants to do things he wants them to do by training, bending,

wiring, and clipping,” says a neighbor, “And the plants seem to bend to his will.”

Many professional gardeners are amazed by what Jordan has been able to achieve. “The garden itself

was created from lack of knowledge,” says Jordan in his booming bass voice, “because I didn’t

know you weren’t supposed to do this with plants. For one time in my life, ignorance paid off.”

Jordan’ attention to detail and his willingness to work hard have made him a local hero. He was the

fist African American to win “Yard of the Month” honor from the local garden club. And more

recognition followed: articles in major newspapers and appearances on well-known TV shows.

Jordan’s garden now includes about 400 species of plants and 150 shrubs in different shapes. On his

front yard, four-foot-tall letters filled with bright red begonias (

秋海棠

) spell Love, Peace, and

Goodwill. These are the principles Jordan lives by. A box for donations can be found on the property,

but giving is optional. Jordan welcomes people who can’t afford to pay. He understands; he’s been

there.

1. What does Jordan’s experience of building the garden tell us?

B

．

Final Report.

D

．

Profits earned.

A

．

Beggars can’t be choosers.

B

．

A good beginning is half done.

C

．

Where there is a will, there is a way.

D

．

Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.

2. What does the underlined word “manipulating” mean in paragraph 2?

A

．

Using. B

．

Expecting. C

．

Tending. D

．

Controlling.

3. Which of the following words can best describe Jordan?

A

．

Brave and hard-working

C

．

Passionate but careless.

4. What can be inferred from the last paragraph?

A

．

Jordan comes from a poor family.

C

．

It is worthwhile to pay for the visit.

3. Two thousand years ago, the ancient Roman city of Caesarea had the largest harbor on the eastern

coast of the Mediterranean Sea. It was a wonder of engineering for its time. Then disaster struck.

Written records say a huge wave destroyed the harbor. What kind of wave caused it? Did it ally

happen? No one had ever found the evidence of until now.

Dr Goodman is part of a team of scientists studying samples at Caesarea to figure out what happened

in the past. A sample is taken by striking a tube into the seafloor. When the tube is pulled up, it

contains sediments (

沉淀物

) that have collected on the seafloor for hundreds or thousands of years.

Looking down through the mixture of sand, stones and other sediments is like looking back in time.

That’s what Dr. Goodman was doing when she found something astonishing. It was a layer (

层

) of

shells — all came from the time the harbor was destroyed. Dr. Goodman knew this shell layer had a

story to tell.

Usually, shells are part of the mixture of sediments collected on the seafloor. A shell layer is as thin

as your finger. Yet Dr. Goodman was staring at a layer nearly 1 meter thick! Almost all the shells

were broken.

The thick layer of broken shells meant a sudden, powerful event swept these shells into the area. The

broken shells were evidence that a huge wave really did destroy the harbor. Dr. Goodman could

even tell the direction of the wave from the way the shells lined up.

Here’s what Dr. Goodman thinks happened. First, an earthquake struck north of Caesarea along the

coast. Energy from the movement of rock during the earthquake caused a tsunami. This huge wave

raced across the sand and kicked up shells along the way and broke them into pieces. Finally, the

wave crashed into the harbor and destroyed it.

B

．

Tickets are expensive for visitors.

D

．

Jordan lives on donation from others.

B

．

Creative and committed.

D

．

Ambitious but ignorant.

Dr. Goodman plans to gather evidence for other ancient tsunamis along the Mediterranean coast.

This will help her predict what areas are likely to be struck by future tsunamis. Then people can

avoid building in these areas.

1. What can be learned about the Caesarea harbor?

A

．

It was the largest in the world.

B

．

It was destroyed by a tsunami.

C

．

It is a mystery whether it existed.

D

．

It is studied by many engineers now.

2. How did Dr. Goodman obtain the sample at Caesarea?

A

．

By studying underwater.

C

．

By digging for ancient shells.

B

．

By analyzing the mixture.

D

．

By collecting sediments in a tube.

3. Which is the evidence to solve the historical mystery?

A

．

The direction of the wave.

C

．

The way the shells lined up.

4. Which can be the best title of the passage?

A

．

Shells Tell the Story

C

．

Underwater Clues for Future

4. Mars rover (

火星车

) Zhurong, part of China’s Tianwen-1 Mars exploration mission, has provided

key observational evidence of liquid water at low Martian latitudes (

纬度

), the warmest regions on

the red planet, according to a new study.

Previous studies found evidence of a large amount of liquid water on early Mars, but climate

changes led to very low pressure and water vapor content (

水汽含量

), making it difficult for liquid

water to exist on the present-day planet. Scientists believe that water can now only exist there in

solid or gaseous forms.

However, robots on Mars have found that salty liquid water can appear in the summer at high

latitudes on Mars. But evidence of liquid water at the planet’s low latitudes, where surface

temperatures are highest, is still lacking. Findings from the Zhurong rover, whose landing site was in

a low-latitude region of Mars, now fill that gap.

A group of more than 20 researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences has since used data

obtained by cameras and detectors on the rover to study the surface features and material

compositions of sand hills in the landing area.

Researchers explained that salts in sand hills cause frost and snow to melt at low temperatures to

form salty liquid water. When it dries, it leaves trace on the surface of the planet. They also said the

sand hills Zhurong found were formed about 400,000 to 1.4 million years ago. The exchange of

B

．

Scientists Predict Disasters

D

．

Sea Exploration of Mediterranean

B

．

The diversity of sediments.

D

．

The thick layer of broken shells.

water vapor between the higher and lower latitudes during this period led to repeated wet

environments at low Martian latitudes, followed by the frequent occurrence of salty water when

temperatures dropped in the region.

The discovery provides key proof of liquid water at Martian low latitudes, where surface

temperatures are relatively warm and more suitable for life than high latitudes. It also provides

information for the design of future exploration strategies for Mars rovers to search for existing life

on Mars, researchers said in the study.

1. What is the purpose of paragraph 2 and 3?

A

．

To show the effects of climate changes.

B

．

To stress the contribution of the discovery.

C

．

To introduce the findings of previous studies.

D

．

To present the lack of evidence of water on Mars.

2. Where does the salty liquid water on Mars come from?

A

．

The exchange of water vapor.

B

．

Frost and snow melted by salt.

C

．

Water vapor at lower temperatures.

D

．

Water collection from the wet environment.

3. What is the main idea for the passage?

A

．

Zhurong looks for signs of existing life.

B

．

Zhurong plans to search for signs of water.

C

．

Zhurong finds new evidence of water on Mars.

D

．

Zhurong lands its robotic arms on the red planet.

4. What is the significance of the latest study on Mars?

A

．

It explores Mars landing strategies.

B

．

It proves the existence of solid water.

C

．

It finds an environment good for lives.

D

．

It helps future Mars exploration plans.

5. As you get older, you’ll meet a wider range of people from diverse cultures. If you haven’t met

many people from different backgrounds, it can be hard to know how to respect their culture. 1

Know your own culture