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2020届仙游第四道德中学高三英语上学期期末试题及答案第一部分阅读（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、D四个选项中选出最佳选项ASomecollegeshavestartedofferingtheirowngapyearprogramstosupportstudentswhowanttotakeayearoffinameaningfulway.Below,we’lllookatfouroftheseprograms.AmericanUniversityGapProgramWhentoapply:ByJuly15orNovember15Istherefundingavailable?No.InAmericanUniversityGapProgram,studentsspendthreedaysperweekwithagovernmentorbusinessorganizationinthecity.Studentsgoonfieldtrips,listentoguestspeakers,takepartinhands-onlessonsandworkonserviceprojectsasagroup.Studentswhocompletetheprogramcanearnsevencredits.DukeUniversityGapYearProgramWhentoapply:ByearlyMayofeachyearIstherefundingavailable?Yes,$5,000to$15,000.ThoughDukeUniversityhasnocourseofstudyorexperienceforitsgapyearprogram,itencouragesstudentstohaveanindependentplanfortheiryearoff,particularlyonethatpromotespersonalgrowth.Independentexperiencesmayincludecommunityservice,personalizedexperientiallearningopportunitiesandothers.FloridaStateUniversityGapYearWhentoapply:ByFebruary24Istherefundingavailable?Yes,upto$5,000.FloridaStateUniversityoffersgapyearfundingtostudentswishingtoworkorvolunteerbeforestartingcollege.Inordertogetthemomey,studentsmustexplaintheirplansfortheirgapyear.Theexperiencemustlastoveroneyear.StNorbertCollegeBridgeYearExperienceWhentoapply:notspecifiedIstherefundingavailable?Notspecified.StudentstakingpartintheBridgeYearExperiencecantraveltolocationssuchasNewMexico,WisconsinandGuatemaladuringthefallterm,wheretheylearnaboutthelocalcultures,takecoursesandgetservice
opportunities.1.WhatdoesDukeUniversityadvisestudentstododuringtheirgapyear?A.Focusontheirpersonalgrowth.B.Beindependentoftheirparents.C.ApplybeforetheendofNovember.D.Contactsomeoff-campusorganization.2.HowcanstudentsgetgapyearfundingfromFloridaStateUniversity?A.Byhavingextracredits.B.Byorganizingseveralprojects.C.Byshowingtheirgapplans.D.Bydoingvolunteerwork.3.Ifyouareinterestedintravelling,youcanchoose________.A.FloridaStateUniversityGapYearB.AmericanUniversityGapProgramC.DukeUniversityGapYearProgramD.St.NorbertCollegeBridgeYearExperienceBPaperisoneofouroldest,simplestandmostimportantinventions.Butitalsopresentsadangertotheworldintwoimportantways.First,themakingofpaperrequiresthelossofmanymillionsoftreeseachyear.Andworldwideuseofpaperisexpectedtodoubleinthenext40years.Clearly,theplanetcannotstandsuchahighrateofforestloss.Thesecondgreatproblemwithpaperiswhathappensonceitisnolongeruseful.Alargeamountofwastepaperendsupinlandfills,whereitcanproduceharmfulgasesandfinallycontributetoglobalclimatechange.Onesimplesolutioncangreatlyreducebothoftheseproblems:paperrecycling.Insteadofcuttingdowntrees,recycleexistingpapertofeedthepaper-makingprocess.Paperismainlymadefromcellulose(纤维素，whichcanbeusedrepeatedlyinpapermaking.Unfortunately,italsomeansthatpaperwastetakesasurprisinglylongtimetobreakdowninlandfills.Sofar,treesaretheonlysource(来源ofcellulosethatcanfillthegreatdemandforpaperproducts.Therefore,recyclingpaperissimplyoneofthebestwaystosavetrees.Thankstoadvancesinprocessing,recycledpaperneednotbethedark-color1edstuffmanyofusarefamiliarwith.Itnowcanofferthesameprintperformanceasnon-recycledpaper.Effectiverecyclingrequiresacontinuouseffortfromeveryoneatalllevelsofsociety.Thewaytobeginiswitheducationandunderstanding.Onceenoughpeoplerealizetheneedforrecycling,moreeffectiverecyclingsystemscanbedeveloped.Theneedisreal.Themassivelossoftreesaffectseverybodyonearth.Everyoneshoulddotheirpartto

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