广东省广州市天河区2023~2024学年高二下学期期末考试英语试卷(无答案)

广州市天河区2023~2024学年高二下学期期末考试 英语 本试卷共8页，满分为150分，考试用时120分钟。 注意事项： 1.答卷前，考生必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔将自己的学校、姓名、班级、座位号和考生号填写在答题卡相应的位置上，再用2B铅笔把考号的对应数字涂黑。 2.选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑；如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案；不能答在试卷上。 3.非选择题必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域内的相应位置上；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案；不准使用铅笔或涂改液。不按以上要求作答的答案无效。 4.考生必须保证答题卡的整洁，考试结束后，将试卷和答题卡一并交回。 第一部分 阅读（共两节，满分45分） 第一节（共10小题；每小题3分，满分30分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 A Ten years ago, Airbn b passed a milestone: the number of people who had used the service to book a night’s stay outnumbered 4 million. But it was still believed to be a small player. Over the past decade, staying in somebody else’s home, or second home, for a short-term break has become the first choice I （and my mates, and my mum, and her mates） made when planning to visit a city. We much prefer it. Away from the eyes of annoying tourists, our boys are free to treat the house as a genuine home-from-home: that is, using every surface, from bookshelf to boiler cupboard, as a huge wonderland. As there is always a separate living space （actually separate, unlike the open-plan “suites” offered by most hotels）, we can chat and watch TV once they’ve gone to bed. We use the kitchen to make them dinner and breakfast, which saves us money; then we get a takeaway from Deliveroo （another technological marvel） once the kids are in bed. I’ll admit that this routine can still present challenges. Simply loading up the car with daily necessities, snacks and drinks, and appropriate “in-flight entertainment” is an activity that, itself, kills your desire for holiday. But it’s always worth it. How I look forward to the small success when I’ve located the parking space for our rented room, after ten minutes of aimlessly driving around a complex one-way system. How I love examining the owner’s art and books, piecing together my impression of their personality from the clues they’ve left behind in random handmade objects. “Look, he’s got a signed Bruce Springsteen poster and an entire library of Jeffrey Archer! Did he turn Shakespeare as he got older, or inherit（继承） the books from his dad ” Best of all, I enjoy waking up on Sunday morning and being somewhere new — yet not being constantly aware, as one is in a hotel, of the financial deal during the experience. Wandering around cities, I’ve often found myself idly imagining what it would be like to live there, and with Airbnb one gets quite a bit closer to actually knowing the answer. That is why, I suspect, it’s no “small player” anymore. 1. What does the author prefer to do when travelling A. Use home-sharing platforms. B. Book a hotel ... ...