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2024届河北省石家庄市高三下学期教学质量检测(三)英语试卷一、阅读理解(★★) Best Poetry Writing Contests in 2024The Poetry. com Contest Poetry. com offers monthly contests for poets worldwide to build passion and enjoyment for the creative poem writing process! Poems remain anonymous (匿名) before applicants vote on what they believe should be the winning entry. Top Prize: $500 Additional prizes: personalized P gifts for runners-up Entry fee: $25 Deadline: December 31, 2024Wine Country Writers’ Festival Writing Contest Welcome to the 4th annual Wine Country Writers’ Festival (WCWF) writing contest. Three categories and over $1,800 total value in cash and prizes are to be awarded. Enter your short fiction or nonfiction (2,000 words max) or up to 48 lines of poetry. Judged blindly by professional writers. No previously published works. Top Prize: $200 Additional prizes: free registration package to the Wine Country Writers’ Festival Entry fee: $11 Deadline: June 02, 2024Tom Howard Poetry Contest Welcome to the 20th annual Tom Howard Poetry Contest. Submit your published or unpublished work, a poem in any style, whether it rhymes or not. Top Prize: $3,000 Additional prizes: $200 for 10 honorable mentions Entry fee: $20 Deadline: October 01, 2024The One Page Poetry Contest One Page Poetry focuses on the art of expressing a poetic theme on a single page, whether your poem is four lines or forty, whether yours is a love poem, inspirational poem, or just one that is fun. We welcome all poetic forms, as long as they fit on a single page. Top Prize: $2,000 Additional prizes: 2nd: 1,000; 3rd: 500 Entry fee: $25 Deadline: September 30, 20241. Which of the following offers the highest top prize? A．The P Contest.B．WCWF Writing Contest.C．Tom Howard Poetry Contest.D．The One Page Poetry Contest.2. What is unique to Wine Country Writers’ Festival Writing Contest? A．It is held once a year.B．It has honorable mentions.C．It judges entries blindly.D．It accepts other types besides poetry.3. What do the Poetry. com Contest and the One Page Poetry Contest have in common? A．They charge $25 for entry fee.B．They have professionals as judges.C．They require poems on one page.D．They offer tailored gifts as prizes. (★★★) When she was 61, Sian Davies decided to row across the Atlantic Ocean. In March 2021, she was one of the 12 crew members who set out on the 3,000-mile journey from Tenerife to battle sun, salt and fierce currents. “We would row in three-hour shifts and only sleep for an hour or so every six hours,” she says. “For the first 15 days, I was seasick, so I hardly ate anything. I was just rowing and collapsing. I went through some pretty dark times.” But after 42 days on the water, Davies reached Antigua to become one of the only six women in the world over the age of 60 to have rowed across an ocean. “I was exhausted and I was also so proud of myself,” she says. Davies began rowing when she was 53, after spotting a six-oar (桨) rowing boat in Bristol harbor. Attracted by its size and appearance, she spoke to the crew and was encouraged to do a trial run. “As soon as I got on the water, I fell in love with it,” she says. “Feeling your whole body working and the fresh air on your skin is amazing.” It wasn’t until 2017, though, that her Atlantic plans were born. Suffering from a herniated disc (椎间盘突出), she was only able to crawl out of bed. “I began thinking of things I could look forward to after I had surgery,” she says. “One day I was reading about women adventurers when it hit me that once better, I would row across an ocean.” After successful surgery, Davies began driving to meet other women who had undertaken rows. Hearing the experiences and advice of them gave Davies the confidence. Soon after, she heard that a new boat producer was organizing a team for a voyage across the Atlantic and she joined it immediately. “In June, I’m planning to break a few world records by rowing around the UK when I’m 64, and I want to motorcycle through the Himalayas later in the year. After all, we need things to look back on.” she says.4. What do we know about Davies’ journey across the Atlantic? A．She fell apart and abandoned the task.B．She suffered a lot during the process.C．She was the oldest woman to finish it.D．She rowed along with six other women.5. How did Davies feel about her first attempt to row? A．Painful.B．Frightened.C．Confident.D．Impressed.6. What inspired Davies to row across an ocean? A．A trial row on a six-oar rowing boat.B．Support from a boat company.C．Stories of some women adventurers.D．Sufferings from her back pain.7. Which of the following best describes Davies? A．Caring and open-minded.B．Humble and self-motivated.C．Determined and easy-going.D．Strong-willed and ambitious. (★★★) Hummingbirds are s。