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马永顺中学校2023—2024学年度下学期高一期初考试
英语试题
(满分:120分;时间:90分钟)
第一部分 阅读(每小题2.5分,满分50分)
A
Improve your reading, writing and math skills
Through the Literacy and Basic Skills program, you will learn reading, writing, math and other basic skills(e. g. computer)to help you prepare for:
·employment
·college studies
·independence
·school credit
These courses are free and available in English or French. There are courses designed for local people and deaf people as well.
Requirements
To take these courses you have to:
·be an Ontario resident
·be 16 years old or older
·have reading, writing and math skills below the grade 12 level
Learn in a classroom
You can take these free classroom courses at more than 300 locations across the province.
Find out more by contacting Employment Ontario.
Learn online
You can learn online as one way of the Literacy and Basic Skills program.
Four different organizations in Ontario offer free online courses tailored to you. Find out more about learning online:
·in English
·in French
·as a local person
·as a deaf person
1.What will the program fail to help you prepare for?
A.Employment. B.College studies.
C.Entrance exam. D.Independence.
2.How many ways to take the courses are mentioned in the passage?
A.Two. B.Three. C.Four. D.Five.
3.In which part of a newspaper may this text appear?
A.Entertainment. B.Education. C.Health. D.Science.
B
A Frenchman went to a small Italian town and was staying with his wife at the best hotel there. One night, he went out for a walk alone. It was late and the small street was dark and quiet. Suddenly he felt someone behind him. He turned his head and saw an Italian young man who quickly walked past him. The man was nearly out of sight when the Frenchman suddenly found that his watch was gone. He thought that it must be the Italian who had taken his watch. He decided to follow him and get back the watch.
Soon the Frenchman caught up with the Italian. Neither of them understood the other’s language. The Frenchman frightene