第三部分：阅读理解.(共15小题：每小题2分，30分)

阅读下列短文，然后从各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中，选出最佳选项，并将该答案写在答卷上。

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To most of us, school means classes, teachers, schedules, grades and tests. But for the children at Sudbury Valley School in Massachusetts, school is very different.

Firstly, there are no lessons. All the children, aged between 4 and 19, do whatever they want. There are no teachers, only “staff members”. The idea behind this is that you do not need to make children learn, because children want to learn anyway. “You do not need to say to a three-year-old, ‘Go explore your environment.’ You can’t stop them!” says Daniel Greenberg, a founder of the school. “But if you make children do what you want all day… they will lose all taste of learning.” At Sudbury Valley School, you will find children talking, reading, painting, cooking, working on computers, studying French, playing the piano, climbing trees, or just running around.Two boys spent three years just fishing!

The other way that Sudbury Valley School is different is that the children can decide the rules. Every week, there is a school meeting where both children and staff have one vote each—even the four-year-olds. They decide the school rules, how to spend the school budget (预算，经费), and even which staff they want and do not want anymore.

When the school first opened in 1968, people said it would never work. But today, the school has 200 students, and 80% of its students go on to college. Even the two boys who went fishing all the time have successful careers today. One of them is a musician and the other is a computer scientist.

56. What is the main idea of the article?

A. An unusual school.           B. Children’s hobbies.   

C. A school without teachers  D. Education in the US.

57. What does the school believe?

A. Teachers cannot teach children well.

B. Children learn best when they do what they want to do.

C. Learning is for adults—children should only play.

D. Children should only learn about one thing at a time.

58 What does Daniel Greenberg say about three-year-olds?

A. They love learning.         

B. They are very naughty.

C. They want to be outside all the time.      

D. They are too young to learn anything.

59. Who has the most power in the school meeting?

A. The older children have more power than the younger children.

B.A child has more power than an adult.

C. The younger children have more power than the older children.

D. Everybody has equal power.

第二节：完形填空(共 20 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 20 分)
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。
Once, it was in the middle of a personal development workshop. One of the people present stood up and began   36   out diamond rings to each of the one hundred people in the room.
He was a   37   jeweler, he said, and he had made these expensive   38   as gifts to open people’s eyes to the abundance(富裕) of life.
On his fifth birthday, the man   39  , his uncle had taken him to a candy (糖果)   40   and told him that he could take   41   he wanted, and as much as he wanted.   42   he was very pleased and decided to   43   something he liked best.
The entire store was   44   to him. He had looked at the jars and plates, and he hadn’t known where to   45  . At last, he filled a bag with all his   46   candies. He didn’t take everything,   47   that feeling of being able to have whatever he wanted seemed to make him very   48  .
Since then, he said, he had been able to   49   the abundance of life. He saw the world as full of   50  , riches and beauty — all you had to do was, take your pick and fill your bag.
The sad truth is that most of us grow up with the   51   feeling —we develop a poverty mentality(贫穷心理). We   52   believe that there simply isn’t enough. We think we have to   53  , fight and struggle, so that we can get what we need and want. If we can’t   54  our hands to get,  someone else will be searching through our pockets. The   55   of that mentality is that we all have to go hungry.
Get a taste of abundance and try to have a great life.
36. A. giving                B. lending                    C. showing                   D. borrowing
37. A. poor                   B. strong                      C. rich                         D. popular
38. A. necklaces            B. watches                    C. medals                            D. rings
39. A. complained         B. explained                 C. suggested                 D. expected
40. A. school                B. factory                            C. store                        D. yard
41. A. whatever             B. wherever                  C. whichever                D. whomever
42. A. Unfortunately      B. Sadly                       C. Silently                    D. Certainly
43. A. refuse                B. accept                      C. choose                            D. change
44. A. small                 B. open                        C. empty                      D. closed
45. A. begin                  B. work                        C. stay                         D. end
46. A. cheap                 B. famous                    C. expensive                 D. favourite
47. A. and                    B. or                            C. but                          D. nor
48. A. worried                     B. excited                     C. interested                 D. surprised
49. A. search                 B. invent                      C. lose                         D. notice
50. A. opportunities              B. troubles                    C. sorrows                    D. quarrels
51. A. boring                B. normal                            C. opposite                   D. natural
52. A. hardly                B. always                            C. never                       D. less
53. A. leave                  B. continue                   C. stop                         D. compete
54. A. reach out            B. put up                      C. take back                  D. work with
55. A. promise                     B. result                       C. success                     D. hope

