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第二部分：阅读理解(第一节20小题。第二节5小题；每小题2分，满分50分)

第一节：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，并在答题纸上将该

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When you are little, the whole world feels like a big playground. I was living in Conyers, Georgia the summer it all happened. I was a second grader, but my best friend Stephanie was only in the first grade. Both of our parents were at work and most of the time they let us go our own way.

It was a hot afternoon and we decided to have an adventure in Stephanie's basement. As I opened the basement door, before us lay the biggest room, full of amazing things like guns, dolls, and old clothes. I ran downstairs, and spotted a red steel can. It was paint. I looked beyond it and there lay even more paint in bright colors like purple, orange, blue and green.

"Stephanie, I just found us a project for the day. Get some paintbrushes. We are fixing to paint. " She screamed with excitement as I told her of my secret plans and immediately we got to work. We gathered all the brushes we could find and moved all of our materials to my yard. There on the road in front of my house, we painted big stripes ( 条纹) of colors across the pavement (人行道). Stripe by stripe, our colors turned into a beautiful rainbow. It was fantastic!

The sun was starting to sink. I saw a car in the distance and jumped up as I recognized the car. It was my mother. I couldn't wait to show her my masterpiece. The car pulled slowly into the driveway and from the look on my mother's face, I could tell that I was in deep trouble.

My mother shut the ear door and walked towards me. Her eyes glaring, she shouted, "What in the world were you thinking? I understood when you made castles out of leaves, and climbed the neighbors' trees, but this! Come inside right now !" I stood there glaring back at her for a minute, angry because she had insulted (侮辱) my art.

"Now go clean it up!" Mother and I began cleaning the road. Tears ran down my cheeks as I saw my beautiful rainbow turn into black cement.

Though years have now passed, I still wonder where my rainbow has gone. I wonder if, maybe when I get older, I can find my rainbow and never have to brush it away. I guess we all need some sort of rainbow to brighten our lives from time to time and to keep our hopes and dreams colorful.

1. What did the writer want to do when his mother came home?

A. To introduce Stephanie to her. B. To prevent her from seeing his painting.

C. To put the materials back in the yard. D. To show his artwork to her.

2. In his mother's eyes, the writer __ .

A. was a born artist B. always caused trouble

C. was a problem solver D. worked very hard

3. The underlined word "rainbow" in the last paragraph refers to __ .

A. the rainbow in the sky B. the stripes on the pavement

C. something imaginative and fun D. important lessons learned in childhood

4. It can be learned from the passage that parents should .

A. encourage children to paint

B. value friendship among children

C. discover the hidden talent in children

D. protect rather than destroy children's dreams

"I've changed my mind．I wanted to have a telescope, but now I want my daddy back．" Lucien Lawrence's letter to Father Christmas, written after his schoolteacher father had been knifed to death outside his school gale, must have touched every heart．Lucien went on to say that without his father he couldn't see the stars in the sky．When those whom we love depart from us, we cannot see the stare for a while．

But Lucien, the stars are still there, and one day, when you are older and your tears have gone, you will see them again．And, in a strange way, I expect that you will find your father is there too, in your mind and in your heart．I find that my parents, long dead now, still figure in many of my dreams and that I think of them perhaps more than 1 ever did when they were alive．I still live to please them and I'm still surprised by their reactions．I remember that when I became a professor,! was so proud, or rather so pleased with myself, that I couldn't wait to call my parents．The reply was a long time in coming, but when it did, all Mother said was "I hope this means that now you will have more time for the children!" I haven't forgotten．The values of my parents still live on．

It makes me pause and think about how I will live on in the hearts and minds of my children and of those for whom I care．Would I have been as ready as Philip Lawrence have been to face the aggressors （挑衅者）, and to lay down my life for those in my care? How many people would want me back for Christmas'' It's a serious thought, one to give me pause．

I pray silently, sometimes, in the dead of night, that ancient cry of a poet " Deliver my soul from the sword（剑）, and my darling from the power of the dog．" Yet I know the death comes to us all,

and sometimes comes suddenly．We must therefore plan to live forever, but live as if we will die

tomorrow．We live on, I'm sure, in the lives of those we loved．and therefore we ought to have a care

for what they will remember and what they will treasure．If more parents knew this in their hearts to

be true, there might be fewer knives on our streets today．

1.According to the whole text we can see that the first paragraph ______．

A．puts forward the subject of the text

B．shows the author's pity on the kid

C．acts as an introduction to the discussion

D．makes a clear statement of the author's views

2.In the second paragraph the author mainly wants to explain to us ______．

A．how much he misses his parents now

B．why his parents often appear in his dream

C．when Lucien will get over all his sadness

D．how proud he was when he succeeded in life

3.What feeling did the author's mother express in her reply?

