1. (2024高一上·深圳期末) Although she had heard about the beautiful scenery of Hangzhou's West Lake for a long time, it was the first time that she____ Hangzhou.

1. (2024高三下·贵阳月考)  阅读理解

When delivering medications to patients, one of the most effective methods is direct injection （注射） into the bloodstream using a needle. But this can be an uncomfortable experience, especially for kids or adults with a fear of needles. While patients do have the option to take oral pills instead, drugs containing large molecules（分子） are not absorbed effectively this way. 

Now, inspired by octopus suckers（章鱼吸盘）, researchers from China and Switzerland have designed a needle-free alternative: a tiny, drug-filled, cup-like patch （贴片） that sticks to the inside of the cheeks. The device is easily accessible, and it can be removed at any time and the drug gets absorbed through the lining of the inner cheek, the team reports in a paper in Science Translational Medicine. 

To test the design, the team 3D printed the suckers. They loaded each with the drug and stuck them inside the cheeks of three beagles, a kind of dog which has a similar inner cheek lining to humans. For comparison, they also delivered the drug to beagles via a pill. After three hours, the team found that drug blood concentrations in dogs with the patch were more than 150 times higher than in the dogs that took a tablet. They also found patches worked effectively for drugs with large molecules. 

40 healthy human volunteers self-applied water-filled patches to see how well they would stay on while talking and moving their mouths. After 30 minutes, only five of the 40 patches had fallen off, which was because of improper placement. Most volunteers said they would prefer a patch over injections for daily applications. 

Still, the team only tested the patch for a short time so they would need to find out what would happen if it was used repeatedly. They'd also need to determine which drugs would work with the technology: the target is large molecules, such as those used to treat obesity or osteoporosis, but they can't be too large to fit in the cup. 

1. (2024高三下·贵阳月考) 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

As a young boy, I was carefree. Every vacation I looked forward to two things—seeing my grandpa and hearing his wonderful stories. My grandpa was a very good storyteller. He had worked various odd jobs when he was young and wove his adventures and misadventures into fantastic tales. These wonderful tales colored my childhood.

As I grew up, I had to admit that Grandpa's stories went on a little long, even a little boring and gradually lost their magic. However, not wanting to upset him, my brother and I would sometimes take turns sitting in the living room, listening to grandpa tell his stories.

When my grandpa was approaching 91, he suffered from serious memory-loss. It was kind of what doctors called dementia (痴呆), probably the earliest stage of Alzheimer's disease. Following the doctor's directions, we moved him into a Sunrise Assisted Living Community, where he could get a better care. After that, grandpa hardly came to our house.

One weekend before my grandpa's birthday, I came to visit him. Seeing grandpa sitting in his armchair, dull-looking, I was consumed with mixed feelings. I wheeled grandpa to the sunshine in the courtyard, talking to him. He couldn't express himself clearly and spoke in short bursts, but I listened to him patiently and carefully just as I used to be a little boy.

It was then that I noticed a shadow box with some old and yellowish photos in it. I picked one up, in which my brother, several boys in our neighborhood, and I were playing basketball with grandpa cheering us on twenty years before. My mind flashed back to those beautiful memories. Back then, Grandpa was in good physical condition and we were all wearing basketball jerseys, playing and laughing with abandon. I presented the photo to my grandpa, pointing at each member and reminding him of their names. Incredibly, grandpa could speak out the name of every player. I even caught a soft light in grandpa's eyes and a smile on his lips.

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A bright idea for grandpa's birthday came to my mind.

……

Seeing "the same players" playing there, grandpa seemed to have thought of something.

1. (2024高一下·南阳月考) 假定你是李华。你在网上偶然看到下个月你市即将举办青少年摄影比赛的消息。请给主办方写一封邮件，要求提供更多的信息，内容包括：

1.写信目的；

2.咨询内容：比赛时间、地点及作品要求。

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1. (2024高一下·南阳月考) 阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

I fell in love with Yosemite National Park the first time I saw it. I went there for camping with my parents. On the way out, I asked them to wait while I ran up to EI Capitan, a huge rock of 3, 300 feet straight up. I touched that1 rock and knew immediately I wanted to2 it. That has been my life's3 ever since—climbing the rocks and mountains of Yosemite. I've long made Yosemite my home.

