2023-2024学年高二英语国庆假英语每日练 Day1

2023年高二年级国庆假英语每日练

 Day 1

（一）

Activities for National Manufacturing Day

The STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Careers Coalition (职业联盟) offers students and families new STEM resources to explore the world of modern manufacturing. With over 4 million manufacturing roles predicted to be available in the next ten years, the new resources from the coalition connect today’s students to the manufacturing careers of tomorrow.

National Manufacturing Day occurs annually on the first Friday of October to motivate today’s students to become the next generation of innovator leading the manufacturing industry. In order to support this celebration, the coalition offers three different collections to all students, educators, and families on modern manufacturing that support learning wherever it takes place. The following resources are available to all at no cost:

Manufacturing focused Career Profiles (简介)

Explore the profiles of excellent manufacturing professionals who used the skills they learned at school to become the kind of problem solvers that make a difference. Make the connection from the classroom to careers and find out how all students can make it in manufacturing.

Hands-on Student Activities

From innovating food packaging to discovering the principles of accurate design to exploring water sustainability, at home, Hands-on learning activities help students take STEM skills from theory to practice.

Classroom Activities

Access the no cost, standard classroom activities to support future career success for all students. Each activity features important STEM skills and a step by step guide for promoting activities into classroom.

Virtual Interactive Field Trips

Each virtual experience features accompanying educator resources and student activities that make it easy for teachers to put these manufacturing events into the learning experiences

they design and deliver daily.

All resources are available at no cost at stemcareerscoalition.org.

1．What is the purpose of the STEM Careers Coalition?

A．To count the vacant jobs in manufacturing.

B．To report the current state of manufacturing.

C．To guide students to work on manufacturing.

D．To offer students pre-job training in manufacturing.

2．Which activity will introduce manufacturing masters to students?

A．Classroom Activities.

B．Hands-on Student Activities.

C．Virtual Interactive Field Trips.

D．Manufacturing-focused Career Profiles.

3．What do the activities have in common?

A．All of them are virtual.

B．They are free of charge.

C．Only students practice in them.

D．They are only experienced online.

（二）

Plastic pollution is one of the earth’s greatest challenges that humans have faced and often neglected. Anyone who uses plastic has caused problems in one way or another. In order to solve the environmental problems, more and more people are starting to live a simple and environmental-friendly life called zero-waste lifestyle.

When you choose a zero-waste lifestyle, you pay more attention to how your  consumption habits influence the environment. You’re more careful about what you buy and how you use it. So how can you live a zero-waste life? Actually when looking at your rubbish, you’ll grasp what it is.

There are two main types of rubbish. The first is food packaging, so we should learn how to shop for things with no big pack or package-free. The second is product packaging, so we should learn how to make our own products in a green way. With our efforts, we will reduce a large amount of rubbish. Shopping for second-hand goods is also important. Instead of buying new clothes and putting new waste into the waste cycle, we should buy things that are second-hand or can be totally recycled.

There are many advantages of living a zero-waste life. Firstly, we can save money by making things ourselves and buying second-hand goods. Second-hand clothes are usually less expensive than new ones. Next, we can eat better to stay healthy. We should buy fresh fruits and vegetables to reduce the waste of resources when processing food.

Although government policies can make a difference, it needs everyone’s efforts to completely solve the problem. From now on, let’s begin to live a green life.

4．What is the first paragraph mainly about?

A．The challenge of improving the environment. B．The importance of improving the environment.

C．The advantage of living a zero-waste life. D．The reason for living a zero-waste life.

5．The underlined word “grasp” in paragraph 2 probably means “________” in the passage.

A．understand B．catch C．improve D．doubt

6．How can we reduce rubbish according to the passage?

A．Buying food with fine packaging. B．Using plastic bottles wisely.

C．Shopping for second-hand products. D．Throwing away your old clothes.

7．The passage is mainly written to________.

A．explain why the environment is polluted B．call on more people to live a green life

C．share some useful ways of reducing rubbish D．talk about environmental problems in the future

 

 

二、七选五

Tips for Cutting the Cost of Travel

Whether for pleasure or business reasons, it is normal for us to sometimes want to pack our bags, hit the road, and head to a new destination.     8    , it is not without its expenses and those expenses are capable of drilling a hole in one’s pocket if not properly planned out beforehand. Below are several tips to ensure you don’t end up too much out of pocket by the end of your travels.

•     9    . More often than not, people go directly to the airline websites to book their tickets. But did you know that there are so many websites, like Traveligo, which specialize in finding cheap flights for travelers? This is a great go-to website whenever you want to book your flight.