A．Proud． B．Happy． C．Disappointed． D．Worried

4.In the author's opinion, the value of a person's life is ______．

A．to leave behind a precious memory to the people related

B．to have a high sense of duty to the whole society

C．to care what others will remember and treasure

D．to share happiness and sadness with his family

5.What does the writer mean by the sentence taken from an old poem?

A．Call on criminals and murderers to lay down their guns．

B．Advise parents stay with their children safely at home．

C．Spend every day meaningfully in memory of the death．

D．Try to keep violence and murder far away from society．

Four years ago my sweet mom went to be with her Lord．She did it her way．

I got the call at work, and 1 headed home quickly．Mom and Dad lived on a small farm that they had owned since I was seven．I hated going there every weekend．There was nothing for a young girl to do but watch the one station on the old TV set, if the weather allowed reception．

My mom, on the other hand, loved the peace and quiet of the land and loved to work in the garden among her flowers and vegetables．The place was rustic （乡下的）, with no indoor heat．We had a big wood stove in the kitchen that did its best to heat the little farmhouse, but it always seemed cold and too quiet to me．

In the evenings, my mom and I would sit for hours singing in the little kitchen．I sang the melody and Mom larmonized．Her favorite song was "Moon River" and we sang it over and over． Momtold me stones about how when I was a little girl, I could sing before I could talk．She loved to tell how my playpen （婴儿圈栏） sat in the kitchen next to the radio and there was one song I particularly loved called "Ivory Tower"．

As time passed, I had my own children and went to visit them every week or two．The kids loved the farm and the tractor rides with my dad．But I still hated the silence of the farm．While my mom loved to sit at her kitchen table and look out at her garden and flowers and retell all the old stories, I missed the hustle and bustle （喧闹） of my life at home．But I sat there listening quietly as she reminisced．

Now, I sat back in the silence and the silence was deafening so I finally leaned over to turn on an old radio．Music always comforted me,

My heart skipped a beat．"Moon River" was playing on the radio．I sat there, with a tear running down my cheek, as I listened to every familiar note．

Then the radio announcer of this old station came on．" Here's one we haven't heard in a while," and an unfamiliar song began．I began to cry harder as I heard the words sung over the airwaves．"Come down; come down from your Ivory Tower…"

1.The writer didn't like staying in the farm for the following reasons EXCEPT that ______．

A．it was too cold and quiet

B．she could only sing one song in the small farm

C．there was nothing more that could make her excited

D．The place was rustic, with no indoor heat

2.From the First paragraph, we know that the writer's mother ______．

A．died four years ago B．left the small farm with Lord

C．left for Lord to live her own way D．preferred to be with Lord

3.The underlined word reminisced in Paragraph 5 probably means ______．

A．recalled B．comforted C．shouted D．sighed

4.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage _____．

A．The writer was able to dance before she could speak．

B．The writer preferred to live a quiet life in the country．

C．The writer was still quite familiar with the song "Ivory Tower",

D．The writer forgot all her childhood memories in the small farmhouse．

5.Which of the following would be the best title for this passage?

A．Two English songs B．My happy childhood

C．Our small farmhouse D．Mom's music

It was a cold winter’s night when I stopped for gas on my way home from work. I was tired and had a slight 36.

I worked in a 37 doctor’s office and this was one of those days when the unexpected happened, making the schedule run 38 than usual. It seemed I was going to be late 39 home and my husband, being the 40 person, would be ready to pronounce me late once again. Maybe 41 I hurried, I could still make it home.

I was heading inside to 42 for my gas when I noticed an older couple at the counter. I heard them asking for 43 to the local hospital. It was the same hospital that I had just 44 a few minutes ago.

