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第II 卷
I. Summary
Loud budgeting, which was introduced by a TikTok comedian, is a trend where people try to make ends meet, making them feel relieved both financially and emotionally. First, the trend can help the young to be accustomed to living within the budgets, not influenced by social media. Besides, it can also connect people by understanding each other’ finances. 58 words
II.
1. 万一电梯出故障了，请发出警告，并且安排机械师来维修。 (arrange)
In case the elevator/lift is out of order, please issue a warning and arrange for a mechanic to repair it.
2. 尽管市场上饮料品种丰富，但我还是深深着迷于中国传统的茶文化。(although)
Although there are various beverages in/on the market, I am still deeply fascinated by traditional Chinese tea culture.
3. 我们历时三年时间，开发了一款体育器材，既强身健体，又促进心理健康。(commit)
We have committed three years to developing / manufacturing a sports device / a kind of sports equipment that strengthens body / enhances physical health and boosts mental well-being.
4. 这所百年老校近年来开展了一系列“古典乐进课堂”活动，让更多学生感受到经典的独特魅力。(launch)
In recent years, this century-old school has launched a series of ‘Classical Music in the Classroom’ activities, allowing more students to experience the unique charm of classics.2024高三英语考试
满分：140分
I. Listening Comprehension (25%)
Section A
Directions: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.
1. A. David. B. James. C. Peter. D. John.
2. A. Have a meeting. B. Travel to Beijing.
C. Dine with Mr. Kim. D. Discuss their program.
3. A. Husband and wife. B. Father and daughter.
C. Manager and secretary. D. Salesman and customer.
4. A. To write a program. B. To listen to a radio program.
C. To read a book about radio. D. To talk about a radio program.
5. A. The woman will go to the airport by taxi.
B. The woman is asking the man for help.
C. The woman really likes taking buses.
D. The woman's car has broken down.
6. A. He also thinks Tina looks great. B. He doesn't agree with the woman.
C. He doesn't like Tina's silver dress. D. He thinks Tina should get a new dress.
7. A. She moved to Washington when she was young.
B. She will show the man around Washington.
C. She will ask someone else to help the man.
D. She can provide little useful information.
8. A. He can speak French. B. He can read French books.
C. He knows nothing about French. D. He knows both English and French.
9. A. She showed no interest in any news about exams at all.
B. She couldn't believe that the news about James was true.
C. She felt sorry for James' being caught cheating by teachers.
D. She thought James shouldn't have cheated in the final exam.
10. A. The article was actually longer.
B. The article was not good enough.
C. His publishing career has just begun.
D. He didn’t know his article was published.
Section B
Directions: In Section B, you will hear two short passages, and you will be asked to questions on each of the passages. The passages will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard.
Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.
11. A. In the mid-nineteenth century. B. In the late nineteenth century.
C. In the mid-eighteenth century. D. In the late eighteenth century.
12. A. Because Chinese cooks made it less spicy.
B. Because Chop Suey was introduced in America.
C. Because Chinese food was altered to suit American tastes.
D. Because Chinese immigrants had made themselves accepted.
13. A. It was first cooked to help miners get over cold weather.
B. Some hungry miners requested a new dish to be served.
C. A chef used the wrong recipes and produced it by chance.
D. A chef created the dish from the leftovers for some miners.
Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following news.
14. A. He was more intelligent than others. B. He had a closer touch with the river.
C. He was quite ambitious at a young age. D. He was cut off from the outside world.
15. A. It is full of hopes and opportunities.
B. It is well known for the poetic beauty.
C. It is connected with poverty and hunger.
D. It has a great reputation for its great poets.
16. A. It is something inherited from his ancestors.
B. It reminds him of his childhood memories.
C. It concerns his daily life in the village.
D. It provides material for his writing.
Section C
Directions: In Section C, you will hear a longer conversation. The conversation will be read twice. After you hear the conversation, you are required to answer the following questions.
17. A. Friends. B. Brother and sister.
C. Husband and wife. D. Estate agent and customer.
18. A. The size of the garage. B. The color of the house.
C. The design of the house. D. The number of the bedrooms.
19. A. The house has four bedrooms.
B. All the bedrooms are very small.
C. All the bedrooms are on the second floor.
D. The master bedroom has an attached bathroom.
20. A. Look at more pictures of the house.
B. Find out the problems that the house has.
C. Go to have a look at the house personally.
D. Call the agent and get the house right now.
II. Grammar and vocabulary (20%)
Section A
Directions: Read the following two passages. Fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper from of the given word. For the other blanks, fill in each blank with one proper word. Make sure that your answers are grammatically correct.
