III 阅读 (共两节,满分40分)第一节 阅读理解 (共15小题;每小题2分,满分30分)阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题

III 阅读 (共两节,满分40分)第一节 阅读理解 (共15小题;每小题2分,满分30分)阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题

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III 阅读 (共两节,满分40分)
第一节 阅读理解 (共15小题;每小题2分,满分30分)
阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Some people bring out the best in you in a way that you might never have fully realized on your own. My mom was one of those people.
My father died when I was nine months old, making my mom a single mother at the age of eighteen. While I was growing up, we lived a very hard life. We had little money, but my mom gave me a lot of love. Each night, she sat me on her lap and spoke the words that would change my life, “Kemmons, you are certain to be a great man and you can do anything in life if you work hard enough to get it.”
At fourteen, I was hit by a car and the doctors said I would never walk again. Every day, my mother spoke to me in her gentle, loving voice, telling me that no matter what those doctors said, I could walk again if I wanted to badly enough. She drove that message so deep into my heart that I finally believed her. A year later, I returned to school — walking on my own!
When the Great Depression(大萧条) hit, my mom lost her job. Then I left school to support the both of us. At that moment, I was determined never to be poor again.
       Over the years, I experienced various levels of business success. But the real turning point occurred on a vacation I took with my wife and five kids in 1951. I was dissatisfied with the second-class hotels available for families and was angry that they charged an extra $2 for each child. That was too expensive for the average American family. I told my wife that I was going to open a motel(汽车旅馆) for families that would never charge extra for children. There were plenty of doubters at that time.
Not surprisingly, mom was one of my strongest supporters. She worked behind the desk and even designed the room style. As in any business, we experienced a lot of challenges. But with my mother’s words deeply rooted in my soul, I never doubted we would succeed. Fifteen years later, we had the largest hotel system in the world — Holiday Inn. In 1979 my company had 1,759 inns in more than fifty countries with an income of $ 1 billion a year.
You may not have started out life in the best situations. But if you can find a task in life worth working for and believe in yourself, nothing can stop you.
41. What Kemmons’ mom often told him during his childhood was _________.
A. caring     B. moving     C. encouraging      D. interesting
42. According to the author, who played the most important role in making him walk back to
school again?
A. Doctors.    B. Nurses.      C. His friends.       D. His mom。
43. What caused Kemmons to start a motel by himself?
A. His terrible experience in the hotel.
B. His previous business success of various level.
C. His mom’s strongest support.
D. His wife’s valuable suggestion.
44. Which of the following best describes Kemmons’ mother?
A. Modest, helpful and hard-working.                      B. Loving, supportive and strong-willed.
C. Careful, helpful and beautiful.                             D. Strict, sensitive and supportive.
45. Which of the following led to Kemmons’ success according to the passage?
A. Self-confidence, hard work, higher education and a poor family.
B. Clear goals, mom’s encouragement, a poor family and higher education.
C. Mom’s encouragement, clear goals, self-confidence and hard work.
D. Mom’s encouragement, a poor family, higher education and opportunities.
答案

小题1:C
小题2:D
小题3:A
小题4:B
小题5:C
解析
         
举一反三

My son and a bunch of his 13-year-old friends piled into the back seat of my car, ready for the last-day-of-school party at McDonald’s on report card day last year. “Jack got a laptop for getting straight A’s, and Laurie got a cell phone,” one boy said. “Oh, yeah, and Sarah got an iPod Nano, and she’s only in third grade,” said another. “And how about Brian? He got $ 10 for each A.”
I suddenly became concerned. These payoffs might get parents through grammar school, but what about high school and beyond? What would be left after the electric guitar, the cell phone, and the portable DVD player?
I saw the road ahead: As the homework load increased, my income would decrease. I saw my comfortable lifestyle disappear before my eyes — no more of those $5 bags of already-peeled organic carrots. No more organic anything!
