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1、高三【标注派发】阶段测试2 (英语)一、阅读理解1. Want to explore new culture, meet new people and do something worthwhile at the same time? You can do all the three with Global Development Association (GDA). Whatever stage of life youre at, wherever you go and whatever project you do in GDA, youll create positive changes
2、 in a poor and remote community.We work with volunteers of all ages and backgrounds. Most of our volunteers are aged 17-24. Now we need volunteer managers aged 25-75. They are extremely important in the safe and effective running of our programmes. We have such roles as project managers, mountain le
3、aders, and communication officers.Depending on which role you choose, you could help to increase a communitys access to safe drinking water, or help to protect valuable local cultures. You might also design an adventure challenge to train young volunteers.Not only will you help our young volunteers
4、to develop personally, youll also learn new skills and increase your cultural awareness. You may have chances to meet new people wholl become your lifelong friends.This summer we have both 4-week and 7-week programmes:CountrySchedule4-week programmes7-week programmesAlgeria5 Jul.-1 Aug.20 Jun.-7 Aug
5、.Egypt24 Jul.-20 Aug.19 Jun.-6 Aug.Kenya20 Jul.-16 Aug.18 Jun.-5 Aug.South Africa2 Aug.-29 Aug.15 Jun.-2 Aug.GDA ensures that volunteers work with community members and local project partners where our help is needed. All our projects aim to promote the development of poor and remote communities.The
6、re is no other chance like a GDA programme. Join us as a volunteer manager to develop your own skills while bringing benefits to the communities.Find out more about joining a GDA programme:Website:www.glodeve.orgEmail:humanresourcesglodeve.org (1)What is the main responsibility of volunteer managers
7、?A.To seek local partners.B.To take in young volunteers.C.To carry out programmes.D.To foster cultural awareness. (2)The programme beginning in August will operate in _.A.EgyptB.AlgeriaC.KenyaD.South Africa (3)The shared goal of GDAs projects is to _.A.explore new culturesB.protect the environmentC.
8、gain corporate benefitsD.help communities in need2. Five years ago, when I taught art at a school in Seattle, I used Tinker-toys(万能工匠一种拼装积木)as a test at the beginning of a term to find out something about my students. I put a small set of Tinker-toys in front of each student, and said: Make somethin
9、g out of the Tinker-toys. You have 45 minutes todayand 45 minutes each day for the rest of the week.A few students hesitated to start. They waited to see what the rest of the class would do. Several others checked the instructions and made something according to one of the model plans provided. Anot
10、her group built something out of their own imaginations.Once I had a boy who worked experimentally with Tinker-toys in his free time. His constructions filled a shelf in the art classroom and a good part of his bedroom at home. I was delighted at the presence of such a student. Here was an exception
11、ally(独特地)creative mind at work. His presence meant that I had an unexpected teaching assistant in class whose creativity would infect(感染)other students.Encouraging this kind of thinking has a downside. I ran the risk of losing those students who had a different style of thinking. Without fail one wo
12、uld declare, But Im just not creative.Do you dream at night when youre asleep?Oh, sure.So tell me one of your most interesting dreams. The student would tell something wildly imaginative. Flying in the sky or in a time machine or growing three heads. Thats pretty creative. Who does that for you?Nobo
13、dy. I do it.Reallyat night, when youre asleep?Sure.Try doing it in the daytime, in class, okay? (1)The teacher used Tinker-toys in class in order to _.A.know more about the studentsB.make the lessons more excitingC.raise the students interest in artD.teach the students about toy design (2)What do we
14、 know about the boy mentioned in Paragraph 3?A.He liked to help his teacher.B.He preferred to study alone.C.He was active in class.D.He was imaginative. (3)What does the underlined word downside in Paragraph 4 probably mean?A.Mistake.B.Drawback(弊端).C.Difficulty.D.Burden(负担). (4)Why did the teacher a
15、sk the students to talk about their dreams?A.To help them to see their creativity.B.To find out about their sleeping habits.C.To help them to improve their memory.D.To find out about their ways of thinking.3. One of the latest trends in American childcare is Chinese au pairs. Au Pair is Stamford, Conn., for example, has got increasing numbers of requests for Chinese au pairs from zero to around 4,000 since 2004. And thats true all across the country.I thought it would be very useful for him to learn Chinese at an early age, Joseph Stocke, the managing di