语篇理解

　　A warm,dusty wind was blowing over the harbour(海港) from the south.Where it stopped,it left a thin layer of fine African sand,a bit of unwanted Africa,and also unwanted by France.

　　Clive stood with Dick,a racing driver,in the ship,watching the cars being taken from the land.Some of the cars were already in the ship.

　　‘I hope this wind will have changed by the time we get there,’the driver said,staring up at the cream-coloured sky.‘These conditions wouldn't be any good for racing’.

　　‘Don’t worry,’Clive said with a smile.‘It'll hardly trouble us,since Argentina is about 7,000 miles away.’

　　Surprise came over the driver’s face.‘Is that so? We should leave it behind then,shouldn’t we?’

　　They talked for a while about Argentina.Clive was going on business,but Dick was to take part in a motor-race.It was his first important event outside Europe.He mentioned the date of the race December 30,and added,‘I’ve never raced in cold winter before.’

　　Their conversation was then turned to the young driver.He was an engineer,twenty-six years old.Motor-racing was his great love,and he was recently driving a car made in France.He spoke well enough,so Clive thought he must have had a good education.However,something seemed to have gone wrong or was different these days.Here he was ,going to Argentina,but without much idea where the country was .When he spoke of a cousin of his who worked in South Africa ‘Is there any chance of this ship calling there?’ Clive realized that the young man had no map of the world in his mind.

　　He had plans to race in South Africa and in Japan.To him,they were places on the earth,and probably that was all.Clive was interested because the man seemed cheerfully unconscious of his lack of knowledge.What was worse,he even thought everyone else was as foolish as him.

　　Dust blew into their faces.“This wind from Africa…”but he did not go on .Was there any point of his saying so?To the young man,it might have been the same as a wind from China.Were there many people,he wondered,who did not know where they were going,or even where they were?

1．Clive and Dick were on the ship because they ______.

[　　]

A．were leaving for South America

B．wanted to see a French motor-race

C．tried to stay away from a dust storm

D．had gone there to get the motor-cars

2．Clive was puzzled when the driver spoke about the weather conditions because ______.

[　　]

A．the weather didn't look like changing

B．the driver couldn't race that day

C．the driver thought conditions would be the same in Argentina

D．the long distance to Argentina had surprised the man

3．______ made Clive try to find out more of the young driver.

[　　]

A．It was his interest in people with exciting jobs that

B．The young man's idea that the race would be run in winter

C．His wish to make a friend for the long trip

D．His wish to make the young driver feel less worried

4．What seemed to have gone wrong was that ______,

[　　]

A．an engineer should waste time racing

B．people started on long journeys without any maps

C．the young man's education was far from perfect

D．the young man was on the wrong ship for South America

5．Clive and Dick were not the same kind of people because ______.

[　　]

A．the driver was much younger than Clive

B．their jobs were different

C．Clive knew his way about the world,but the young man didn't

D．the wind worried Dick,but it didn't trouble Clive

第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，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。（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）

A

       I knew something was wrong when I woke up on April 7th, 2008. My morn was cooking eggs. She never cooked eggs on a school morning. I dragged myself out of bed to see what terrible thing had happened. "Nothing's wrong; I just feel like cooking," was the lie I was told.

       I got on the school bus just in time to realize that Melissa wasn't there. When I got to school and found out that Melissa still wasn't there, I pretended to be sick so I could go home and call her. When I called, I was surprised at how weak her voice sounded. Toward the end of the conversation, she went into a series of coughing fits and hung up the phone. Later that night I got the call that changed my life forever. Melissa had terminal (晚期的) cancer and was given a year to live.

       Melissa started chemotherapy (化疗) and soon lost her hair. Lots of kids made fun of her, but I stuck by her. Melissa's cancer deteriorated. The doctors said she could go anytime. She was then given one wish. Her wish was to go to the park with me. The doctors wouldn't let us go alone, so her mother agreed to stay in her car down the street.

       On April 3rd, 2009, we set off for the park. We went on the swings first and I gently pushed her. After a few minutes, she said with great difficulty, "You walked in when the rest of the world walked out... You're my best friend and I love you." "I know," I said as I hugged her. Her breathing slowed until it faded, and she was gone.

