广西壮族自治区示范性高中2022-2023学年高一下学期4月期中联合调研测试英语试题

广西壮族自治区示范性高中2022-2023学年高一下学期4月

期中联合调研测试英语试题

学校:___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________

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Making Better Magicians: The Vanishing Inc. Magic Fund We believe in giving back. That is why we’ve founded The Vanishing Inc. Magic Fund. The funds are collected mainly from donations from people like you. We use these funds to bring about change in our industry. But we need your help.

We use our funds in mainly three ways:

MAGIC SCHOLARSHIPS (奖学金)

We offer scholarships to magic camps, shows and events. A week spent at Magic Camp is life-changing, yet some children who want to go will never be able to because their family can’t afford it. We want to change that. We’ve now given over 200 scholarships to young magicians, thanks to your help.

IMPROVING MAGIC EDUCATION

In order to reach the largest number of magicians possible, we’ve taken our charitable efforts to the Internet! Our ShareMagic video series features interesting magicians telling amazing stories. These videos range from inspirational to educational.

THE COLLEGE OF MAGIC

We have a connection with the College of Magic in Cape Town, South Africa. This college has created a safe place for children to learn magic, as well as public speaking skills, reading skills and other essential (最基本的) life skills. We supported the renovation (整修) of a theater, where these students do their shows and take classes, and more. We also recently built The Magic Lab, where the young magicians can learn how to create magic.

Every penny you donate goes directly to helping others. Thank you for considering a donation to our magic fund. Please click the link below to donate: Donate now

1．What are the scholarships used for?

A．Attracting more children to magic.

B．Praising excellent young magicians.

C．Encouraging poor children to attend college.

D．Helping poor children go to Magic Camp.

2．What did the organization do in South Africa?

A．It founded a college.

B．It helped repair a theater.

C．It worked with a magic lab.

D．It helped develop Cape Town.

3．What is the purpose of the text?

A．To call on us to donate.

B．To introduce a college of magic.

C．To invite us to visit a magic center.

D．To show how an organization works.

Two years ago, I completed a degree in Education at one of London’s finer universities. One night while having dinner with my friends, we began a discussion about what we wanted to do with our futures. My former flatmate had already found a position at a well-respected bank in London and advised us to be out there looking for jobs. Everybody around our table agreed except me and another girl, Nellie. Nellie and I were both at a loss as to what we wanted to do, but we were of one mind in that we did not want to immediately plunge (使陷入) ourselves into a nine-to-five job.

Nellie said she had a friend, named Susan, who had spent her gap year, the year between finishing university and beginning work, in Ghana. She had come back full of tales about her adventures and the wonderful people of the country. It sounded unusual and eye-opening to me, and I wanted to be a part of it.

Six months later, I was. I was offered a teaching position in an orphanage (孤儿院) in Ghana by a company called Filling the Gap. To be honest, on arriving in Ghana I had a few moments when I thought perhaps I was making the mistake of a lifetime. The orphanage was run-down and poorly managed. It seemed that there was nobody at the orphanage telling me what I was supposed to teach, who I was supposed to teach or with what materials I was supposed to teach.

After several days, the manager of the orphanage showed up and handed me a list with twelve names on it; these names belonged to the children to whom I was expected to offer all my wisdom. The children were eager to learn and seeing the look of pure joy on their faces came to mean the world to me. My whole gap year experience was nothing but positive. I