第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题，每题2分，满分40分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。At the age of sixt
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第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题，每题2分，满分40分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
At the age of sixteen, I joined a volunteer group with my dad. I went on my first volunteer project in West Virginia. On the night we arrived, we discovered that “our family” was living in a trailer(拖车) that was in poor condition. A crew had been working on it for two weeks, but every time they finished one problem, another surfaced.
We decided the only reasonable solution was to build a new house – something unusual but necessary under these circumstances. The family was overjoyed with their new house that was twenty by thirty feet with three bedrooms, a bath and a kitchen.
On Tuesday of that week, while we ate lunch together, I asked the family’s three boys, Josh, Eric and Ryan, "What do you want for your new room?" Expecting toys and other gadgets that children usually ask for, we were surprised when Josh responded, "I just want a bed."
The boys had never slept in a bed! They were accustomed to plastic mats. That night we had a meeting and decided that beds would be the perfect gift. On Thursday night, a few adults in our group drove to the nearest city and bought beds and new bedding.
When we saw the delivery truck coming, we told the family about the surprise. We could hardly contain ourselves. It was like watching excited children on Christmas morning.
That afternoon, as we fitted the frames of the beds tog tether, Eric ran into the house to watch us. Too dirty to enter his room, he observed with wide-eyed enthusiasm from the doorway.
As my father slipped a pillowcase onto one of the pillows, Eric asked, "What is that?"
"A pillow," she replied.
"What do you do with it?" Eric continued to ask.
"When you go to sleep, you put your head on it,” I answered softly. Tears came to our eyes as she handed Eric the pillow.
"Oh . . . that"s soft," he said, hugging it tightly.
Now, when my sister or I start to ask for something that seems urgent, my Dad gently asks, "Do you have a pillow?"
We know exactly what he means.
56．The writer’s first volunteer project was .
A．working on a poor trailer B．helping a poor family
C．donating beds and bedding D．dealing with a housing problem
57．On bearing Josh’s answer, the writer was shocked because .
A．the family lived in a trailer B．he expected to get some toys
C．he didn’t know what a bed was D．the boys had no bed to sleep in
58．From the passage, we can learn that Eric had never seen before.
A．a trailer B．a truck C．a pillow D．a house
59．By saying “Do you have a pillow?”, the writer’s father means that .
A．what they want to get may be unnecessary
B．they should not waste money on small things
C．they should do more volunteer work for the poor
D．what he will buy is not what they want but a pillow |
答案
56. B 57. D 58. C 59. A |
解析
| 略 |
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第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从31~50各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
Four brothers left home for college, and they became successful doctors and lawyers. Some years later, they 31 after having dinner together. They discussed the 32 they gave their elderly mother who lived far away in another city. The first said,“I had a 33 house built for Mama.”The second said,“I had my Mercedes-Benz dealer（经销商）send a 34 to her.”The third said,“I built a beautiful 35 for Mama.”The fourth said,“You know 36 Mama loved reading poems and you know she can’t read anymore because she can’t 37 very well. I met a 38 who had a parrot（鹦鹉）that can recite many poems. It took him 12 years to 39 it and he earns his living by renting it out. I had to pay him $100,000 a year for twenty years, 40 it is worth it.”On hearing that, the other brothers were 41 by his good thought.
After the holidays their mother 42 her thank-you notes. She wrote:
“Milton, the house you built is so huge. I only live in one room, but I have to 43 the whole house. It’s a tiring job. Thanks anyway.”
“Marvin, I am too old to 44 .I stay home and have my foods delivered, so I’ll 45 use the automobile. The 46 was good, although notpractical. Thanks.”
“Michael, you gave me an expensive building for 50 people to 47 plays or watch movies in it, but all my friends are dead. I’ve almost 48 my hearing and I’m nearly blind. I won’t use it. Thank you all the same.”
“Dearest Melvin, you were the 49 son to have the good sense to give a little thought to your gift. The chicken tasted so 50 . I liked it very much. Thank you.”
