2024届新高考英语模拟卷（山东卷）（含答案解析）
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Our new childcare location in Scheveningen!
The center is surrounded by numerous international institutes and embassies and is conveniently located just 10 minutes from The Hague city center. You can easily pick up and drop off your child thanks to the many parking spaces close to the entrance.
Our services
Big Ben Kids provides day care, preschool care and after-school care. Our activity programme includes language lessons, violin lessons, guitar lessons and much more. Activities are held indoors, but can also be external, such as swimming in the river, and field trips to the woods. Children learn dancing, making music, and the native language ——Dutch! They learn through play. Our curriculum is carefully designed in such a way that the children don’t even notice how much they learn each day. For them，it’s all about playing and having fun!
What does Big Ben Kids offer your family?
? Homelike environment
A warm and stimulating(趣味盎然的）atmosphere that allows children to grow and develop safely.
? A truly international place
Our staff members come from all over the world, just like the families we serve. We are therefore acutely aware that our centers should be much more than places that simply care for children. We always go the extra mile to help families and try to bring everyone together to form a friendly international community. ? Healthy meals
At Big Ben Kids, we serve two warm, healthy, homemade meals each day. The snacks are nutritious as well, with lots of fruit and vegetables. Parents receive our menu every week in advance.
1. Where does the center probably lie? A. Germany.
B. France.
C. Holland.
D. Sweden.
2. Who is the center mainly intended for? A. Foreign children. C. Native children.
B. Preschool children. D. Athletic children.
3. What are parents aware of about their children ahead of time? A. What activities their children join. C. How their children perform in class.
B. What meals their children are served. D. Whether their children finish homework. B
Norway shares a long eastern border with Sweden and is bordered by Finland and Russia to the north-east, and the Skagerrak Strait to ihe south 一 Denmark on the other side of the strait. It has ail extensive coastline, facing the North Atlantic Ocean and the Barents Sea.
For the last few years, Norway has registered the highest quality 6f life among the worlds nations. It is one of the wealthiest countries in the world. Norwegians can also expect to get a good education, the job they wan! — unemployment is only 4 percent according to recent data updated in January,2024 — enjoy good health and live a long life. Its achievement today is completely unexpected for many people, especially senior citizens there. Just 80 years ago Norwegians were moving to the USA in their thousands in search of a better life. The rise in oil prices in the 1970s changed all that. On a per-capita(人均的) basis, Norway is the world’s largest producer of oil outside of the Middle East.
When you arrive in Oslo, the capital of Norway, for the first don't expect to be met by Dubai-style skyscrapers, and rows of Ferraris and Porsches. In 2024, Norway became one of the few countries where over 5 in every 100 passenger cars on the roads is a plug-in electric one. Norwegians also work hard and are always near the top in research on global worker productivity rates. Bui in today’s high-tech world where work seems to follow us wherever we go, the people of Norway are redefining(重新定义)what wealth means. Laws just recently passed by the government attach great importance to family and time off.
Also, the country is saving for the future. Every dollar earned from oil is put straight into its pensions ——worth billions of dollars. At a time when most other western countries are wondering how they will finance the pensions of a growing retired population, Norway is sitting pretty. 1.
Where is the Skagerrak strait?
A.Near the Barents Sea. C.Near the north of Norway. 2.What leads to Norway’s success? A.Its huge reserve of oil. C.Its quality education.
B.On the east of Finland. D.On the north of Denmark.
B.Its low unemployment rate. D.Its pleasant natural environment.
3.What can be inferred about Norway from paragraph 3? A.Norwegians are seeking modern life. B.It is modest about its wealth. C.It puts much focus on the traffic.
D.Norwegians try to keep away from high technology.
4.What does the underlined sentence in the last paragraph convey? A.Norway’s future should be considered. B.Norway wouldn’t like to make changes. C.Norway has accumulated enough pensions. D.Norway's retired population is decreasing.
C
There are only a few truly pleasant smells to wake to in the morning. For me, it's the smell of freshly brewed coffee. Just a sniff of it makes me jump out of bed and rush to the kitchen for a gulp of the hot black liquid.
If you're a big fan of coffee, you'll understand that opening a new packet of coffee releases an amazing smell-fresh, roasted coffee beans. And you'll be able to identify the beans' origin-Colombia, Vietnam or Brazil. Tim Hayward is a food writer and coffee shop owner; he believes the smell is absolutely vital. \smell hits you, you're getting physiological responses.\
I know from experience when I walk into a cafe, my mouth begins to water and it's the smell that makes me feel good. However, this feeling sometimes turns to disappointment. This is particularly the case when I order a coffee to go in a tall paper cup and sip the liquid through a hole in the lid. Yes, it's convenient, but is it really the right way to appreciate it?
You walk into the coffee shop, you get the smell, but when you actually take the drink out, you are drinking it from something that is designed to deliver the hot liquid directly past your
2024届新高考英语模拟卷(山东卷)(含答案解析)
