临夏县中学2020—2021学年度第二学期期末考试 高一英语（A）卷 第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分） 第一节 （共15小题；每小题2分，满分30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。 A As the leaves start to change color and the autumn air turns fresh, sometimes nothing is more appealing than the attractions of a good book. Here are four top picks for the best books. The Most Fun We Ever Had By Claire Lombardo Doubleday David and Marilyn have been married forever. Four kids and decades later, they are still as in love as the day they met. Lombardo Paints an extraordinary picture of a family in what could well be one of the best novels published this year. The Shadow King By Maaza Mengiste W.W .Norton & Company A historical novel that takes place in the 1930s Ethiopia, the Shadow king focuses on the female soldiers who take up arms in World War II . In beautiful prose(叙述)， Mengiste shines a light on those whose lives are not often noticed. Someone We Know By Shari Lapena Pamela Dorman Books A quiet suburban town is shaken by a series of break-ins and a body that turns up in the trunk of a car in this latest psychological thriller by the author of The Couple Next Door. Here are the crimes related And what does the invader know The Only Plane in the Sky By Garrett M. Graff Avid Reader Press Journalist Graff put together an oral history of 9/11 from the perspective of nearly everyone involved. Every single line is breathtaking and heartbreaking, weaving together the history of previously- unimaginable and tragic events that changed history. 1．Which of the following published the book about family life A．Doubleday B．W.W .Norton & Company C．Pamela Dorman Books D．Avid Reader Press 2．Who is the author of Thriller A．Claire Lombardo B．Maaza Mengiste C．Shari Lapena D．Garrett M. Graff 3．What is the book The Only Plane in the Sky about A．An imaginary tragic Story. B．A historical novel about soldiers. C．A journalist involved in 9/11 event. D．A collection of true stories in 9/11. B Linda was a sixteen-year-old girl in Britain. She was feeling bad for several days. Her mother took her to a hospital and the doctors found out that she had cancer. Linda’s life changed. She began to go to the hospital often for treatment (治疗）,and she also became depressed. The hospitals and the doctors were good, but Linda did not have hope herself. Linda’s mother called a flower shop close to the hospital. “I want some beautiful flowers for my daughter. She is a teen girl with cancer. ” She told the shop owner. Later, the flowers arrived. Then Linda saw something unusual. It was a card. It read: Linda, I own (拥有 ）this flower shop . I had cancer when I was fifteen years old. I am 24 years old now. Good luck. My heart goes out to you. Yours, Alice. Linda smiled. She finally felt some real hope. She found the will (意志）to live. Little things make a big difference. All of us can give little things like kindness, encouragement and hope t ... ...
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