山东省济宁市2021-2022学年高三上学期期末考试英语含答案

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2021—2022学年度第一学期高三质量检测
英语试题
2021.12
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第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分）
第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1.What will the woman do?
A.Get the man’ssalad. B. Check the orderagain.
C.Find a table for theman.
2.Where does the conversation probably take place?
A.In an office. B.In a restaurant. C.In a clothing store.
3.When did the man get his niece’s call?
A.At 6:20. B.At 6:00. C.At 5:30.
4.What is the woman advised to do with her hair?
A.Cut it shorter. B. Change its color. C. Make it straight.
5.What traditional Chinese painting is Susan most interested in?
A.Figures. B. Landscape painting. C. Birds and flowers.
第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7两个小题。
6.What does Robert think of electric cars?
A.They’re highly economical.
B.They’re environmentally friendly.
C.They’re quite expensive.
7.What attracts Robert most about the latest Tesla?
A.The speed. B. The price. C. The design.
听下面一段对话，回答第8至第10三个小题。
8.What kind of book does the man want?
A.A biography. B. An adventure story. C. A fantasy book.
9.Why does the woman buy books today?
A.To complete her paper.
B.To prepare a birthday gift.
C.To kill time at the weekend.
10.Which series of books will the woman take?
A.Harry Potter.
B.The Lord of the Rings.
C.The Hunger Games.
听下面一段对话，回答第11至第13三个小题。
11.What does the woman care most about the summer day camp?
A.Its history. B. Its reputation. C. Its location.
12.What can campers benefit from taking part in the camp?
A.Improving their grades.
B.Learning types of skills.
C.Developing special interests.
13.What is the relationship between the speakers?
A.Neighbors. B. Teacher and parent. C. Husband and wife.
听下面一段对话，回答第14至第17四个小题。
14.How did the man meet the tiger?
A.They met at the zoo.
B.A friend introduced it to him.
C.He was asked to take care of it.
15.What is the feature of the tiger?
A.It weighs 180 kilograms.
B.It stands 2 meters tall.
C.It is 4 meters long.
16.How much meat does the tiger eat every day?
A. About 6 kilograms. B. About 12 kilograms. C. About 18 kilograms.
17.What is the woman?
A. A hostess. B. A journalist. C. A zookeeper.
听下面一段独白，回答第18至第20三个小题。
18.When did Zhang Hong go back to the base camp?
A. On May 21. B.On May 24. C. On May 27.
19.Why is Erik Weihenmayer mentioned?
A.He was an inspiration to Zhang Hong.
B.He was Zhang Hong’s guide.
C.He sponsored Zhang Hong.
20.What does the speaker mainly talk about?
A.Careful preparation for climbing is essential.
B.A blind Chinese man climbed Mount Qomolangma.
C.Climbing can help the disabled have a strong mind.
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四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
Employers today tend to hire students who truly made the most of their time on campus. Getting involved in an extracurricular club could be one of your highlights.
Media & Publication Club
It focuses on publishing a campus newspaper, creating a website, or writing ads. The skill sets required to successfully create media today are incredibly varied. You may have a passion for the written word or love graphic design. Whatever the case, you are likely to find your place within the club.
Academic Club
This club is among the most popular on campus, which can be a great benefit to a degree-seeker, because they allow you to connect with other students in the same major and often even to network with professionals from industries in which you plan to seek employment after graduation.
Community Service Club
If you are eager to make a difference to the world, the club focusing on serving others might be the perfect match for you. This club is intended for children, seniors, underserved populations, animals, the environment, and so on. If you have a desire to help,the opportunity to serve likely exists on your campus.
Sports & Recreation Club
If you are passionate about the sport you’re pursuing, it does not matter if you aren’t playing at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) level. Club sports are usually not regulated by the rules of the NCAA, but you have chances to travel to other colleges in order to compete. The level of competition is generally not quite as intense, which makes club sports an extremely popular option if you’re just looking to play for fun.
21.Which club offers a chance to work with your potential colleagues?
A.Media & Publication Group. B. Academic Club.
B.Community Service Club. D. Sports & Recreation Club.
22.What do we know about the Sports & Recreation Club?