About 7 years ago I started seeing a lot of waste,4 beer cans, empty boxes, around the area. It's beyond me why visitors started respecting the place less and treated such a beautiful5 place this way.

I made an attempt to clean the place myself, but the job was too 6 . I would spend an hour or two on the job, only to find the area trashed all over again weeks later. Finally, I got so tired of it that I had to 7 an idea to change the situation.

In 2018, together with some climbers, I set a8 for a cleanup. On that day, more than 300 people appeared there. Over three days we9 about 6,000 pounds of trash. It was10 how much we were able to achieve. I couldn't believe the difference we made—the11 looked clean!

Each year these climbers come for the 12 from everywhere. In 2022 alone, 2,945 people picked up 42,330 pounds of trash.

There are many people around us who are 13 with their surroundings. If you are one of them, I would say the only way to change things is by 14 rather than complaining. We need to teach by example. After all, everybody has his 15 to protect the environment.

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Flights of imagination take wing with picture books

Room for Everyone (ages 4-8)

Written by Naaz Khan, illustrated by Merce Lopez

Hop on the dala-dala (a kind of minibus taxi) on the way to the blue crystal waters of Zanzibar! Rhythmic language dances across the pages as more and more people and their belongings pile into （挤进） the vehicle on the way to the beach. It seems there can't possibly be room, but "after some moving around and fun, they make enough room for everyone." This is a book you will be happy to read again and again because it's so full of sunlight and energy.

Gladys the Magic Chicken (ages 4-9)

Written by Adam Rubin, illustrated by Adam Rex

It's a big, sweeping story that's just right for sharing a belly laugh （捧腹大笑） with the whole family. Set in ancient times, the story centers around a much-celebrated chicken named Gladys. At 48 pages, this is longer than the standard picture book, which helps give it a bigger feeling.

Maybe Maybe Marisol Rainey (ages 4-10)

Written and illustrated by Erin Entrada Kelly

Readers might know Erin Entrada Kelly from her Newbery Medal-winning chapter book, "Hello, Universe". In this start of a series aimed at younger readers, Kelly again creates rich characters, but this time with short chapters and cute line drawings that work perfectly for early independent chapter-book reading.

A Boy Named Isamu (ages 3-7)

Written and illustrated by James Yang

One of the unexpected charms of this book is that it is told in the second person. The lines between audience and character, observer and artist, and reader and listener soften to allow us to explore isolation （孤独） and creativity along with the protagonist （主人公）. This book might help everyone understand how one might be "alone but not lonely".

1. (2024高一下·南阳月考) 阅读理解

3M and Discovery Education announced Sean Jiang from Gilman School as one of the top ten finalists from across the nation for the 2023 3M Young Scientist Challenge. It's a competition that encourages students to identify an everyday problem and submit a video showing the science behind the solution he or she came up with.

14-year-old Jiang decided to help those who can't see. Blind people had a hard time navigationg （导航） objects that are medium to far range. So Jiang wanted to design something to give them aheads-up on obstacles （障碍） that may be incoming.

Jiang's inspiration came from the powers of the hearing system. "I learned in school that bats and whales are able to use echolocation （回声定位） to help them navigate and just use their sense of hearing and I also saw on YouTube some very skilled blind people that use echolocation to help them walk," said Jiang.

Jiang started with a virtual reality setting and then made it a reality. His creation uses a depth camera that can detect how close objects are, thus giving enough time to avoid the obstacles. When a blind is walking with the device, the sensor of the depth camera gathers the information regarding the obstacles' position and distance. Then the AI system in it will turn the distance data into musical sound guidance. This could significantly increase the walking speed of a blind person as well as decrease the number of obstacles they hit.

Some other similar programs were alright at finding objects that were in close range, but Jiang still wanted the blind to experience the world even fuller so they were able to see stuff that was much further away than their circle of reach.

In October, the top ten finalists will compete in person in Minneapolis for the title of "America's Top Young Scientist" and a $25,000 prize.

1. (2024高一下·南阳月考) 阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

How to Make Small Talk

Sometimes, people say that small talk is awkward and shallow. But if you do it successfully, the other person will focus on the more interesting parts of your conversation rather than the small talk itself. .

