江苏省常州市2024-2025学年高二下学期期末考试英语试卷（Word版附答案）含听力音频

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第一部分：听力(共两节，满分30分)
第一节
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.
Hw did the man find the rast beef?
A. It was bitter.B. It was salty.C. It was tasty.
2.
What is the wman’s requirement fr the desk?
A. A big size.B. Under $50.C. A famus brand.
3.
Where are the speakers?
A. On a bus.B. In a lift.C. In a classrm.
4.
What did the man expect t d?
A. Have mre classes.B. Jin a basketball club.C. Imprve his skills quickly.
5.
What des the wman mean?
A. She’ll g hme by train.B. She’ll drive hme herself.C. She’ll stay at the airprt.
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。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，每小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
6. What is the relatinship between the speakers?
A. Neighbrs.B. Classmates.C. Wrkmates.
7. When des Mary plan t arrive at the party?
A. At 6:30.B. At 7:00.C. At 7:30.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
8. What day is it tday?
A. Friday.B. Thursday.C. Wednesday.
9. What will the girl d this weekend?
A. Stay with the family.B. G t Jeanie’s party.C. Meet Jeanie in the army.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
10. Why des the wman talk with the man?
A. T get a part-time jb.B. T apply fr a curse.C. T ask abut hliday packages.
11. Where des the cnversatin take place?
A. On the phne.B. In a travel agency.C. In a technlgy cmpany.
12 What infrmatin des the wman prvide?
A. Her persnal accunt.B. Her address.C. Her ffice number.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
13. What des the wman dislike abut shpping?
A. Fighting the crwd.B. Trying n clthes.C. Buying sale gds.
14. What des the man think f custmer service in Australia?
A. Excellent.B. Just s-s.C. Annying
15. What annys the wman abut the shp assistants?
A. They always leave her alne.
B. They never help her with fitting sizes.
C. They persuade her int jining sme club.
16. Hw many cards des the man have?
A. Tw.B. Twelve.C. Over-frty.
听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
17. When des the by have t finish his hmewrk?
A. By 8:00 pm.B. By 9:00 pm.C. By 10:00 pm.
18. What des the by usually d n Saturday mrning?
A. He cleans his rm.B. He des his hmewrk.C. He plays cmputer games.
19. What des the by cmplain abut?
A. His strict family rules.B. His busy schl life.C. His inexperienced teachers.
20. Why is the by wrried nw?
A. He will take an exam tmrrw.
B. He did prly in his math test.
C. He talked back t his teacher.
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
HIDDEN VALLEY SNOW TEAM
Rcky Muntain Natinal Park is lking fr additinal vlunteers t supprt ur winter peratins at Hidden Valley Snw Play Area. Vlunteers at Hidden Valley mainly prvide safety infrmatin fr backcuntry skiers and frnt-cuntry sledders. Vlunteers shuld expect t wrk alngside anther vlunteer and cmmunicate with park visitrs frequently.
REQUIREMENTS
Vlunteers will be prvided with a unifrm but are expected t supply items such as base layers, winter ftwear, and glves. Vlunteers shuld be cmfrtable wrking in ptentially bad weather cnditins and muntainus envirnments abve 9,000 feet.
Yu will be asked t cmmit t a weekly r bi-mnthly shift (轮班). If yu are unable t make yur shift, yu may cntact anther vlunteer t cver yur shift fr yu. Available shifts are n weekends frm 10:00 a.m. t 3:00 p.m., althugh sme weekday shifts may be available, especially arund winter hlidays with high visitatin rates.
APPLICATION
In yur applicatin, please indicate the days f the week that yu are available. If yu have the experience with winter recreatin (娱乐) in Rcky Muntain Natinal Park, the descriptin f it is als necessary. Incmplete applicatins will nt be cnsidered.