A.It must follow the NCAA rules.
B.It can hold interschool competitions.
C.It offers intense training from time to time.
D.It only admits members with NCAA levels.
23.Who is the text targeted at?
A. Employers. B. Professors. C. Undergraduates. D. Children.
B
Rene Compean was no stranger to Angeles National Forest. He’d hiked the park near his home in Southern California numerous times. But after taking a new path last April, he was lost.
As the day faded into dusk, his concern turned to fear. The terrain (地带)was remote and rough. With only a liter of water and less than ten percent battery remaining on his cell phone,Compean was unprepared for anything more than the two-hour journey he’d planned. Compean climbed to a spot, where he found only one bar of signal. “SOS. My phone is going to die. Pm lost,” he texted a friend, attaching a photo showing where he was. The shot showed his legs hanging over a steep rock.
Sixty miles away in Ventura County, Ben Kuo was working at home when he read a tweet from the Los Angeles County Safety Department. They had spent the previous night unsuccessfully looking for Compean,so they released the photo to the public, hoping someone might know the location.
Kuo works in the tech industry, and he has an unusual hobby —looking for where photos are taken. When he saw the blurry (模糊的)image, he pulled up a satellite map on his laptop. He narrowed his search to the surrounding area where Compean’s car was parked and spotted an area that looked like the terrain in the image. When he cross-referred the original photo with 3-D images of the area from Google Earth, the locations matched!
Soon, a search-and-rescue team helicopter was in the air, flying above Compean. After spending 27 hours alone in the wilderness, Compean cried, “I’m safe!” John Gibert, a member of the search-and-rescue team, says, “Compean’s story probably would have ended very differently had a total stranger with strong satellite skills and a sharp eye for detail not taken action.”
24.What added to Compean’s fear?
A. Taking a completely new route. B.Being unfamiliar with the park.
C.Being far away from destination. D.Lacking preparations for emergency.
25.What played a crucial role in locating Compean?
A. The released photo. B.Kuo’s expertise in rescuing.
C.The successful image matching. D.The rescue team’s efforts.
26.What does John Gibert think of Compean’s being rescued?
A. Lucky. B. Expected. C. Fruitless. D. Smooth.
27.What’s the best title of the text?
A. A Mountain Hiker B. A Screen Saver
C. A Blurry Image D. A Helicopter Rescue
C
A new study shows that increases in extreme winter weather in parts of the US are linked to quickened warming of the Arctic (北极).
Over the past four decades, warming in the Arctic has been far more definite than that in the rest of the world and has caused a rapid decrease of summer sea ice. Heating in the Arctic has ultimately disturbed the circular pattern of winds known as the polar vortex (旋涡). As a result, it got stretched out of shape and slid southward off the pole. Scientists believe this vortex stretching process led to the deadly Texas cold wave in February this year.

“The polar vortex over the Arctic usually locks in cold air at the poles and does not easily move south. The stronger the winds, the more the air inside is kept, and the colder it gets,” explained lead researcher Dr. Judah Cohen, who’sa professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). “Melting (融化)ice in the Arctic and rising temperatures can disturb the Arctic vortex, making cold air no longer locked in the Arctic? but move some farther south.”
The researchers say that their findings are based on both observations and modelling and they show a physical link between climate change in the Arctic, the stretching of the polar vortex and the impacts on ground.
The researchers believe their work could improve predictions about the beginning of extreme cold winter events. The research team also believes that their findings will help people understand that global warming is complex and perhaps let go of the idea that colder winters mean climate change isn’t happening. “In the past, these cold extremes over the US and Russia have been used to justify not reducing carbon, but there’s no longer any excuse to not start reducing emissions (排放)right away,’’ said Dr. Cohen.
28.What is paragraph 2 mainly about?
A. The efforts made by scientists. B.The definition of polar vortex.
C. The decrease of summer sea ice. D.The formation of Texas cold wave.
29.What is the function of polar vortex?
A. Making the wind stronger. B.Helping cold air move freely.
C. Speeding up the melting of ice. D.Keeping cold air from escaping.
30.What can be inferred from the last paragraph?
A.Global warming is just alarmist.
B.Weather-gone-wild pattern is a fantasy.