It’s a Friday morning in Boston, which means Dr. Jim O’Connell is making his rounds. He might be more comfortable inside an exam room, but that’s not where his patients are. O’Connell is one of a handful of physicians making house calls to the homeless in the city.
More than 550,000 Americans are homeless, and many have health problems but no access to care. O’Connell and his team, ___21____(make) up of psychiatrists, internists, a nurse practitioner, a case manager, and a recovery coach, are doing something about it. They spend their days walking around ____22____ the homeless live—in parks, under bridges, and on the outskirts of town. They treat about 700 regular patients. During these rounds, O’Connell ____23____ usually sees about 20 patients. He knows where most of them sleep and whom to ask ____24____ they are missing. “I feel like I’m a country doctor in the middle of the city, you know ” he said.
O’Connell went to Harvard Medical School and was on his way to a prestigious oncology(肿瘤学) fellowship when his chief suggested he ____25____(take) what was supposed to be a one-year position as the founding physician of a new health-care program for Boston’s homeless. That turned into a 33-year career at the Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program, one of the country’s ____26____(large) of its kind.
“You realize, ‘You know what, I’m just a doctor. And what I can do is I can get to know you and ease your suffering, just ____27____ I would as an oncologist,’” O’Connell said. “You could not find ____28____ more grateful population.”
And his patients are grateful. “This man is unbelievable!” one remarked. “He’s like Jesus,” another added.
When asked about ____29____ his life might have turned out had he become a highly paid oncologist, O’Connell said, “I never think about it anymore.” Some things are more valuable than money. Just ask the man ____30____ gets everything from patients with nothing material to give.
Section B
Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
A. unavoidable B. trends C. profits D. influences AB. blends AC. dominant AD. evolved BC. symbolized BD. delicate CD. popularized ABC. defined
Pretty in pink: adult women do not remember being so obsessed with the colour, yet it is widespread in our young girls’ lives. It is not that pink is inherently(内在地) bad, but it is such a tiny slice of the rainbow and, though it may celebrate girlhood in one way, it also repeatedly and firmly ____31____ girls’ identity with appearance. Then it presents that connection, even among two-year-olds, between girls as not only innocent but as evidence of innocence. Looking around, I despaired at the extreme lack of imagination about girl’s lives and interests.
Girls’ attraction to pink may seem ____32____, somehow encoded in their DNA, but according to Jo Paoletti, an associate professor of American Studies, it is not. Children were not colour-coded at all until the early 20th century: in the era before domestic washing machines all babies wore white as a practical matter, since the only way of getting clothes clean was to boil them. What’s more, both boys and girls wore what were thought of as gender-neutral dresses. When nursery colours were introduced, pink was actually considered the more male colour, a(n) ____33____ version of red, which was associated with strength. Blue, with its intimations（暗示） of the Virgin Mary（圣母玛利亚）, constancy and faithfulness, ___34_____ femininity(女性化). It was not until the mid-1980s, when enlarged age and sex differences became a(n) ___35_____ children’s marketing strategy, that pink fully came into its own, when it began to seem inherently attractive to girls, part of what ____36____ them as female, at least for the first few critical years.
I had not realized how profoundly marketing ____37____ influenced our perception of what is natural to relatives, including our core beliefs about their psychological development. Taking the toddler as an example, I assumed that phase was something experts developed after years of research into children’s behaviour: wrong. It turns out, according to Daniel Cook, a historian of childhood consumerism, that it was ____38____ as a marketing trick by clothing manufacturers in the 1930s.
Trade publications counseled(劝告) department stores that, in order to increase sales, they should create a “third stepping stone” between infant wear and older kids’ clothes. It was only after “toddler”（学步的小孩） became a common shoppers’ term that it ____39____ into a broadly accepted developmental stage. Splitting kids, or adults, into ever-tinier categories has proved a safe way to boost ___40_____. And one of the easiest ways to cut up a market is to magnify gender differences--or invent them where they did not previously exist.
