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黑龙江省哈尔滨市第九中学校2022-2023学年高二下学期期中考试英语试题

一、阅读理解

1.YoungWritersAwards

AbouttheContest

BenningtonCollegehasauniqueliterarytradition.We’vehadtwelvePulitzerPrizewinners,threeUSpoetlaureates,fourMacArthurGeniuses,andtwoofTimemagazine’s100mostinfluentialpeople.Incelebrationofthis,BenningtonlaunchedtheYoungWritersAwardstopromoteexcellenceinwritingatthehighschoollevel.Studentsareinvitedtoenterwiththefollowingwork:

?Poetry:Agroupofthreepoems

?Fiction:Ashortstory(1,500wordsorfewer)orone-actplay

?Nonfiction:Apersonaloracademicessay(1,500wordsorfewer)

Afirst-,second-,andthird-placewinnerisselectedineachcategory.WewelcomeparticipationofbothUSandinternationalstudents.

AwardsRules

First-placewinnersineachcategoryareawardedaprizeof$1,000;second-placewinnersreceive$500;third-placewinnersreceive$250.

?Nochargeforentrance.Feesforaccidentscausedbyparticipantsarerequired.

?Allentriesmustbeoriginalworkreviewed,approvedandguidedbyateacher.Wewilluseyourteacherasacontactforthecompetitionshouldwehaveanyquestions.Forhomeschooledstudents,pleasecontactonetoassistinyourwritingevenifyouhaveexperienceinsuchcompetitions.

YoungWritersAwardsfinalistsandwinnersarealsoqualifiedforundergraduatescholarshipsatBennington.YoungWritersAwardsfinalistswhoapplyandgainadmissiontoBenningtonwillreceivea$10,000scholarshipeveryyearforfouryears,foratotalof$40,000.YoungWritersAwardswinnersreachingthestandardwillreceive$15,000everyyear,foratotalof$60,000.

1.WhatcanbelearnedabouttheYoungWritersAwards?

A．Itrewardsthreewinnersatlast.

B．It’satraditionofBenningtonCollege.

C．Itacceptsparticipantsworldwide.

D．Itoffersscholarshipstoundergraduates.

2.Whataretheparticipantsaskedtodo?

A．Handinapersonalessay.

B．Haverelatedwritingexperience.

C．Payanentryfee