广东省深圳市光明区2022-2023学年高三上学期1月期末英语试题
学校:___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________
 
一、阅读理解
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EdPlace
Age range: suitable for children aged 5~16
Price: £99 per year or £15 per month, family discount packages available
An EdPlace subscription gives your child access to thousands of interactive tutorial（家庭教师的）worksheets covering the core national curriculum subjects: English, maths and science up to GCSE level. Worksheets created by teachers with at least five years of experience are assigned to your child and adaptive technology tailors assignments to match your child’s progress.
Tutorful
Age range: any age
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No matter what subject your kids need a bit of help with, Tutorful matches children (or adults) with the right tutor to boost their confidence and maximize their potential. You can browse thousands of tutors and filter(筛选) by location, level of expertise, and more.
Your Favorite Teacher
Age range: suitable for children aged 13～16
Price:14-day free trial, then £18.99 per month
Ideal for older children, Your Favorite Teacher is an online-learning platform that’ll help your child do better in their GCSE exams, with English, maths and science courses created by experienced teachers. Your child’s subject knowledge will quickly improve through engaging, teacher-led videos.
BBC Bitesize
Age range: suitable for children aged 5～16
Price: free
BBC Bitesize offers resources for a broad range of subjects from KSl to GCSE. “Lessons” are delivered to younger children through engaging videos and games and older children can access notes followed by tasks to test their knowledge. BBC Bitesize has resources specifically tailored to the curricula for Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales, too.
1．How much would an EdPlace learner with an annual subscription pay?
A．£15.
B．£18.99.
C．£99.
D．£180.
2．What is special about Tutorful?
A．It has no age limit.
B．It offers free trial.
C．It is free of charge.
D．It is an online platform.
3．Which platform best suits a Scottish learner?
A．EdPlace.
B．Tutorful.
C．Your Favorite Teacher.
D．BBC Bitesize.
 
Working out which colleges to apply for can be one of the most difficult decisions any high schooler can face, but Alena got it all out of the way early as she’s only 13 and already has her medical school offer.
The application process for the medical school was “super stressful”, but she was adamant to follow her dreams regardless of what anyone said, even if it was “no”. “If I could say anything to another little girl that looks like me: never stop believing and don’t give up on your dreams just because somebody tells you ‘no’. You can do anything that you put your mind and your heart to,” she said.
Alena is the youngest African American person to get into a US medical school, and the second-youngest person overall.
Alena didn’t just wake up one day and decide to go to the medical school while in middle school — she’s a child genius. By the time she was 11 she’d already taken several high school courses. When Alena turned 12, she graduated from high school and is currently enrolled (注册) in online classes at Arizona State University.
If all goes to plan for Alena, she’ll start studying to be a doctor at age 15, in 2024, and graduate when she’s 18 when other kids her age are preparing for their freshmen year at college. Although she’s so young, age is “not a big deal” to her and she is just a normal kid.
She explained, “I’m in honors choir, I’m in cheerleading and I play soccer. I hang out at the mall with my friends like a 13-year-old does, and I also go to the movies and go swimming with them. I’m very structured