III. Reading Comprehension (45%)
Section A
Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
Virtual reality is considered as having the potential to transform how doctors diagnose and treat a number of mental illnesses, and the front lines of this revolution may be forming in China. Its market is wide open for ____41____ and developers have an opportunity to leapfrog past traditional care models and make China an early adopter of VR psychiatry (精神病治疗) on a large scale.
VR psychiatric applications include immersing patients in simulations that seem real, exposing their brain—but not their body—to ____42____ situations and helping them learn to train their physical and emotional responses. ____43____, an alcohol-addicted patient can sit at a virtual bar without drinking, and a person too anxious to fly can ____44____ takeoff and landing while staying firmly on the ground. Such treatments can yield fast, dramatic results: in one case a woman calculating heights could calmly ride an escalator after a three-hour course of VR ____45____ therapy.
Researchers around the world have been ___46____ these technologies—with promising results. Through the end of 2016, peer-reviewed journals had published nearly 300 studies on using VR to treat mental health disorders. And then this March, JAMA Psychiatry published what researchers say is the first ever randomized controlled trial of a therapist-free VR ____47____ of acrophobia, or fear of heights. It found the technology to be ____48____, inexpensive and well-received by patients.
In China, treatment rates of mental disorders are low, which is partially linked to a shortage of trained professionals. World Health Organization data show China’s concentration of psychiatrists is four times lower than the global average, with only 2.2 per 100,000 people (the U.S. rate is 10.5). Another reason for low treatment rates is ____49_____. While similar biases exist in many countries, studies have shown people with psychiatric problems endure especially high levels of ____50____ in China.
Many supporters of mental health VR think it can help ____51____ both caregiver shortages and shame. Because the technology can be fully automated, it can easily scale to meet the needs of many people. And many think VR treatments could break through cultural barriers because they can take place in a ____52____ place via a gamelike interface(界面), such as at home.
Despite the enthusiasm, however, experts warn that technology is no panacea(灵丹妙药). “VR can only be one part of mental health care and not the whole system,” one expert says. Even some of the technology’s strongest supporters ____53____ that important safety and ethical guidelines are still lacking.
Still, with overwhelming demand for services and distrust of traditional care, ___54_____ health is booming in China. In psychiatry in particular, there is a relatively blank canvas for technological innovation—and VR is poised to fill a big chunk of that void(真空). If it does so, China could make significant strides to ____55____ its treatment gap. It might even provide a model for other countries with shortages in their mental health care systems.
41. A. promotion B. complaint C. innovation D. trade
42. A. worsening B. improving C. relieving D. challenging
43. A. For example B. What’s more C. By contrast D. In conclusion
44. A. prevent B. experience C. postpone D. support
45. A. group B. standard C. exposure D. relaxation
46. A. testing B. adopting C. exporting D. transferring
47. A. maintenance B. intervention C. equipment D. defense
48. A. effective B. sensitive C. complex D. fair
49. A. scientific B. specific C. cultural D. diplomatic
50. A. anxiety B. shame C. endurance D. competition
51. A. bring B. address C. create D. face
52. A. secret B. safe C. quiet D. private
53. A. caution B. require C. protest D. explain
54. A. financial B. environmental C. digital D. public
55. A. widen B. close C. discover D. avoid
Section B
Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.
A
During a judging period for a recent short story contest, I started thinking a lot about dialogue tags. Because in many submissions characters didn’t “say” a thing. They shouted, they inquired, they assumed. Some characters screamed while others murmured. But no one “said” anything. And I started wondering why.
Why do we tell beginner writers to avoid creative dialogue tags in the first place Why do we insist that characters should stick to “said,” “asked,” and the occasional “sighed ” And, if the advice is so oft-repeated, why are writers still unable to resist the siren call of weep, scream, snap, or laugh
The more I thought about it, the more I understood the temptation. We're always encouraged to use strong, actionable verbs in our prose. Why walk when you can skip or wander Why cry when you can sob or weep Why wouldn’t we reach for exciting verbs instead of mild-boring dull-blah said Why couldn’t each verb be a tiny sparkling gem in its own right
The problem, I think, is that every jewel needs a setting to become something more than the sum of its parts. Without something to provide structure, a collection of the world’s most glorious diamonds would still only amount to a heap of rocks.
And a dialogue tag should never, ever be the diamond in any given sentence.
Dialogue is your diamond, friends. When we read your work, your dialogue should be so bright, so sparkling, so lifelike, so wonderfully realistic that our brains “hear” each line instead of merely reading it. We don't need to be told a character is shouting -- we can sense it in the way they spit out words, clench fists, or storm from the room.
