厦门市双十中学2020-2021学年第二学期高二年级期中考试 英语试题 第一部分：听力 略 第二部分: 阅读理解(共 2节，满分50分) 第一节：（共15题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项A、B、C 、D 中，选出最佳选项。 A Many workers have had no choice but to adapt to working from home in recent months since offices shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic (新冠疫情) And the noisy situation and endless housework may result in a terrible emotion. A new option is waiting for you. That is WFH: work from a hotel. Hotel Figuero A special program titled Work Perks aims to reposition some of 94-year-old Hotel Figuero’s 268 rooms as day-use offices According to Managing Director Connie Wang, the set-up launched in June and is a great opportunity to get out of their houses with high-speed Wi-Fi, unlimited printing privileges and free parking. The 350-square-foot rooms sell for $ 129 per day, with an option to extend to an overnight stay for an additional $ 20. The Wythe A boutique hotel in Brooklyn. The hotel recently announced a partnership with co-working office space company Industrious through which it is recycling 13 second-story guest rooms to serve as offices for up to four people. Each of the rooms has a small outdoor platform, and dogs are welcome. Pricing starts at $ 200 and goes up to $ 275, depending on how many people use the space. The Sawyer The Sawyer, in Sacramento, California, is offering pool cabanas (更衣室) for use as outdoor offices, complete with fast Wi-Fi, free parking and catered lunch for $ 150 per day. HotelsByDay Yannis Moati founded HotelsByDay back in 2015. That company has grown to include more than 1,500 hotels, and has seen a significant increase in the number of inquiries for day-use bookings lately. Moati said the current situation will force hotels to upgrade themselves to stay alive, and he predicted that offering rooms for day-use only is one of the directions they will go. 1. How much should one pay for a 24-hour stay in Hotel Figuero? A. $ 129. B. $ 149. C. $ 150. D. $ 200. 2. Which hotel allows pets in? A. The Wythe. B. The Sawyer. C. HotelsByDay. D. Hotel Figuero. 3. What do we know about Yannis Moati? A. He started a program titled Work Perks. B. He has upgraded at least 1,500 rooms. C. He usually predicts everything correctly. D. He is optimistic about the WFH trend. B When Alex Lin was 11 years old, he read an alarming article in the newspaper, which said that people were burying old computers in backyards, throwing TVs into streams, and dumping (丢弃) cell phones in the garbage. This was dangerous because e-waste contains harmful chemicals that can leak into the environment, getting into crops, animals, water supplies and people. Alex was really worried and decided to make it next project for WIN-the Westerly Innovations Network. Alex and six of his friends had formed this organization to help solve community problems two years before. But what could they do about this project with e-waste? The team spent ... ...
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