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A.B.C.D四个选项中,选出最佳答案。
The English are often considered as unfriendly people who don't talk to strangers, but not London taxi drivers. I once asked a cabbie to describe his life to me and he didn't stop talking until I arrived home half an hour later. He told me many interesting stories and this is one of them: “Some very strange things happen late at night. The other day I was taking a woman home from a party. She had a little dog with her. When we got to her house she found that she'd lost her key. So, I waited in the cab with the dog while she climbed up the window.” “I waited … and waited … After half an hour of ringing the bell I decided to find out what was going on. I tied the dog to a tree and started to climb up the window. The next thing I knew was that the police came. They thought that I was trying to rob the house! Luckily, the woman came downstairs, she'd gone to sleep and forgotten about me and the dog. I was in such a hurry to get away that I forgot to ask her for the fare(车资,车费).”?
56.In the writer’s opinion, London taxi drivers are _____________.
A. unfriendly      B. talkative           C. helpful        D. strange enough
57. From the passage we guess that the writer ______.
A. is the driver of the taxi                                B. often travels by taxi
C. is a foreigner visiting London                        D. lives in London
58. What does the underlined word “cabbie” mean in this passage?
A. Conductor.        B. Stranger.           C. Taxi driver.               D. Porter.
59. The man was waiting outside the woman's house because ______.
A. he began to like the woman and her dog at the first sight
B. the woman had not paid him
C. he wanted to know what would happen when the police came
D. he was trying to go on talking with her

Mary Jean Price Walls graduated second in her class in 1950.She had high hopes when she applied to a local college,Southwest Missouri State College.But after sending off her application,she spent months waiting for a reply.It never came.
Worse than simply being denied admission(拒绝接收),the school didn’t reply to her at all.It wasn’t a matter of her school records,but of her skin color:Wallsis African American,and in those days,that fact alone closed a lot of doors. “I was sad and I was hurt,”Walls told ABC News.“I did not expect the skin color would affect my application.I thought I could go to university like other students.”
Four years later,the government declared that all schools should not discriminate against(歧视)African Americans— but it was too late for Walls.She’d moved on with her life, becoming a wife and a mother,and working as an elevator operator.She retired last year,at the age of 77.
She stayed quiet about the unfairness she’d faced in Missouri State.Her son,Terry,went through school records and found that she’d been the first black student to ever apply to the college.Today,four percent of the Southwest Missouri State College body is African American—including Terry.
Although it’s too late for Missouri State to change the past,the school is awarding Walls with an honorary degree(荣誉学位)from the school.While she knows it’s too late for herto change the course of her own life with the degree,it’s a chance for her to show her family that Missouri State has changed in the last 60 years,and there’s not a single door closed to them anymore.
【小题1】Walls couldn’t enter the local college because________.

A.her examination performance is too bad
B.girls were not allowed to go to college
C.she was an African?American student
D.her parents had no enough money to support her
【小题2】Before she was denied Walls thought that________.
A.her application would be accepted as others’
B.it was hard to become a college student
C.it was impossible for her to be admitted
D.she could be the best student in her college
【小题3】What can we know about Walls’s son?
A.He helped his mother get the honorary degree.
B.He is a good student who teachers like best.
C.He was admitted by the college once his mother applied to.
D.He wants to be a government official who can help his mother.
【小题4】What can we infer from the passage?
A.Walls did not fight for her right to education.
B.The college did not receive Walls’s application.
C.Walls got a good job after she received the degree.
D.The government gave Walls some money for the wrongs.
【小题5】Walls’s honorary degree suggests that________.
A.she could change her life with the degree
B.her dream of going to college has come true
C.she has been leading a happy life with her family
D.great changes have taken place in Missouri State

Mary Jean Price Walls graduated second in her class in 1950.She had high hopes when she applied to a local college,Southwest Missouri State College.But after sending off her application,she spent months waiting for a reply.It never came.

Worse than simply being denied admission(拒绝接收),the school didn’t reply to her at all.It wasn’t a matter of her school records,but of her skin color:Wallsis African American,and in those days,that fact alone closed a lot of doors. “I was sad and I was hurt,”Walls told ABC News.“I did not expect the skin color would affect my application.I thought I could go to university like other students.”

Four years later,the government declared that all schools should not discriminate against(歧视)African Americans— but it was too late for Walls.She’d moved on with her life, becoming a wife and a mother,and working as an elevator operator.She retired last year,at the age of 77.

She stayed quiet about the unfairness she’d faced in Missouri State.Her son,Terry,went through school records and found that she’d been the first black student to ever apply to the college.Today,four percent of the Southwest Missouri State College body is African American—including Terry.

Although it’s too late for Missouri State to change the past,the school is awarding Walls with an honorary degree(荣誉学位)from the school.While she knows it’s too late for herto change the course of her own life with the degree,it’s a chance for her to show her family that Missouri State has changed in the last 60 years,and there’s not a single door closed to them anymore.

1.Walls couldn’t enter the local college because________.

A.her examination performance is too bad

B.girls were not allowed to go to college

C.she was an African?American student

D.her parents had no enough money to support her

2.Before she was denied Walls thought that________.