C.Reducing emissions is a pressing matter.
D.Weather forecast has never been a perfect science.
31.In which column of a website can the text probably be found?
A. Environment. B. Travel. C. Education. D. Life.
D
There’s a child-like joy that comes with ordering something online — whether it be clothes or kitchen facilities. We sit refreshing the postal service to see when our items will arrive, and we become overly excited, hopeful and anxious.
Ryan Howes, a clinical psychologist from Pasadena? California, has interpreted this phenomenon as “anticipatory pleasure”. “A lot of people believe that placing that order and waiting for it does feel good. This is why people look forward to dinner reservations, hair appointments and yes, receiving packages,” he says.
But it’s not the purchase itself that brings about this happiness. Experts say there’s something about the anticipation of waiting that is exciting for those in need of change in their lives. “It can be helpful to anticipate good things in the future, ’’says Ryan Howes. “Waiting for a parcel can serve as a temporary distraction (分心)from the dullness of your life because it gives you something new to wake up to and get excited about.”
However, anticipatory pleasure isn’t always a good thing. While waiting, many are worried about their items arriving on time, appearing broken, or simply not living up to expectations. Even when our package finally arrives, you’ll find that initial excitement has probably waned. Howes cautions that comfort shopping is only a temporary fix. It’s just a distraction from bigger problems, but it hasn’t done anything to change the bigger problems. It only helps you escape from them temporarily.
“Many people often seek external solutions, such as luxury purchases or alcohol, as a way of feeling better quickly. However, a healthier long-term curing mechanism is to look inward and appreciate your life with gratitude. Real pleasure comes from taking action rather than wait passively.”Howes says.
So the next time you feel the urge to order and track something online, chew over it.
32.What’s the purpose of paragraph 1?
A. To inform a trend. B. To state an opinion.
C.To describe a phenomenon. D. To issue a warning.
33.What does the underlined word “waned” in paragraph 4 probably mean?
A. Faded. B. Strengthened. C. Returned. D. Emerged.
34.What’s Howeses attitude to anticipatory pleasure?
A. Objective. B. Supportive. C. Doubtful. D. Unclear.
35.What is Howeses suggestion to readers?
A.Shopping online at will.
B.Seeking external stimulation.
C.Escaping from life occasionally.
D.Pursuing inner satisfaction actively.
第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）
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。选项中有两项为多余选项。
After his father was rushed to the hospital with brain bleeding, 43-year-old YanathaDesouvre began to panic. So he did one thing he knew would calm himself —writing. 36 He wrote about his worry as well as his happy memories with his dad. “Writing allowed me to face my fear,’’ says Desouvre.
Psychologists refer to this kind of writing as “expressive writing’’, whose idea is to write about a painful experience or difficult situation. James Pennebaker, a psychology professor at the University of Texas, says hundreds of studies over several decades have looked at the potential benefits of expressive writing and found it can strengthen the immune system, including people with illnesses such as cancer and depression.37
Expressive writing works because it allows you to make meaning out of a painful experience.38 Then, translating that experience into language forces you to organize your thoughts. And writing it out gives you a sense of control. It can increase someone’s acceptance of their experience, and acceptance is calming.
What if you don’t consider yourself “a writer”? 39 Instead,do dig deep into your thoughts and feelings. The goal of the expressive writing is to find meaning in an unsettling event.
40 Expressive writing isn’t a magical panacea (灵丹妙药). It shouldn’t be used as a replacement for other treatments. And people suffering from a severe depression may not find it useful to do on their own.
A.But there are a few warnings.
B.Don’t worry about spelling or grammar.
C.Yet it can be a powerful curing tool for many people.
D.Over the next few weeks, he filled several notebooks.
E.The mere act of writing out can control the brain activity.
F.It can also help reduce pain and improve mood, sleep, and memory.
G.Recognizing that something is bothering you is an important first step.
第三部分语言运用（共两节，满分30分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
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。
Marion Sheppard had always been a keen dancer. However,she found her vision began to 41 in her 40s and the doctor said it would only get worse. She cried and felt 42, locking herself in her apartment.
