[中学联盟]浙江省台州市书生中学2017-2018学年高二下学期起始考英语试题

台州市书生中学 2017学年第二学期 高二英语起始考试卷 满分：120 考试时间：100分钟 2018.02 第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分35分）第一节（共10小题；每小题2.5分，满分25分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。 A In 2013, Bezos, the CEO and founder of Amazon Inc., made headlines when he announced that within a few years, the company would use unmanned drones (无人机) to deliver packages within 30 minutes after an order was placed. Since Amazon Prime Air was publicized the night before “Cyber Monday,” Some just regarded it as a publicity stunt (噱头) designed to draw attention to the company. It turns out they were wrong. On December 7, 2016, Amazon showed that it had completed its first Prime Air delivery in Cambridge, UK. The package, containing a bag of popcorn and an Amazon Fire TV, were loaded on to the unmanned vehicle from a local fulfillment center and delivered to a two-story farmhouse several miles away --- all within 13 minutes after the items were bought! The company also announced that the ser