阅读下列短文，从所给的四个选项中，选出最佳答案

　Mr Iban's class went on a special trip to the National Museum of Art in Washington, D.C.． There they saw a famous painting by a Spanish artist named Picasso．The painting shows a circus (马戏) family in France and is called “Family of Saltimbanques”． Saltimbanques is a French word meaning performers．

　In the painting, a grandfather, a father and three children are standing outdoors on a bare (光秃的), brown hill．　　 The mother, wearing a straw hat with flowers, is seated alone in one corner, looking sadly off into space．　　 The tallest boy is wearing circus costumes (戏装) in soft tones (色调) of blue and red．　　 The father and grandfather are dressed like clowns (小丑)．　　 The grandfather wears a red, pointed fool's cap and has a white ruffle (装饰摺边) around his neck．But there are no happy clown faces in sight, and everyone in the family looks very serious．

　“Why aren't the performers smiling the way clowns are supposed to?” Justin asked

　“Does anyone have any ideas about that?” Mr Iban said．

　Lonie waved his hand．　　 “Maybe the circus family is sad because they don't have an audience (观众) to show off for any more．”

　“Or they might feel bad because people didn't clap (鼓掌) when their act was over,” Tom said．

　“I have an idea,” Cassie said, pointing to the grandfather．　　 “See that bundle (包袱) on his back? I guess the clown family has to move on to the next town, and they're sorry to go．”

　“Perhaps Picasso didn't ask them to have a special expression while he was painting them,” Mr Iban suggested．

　“I think,” said Jane, “they just wanted to be themselves without any pretended smiles．”

　“Yes, that must be it,” Justin agreed．“They just need to relax after all that clowning around．”

(1) The person in the painting who is farthest from the others is ______．

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A．the girl

B．the mother

C．the father

D．the grandfather

(2) Which of these was NOT one of the student's ideas?　　　

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A．The family must move on．

B．The family needs to relax．

C．The family has no place to live．

D．The family misses having an audience．

(3) From what the passage tells, the teacher's opinion was that Picasso probably wanted the family ______．　　　

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A．looking happy

B．looking natural

C．positioned outdoors

D．performing circus acts

(4) Which of these most probably would have happened if Mr． Iban had immediately answered Justin's question?　　　

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A．The students would have learned more about the artist' life．

B．Justin would have asked the other students the same questions．

C．Justin would not have had an opinion about the picture．

D．The students would not have thought as much about the picture．

(5) Which of these would be the best title for the passage?　　　

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A．“Clowning Around with Art”．

B．“Viewing a Famous Painting”．

C．“Famous Family-Portrait Painting”．

D．“Family Performing at the Circus”．

Tom said he　　 to her,but he　　 yet.

A、will write;didn’t　 B、has written;hasn’t　　　

C、was going to write;wasn’t　　 D、would write;hasn’t

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。
Miss Gorgers taught physics in a New York school. Last month she explained to one of her classes about sound, and she decided to test them to see how successful she had been in her explanation. She said to them, “Now I have a brother in Los Angeles. If I was calling him on the phone and at the same time you were 75 feet away, listening to me from the street, which of you would hear what I said earlier, my brother or you and for what reason?”
Tom at once answered, “Your brother. Because electricity travels faster than sound waves.” “That’s very good,” Miss Gorgers answered; but then one of the girls raised her hand, and Miss Gorgers said, “Yes? Kate.”
“I disagree. Your brother would hear you earlier because when it’s 11 o’clock here and it’s only 8 o’clock in Los Angeles.” Kate said.
1. Miss Gorgers was teaching her class ______.
A. how to telephone      B. about electricity
C. about time zone        D. about sound　
2. Miss Gorgers raised this question because she wanted to know whether ______.
A. it was easy to phone to Los Angeles
B. her student could hear her from 75 feet away
C. her students had understood her lesson
D. sound waves were slower than electricity
3. Kate thought Tom was wrong because ______.
A. clocks in Los Angeles showed a different time from those in New York
B. electricity was slower than sound waves
C. Tom was not good at physics at all
D. Tom’s answer had nothing to do with sound waves
4. Whose answer do you think is correct according to the law of physics?
A. Tom’s. 　　            B. Kate’s.          C. Both A and B. 　　      D. Neither A nor B.

Miss Gorgers taught physics in a New York school. Last month she explained to one of her classes about sound, and she decided to test them to see how successful she had been in her explanation. She said to them, “Now I have a brother in Los Angeles. If I was calling him on the phone and at the same time you were 75 feet away, listening to me from the street, which of you would hear what I said earlier, my brother or you and for what reason?”

Tom at once answered, “Your brother. Because electricity travels faster than sound waves.” “That’s very good.” Miss Gorgers answered, but then one of the girls raised her hand, and Miss Gorgers said, “Yes? Kate.”

“I disagree. Your brother would hear you earlier because when it’s 11 o’clock here and it’s only 8 o’clock in Los Angeles.” Kate said.

1.

 Miss Gorgers was teaching her class         .

A. how to telephone     B. about electricity   C. about time zone   D. about sound

2.

Miss Gorgers raised this question because she wanted to know whether         .

A. it was easy to phone to Los Angeles

B. her student could hear her from 75 feet away

C. her students had understood her lesson 

D. sound waves were slower than electricity

3.

Kate thought Tom was wrong because         .

A. clocks in Los Angeles showed a different time from those in New York

B. electricity was slower than sound waves

C. Tom was not good at physics at all

D. Tom’s answer had nothing to do with sound waves

4.

Whose answer do you think is correct according to the laws of physics?

A. Tom’s.   　 　 B. Kate’s.        C. Both A and B. 　  　D. Neither A nor B.

Miss Gogers taught physics in a New York school. Last month she explained to one of her classes about sound, and she decided to test them to see how successful she had been in her explanation. She said to them, “Now I have a brother in Los Angeles. If I was calling him on the phone and at the same time you were 75 feet away, listening to me from across the street, which of you would hear what I said earlier, my brother or you and for what reason?”

Tom at once answered, “Your brother. Because electricity travels faster than sound waves.” “That's every good,” Miss Gogers answered; but then one of the girls raised her hand, and Miss Gogers said. “Yes, Kate.”

“I disagree,” Kate said. “Your brother would hear you earlier because when it's 11 o'clock here it's only 8 o'clock in Los Angeles.”

1. Miss Gogers was teaching her class_________.

A. how to telephone 　                 B. about electricity 　

C. about time zone(时区) 　             D. about sound

2.Miss Gogers raised this question because she wanted to know whether______.

A. it was easy to phone to Los Angeles 　   B. her student could hear her from 75 feet away

C. her students had grasped（理解）her lesson .D. sound waves were slower than electricity

3.Tom thought that electricity was _________.

A. slower than sound waves　　         B. faster than sound waves

C. not so fast as sound waves 　　       D. as fast as sound waves

4.Kate thought Tom was wrong because _______.

A. clocks in Los Angeles showed a different time from those in New York

B. electricity was slower than sound waves

C. Tom was not good at physics at all

D. Tom's answer had nothing to do with sound waves

5.Whose answer do you think is correct according to the law of physics?

A. Tom's 　　B. Kate's 　　C. Bath A and B 　　D. Neither A nor B