河南省信阳市信阳高级中学2022-2023学年高三下学期开学考试英语试题

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河南省信阳高级中学 2023 届高三年级二轮复习滚动测试 1

英语试题

第二部分阅读理解(共两节，满分 40 分)

第一节(共15 小题;每小题 2分，满分 30 分)

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将

该项涂黑。

Monthly educational subscription boxes for students can be a great way to develop an interest in a particular

subject. If you want to learn something at home while having fun, you can have educational subscription boxes

delivered monthly straight to your house.

Spangler Boxes

Spangler Boxes feature a range of hands-on scientific experiments designed by Steve Spangler, who

previously hosted a popular science education program on News for Kids Projects focus on STEM-science,

technology, engineering and math Examples of projects include exploring lava (岩浆) science, the sound waves,

and physical laws.

Finders Seekers Boxes

After receiving a Finders Seekers Box, you’ll explore characters of a new city and culture every month while

solving puzzles. Think of a Finders Seekers Box as an escape room challenge that takes place in your living room.

Clues and online research tools are available to help in case you get stuck solving the mystery. Each puzzle takes

approximately two to four hours to complete.

Creation Boxes

Creation Boxes teach students electronics, digital tips and high-level problem-solving. Each box teaches a

lesson and is progressively more challenging. A sampling of the projects includes a mood lamp, an electronic

memory game, and a distance detector using an ultrasonic sensor (超声传感器).

Kiwi Doodle Boxes

Kiwi Doodle Boxes are among the most popular boxes on the market. They feature a variety of themes

customized to students aged from 8 to 18 and focus on art and design with projects such as a felt botanic garden,an

artificial leather sample set, and a handmade soap. These projects introduce students to new crafting materials and

techniques and all craft supplies are included in the box.

1. What did Steve Spangler use to be?

A. A scientist. B. An educator. C. A TV host. D. An engineer.

2. Which of the following is included in Finders Seekers Boxes?

A. Features of cities. B. Online instructions.

C. Historical mysteries. D. Escape room challenges.

3. If you are interested in handicraft art, which box would you subscribe?

A. Creation Boxes. B. Spangler Boxes.

C. Finders Seekers Boxes. D. Kiwi Doodle Boxes.

As a child growing up in a suburban town in the Northeast of the United States, the arrival of spring had little

meaning for me.

Sure, we had a weeklong spring vocation from school, but the key word there was vacation, not spring.

For the kids in my neighborhood, the arrival of spring was a non-event. There were two important seasons:

winter, when we could go skating and sledding or build snow forts, and summer, when we could finally make

proper use of the beach about 100 meter east of my family home. Spring and autumn were just technical details,

weeks and weeks of waiting for the good times' return.

Admittedly, spring later developed its own attractions for me—"In the spring a young man's fancy turns to

thoughts of love", ns the poet Alfred Lord Tennyson noted—however, it was not spring itself, but the other stuff bat

got my attention.

In short, I never thought much at all about spring…. and then I arrived in China. I had been in Beijing for

about three months when my first Spring Festival rolled around, and it could hardly be ignored. Aside from the

random bursts of fireworks at any time day or night, what stood out most for me was that the capital seemed to be

empty.

It was as though the crowds and streams of cars and trucks commonly seen in the capital had all gone into

hiding. My puzzlement cleared up when I returned to work. My colleagues explained that Chinese traditionally

travel, if necessary, to visit their families during Spring Festival, and that many Beijingers were not natives of the

capital.

I also got my first knowledge of something about Spring Festival that never ceases to amaze me. Regardless of

when the holiday is set to begin, there is m almost immediate and sudden change for the better in the weather.

Spring really does arrive.

I can't begin to figure out how the ancient Chinese could create a system for the millennia hat would almost

always accurately predict when the season would shift year after year after year. But they did.

4. What did the author think of spring as a child?

A. Eventful. B. Hopeful C. Dull. D. Trilling.

5. What can we learn from the passage?

A. The author never had a spring vacation before he came to China.

B. Spring to the author is a season when he could do nothing.

C. Empty streets and random bursts of fireworks upset the author.

D. Spring Festival tends to indicate the coming of Spring.

6. What' the author's attitude towards China's traditional culture?

A. Doubtful. B. Admirable. C. Objective. D. Confused.

Which of the following can be the best title?

A. Springtime—a season of waiting B. Springtime—a season of senses awakening

C. Spring Festival—a time of celebrating D. Spring Festival—a time of loneliness

Living in a city is a well-known risk factor for developing a mental disorder, while living close to nature is

largely beneficial for mental health and the brain. A central brain region, the amygdala ( 大脑杏仁核) involved in

stress processing, has been shown to be less activated during stress in people living in rural areas, compared to

those who live in cities, hinting at the potential benefits of nature. “But so far the hen-and-egg problem could not be

resolved, namely whether nature actually caused the effects in the brain or whether the particular individuals chose

to live in rural or urban regions,” says Sonja Sudimac.

To achieve causal evidence, the researchers from the group examined brain activity in regions involved in

stress processing in 63 healthy volunteers before and after a one-hour walk in Grunewald forest or a shopping street

with traffic in Berlin. The results revealed that activity in the amygdala decreased after the walk in nature,

suggesting that nature elicits beneficial effects on brain regions related to stress.

“The results support the previously assumed positive relationship between nature and brain health, but this is

the first study to prove the causal link. Interestingly, the brain activity after the urban walk in these regions

remained stable and showed no increases, which argues against a commonly held view that urban exposure causes

additional stress,” explains Simone Kühn, head of the group.

The authors show that nature has a positive impact on brain regions involved in stress processing and that it

can already be observed after a one-hour walk. This contributes to the understanding of how our physical living

environment affects brain and mental health. Even a short exposure to nature decreases amygdala activity,

suggesting that a walk in nature could serve as a preventive measure against developing mental health problems

and reducing the potentially disadvantageous impact of the city on the brain.

In order to investigate beneficial effects of nature in different populations and age groups, the researchers are

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