1、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。AShare your poems, get feedback反(馈 ) for your poetry, and enter poetry contests (竞赛 ). Choose from the following poetry contests that you can enter. Get feedback for every poem that you write including your contest entries. How It WorksAs a member, you will get
2、feedback for everything you write. You can enter poetry contests with cash prizes. You will be ranked 分(等级 ). Write and see how the feedback you receive influences your rank. Since the year 2000 we have been helping writers improve their writing skills.Poetry Contests in MayFriendship across culture
3、sWrite a story about a friend that opened your world to another culture.Deadline: Today!Technology warsWrite a story on the topic provided in the announcement.Poetry Contests in JuneLyrics make the songPen your newest, and best, song lyric masterpieces and enter them into this contest.NO POETRY ALLO
4、WED FOR THIS CONTEST!Must be song lyrics only. June 1stUnexpected romanceWrite a story that brings two people together, two people who dont necessarilyrealize that they belong together but the audience is rooting for them. Write a story fora cash prize. June 15thPoetry Contests in JulyNewbie writing
5、 contestFor our New Arrival “ This Sentence Starts the Story ” contest we challenge youto write a story that starts with this sentence: “ Hellyfoundcotestmewith. ” A poetrA memoir (回忆录 ) gives us the ability to write about our life. But you can write about life with the option (选择 ) to create and in
6、vent and to make sense of a life, or part of that life. Write a piece of your life! A cash prize to the winning entry.21.What do we know about the contests in May? A. They are held yearly.B. They are topic-based. C. They offer no feedback. D. They are human-focused.22.Contestants of“ Lyrics make the
7、 song. ”23.What type of writing is this text? A. A writing guide.B. A poetry review. C. An official report. D. An announcement.BI once saw a TV programme at college about a scientist who used“ drift bottles (漂流瓶 ) ”to mark ocean currents. It was a rather boring programme. I was more interested to re
8、ad an article about someone who found a bottle on a beach with a message inside. Like the drift bottles, it had been thrown into the sea but 21 years before. I decided to find out more about such bottles, and I started work on this intriguing ( 非常有趣的 ) research.An early message in a bottle was throw
9、n into the sea by Christopher Columbus during a terrible storm. He wrote about his discovery of America and expected that his message would be sent to the Queen of Spain. He wanted the news to reach her, but he thought he might be drowned 淹(死 ) in the storm. In fact, he survived but the bottle was n
10、ever found.I would be excited to find a message in a bottle, but in the 16th century, it could be dangerous. In those days, the British Navy海(军 ) used messages in bottles to send information about the enemy. When Queen Elizabeth found out that a boatman had opened a bottle containing one of these se
11、cret messages, she created a new job, Uncorker of Ocean Bottles. I was amazed to learn that anyone else who opened a bottle could be sentenced to death. It seems very strange to us now.A long time ago, before dating websites existed to help people find partners, asailor in Sweden put this message in
12、 a bottle “ To someone beautiful and far away. ” It was found by a young woman in Sicily. She answered the message “ I am notbeautiful, but it seems a miracle 奇(迹 ) I found your message. They”began to write letters to each other, and eventually got married.Nowadays its easy to communicate with anyon
13、e anywhere in the world, but I think people will still go on throwing bottles with messages into the ocean and guessing where the winds and the waves will carry them. And how romantic it would be to find a bottle with a message inside!24.Why did the author do some research on bottles thrown into the
14、 sea? A. He had found a message in one.B. He had read an article about one.C. He had to do a project on them at college.D. He had watched a TV programme about them.25.Christopher Columbus put a message into a bottle to .26.How did the author feel about the 16th century punishment for opening ocean b
15、ottles?A. Frightening. B. Amusing. C. Astonishing. D. Satisfying.27.Why did the young woman in Sicily reply to the Swedish sailors message? A. She wanted to have a pen friend.B. She felt she fitted his description.C. She failed to access a dating website.D. She was impressed by the bottles journey.CGene Wolfe is one of the most admired and respected American science fiction and fantasy writers. He is also a productive writer of outstanding short fiction, whichis collected in many volumes o
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