湖北省荆门市2018~2019学年高一上学期期末考试
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Riverside presents Sharp Short Theatre
This competition offers students a rare experience of working in a professional theatre． Now in its fourth year of providing an opportunity for new writers， directors and performers to exercise their creative ability， Sharp Short Theatre has fast become one of the most exciting parts of the Riverside year． All entriesperform in a heat and then （参赛作品）the best pieces are invited to perform in the final， where students can be awarded prizes in four types including writing， performing， directing and overall．
Entries must be written and directed by students and can be （ 18 years old and under ）up to at most 10 minutes in time length． Entries must be handed in by a producer， for example a parent， teacher or responsible adult 18 years old or over．
Sharp Short Theatre is a youth arts pioneer focusing on encouraging the works of students in theatre． Its aim is to unearth and develop the young to be Australian theatre professionals．
So what are you waiting for？ Get into the spirit and register（注册）now． Advisory Service：
Students may hand in their plays for review by a professional playwrightin the （剧作家）lead-up to this event．
Price：＄30 per play．
Deadline（截止日期）：21 March， at 5 pm， 2018． Registration：
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To register， click here to complete our online form （one form per entry）． Entries Close：11 April， at 5 pm． Price：＄15 per entry． Dates & Times：
Heats： 21-24 May， at 7：30 pm． Final： 8 June， at 7：30 pm． Price：
Heats： Adult ＄18， kids under 18 ＄12． Final： All tickets ＄20．
1．What is one requirement for the entries？ ______ A．They should last about 18minutes． B．They must be handed in by kids themselves． C．They should be created by kids of 18or under． D．They must be read by a playwright in advance． 2．When is the deadline for handing in the entries？ ______
A．21 March． B．11 April． C．24 May． D．8 June． 3．What type of writing is this text？ ______ A．A news report． B．A competition notice． C．A travel guide． D．A personal diary．
In a big room on the second floor of the New York City Department of Sanitation's East 99th Street garage， 63-year-old Manhattan native Nelson Molina was listening to a Frank Sinatra CD he found in the trash． \player． In fact， the entire space was filled with items strangers threw away．\kept everything，\．\， people throw it all away．\， during his 34 years as a sanitation worker （环卫工人）， gave these items a second life．
Molina grew up in a housing project with his parents and five other kids in the family and had a habit of picking up unused items at a young age． \， so we didn't get much for Christmas，\． \， maybe a truck for my brothers．\， but not out of embarrassment： \．\
On the job， Molina had his sixth sense for finding items．\， sometimes just
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by the sound， whether a bag was filled with bottles or a different kind of glass，\said． He kept special finds on the truck， and then put them in out-of-the-way places in the sanitation garage． After almost 10 years， he began showing his discoveries．\normal practice．\
Mellis． Recently， a team of New York University students has taken on the task of cataloging （分类） the tens of thousands of objects， in hopes that the collection， which has hardly been open to the public， might one day be shown in an official sanitation museum．
4．Why did Molina go to the garage？ ______ A．To listen to music． B．To clean the space．
C．To keep items he collected． D．To get items strangers threw away．
5．Molina was worried that if his friends knew his morning habits， they would ______ ． A．stop him B．join in him
C．make fun of him D．take away his items
6．What can be inferred from the last paragraph？ ______ A．Molina had done something meaningful． B．Molina had difficulty collecting the items． C．Molina didn't want to show his discoveries． D．Molina planned to build a museum for unused items． 7．What's the best title for the text？ ______ A．Rich and Poor． B．Lost and Found．
C．A Different Garage． D．A Sanitation Worker's Dream．
People have understood that kindness is good for the person who receives help． For example， when we give food to a hungry person， he is blessed． However， scientists have recently begun to study the effect kindness has on the person giving it． What they have found is that doing good is good for the doer． Acts of kindness can improve health， help a person reach goals and even add years to a person's life．
The first study to show the connection between doing good and living a long life was a study on aging． Beginning in 1956， scientists studied a group of married mothers for 30 years． They thought the women with the most children would die first． But the number of children a woman had did not matter． Wealth did not matter． Education did not
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