2021届高三周考英语 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A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 A As the leaves start to change color and the autumn air turns fresh, sometimes nothing is more appealing than the attraction of a good book. Here are our 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're 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. How are the crimes related? And what does the invader know? The Only Plane in the Sky ： An Oral History of 9 /11 By Garrett M. Graff Avid Reader Press Journalist Graff puts together an oral history of 9/11 from the perspective of nearly everyone involved. Every single line is breathtaking and heartbreaking, weaving together the story of previously-unimaginable and tragic events that changed history. 21.Which of the following published the book about the army? A. Doubleday. B. W. W. Norton & Company. C. Pamela Dorman Books. D. Avid Reader Press. 22. Which author is good at writing suspense stories? A. Claire Lombardo. B. Maaza Mengiste. C. Shari Lapena. D. Garrett M. Graff. 23. Which of the following is TRUE about The Only Plane in the Sky ： An Oral History of 9/11? A. It's about some true stories in 9/11. B. It's about some female soldiers in World War Ⅱ. C. It's about a journalist's experience in 9/11. D. It's about a single tragic event in 9/11. B Last May I was hired by a large government agency. I had seven coworkers and a boss, Mrs. King. Our job was to sort huge amounts of mail into four hundred slots (位置). We delivered the mail out of grocery carts we wheeled from office to office, picking up outgoing mail as we went along. Each mail delivery took an entire half-day to sort and deliver. My troubles began almost as soon as I arrived. I was horrified to see that the slots were labeled not with people抯 names but with their initials. Without thinking, I asked why this was a good idea, only to receive a sharp glance from Mrs. King. So I repeated the question. This time Mrs. King told me not to question what I didn抰 understand. It was the first of many such exchanges, and I hadn抰 been on the job a half-hour. The longer I worked at the job, the more I saw how inefficient all the procedures w ... ...
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