A dialogue tag is a mere signpost along the narrative journey, gently indicating who said what. It's part of a story’s experience, but it's not part of the story itself, nor should it be treated as such. Dialogue tags are similar to lighting in a Broadway play: without it, the audience would have no idea what was going on, but it usually strives to shine without calling too much attention to itself.
What's more, readers may not initially imagine a particular line being “sobbed.” When we reach the end of a sentence and find out our leading lady has actually sobbed instead of whispered, it pulls us right out of the story. We pause. We reread the line. We adjust our understanding and begin again. But that wonderful momentum when we’re fully immersed in the scene, holding our breath to find out what our heroine says next, is lost.
Creating a successful work of fiction is about giving the reader all the materials they need to build your fictional world in their mind. Readers need believable dialogue. They need voices so compelling that they pop right off the page and into our ears. And if you've created dynamic characters who speak words we can really hear you will never need to tell us how something was said.
Senior Editor
56.According to the Senior Editor, the beginner writers are tempted to __________.
replace a dull “said” with exciting verbs
omit what the character said in a dialogue
resist the warning against strong emotions
overuse the word “said” in their submissions
57.The Senior Editor compares dialogue tags to __________.
A. glorious diamonds B. heaps of rocks
C. tiny, sparkling gems D. Broadway play lighting
58. What can be inferred about the dialogue in a novel
A. The dialogue tag “say” can help keep readers immersed in the plot.
B. A dialogue tag indicates a character’s way of speech is part of narration.
C. Writers should state in the dialogue whether the character sobbed or whispered.
D. Readers are advised to imagine the scene after rereading the line in a dialogue.
59. The writer most probably agrees that __________.
A. dynamic characters’ voices are quoted from people's exact words in real life
B. creative dialogue tags play a vital role in building a realistic fictional world
C. the more materials a work fiction contains, the more successful it is
D. what was said should be prioritised over how it was said
B
Books by Economist writers
More. By Philip Coggan. Hachette; 496 pages; $34. Profile Books; 25 A history of the global economy by our Bartleby columnist. Covering the development of key sectors such as manufacturing and energy production, it shows how links between people and countries have allowed individuals to grow not just more prosperous, but taller and stronger, and to live longer and have more choice in how they run their lives. A “brilliant survey”, thought the Times; a “fantastic sweep”, reckoned the Financial Times.
Coveted. By Melanie Grant. Phaidon; 208 pages; $89.95 and 69.95 When, asks the picture and luxury editor of 1843, does jewelry make the leap from fashion accessory to art Her richly illustrated profiles of leading designers range from Faberge’s and Cartier’s links to Art Nouveau and Art Deco, to the collaboration between Georg Jensen, a Scandinavian brand, with the architect Zaha Hadid. The New York Times said “the book showed “the complexity, power and artistic impact of great design.”
Independence Square. By A.D. Miller. Pegasus Books; 228 pages; $25.95. Harvill Secker; 14.99 A nation’s future, and a man’s fate, hang in the balance in this novel of revolution and betrayal. Set between an icy upheaval in Kyiv and a London summer, it stars a sly oligarch, an idealistic young activist and a disgraced British diplomat. “Utterly gripping,” said the Observer, “a novel with its finger on the pulse of geopolitics that still manages to move deeply.” The Spectator called it “a searing indictment of our times”.
Unconventional Wisdom. Edited by Tom Standage. Economist Books; 272 pages; $11.99. Profile Books; 8.99 A compendium of our explainer articles and daily charts, which spell out how much a ghost reduces a house’s value, how pregnancy makes people more law-abiding and why friends prefer sloppily wrapped Christmas piled by one of our deputy editors.
The Best. By Tim Wigmore and Mark Williams. Mobius; 256 pages; $24.95. Nicholas Brealey; 20 A contributor on sport and his co-author cover topics such as why younger siblings have more chance of becoming elite sportsmen, why mid-sized towns produce the most champions and the science of performance. They draw on interviews with Marcus Rashford, Pete Sampras and Steph Curry, among others. “Excellent”, said the Australian.