I started to feel surprised and nervous. Would every goal attained by my two children fetch a reward? A high grade point average? A good class ranking? Would sports achievements be included in this reward system: soccer goals, touchdowns, runs-batted-in? What about orchestra? Would first chair pay more than second? I’d be penniless by eighth-grade graduation.
“We never paid anything for good grades,” said my neighbor across the street, whose son was recently accepted at MIT. “He just did it on his own. Maybe once in a while we went out for pizza, but that’s about it.”
Don’t you just hate that? We’re all running around looking for the MP3 player with the most updates, and she’s spending a few dollars on pizza. She gets motivation; we get negotiation.
46.Why did the writer suddenly become concerned?
A.Because many kids were getting very good grade at school.
B.Because he was worried about the current reword system.
C.Because he wasn’t making enough money to buy things for his kids’ good grades.            D.Because kids were having too many parties after school.
47.The underlined sentence “As the homework load increased, my income would decrease.” (in
Paragraph 3) probably means that _________.
A.taking care of the children would influence my work
B.I would spend more money on my children’s homework
C.reducing children’s homework load would cost me a lot
D.more rewards would be needed as the children grew up
48.The example of the author’s neighbor shows that _________.
A.pizza is the best way to encourage children
B.the author’s neighbor was very poor
C.reward is not the only way to encourage children
D.the son of the author’s neighbor’s didn’t like reward
49.It can be inferred from the passage that _________.
A.children would think that you should if you pay them for good grades
B.children would work harder if you buy them pizza for good grades
C.children would not ask for rewards when they enter high school
D.children would not ask for rewards when they enter university
50.What is the author’s attitude toward paying children reward for good grades?
A.Helpful.            B.Uncertain.                C.Unpleasant.        D.Unknowable.                                    
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Planet Hunter
When Geoff Marcy was 14, his parents bought him a telescope. Every night, he would go onto the roof outside his window to see the wonders of the sky.
“What excited me most was whether there were planets(行星)in other solar(太阳的)systems where life might exist, ”he says. “I decided to try to find planets orbiting(沿…轨道运行)other stars like our Sun.”
And he did. “My fellow researcher, Paul Butler, and I found our first planet in 1995, ”Dr. Marcy says. “We worked for ten years without finding anything! But we stuck with it, and our patience paid off. ”
Since then, the two scientists have discovered 65 of the more than 100 planets found orbiting other stars. Dr. Marcy and Dr. Butler also spotted the first “family”of three planets. In June 2002 they announced another discovery: a Jupiter-like(像木星一样的)planet orbiting star 55 Cancri.
At first, the two researchers found only planets that orbit close to stars. Recently, the scientists found planets farther out. The planet orbiting 55 Cancri is a major breakthrough: it is the first sighting of a large gas planet about the same distance from the star as Jupiter is from the Sun.
Why is this important? Scientists think that life on Earth may exist because of two special features(特征)in our solar system. The first is Jupiter.
“Because it’s so big, Jupiter pulls comets and asteroids(小行星), or they all come and hit the Earth. ”Dr. Marcy explains. “Without Jupiter, life on Earth would likely have been destroyed. ”
A second feature is that Earth is a rocky planet where liquid water, which is necessary for life, can exist. Unlike gas planets, rocky planets like Earth have surfaces where water can gather in pools and seas, which may support life. A huge space exists between the Jupiter-like planet and two other planets that lie close to 55 Cancri. Is there an Earth-like planet in the space, too small for us to notice? If so, says Dr. Marcy, “We would have two striking similarities to our solar system: a Jupiter-like planet and an Earth-like planet. And there may be life! ”
59. What can we learn about Dr. Marcy from the passage?
A. He is fond of watching Jupiter.
B. He is from a scientist family.
C. He dislikes working with Paul Butler.
D. He is interested in finding life in outer space.
60. Which of the following is true of the recent discovery?
A. The planet is not as protective as Jupiter.
B. The planet is close to star 55 Cancri.
C. The planet proves to be a gas planet.
D. The planet is as large as Jupiter.
61. How many planets orbiting other stars have the two scientists discovered so far?
A. 100                B. 69                    C. 66                      D. 65
62. Dr. Marcy thinks that life may exist in the 55 Cancri system because ______.
A. he has found the system similar to the solar system
B. he has discovered an Earth-like planet there
C. he has discovered a rocky planet there
D. he has found signs of life in the system
63.“But we stuck with it”(in Paragraph 3)means ______.
