阅读理解

　　For many years, T-shirts were simple short-sleeved undershirts for men and boys. T-shirts used to be of one color——white. And since they were worn under shirts, they were generally not seen.

　　Today the T-shirt has become fashionable. It can be seen everywhere and on everyone. Women and little children wear T-shirts as teenagers, university students, and men from all walks of life do. T-shirts are worn on playground, at the beach or in town. They can also be worn for work. Yet T-shirts remain relatively inexpensive and long wearing, as well as easy to care for. Smart but comfortable and convenient to wear, they have become one of America's newest ideas on fashion.

　　Although T-shirts are now available in a wide variety of bright materials and styles, the most popular kind is the traditional cotton T-shirts with a slogan or picture printed on the front. A T-shirt may bear a single word, a popular phrase, pictures of popular singers, or an advertisement. As T-shirts are becoming more and more popular, new designs are coming up all the time.

(1)Which statement is true about T-shirts in the past?

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A．There are a large variety of T-shirts in the past.

B．They were worn by people from all kinds of work.

C．There were many multi-colored T-shirts.

D．They were usually worn inside.

(2)Compared with the past, T-shirts have changed a lot. Which of the following is NOT true about their changes?

[　　]

A．They are worn by more and more people

B．They can be worn on more and more occasions.

C．There are more and more new designs

D．They are more and more expensive.

(3)What is the most popular kind of T-shirts?

[　　]

A．The silk T-shirt in white color.

B．The cotton T-shirt with a slogan or picture

C．The wool T-shirt worn on playground

D．The cotton T-shirt worn for work

(4)What is being done to make T-shirts more attractive?

[　　]

A．Advertisements are being widely used

B．New technology is being used

C．New designs are being adopted

D．More man-made materials are being introduced

阅读理解

　　For many years, T-shirts were simple short-sleeved undershirts for men and boys. T-shirts used to be of one color——white. And since they were worn under shirts, they were generally not seen.

　　Today the T-shirt has become fashionable. It can be seen everywhere and on everyone. Women and little children wear T-shirts as teenagers, university students, and men from all walks of life do. T-shirts are worn on playground, at the beach or in town. They can also be worn for work. Yet T-shirts remain relatively inexpensive and long wearing, as well as easy to care for. Smart but comfortable and convenient to wear, they have become one of America's newest ideas on fashion.

　　Although T-shirts are now available in a wide variety of bright materials and styles, the most popular kind is the traditional cotton T-shirts with a slogan or picture printed on the front. A T-shirt may bear a single word, a popular phrase, pictures of popular singers, or an advertisement. As T-shirts are becoming more and more popular, new designs are coming up all the time.

(1)Which statement is true about T-shirts in the past?

[　　]

A．There are a large variety of T-shirts in the past.

B．They were worn by people from all kinds of work.

C．There were many multi-colored T-shirts.

D．They were usually worn inside.

(2)Compared with the past, T-shirts have changed a lot. Which of the following is NOT true about their changes?

[　　]

A．They are worn by more and more people

B．They can be worn on more and more occasions.

C．There are more and more new designs

D．They are more and more expensive.

(3)What is the most popular kind of T-shirts?

[　　]

A．The silk T-shirt in white color.

B．The cotton T-shirt with a slogan or picture

C．The wool T-shirt worn on playground

D．The cotton T-shirt worn for work

(4)What is being done to make T-shirts more attractive?

[　　]