Then after several months, Sheppard 43 herself to step out to attend a social event for people with visual impairments (损伤). Terror 44 her when she found people there barely moved. They all just sat there,45 and physically withdrawn. Deep down, she was 46:“That is not the way I want to live”. Her immediate 47 was that she must do something to change that.
Sheppard asked at a Manhattan community center run by Visions,an organization for the visually impaired, if she could teach line dancing there, but was 48. They said itwould be too 49 for the students. However, she insisted and 50 convinced the directors at Visions to let her teach line dancing on a volunteer basis. Her classes 51 to be very popular, attracting more students than expected. But what she 52 was more than dance steps. With constant encouragement, she also helped them 53 confidence and independence despite their disability. Just as Sheppard says, “We may be blind, but we’re doing our thing.”
Sheppard’s 54 for maintaining both physical and spiritual health,no matter what difficulty life may throw at you,is 55:“Just keep it moving unless life ceases.”
41. A. expand B. appear C. decline D. refresh
42. A. surprised B. depressed C. embarrassed D. relieved
43. A. allowed B. forced C. promised D. invited
44. A. seized B. bothered C. spotted D. shaped
45. A. humble B. energetic C. proud D. still
46. A. suspecting B. hesitating C. complaining D. protesting
47. A. reaction B. excuse C. ambition D. assumption
48. A. watched over B. sent for C. turned down D. taken in
49. A. pricey B. risky C. strange D. childish
50. A. slightly B. definitely C. frequently D. eventually
51. A. proved B. remained C. seemed D. happened
52. A. claimed B. observed C. instructed D. preserved
53. A. share B. admire C. assess D. restore
54. A. tip B. comment C. requirement D. clue
55. A. relevant B. simple C. novel D. possible
第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Prioritizing Safety at Winter Games
The countdown to the opening of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics has already kicked off. Besides Beijing’s promise of hosting a “fantastic, extraordinary and excellent” Winter Olympic Games, “safe” is also 56 keyword with the on-going COVID-19 pandemic.
57 (base) on the latest scientific advice and key learning from other events, the first editions of the Beijing 2022 Playbooks 58 (publish) on Oct 25, 2021. They had been developed 59 (joint) by Beijing Organizing Committee, the IOC and the IPC. The playbooks cover the whole journey of all Games participants, 60(detail) therequirements for entry and the measures that will be 61 place within the closed-loop management system. The two playbooks, one for athletes and team officials, and one for media and technical officials, provide comprehensive COVID-19 62 (guideline). They will help participants prepare for their arrival in China, fulfilling their roles at the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, and their 63 (depart) from Beijing.
Compared to Tokyo’s, the prevention measures in Beijing 2022 could be stricter. Beijing Organizing Committee has highlighted the importance of full vaccination (接种),64 was not stressed by the Tokyo 2020 organizers. Overall, these playbooks are the basis of the game plan 65(ensure) that all Olympic and Paralympic Winter Gamesparticipants and the people of China stay safe and healthy for the Games.
第四部分写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（满分15分）
假定你是校“英文经典阅读社”社长李华。你社拟招募新成员，请你用英语写一份纳新启事，内容包括：
1.介绍社团；
2.招募条件；
3.告知报名时间、方式等。
参考词汇：招募recruit (v.)
注意：1.写作词数应为80左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Club Members Wanted
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
English Classics Reading Club
第二节（满分25分）
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。
“Bye, Mom; bye, Dad; don’t worry. We’ll take care of everything!’’ Carly waved from the front door of the shop as her parents drove off. They were headed for a well-deserved vacation from their candy store,and Carly had promised them she’d be able to run it by herself. Her parents didn’t quite agree,however,so they gave in to each other by having Carly Aunt Maggie come over and help. Her parents often called her aunt “uniquely creative’’, but it didn’t matter; Carly always had fun when her aunt was around.
Maggie blew into the store happily. “All right, Carly my love, what do we do first?” she smiled at her niece. Carly knew clearly the main job was to serve customers, so she could hardly wait to make her best candies. Seeing them on display,Aunt Maggie bit a bite of the chocolate mint-flavored candy. “It’s good, but… unoriginal,” commented her aunt. “We can do better.”
