必修三 Unit 2 单元话题语篇训练（每单元3练）
练(一) 阅读理解组块专练——练速度 (限时：35分钟) Ⅰ.阅读理解 A
(2020·石家庄模拟)
International Competitions in 2020 The H．G.Wells Short Story Competition 16th Annual Smithsonian.com Photo Contest Founded by BBC reporter Reg The contest is organized by Turnill and his wife to celebrate the Smithsonian magazine.It can range life and works of H．G.Wells and from a picture of a family member, encourage creative writing, this to a scene, to a movement at just competition has the theme of the right time.There are 6 “peace” this year.Entries must be categories: Natural World; Travel; in English and must be entirely your People; The American Experience; own work. Deadline: 23rd July, 2020 Who may enter: Open to anyone Altered Images; Mobile. Deadline: 30th November, 2020 Who may enter: Open to Entry fees: Free (21 and under); photographers who are 18 years ￡10 (over 21) Prizes: old or older Entry fees: Free The Margaret and Reg Turnill Prize: Prizes： ￡1,000 (21 and under); The Grand Prize: ￡250 (over 21) Grand Prize: ＄2,500; Readers' Choice: ＄500 16th Annual Tom Howard/ Margaret Reid Poetry Contest The contest is organized by Winning Writers.You may submit poems on any theme, up to 250 lines each.You may submit the same poem at the same time to this contest and to others, and you may submit poems that have been published or won prizes elsewhere. Deadline: 30th September, 2020 Who may enter: Open to anyone Entry fees: ＄12 per poem Embracing Our Differences Artists, professionals, amateurs, and students may submit art images on the theme “enriching lives through diversity”. This competition invites you to participate in creating a society where diversity is accepted.Your original art may be any size.However, you must create or scan and submit it as a digital file. Deadline: 15th October, 2020 Who may enter: Open to Prizes： Tom Howard Prize: ＄1,500 for a anyone Entry fees: Free Prizes: ＄1,000 each poem in any style or genre； for Margaret Reid Prize: ＄1,500 for a and poem that rhymes or has a traditional style “Best-in-Show Adult” “Best-in-Show Stud-ent” 语篇解读：本文主要介绍了几个国际比赛的相关事宜。 1．What is required in the story-writing competition? A．Creating the story in English. B．Having the work scanned. C．Paying money for the entry. D．Submitting the work by July.
解析：选A 细节理解题。根据The H．G.Wells Short Story Competition部分中的“Entries must be in English and must be entirely your own work”可知，写故事比赛要求参赛者的作品是用英语写的原创作品，故选A。
2．What is special about “16th Annual Smithsonian.com Photo Contest”？
A．It gives a theme. C．It has an age limit.
B．It offers a grand prize. D．It has two categories.
解析：选C 细节理解题。根据16th Annual Smithsonian.com Photo Contest部分中的“Who may enter: Open to photographers who are 18 years old or older”并结合其他三个比赛的“Who may enter”的信息可知，这个比赛
对参赛者的年龄有一定的限制，故选C。
3．Who may get Margaret Reid Prize after winning the contest? A．Short story writers. C．Art designers.
B．Photographers. D．Poem writers.
解析：选D 推理判断题。根据16th Annual Tom Howard/Margaret Reid Poetry Contest部分中的“Margaret Reid Prize: ＄1,500 for a poem that rhymes or has a traditional style”可知，获得该奖项的要求是诗押韵或具有传统风格，故诗人有可能获得Margaret Reid Prize，故选D。
B
(2020·河北省衡水中学模拟)
What's the most important thing in life?
People's answers vary greatly. For British scientist Robert Edwards，the answer is having a child.“Nothing is more special than a child，” he told the BBC.
Edwards, the inventor of the In Vitro Fertilization (IVF)technology — more commonly known as “test-tube (试管) baby” technology — passed away on April 10,2020 at the age of 87.
“Edwards changed the lives of millions of ordinary people who now rejoice (高兴) in the gift of their own child，” said Peter Braude, a professor at King's College London.“He leaves the world a much better place.”
Edwards started his experiments as early as the 1950s，when he had just