辽宁省五校协作体 2020 届高三上学期联合模拟考试英语第一部分 听力（共两节，满分 30 分）（略）第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分 40 分） 第一节（共 15 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 30 分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。ABelow you will find a profile of each gap year program. If there is a specific program you are interested in or a question you have regarding these programs, please feel free to contact them directly.Youth InternationalSince 1997, Youth International has provided many people with the most exciting and educational experience of their life. I is a learning program that combines international travel, inter-cultural exchange, home stays, volunteer community service work and outdoor adventures.Phone:1-720-270-3323Carpe Diem EducationThrough volunteer service, travel and cultural exchange,hemselves and hoir culfuces . Whe speive ap in gual insight into programs for high school students. Each course isarefully crafted to develop leadership and self-awareness within our students, who return home better prepared to be leaders in thought and action .Phone:503-285-1800Center for Interim ProgramsFounded in 1980, the Center for Interim Programs is the first independent gap year organization in America. Based or students interests and budget, our experienced teachers help make individual course choices including low cost volunteer options, language programs, research trips, and so on. We are committed to helping students find more experiences of formal education and work .Phone:413-585-0980EF Gap YearAn EF Gap Year offers students the ability to explore several countries where you will learn a language, volunteer for a good cause,gain international work exper 12-week semester or 25-week academice. Choose between a personalize your program to meet your learning You can then by deciding where, when, and how you wish to stand interests own. Our well-structured curriculum even allows you to have college-level classes and earn credits toward graduation.Phone:1-800-726-974621.Which phone number can you dial if you want to improve your leadership?A.1-720-270-3323B.503-285-1800C.413-585-0980D.1-800-726-974622. What is EF Gap Years unique feature? A. Its reasonable fee.B. Its experienced teachersC. Its flexible study time.D. Its diverse curriculum choices23. What do the four programs have in common? A. They pay attention to volunteer service work.B. They combine education with home stays.C . They mainly offer cross-cultural education . D. They raise students interest in adventure.BIn a long-sleeved shirt and jeans, Dieudonne Twahir looks nothing like the traditional African farmer. The30-year-old owner of Gashora Farm knows what a difference that makes.“You need more role models, he said, standing among knee-high rows of chilli(辣椒）plants.If you have young farmers, they have land and they drive to the farm, others may think,Why cant I do that?Mr. Twahirwa, a university graduate, bought a riends tomato farm six years ago for $ 150. He made $ 1, 500 back in two months. You have to link farming with entrepreneurship and real numbers,he said.Many young Africans are abandoning areas in thecountryside,choosing not to work hard and for a long time in fields-a job made tougher by climate changBut Twahirwa is one of the growing band of successful farmers working to make agricultures image on the continent more attractive. Some 1, 000 farmers now produce e him . He is starting a fourth farm of his own , and exports fresh and dried chillies and oil to Britain , the United States , India and Kenya.Africa has the worlds youngest population and 65 percer ts uncultivated arable land( 耕地后备资源）.Yetaccessing lan and loans is difficult, and African productivity is low with cro yields just 56 percent of the international average.Ag ulture is mainly associated with suffering and no young person wants to suffer , said Tamara Kaunda . Sh believes African agric ure needs a change to get rid of its old fashioned image of very hard and tiring work with a hoe . Sho young people tractors, green fields, nice irrigation systems smartphones , she said .Getting young people involved in agriculture does not they have to work on a farm. in coffee production，thebeans go from the farm to the washing station , then to b separated from the husks(外壳）.24.What does Why cant I do that?in Paragraph 2 mean? A. Why cant I drive to the farm?B. Why cant they farmC. They follow the example of those farmers. D . They bought a friends tomato farm .25.What makes it harder for farmers to work? A.Poor landB.Climate. C.Low incomeD.Long working hours.26 . What can we learn about Twahinwa according to Paragraph 5 ? A.He made a fortune by growing chillieB. His chillies are stry growing chillies.C. Farmers working for him live a simple lifeD. The locals arent willing to buy his chillies27 . When it comes to agriculture in Africa , what do people think about it? A. Loans are difficult.B. Most land is uncultivated