2024-2025学年江苏省南京市南京师范大学附属中学
秦淮科技高中高二下英语期中试卷
全卷满分：150分 考试时间：120分钟
2025.04
第一部分：听力(共两节，满分30分)(略)
第二部分：阅读(共两节，满分50分)
第一节(共15小题;每小题2.5分，满分37.5分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项选出最佳选项。
A
2025 Singapore Brush and Pen Calligraphy Grand Competition
1. Objective
To promote public and students’ interest in the art of calligraphy.
2. Category
There are 4 categories. Each category has a brush and pen competition respectively, making a total of 8 groups:
• OPEN Category: Open to University Students and the Public above 18 years. Participants can use any style of writing script (字体).
• PRE-U Category: For Students in Junior College, Institutions, and Art School. Participants can use regular and running writing script.
• SECONDARY Category: For Students in Secondary Schools and Institute of Technical Education. Participants can only use regular writing script.
• PRIMARY Category: For Students in Primary Schools. Participants can only use regular writing script.
3. Preliminary Round (预赛)
• Official Entry Form:
The official entry form must be attached to the back of the Artwork. It can be obtained from www.ccss.org.sg.
• Date of Entries:
Participants must submit entries before 2:00 pm, 21st April 2025.
To: Singapore Calligraphy Centre at 48 Waterloo Street, Singapore 187952
• Finalists’ Result Announcement Date: 13th May 2025
Results will be posted on SCC’s website
4. Grand Final
Place: Albert Pedestrian Mall, Waterloo Street
Date and Time: From 8:30 am, 9th June 2025
5. Writing Tools
Finalists should bring their own brush and tools. Official writing paper will be supplied by the organiser. Finalists are allowed to bring their own dictionary/ copybook for reference.
6. Prize-Giving Ceremony
Same Date/ Place (9th June 2025) at 11:30 am
1. Which category should art school students enter?
A. OPEN Category. B. PRE-U Category.
C. PRIMARY Category. D. SECONDARY Category.
2. When is the final event scheduled?
A. On 21st April. B. On 13th May. C. On 9th June. D. On 10th June.
3. What will be provided by the organisers in the final?
A The brush. B. A copybook. C. Writing paper. D. A dictionary.
B
As a geographer, I wanted to offer a summer study abroad program on sustainability. However, it wouldn’t make sense to design a sustainability program that includes flying due to planes’ excessive carbon footprint. Alternatively, Amtrak’s trains generate 40% less CO2 per person compared to flying.
Combining my love of Amtrak with a desire to get students out of the classroom, we found ourselves riding across the country to learn about sustainable tourism, landscapes and urban and regional planning.
Destinations serve as living laboratories for our students. Classes in some cities, such as Galesburg, Illinois, or Sacramento, California, focus more heavily on exploring the cities’ industrial histories. In cities such as Portland, Oregon, or Glenwood Springs, Colorado, which experience large flows of visitors every year, we focus more on tourism and planning.
While staying in Glenwood Springs, students complete an assignment about “destination tourism” — when tourism becomes the primary driver or economic base of a region. Students ride the bus “up valley” to Aspen. On the bus, they come to understand what they’ve read in “The Slums of Aspen,” a book about how the ski town passed a resolution that pushed out their immigrant (移民) workers, who live farther and farther “down valley” but still work in Aspen. Once students arrive in Aspen — during the offseason (淡季), in May — they find a polished empty town full of high-end fashion stores. After returning to Glenwood Springs, they reflect on the differences between the cities in terms of housing costs, sustainability and tourism labor.
After finishing this course, the students have a better understanding of how and why they can use public transportation in their daily lives. They also have a greater understanding of the positive and negative impacts of tourism on a place. Ultimately, they learn how they, as travelers and community members, can contribute to a more sustainable and equitable future.
4. Why did trains win the author’s heart over plancs?
A. Relatively lower financial cost.
B. Enhanced comfort and convenience.
C Reduced environmental impacts.
D. More opportunities for exploration,
