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1、2020版高二英语上学期期中试题 (IV)第一部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）Electric Underground说7.30pm1.00am Free at the Cyclops TheatreDo you know whos playing in your area？Were bringing you an evening of live rock and pop music from the best local bandsAre you interested in being a musician and getting a recording contract（合同）？If s
2、o，e early to the talk at 7.30pm by Jules Skye，a successful record producerHes going to talk about how you can find the right person to produce you musicGee Whizz8.30pm10.30pm edy at Kaleidoscopee and see Gee Whizz performHes the funniest standup edian on the edy sceneThis joyful show will please eve
3、ryone，from the youngest to the oldestGee Whizz really knows how to make you laugh! Our bar is open from 7.00pm for drinks and snacks（快餐）Simons Workshop5.00pm7.30pm Wednesdays at Victoria StageThis is a good chance for anyone who wants to learn how to do edyThe workshop looks at every kind of edy，and
4、 practices many different ways of making people laughSimon is a edian and actor who has 10yearsexperience of teaching edyHis workshops are exciting and funAn evening with Simon will give you the confidence to be funnyCharlotte Stone8.00pm11.00pm Pizza WorldFine food with beautiful jazz music； this i
5、s a great evening outCharlotte Stone will perform songs from her new bestselling CD，with James Pickering on the pianoThe menu is Italian，with excellent meat and fresh fish，pizzas and pasta（面食）Book early to get a tableOur bar is open all day，and serves cocktails，coffee，beer，and white wine1Who can hel
6、p you if you want to have your music produced？A.Gee Whizz B. Jules SkyeCCharlotte StoneDJames Pickering2At which place can people of different ages enjoy a good laugh？AKaleidoscope BThe Cyclops TheatreCVictoria Stage DPizza World3What do we know about Simons Workshop？AIt requires membership statusBI
7、t lasts three hours each timeC It is held every WednesdayDIt is run by a edy club4When will Charlotte Stone perform her songs？A. 5.00pm7.30pm B. 7.30pm1.00amC. 8.30pm10.30pm D. 8.00pm11.00pmBReading can be a social activityThink of the people who belong to book groupsThey choose books to read and th
8、en meet to discuss themNow，the website BookCrossing BookCrossing turns the page on the traditional idea of a book groupMembers go on the site and register the books they own and would like to shareBookCrossing provides an identification number to stick inside the bookThen the person leaves it in a p
9、ublic place，hoping that the book will have an adventure，traveling far and wide with each new reader who finds itBruce Pederson，the managing director of BookCrossing，says，The two things that change your life are the people you meet and books you readBookCrossing bines bothMembers leave books on park
10、benches and buses，in train stations and coffee shopsWhoever finds their book will go to the site and record where they found itPeople who find a book can also leave a journal entry describing what they thought of itEmails are then sent to the BookCrossing to keep them updated about where their books
11、 have been foundBruce peterson says the idea is for people not to be selfish by keeping a book to gather dust on a shelf at homeBookCrossing is part of a trend among people who want to get back to therealand not the virtual（虚拟）The site now has more than one million members in more than one hundred t
12、hirtyfive countries5Why does the author mention book groups in the first paragraph？ATo introduce BookCrossingBTo explain what they areCTo stress the importance of readingDTo encourage readers to share their ideas6What does the underlined word it in Paragraph 2 refer to？A An adventure BThe bookCA pub
13、lic place DThe identification number7What will a BookCrosser do with a book after reading it？AMeet other readers to discuss itBKeep it safe in his bookcaseCMail it back to its ownerDPass it on to another reader8 What is the best title for the text？AOnline Reading：A Virtual Tour BElectronic Books：A n
14、ew TrendCA Website Links People through Books DA Book Group Brings Tradition BackC Bad news sellsIf it bleeds，it leadsNo news is good news，and good news is no newsThose are the classic rules for the evening broadcasts and the morning papersBut now that information is being spread and monitored（监控） i
15、n different ways，researchers are discovering new rulesBy tracking peoples emails and online posts，scientists have found that good news can spread faster and farther than disasters and sob storiesThe if it bleedsrule works for mass media，says Jonah Berger，a scholar at the University of PennsylvaniaThey want your eyeballs and dont care how youre feelingBut when you share a story with your friends，you care a lot more how they reactYou