21. What is the main respnsibility f vlunteers in Hidden Valley Snw Team?
A. T prvide language assistance.B. T d sme cleaning wrk.
C. T help with safety wrk.D. T instruct skiers and sledders.
22. Which f the fllwing shuld be prepared by vlunteers themselves?
A. The unifrm.B. Clthing t keep warm.
C. Skiing equipment.D. A mbile phne fr emergency.
23. Wh is the least likely t be chsen as a vlunteer?
A. One withut experience as a vlunteer.
B. One nt living in a muntainus area nw.
C. One wh can nly wrk n weekday mrnings.
D. One wh has never wrked with winter recreatin.
B
Gerge Miles has been wrking at the Dr. Grabw pipe factry in Nrth Carlina fr fifty-tw years. He started his career at eighteen and has n plans t retire. Gerge says, “I like wrking. I dn’t like sitting arund.”
Tday, many yung peple lk at Gerge and think he’s frm anther planet. They see wrk as an incnvenient necessity, a means f making mney, while their “real” life happens in their free time, when they can d what they enjy.
Despite this change in viewpint, wrk remains an imprtant part f ur lives. It allws us t live independently, and every jb, n matter hw rdinary, cntributes t sciety. My first wrk experience was at a nickel refinery (镍冶炼厂). Nickel is used in making stainless steel, batteries and many ther prducts. T get nickel, the rcks have t be heated t an extremely high temperature, s I wrked next t a big ven while wearing special prtective clthes.
The jb was ht, dusty and dangerus. But I learned the value f discipline — hw t discipline myself abut ging t wrk every day and hw t cperate with thers. I als discvered that even the hardest wrk wuldn’t break me, and that, at the end f each day, I always felt a sense f satisfactin. Mre imprtantly, the blue-cllar jb didn’t just cntribute t myself, but sciety as a whle. In shrt, wrk at the nickel is essential t industrial ecnmy. That last lessn is prbably the mst significant: all wrk is nble if yu have the right attitude and d yur best; all wrkers, even thse in the humblest rles, deserve ur respect.
Thrugh wrk, we discver urselves and find ur place in the wrld. This idea is supprted by the stry f three recent university graduates in China wh tk jbs at a restaurant. One f them said, “I like t wrk, and this jb helps me be independent while I lk fr a better ne.” Like Gerge Miles, these yung peple believe that wrking is mre rewarding than just “sitting arund.”
24. What d many yung peple think f Gerge Miles?
A. Tugh.B. Inspiring.C. Hard-wrking.D. Odd.
25. What d we knw abut the authr?
A. He benefits a lt frm his first jb.
B. He regrets nt sticking t his first jb.
C. He thinks industrial ecnmy is the mst imprtant.
D. He believes blue-cllar jbs deserve mre respect.
26. What d the three graduates believe?
A. Hard wrk pays ff.B. It’s better t wrk than nt.
C. Gd wrk arises frm gd educatin.D. All wrk and n play makes Jack a dull by.
27. What’s the best title f the passage?
A. Every Jb Builds UsB. Blue-cllar Jbs Define Yu
C. My Unique Wrk ExperienceD. Yung Peple’s Different Wrk Attitudes
C
In the early 2000s, David Baker, a prfessr at the University f Washingtn, was dedicated t the field f prtein design. He develped the Rsetta sftware, which was a significant breakthrugh at that time. Hwever, predicting the structure f prteins accurately still remained a huge challenge. The cmplex patterns f prteins, determined by the structure f amin acids (氨基酸), held cuntless secrets that had escaped scientists fr decades, and unlcking them was key t understanding life at a mlecular (分子) level.
In 2016, at DeepMind, Demis Hassabis and Jhn Jumper decided t take n this prblem. They gathered a team f brilliant minds and began t develp an AI mdel fr prtein structure predictin. They studied vast amunts f prtein data, analyzed hw amin acids change in similar prteins acrss different species, and included evlutinary infrmatin in the mdel. After years f hard wrk and cuntless experiments, in 2020, they finally develped the AlphaFld2 mdel.
