四、阅读理解 (共15 小题,30分)

阅读下面四篇短文,从各题A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳答案。

I like friends who share my happiness and sorrow,and who possess wings of their own and fly with me. I seek friends whose qualities illuminate(照亮)me and help me to express my love. It is for these people that I reserve the glowing hours, too good not to share.

When I was in the eighth grade, I had a friend. We were shy and “too serious” about our studies when it was becoming fashionable with our classmates to learn acceptable social behaviors. We said little at school, but she would come to my house and we would sit down with pencils and paper, and one of us would say,“Let’s start with a train whistle today.” We would sit quietly together and write poems or stories that grew out of a train whistle. Then we would read them aloud. At the end of that school year, we too, were changing into social creatures and the stories and poems stopped.

    When I lived for a time in London, I had a friend. He was in despair(失望) and I was in despair, but our friendship was based on the idea that we would be sorry later if we did not explore this great city because we felt awful at the time. We met every Sunday for five weeks and visited many wonderful places. We walked until our despair disappeared and then we parted. We gave London to each other.

    For almost four years I have had a remarkable friend whose imagination illuminates mine. We write long letters to each other in which we often discover our strangest selves. Each of us appears, sometimes in a funny way, in the other’s dreams. She and I agree that, at certain times, we seem to be parts of the same mind. In my most interesting moments, I often think: “Yes, I must tell…” We have never met.

    It is such comforting companions I wish to keep. One bright hour with their kind is worth more to me than the lifetime services of a psychologist(心理学家), who will only fill up the healing(愈合的) silence necessary to those darkest moments in which I would rather be my own best friend.

1. In the eighth grade, what did the author do while her classmates started developing proper social behavior?

A. Become serious about her studies.                B. Went to her friend’s house regularly.     

C. Learned from her claamates at school.           D. Wrote poems and stories with her friend.

2. In Paragraph 3, “We gave London to each other” probably means “______”.

A. our exploration of London was a memorable gift to both of us

B. we were unwilling to tear ourselves away from London

C. our unpleasant feelings about London disappeared

D. we parted with each other in London

3. According to Paragraph 4, the author and her friend       

A. call each other regularly            B. have similar personalities

C. write stories                      D. sometimes dream about each other

4. In the darkest moments, the author wants to             

A. seek professional help               B. be left alone

C. stay with her best friend            D. break the silence

5. What is a good title for the passage?

A. Unforgettable Experiences          B. Remarkable Imagination

C. Lifelong Friendships                D. Noble Companions

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。

Many years ago my grandfather had a small farm and chickens. One morning he  31  me out to the chicken coop(鸡舍)to collect fresh eggs. He became  32  when I didn’t return after a short while. When he came  33  me I jumped with joy, but he saw tears in my eyes and noticed that I was in a(n)  34  chicken coop nearby, which could be entered only  35  the same door.

When he  36  my pain and asked, “What was wrong?” I told him  37 , “That nasty rooster,” who was now docile(驯服的), in my grandfather’s  38 , “came pecking after me and all the hens started cackling, which scared me, and I ran into the next coop for  39 .” He took me by the hand and we walked right by the now  40  nasty rooster and comfortable nesting hens. We sat under the apple tree, and he related the following story. “Did you notice  41  that rooster and hens behaved when I came in? Totally  42  from when you first came in.” I shouted, “The rooster and hens seemed to pounce on(攻击)me.”

My grandfather then said, “That’s a new rooster the neighbor gave me. All your life you are going to  43  people who will act like that rooster and hens. Only in different ways! It’s  44  for that rooster to protect his coop and his hens. The rooster is the  45 and the hens are followers. Same with people! It doesn’t  46  whether they are men or women. There will always be people who will try to  47  your life and if you let them, you will become like the hens.”

“ 48  to be the leader, you have to first be able to lead your own life and be the rooster of your actions. You can be like the rooster leading the hens.  49  of us in life are followers, like the hens and some stay  50  in their own chicken coops, like you did.”

31.A.took        B.picked      C.sent       D.carried

32.A.concerned   B.excited     C.surprised   D.interested

33.A.calling on    B.dropping in      C.looking for      D.running after

34.A.full          B.empty       C.small     D.large

35.A.with        B.over      C.under           D.through

36.A.comforted   B.noticed     C.removed   D.felt

37.A.tearfully      B.proudly    C.nervously  D.carefully

38.A.control     B.eyes      C.hands       D.presence

39.A.eggs        B.safety       C.hens      D.balance

40.A.angry       B.satisfied    C.quiet     D.puzzled

41.A.why         B.how      C.what      D.whether

42.A.slowly     B.fiercely     C.differently       D.popularly

43.A.come over   B.come across     C.come up   D.come out

44.A.hard        B.brave     C.useless      D.natural

45.A.leader      B.key       C.member    D.problem

46.A.disturb     B.include     C.matter      D.belong

47.A.lead         B.involve     C.change      D.mind

48.A.And         B.As         C.But       D.So

49.A.None       B.Most      C.All        D.Both

50.A.missing       B.worrying  C.packed      D.hidden

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