河北省武邑中学2018-2019学年高一英语上学期寒假作业28
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 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
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With the upcoming the Year of the Pig on Feb 5, 2019, Just Share It - Happy Chinese New Year global online photo contest 2019 is being launched. Chinaculture.org invites you to share your photos of Chinese New Year celebrations all over the world. The photos will be graded and all the nominees
（获得提名者）will be awarded certificates（证书）of honor and paid remuneration（报酬）.
Host www.chinaculture.org Organizers www.chinadaily.com.cn Who
Anyone who is interested in Chinese culture and wants to share photos of the
Chinese New Year.
What 1．All the photos are welcome, but the theme should be Chinese New Year celebrations.
The images should show the programs and activities of Happy Chinese New Year all over the world or capture the scene of people enjoying the Spring Festival overseas.
2．Photographs must be of an event outside the Chinese mainland and the photographer can be of any nationality.
3．All the images must be real.
4．Photographs must be in digital format, either TIF or JPG files. When How
Starts from Jan 1, 2019 Submission deadline: Feb 28, 2019
Please send your photo to: contest@chinadaily.com.cn or to China Culture’s
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/China-Culture-1575300589358145/.
Awards and Prizes
1．The contest will select 200 photos（single or group）, including: First prize: 10 photos, remuneration for each 5,000
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RMB
Second prize: 20 photos, remuneration for each 3,000 RMB Third prize: 70 photos, remuneration for each 1,000 RMB
Other selected works: 100 photos, remuneration for each 500 RMB
2．All the winners will be awarded a certificate of honor, and the organizer will deduct any tax on the award money.
1．What can we learn from this passage?
A．This contest will last more than three months B．www.chinaculture.org hosts and organize this contest. C．Anyone can send his or her photos of New Year celebrations. D．There will be two ways you can send your photos to compete. 2．What kind of photos can’t be allowed to comptete in this contest?
A．Its theme is about Chinese New Year celebrations. B．It shows an event of Happy Chinese New Year in China. C．It has been made in digital format, either TIF or JPG files.
D．It captures the scene of people enjoying the Spring Festival overseas. 3．If your work is selected in the first 65 photos, you will be awarded .
A．5,000 RMB and certificate of honor B．3,000 RMB and certificate of honor C．1,000 RMB and certificate of honor D．500 RMB and certificate of honor
B
Colorado Springs is once again fighting a wildfire, less than a year after the Waldo Canyon fire. About 1 p.m., yesterday, a fire broke out in the area of Falcon and Shoup, just north of the city of
Colorado Springs. In today’s news meeting, El Paso County sherif（f州长）Terry Maketa told
reporters
that it has affected 48 square miles in the Black Forest area.
This fire affects at least 7,358 people. The fire is being described as a lot of spot fires and not one large front. Maketa expects the fire to move to the southeast and then back to the west this afternoon
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because of wind. Unburned areas passed by the fire yesterday are under threat if the fire moves west. Mountain View Electric is reporting that 11,185 customers are without power as the result of yesterday’s big fire.
Maketa told reporters that “the fire is far from under control or going out.” The area does not have fire hydrants（消防栓）so water is being brought in by tankers. No firefighters injuries have been reported. The sheriff says that there are no missing persons. He expects at least 80 and up to 100 homes to have been burned so far.
The Colorado National Guard is helping the local people get out there in a number of ways. The Air National Guard has two helicopters used for firefighting and observation. The U.S. Army has three helicopters from Ft. Carson also dropping water on the fire. A lot of firefighters and equipment from Peterson Air Force Base have joined the fire fight. Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station has also sent nine firefighters. 4．What was the result caused by the big fire?
A．More than 400 homes were burned up. B．7, 358 people were injured more or less.
C．The west area of the forest was burnt badly. D．No electricity was supplied to 11,185 people. 5．Why was the fire very difficult to put out?
A．Because there were no fire hydrants in the area. B．Because the dry area is short of water very much. C．Because there happened to be not enough firemen. D．Because they had fewer tankers to carry water. 6．We can learn from this passage that
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A．the wildfire made 7,358 people injured B．the wildfire formed one large fire front C．nobody has died in the wildfire till now ago
7．What can we know from the last paragraph?
A．Five helicopters were fighting the fire. ways.
C．A lot of equipment was used to fight the fire. D．Soldiers from Air Force helped fight the fire.
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D．Waldo Canyon fire broke out two years
B．The fire was fought in a number of
河北省武邑中学2018_2019学年高一英语上学期寒假作业28(含答案)
