高一期末复习英语专题训练—阅读理解
阅读理解专项—应用说明文
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2025 Summer Camps
Want your child to have a meaningful summer? It’s not too late to plan Registration for Summer 2025 is OPEN.
◇American Museum of Natural History Online Camp
The camps are divided into grades 2-3, 4-6 and 7-9. Camps for grades 2-3 include Key to the Kingdoms of Life and Planetary Power, while grades 4-6 can acquire geological (地质学的) knowledge with What’s Written in a Rock and 7-9 can explore the Earth’s flowers and plants with Building Biodiversity.
Open from Wednesday to Sunday, 11:00 am-6:00 pm Cost: $340 per week
◇Brooklyn Museum Online Camp
The camp includes art-making activities and art appreciation, which are for campers to learn about art, interact with other campers, discover artists, work with different mediums, try out new techniques, etc. —all while having fun.
Open daily, 10:00 am-5:30 pm Cost: $375 per week
◇Community Cookbook Camp
This virtual camp offers an immersive (沉浸式的) and interactive cooking experience by contributing recipes (菜谱) to what will be a lasting record of the summer. Campers will follow step-by-step instructions that empower them to prepare meals for their families.
Open from Monday to Thursday, 11:00 am-5:30 pm Cost: $400 per week
◇Challenge Camp
Campers will choose from over 100 STEM and Arts courses including 3D printing, chess, fashion, handwriting, photography and much more. Parents will personalize a program of selections based on their children’s interests, and the campers would follow those selections for the class.
Open from Monday to Friday, 9:30 am-12:30 pm Cost: $250 per week
1. What is typical of American Museum of Natural History Online Camp?
A. Its charge is the lowest of all. B. Its targets are middle school students.
C. Its activities are organized by grade. D. Its campers are limited to local residents.
2. Which camp runs longest in a day?
A. American Museum of Natural History Online Camp.
B. Brooklyn Museum Online Camp.
C. Community cookbook Camp.
D. Challenge Camp.
3. What may be the purpose of Community cookbook Camp?
A. To promote local food culture. B. To recommend healthy recipes.
C. To cook food for local charities. D. To build cooking skills in children.
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Tell Me More
This app is widely used in U.S. schools, and it is believed to be the best foreign language learning app around the world. It offers instructions for learning Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese and Spanish. However, the app does not come cheap as it costs around $250.
Talk Now!
If you are looking for a cheaper language learning app, then this is just the suitable choice for you. This app will cost you around $40, and even though it is not as useful as Tell Me More, it is still a very good app for the purpose. The disadvantages are that there is very little focus on grammar and there is a clear lack of interactive activities(缺乏互动性活动)for users so it does not result in fluency(流利).
Instant Immersion
This app provides learning material for up to 33 different languages, and it is widely considered as the best app for learning Spanish as well. It will cost you around $30, and this is a very reasonable price for such a highly recommended(推荐)and loved language learning app. The learning courses are highly interactive, and the ever present speech recognition feature ensures(保证)that you are getting the pronunciation right when you speak.
KidSpeak
This is a foreign language translation app that you can make use of, and it will cost you around $30. So, it is safe to say that the level of performance will be similar to that of Talk Now! This app is designed more for the use of children for its interesting videos.
4. What is the disadvantage of Tell Me More?
A. It lacks language learning methods. B. It offers no interactive activities.
C. It provides no interesting videos for children. D. It costs much more than the others.
5. Which of the apps best suits users with poor pronunciation?
A. Tell Me More. B. Instant Immersion. C Talk Now. D. KidSpeak.
6. The author wrote this passage to ______.
A. tell us the importance of learning a foreign language
B. introduce some language learning apps to us
C. tell us the advantages and disadvantages of some apps
D. encourage us to use apps in learning foreign languages
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The Alcatraz Gardens Stewardship Program
The Alcatraz Gardens Stewardship Program aims to protect the Alcatraz historic gardens once tended by the island’s military (军事的) members. For more than a century, the gardens were an important part of everyday life for officers and families sent to Alcatraz on duty. Many of the plants selected by these earlier gardeners proved to be excellent choices for the poor environment, flowering through the forty years of ignorance that followed its closing.
Volunteers help care for the gardens with activities such as weeding, planting, promoting, and seed collecting. As an added advantage, garden volunteers arrive on Alcatraz before other visitors, so you can experience the island during the most peaceful time of day. Please note, booking is required.
WORKING HOURS: Wednesdays and Thursdays, 8 a.m. — 12 a.m.
