中学英语阅读理解专练小卷（九）Ali knocks on my front door every few weeks to offer my family food. Hes from Iran and knows how much I love Persian cooking. A self-made taxi driver, he shares more than food.I wonder if he hears my screams through the walls. I have sensory processing challenges, and my brain gets overloaded every couple of months. When this happens, I have a severe headache.I arrived in my new neighborhood near Novato after trial and error. After two years on the East Coast for graduate school and then six years spent working abroad, I had always felt like an outsider. I decided to return to my hometown of San Francisco since I had held on to the idea of the citys diversity all those years. But after a short time in Berkeley, a city on the east shore of San Francisco Bay, my sensory sensitivities became unbearable. I had to run even farther from the city to the suburbs (郊区).The suburbs felt so much more like the San Francisco of my youth. Having grown up between the Haight, the Fillmore, and the Sunset, and being a product of San Francisco public schools living among cultural diversity Ive always felt that immersion (沉浸) in difference is my norm (准则).In her book Radical Suburbs, Amanda Kolson Hurley writes in America, the fixed idea of “white suburbs” is changing. My neighbors are Guatemalan, Iranian, and African American. My husband is South Asian; our daughter is mixed. “Diverse suburbs are growing faster than white suburbs,” Hurley writes.Back to Ali. His wife, Janet, is a nurse from Sacramento who grew up on a farm. Her father helped build Bay Area bridges. Shes black, and her sister visits regularly. On the other side of my short fence (围栏) is Valeria, a middle-aged homemaker from Guatemala and she has two grown sons. Once a month her nieces and nephews visit their house. We can all hear them singing beautiful songs.My neighbors make me feel at home.149Why did the author decide to go back to San Francisco?AShe was fed up with working abroad.BShe wanted to handle her health problem.CShe hoped to have the sense of belonging.DShe found life on the East Coast unbearable.150What do we know about the author?AShe grew up in Iran.BShe is of mixed race.CShe moved to America at school age.DShe likes living in diverse communities.151Whats Amanda Kolson Hurleys opinion of American suburbs?AThey are limited to whites.BThey are becoming more diverse.CThey are filled with cultural shock.DThey are becoming more populated.152What does the author think of her neighborhood near Novato?AIt is friendly.BIt is a middle-class one.CIt is different from San Francisco.DIt is populated mainly by Guatemalans.Welcome to the Sydney Harbor Bridge! Rates (费用) for climbing the Bridge are scaled by the time of day and the time of week you choose to climb the bridge. Every ticket to the top includes a group photograph, a certificate of achievement, and a Bridge Climb cap.StandardRates valid (有效的) from 1 July 2018 until 30 June 2019 (not including 27 December 2018 to 4 January 2019 when Peak Rates apply)ADULTCHILDWeekdayWeekendWeekdayWeekendDay$220$250$140$150Night$200$210$130$140PeakRates valid from 27 December 2018 to 4 January 2019ADULTCHILDDay$250$150Night$250$150Please note:a. Rates are per person and in Australian Dollars (including Goods & Service Tax)b. Climb rates and periods are subject to change according to what Bridge Climb decides to doc. The group photograph is taken at the summit of your whole climb group. Additional individual photos are available for purchase.d. Child rates are for ages 10 to 15 and there must be one adult climber per two child climbers.153Which of the following souvenirs is NOT available to the bridge climbers free of charge?AAn individual photograph at the summit.BA group photograph at the summit.CA certificate of achievement.DA Bridge Climb cap.154If a couple with their child aged 16 want to climb the bridge on Friday night, 2 January 2019, how much should they pay?A$530B$600C$650D$750155Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?ABesides the rates listed, tourists have to pay Goods & Services Tax as well.BFour children aged 13 and an adult can enjoy the bridge-climbing together.CThe climb rates and periods listed above may change under certain circumstances.DIn the peak season, a child ticket for a daytime climb is more expensive than one for night.Not so long ago one could set ones watch by the arrival of the post. I live in a quiet street in north-west London, so that used to mean two deliveries a day at fixed time. Now of course there is one, arriving at an unpredictable hour, and containing nothing one would ever miss a heartbeat for. The only certainty today is that there will be no personal letters.What efficient times we live in! Now of course its all emails an