【英语】山西省吕梁育星中学2018-2019高二下学期期末考试试卷

山西省吕梁育星中学2018-2019高二下学期期末考试

英语试卷

第一部分阅读理解（共20个小题，每小题3分，满分60分）

第一节（共15个小题，每小题3分，满分45分）

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Teaching Assistant-Primary-Graduate

Recruiter: ACADEMICS

Location: Kensington and Chelsea

Salary: $ 60 per day

Posted: 31 Oct 2015

Closes: 28 Nov 2015

Industry: Schools, Primary teaching, Age 5-7, Teaching assistant

Hours: Full Time

Are you a recent graduate? Are you looking to become a teaching assistant? The role is working as a teaching assistant within Year 1. As this is a graduate position, extensive experience as a teaching assistant is not required. This position will start on 23rd November and applications are welcomed as soon as possible. At interview you will need to be able to demonstrate your understanding and commitment to a career working with young people. It is important that you are enthusiastic and have understood the requirements of working in the classroom.

The working day will be from 8: 30 to 4: 30 in accordance with the academic calendar. Training will be provided weekly by the school and help you to perform to your best. This school was recently awarded “Outstanding" at its latest Ofsted report and is an excellent place to start your career in education. By working alongside the class teacher you will be able to develop your skills in the classroom

The contract will last until July 2016. This placement will provide you with excellent preparation for a future career in education. Recent graduates have gone on to be successfully accepted onto PGCEs. Please apply with your CV or call James Rennie on 020 3031 4863.

1. The primary school in Kensington and Chelsea is looking for

A. teachers

B. headmasters

C teaching assistants D. Academic experts

2. When can people see this advertisement?

A. Before 31 Oct 2015

B. After 28 Nov 2015

C. Only on 23rd November

D. Between 31 Oct 2015 and 28 Nov 2015.

3. Which of the following is an advantage for an applicant?

A. He has graduated for several years

B. He likes and knows about the job.

C. He has a lot of experience in teaching.

D. He has several part-time jobs to do

4. What can a teaching assistant get from the job?

A. The chance to improve himself.

B. A salary of more than $ 60 per day.

C. A contract that ensures a lifelong career.

D. Weekly training about how to make a CV

B

We talk about people being "colour -blind" but very few of us are. Even those who describe themselves as colour-blind are normally just colour lack. A strongly colour-blind person will still be able to tell 20different colours, compared to the 100 or so that normal-sighted people see.

Pingelap, a tiny island in the Pacific, is a beautiful spot but one that has a genetic trouble. It is known as colour-blind Island because so many people who live on this remote island can only see in black and white.

Not being able to see in colour is bad enough. But one islander, Herrol, who's a fisherman, also struggles in full sunlight because all he sees is a painful burnt-out image. "I find it difficult to go outside in the sun,” he says, because when it's sunny I cannot see to do my work.

But if being truly colour-blind is rare, why is it that around 10% of the population of Pingelap live in a totally black and white world?

Well, we know that in 1780 the population of Pingelap was all but wiped out by a tsunami(海啸). As few as 20 people survived, one of whom was the king. it's believed he had a genetic fault that causes colour-blindness and he passed this fault on to his many generations.

There is one advantage. Herrol can see well, really well, in the dark. So when it gets dark, Herrol and his friends get in their boats and hunt flying fish. They hang up flaming torches and the