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2024届陕西省西安市临潼区高三第二次模拟考试英语试题

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一、阅读理解

IrishWritersCentreNovelFair2024

TheNovelFairisanannualcompetitioninitiatedbytheIrishWritersCentre(IWC).DescribedbyTheIrishTimesas“ADragons’Caveforwriters”,eachyeartheFairaimstointroduceup-and-comingwriterstotoppublishersandliteraryagents.

ThePrize

Thetwelvewinnerswillhavetheopportunitytopresentthesummaryoftheirnovelsdirectlytoindustryprofessionals.LeadingpublishersandagentswillbeinvitedbytheIWCtomeetthesewritersinpersonorthroughaseriesofonlinemeetings.Togetfullypreparedforthemeetingwithpublishersandagents,thewinnerswillreceiveaplaceinaworkshopon“HowtoPromoteYourNovel”,twoweeksinadvance.Also,applicantswhoarelonglisted(初选)butdonotmakeittotheshortlistoftwelvewillhavetheirworksevaluatedandcriticizedbythejudgingpanel.

HowtoEnter

Entryfeeforapplicationis￡55(MembersofIWCcanenterforadiscountedfeeof￡45).Thiscompetitiononlyacceptsmanuscripts(原稿)fornovels.Applicantsarerequiredtosendasummarywithin300wordsanduptofivechaptersoftheirnovels,whichshouldbe10,000words(+/-10%).Manuscriptsshouldbesubmittedonline.Thereisalimitofoneentryperapplicant.

Entriesarewelcomefromanywhereintheworld.Beforeenteringthecompetition,pleaseensurethatyouhavereadtheNovelFairTermsamp;Conditions2024verycarefullyastheFairisopentoonlynovelistswhohaveneverpublishedworkpreviously.Ifyouhaveanyquestionsabouttheapplicationprocess,pleaseemailnovelfair@irishwriterscentre.ie.

1．WhydoestheIWCholdtheFair?

A．Toserveasaplatformforwriters. B．Toadvertiselocalbooks.

C．Toencourageyoungpeople. D．Toarouseenthusiasmforreading.

2．Whatcantheworkshophelpthewinnersdo?

A．Improvetheir