2024—2025学年贵州省安顺市高三上学期第二次监测考试联考英语试卷.docVIP

2024—2025学年贵州省安顺市高三上学期第二次监测考试联考英语试卷

一、阅读理解

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WritingMagazineChildren’sBookPrizewillbeopenforsubmissionsfromSeptember1sttoOctober30th,2024.Therearetwocategories:picturebooks(upto800words)andchapterbooks(upto15,000words).

Judges:WritingMagazine,agentJuliaChurchill(fromAMHeathLiteraryAgency)andwriterAmySparkes.

Entryfeeis￡7.50/￡6.00subscribersPERCATEGORY.

Firstplace:Thewinnerwillbeofferedaconsultationwithtopchildren’sfictionagentJuliaChurchill,ayear’ssubscriptiontoWritingMagazineand￡200.

Secondplace:Therunner-upreceivesapicturebookorchapterbookcritiquebyAmySparkesthroughWritingMagazineCreativeWritingCourses,ayear’ssubscriptiontoWritingMagazineand￡50.

Thirdplace:Thesecondrunner-upwillwinayear’ssubscriptiontoWritingMagazine.

ToptipsforenteringtheChildren’sBookPrize:

●Mostpicturebookshave12spreads(doubles).Tryplanningoutyourstoryfirstandworkoutwhatwouldgooneachspread.It’sreallyhelpful(althoughnotessential)ifyoucansplityourstoryinto12spreadswhensubmitting.

●Keepthefirstpagebriefbutdrawthereadersintoyourcreatedworld.

●Keepthepacemovingandmakesuresomethinghappensoneachspreadtopushthestoryforwards.

●Getridofanyfillerwordsthatdon’treallyaddanythingtothestory.

●Makeyourcharactersinterestingandunique—whatmakesthemstandoutfromalltheotherpicturebookcharacters?

●Createastrongending—thisisyourstory’spartinggifttous.Doesitleaveuswithalaugh?Oranemotionalfeeling?Canyouexplainwhatexactlymakesyourendingsosatisfying?

1.Whatisthedeadlineofsubmission?

A．August1st.

B．September1st.

C．October30th.

D．December31st.

2.WhichofthefollowingcanhelpyouentertheChildren’sBookPrize?

A．Keepingallpagesbrief.

B．Gettingridoffillerwords.

C．Dividingthestor