Before Carly could question what Maggie meant, the woman had gone to investigate the kitchen in the back. Shortly,she came back,hands full of items. “We need to add some of these to better that basic taste.” “Brussels sprouts? (芽甘蓝粉)’’ Carly looked at her aunt, surprised and puzzled. She couldn’t be serious! But she was. Carly’s eyes grew wide as she watched her aunt mix it together. “And some spicy sauce (辣酱汁)? That’s definitely an ice cream flavor. The cold will perfectly make candies less spicy!” Carly shook her head as Maggie continued her strange candy combinations:lemonade-flavored candy, barbeque-flavored candy...
Carly looked up as the bell over the front door rang, announcing some customers. Three boys came in and approached the counter. “Try something new!” insisted Maggie, offering the first boy a piece of the Brussels sprout candy she had made,the second boy a spoon of hot sauce one... Puzzled, but too polite to argue, the boys left the store.
“There go our customers. Nobody will want to shop here!” Carly said to herself. The store was quiet. Carly sat behind the counter, not knowing what to wait.
注意：
1.续写词数应为150左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
With the sound of the bell again, the boys came back. ________________________________________________
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Carly had never seen the shop so busy!____________________________________________________________
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2021—2022学年度第一学期高三质量检测
参考答案及评分标准
第一部分听力
1-5 ACCBA 6-10 BCABC 11-15BBCCA 16-20 BACAB
第二部分阅读
第一节
21-23 BBC 24-27 DCAB 28-31 DDCA 32-35 CAAD
第二节
36-40 DFGBA
第三部分语言运用
第一节
41-45 CBBAD 46-50 DACBD 51-55 ACDAB
第二节
56. a57. Based58. were published59. jointly60. detailing61. in62. guidelines63. departure64. which65. to ensure
第四部分写作
第一节
Club Members Wanted
Scoop! The English Classics Reading Club is recruiting new members.
As a club enjoying lasting popularity, we hold various exceptional activities regularly, ranging from appreciation of English classics to stage performances. Immersed in the charm of English, you will find your English enhanced step by step. Applicants, who have enthusiasm for reading classics, are welcome and those with fluency in English will be given priority.
To have fun and more than fun, please submit your application form to ECRClub@hotmail.com before December 31. We’re waiting for you!
English Classics Reading Club
第二节
With the sound of the bell again, the boys came back. But this time there was a crowdof kids with them. A line was forming out of the door! The silence was replaced with excited chatter. The kids were laughing, pointing at the new candy flavors, and pulling handful of coins from their pockets. “I’ll have a pickle juice lemonade, please!’’“Give me two pieces of Brussels spouts candies, please!’’“The hot sauce ice cream, please!’’… Carly and her aunt were occupied serving all the customers, and more lined up at the door every minute.
Carly had never seen the shop so busy! It seemed the customers could not get enough of Maggie’s crazy candy combinations. Incredibly! When they finally sent the last customer out of the door and turned on the “Closed” sign that flashed in the window “hey were exhausted but in extraordinarily high spirits. “That might have been the craziest day, ever.” Giving her aunt a thumbs up, Carly said smilingly, “Aunt Maggie, you’re a genius.”“I know,’’ grinned her aunt, winking at Carly with the usual childish smile on her face.
听力文本
Text 1
M: Excuse me. The salad has only four types of vegetables, but you told me there’d be six.
W: Sorry, it’s my fault. It’s for table 9. Yours will be ready soon. A moment, please.
Text 2
M: Hello, madam. How can I help you?
W: Yes, I’d like to return this shirt. My son wants to get something a bit more fashionable. I’m sorry to trouble you. Please be quick. I’m just finishing my lunch break and I need to get back to the office soon.
Text 3
M: Shirley, I have to meet my niece at the railway station at 6:20. She called me half an hour ago. I just had an emergency meeting.
W: Oh, it’s 6:00 now. 20 minutes to go.
M: That is enough.
Text 4
W: I want to have my hair done. Look! What about the short and straight hairstyle in the magazine?
M: Just so-so. I think making your brown hair black is enough.
Text 5
M: Susan, do you know what traditional Chinese painting mainly includes?
W: Yes. It mainly includes landscape painting, figures, birds and flowers.
M: So which do you like best?
