第二部分:阅读理解(共两节,满分40分)
第一节 (共15小题;每小题2分,满分30分)
阅读下列四篇短文,从每小题后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
A
A businessman walks into a bank in San Francisco and asks for the loan officer. He says he is going to Europe on business for two weeks and needs to borrow $5,000.The bank officer says  the bank will need some kind of security for such a loan. So the businessman hands over the keys to a Rolls Royce parked on the street in front of the bank. Everything checks out, and the bank agrees to accept the car as collateral for the loan. An employee drives the Rolls into the bank’s underground garage and parks it there.
Two weeks later, the businessman returns, and repays the $5,000 and the interest, which comes to $15.41.
The loan officer says, “We are very happy to have had your business, and this transaction(业务) has worked out very nicely, but we are a little puzzled. While you were away, we checked you out and found that you are a multimillionaire. What puzzles us is that why would you bother to borrow $5,000?”
Laughing, the businessman replies, “Where else in San Francisco can I park my car for two weeks for $15?”
46.The businessman walks into the bank with the true purpose of _________.
A.borrowing $5,000                     B.meeting the loan officer
C.finding a place to park his car        D.showing how rich he is
47.The loan officer is puzzled because _________.
A.he never thought he could meet a multimillionaire in his bank   
B.he thinks the businessman is crazy to leave his car in the bank
C.he never thought the businessman could drive a Rolls Royce  
D.he thinks $5,000 is so small a sum of money to the businessman
48.The underlined word “collateral” in Paragraph 1 most probably means “_________”.
A.security           B.payment       C.reward      D.deal
49.Which of the following words can best describe the businessman according to the story?
A.Honest.          B.Clever.           C.Rich.             D.Kind.

One night about nine o’clock, Dr. Eyck, a surgeon, had a phone call from Dr. Haydon at the hospital in Clens Falls. The surgeon was asked to go there at once to operate on a very sick boy who shot himself while playing with a gun.
The doctor was soon on his way to Clens Falls. It was 60 miles away. And it was snowing heavily in the city. The surgeon thought he could get there before 12 o’clock.
A few minutes later, the doctor was stopped by a man in an old black coat. Gun in hand, the man ordered the doctor to get out. Then the man drove the car down the road, leaving the doctor in the falling snow.
It was after 2 o’clock in the morning when the doctor arrived at the hospital in Clens Falls. Dr. Haydon told him that the boy had died an hour before.
The two doctors walked by the door of the hospital waiting room. There sat the man in the old black coat with his head in his hands.
“Mr. Cuninghan,” said Dr. Haydon to the man, “This is Dr. Eyck. He is the surgeon who walked all the way from Albany to save your boy.”
【小题1】Dr. Haydon asked Dr. Eyck to come to Clens Falls because _____.

A.Dr. Eyck knew the boy was wounded by a shot
B.The boy needed the help of a surgeon
C.Dr. Eyck was the boy’s father
D.Dr. Eyck was Haydon’s friend
【小题2】The surgeon was late because ________.
A.he was stopped by the police
B.the weather was rather terrible
C.Clens Falls was too far from Albany
D.his car was taken away
【小题3】Choose the right order of the following events given in the story.
a. Dr. Eyck was asked to come to the hospital in Clens Falls.
b. Dr. Eyck arrived at the hospital.
c. The boy shot himself.                    d. The boy died.
e. The man in an old coat reached the hospital.  f. Dr. Eyck was robbed of his car.
A.c, e, f, a, b, dB.a, c, f, d, b, e
C.c, a, f, e, d, bD.a, c, f, e, d, b
【小题4】The boy could have been saved if ______.
A.he had not been sent to the hospital
B.his father hadn’t arrived in time
C.Dr.Eyck had arrived earlier than the man
D.Dr. Eyck had arrived there two hours earlier

One night about nine o’clock, Dr. Eyck, a surgeon, had a phone call from Dr. Haydon at the hospital in Clens Falls. The surgeon was asked to go there at once to operate on a very sick boy who shot himself while playing with a gun.

The doctor was soon on his way to Clens Falls. It was 60 miles away. And it was snowing heavily in the city. The surgeon thought he could get there before 12 o’clock.

A few minutes later, the doctor was stopped by a man in an old black coat. Gun in hand, the man ordered the doctor to get out. Then the man drove the car down the road, leaving the doctor in the falling snow.

It was after 2 o’clock in the morning when the doctor arrived at the hospital in Clens Falls. Dr. Haydon told him that the boy had died an hour before.

The two doctors walked by the door of the hospital waiting room. There sat the man in the old black coat with his head in his hands.

“Mr. Cuninghan,” said Dr. Haydon to the man, “This is Dr. Eyck. He is the surgeon who walked all the way from Albany to save your boy.”

1.Dr. Haydon asked Dr. Eyck to come to Clens Falls because _____.

A.Dr. Eyck knew the boy was wounded by a shot

B.The boy needed the help of a surgeon

C.Dr. Eyck was the boy’s father

D.Dr. Eyck was Haydon’s friend

2.The surgeon was late because ________.

A.he was stopped by the police

B.the weather was rather terrible

C.Clens Falls was too far from Albany

D.his car was taken away

3.Choose the right order of the following events given in the story.

a. Dr. Eyck was asked to come to the hospital in Clens Falls.

b. Dr. Eyck arrived at the hospital.

c. The boy shot himself.                    d. The boy died.

e. The man in an old coat reached the hospital.  f. Dr. Eyck was robbed of his car.

A.c, e, f, a, b, d

B.a, c, f, d, b, e

C.c, a, f, e, d, b

D.a, c, f, e, d, b

4.The boy could have been saved if ______.

A.he had not been sent to the hospital

B.his father hadn’t arrived in time

C.Dr.Eyck had arrived earlier than the man

D.Dr. Eyck had arrived there two hours earlier

 

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