山西省祁县第二中学2018_2019学年高一英语下学期期末试题

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1、祁县二中2018-2019学年高一年级下学期期末考试英语试题第一部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分60分）第一节（共15小题；每小题3分，满分45分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。AWhileit’sthebooksthatmakealibrary，beinginlovelysurroundingsmayprovideinspirationandhelpyoutoworkalittlebitharder．Herearesomeofthecoolestlibrariesoftheworld．LibraryofBirmingham—Bi

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