AlphaFld2 was revlutinary. It culd predict the structures f almst all the 200 millin knwn prteins with remarkable accuracy. Scientists arund the wrld were amazed by its pwer as the wrk wuld therwise take human beings tens f thusands f years t finish. With the help f AlphaFld2, researchers culd nw study antibitic resistance (抗药性) mre deeply and design enzymes (酶) that culd break dwn plastics. By visualizing the precise architecture f prteins invlved in defending bacteria, fr instance, drug develpers culd engineer medicatins that utwit bacteria’s resistance strategies. And when it came t plastic-degrading enzymes, understanding their structure enabled scientists t wrk at their active sites fr mre efficient breakdwn.
In 2024, the Nbel Cmmittee awarded the Nbel Prize in Chemistry t David Baker, Demis Hassabis, and Jhn Jumper. Their wrk had nt nly decded prtein structures but had als pened up new hrizns fr the fields f medicine, bitechnlgy, and materials science.
28. Abut prtein structure predictin, which f the fllwing is mentined in Paragraph 1?
A. Its significance.B. Its side effects.C. Its cst.D. Its future.
29. What can be inferred abut AlphaFld2?
A. It was based n data frm 200 millin species.
B. It was develped thrugh numerus failures.
C. It made human scientists much less imprtant.
D. It was mainly used fr imprving human health.
30. The underlined wrd “utwit” in Paragraph 3 mst likely means “______”.
A. be mre used tB. be mre addicted t
C. be less efficient thanD. be mre intelligent than
31. What is the article mainly abut?
A The develpment f different sftwares in prtein research.
B. Scientists’ effrts and breakthrughs in prtein analysis.
C. The marketing f AlphaFld2 in different scientific fields.
D. The difficulty and imprtance in winning a Nbel Prize.
D
In a wrld dminated by digital screens and shrt-lived infrmatin, reading bks remains a timeless pursuit that ffers prfund insights int the human experience. Unlike the shrt-term nature f nline cntent, bks serve as gateways t different wrlds, minds, and eras, inviting readers t engage in deep, reflective thinking.
Reading is nt merely a passive activity; it is an active dialgue between the reader and the authr. Each page turn is an pprtunity t explre new perspectives, challenge existing beliefs, and expand ne’s intellectual hrizns. When we engage deeply in a well-crafted narrative, we start a jurney f self-discvery, encuntering characters and situatins that mirrr ur wn struggles and victries. This emtinal cnnectin allws us t develp a greater understanding f the human cnditin, encuraging cmpassin and empathy twards thers.
Mrever, bks pssess the unique ability t cultivate ur imaginatin and creativity. As we visualize the vivid descriptins and cmplicated plts, ur minds are free t wander, cnstructing mental pictures that are bth persnal and universal. This imaginative exercise nt nly enriches ur inner lives but als enhances ur prblem-slving skills, enabling us t apprach challenges with fresh perspectives.
In the wrld f nn-fictin, reading equips us with knwledge and wisdm accumulated ver centuries. Whether researching int the recrds f histry, explring the frntiers f science, r thinking abut philsphical questins, bks prvide a structured and cmprehensive way t acquire infrmatin. They serve as advisrs, guiding us thrugh cmplex ideas and helping us make sense f the wrld arund us.
In cnclusin, reading bks is nt just a pastime; it is a transfrmative jurney that enriches ur lives in cuntless ways. In a fast-paced, infrmatin-flded wrld, the act f reading ffers a refuge fr the mind, a surce f inspiratin, and a pathway t self-imprvement. S, let us embrace the pwer f bks and begin a lifelng adventure f learning, grwth, and discvery.
