延边第二中学20182019学年度第二学期第一次阶段检测 高二英语试卷注意事项：答案必须写在答题卡上，答在试卷上无效。本试卷分第卷（选择题）和第卷（非选择题）两部分，本试卷满分120分。考试时间90分钟。第卷（选择题 共70分）第一节：阅读理解（共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分）阅读下列短文， A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑AWriting Contests, Grants & Awards in 2019 The Writing Contests, Grants （补助金） & Awards database includes details about the creative writing contests-including poetry contests, short story competitions, essay contests, awards for novels, and more-that weve published in Poets & Writers Magazine during the past year. We carefully review the practices and policies of each contest before including it. Use the online submission system.Catherine Doctorow Innovative Fiction PrizeA prize of 15，000 is given annually for a novel, or a story collection. U.S. writers who have published at least three books of fiction are qualified. Submit a manuscript （手稿） of any length, a brief biography, and a list of three previously published books of fiction with a 25 entry fee by November 1,2019.University of Alabama Press, P.O. Box 870380,Tuscaloosa,AL 35487.（ 773）702-7000.Walt Whitman AwardA prize of 5,000 is given annually for a poetry collection by a poet who has not published a book of poems in a standard edition. The winning book will also be distributed to 5,000 members of the Academy of American Poets. Submit a manuscript of 48 to 100 pages with a 35 entry fee by November 1,2019.Academy of American Poets,75 Maiden Lane, Suite 901,NewYork,NY10038.（ 212）274-0343.Gabriele Rico Challenge in Creative EssayA prize of 1,333 is given annually for an essay. Using the online submission system, submit an essay of up to 5,000 words with a20 entry fee, by November 1,2019.All entries are considered for publication. Visit the website for complete guidelines.San Jose State University, English Department, One Washington Square, San Jose,CA95192（ 408）924-4425.Brooklyn Nonfiction PrizeA prize of 500 is given annually for a work of nonfiction that is set in Brooklyn, New York, and expresses the regions rich soul and intangible （无形的） qualities through the writers actual experiences of Brooklyn. Submit an essay of up to 2,500 words by November 15,2019.There is no entry feeBrooklyn Nonfiction Prize, P.O. Box 491,New York,NY10156.（ 207）778-7071.1Who has the qualification to attend the contest for the prize of15，000_AWhoever has written 3 novel booksBWhoever has published at least 3 booksCU.S. authors whove published 3 novel booksDU.S. writers whove written 3 poetry collections2What will happen to your manuscript if you win Walt Whitman Award_AIt will be published as a book of poemsBIt will be read by all the academy membersCIt will be distributed to whoever likes poemsDIt will become a book that will sell well3Brooklyn Nonfiction Prize is different from the other three writing contests in that _ Athe work must be a writers real experiences Bits entry fee is higherCit has a deadline earlier than them Dthe winners have no prize moneyBI was desperately nervous about becoming car-free. But eight months ago our car was hit by a passing vehicle and it was destroyed. No problem, I thought: well buy another. But the insurance payout didnt even begin to cover the costs of buying a new carI worked out that, with the loan, wed need plus petrol, insurance, parking permits and tax, we would make a payment as much as 600 a month.And thats when I had my fancy idea. Why not just give up having a car at all? I live in London. We have a railway station behind our house, a tube station 10 minutes walk away, and a bus stop at the end of the street. A new car club had just opened in our area, and one of its shiny little red Peugeots was parked nearby. If any family in Britain could live without a car, I reasoned, then surely we were that family.But my new car-free idea, sadly, wasnt shared by my family. My teenage daughters were horrified. What would their friends think about our family being “too poor to afford a car”? (I wasnt that bothered what they thought, and I suggested the girls should take the same approach.)My friends, too, were astonished at our plan. What would happen if someone got seriously ill overnight and needed to go to hospital? (an ambulance) How would the children get to and from their many events? (buses and trains) People smiled as though this was another of my mad ideas, before saying they were sure Id soon realize that a car was a necessity.Eight months on, I wonder whether well ever own a car again. The idea that you “have to” own a car, especially if you live in a city, is all in the mind. I liveand many other citizens do tooin a place that has never been better served by public transport, and yet car ownership has never been higher. We worry about rising car costs, but wed be better off asking something much more basic: do I really need a car? Certainly the answer is no, and Im a l