高三英语作业1试题

衡水中学2019-2020学年度高三英语暑假自我提升试题（一）

组题人：张站琴赵岩

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，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

V olunteers are vitally important for Melbourne’s tourism. They provide information on Melbourne for around two million visitors each year. Their love and knowledge of the city add to Melbourne’s reputation as a friendly, welcoming and culturally vibrant city.

If you would like to receive an email advising you on the next recruitment (招募) session , please email tourism@melbourne. vic. gov. au.

The City of Melbourne’s tourism branch generally conducts two volunteer recruitment intakes each year for the following tourism programs:

* City Ambassadors

* Melbourne Visitor Booth at Bourke Street Mall

* Melbourne Visitor Centre at Federation Square

* Melbourne Greeter Service

Places are limited and potential volunteers must participate in a selection process based on the following criteria. Volunteers must be:

* passionate about Melbourne

* customer service focused

* familiar with computer

* available for one four-hour shift (轮班) (either morning or afternoon) every fortnight for a minimum of one year

* team players who love meeting people

* able to demonstrate a commitment to the City of Melbourne’s value s

More information

To find out more about becoming a volunteer, contact us online or phone the City of Melbourne’s V olunteer Project Officer, Tourism Melbourne on (03) 9658 9658.

For other volunteering opportunities, see national volunteer recruitment website Go Volunteer. 21. Which of the following is NOT one of the qualifications to be a volunteer?

A. Being willing to cooperate.

B. Having computer skills.

C. Being able to do shift work every night for a year.

D. Having passion for Melbourne.

22. How can you get other volunteering chances?

A. By emailing tourism@.au.

B. By seeing national volunteer recruitment website.

C. By phoning the City of Melbourne’s V olunteer Project Off icer.

D. By contacting Tourism Melbourne online.

23. Where is the text most probably taken from?

A. A government website.

B. A radio report.

C. A book review.

D. A geography textbook.

24. What may be the best title for the text?

A. Guide to Touring in Melbourne.

B. Welcome to the City of Melbourne!

C. Does V olunteering Pay Back?

D. Tourism V olunteer Program!

B

After a failed marriage, the loss of all of my friends, depression, sleeping pills, and alcohol addiction, not working for four years, and sending out over 200 resumes in the last five months —today I got a $60,000/year job in my field of study. Today is a good day.

I always make a wish when the clock strikes 1:11, 2:22, 3:33, 4:44, 5:55, or 11:11. I alternate between two wishes and two wishes only: Please let me be happy, and, Please let me get a job I love.

I’d been in the running for this job for one and a half months. They received 140 applications and interviewed 20. Finally it was down to me and one other person. But I got a call from them three days ago, saying they had decided to move forward with the other candidate. I thanked them for the opportunity, they wished me luck in my future, and I spent the entire day crying.

Then yesterday the woman who would have been my boss added me to her social website ID, which I found odd. “Rub the salt in a little deeper,” I told my dad.

Well, one hour ago my would-be boss called, and said she and the HR manager who initially interviewed me couldn’t get me off their mind because of my enthusiasm, attitude, and the excitement I couldn’t contain. She told me the president of the company initially hired the other candidate because he was fluent in a particular software program, one of which I am only