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1、 山西省临汾第一中学2021-2021学年高二下学期英语期末考试试卷一、阅读理解（共4题，共0分）1.阅读理解 Booking a theatre These locations have theatres available for rental: Fairview Palmerston York Woods Priority Bookings Each June, theatre booking requests for dates in the following calendar year (January to December) are accepted. For more inf
2、ormation call the Room Booking Unit at 416-397-5969. Regular Bookings For people who didnt make a booking request in June, call the Room Booking Unit at 416-397-5969 to check for remaining dates. Completing a Booking Once the library receives a request, staff will check the availability and place a
3、tentative booking for you. You will then receive a contract that you must return with payment within 10 calendar days of the tentative boding and with a minimum of two months before the first booking to confirm the booking. Payment Payment for the first booking and any bookings in the current month
4、is due when you return the signed contract. If you have booked for multiple months, payments for those months are due at the beginning of each month.Type of OrganizationTheatreRateNon-profit groupsFairview or York Woods$ 418.00/dayPalmerston$209.00/dayCommercialFairview or York Woods$ 163.00/hrPalme
5、rston$ 150.00/hr (1)Whats required if you want to make priority bookings?A.Calling the library first.B.Booking in previous June.C.Having a look at the theatre beforehand.D.Paying a visit to the Room Booking Unit.(2)When should you make payments if you book a theatre in the current month?A.Ten days b
6、efore the booking.B.When you make the booking.C.When you return the contract.D.At the beginning of the month.(3)Whats the rate if a non-profit organization rents a theatre at Palmerston?A.$418.00/day.B.$209.00/day.C.$163.00/hr.D.$150.00/hr.2.阅读理解 I began cycling in 2004 when I was a poor student. It
7、 was dangerous, sure, but cycling is the fastest, cheapest point-to-point form of transport in Melbourne. I own a car now, but thats just for transporting the baby or groceries. I hate driving. So its been quite encouraging watching the growth in cyclist numbers over the past decade. It is estimated
8、 10,000-plus cyclists enter the CBD (Central Business District) each day, taking pressure off public transport. But as more people take to cycling as a mode of transport, the number of cyclists seriously injured or killed keeps climbing. And that is a sign that our infrastructure (基础设施) is still not
9、 good enough. Melbourne was once a dream for cyclists-flat, long, wide roads, with plenty of paths along rivers. Now, cycling can be deadly, with roads dominated by cars. I have a friend who broke her back and was lucky to escape paralysis, and others with broken bones. In my time riding, Ive been f
10、orced off the road by a truck, cut off by four-wheel drives, and told to get off the road. These things dont exactly happen to trams and buses, those other slowcoaches on Melbournes roads. Nodrivers reserve a particular savagery (残暴行为) for cyclists. And thats a sign of exactly one thing: inadequate
11、infrastructure. We shouldnt need to be taught how to coexist in the same narrow space. Drivers and cyclists should be kept apart. The present debate over how to minimize “dooring” is a distraction. Dooring is not a legal problem. You cannot legislate (制定法律) it away. Designing bike paths so riders ar
12、e channelled between moving cars and parked cars is deadly. All it takes is one daydreaming driver to fling open the door and you are gone. Thats what happened to the young university student James Cross. This year, there are to be new anti-dooring lanes (车道) built on Glenferrie Road, Hawthorn, wher
13、e Cross died in 2010. But these lanes are not safe. Cyclists must still pass between two rows of cars.(1)What does the underlined word “that” in Paragraph 2 refer to?A.Some people hating driving.B.More people choosing to cycle.C.More cyclists having accidents.D.Distracted driving happening a lot.(2)
14、What is the main idea of Paragraph 3?A.Many people are bad at cycling.B.There are many cars in Melbourne.C.Melbourne was once very beautiful.D.Its dangerous to cycle in Melbourne.(3)Which was the major cause of James Cross death according to the author?A.Deadly bike paths.B.A drivers mistake.C.Cross
15、 carelessness.D.An outdated legal system.(4)What is the purpose of the text?A.To tell a personal story.B.To encourage readers to cycle.C.To criticize rude driving behavior.D.To stress the necessity of safe bike paths.3.阅读理解 Google, one of the worlds outstanding tech companies, was attacked. It wasnt
16、 its search engine that was attacked or its advertising platform or even its social network, Google+. Instead, it was a building. Two web security experts hacked (侵入) into its Wharf 7 office in Sydney, Australia, through Googles building management system (BMS). One of them, Billy Rios, says, “My colleague and I
