三、阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）

阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A．B．C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项的标号涂黑。

A

I remember a day when I was a little kid. I was making a sandwich in the kitchen when I noticed the date on one of the wine bottles.

"Dad, dad!" I cried. "This wine is too old to drink."

"Son, hold on," he said.

"No, you can't drink this tonight! This bottle of wine was made 10 years ago."

"Wait, let me tell you..."

"Would you like me to throw it away for you?" I asked.

"Son, wait a second," he said. "Son, some wines get better over time. The longer you wait to drink it, the better it will be. Although this may seem strange, it is true."

When I was young, I didn't have any understanding of what this meant, but now, this would have been very helpful to remember as I went through my teenage years.

In our society, we forget this simple role: The longer you wait for certain things, the better they will be. But we want the best job as quickly as possible; we want to graduate from college in as few years as possible; we even speed through our homework just to chat with friends. When we do this, we lose something of great importance.

We all want to get to the next step so quickly that perhaps we don't get ready enough to get there. This has a negative effect on our society. When trying to go to the right college, we will do anything to get in and when we rush through our class－work, we may not study enough for the test, and end up failing. We need to be ready for whatever comes, ready for the unexpected. Wine gets better over time, so do the things in our paths of life.

56．Why did the author tell his father not to drink the bottle of wine?

A．Because it smelt terrible.

B．Because it was mixed with something else.

C．Because his father drank too much that night.

D．Because it had been kept for years.

57．What the author's father said______.

A．made the author puzzled when he was a little child

B．was too simple a rule to be meaningful to the author

C．threw the author into deep thought then

D．was an excuse to drink the wine

58．In the author's opinion, if we do things too quickly we will______.

A．do it better                                                                 B．save much time

C．graduate from college more quickly          D．miss something useful to us in life

59．Which of the following best reflects the main idea of the passage?

A．Well begun is half done.                       B．More haste, less speed.

C．Failure is the mother of success.       D．Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.

下面短文中有10处语言错误。请在有错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写上该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写上修改后的词。

注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

In order to realize his dream, Bill Gates, richest man in the world, gave in studying in

Harvard University, that is the most famous in the world. He set up a company and researching

The computer software. An old saying goes, Interest is the best teacher. I quite agree with this

idea. I began to be crazy about English when I was a little girl. I got particular interested in

foreign cultures or customs. To meet us curiosity, I read English stories every day. It seemed to be

the best “meal” of a day. As for a result, I always did very well in English exam. Interest is the

key to succeed.

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36---55各题后的 A B C D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Childish Voice

When I was a young child, my parents often told me that it was time to teach a man everything. I didn’t understand and wondered why   36   had such a big influence   37   a person. I thought I could grow up quickly to find it out as an adult．But now,   38   I come to knock at the door of adulthood, I feel   39  to express my own  40    on this saying. I know that I’m just a high school student with very   41   experiences. There are still many things   42   me in the future, yet I would like to express myself in a childish voice.

I once read this sentence: “To make this world a happy place to live, you’d better   43   yourself and your heart , instead of the whole world.” I was shocked. It made me think about life   44   . There are so many things around us that    45    our will. We can’t force life    46    our wishes. The earth won’t stop turning no matter whether we   47   it or not. What we can do is just to make ourselves  48   the world. I think we should learn to accept   49   life gives us, no matter whether it’s the spring sunlight or the winter snowfall, and try to be happy.

Deeply moved by the pop song Grandmother (by Jay Chou), I always try to  50   every pleasant thing in my life, but now I see I don’t catch most of the pleasant moments. It is more   51   that they slip by and leave you feeling   52   . I realize that I’m not just living   53   myself and that there are the others around me I should think of .They all pay attention to my growing up, even if it’s just a little progress.

Everyone has his or her own attitude towards life, be it positive or   54   .It doesn’t matter, I think. There is one   55   that should be obeyed—and that’s to make this world better.