32. The difference between nline cntent and bks lies in ______.
A. depth and lasting impactB. variety and cnvenience
C. width and accessibilityD. ppularity and visual appeal
33. Hw des reading create an “active dialgue”?
A. By allwing readers t exchange ntes nline.
B. By engaging readers with authrs’ ideas.
C. By reflecting authrs’ struggles fr success.
D. By encuraging readers t see the wrld.
34. Why are nn-fictin bks cmpared t “advisrs”?
A. They ffer systematic wisdm.B. They simplify cmplex ideas.
C. They entertain and educate readers.D. They research int readers’ imaginatin.
35. What is the main purpse f the passage?
A. T criticize the veruse f digital screens.
B. T highlight the benefits f reading bks.
C. T intrduce genres and functins f bks.
D. T argue fr fictin’s value ver nn-fictin.
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。
If yu’re living and wrking in a blame culture, yu might have nticed hw peple are afraid t speak up when things g wrng. They knw thse in charge will be lking fr victims t punish. This applies nt nly in wrkplaces but in families and ther grups.
_______36_______ Grup members fear being blamed and this makes them understandably secretive, distrusting and afraid t ask fr help. At wrk, if staff have cncerns abut mistakes, they’ll tend t stay silent. In situatins where peple’s health and safety are at risk, this can lead t tragedy.
The ppsite f a blame culture is psychlgical safety. In a psychlgically safe envirnment, there’s a sense f shared respnsibility when things g wrng r right. Mistakes are seen as a learning pprtunity. Team members trust ne anther, there’s a spirit f penness and peple are cmfrtable asking fr help. _______37_______
Yur ability t fster such a culture depends n yur rle. Even if yu’re a junir member, yu can help by supprting strugglers and seeking help yurself._______38_______Yu culd start by being pen abut yur past mistakes and hw yu’ve learned frm them. Yu culd invite thers t share their past experiences in a similar way.
Yu culd bring this same apprach t prject discussin (in a family, this culd be a cnversatin abut a recent family experience). _______39_______ When it cmes t addressing mistakes r shrtcmings, give cnstructive feedback instead f blaming.
In wrkplaces, this culd invlve explring ways t imprve yur team’s prcesses t prevent future mistakes. Fr instance, if smene made an embarrassing spelling mistake, perhaps yu culd intrduce a new prfreading step befre dcuments are printed. _______40_______ By embracing this culture, teams can grw strnger and mre resilient tgether.
A. The gal is t prblem-slve in an pen way.
B. This bsts jb satisfactin and team perfrmance.
C But it’s pssible t break free frm a blame culture.
D. They may miss pprtunities t imprve prcesses.
E. Ask what went well and what culd have gne better.
F. Living in such a culture leads t negative cnsequences.
G. But a leader plays a key rle in mdeling pen envirnments.
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。
“Hey, ChatGPT, hw many R’s are there in the wrd ‘strawberry’?”
“Tw.”
“Cunt again. S-T-R, that’s ne R; A-W-B-E-R-R, that’s tw mre R’s. Three R’s_______41_______.”
“I _______42_______ what yu did there! Yu split up the wrd t make it seem like there are three R’s._______43_______ when yu cunt the actual letters in the wrd ‘strawberry,’ there are still just tw R’s. It’s a fun twist (小伎俩), thugh!”
But it’s nt — it’s just a hard _______44_______. Sadly, whatever I said t it, ChatGPT insisted that there were tw R’s in “strawberry.”
The chatbt _______45_______ that “The R in ‘straw’ is part f the wrd, s it desn’t change the_______46_______ cunt f R’s in ‘strawberry.’” While this kind f deep thinking may be _______47_______ during chats after a lng schl day, it’s nt great fr a high-tech tl that’s meant t _______48_______the wrkplace.
After quite a lt f _______49_______, I finally gt ChatGPT t wrk. “Can yu spell it ut fr me and cunt the R’s as yu g alng?” I asked.
“Sure, let’s spell it ut and cunt tgether: S-T-R, that’s ne R; A-W-B-E-R-R, that’s the secnd R; R, and that’s the third R. S, yu’re _______50_______. When yu cunt in this way, there are three R’s.”
