天水一中高一级
2023-2024
学年度第二学期开学检测
英语试题
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满分：
100
分
时间：
60
分钟
)
第二部分
阅读理解
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共两节，满分
50
分
)
第一节
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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
和
D
四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
Dance Classes
Ballet
Ballet teaches grace,and flexibility (
灵活
). Students focus on the use of proper ballet items , expanding their knowledge of classical ballet techniques and improving
skills for classical ballet practice.
Age: 8 — 10
Date: September 7, 2019 — May 16, 2020 Time: 10:30 am — 12:00 am on Saturdays
Creative Movers
Students can explore creative movement, the development of skills and balance. The class helps build strength, flexibility and self-confidence, and allows children to realize expression in a positive and encouraging environment.
Age: 3 — 5
Date: September 7
2019 — January 18, 2020 Time: 9:00 am — 9:45 am on Saturdays
Jazz
Jazz includes movements from both classical ballet and dance techniques. This class will focus on traditional Jazz dance. Students will be taught the jazz-style rhythms and movements. Students and parents work with program staff to meet students’ personal dance goals.
Age: 5 — 6
Date: September 7, 2019 — May 16, 2020 Time: 2:00 pm — 3:00 pm on Saturdays
Hip Hop
Students will be introduced to several different aspects of hip hop dance including Popping, Locking, Breaking and Tutting in a high-energy environment. Our hip hop instructors are highly knowledgeable and will provide students with a wonderful view of hip hop dance.
Age: 7 — 10
Date: September 7, 2019 — May 16, 2020 Time: 1:00 pm — 2:00 pm on Sundays
1.
Which class is suitable for 4-year-old children?
A.
Ballet.
B.
Creative Movers.
C.
Hip Hop.
D.
Jazz.
2.
What can students learn in the jazz class?
A
Make use of all the ballet items.
B.
Learn the long history of jazz.
C.
Dance with famous modern jazz dancers.
D.
Get to know jazz-style movements.
3.
What is the feature of the hip hop class?
A.
It is open in the afternoon.
B.
The skilled teachers teaching differnt levels.
C.
It teaches traditional dances.
D.
It is available on Sunday.
B
When people ask me how I started writing, I find myself describing an urgent need that I felt to work with language. Having said that, I did not know for a long time what I was looking for. It was not until I followed this feeling to its source that I discovered I had a passion for writing. With some encouragement from my colleagues, I had one of my poems published. This bit of success, however, was the point where my problem began.
Back in 1978, I had to travel between three different campuses in the morning, teaching freshman composition. Afternoons I spent taking my daughter to her ballet and horse-riding lessons. I composed my lectures on the way, and that was all the thinking time I had. When I returned home, there was not enough of me left for writing after a full working day.
As a way out, I decided to get up two hours before my usual time. My alarm was set for 5:00 A.M. The first day I shut it off because I had placed it within arm's reach. The second day I set two clocks, one on my night table, and one out in the hallway. I had to jump out of bed and run to silence it before my family was awoken. This was when my morning writing began.
Since that first morning in 1978, I have been following the habit to this day, not making or accepting many excuses for not writing. I wrote my poems in this manner for nearly ten years before my first book was published. When I decided to write a novel, I divided my two hours: the first for poetry, the second for fiction. Well or badly, I wrote at least two pages a day. This is how my novel, The Line of the Sun. was finished. If I had waited to have the time, I would still be waiting to write my novel.
What I got out of getting up in the dark to work is the feeling that I am in control. For many people, the initial sense of urgency to create easily dies away because it requires
甘肃天水市第一中学2023-2024学年高一下学期开学考试 英语 .docx
