The survey about childhood in the Third World shows that the struggle for survival is long and hard. But in the rich world, children can 1 from a different kind of poverty-of the spirit. 2 , one Western country alone now sees 14 000 attempted suicides (自 杀) every year by children under 15, and one child 3 five needs psychiatric (心理) advice.

  There are many good things about 4 in the Third World. Take the close and con-stant relation between children and their par-ents, relatives and neighbours for example. In the West, the very nature of work puts dis-tance between 5 and children. But in most Third World villages mother and father do not go miles away each day to work in of-fices. 6 , the child sees mother and father,relations and neighbours working 7 and often shares in that work.

  A child 8 in this way learns his or her role through joining in the community's 9 : helping to dig or build, look after ani-mals or babies-rather than 10 playing with water and sand in kindergarten, keeping pets 11 playing with dolls.

  These children may grow up with a less oppressive sense of space and time than the 12 children. Their sense of days and time has a lot to do with the change of seasons and positions of the sun or the moon in the sky. Children in the rich world, 13 , are pro-vided with a watch as one of the 14 signs of growing up, so that they can 15 along with their parents about being late for school times, meal times, bed times, the times of TV shows...

  Third World children do not usually 16 to stay indoors, still less in high-rise apartments (公寓). Instead of dangerous road, “keep off the grass” signs and “don't speak to strangers”, there is often a sense of 17 to study and play. Parents can see their children outside rather than observe them 18 from ten floors up.

   19 , twelve million children under five still die every year through hunger and disease. But childhood in the Third World is not all 20 .

(1) A.come
B.learn
C.suffer
D.survive
(2) A.As usual
B.For instance
C.In fact
D.In other words
(3) A.by
B.in
C.to
D.under
(4) A.childhood
B.poverty
C.spirit
D.survival
(5) A.adults
B.fathers
C.neighbours
D.relatives
(6) A.Anyhow
B.However
C.Instead
D.Still
(7) A.away
B.alone
C.along
D.nearby
(8) A.growing up
B.living through
C.playing
D.working
(9) A.activity
B.life
C.study
D.work
(10) A.by
B.from
C.through
D.with
(11) A.and
B.but
C.or
D.so
(12) A.Eastern
B.good
C.poor
D.Western
(13) A.at any moment
B.at the same time
C.on the other hand
D.on the whole
(14) A.easiest
B.earliest
C.happiest
D.quickest
(15) A.care
B.fear
C.hurry
D.worry
(16) A.dare
B.expect
C.have
D.require
(17) A.control
B.danger
C.disappointment
D.freedom
(18) A.anxiously
B.eagerly
C.impatiently
D.proudly
(19) A.Above all
B.In the end
C.Of course
D.What's more
(20) A.bad
B.good
C.rich
D.poor

A severely handicapped teenager who cannot walk,talk or hold a paintbrush has won a place at Oxford to study fine art.

Hero Joy Nightingale,16,who communicates through hand movements,is to be given assistants to paint and sculpt on her behalf.Her mother Pauline Reid “translated for” her daughter during interviews for the place at Magdalen College.

The teenager is the most severely handicapped student ever to be granted a place at Oxford.She suffers from “locked-in syndrome”,a profound apraxia caused by brain damage that renders her body useless and her voice mute.

She is unlikely ever to be able to walk,feed or care for herself but,thanks to the efforts of her mother,she can communicate.When Hero was four,Pauline devised a complicated system of hand gestures that equate to the alphabet.

A spokesperson for Oxford said,“The university welcomes applications from students with disabilities.In cases where students are profoundly disabled,there may be many issues that need to be carefully addressed before an individual can take up a place,such as establishing how the student can best be taught and examined.”

Hero,who suffers almost daily epileptic fits and has a hole in her heart,has not attended school since she was six.She has been taught at home by her mother and father,the pro-vice chancellor of Kent University.

Peter Giles,her art tutor until last year,said she has a genuine talent for art.“She is ferociously gifted.We would sit together and her mother would grab her daughter’s hand and then we would begin work,”he said.

