20142015学年度第一学期高二英语期末试题（卷）
第I卷第一部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，共30分）阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。ALucilleClifto
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