AGE, SKILLS, WHAT TO BRING
● Volunteers aged 15 and up are welcome.
● We’ll be working rain or shine. Wear dirt-resistant clothes. Long trousers and closed-toe shoes are required. Bring outer wear for changing weather and raincoat if necessary.
● Bring a personal water bottle, sunscreen and lunch.
● No experience necessary. Training and tools will be provided. Complete community service (社区服务) requirements.
CONTACT US!
Contact us at (415) 561-3044 or volunteer@parksconservancy.org
You can also view the Volunteer FAQ page for more information.
7. What is the aim of the The Alcatraz Gardens Stewardship Program?
A. To guard the officers and families. B. To protect military equipment.
C. To maintain the historic site. D. To investigate the environment.
8. What are the volunteers required to do?
A. Wear dirty clothes. B. Reach the age limit.
C. Have related experience. D. Bring gardening tools.
9. What can we learn from the program?
A. Officers ought to work on weekends.
B. Applicants must sign up on the spot.
C. Visitors can enter the garden without booking.
D. Volunteers can enjoy the scenery when less crowded.
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When it comes to food, you really can have too much of a good thing. These foods can be healthy, but only when you don’t overdo it.
Nuts
Nuts are an extraordinary source of healthy fats, which can be beneficial for maintaining a healthy heart. Despite the benefits, nuts are so percent fat and high in calories. Adding a few handfuls to your daily diet to replace unhealthy fats is ideal, but do not cat too much.
Cheese
Cheese (along with most dairy products) is a good source of calcium (钙) and protein (蛋白质), which can advance healthy bone development and heart strength. However, eating too much cheese is harmful to your health and actually cancels out any health benefits. And remember to select varieties that are lower in sodium and fat.
Bottled Green Juices
All-natural green juices are a healthy way to get the daily doses (剂量) of fruit and vegetables that most of us forget about. However, most bottled green juices are extraordinarily high in sugar, which can take away the health benefits that natural versions promise. When selecting a juice, make sure to keep an eye on the amount of sugar in each.
10. What do nuts and cheese have in common?
A. Both are high in calories. B. Both are good for heart.
C. Both are helpful in weight loss. D. Both are popular snacks.
11. What might be the main concern about bottled green juices according to the text?
A. They are not fresh. B. They are expensive.
C. They are not natural. D. They are high in sugar.
12. What is the main purpose of the text?
A. To introduce healthy foods. B. To guide food selection.
C. To warn of overeating risks. D. To compare food benefits.
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Are you looking for some movies? You’ve landed on the right place. Let’s take a look at the list I’ve collected.
A Beautiful Mind
A Beautiful Mind is the story of John Nash, a mathematician who went on to win the Nobel Prize for his Game Theory. This movie brings his whole journey on screen — from his beginning to his downhill ride.
The first half is all about his rise to fame while the second half shows how he slowly falls into madness. After many years of fighting, he finally is victorious.
I.Q.
The story is about an auto mechanic who falls for Albert Einstein’s niece. The only problem is that she is engaged (已订婚的) to someone else. Fortunately, Einstein likes him. The young man pretends to be a physicist to run after her, but things don’t go as he has planned.
If A Beautiful Mind was a little too heavy for you, I.Q. would be the perfect fit. It’s a light drama that is funny and heartwarming for the most part.
Good Will Hunting
Good Will Hunting is a touching tale of a troubled young man called Will Hunting who is gifted with a natural talent in mathematics.
However, he is struggling to find his identity. He can solve any math problem, but not the one he seems to be struggling with in his life. His life seems to be getting only worse until one day he meets Sean, a therapist, who helps him find direction in life.
Creation
Creation is a story of a famous scientist, Charles Darwin, best known for his Theory of Evolution. This movie attempts to bring his struggling days into focus, the time when he was dealing with the loss of his daughter and was suffering from hallucinations (幻觉). At the same time, he was working on a book called On the Origin of Species, which he finally completed.
All in all, Creation is a great historical drama.
13. If you are interested in a relaxing movie, which one can you see?
A. I.Q B. Creation
C. A Beautiful Mind D. Good Will Hunting
14. Who are experts in mathematics?
A. Will Hunting and Sean. B. John Nash and Will Hunting.
C. Charles Darwin and Sean. D. John Nash and Charles Darwin.
15. What’s the main purpose of the text?
A. To introduce movies. B. To promote science.
C. To recommend actors. D. To compare movies.