精品解析：河南省沁阳市第一中学2023-2024学年高二下学期开学考试英语试卷

英语 (考试时间：120分钟 试卷满分：150分) 注意事项： 1.答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号、考场号填写在答题卡上。 2.回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其它答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。 3.考试结束后，将答题卡交回。 第一部分 听力(共两节，满分30分)(略) 第二部分 阅读理解(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和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 A The Best Writing Contests of 2024 Kentucky Visions Short Story Contest The Kentucky Visions Short Story Contest, an annual contest, is designed to highlight Kentucky’s rich literary talent and celebrate the best in short fiction written by Kentuckians or about our beloved Bluegrass State. Top prize Best entry: $500 Entry requirements Fee: FREE Deadline March 31, 2024 Fiction Factory Flash Fiction This is an international competition—we welcome entries from around the world. Maximum word count: 1,000, Stories may be on any theme. Entries must be previously unpublished. Results will be announced by April 2024. Minimum age: 16 years. Children’s compositions cannot be accepted sadly. Top prize Best entry: £500 Entry requirements Fee: FREE Deadline March 31, 2024 Journalism Competition 2024 What are the most important issues taking place close to home? Perhaps a rare bird sighting near your town? Or a band of young people in your province fighting for access to higher education? This month, involve yourself in a newsworthy event inside the borders of your own country, and invite us there through your written reporting. Top prize Best entry: $100 Entry requirements Fee: FREE Deadline July 22, 2024 Poetry & Spoken Word Competition 2024 “Poetry lays the foundations for a future of change,” wrote Audre Lorde. This month, sow your own seeds of change into poetry, or else write and perform an original piece of spoken word(poetry performed aloud). We’ll award two top prizes-one for a written poem, and one for a recorded performance. Top prize Best entry: $100 Entry requirements