广东四会中学、广信中学2023-2024学年高一下学期第一次月考试题 英语 .docx

202 3 - - 202 4 学年 高一 第 二 学 期 四会、广信中学 英语 科第一次联考 第一部分 阅读 （共 两节 ；满分 37.5 分） 第一节 阅读理解 （共 1 0 小题；每小题 2 .5 分，满分 25 分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 A Enter Our Short Story Competition 2024 Welcome to our Short Story Competition 2024 to show the world your storytelling talents! Note that there are some changes to last year’s competition rules. If you have any questions or concerns, ask us before submitting your story. Rules Please ensure that your submissions are completely new and not previously published. Your story must have uplifting elements and be limited between 250 and 300 words in length. Please include your name, preferred email address or postal address for possible awards in the body of the email with the story attached. Don’t put your personal information anywhere in your story. Prizes There are three categories—one for adults and two categories for schools: one for children aged 12-18 and one for children under 12. In the adults category, the winner will receive £1, 000 and the runner-up will receive £250. In the children aged 12-18 category, the winner will receive a £200 book voucher (代金券) or a branded tablet and a £100 book voucher, and the runner-up will receive a £100 book voucher. In the children under 12 category, the winner will receive a £100 of book voucher or a branded tablet and a £100 book voucher, and the runner-up will receive a £50 book voucher. Other Items Please submit your stories by June 31, 2024 either online or by posting offline. The judge team consisting of our editors and some professional writers will pick a shortlist (入围名单) of entries, and the three best stories in each category will be posted online at on our website on August 1, 2024. You can vote for your favourite, and the one with the most votes will win the top prize. Voting will close on November 30, 2024 and the winning entries will be published on December 31, 2024. 1 ．What is a qualifying story according to the rules? A．A story with personal information. B．A story that has won some awards. C．A story of over 300 words. D．A story which is original. 2 ．What prize can a boy aged 17 win if he takes second place? A．As much as £250. B．A branded tablet. C．A £100 book voucher. D．A £200 book voucher. 3 ．Who will finally determine the winners? A．Editors B．Voters C．The judge team D．Professional writers B Rob Kenney’s dad left him when he was little. At a time when he was on the path to young adulthood, he had no father to guide him on the way. He had a painful experience as a young boy, but learned, with the help of his marriage, to forgive his dad just before his dad died in his 80s. Now, with a wife of 29 years and two successful adult children — Kristine, 27, who works with kids, and Kyle, a software engineer — Kenney wants to pay it forward. “My goal in life was to raise good adults, not good children,” he explains. The fact that his kids have both grown up and left the house left him thinking how he might help others. And the quarantine (隔离期) was actually the perfect time for him to finally share some key life skills with other kids who might be growing up in difficult situations — maybe they’ve lost a parent or have parents who are absent. So the dad set up a heart-warming YouTube program called Dad, How Do I?, a program that shares instructional videos like how to cook a meal and tie a perfect tie. His practical tips have really touched the viewers, which are growing in number day by day. Rob Kenney is just what the Internet needs — a caring dad who wants to share his skills. It’s no wonder that he has gotten as many as 1.9 million fans in return. The unbelievable success of Rob Kenney’s videos suggests the need for a good father figure in a child’s life. From teaching basic life skills to encouraging them to be kind, a father figure helps kids develop into active members