The Classical School. By Callum Williams. Hachette; 288 pages; $16.99. Profile Books; 20 A high-speed history of Western economic thought, by our senior economics writer, told in the form of 20 biographies. Alongside household names such as Adam Smith and John Stuart Mill, there are chapters on lesser-known figures such as Harriet Martineau and Dadabhai Naoroji. The Times called it a “brisk, absorbing and entertaining history lesson” with “an engaging cast of characters” that “leaves you a lot wiser”.
The Wake-Up Call. By Adrian Wooldridge and John Micklethwait. HarperVia; 176 pages; $18. Short Books; 9.99 The pandemic, say our political editor and Bloomberg’s editor-in-chief, proves that government is not just a diversion for politicians but a matter of life and death. The poor performance of Western democracies, particularly America and Britain, shows how far they have fallen behind the Far East, notably China. “A shot in the arm,” said the Financial Times. “Full marks for sounding the alarm,” said the Times Literary Supplement.
60. Which one of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage
A. More is a detailed survey of individual opinions about how global economy has developed through the links between people and countries so far.
B. All of the books are originally written by the writer(s) listed after the name of the book.
C. Independence Square is a novel, which describes historical issues in different cities such as Kyiv and London through the life of individuals.
D. According to The Wake-Up Call, the pandemic serves as an alarm for western democracies to reflect on the role of a government.
61. If you are interested in reading stories of famous people and getting wisdom, the best choice for you is _______.
A. Coveted B. The Classical School
C. The Best D. Unconventional Wisdom
62. Which one of the following topics is NOT included in these books
A. economics B. arts C. sports D. geography
C
Animal products could produce electricity, one British power company warns—and to give consumers a choice, it's offering what it calls the world’s first vegan electricity.
Ecotricity, a renewable energy provider in the U.K., announced its electricity and gas would be certified vegan after it claimed half of British homes are powered by electricity made from animal pany founder Dale Vince accused companies that consider themselves “ethical” or “green” of keeping consumers in the dark about their “secret ingredient.” “We need clear labeling of energy sourcing so that people can make informed choices,” he said in a statement.
The company offers “vegan energy” in wind and solar power, and it’s developing “sea power” produced by wave oscillation and marine currents. None of Ecotricity’s electrical sources contains animal byproducts that the company knew of before it made the announcement, but it registered with the Vegan Society to certify its green status.
Though not widely disclosed, it’s fairly common for power companies to derive electricity from animals through anaerobic digestion(厌氧消化). Animal waste is generally considered a clean, renewable energy source. Turning manure into fuel eliminates a sizeable chunk of carbon pollution and lessens power companies’ reliance on “dirtier” fossil fuels like coal and oil. Plus, animals provide a limitless supply of waste, while Earth’s natural gas stores are finite, so crackers wouldn’t need to drill into rock to extract it.
Cows are pictured at a Wagyu cattle breeding center in June in Petit-Mars, France. A U.K. energy company announced the first "vegan electricity" after warning consumers about animal byproducts in energy production.
After anaerobic digestion, farmers can use the liquid remains of the manure as fertilizer and make chips for animal bedding from the solid leftovers, chemical engineer David Simakov told Popular Science.
“We are talking about producing the amount of renewable natural gas enough to heat thousands of homes from just a single large landfill site,” he said. “We need to stop pumping carbon from underground into the atmosphere and start caring about introducing more and more renewable energy to make our lives more sustainable.
Renewable energy only accounts for 11 percent of energy consumption in the U.S., according to the Energy Information Administration. Fossil fuels and nuclear energy generate more than 80 percent of the country’s electricity, and that’s unlikely to change: like other clean energy sources, anaerobic digestion is still more expensive than traditional sources of energy.
63. According to Dale Vince, ____________________.
A. it’s necessary for consumers to know how electricity is produced
B. people don’t need to make choices of whether to use vegan electricity
C. vegan electricity and gas shouldn’t use animal byproducts
D. it’s not certain whether Ecotricity has used animal byproducts
64. In Paragraph 2, “secret ingredient” refers to ___________________.
A. an energy provider
B. vegan energy
C. animal waste
D. energy labelling
65. What can be inferred from the passage
A. It’s forbidden to get exploited natural gas since it is limited.
B. Clean energy may not replace fossil fuels to be used by families.
C. Power companies can rely on animal waste to produce clean energy.
D. The waste of cows is first used to produce clean energy in the world.
66. What does the author think of clean energy
A. It has been a mainstream.
B. It has a promising future.
C. Consumers tend to use more clean energy now.
D. Its producing cost has decreased its popularity.
Section C
Directions: Complete the following passage by using the sentences given below. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need.