31.A.fought B.talked C.studied D.slept
32.A.gifts B.chances C.wishes D.challenges
33.A.warm B.big C.safe D.lonely
34.A.book B.bike C.car D.bag
35.A.station B.museum C.library D.theater
36.A.what B.how C.why D.when
37.A.listen B.feel C.see D.walk
38.A.nurse B.writer C.businessman D.scientist
39.A.protect B.beat C.raise D.teach
40.A.but B.so C.unless D.although
41.A.treated B.impressed C.threatened D.hurt
42.A.sent out B.put up C.took out D.picked up
43.A.sell B.borrow C.clean D.visit
44.A.learn B.work C.exercise D.travel
45.A.never B.often C.regularly D.sometimes
46.A.future B.hobby C.idea D.program
47.A.create B.enjoy C.bring D.record
48.A.lost B.admired C.remained D.discovered
49.A.same B.last C.next D.only
50A.strange B.unpleasant C.bitter D.delicious |
Terry was a middle-aged leather trader whose repeated failures in career made him a bad-tempered and disappointed man, often complaining that he had been cheated by others. One day he told his wife he was so disappointed with the city that he had to leave.
So his family moved to another city. It was the evening of a weekend. When Terry and his wife were busily engaged in tidying up their new home, the lights suddenly went out and they were forced to stop work. Terry regretted to have forgotten to bring along candles and had to wait helplessly in a bad mood. Just then he heard light,hesitand（犹豫的）knocks on his door that were clearly heard in the quiet night.
“Who’s it?”he wondered. Terry didn’t know anybody in the new city, and this was the moment he especially hated to be disturbed. He went to the door and opened it impatiently. At the door was a little girl, asking in a shy voice,“Sir, do you have candles? I’m your neighbor.”“NO,”answered Terry rudely. He shut the door.“What a nuisance!”he grumbled（嘟囔）over it with his wife.“No sooner had we settled down than the neighbor came to borrow things. What’ll be the next? How bothering!”
He was angry about it when the door was knocked at again. He opened it and found the same little girl outside. But this time she was holding two candles. She said, “My grandma told me the new neighbor downstairs might need candles. She sent me here to give you these.”Terry was struck by what he saw. When he became fully aware, he said,“Thank you and your grandma. God bless you!”
At that moment he suddenly realized what caused his failure in life. It was his coldness and harshness（刻薄）with other people. The person who had cheated him in life was actually nobody else but himself, for his eyes had been blurred（使模糊）by his cold mind.
63.Terry decided to move to another city because___________.
A.he wanted to earn more money there
B.he found it more challenging to live in a new place
C.he didn’t like the place where he lived
D.he thought he should change his job
64.Terry treated the little girl rudely because he thought_________.
A.the neighbor would often borrow things from him later
B.he had no friends in the new city
C.she was too young to play with candles
D.he was cheated at that time
65.It can be concluded that Terry realized that he used to be_________.
A.cold and harsh B.lazy and negative
C.friendly and kind D.crazy and rude
66.What would be the best title for this passage?
A.Help others to help yourself B.Light the candle in your heart
C.Terry’s good neighbor D.God bless you |
Mark Twain was a great writer. He was from the USA. He was born in 1835. He was also a famous speaker. He was famous for his sense of humour. Many people liked to listen to him talk because he liked to tell some interesting stories to make people laugh all the time. One day Mark Twain was going to a small town because of his writing. Before he was going to leave, one of his friends said to him that there were always a lot of mosquitoes in the town and told him that he’d better not go there. Mark Twain waved (摇动) his hand and said, “It doesn’t matter. The mosquitoes are no relatives of mine. I don’t think they will come to visit me.”
After he arrived at the town, Mark Twain stayed in a small hotel near the station. He went into his room, but when he was just about to have a rest, quite a few mosquitoes flew about him. The waiters felt very sorry about that. “I’m very sorry, Mr Mark Twain. There are too many mosquitoes in our town.” One of them said to him.
Mark Twain, however, made a joke, saying to the waiter, “The mosquitoes are very clever. They know my room number. They didn’t come into the wrong room.” What he said made all the people present laugh heartily.
But that night Mark Twain slept well. Do you know why? That was because all the waiters in the hotel were driving the mosquitoes away for him during the whole night.
65. That day Mark Twain went to the town _____.
A. to see one of his friends
B. because he wanted to do something there for his writing
C. because he was told there were a lot of mosquitoes there
D. to see one of his relatives
66. The waiters felt sorry because _____.
A. they did something wrong to Mark Twain
B. their hotel was too small
C. the room was not very clean
D. there were quite a few mosquitoes in Mark Twain’s room
67. All the people present laughed heartily because _____.
A. the mosquitoes were very clever and they didn’t come into the wrong room
B. the mosquitoes knew Mark Twain’s room number
C. Mark Twain gave the waiters some nice presents
D. Mark Twain made a joke
68. From the story we know _____.
A. no mosquitoes troubled Mark Twain in the night
B. the owner of the hotel told the waiters to look after Mark Twain well at night
C. Mark Twain didn’t have a good rest that night
D. there were not mosquitoes in the hotel any longer |
Dorothea Shaw is 71 years old and nearly blind, and she chose to live alone far away from people. She lives in Belize — a county the size of Wales with a population only that of Swansea. Her home is at Gales Point, a tiny village which can be reached only by sea or air; after a 10-mile walk into the hills one finally reaches a piece of land and two small houses so hidden in the thick over-grown forest that only a handful of people know Dorothea is there.
