2022年八省八校（T8联考）高考英语第二次联考试卷
一、阅读理解（本大题共15小题，共37.5分）
A
"My Story of Chine Hanzi" is an international competition,hosted by the Chine People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries and organized by People's Daily Online.
The entire competition consists of preliminary rounds（预赛），mi-finals,and finals.
The first two rounds of the competition will be held online.Contestants will answer the questions and provide one-minute videos in the preliminary rounds.The cond-round contestants will produce videos featuring a virtual talent show.Votes will be cast by fans online,and the top ten lected winners will move onto the finals,which will be held offline in late August.
Each finalist will deliver a ven-minute speech focusing on the theme of "Ren"，a fundamental value long cherished in Chine culture.
Eligible（具备条件的）candidates：
International students in China,including ethnic Chine who are at least third-generation immigrants；
Foreigners working in China who native language is not Chine and who parents' native language is not Chine；
Other non-native speakers of Chine（including full-time students and community members）who are non-Chine citizens.
There is no age limit for contestants.
Schedule：
Preliminary rounds—The top 30 contestants will receive participation awards and be eligible to enter into the mi-finals.
Semi-finals—The contest organizing committee will upload the videos of the winners of th
e preliminary rounds onto the People's Daily Online website,organize online voting,and then lect ten winners after completion of online voting and scoring by the judges.
Finals—Upon finishing up the speech competition,various awards will be announced after the scoring is carried out by the judges,with the scores comparing competitors' Chine language speaking abilities,expressiveness,the core message behind their stories,and how their stories promote exchanges between different civilizations.
To take part in the contest,plea scan the QR code and complete the questionnaire.
CPAFFC rerves all rights for final explanation.
1.Who decide the winners to move onto the finals？ ______
A. Committee members. B. Online Fans.
C. International judges. D. Non-Chine citizens.
2.What determine the qualification for the competition？ ______
A. Occupation and gender.
B. Education and age.
C. Native language and nationality.
D. The stories lected.
3.What can we learn about the finals？ ______
A. The finals will be held offline.
B. Fluency will be weighed most by judges.
C. The scores will be given by the audience.
D. People can attend by scanning the QR code.
B
During the 1930s,the Great War broke out.A 25-year-old American soldier,probably never thought that his life would change forever when he volunteered to go to France.
One night while the American unit wa党代会报告
s returning to the ba after a bloody fight,Suleyman stumbled into the ground and noticed a bit of movement from the bush.Being stuck be洋务运动的作用
tween two choices either its enemy or an animal,Suleyman found a five-year-old girl from the bushes shivering with cold and utmost fear.Due to the of the war,the girl was abandoned by her family and the whole village was killed.
During the war,it was impossible to find the child's family so Suleyman took this little French girl under his wings and gave her an American name Flora which means like the flower.Soon,Flora became the apple of the eye of everyone living in the army camp.
For one and a half years,Flora and Suleyman became inparable；however,every fairy tale comes to an end.When the war ended,Suleyman was nt back to USA，while Flora was put in an orphanage,the Normandy School,which was founded by the American government for orphaned French children to have an education.
For years,Suleyman always thought about Flora.When the French National Olympic Team was playing in the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles in 1984，Suleyman gazed through the audience on TV，hoping to catch a glimp of Flora,but he never could.
At the age of 85，Suleyman attended the 60th anniversary reception of the Great War where Suleyman shared his story with American and French officials.After hearing his story,a French journalist started to investigate the story,and all government files were read in detail.The moment the journalist helped dial the number,in tears,Flora said Suleyman was her hero,and everything came flooding back to her.
4.What does the underlined word "atrocity" in Paragraph 2 probably mean？ ______
A. Cruelty. B. Challenge. C. Range. D. Stress.
5.Why did Suleyman watch 1984 Summer Olympics？ ______
