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2016～2017学年度上学期12月月考试题 高三英语试卷 考试时间120分钟 试题分数 150 卷I 第一部分：听力 （略） 第二部分：阅读理解（ 共 2 节，满分40分） 第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）   A On one of her trips to New York several years ago, Eudora Welty decided to take a couple of New York friends out to dinner. They settled in at a comfortable East Side cafe and within minutes, another customer was approaching their table. “Hey, aren’t you from Mississippi” the elegant, white-haired writer remembered being asked by the stranger. “I’m from Mississippi too.” Without a second thought, the woman joined the Welty party. When her dinner partner showed up, she also pulled up a chair. “They began telling me all the news of Mississippi,” Welty said. “I didn’t know what my New York friends were thinking.” Taxis on a rainy New York night are rarer than sunshine. By the time the group got up to leave, it was pouring outside. Welty’s new friends immedia