W: I love looking at figure paintings most.
Text 6
W: Robert, you’re a car lover, so you must know something about electric cars.
M: Yes. Now it’s quite common to drive electric cars. That means less air pollution. Tesla is making a new kind of electric car this year.
W: Is there anything special about it?
M: Yes. It can drive much farther than most electric cars.
W: It must be expensive.
M: Actually, it will be their least expensive car. Besides, many people, myself included, are crazy about its design. Its top is all glass!
Text 7
W: Wow, it’s really a big bookstore. What kind of book do you want to buy today?
M: I’d like to get a book about Abraham Lincoln’s life. Pm really interested in learning more about the great man.
W: It must be helpful for you to complete your paper.
M: You’re right. And you?
W: Pm looking for some fantasy books.
M: You must love this kind of book very much.
W: Not really. Adventure stories are my favorite. Actually I need books for my younger brother. He is turning fourteen this weekend.
M: How about buying the Harry Potter series for him?
W: He read those books two years ago, but he hasn’t read The Lord of the Rings and The Hunger Games yet.
M: Will you buy both of the series for him?
W: No. Just the latter. I don’t have so much money today.
Text 8
W: Honey, what are you doing on the Internet?
M: Pm reading about a summer day camp. Have you ever heard about Mount Tom?
W: Yes, the boy living next door took part in the camp last summer. However, Pm more concerned with what participants think of it than anything else.
M: Well, it’s a traditional summer day camp and a leader in early childhood programs. It’s conveniently located to all areas of Lower Westchester.
W: So what can kids do in the camp?
M: It can help them make new friends and learn life skills. Teachers and coaches help campers learn and enhance social, athletic and cultural skills every minute of every day. The pools, fields and courts provide the perfect space for campers to participate in over 50 developmentally appropriate, fun-filled activities.
W: That sounds not bad. Who can go to the camp?
M: Children aged from 3 to 14. What about letting Jason go to it this summer, I don’t want him to stay indoors every day.
W: OK. Let’s talk about it with him after he comes back from school today.
Text 9
W: Welcome to join us today, Mr. Shole. Your story with a female tiger has become famous on social media. Could you tell us something about it, please?
M: OK. The tiger was just three months old then when I met it for the first time. Its owner asked me to watch over it. Since then the tiger and I have become inseparable.
W: Sounds interesting. Do you often play with the tiger?
M: Yes. It’s not aggressive or angry at all, however, heavy steel bars are installed for it. It sleeps in an enclosure at night and sometimes I spend my nights there with it, sleeping right next to it.
W: Is the tiger big,
M: Yes. The average weight of the common females of this species is 140 kilograms, but it is 40 kilograms overweight.
W: That’s quite a lot, even for tigers. How long is it?
M: Three meters, and its height is one meter.
W: So how often does it eat?
M: It eats twice a day. The menu includes about 6 kilograms of meat of different varieties each meal.
W: Well, such a striking friendship between a young guy and a fairly young animal is really fantastic. Thank you again for sharing your story with us tonight, Mr. Shole. And that’s all for today’s show.
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W: Good evening, everyone. In tonight’s program, let’s get to know an inspiring blind Chinese man named Zhang Hong. He has climbed onto the tallest peak in the world from the Nepal side. He became the first blind man in Asia and the third in the world to climb Mount Qomolangma. The man completed the 8,849 meter-high Himalayan feat on May 24,2021 along with three high altitude guides. And then he returned to the base camp three days later. Zhang was born in southwestern Chinese city of Chongqing. He lost his sight at the age of 21 due to some kind of disease. He was inspired by Erik Weihenmayer, a blind American mountaineer who climbed onto the tallest peak of Qomolangma in 2001. Zhang began training under the guidance of a mountain guide friend. He was still very scared while climbing. Because he couldn’t see where he was walking, and he couldn’t find his center of gravity,so sometimes he could fall. Zhang said, “I kept thinking even though it was hard,I had to face those difficulties and dangers. This is the meaning of climbing. No matter if you’re disabled or normal, whether you have lost your eyesight or you have no legs or hands, it doesn’t matter as long as you have a strong mind. You can always complete a thing that other people say you can’t.”