●Devices down

The first step to making small talk is to put your devices away. This is a small but meaningful gesture in a world that's totally connected over a digital network., and you're not waiting for something to break your attention.

●Listen first

In social situations, one way to show you're offering your full attention is to listen in an engaged way. When you're listening, show you're paying attention by practicing nonverbal （非语言的） cues like nodding and making eye contact with the speaker. It's also a good active listening practice to repeat what someone just told you. For example, if someone tells you, "Wow, I haven't seen you in three years," repeat back, "Three years? Has it been that long?".

●Ask open questions

. For example "How have things been?" is a better question than "Have you been alright?" The latter requires a simple yes or no response, while the former draws out information in a conversational way.

●

When someone tells you something in a small talk conversation, respond enthusiastically. Your positivity shows you're paying attention and also makes them feel valued and respected. This is good for building a relationship with someone you don't know very well.

A.Be open-minded

B.Respond enthusiastically

C.This shows you're actively listening

D.You view these conversations as opportunities to learn

E.Here are four tips that will help you make small talk in any situation

F.When you ask about the person you're speaking to, ask open-ended questions

G.Putting your phone, tablet or laptop away shows your focus is completely on the person you're talking to

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Since the 1950s, some 9.2 billion tonnes of plastic have been produced globally, of which only about 10% has ever been recycled. Yet environmentally conscious companies and consumers continue to look to recycling as a way to ease the plastic problem. Manufacturing giants claim to be committed to making more of their products and packaging from recycled materials. However, this confidence masks （掩饰） a complex web of issues around plastic recycling. Recycling rates remain extremely low and critics argue that we should look at alternative ways to tackle plastic pollution.

While many plastics have the potential to be recycled, most are not because the process is costly, complicated and the resulting product of a lower quality than the original. Despite rising demand for recycled plastic, few waste companies turn a profit. Part of this is because virgin plastic—linked to oil prices—is often cheaper than recycled plastic, meaning there is little economic motive to use it. Worse yet, much of our plastic waste is difficult to recycle. Lightweight food packaging, like a mozzarella packet, contains different plastics, dyes and toxic additives （添加剂）. This dirty mix means plastic recycled through mechanical methods—the most common form—can only be melted down and moulded again a couple of times before it becomes too fragile to be reused. And the nature of the process means plastic recycling has a carbon footprint of its own.

Given all of these difficulties, environmental critics say recycling is not the solution and argue that creating more products from recycled material to attract environmental consciousness merely worsens the problem. "The solution is to use less plastic and to stop misleading the public about the recyclability," says Enck, president of Beyond Plastics, a US campaign group with a mission to end single-use plastic. "They should stop making false claims about the recyclability of plastics since they know most will either be littered or burned or landfilled （填埋）. Using less plastics means shifting to reusable products and relying more on paper, cardboard, glass and metal—all of which should be made from recycled content."

1. (2024高一下·南阳月考) 阅读理解

At 98, Dick Van Dyke still sings with his group, The Vantastix, and still makes it all look easy. When asked how important it is that he's having fun when he's doing it, Van Dyke replied, "My whole career has relied on that. It's such a blessing to find a way of making a living that you love. I feel so sorry for people who hate their job. I look forward to going to work every morning!"

And some of his work helped define a generation. Take "The Dick Van Dyke Show"; it ran for five years on CBS, and it was such a hit that they're bringing it back. This week, CBS aired a two-hour tribute （致敬）, "Dick Van Dyke, 98 Years of Magic", and for the occasion, they recreated the original Dick Van Dyke Show set, down to that well-known sofa.

Early in his career Van Dyke was quoted as saying he only wanted to make films his children could watch. That got the attention of Walt Disney, who promptly cast him in "Mary Poppins". And his next few films were equally family-friendly, like "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang," which happened to have been co-written by James Bond creator Ian Fleming. From then on, Van Dyke was almost always assigned to play the good guy, though he claims to have missed out on a choice part: "Yeah, I could have been James Bond. When Sean Connery left, the producer said, ‘Would you like to be the next Bond?' I said, ‘Have you heard my British accent?' That's a true story!"

It seems that in show biz the true legends never stop. In an interview from 2017 with his friends, Van Dyke described what it was like hitting 90: "People are more afraid of aging than they are of death these days. And I want to say that remain young in heart and there's a lot of good living to do."