2024~2025学年第一学期福建省部分优质高中期中联考 高二英语试卷 (考试时间:120分钟;满分:150分) 第二部分 阅读(共两节,满分50分) 第一节 (共15小题;每题2.5分,满分37.5分) 阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 A The Online Volunteering service of the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) program is offering a platform to contribute your skills and expertise virtually towards achieving sustainable human development. Through it, you can connect with UN agencies, governments, public institutions and civil society organizations — from any device, anywhere in the world. While extending your network, you can also get first- hand practical experience. Requirements: ●To sign up on the Unified Volunteering Platform and apply for Online Volunteer assignments, you must be at least 18 years of age. ●Each assignment will have specific requirements. You can choose one according to your own preference and your capability. As an Online Volunteer, you can only support organizations remotely in assignments up to20 hours per week for a maximum of 12 weeks for each assignment. Criteria and service rules: ●Online Volunteers are not under contract with the UNV program or the engaging organization. Online Volunteers do not receive any kind of financial benefits. For each Online Volunteering assignment, a maximum of 25 Online Volunteers can be engaged. Procedures: Volunteers find assignments of their interest and apply. Organizations select the volunteers they want to engage. Volunteers and organizations work together online Volunteers and organizations provide feedback on their cooperation. ●Organizations issue an electronic certificate of appreciation to their volunteers If you are looking for more information, please click here. 21. What can a volunteer get through the UNV program A. Improved network skills. B. First- hand practical experience. C. Financial benefits. D. A handwritten certificate. 22. Which is a requirement for the applicants A. Being no less than 18 years old. B. Working more than 20 hours a week. C. Finishing at least 25 online assignments. D. Having some previous experience. 23. Where is the text probably taken from A. A volunteer brochure. B. A website. C. A culture magazine. D. An encyclopedia. B I was 6 years old when my father told me we were leaving the Big Apple Circus (马戏团). Until that point, I had spent most of my life on the circus lot, playing with the other circus kids. The circus, by its nature, is one that has a loose structure. So the early years after my leaving the circus to sit in a classroom all day felt more like a prison. But years later, I found areas that interested me. I took the skills I had learned from being onstage and applied them to broadcasting. And so when Boston’s news station WBUR offered me a job out of college, I jumped at the chance. Along the way, I found I really enjoyed the work. I became WBUR’s news reporter. The flexibility and adaptability I’d learned in the circus as a child helped ... ...
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