A．Advertisements are being widely used

B．New technology is being used

C．New designs are being adopted

D．More man-made materials are being introduced

完形填空部分（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各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
Anna lived on the side of a valley. One winter, there was a very big flood, and a lot of houses  36   Anna's were washed away. Anna's house was high enough to escape the flood, so when the water had disappeared and the other houses were __37   there with no roof and no walls and all covered with __38   , her house was   39   quite all right.
Her house was quite small, her husband was dead, and she had four children ,   40    Anna took in one of the families that had lost   41    in the flood and she  42   her home with them until it was    43   for them to rebuild their houses.
Anna's friends were   44    when they saw Anna do this. They could not understand why Anna wanted to give   45  so much more work and trouble when she already had quite a few children to   46   .  
"Well," Anna   47  her friends, "at the end of the First World War, a woman in the town where I  48   lived found herself very poor, because her husband   49    in the war and she had a lot of children,   50    I have now. The day before Christams, this woman said to her children, ‘We won’t be able to have much for   51    this year, so I’m going to   52    only one present for all of us. Now I’ll go and get it.’ She came back   53    a girl who was even poorer than they, and who had no parents. ‘Here’s our present, ’ she said to her children. The children were    54    to get such a present. They welcomed the little girl, and she grew up as their sister.   55    was that Christmas present.”
36．A．down below       B．just around         C．next to       D．above
37．A．rising B．appearing  C．falling         D．standing
38．A．water         B．trees C．dust   D．mud
39．A．just    B．already       C．yet     D．still
40．A．so       B．but     C．for      D．since
41．A．nothing      B．everything C．anything    D．something
42．A．made B．found C．shared        D．built
43．A．possible     B．necessary  C．important  D．valuable
44．A．worried      B．disappointed      C．puzzled      D．impressed
45．A．them B．herself        C．them all     D．her
46．A．support      B．supply         C．grow  D．keep
47．A．explained to       B．asked for   C．talked with         D．spoke as
48．A．actually      B．then   C．before        D．later
49．A．had killed   B．might be killed   C．had been killed  D．killed
50．A．for      B．as       C．like     D．that
51．A．you     B．us       C．Christmas D．your birthday
52．A．get     B．send  C．buy     D．make
53．A．for      B．from  C．like     D．with
54．A．sad     B．happy         C．worried      D．sorry
55．A．It        B．She     C．Such   D．I

While getting ready for school today, my 16-year-old daughter came into my room to give me a big hug and kiss. I asked her, “What do you want?” She said, “36 Mum, you always tell us to have a good day 37  we leave the house, but I was 38 about who tells you to have a good day and lets you know how much you are 39.”
I am so 40 by the capacity of love and understanding that 41 my children. My 15-year-old son asked me last night if there was a(n) 42 for him to get a summer job this year in order to help us to pay our bills. 43, in our area, he must be 16.
44 of my children depend on me so much because I am a 45 parent, but just when I pay the 46 that I will not be able to provide for them, they come up with ways to 47. I completely understand that I will 48 have to find a way to pay the bills as I do not want my children to take up anything. But for now the 49 that they have stepped up and 50 to help without anyone asking touches me.
When my daughter was two, I remember rushing to get to 51, getting to the front door and asking her to 52 and come. Then she appeared at the door with a bag that she was holding open. I said, “We don’t have 53 for this.” She stopped me and said, “Fill it with love, Mum.” I 54 to my knees and hugged her and then kissed her. From then55 she would bring the bag and I would bring the love to the door before we left for school and work.

【小题1】

A．nothing B．anything C．something D．everything

As a child, I was truly afraid of the dark and of getting lost; these fears were very real and caused me some uncomfortable moments.
Maybe it was the strange   36 things looked and sounded in my familiar room at night that  37 me so much. There was never total  38 , but a streetlight or passing car lights 39   clothes hung over a chair take on the   40  of a wild animal. Out of the corner of my 41  , I saw the curtains seem to move when there was no  42 . A tiny sound in the floor would seem a hundred times louder than in the daylight. My   43 would run wild, and my heart would beat fast. I would   44 very still so that the "enemy" would not discover me. zxxk
Another of my childhood fears was that I would get lost, 45  on the way home from school. Every morning I get on the school bus right near my home--that was no  46 . After school,   47  , when all the buses were  48  up along the street, I was afraid that I'd get on the wrong one, and be taken to some  49 neighborhood. On school or family trips to a park or museum, I wouldn't  50 the leaders out of my sight.
Perhaps one of the worst fears  51 all I had as a child was that of not being liked or   52 by others. Being popular was so important to me  53 , and the fear of not being liked was a 54  one.
One of the processes of growing up is being able to  55 and overcome our fears. Understanding the things that frightened us as children helps us achieve greater success later in life.