A. they felt discouraged
B. they carried on with it
C. they failed in their attempt
D. they made some progress
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It was June 15, and in two days I would be turning thirty. 1 was insecure about entering a new decade of my life and feared that my best years were now behind me.
My daily routine included going to the gym for a workout before going to work. Every morning I would see my friend Nicholas at the gym. He was seventy - nine years old and in terrific shape. As I greeted Nicholas on this particular day, he noticed I wasn"t full of my usual vitality and asked if there was anything wrong. I told him I was feeling anxious about turning thirty. I wondered how I would look back on my life once 1 reached Nicholas"s age, so I asked him, “What was the best time of your life?”
Without hesitation, Nicholas replied, Well, Joe, this is my philosophical answer to your philosophical question:
"When I was a child in Austria and everything was taken care of for me and I was nurtured by my parents that was the best time of my life."
"When I was going to school and learning the things I know today, that was the best time of my life."
"When I got my first job and had responsibilities and got paid for my efforts, which was the best time of my life."
"When I met my wife and fell in love, which was the best time of my life."
"The Second World War came, and my wife and I had to flee Austria to save our lives. When we were together and safe on a ship bound for North America, which was the best time of my life. "
"When we came to Canada and started a family, which was the best time of my life."
"When I was a young father, watching my children grow up, that was the best time of my life."
"And now, Joe, 1 am seventy - nine years old. I have my health, l feel good and I am in love with my wife just as I was when we first met. This is the best time of my life."
46. When Joe"s 30th birthday is drawing near, he feels               .
A. excited             B. frightened          C. worried              D. eager
47. Joe usually goes to the gym to            .
A. take exercise                     B. begin his work
C. see his friend Nicholas             D. do his part -time job
48. What does the underlined word vitality in the second paragraph mean?
A. strength                         B. Power to survive
C. Happiness                       D. Energy and enthusiasm
49. What is the right order of the following events?
a. Fell in love                b. Grew up in Austria       c. Settled in Canada
d. Escape from his country     e. Got salaries
A. b a e d c             B. b e a d c          C. a b e d c            D. b c a d e
50. The purpose of the passage is to                   .
A. tell the reader about Joe"s experience             
B. tell the story of his friend Nicholas.
C. tell people not to worry about their ages.
D. tell people to take an optimistic attitude toward life.
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第二节、完形填空(本题共20小题,每题1分,满分20分)
阅读下面短文,从短文后所给各题的A、B、C和D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Mr. West wanted to buy his wife a Christmas present, but he was always very   21   , so he was never able to find time to go to the shops. At last, when it was the week   22   Christmas, and the shops were very crowded, he decided that he could not   23  any longer. He worked in an office, and usually  24  lunch in a restaurant, but one day he bought some sandwiches, ate 25  quickly and went out to a big shop near his  26 during his lunch hour.
The shop was full of women, who were also buying   27   during their lunch hour. Mr. West stood   28   at the edge of a crowd of 29  who were pushing forward to try to get to the people who were  30   necklaces and earrings. He tried to move forwards slowly, taking his turn with the others, but more and more women were 31 into the shop the whole time and pushing selfishly (自私地) 32  him. After half an hour, he was just as 33    from the people who were selling the necklaces as he had been when he came in, and his lunch hour was coming to 34   , so he decided to change his 35   of doing things: he put his head down, gave a sudden loud shout and started to  36  his way towards the 37     of the crowd as hard as he could.
