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1、重庆市万州第二高级中学2023届高三下学期第四次质量检测英语试卷学校：_姓名：_班级：_考号：_一、阅读理解 Kings College London Volunteering is looking for paid members to sit on the Student Advisory Board for Volunteering. The Board plays an important role in influencing the development and delivery of the volunteering service. Its aim is to find vo
2、lunteering opportunities for students, teachers and other staff at school. Volunteering, which has the potential to create positive social impact, is a key priority for Kings. The Board will ensure that students needs are at the core of the service so that all Kings students can make a difference. T
3、his year, the Student Advisory Board for Volunteering will co-create the agenda, and potential topics include: Volunteering opportunities for the disabled. Promotion of the Boards service. How to recognize and reward volunteers. Evaluation of the Boards work. This is a unique and exciting opportunit
4、y open to all studying at Kings, regardless of how much or how little you have volunteered. The Board will be run both online and in-person, and board members will be paid the London Living Wage (11.95 per hour) via Kings TalentBank. The application deadline is 23:59 on Friday, 31st March 2023. Appl
5、y via the form below, using your Kings email address.1、What does the Board aim to do for those at Kings?A. Perform voluntary work.B. Meet their academic needs.C. Provide learning opportunities.D. Discover volunteering chances.2、Which of the following is a possible topic for this years agenda?A.Runni
6、ng the Board online.B. Training voluntary workers.C. Assessing the Boards performance.D. Taking care of people with disabilities.3、Who can apply to be a member of the Board at Kings?A. The students.B. The teachers.C. The graduates.D.The working staff.From cottages surrounded by impressive gardens to
7、 days spent exploring sandy beaches and deep woods filled with wildlife, in My Family and Other Animals, English writer Gerald Durrell provided a vivid account of his familys time on the Greek island of Corfu in the 1930s.Come for the arresting descriptions of Corfu landscapes and stay for Durrells
8、laugh-out-loud tales of his unusual family. This book, Durrell wrote humorously in the introduction, was intended to be a nostalgic(怀旧的) account of natural history, but in the first few pages, I made the mistake of introdcing my family.Durrell, later known for his zoo keeping and the preservation of
9、 wildlife, was just a child during his familys five-year stay in Corfu. He is 10-year-old Gerry in the bookcurious, passionate about animals and a detailed storyteller of his strange family: his imaginative elder brother Larry with his literary ambitions, love struck sister Margo, sporty brother Les
10、lie and his ever-calm, loving mother.Durrells attention to detail is what makes the book so winning, with every sight, sound and smell of the island brought to life. One minute youll be laughing as Larrys clever literary friends walk down to the daffodilyellow cottage, the next youll be catching you
11、r breath as Durrell describes swimming at night in the Ionian Sea: Lying on my back in the silky water, staring at the sky, only moving my hands and feet slightly, I was looking at the Milky Way stretching like a silk scarf across the sky and wondering how many stars it contained.My Family and Other
12、 Animals is quite difficult to classify, being one part travel, one part autobiography, one part natural history, and one part comedy, with a thread of descriptive language running throughout that sometimes raises it nearly to poetry.As a real delight to read, its the perfect literary escapism for a
13、ny adult or older teenager who is currently walking down a tough road in life.4、Which word best describes Durrells life in Corfu?A. Risky.B.Busy.C. Tough.D. Diverse.5、What does the underlined sentence mean in paragraph 2?A. I introduced my family by mistake.B. I shouldnt have introduced my family.C.
14、 I couldnt help introducing my family.D.I gave wrong information about my family.6、What are paragraph 4 and 5 mainly about?A. The books writing feature.B. Durrells rich imagination.C. Some interesting plots of the book.D. Some vivid descriptions of the island.7、What is the purpose of this text?A. To
15、 share an experience.B. To recommend a book.C. To introduce a writing style.D. To describe an unusual place. When put to tests, bees have long proved that theyve got a lot more to offer than pollinating(授粉), making honey and being loyal to a queen. The hard-working insects can change their behavior when things seem difficult, and now some scientists find there is proof that they also like to play. Scientists from Queen Mary University of London performed an experiment, in which they setup a container that allowed bees to travel from their nest to a fee
