高三英语上学期开学考易错阅读理解语篇拓展练习导学案.docxVIP

高中三年级第一学期开学考易错阅读理解语篇拓展练习--半决赛选手 第一部分 阅读理解 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, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 On September 9, senior Andre Samaraweera qualified as a semifinalist (进入半决赛选手) for the National Merit Scholarship. In the spring, Andre will find out if he has qualified for the finalist position. “Seeing my score on the PSAT was by far the most exciting because it felt pleasant to see all my hard work pay off,” Andre said. “I was happy that I could qualify to get a scholarship because of my academic scores.” The National Merit Scholarship is one awarded to those who do well on the Preliminary SAT or the National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. The National Merit Scholarship Corporation will grant around 7,600 students the scholarship after an intense filtering of about 1.6 million entries. “The most difficult part of the PSAT was actually having to study,” Andre said. “I had to force myself to actually study, because I knew if I didnt, I wouldnt do well and would probably not make as high of a score as I had.” Andre took the PSAT his junior year and got a 1450/1520 and missed three questions in English and made a perfect score on the math portion. As a semifinalist he has already passed multiple stages in the selection process and now competes with only around 16,000 students for scholarships. The first scholarship opportunities are single-payment scholarships worth $2,500; the second scholarship is a corporate-sponsored one which is for finalists with career plans the sponsor wishes to encourage. Finally there is the college-sponsored scholarship which is where officials of each sponsor college select winners of their awards from finalists who have been accepted for admission. “Its just a PSAT. The real SAT has a lot more impact on my future,” Andre said. “Its not hard to know everything for the PSAT; the difficulty lies in applying everything perfectly.” 24. What do we know from the text? A. Andre got a high score in SAT. B. Andre won the National Merit Scholarship.