阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从36---55各题所给的四个选项(A,B,C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Flora was a carnivorous(食肉的) plant. She lived in a supermarket, next to her friend, Porky, who worked there. Porky ________ her with great affection and attention, and always gave her some meat at the end of each day. But one day, Porky didn’t give her meat any more. Flora got so worried that she decided to ________ why Porky did this to her.

After several days, she found out that Porky ________ lots of meat in a big yellow box. ________ not to know anything about it, Flora asked Porky if she could have a little of the food that was ________ in the yellow box. He responded very ________that she could not.

Flora felt hurt, as well as ________, and she couldn’t stop ________ who Porky was keeping all that delicious-looking meat for. She was filling up with anger. That night, when the shop was ________, she went over to the box, opened it, and ________ the meat.

The next morning, Porky arrived and found the meat had gone. Flora felt terrible. He asked her several times ________ she had taken the meat. At first she ________ it, but seeing Porky’s worried face, she ________ to admit to it.

“What have you done?” Porky ________. “I told you not to touch it! All that meat was ________!That’s why I haven’t been able to give you ________ for days. They sent us a spoiled(变质的)delivery.”

Without delay, Flora was taken to a hospital, and the doctors there ________ to save Flora’s life. Flora was very ________ and it taught her a big lesson. She learnt to stick to the ________ set by those who loved her, because that was much ________. than doing whatever she wanted.

1.A. missedB. treatedC. taughtD. waited

2.A. figure outB. pull outC .give outD. turn out

3.A. stoleB. cutC. putD. wasted

4.A. PretendingB. SupposingC. RememberingD. Promising

5.A. protectedB. keptC. hungD. prepared

6.A. carelesslyB. sadlyC. seriouslyD. confidently

7.A. thirstyB. lonelyC. tiredD. hungry

8.A. wonderingB. doubtingC. askingD. proving

9.A. crowdedB. closedC. quietD. open

10.A. threwB. ateC. bitD. stored

11.A. whyB. whereC. whetherD. when

12.A. refusedB. deniedC. forgotD. reminded

13.A. forcedB. decidedC. informedD. hesitated

14.A. warnedB. whisperedC. shoutedD. requested

15.A. poisonousB. freshC. cheapD. common

16.A. everythingB. nothingC. anythingD. something

17.A. failedB. managedC. triedD. expected

18.A. disappointedB. surprised

C. sorryD. embarrassed

19.A. examplesB. rulesC. limitsD. comments

20.A. simplerB. fasterC. saferD. stronger

The triathlon(铁人三项运动) promises to be one of the most popular Olympic sports. Recently it has drawn huge crowds attracted by athletes swimming 1,500m, cycling 40km, and then running 10km, without stopping. But what makes an attractive 17-year-old give up everything for the doubtful pleasures it offers?

Melanie Sears has not yet learnt those often-repeated phrases about personal satisfaction, mental challenge and higher targets that most athletes use when asked similar questions. “You swim for 1,500m, then run out of the water and jump on your bike, still wet. Of course, then you freeze. When the 40km cycle ride is over, you have to run 10km, which is a long way when you’re feeling exhausted. But it’s great fun, and all worth it in the end,” she says.

Melanie entered her first triathlon at 14 and she won the junior section. Full of confidence, she entered the National Championships, and although she had the second fastest swim and the fastest run, she came nowhere. “I was following this man and suddenly we came to the sea. We realized then that we had gone wrong. I ended up cycling 20 kilometers too far. I cried all the way through the running.”

But she didn’t give up. “Sometimes I wish I could stop, because then the pain would be over, but I am afraid that if I let myself stop just once, I would be tempted to do it again.” Such doggedness draws admiration from Steve Trew, the sport’s director of coaching.

Melanie was top junior in this year’s European Triathlon Championships, finishing 13th.“I was almost as good as the top three in swimming and running, but much slower in cycling. That’s why I’m working very hard at it.” She is trying to talk her long-suffering parents, who will carry the £1,300 cost of her trip to New Zealand for this year’s world championships, into buying a £2,000 bike, so she can try 25km and 100km races later this year.

But there is another price to pay. “I don’t have a social life,” she says. “After two hours’ hard swimming on Friday night, I just want to go to sleep. But I phone and write to the other girls in the team.” What does she talk about? Boys? Clothes? “No, what sort of times they are achieving.”

1.How does Melanie differ from other athletes, according to the writer?

A. She worries less than they do.

B. She expresses herself differently.

C. Her family background is not like theirs.

D. Her aims are different from theirs.

2.What upset Melanie during the National Championships?

A. She was tricked by another competitor.

B. She realized she couldn’t cycle as fast as she thought.

C. She felt she had let her team-mates down.

D. She made a mistake during part of the race.

3.What does the underlined word “doggedness” in Paragraph 4 means?

A. Melanie knows her own limits.

B. Melanie likes to please her coach.

C. Melanie feels less pain than most people.

D. Melanie continues regardless of difficulties.

4.What is Melanie trying to persuade her parents to do?

A. Buy an expensive bike for her.

B. Give her half the cost of a bike.

C. Pay for her to go to New Zealand.

D. Let her compete in longer races.

5.Which of the following can be the best title for the text?

A. Melanie’s Dull Social Life

B. Melanie’s Personal Achievements

C. The Pain and Suffering Caused by the Triathlon

D. The Triathlon’s Great Attraction

Dear all,

Please read Professor Hume’s email about his next lecture on Rosa Parks.

Susan Miller

Secretary

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Dear Susan,

Please forward this message to students of my history class.

Besides the life story of Rosa Parks in the textbook, the students are also required to read the passage below and some related stories that can be borrowed from the school library.

Ted Hume

The early experiences of Rosa Parks(1913-2005), long known as the “mother of the civil rights movement,” were not different from those of many African-Americans at that time. The black woman, however, turned the course of American history in December 1955 when she refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man. “By sitting down, ” remarked John Lewis, “She was standing up for all Americans.”

Among the numerous awards Parks received in her life were the Presidential Medal of Freedom(1996) and the Congressional Gold Medal(1999).

Parks died on Oct. 24, 2005. At St. Paul A.M.E. Church in Montgomery, a large crowd including Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice celebrated her life. Rice said she and others, who grew up when the political activities of Parks held public attention, might not have realized her impact on their lives, “but I can honestly say that without Mrs. Parks, I probably would not be standing here as Secretary of State.”

After her casket(灵柩) was placed at the Capitol, U.S. President Bush, members of Congress and ordinary Americans paid their respects. In American history Parks is the first woman to lie in state at the Capitol, a very high regard usually reserved for Presidents of the United States.

1.What is the main purpose of Susan’s email?

A.To introduce to the students Rosa Parks.

B.To help the students organize a lecture.

C.To answer Professor Hume’s last email.

D.To make arrangements for Professor Hume’s class.

2.What does the underlined word “forward” mean?

A.Read.B. Explain.C. Send.D. Take.

3.The political impact of Rosa Parks lies in the fact that she ________.

A.joined the civil rights movement at a young age

B.made racial equality a common value in American society

C.helped Condoleezza Rice achieve political success

D.set a good example in her early life for other black Americans

4.How was Rosa Parks treated after her death?

A.She was honored to lie in state at the Capitol.

B.She was given the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

C.She was received by President Bush at the Capitol.

D.She was named “mother of the civil rights movements.”

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