Together,they built several modern sculptures from plaster and metal.“The instructions would take a while to decipher.But eventually,they would come,and eventually make sense.”

Hero’s classes will be held at the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art.

Hero communicates with others _________.

A.through common hand movements

B.by typing words on computer

C.through a complicated system of hand gestures devised by her mother

D.by drawing pictures on a board

According to the passage,how does Hero paint or sculpt?

A.She instructs her assistants to paint or sculpt through hand movements.

B.She gives instructions,and her mother paints or sculpts following her instructions.

C.She paints or sculpts with her own hands.

D.She gives instructions,her mother “translates” them,and her assistants paint or sculpt according to the “translations”.

From the story we can infer _________.

A.Oxford welcomes any handicapped student who is good at fine art

B.Hero has not attended school since she was six

C.Hero is gifted in fine art

D.Hero is a strong-minded girl who loves life very much

Which of the following is NOT true?

A.Hero is the most seriously handicapped student ever to be admitted to Oxford.

B.Oxford will admit a disabled student without any requirements.

C.Hero has been taught by her parents at home for10 years.

D.Hero is not able to walk,talk or hold a paintbrush.


第三部分 阅读理解(共20小题;每小题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,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑.
A
Amiya Olden could have been a poster child for a reading crisis that affects nearly 2 million Michigan residents older than 1 6:They read below a sixth-grade level,which makes it difficult to find jobs and to improve their lives.Among them,Amiya is one.
Amiya Olden remembers well the day she graduated from Denby High school.She handed her diploma to her mother,who read it to her.“Then when someone asked me to read it,I could remember the things she read,and I knew what I had to say,”recalled Amiya Olden.“When we would go out to restaurants with my aunts,and that is when I really would get upset.1 would see words on the menu but I couldn’t read! ”
But don‘t feel sorry for her. She changed her life by reaching a point where she’d read enough.Two summers ago,she took charge of her life when she walked into Pro Literacy Detroit to improve her reading.Nineteen months ago,she was reading at a second-grade level;now at a fifth-grade level.
Olden now splits her days between her classes at Pro Literacy and the library,where she checks out books and reads them.She says she hopes her improved reading skills will help her find a good job.
And she has advice for others,who have trouble reading.
“Don’t give up on it,”she said.“Even though it can be challenging and you might get frustrated sometimes,practice does help.If you really want to be able to go somewhere,go out to a restaurant and you have to read signs and things like that,you want to know what you want to eat and where you want to go...If you want to succeed in life and grow,you have to read.More  important,you have to feel confident that you can.”
56.Amiya' mother read the diploma to her so that_________.
A.she could encourage her daughter to improve her reading
B.her daughter could remember the content of the diploma
C.they both could remember the particular moment
D.she could show off before her daughter
57.Amiya attends Pro Literacy Detroit to __________.
A.get another diploma                 B.improve her reading level
C.find a good job in the training center     D.be a poster child for the reading crisis
58.From the passage we can see in Michigan__________.
A.many people can’t find good jobs due to poor reading
B.the job market pays too much attention to reading
C.most students can’t graduate from high school
D.the reading crisis affects only poor people
59.Which of the following is true of Amiya?
A.She is 16 years old now.
B.A good job has been offered to her.
C.She is an adviser for those with reading difficulty.
D.Most of her time is divided between her classes and the library.
60.With the study at Pro Literacy,Amiya is now             
A.puzzled       B.discouraged         C.confident            D.1earned

第三部分  阅读理解(共20小题;每小题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,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑.

A

       Amiya Olden could have been a poster child for a reading crisis that affects nearly 2 million Michigan residents older than 1 6:They read below a sixth-grade level,which makes it difficult to find jobs and to improve their lives.Among them,Amiya is one.

       Amiya Olden remembers well the day she graduated from Denby High school.She handed her diploma to her mother,who read it to her.“Then when someone asked me to read it,I could remember the things she read,and I knew what I had to say,”recalled Amiya Olden.“When we would go out to restaurants with my aunts,and that is when I really would get upset.1 would see words on the menu but I couldn’t read! ”

       But don‘t feel sorry for her. She changed her life by reaching a point where she’d read enough.Two summers ago,she took charge of her life when she walked into Pro Literacy Detroit to improve her reading.Nineteen months ago,she was reading at a second-grade level;now at a fifth-grade level.

