福建省福州市八县一中期末联考高二英语试卷.pdf

八县（市）一中第二学期期末联考 高中二年英语科试卷 完卷时间：120分钟满分：150分 第一部分听力 （共两节，满分30分） 第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7. 5分） 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A 、B 、C三个选项中选出最佳 选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅 读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。 第二部分：阅读理 （共两节，满分40分） 第一节 供15小题；每小题2分，满分30分） A I felt like I had clicked my heels three times and come to a country away from home every morning as I walked through the doors at the Embassy of Australia in Washington. usical Aussie accents, and Aboriginal art exhibits made me wonder if I had entered without a visa. In fact I was a temporary employee, a public affairs unpaid intern （实习）for three months during the summer in order to engage myself in the culture of the country where I planned to study the next spring. During the summer I read the Australian news every day. Working at the embassy allowed me to escape the U.S. for six hours per day and learn about what was going on across the planet. After reading the daily Australian and U.S. news I usually helped prepare a PowerPoint presentation for school kids who visited the embassy as part of a school activity. Depending on whether an embassy event was going on, I would attend weekly meetings to listen in on planning and see what I could do to help. Usually there were smaller tasks to be done such as creating visitors* guides. The most fantastic event in which I participated was the visit of the Australian prime minister. As the only American among countless Australian media and staff, I felt comfortable and was kept busy taking pictures and recording door-stop interviews at famous sites such as the Capitol. But as an intern, you will not be inside, exposed to top-secret information, when it comes to special events. Government work is a useful addition to ones experience. As an embassy employee you will gain invaluable knowledge while s