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1、山西省运城市永济中学2020学年高二英语上学期开学考试试题第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分60分）第一节（共15小题，每小题3分，共45分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AMoving to any new country is an exciting challenge. To find out what it is like for a Western single man to live in Qatar,we are chatting with someone who has made Doha,the capital o
2、f Qatar,his home for he past year.Would you like to tell us a little bit about yourself？I am in my early 40s, and I am from Canada, but I had worked in the US for the past few years before coming to Qatar. I have been working in healthcare in Doha for more than a year .Do you like alone or with othe
3、rs in Qatar？I am comfortable with myself and therefore do not mind being alone. However, when moving to Qatar, it is important to open and make an effort to meet others. A little socializing can go a long way in Qatar. After speaking with you I am going to a friends house for a small get-together.Ho
4、w do you get around Doha？Although cabs are inexpensive around Doha, I chose to own the road by buying a cheap second-hand car from someone leaving Qatar. Since many foreign workers have short contracts（合同）,usually lasting only a few years,you can always get a sweet deal at the “fire sales” foreign w
5、orkers have when theyre returning home.What do you do in your spare time now？There are loads of opportunities for entertainment in Qatar. If acting is your thing ,join the Doha Players, which puts on amateur musicals and dramas. If you are a history or nature lover, you should join the Qatar Natural
6、 History Club. There are also the Desert Ramblers who like taking adventures around the country. But I like none of them. I prefer to hit the waves with my surfboard .I also enjoy traveling. Since I came to Qatar, Ive been to India, Bahrain, Egypt, and Thailand. Qatar is a central location and the a
7、irfare to these countries is much cheaper than back home.1. According to his reply to the second question, we know that the man .A. doesnt like being alone nowB. doesnt have many friends in QatarC. thinks socializing is important in QatarD. feels uncomfortable when he stays with friends2. What can t
8、he man do at the “fire sales”？A. Rent necessities cheaply.B. Buy a second-hand cab.C. Learn the history of Qatar.D. Make some new friends.3. What does the man like doing in his spare time？A. Acting in the Doha Players.B. Taking adventures in Qatar.C. Traveling to nearby countries.D. Learning about h
9、istory and nature.BIn a country where many families cant afford books, one woman is getting them to kids in an unusual way: motorcycles.Rosey Sembataya, an English teacher and publisher in Uganda, started the Malaika Mobile Library in 2020, The library delivers books to kids in and around the capita
10、l city of Kampala by motorcycle. “My sister has four children and Ive been finding it very difficult to buy them books because theyre quite expensive.” Sembataya said. “So I thought there was a need to create something that could make storybooks accessible, and available a quite cheap price.”Ugandan
11、 kids hardly read and there is a reason for that. Books in Uganda can be unbelievably expensive. Many people rely on foreign friends to buy books for them from abroad, as a book in Kampala can easily cost $42the price of a weeks worth of groceriesor even $60a months salary for a waitress. Thats why
12、Sembataya prices her library books at a flat, affordable rate: Parents pay $30 a year to borrow up to three books per week. Thats about $ 0.20 per book over a year.Sembataya started the library with her own savings, running it out of a spare room in her house. Each week she sends kids their weekly b
13、ooks by motorcycle.While motorcycles are certainly an original way of transport for a library, there are strange ones around: There have been mobile libraries on boats in California, on horses in Indonesia, on a donkey（驴）in Colombia and even on a camel in Mongolia. “In rural regions, a child must wa
14、lk for up to 40 minutes to reach the closest school,” Soriano, the Colombian teacher who delivers books by donkey, said. “For us teachers, its an educational victory when a child learns how to read. Thats how our society changes.”4.Sembataya started the library mainly to .A. encourage her students t
15、o read.B. inspire adults to read some books.C. fight against publishers in Uganda.D. provide kids in need with access to books.5.Why do Ugandan kids fail to read？A. They arent interested.B. Books are unaffordable.C. Few books are sold there.D. Storybooks arent available.6.Whats an advantage of borro
16、wing books from Senbatayas library？A. Kids can read books from abroad.B. Kids can keep books as long as they like.C. Parents can get books at a very low price.D. Parents can borrow as many books as they want.7.What Soriano said in the last paragraph shows that .A. Children are eager to read booksB. he considered his action meaningfulC. he ex
