河南许昌县第一高级中学2015-2016学年高一英语下学期期中试题.docVIP

2015级（高一）第二学期段中考试英语试题 第一部分：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） A Words like thanks and please have become pet phrases for Na Yuegang. As one of the volunteers at this year’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum（论坛）， he assists more than 100 international representatives. But Na Yuegang is not alone. More than 600 volunteers from 13 universities in Beijing contribute to the APEC meeting, according to Beijing Daily. Students take advantage of opportunities to put their skills and interests to work at the forum, and in return they gain valuable work experience and connections. Na Yuegang is an international politics major at Beijing Language and Culture University, and he’s a language enthusiast. In addition to English, he speaks both Thai and Cantonese. He uses his talents to help determine where delegates are from based on their accents.He even gets to use his language skills to communicate with staffers. Through communicating with delegates, he’s developed a deeper understanding of his college major. “Here, I learn the meeting’s agenda(日程安排), how the delegates work, and get a feel for the atmosphere of this international event.” he says. This experience has made me more curious about the relationship between China and other nations, he says I want to study these relationships, if possible.” Xu Han, 21, an English major at Beijing University of Technology, is approaching the conference from a different angle. Her job is to introduce delegates to China’s technological innovations like 3D printing machines produced by technological company Tiertime. She is also in charge of showing off cultural relics and she does it all in English. Once, she did a lot of preparation for the process behind a carved lacquer ware(漆器制品)technique to meet a Thai representatives curiosity. In only four days, she read more than 100 pages of notes. She did her own research online as well. Through her own research shes gained the ability to speak about the subject with confid