A.her application would be accepted as others’

B.it was hard to become a college student

C.it was impossible for her to be admitted

D.she could be the best student in her college

3.What can we know about Walls’s son?

A.He helped his mother get the honorary degree.

B.He is a good student who teachers like best.

C.He was admitted by the college once his mother applied to.

D.He wants to be a government official who can help his mother.

4.What can we infer from the passage?

A.Walls did not fight for her right to education.

B.The college did not receive Walls’s application.

C.Walls got a good job after she received the degree.

D.The government gave Walls some money for the wrongs.

5.Walls’s honorary degree suggests that________.

A.she could change her life with the degree

B.her dream of going to college has come true

C.she has been leading a happy life with her family

D.great changes have taken place in Missouri State

 

When Cathleen Gardiner’s twins were born 17 years ago, doctors told her that they were a pair in a million. One had Down syndrome(低能综合症), while the other did not. Here, Cathleen tells their touching story.

Since Sean was born 17 years ago, I have always thought that he is just as wonderful as his brother and sister. Though he had a disability(残疾), we have never viewed him as a burden. He has always been a blessing. The doctors explained that though they were twins, they came from two different eggs. Lisa could walk at 11 months old, while Sean didn’t take his first steps till he was three. By two, Lisa was talking a lot, but Sean wasn’t able to speak until he was nearly four.

For the first five years of his life, Sean needed a great deal of care. Looking after him was my full-time job, though I also worked as a technical adviser in a computing company. We never treated them differently. We gave them the same toys and spoke to them in the same way. We encouraged Sean to keep up with Lisa, even though he never could, and we would help him develop his abilities. We sent them to the same primary school even after doctors advised us that Sean should go to a school for the disabled.

We had to explain to Lisa that he wouldn’t learn as quickly as she would. She told us that she’d help him with his school work. Having a non-disabled twin has really helped Sean develop. The love they share has given him a great deal of support. Now Sean and Lisa are both about to finish high school. I don’t think he would have done nearly as well today without Lisa’s help.

1.At least how many children does Mrs. Gardiner have?

A.Two.             B.Three.            C.Four.             D.One.

2.Mrs. Gardiner and her husband regarded Sean as _______.

A.a boy making others touched              B.a normal child without disabilities

C.a special gift                           D.a burden of their family

3.The third paragraph mainly tells us that _______.

A.the couple treated the twins equally

B.Cathleen did all she could to look after Sean

C.the couple didn’t follow the doctor’s advice

D.the couple encouraged Sean to grow up

4.This passage tells us that _________.

A.love can do wonders                     B.nobody is foolish or clever

C.being stupid doesn’t matter              D.all men are born equal

 

A trip to the bookstore with my granddaughter is always a big event. She __36__ in it for hours, touching the books, running her hands over the covers, looking at a few ___37___ here and looking at a few pages there.

I never ___38__ the full importance my five-year-old Grand Angel placed on these trips, until the day I suggested she pick the book she liked best, __39____ we could go home for dinner. Her response(答复) was __40___.

“But Grammy, I ___41___ them all the best. All the covers are be-yoo-tiful and all the pictures are bee-yoo-tiful and they’re all __42___. Just like people. Remember when you told me about people?”

I most certainly __43___ when I told her about people. I had explained that we are all __44___ in our own different way. Each of us has a story to ___45___ and no two stories are similar. We learn by ____46__ our stories and listening to the stories of others. Difference is the thing that makes each and every one of us __47___. I had no idea that she’d connected the lesson with ___48___. Actually, no one book was ___49___ than any other book. They were equally beautiful and equally special(特别的).

With dinner still ___50___ and our stomachs beginning to make noise, ___51___ time was finally at hand. But how to choose? I suddenly ___52___ the right question when I asked, “Which book wants to go home the most with you today?” After a short moment of ___53___, her eyes lit up. She ran to a specific book and ___54___ it from its place on the shelf. The main __55____ was the picture on the cover, a turtle with sad eyes. “We need to find out why the turtle is sad,” she said.

1.A. stands         B. plays           C. studies           D. stays

2. A. chairs         B. pages           C. papers            D. shelves

3. A. realized       B. asked           C. supported         D. approved

4. A. but            B. if              C. so                D. or

5.A. important      B. great           C. independent       D. fluent

6.A. accept         B. care            C. discover          D. like

7.A. different      B. cheap           C. expensive         D. valuable

8. A. forgot         B. insisted        C. remembered        D. limited

9.A. confused       B. beautiful       C. helpful           D. energetic

10.A. show           B. write           C. follow            D. tell

11.A. sharing        B. changing        C. collecting        D. rewriting

12.A. independent    B. kind            C. special           D. clever

13.A. stories        B. books           C. people            D. life

14. A. thicker        B. bigger          C. cheaper           D. better

15. A. preparing      B. arriving        C. waiting           D. cooking

16.A. decision       B. dinner          C. reading           D. shopping

17.A. answered       B. raised          C. thought of        D. left out 

18.A. talking        B. thinking        C. walking           D. sleeping

19.A. repaired       B. received        C. exchanged         D. removed

20.A. reason         B. act             C. question          D. problem

 

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