She lives happily and totally alone – growing her vegetables, looking after her trees and dogs, cats and chickens. Once a month or so an old friend passes by with her food supplies and letters-usually including a letter from her sister in Scunthorpe and some bits of clothing from friends in Canada. Sometimes a local man will come and cut wood for her and a group of British soldiers will come across her and be greeted with the offer of a cup of coffee.
At night she lies in her tiny sleeping room with the dogs on the floor, the cats on the table near the typewriter and one of the hens settled down in a corner of the bookshelf, and listens for hours to any Spanish, English, German or French broadcasts she can find on her radio. Sometimes she gets lonely but most of the time the animals and the radio are company enough.
But recently the very things that she had tried to get free from so well have begun to catch up with her. The peace of the forest has been destroyed by the noise of earth-moving machines not many miles away. What she once only heard of distantly on the radio is now on her doorstep. Things began to change three years ago. The new main north-south road in Belize was cut through the forest only four or five miles away. “Now more people know I’m here.” She says. “I feel more and more uneasy each day.”
小题1:Dorothea’s small houses ________. | A．are entirely surrounded by trees | | B．have always been her home | | C．were built for just a few people | | D．are in a county with the same population as Wales |
小题2:Dorothea lives in the tiny village because ________.| A．she doesn’t like living near people | B．she is too old to move | | C．machines destroyed her home | D．there’s nowhere else for her to live |
小题3: Dorothea doesn’t get lonely since she has _______ with her.| A．her sister | B．some animals | C．friends from Canada | D．a postman |
小题4:Dorothea spends a lot of time __________.| A．growing all the food she needs | B．cutting down trees | | C．listening to the radio | D．studying languages |
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第二节 完形填空（共20 小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A 、B、 C 和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
"Dr. Papaderos, what is the meaning of life?"
The _36___ laughter followed, and people stirred to go.
Papadakos held up his hand and __37___ the room and stared at me, asking with his eyes if I was serious and seeing from my eyes __38___ I was.
"I will answer your question."
Taking his wallet out of his hip pocket, he __39___ into it and brought out a very small round ___40__.
And what he said ___41__ like this:
"When I was a small child, during the war, we were very poor and lived _42__in a remote village. One day, on the road, I found the broken pieces of a mirror from a wrecked German motorcycle. "I tried to find all the pieces and put them together, but it was not__43___, so I kept only the largest piece. I made it round. I began to play with it as a ___44__, interested by the __45___ that I could reflect light into dark places where the sun would ___46__ shine. It became a game for me to get light into the most__47____ places I could find---in deep holes and dark closets.
I kept the little mirror, and, __48___ I went about my growing up, I would take it out in idle moments and continue the ___49___ of the game. As I became a man, I __50___ to understand that this was not just a child"s game but a metaphor (隐喻) for what I might do __51___ my life. I came to understand that I am not the light or the ___52__ of light. But light---truth, understanding, knowledge---is there, and it will shine in many dark places __53____ I reflect it.
"I am a fragment (碎片)of a mirror whose whole design and shape I do not know.__54____, with what I have I can reflect light into the black places in the ___55___ of men. This is the meaning of my life."
36. A. common B. usual C. ordinary D. general
37. A .cheered B. stopped C .stilled D. cleaned
38. A .that B. what C. where D. whether
39. A. fished B. looked C dipped D. slipped
40.A. coin B. toy C. mirror D. present
41.A. came B. sounded C. read D. went
42. A. hopefully B. peacefully C. hopelessly D. plainly
43.A. possible B. difficult C. easy D. reasonable
44.A.child B .treasure C. tool D. toy
45.A.case B. truth C .fact D. result
46. A. always B. seldom C. still D. never
47 .A .unavailable B. difficult C. interesting D. inaccessible
48. A. as B. before C. after D. while
49.A .difficulty B .challenge C. content D. rule
50 .A. grew B. tended C. used D. failed
51. A. for B. to C. about D .with
52 .A. player B. resource C. origin D. source
53.A. if only B. only if C. as far as D. now that
54. A. Therefore B. Otherwise C. However D. Besides
55. A. hearts B. minds C. eyes D. brains |
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