All f this is due t the way the large language mdel (LLM) algrithms (算法)_______51_______ AI tls like ChatGPT. Althugh these LLMs are _______52_______ n a huge amunt f data, at the end f the day this_______53_______ means they have “seen a lt f stuff.” Smewhere in that stuff is enugh _______54_______ fr an AI tl t define what a wrd means, r t knw what R is. But it can’t understand the “stuff”_______55_______ human beings. This is partly why AI chatbts may “hallucinate (产生幻觉)” when they haven’t gt the answer t a questin.
41. A. in exchangeB. in allC. in caseD. in effect
42. A. hateB. guessC. seeD. fancy
43. A. ButB. AndC. OrD. S
44 A. mistakeB. pininC. prfD. fact
45. A. agreedB. arguedC. declaredD. permitted
46. A. ttalB. limitedC. incrrectD. abslute
47. A. bitterB. deadlyC. mralD. fun
48. A. abandnB. transfrmC. destryD. defend
49. A. cmmentsB. accessesC. attemptsD. clicks
50. A. rightB. experiencedC. simpleD. nrmal
51. A. streB. inventC. pwerD. attack
52. A. selectedB. recycledC. educatedD. trained
53. A. simplyB. hardlyC. finallyD. badly
54. A. attentinB. judgmentC. infrmatinD. difficulty
55 A. frB. likeC. withD. except
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。
Wang Xingxing, the 35-year-ld Unitree Rbtics CEO, was put in the sptlight when his cmpany’s dancing rbts ____56____ (steal) the shw n China’s 2025 Spring Festival Gala.
Brn in Ningb, Wang displayed early ____57____ (engineer) talent, building mdel planes and turbine engines as a student. In 2009, he entered Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, ____58____ he created his first walking rbt with just 200 yuan, challenging ____59____ impssible.
During his master’s studies at Shanghai University, Wang fcused n small, electric, highly flexible fur-legged rbts, creating the award-winning XDg in 2015. Mre imprtantly, this marked a majr step n his jurney ____60____ becming a well-knwn name in the field f lw-cst, high-perfrmance fur-legged rbts. After graduatin, he briefly jined Shenzhen-based drne maker DJI. Hwever, the ppularity f XDg at hme and abrad, ____61____ was cupled with a tw millin yuan investment frm an angel investr, enabled him t fund Unitree Rbtics in 2016.
Unitree pineered affrdable high-perfrmance fur-legged rbts, gaining glbal____62____ (recgnize) thrugh majr tech, cultural and sprts events. ____63____ truly shcked the wrld was when the AI-pwered, fully autmated and large-scale rbts appeared n the Spring Festival Gala. Dressed in brightly clred red and green flral cstumes, they perfrmed the ____64____ (traditin) Chinese “Yangge” dance t the music n stage.
With the effrts f Wang Xingxing and ther scientific and technlgical wrkers, the dream f rbts ____65____ (g) int peple’s hmes might cme true in the near future.
第四部分 写作(共两节，满分40分)
第一节(满分15分)
66. 假如你是李华，下周学校将举行英语演讲比赛，主题为“有效沟通”。请你撰写一份演讲稿，内容包括：
1. 有效沟通的重要性；
2. 如何进行有效沟通。
注意：
1. 写作词数应为80个左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Dear teachers and classmates,
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Thank yu!
第二节(满分25分)
67. 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。
Biff and Chip stayed with their grandmther in a quiet village, where her lively spirit always filled their days with laughter. One windy mrning, the children hped t fly their dragn kite, and Granny suggested a picnic near her huse, an pen spt she knew wuld be perfect fr letting the kite sar. Biff requested t launch it first, and Granny ndded, watching as the wind carried the kite higher until it suddenly went free frm the girl’s grasp. The kite sailed int a distant tree, leaving Biff upset. Chip tried his best t get it back, but it was a stranger’s help with a lng ple that finally freed it. They lved this free and peaceful meadw (草地).
