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2021年惠州市惠阳崇雅中学高中部高三英语上学期期中试卷及参考答案
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BobandSueHarveyspentnineyearsasresidentfellowsinadormitoryatSanfordandintheirbookVirtualRealityandTheCollegeFreshman,theywrite“TheFreshmanoftenfacesanidentityproblemduringthefirstsemester.”Collegeisamorepressuredenvironmentthanitusedtobe,inpartbecausetheacademicgapbetweenhighschoolandcollegehasincreased.Manycollegefreshmenhaveneverhadtomakeindependentdecisionsaboutsex,drugsandalcohol.Mostdon’tknowhowtomanagetheirtimeormoney.Theyoftenfeellonelyandoverwhelmed,resultinginanxietyanddepression.
NancyCorbin,directorofclinicalserviceforstudent-counseling(咨询servicesatIowaStateUniversity,saysherofficeisseeingasignificantincreaseinrequestsforcounselingfromfreshmenwhoarehavingtroublemakingtheadjustmenttocollegelife.Shesaysolderteenagersincreasinglylacktheskillstodealwithpersonalproblemsthataren’teasilydefinedorfixed.Andtheygethomesickbuthaveahardtimeadmittingit.
Parentsandhighschoolscanmakethingseasieronfreshmenbypreparingthemdifferently.Forexample,byteachingthemtobudgettheirhoursanddollars.TheHarveysthinkhighschoolsshouldofferacollege-lifecourse.“Parentsneedtofocusmoreonrelationshipandpersonalissuesandlessonhowmanysheetsandtowelstotake,”theysay.Manyhomesickfreshmenthinkthey’llberegardedasfailuresiftheycomehomebeforeThanksgiving.Soparentscanhelpbylettingthemknowthey’rewelcometoreturniftheyfeeltheneed.Inthemeantime,parentshavetofindnewwaystokeepintouchwiththeircollegekids.Oneofthebestwaysise-mail.It’slessunpleasantandlessexpensivethanconstantphonecallsandismorelikelytobeansweredthanahandwrittenletter.
1.Whyisthefirstsemesterdifficultforfreshmenincollege?A.Becausetheyoftenfailinexams.B.Becausetheylacktimeandmoney.
C.Becausetheyaretoohomesicktomakenewfriends.D.Becausetheyhavetosettlepersonalissuesontheirown.2.Inthelastparagraph,itissuggestedthat________.

A.parentsshouldstopbuyinganythingfortheirkidsB.parentsshoulddevelopagoodrelationshipwiththeirkidsC.parentsshouldbetaughthowtosende-mailstotheirkidsD.parentsshouldworkwithhighschoolsincollege-lifecourses3.Whichofthefollowingmightbethebesttitleforthepassage?
A.HardLifeofCollegeFreshmenB.ApproachestoTroubleinCollegeC.Freshmen’sAdaptationProblemsD.AStrangePhenomenoninCollege
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Kamikatsu,asmalltowninJapan,hasshowntheworldthatourgarbagehasfar-reachingeffects,andnotjustonourenvironment.
Theexperimentingoingzerowastestartedwhenthetownbuiltanewincinerator20yearsago.Butalmostimmediately,theincineratorwasdeterminedtobeahealthriskduetothepoisonousgaseswhengarbagewasburnedinit.Itwastooexpensivetosendwastetoothertowns,solocalshadtocomeupwithanewplan.ThentheZeroWasteAcademywasborn,whichhelpedperformthisplan.
NowKamikatsupeopleseparatetheirwasteinto45differentcategories.Butinthebeginning,itwasn'teasytoconvincelocalpeopletodoallthiswork,andtherewassomepushback.Onlyafterthatinitialeducationperioddidmostresidentscomeonboard.
Thisisallgreatnewsforwastereductionofcourse,butithasalsohadsomeunexpectedsocialbenefitsaswell.LikemuchofJapan,Kamikatsu'spopulationisaging,andabout50percentofthelocalsareelderly.Thefactthatthewholecommunitytakestheirtrashintoberecycledhascreatedalocalactionandinteractionbetweengenerations.
Thatideahasbeenpurposefullyexpandedtoincludeacircularshopwherehouseholdgoodsaredroppedoffandotherscantakethem,andatableware"library"wherepeoplecanborrowextracups,glasses,silverwareandplatesforcelebrations.
"Theelderlyseethisnotasawaste-collectionservice,butanopportunitytosocializewiththeyoungergenerationandtochat.Whenwevisitthem,theypreparelotsoffoodandwestaywiththemforawhile,weaskhowtheyare,"Sakano,thefounderoftheZeroWasteAcademy,said.
Sakano'sideasaretrulyrevolutionaryifyouthinkaboutit.She'sprovingthatcommunitycanbefoundthroughhandlingthestuffwenolongerwantandneed.4.Whatismainlytalkedaboutinparagraph2?

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