They have to point out someone to monitor them and ensure they reach the goal or donate the money. Despite our best intentions, we often fail to meet our goals. Rituals are series of steps we take while attaching some kind of symbolic meaning. In the past, my colleagues and I have found that rituals reduce anxiety before stressful tasks, and improve performance. AB. They also need to state what will happen to the money if they don’t stick to their commitments (e.g., it’ll go to a friend or to a charity they do not like). AC. For instance, research has found that people persist for longer on tasks that require self- control when they know they’ll be paid for their efforts, or when they are told that their work will benefit others.
Many of our most worrying problems, from overeating to not saving enough for retirement to not working out enough have something in common: lack of self-control. Self-control is what gives us the capacity to say no to choices that are immediately satisfying but costly in the long term—that a piece of chocolate cake (instead of an apple), that afternoon in front of the couch (instead of a visit to the gym). _________67___________
The problem of self-control has puzzled psychologists and behavioral scientists for decades. A great deal of research has identified situations in which self-control failures are likely to happen and tools to help people exercise better control. _________68___________ These motivating incentives can increase our self-control, at least up to a point.
Entrepreneurs have also become interested in self-control, as is evident from the many diet and exercise apps and gadgets on the market. To take one notable example, on the commitment contract website , users put down some money (say, $200) and state a goal they want to achieve (such as to lose ten pounds in a month). _________69___________ If they meet their goal, they earn their money back. If they don’t, they lose the money.
Tools like can be effective, but they are often difficult to implement. My colleagues and I conducted a new research to point to a different solution that may be easier to carry out: using rituals.
__________70__________ Players in all sorts of sports have rituals that involve actions such as eating the same foods in exactly the same order before a game. From the way some prepare their coffee to the way people celebrate important life events, like weddings or graduations, rituals are a part of our daily life. And though they may seem useless, or even silly, research has found that rituals are powerful.
第II 卷
I．Summary (10%)
Directions: Read the following passage. Summarize in no more than 60 words the main idea of the passage and how it is illustrated. Use your own words as far as possible.
Picture this: you’re out to dinner with a friend who you know makes a lot more money than you do. When you open the menu, your heart sinks. There’s not a dish in sight that is less than $35, and even a soup is going to run you $18. You probably vow (发誓) to stick to dollar pizza slices the rest of the month to balance out this dinner. However, this time, what if you just turned to your friend, closed the menu, and said, “Sorry, I have to be honest. I can’t afford this. Let’s go somewhere else ” That’s the idea behind “loud budgeting”, a trend that could not only relieve you of the financial burden, but help you deal with these sorts of stressful situations both mentally and emotionally.
The term was first introduced by TikTok (抖音) comedian Lukas Battle. Battle explained his concept in an interview: simply put, loud budgeting is being honest about what you do and don’t want to spend money on.
It’s not just a TikTok thing though. Even those in the financial services industry are on board with the trend. Nikolina Cuca, a financial advisor, says that she’s seen social media add pressure to her clients, causing them to spend beyond their means on luxury items. “There should be no shame about trying to match your spending to your means. This trend helps young people moderate spending by normalizing the idea of living within budgets.”
Beyond just saving money, loud budgeting is also bringing people closer. Honest money talks lead to greater respect among friends and family. By openly discussing money goals, people are creating stronger bonds based on mutual understanding for each other’s financial situations.
As more people adopt this approach, it is likely to stay a big part of how we handle money in the future.
II． Translation (15%)
Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.
1. 万一电梯出故障了，请发出警告，并且安排机械师来维修。 (arrange)
2. 尽管市场上饮料品种丰富，但我还是深深着迷于中国传统的茶文化。(although)
3. 我们历时三年时间，开发了一款体育器材，既强身健体，又促进心理健康。(commit)
4. 这所百年老校近年来开展了一系列“古典乐进课堂”活动，让更多学生感受到经典的独特魅力。(launch)
III. Guided Writing (25%)
Directions: Write an English composition in no less than 150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese.
假设现在学校要为高二学生多设置一节必修课，该课放在每周周五进行，现在向全校学生征询建议。作为一名即将高中毕业的学生，你会向学校提出怎样的课程建议呢？你的作文需包括以下内容：
1.你建议多设置怎样的一节必修课；
2.设置该课程的2-3个原因。

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