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浙江省宁波市2024-2024学年高一上学期期末考试英语试题
选择题部分
第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分35分） 第一节（共10小题；每小题2.5分，满分25分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
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Everybody is fond of a hot shower, except maybe your skin and hair. As it turns pit, hot water dries out skin and leaves hair dry and easily broken, Sejal Shah, MD(Doctor of Medicine) in New York City, told Women’s Health. And, if you dye(染) your hair, the color is likely to fade faster once the water gets steamy. To make matters worse, by making your skin lose natural oils, hot showers---above 99 degrees Fahrenheit---may bring about health problems. You may not like it, but the shower temperature that offers the greatest hair and skincare benefits is, well, cold.
Cold showers “strengthen the contractile fibers around pores(毛孔), muscles, and hairs, which improves the firmness of skin”, says Carl Thornfeldt, MD with over 30 years of skin research experience. Though many people believe hot showers open and clear pores, it’s actually wiser to close them. “Closing pores helps keep pollution from getting into the skin, at least temporarily.”
The benefits of cold showers are numerous, but surely we can’t be expected to stand under cold water shivering every day especially in winter---not to mention that too cold(below the body’s average temperature of 96.6 degrees Fahrenheit) is also bad. Fortunately, Dr. Thornfeldt recommends a happy medium. “The best solution is to take a warm, not too hot shower and then finish off with running cold water for the last few seconds to still gain the rewards of the cold water,” he says.
That doesn’t sound too unbearable. Considering the fact that our beloved, steamy showers may cause so much danger to skin and hair, it’s best to switch to slightly warm temperatures to avoid losing natural oils and drying out, especially in winter when indoor heat is already sucking moisture(水分) out of skin. So, when the main part of an extremely comfortable warm shower is complete, finish off with a cool splash. Your hair and skin will thank you! 21. Why does your hair dislike a hot shower?
A. It leads to hair loss
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Ajarn Recruitment, a new and successful educational organization, mainly provides teaching jobs for people
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B. It makes your hair go grey D. It causes hair-related illness B. trembling with fear D. shaking with cold
B. Water as warm as your body
D. Warm water mainly and cold water at the end
C. It makes your hair weak A. fighting with courage C. recovering from pain A. Completely cold water
22. What does the underlined word “shivering” in the third paragraph probably mean?
23. What kind of water is advised to use for showers?
C. Warm water and cold water by turn
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with teaching experience as well as exam preparation courses for teenagers and adults.
We are now looking for:
? 2 English speakers for part-time conversational teaching from Tuesday to Thursday at a primary school,
which is only 5 minutes’ walk away from the Downtown Square. Teaching is from 3 pm to 5 pm. The hourly fee is 400 Thailand baths.
? 2 full-time English speakers for a conversational English program at a governmental school near Sao Ching Cha in Phra Nakhon district. The monthly pay starts at 28,000 Thailand baths and up depending on your performance in your work.
You must:
? have the ability to lead and encourage your students
? have at least 1 year of teaching experience for the full-time position
? have the ability to adapt yourself to the new living environment in a developing country ? be a native speaker of English, holding a passport from Australia, New Zealand or America If interested, please send the following required information to ajarn@ ajarnexpress. Com ? your resume
? your teaching certificates
? your own photo and the photo of your passport
We will get in touch with you through e-mails only. Since we have a great number of candidates, we don’t have much time to go through your resume carefully. So we only offer chance of an interview to those candidates with a short and brief list.
TEL: 02-108-7217.
24. The passage is mainly written to .
A. advertise four job offers
B. provide exam preparation courses D. introduce an educational organization
C. encourage students to study abroad
25. Who is most likely to get the full-time position?
A. A local English teacher in Thailand B. A university English teacher from England C. A graduate of an American teachers’ college D. An experienced English teacher from Australia 26. If you want to get the chance of an interview, you’d better . A. leave your phone number
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The rumor(传言) proved all too bitterly true: Park’s hardware, a downtown institution of Orono for over 100
B. introduce yourself in detail D. call 02-108-7217 as soon as possible
C. make a brief self-introduction
years, would be closing. Locals cross-examined, and begged Lin, the owner of the store, but it seemed useless. Running a small, local, family-owned hardware business was no longer profit maker. The town’s love for Park’s Hardware was just not enough to allow it to compete against the giant warehouse stores(大商店).
I was one member of the excited masses that began to walk through Park’s as, day by day, the lettering on the front window changed from “20% OFF EVERYTHING” to “30%,” “40%,” and on and on, until the only things left 大儒诚信教育资源
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were the light sockets(插座) and doorknobs.
Compared with giant warehouses, a hardware store is special. I recall the time I was exploring in one giant warehouse for a wireless doorbell that Park’s didn’t carry. I found the thing, but didn’t understand the following note on the package: “Red light indicates condition of the battery.” “Excuse me,” I said to a clerk, holding the item out, “I can’t seem to find the red light.” The man examined it, and said, “Neither can I.” I compared this experience with one I usually had at Park’s. “Lin,” I’d beg. “Can you…please…I don’t know…do you think…?” And quicker than one could say, “little red light,” Lin would spring into action and together we’d sit down to find the solution.
I could buy a single screw(螺丝钉) at Park’s. At a warehouse I have no choice but to buy a box of a hundred screws. But I don’t want a box of a hundred screws when all I need is one. I just want to know the location of the little red light, and now that Park’s is gone, I realize that I never will. 27.Why did Park’s decide to stop its business?
A. The owner invested in other business B. The owner couldn’t make enough money C. Its location was not convenient for shopping D. It couldn’t win enough love from the locals 28.What did Park’s do before closing?
A. It had a closing down sale B. It looked for a new owner C. It struggled for its reorganization D. It distributed its goods to regulars 29.What does the writer’s experience in Paragraph3 suggest?
A. The good service of Park’s B. The benefit of having more choices
C. The pressure of competition for Park’s D. The responsible working attitude of large stores 30.How did the writer feel about the closing-down of Park’s?
A. Supportive
B. Sorry
C. Surprised
D. Uninterested
第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
How to write a letter for advice
The need to ask for advice comes up regularly throughout life. 31 You cannot communicate with others directly, so you need to think things through in advance, provide all necessary information and ask proper questions.
Introduce yourself. If the person doesn’t know who you are, you will write a short paragraph to introduce yourself at the beginning of the letter. 32 If you are writing to someone you don’t know, briefly let them know how you found them.
State why you are writing. After introducing yourself(if necessary), you will want to get straight to the point. 33 Examples include: “I am writing to ask if you could help me with…”, “I would appreciate it if you could give me some advice about…”, “I am writing to ask for your advice,” “I wonder if you could help me with a problem.”
34 If you’re asking for advice on a problem or situation that you have been trying to solve on your own, Keep it brief. 35 This is because they will have to spend lots of time reading and understanding your letter, A. Begin by explaining the purpose of your letter
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but haven’t been able to, then briefly explain what you have tried, and why it didn’t seem to work.
Apart from that, you should keep it short and to the point and it will increase your chances of receiving a reply.
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浙江省宁波市2024-2024学年高一上学期期末考试英语试题
