2024-2024学年三明市普通高中第一学期期末质量检测英语试题
高三英语试题
第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分） 第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
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Middle School Academic Summer Camp Courses
Enrichment Theme: Creative Minds August 15- August 27
A wide variety of enrichment courses await you at R-MA’s Summer Academic Camp in the Northern Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. Come and explore the galaxy, master technology, broaden your reading base….It’s a summer that you’ll never forget!
Science Explorer:
Students will uses simple machines to invent Rube Goldberg challenges. Weekly creations will provide students chances to work together and think creativity with others. This course is our most popular, apply early to reserve your space!
Reading & Writing:
Get occupied with non-fictional text that describes some of the greatest inventors of all time. Create digital text that is both interactive and animated (交互的和动态的).
History in Action:
Recreate some of the most influential architectural features from the early civilizations by using everyday materials. Let your imagination head to another world with hands-on activities on a daily basis.
Music:
You can use our digital keyboarding software to make a variety of music Are there chances to
play instruments in space? How does it sound and What are the challenges? Learn about how music plays a role in space.
Middle School Academic Enrichment. Camp Fees Tuition (学费): For one two-week session:$ 645 For both two-week sessions: $1180
Personal account: $565 Notes:
* There are four periods each day and each course runs for two periods. Students can only choose one or two topics for the summer.
* All courses are for enrichment only. This is a learning enrichment camp, not a summer school program. Students cannot take these courses to make up for courses failed during the normal school year.
* Tuition does not include the cost of meals or uniforms. Personal account covers board, uniforms and trips. 1. What do the courses focus on for students? A. Their teamwork. C. Their failed courses
2. How much will Steven pay for both History in Action and Music in total? A. $1180. C. $1290.
B. $1210. D. $1745.
3. What will students have the chance to do at the Summer Camp? A. Play various musical instruments.
B. Turn ancient materials into products
C. Invent some stories about great scientists.
D. Explore some simple machines for challenges.
Eleven-year-old Ruby Kate Chitsey loves asking the question “If you could have any three things, what would you want?” at nursing homes in Harrison. Even more amazing, she then sets out to make the residents who live in the nursing home realize their dreams.
Last May, Ruby Kate noticed a resident named Pearl staring out a window. She seemed sad. “What are you looking at?” Ruby Kate asked. Pearl said her dog was led away by his new owner because she couldn’t afford to raise it. Ruby Kate and her mother, Amanda, asked around and discovered that many nursing home residents are unable to afford even the smallest luxuries. So Ruby Kate decided to do something about it.
She started by asking residents what three things they wanted most in the world. Amanda worried that people
..B. Their creativity. D. Their school grades.
B
would ask for cars and other things an 11-year-old wouldn’t be able to provide. Instead, they asked for chocolate bars, McDonald fries, pants that ft properly and even just prayer. Using heir own money, the Chitseys granted the wishes of about 100 people in three months. Then they started asking for donations.
The good people of Harrison responded enthusiastically, so much so hat Amanda set up a GoFundMe page, Three Wishes for Ruby’s Residents, hoping to collect %5,000. They hit their goal in a month. After GoFundMe named Ruby Kate a Kid Hero and promoted her story internationally this past January, Three Wishes raised $20,000 in 24 hours and more than $250,000 in five months.
Earlier this year, Three Wishes for Ruby’s Residents became a nonprofit and launched its first nationwide chapters. Ruby Kate doesn’t plan to stop there. “I consider kindness to be my hobby,” she says, “and I’m very good at it.”
4. What inspired Ruby Kate to help residents at nursing homes? A. Pearl’s sadness for missing her dog. B. The kindness of residents at nursing homes. C. Many nursing home residents’ lack of luxuries. D. Her experience of working in a nursing home. 5. What can we learn from the passage?
A. Three Wishes has set up its worldwide branches. B. The Chitseys helped satisfy the residents’ wishes.
C. The nursing home introduced Ruby’s story around the world. D. The Chitseys are wealthy enough to afford all residents’ wishes. 6. What do the numbers listed in Paragraph 4 indicate? A. People were supportive. C. Raising money was quite easy.
7. Which of the following can best describe Ruby Kate? A. Proud and enthusiastic. C. Warm-hearted and selfless.
B. Creative and imaginative. D. Ambitious and modest. B. Ruby Kate was generous. D. The programme was profitable.
C
New South Wales, Australia, is setting up cameras as part of an effort to reduce the number of people preoccupied with wireless devices while they drive. It will be the first area in the world to use the technology to punish drivers distracted (分心) with telephone calls, social media or text messages.
2024-2024学年三明市普通高中第一学期期末质量检测英语试题(10页)