A．man                      B．time        C．thing            D．parent

A．about            B．with             C．on                   D．in

A．before            B．after             C．as                D．when

A．anxious        B．worried          C．tired                D．glad

A．beliefs        B．opinions          C．confidences  D．expressions

A．a few             B．little         C．few                  D．a little

A．waiting for    B．sticking with  C．dealing with D．doing with

A．ask                    B．change            C．exchange          D．force

A．myself               B．itself            C．oneself      D．themselves

A．go with            B．go along              C．go ahead         D．go against

A. being followed  B. to be followed C. following    D. to follow

A．receive         B．accept             C．refuse         D．approve

A．fit in                B．suit                  C．beat                 D．match

A．what                B．whatever          C．which              D．why

A．miss                 B．catch                      C．escape          D．lose

A．probably          B．likely               C．possibly              D．unlikely

A．regretful          B．awful                   C．successful  D．terrible

A．for                          B．by                          C．on               D．with

A．wrong              B．false                       C．negative              D．true

A．point                B．rule                 C．thing                   D．word

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

It happened when I was a little girl. I can remember neither the beginning nor the end, but whenever I   36   it, tears flow down my face.

When I was young, my family led a(n)  37  life in the country. As you can imagine, many country roads are difficult to walk on. One   38   we were visiting some relatives and the   39  was very bad. It began to   40   on our way back home. Dad carried me on his   41  . Mom gave her overcoat to my   42  . We walked together through the rain for more than an hour.

I was fat at that time and Dad must be   43   to hold me for such a long time. He almost   44   down many times. In hope of   45   my father’s burden, I tried to carry myself,   46   I achieved nothing since I was just a little kid.

When we arrived home, the inside of our house was   47   with rain water. The rain had come   48    our leaky（有裂缝的）roof and water was everywhere.

Mom put bowls all around the house to try to   49  the rain. Then she put me and my elder brother to   50  , carefully placing us on the remaining   51   place. I fell asleep soon. When I opened my eyes, I found Dad and Mom were   52   in chairs, both having caught bad colds.

    This is my very earliest   53  . Though the evening has long passed, and now we live a happy life, I won’t forget the rain we   54  together. The rain, that evening, and especially my parents’  55  , will stay in my mind forever.

A．deal with   B．think of       C．lead to    D．suffer from

A．hard    B．unhappy  C．interesting  D．rich

A．morning B．noon C．afternoon    D．evening

A．food    B．drink    C．traffic  D．weather

A．blow    B．thunder  C．rain D．snow

A．arm B．back C．bike D．car

A．brother B．sister   C．friend   D．relative

A．worried B．tired    C．angry    D．lazy

A．fell    B．looked   C．turned   D．ran

A．taking  B．moving   C．lifting  D．reducing

A．so  B．and  C．but  D．instead

A．buried  B．covered  C．mixed    D．crowded

A．under   B．over C．in   D．through

A．catch   B．welcome  C．greet    D．expect

A．ground  B．floor    C．bed  D．ceiling

A．dry B．clean    C．beautiful    D．warm

A．quarreling  B．sleeping C．laughing D．eating

A．visit   B．excitement   C．experience   D．memory

A．got back    B．got away C．went through D．went by

A．wishes  B．words    C．love D．education

When I was a law professor, a student reported that I made an error in grading his exam by giving him too many points．He was 41 and after thanking him for his honesty, I changed the grade in my  42  . His beaming(欢笑的）face turned to shock．"You're  43  my grade?" he said angrily．"I would never have come in  44  …"

He didn't finish the  45_ , but it was obvious that his display of honesty was  46_ .He thought he'd have it all —praise and the higher grade．

Several colleagues thought I should have let the higher grade 47  because all I'd accomplished was to discourage him from being  48 in the future．And every time I tell this story, some people agree to this   49 ．

But I can't see how I could give good reason for worsening my_ 50  in grading by undermining(损害） the honesty of all my grades by failing to  51 an error．The grade itself would be a dishonest  52  of his knowledge and it would have been 53 to other students．How could I  54 give a student a gift of an unearned grade?

I know 55 reporting an error in one's favor is unusual, but, like 56_ too much change, it's clearly the right thing to do．People of character, those with real honesty, hate to give up  57 as much as anyone else．The difference is that for them a good conscience and reputation is  58 

enough to give reason for the cost of doing the right thing．

Perhaps lowering the student's grade did  59 him from being honest in the future, but bribing（贿赂）him to be honest so that he does the right thing when its cost-free would have   60 him even more．The duty to be honest is about right and wrong, not risks and rewards．