第二节：完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文, 从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
A kindergarten teacher was helping one of her students put his snow boots on. He had asked for  36  and she could see why. With her pulling and him pushing ,they finally  37  .She had by now worked up a sweat,  38  the little boy said," They 're on the wrong feet." She almost  39  when hearing this.
She looked and,  40  enough, they were .It wasn't any easier pulling the boots  41  ,and then she had to  42  the difficult boots on again.
Just as she   43  lacing(系鞋带）them, he said," These aren't my boots." She
44  her tongue to keep from screaming(尖叫）,"Why didn't you say so early?"
Once again she  45  to pull off the ill-fitting boots. He then  46  added.," They 're my brother's boots. My mom made me  47  them."
When they were finally  48  she said ,"Now ,where are your gloves?"
"I  49  them in the toes of my boots," he said .The teacher could say no words at hearing this, but had to  50  the course once again.
We often hear some teachers make comments about a particularly  51  child in their class," He is my worst-behaved child this year, and I almost can't  52  him any more."
Patience is a kind of ability. A Dutch proverb observes ,"A handful of  53  is worth more than a lot of brains." We may never have to worry about having a lot of  54  ,but sometimes what we  55  is a handful of patience. Hold back your scream, try to be patient, and that should be enough.
36. A. help                                   B. advice                       C. trouble                      D. leave
37. A .ended                                 B. won                          C. succeeded                  D. failed
38. A. so                                      B. since                         C. because                     D. but
39. A. laughed                              B. screamed                   C. cried                         D. jumped
40. A. strange                               B. sure                          C. lucky                        D. proper
41. A. up                                      B. on                             C. off                            D. away
42. A. carry                                  B. force                         C. keep                         D. struggle
43. A. tried                                   B. practiced                   C. meant                       D. finished
44. A. bit                                      B. moved                      C. showed                     D. rolled
45. A. decided                               B. fought                       C. wanted                      D. intended
46. A. angrily                               B. coldly                       C. calmly                      D. nervously
47. A. wear                                   B. clean                         C. mend                        D. drop
48. A. washed                               B. tied                           C. removed                    D. kicked
49. A. left                                     B. covered                     C. buried                       D. hid
50. A. discover                              B. guide                        C. repeat                       D. consider
51. A. difficult                              B. stupid                       C. clever                       D. perfect
52. A. worry                                 B. stand                         C. serve                         D. ignore
53. A .interest                               B. attention                    C. courage                     D. patience
54. A. chances                               B. desires                       C. brains                       D. gifts
55. A. need                                   B. value                         C. gain                          D. share

第二节：完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55题所给的四个选项A、B、C、D中，选出最佳选项。

At the end of a party，he invited her to have coffee with him．In a nice coffee shop, he was too nervous to say anything, and she felt uncomfortable，thinking, “Please let me go home.’’

Suddenly he asked the  36 ,“Would you please give me some 37 ? I'd like to put it in my coffee．’’

Everybody stared at him—so 38! His face turned red，but when the waiter brought some salt for him, he still put it in his coffee and drank it．

She asked him 39，“Why do you have this hobby(嗜好)?”

He 40，“When I was a little boy，I was living 41 the sea．I liked playing in the sea，and I could 42 the taste of the sea，just like the taste of the salty coffee．Now every time I have the salty coffee，I always think of my 43．I miss my hometown and my parents so much．’’  

 She was 44 touched(感动)! A man who can tell out his homesickness must be a man who loves home，45 about home，and has responsibility for home．

 They continued to date（约会）… Then they got married. And，every time she 46 coffee for him，she put some salt in the coffee．

 After 40 years，he died，leaving her a 47 which said，“My dearest，please forgive(宽恕) my whole life lie．This was the 48 lie I told to you— the salty coffee．

 “Remember the 49 we dated? I was so nervous at that time．Actually I wanted some sugar，but I said “salt” instead．It was hard for me to correct the mistake，so I just went 50．

 “I tried to tell you the truth many times in my life，51 I was too afraid to do that，as I have promised not to lie to you for 52．

 “Now I'm 53，I'm afraid of nothing ,so I tell you the truth：I 54 the salty coffee．What a strange bad taste! But I have had the salty coffee in my whole life!…”

 Her tears made the letter totally wet．

 Someday，someone asked her，“What’s the taste of salty coffee?” “It’s 55!” she replied．

 36．A．friend          B．manager      C．waiter         D．customer

 37．A．sugar         B．salt         C．water          D．tea

 38．A．smart         B．strange            C．serious         D．important

 39．A．curiously      B．patiently    C．bravely       D．happily

 40．A．wrote         B．added             C．agreed         D．replied

41．A．in             B．over         C．near         D．above

42．A．consider       B．feel          C．observe      D．compare

43．A．childhood      B．teachers      C．friends        D．future

 44．A．hardly          B．nearly           C．possibly      D．deeply

 45．A．thinks       B．talks         C．cares        D．comes

 46．A．made               B．drank              C．finished      D．bought

 47．A．telephone      B．word        C．notice          D．letter

 48．A．only          B．first          C．last           D．best

 49．A．last time       B．first time     C．second time  D．many times

 50．A．away               B．off          C．ahead         D．around

 51．A．and           B．so             C．or                 D．but

 52．A．anything        B．nothing       C．somebody     D．anybody

 53．A．dead                B．married      C．dying          D．boring

 54．A．like           B．hate         C．remember    D．forget

 55．A．terrible        B．strange         C．delicious      D．sweet