The young man at the counter was trying to be 45 in explaining how to get there, with two other people making 46. One of them was 47 trying to give them a whole different route back. It was then that I walked over to the couple and said, “Would you like to follow me to the 48 ?”

A look of 49 crossed the woman’s face.

“I’ m going right by there,” I said, which wasn’t a(an) 50 since I had just made up my mind to do 51 that.

I got in my car and began the journey back. I was trying to watch to be sure they were right 52 me. It took only fifteen minutes to get there as rush hour traffic was beginning to 53 . I felt better than I had all day and my headache was nearly gone.

Later, as I arrived home, my husband 54 , “So you aren’ t ever late any more.”

I said, “Sometimes it’s 55 to be late.”

1.. A. break B. fever C. cold D. headache

2..A. foreign B. common C. busy D. noisy

3.. A. earlier B. later C. easier D. simpler

4.. A. getting B. cooking C. calling D. working

5.. A. tough B. punctual C. generous D. careful

6... A. as B. since C. while D. if

7..A. pay B. change C. wait D. search

8..A. opinions B. trouble C. directions D. money

9..A. reached B. visited C. called D. left

10..A. skilled B. helpful C. experienced D. active

11.. A. comments B. promises C. jokes D. offers

12..A. only B. still C. even D. ever

13..A. station B. office C. hospital D. hotel

14..A. panic B. relief C. sadness D. peace

15..A. duty B. fact C. reason D. lie

16.. A. partly B. properly C. exactly D. perfectly

17..A. across B. before C. beside D. behind

18.. A. go up B. die down C. speed up D. turn down

19.. A. teased B. shouted C. burst D. laughed

20.. A. possible B. special C. good D. safe

The day before Father’s Day, Mrs. Berry asked her students to make a card for their fathers. She passed out paper and pieces of cloth.

Elizabeth looked for a while at the blue cloth and began to cut it. Then she 36 her paper in half and began writing. When Elizabeth finally looked at the message the teacher gave on the paper, she noticed something else. She felt her 37 grow hot — she hadn’t heard that anyone who didn’t have a father could make one for a grandfather or an uncle.

As her teacher walked to her, Elizabeth tried 38 her card with her arm, but Mrs. Berry gently 39 it so that she could read it. Elizabeth sat 40 , waiting for her to say something, but she saw a 41 roll down Mrs. Berry’s face. She had never made Mrs. Berry so upset.

When school was over, Elizabeth 42 until all the other kids left so that she could

43 . “I’m sorry for not listening. I’ll make another card 44 you want. I’ll do it 45 and bring it tomorrow.” “ 46 are you talking about?” asked Mrs. Berry.

“My Father’s Day card. I know you’re upset because I didn’t do it 47 .”

“Elizabeth, that was the __48 card in the whole class. It was so 49 that it made me cry.”

Elizabeth was so 50 that she ran out of the classroom.

When her mom came home from work that night, Elizabeth 51 to give her the card early. On the front of the card was a 52 of Elizabeth’s mom, with a blue piece of cloth cut like her hair. Inside the card she had written:

Dear Mom,

I know you work really hard to be both a mommy and a(n) 53 . I want to thank you and 54 you a happy Father’s Day!

Love,

Elizabeth

When her mom read the card she started 55 , just like Mrs. Berry did.

1.A. cut B. tore C. spread D. folded

2.A. heart B. face C. hands D. body

3.A. covering B. holding C. doing D. making

4.A. caught B. left C. lifted D. placed

5.A. alone B. still C. up D. down

6.A. tear B. smile C. hair D. sweat

7.A. worked B. waited C. stood D. sat

8.A. apologize B. stop C. understand D. stay

9.A. because B. until C. unless D. if

10.A. just here B. at once C. at home D. at school

11.A. Who B. Whose C. Which D. What

12.A. carefully B. quickly C. wrong D. right

13.A. worst B. best C. favorite D. simplest

14.A. wild B. useful C. sweet D. hard

15.A. happy B. regretful C. brave D. rude

16.A. seemed B. decided C. refused D. promised

17.A. recording B. discovery C. drawing D. writing

18.A. teacher B. sister C. daddy D. aunt

19.A. wish B. hope C. want D. congratulate

20.A. laughing B. joking C. worrying D. crying

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