Later, as the children prepared t fly the kite again, Chip nticed lively wildflwers carpeting the grass. The bright little flwers danced in the wind, their clrful petals (花瓣) like small happy smiles. With water drps shining n them, they lked s lively and cheerful. As they were playing happily, Granny said the village was facing a new threat: a planned highway wuld cut thrugh the meadw and wds they lved. The news saddened the children, wh imagined lsing their favrite picnic spt and the freedm t run amng the trees. Their enjyment faded. At a village meeting, prject leader Emily shwed a map, insisting the rute was unavidable despite many peple’s ppsitin. Sn, bulldzers(推土机) arrived, their metal arms beginning t dig the earth.
Watching the machines apprach the wildflwers, Biff and Chip picked a small bunch f flwers, fearing they wuld be destryed. “We saved these fr yu,” they tld Granny, wh studied the flwers thughtfully. “These might be very rare,” she said suddenly, her eyes widening. “I’ve never seen them in these parts.” With that, she hurried inside, leaving the children wndering if the delicate flwers might hld the key t saving their belved landscape.
注意：
1. 续写词数应为150个左右;
2. 请在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Paragraph ne:
Granny lked in a bk and fund a picture f the flwers.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Paragraph Tw:
The bulldzers went away, leaving a big hle in the grund, but the village saw ptential in the scar.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
英语答案
听力
1-5.CBBCA
6. C 7. B
8. C 9. A
10. B 11. A 12. B
13. A 14. A 15. C 16. C
17. B 18. A 19. A 20. B
阅读
21. C 22. B 23. C
24. D 25. A 26. B 27. A
28. A 29. B 30. D 31. B
32. A 33. B 34. A 35. B
36. F 37. B 38. G 39. E 40. A
41. B 42. C 43. A 44. D 45. B 46. A 47. D 48. B 49. C 50. A 51. C 52. D 53. A 54. C 55. B
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61. which 62. recgnitin
63. What 64. traditinal
65. ging
66. Dear teachers and classmates,
Effective cmmunicatin plays a vital rle in ur lives. It helps build trust, reslve cnflicts, and enhance cperatin. Withut it, misunderstandings may arise, causing unnecessary prblems.
T cmmunicate effectively, we shuld listen actively and shw respect fr thers’ pinins. Als, be clear and cncise when expressing urselves. Last but nt least, pay attentin t nn-verbal cues like bdy language t help yu understand thers well and make yurself fully understd.
Let’s imprve ur cmmunicatin skills and make ur lives better.
Thank yu!
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Granny lked in a bk and fund a picture f the flwers. The are labeled “Meadw Starlight,” a species declared endangered decades ag. “These aren’t just rare—they’re thught t be extinct in this regin!” she exclaimed, clutching the bk. Quickly, she dialed the lcal cnservatin ffice, her vice urgent as she described the flwers. Within hurs, a team f btanists arrived. “This is a significant discvery,” ne scientist said, kneeling t examine the rts. “We’ll need t prtect this entire area.” That night, Granny hung a “Prtected Wildlife Habitat” sign at the meadw’s edge, a small but hpeful barrier against the bulldzers.
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The bulldzers went away, leaving a big hle in the grund, but the village saw ptential in the scar. Twnspeple filled the hle with native sil and planted small trees arund it. Biff and Chip scattered the last f the Meadw Starlight seeds, watching as bees sn buzzed arund the emerging shts. By summer, the hle had transfrmed int a sparkling pnd, circled by wildflwers and willw trees. Emily even visited, admitting, “Smetimes the best rutes are the nes nature chses.” Nw, the children’s dragn kite dances abve the pnd, while Granny’s picnic blanket rests n grass—a reminder that even in the wake f destructin, life finds a way t grw back better.