       Olden now splits her days between her classes at Pro Literacy and the library,where she checks out books and reads them.She says she hopes her improved reading skills will help her find a good job.

       And she has advice for others,who have trouble reading.

       “Don’t give up on it,”she said.“Even though it can be challenging and you might get frustrated sometimes,practice does help.If you really want to be able to go somewhere,go out to a restaurant and you have to read signs and things like that,you want to know what you want to eat and where you want to go...If you want to succeed in life and grow,you have to read.More  important,you have to feel confident that you can.”

56.Amiya' mother read the diploma to her so that_________.

       A.she could encourage her daughter to improve her reading

       B.her daughter could remember the content of the diploma

       C.they both could remember the particular moment

       D.she could show off before her daughter

57.Amiya attends Pro Literacy Detroit to __________.

       A.get another diploma                 B.improve her reading level

       C.find a good job in the training center     D.be a poster child for the reading crisis

58.From the passage we can see in Michigan__________.

       A.many people can’t find good jobs due to poor reading

       B.the job market pays too much attention to reading

       C.most students can’t graduate from high school

       D.the reading crisis affects only poor people

59.Which of the following is true of Amiya?

       A.She is 16 years old now.

       B.A good job has been offered to her.

       C.She is an adviser for those with reading difficulty.

       D.Most of her time is divided between her classes and the library.

60.With the study at Pro Literacy,Amiya is now             

       A.puzzled        B.discouraged          C.confident             D.1earned

Amiya Olden could have been a poster child for fl reading crisis that affects nearly 2 million Michigan residents older than 1 6:They read below a sixth-grade level,which makes it difficult to  find jobs and to improve their lives.Among them,Amiya is one.

       Amiya Olden remembers well the day she graduated from Denby High schoo1.She handed her diploma to her mother,who read it to her.“Then when someone asked me to read it,I could remember the things she read,and I knew what I had to say,”recalled Amiya Olden.“When we would go out to restaurants with my aunts,and that,S when I really would get upset.1 would see words on the menu but I couldn’t read! ”

       But don‘t feel sorry for her I She changed her life by reaching a point where she I’d read enough.Two summers ago,she took charge of her life when she walked into Pro Literacy Detroit to improve her reading.Nineteen months ago,she was reading at a second-grade level;now at a fifth-grade level.

       Olden now splits her days between her classes at Pro Literacy and the library,where she checks out books and reads them.She says she hopes her improved reading skills will help her find a good job.

       And she has advice for others,who have trouble reading.

       “Don’t give up on it,”she said.“Even though it can be challenging and you might get frustrated sometimes,practice does help.If you really want to be able to go somewhere,go out to a restaurant and you have to read signs and things like that,you want to know what you want to eat and where you want to go...If you want to succeed in life and grow,you have to read.More  important,you have to feel confident that you can.”

1.Amiya' mother read the diploma to her so that         

       A.she could encourage her daughter to improve her reading

       B.her daughter could remember the content of the diploma

       C.they both could remember the particular moment

       D.she could show off before her daughter

2.Amiya attends Pro Literacy Detroit to          

       A.get another diploma                              B.improve her reading level

       C.find a good job in the training center      D.be a poster child for the reading crisis

3.From the passage we can see in Michigan            

       A.many people can’t find good jobs due to poor reading

       B.the job market pays too much attention to reading

       C.most students can’t graduate from high school

       D.the reading crisis affects only poor people

4.Which of the following is true of Amiya?

       A.She is 16 years old now.

       B.A good job has been offered to her.

       C.She is an adviser for those with reading difficulty.

       D.Most of her time i s divided between her classes and the library.

5.With the study at Pro Literacy,Amiya is now             

       A.puzzled          B.discouraged         C.confident             D.1earned

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