The women around him became very 38   when they saw what he was doing, and began to scold (责备) him. “Why can’t you behave (做事) like a  39  ?”, they shouted.
“Ladies,” he answered them, “I have been behaving like a gentleman for the past half hour, and it has got me   40  , so now I am starting to behave like a lady!”
(   )21. A. lazy            B. unwilling           C. busy              D. forgetful
(   )22. A. before         B. around           C. behind             D. after
(   )23. A. work           B. stay                C. wait               D. think
(   )24. A.had             B.have               C.eat                           D.took
(   )25. A. it                B. them               C. that                            D. those
(   )26. A. car                 B. house              C. restaurant          D. office 
(   )27. A. presents        B. sandwiches          C. clothes            D. food           
(   )28. A. alone           B. quietly             C. politely            D. freely
(   )29. A. women          B. children            C. men              D. strangers
(  )30. A. examining     B. selling              C. choosing           D. buying
(   )31. A. going              B. entering            C. coming            D. running
(   )32. A. behind             B. past              C. over            D. against
(   )33. A. near          B. up                C. far               D. out
(   )34. A. a top           B. an end              C. measure           D. the limit
(   )35. A. idea            B. measure            C. way              D. plan
(   )36. A. step            B. push               C. go               D. pull
(   )37. A. front           B. edge               C. center           D. back
(   )38. A. surprised        B. afraid              C. angry             D. nervous
(   )39. A. gentleman           B. lady              C. woman                 D. man
(   )40. A. anywhere        B. nowhere            C. somewhere       D. everywhere
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二. 完形填空
A kindergarten teacher let her class play a game. She told each child in the class to bring along a plastic bag   1   a few potatoes. Each potato would be given a   2   of a person the child   3  , so the number of potatoes in their bags would   4   on the number of people they hated.
So when the day came, every child brought some potatoes with the names of some people on them. Some had two potatoes; some three   5   some up to five. The teacher then told the children to __6   with them the potatoes   7   they go (even to the toilet) for one week.
As days passed   8  , and the children started to   9   about the unpleasant smell let out by the rotten potatoes.   10  , those having five potatoes also had to carry heavier bags. After one week, the children were   11   because the game had finally ended.
The teacher asked about their feelings of carrying the potatoes. The children   12   out their frustrations(沮丧) and started complaining of the trouble they had to   13  . Then the teacher told them the   14   meaning behind the game. She said:“ This is exactly the   15   when you carry your hatred for somebody inside your heart. The stench(恶臭) of hatred will contaminate(玷污) your heart and you will always carry it with you. If you cannot   16   the smell of rotten potatoes for just one week, can you imagine   17   it is like to have the hatred in your heart for your lifetime?”
Moral of the story:   18   away any hatred for anyone from your heart   19   you will not carry it for a lifetime. __20   others is the best attitude to take!
1.A.including       B.seating          C.containing         D.growing
2.A.character       B.secret              C.picture           D.name
3.A.hated         B.loved          C.appreciated        D.struck
4.A.live            B.depend         C.wait             D.keep
5.A.when         B.while          C.as               D.unless
6.A.bring         B.take           C.fetch             D.carry
7.A.however        B.whenever      C.wherever         D.whatever
8.A.by             B.away          C.on              D.out
9.A.wander          B.spread          C.complain         D.breathe
10.A.Besides        B.However       C.Therefore          D.Instead
11.A.disappointed     B.relieved        C.possessed          D.reserved

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12.A.gave         B.left            C.broke             D.let13.A.go through       B.pick up         C.turn to           D.put away
14.A.skeptical      B.terminal        C.hidden           D.ignored
15.A.information     B.identification   C.tradition         D.situation
16.A.hold         B.tolerate         C.alter                  D.combine
17.A.how         B.whether        C.that             D.what
18.A.Cast         B.Click          C.Cross             D.Cure
19.A.in case         B.so that         C.as though          D.now that
20.A.Abandoning     B.Blessing        C.Consulting        D.Forgiving
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