       I attended the funeral against my will. As I said goodbye to my dear friend for the final time, I repeated those words she had said to me, "I love you." As I said those words, I knew that she felt the same way up in heaven. She would be looking down on me somehow knowing that would help me go on. Now I realize that a real friend walks in when the rest of the world walks out.

41．In the first paragraph, the author mentioned that      .

       A．he liked eating eggs very much

       B．his mother often told lies to him

       C．he found it hard to get up early every morning

       D．it was unusual for his mother to cook eggs that morning

42．Melissa didn't go to school that day because she      .

       A．pretended to be sick

       B．was terribly ill

       C．went to the park with her mother

       D．wouldn't go to school with her hair gone

43．What do we know about the author from the passage?

       A．He lived next door to Melissa.

       B．He missed the school bus that morning.

       C．He asked for sick leave that day.

       D．He was absent-minded in class without Melissa that day.

44．The author writes the passage mainly to tell us      .

       A．what a real friend means

       B．how one of his dear friends died

       C．how a good friendship is developed

       D．how hard it is to say goodbye to a dear friend

My mind went blank when I saw the gun pointing against the car window as we pulled out of the garage. This can’t be happening to me. Then I felt the gun, cold, against my head, and I heard my friend Jeremy saying, “What do you want? Take my wallet,” but at the time I thought of nothing.

I remember being a little annoyed when the gunman pulled me from the car by the hair. I remember the walk to the house --- Jeremy, me, the two men with two guns. I remember the fear and anger in the gunmen’s voices because Jeremy was being slow, and I remember wondering why he was being slow. I did not realize that Jeremy had thrown the keys into the bush. But I remember that sound of the gun hitting Jeremy’s head and the feeling as the man who had hold of my hair released me. And I remember the split second when I realized he was looking at Jeremy, and I remember wondering how far I could run before he pulled the trigger. But I was already running, and upon reaching the car across the street, I didn’t crouch(蹲伏) behind it but screamed instead.

I remember thinking there was something ridiculous and illogical about screaming “Help, help!” at eight o’clock on a Tuesday evening in December and changing my plea(恳求) to the more specific “Help, let me in, please let me in!” But the houses were cold, closed, unfriendly, and I ran on until I heard Jeremy’s screams behind me announcing that our attackers had fled.

The neighbors who had not opened their doors to us came out with baseball bats and helped Jeremy find his glasses and keys. In a group they were very brave. We waited for the police to come until someone said to someone else that the noodles were getting cold, and I said politely, “Please go and eat. We’re O.K.”

I was happy to see them go. They had been talking of stricter sentences for criminals, of bringing back the death penalty(处罚) and how the President is going to clean up the country. I was thinking, they could be saying all of this over my dead body, and I still feel that stiffer sentences wouldn’t change a thing. In a rush all the anger I should have felt for my attackers was directed against these contented people standing in front of their warm, comfortable homes talking about all the guns they were going to buy. What good would guns have been to Jeremy and me?

People all over the neighborhood had called to report our screams, and the police turned out in force twenty minutes later. They were ill-tempered about what was, to them, much trouble about nothing. After all, Jeremy was hardly hurt, and we were hopeless when it came to describing the gunmen. “Typical,” said one policeman when we couldn’t even agree on how tall the men were. Both of us were able to describe the guns in horrifying detail, but the two policemen who stayed to make the report didn’t think that would be much help.

The policemen were matter-of-fact about the whole thing. The thin one said, “That was a stupid thing to do, throwing away the keys. When a man has a gun against your head you do what you’re told.” Jeremy looked properly embarrassed.

Then the fat policeman came up and the thin one went to look around the outside of the house. “That was the best thing you could have done, throwing away the keys,” he said. “If you had gone into the house with them…” His voice became weaker. “They would have hurt her” --- he twisted his head toward me – “and killed you both.” Jeremy looked happier. “Look,” said the fat policeman kindly, “there’s no right or wrong in the situation. There’s just luck.”

All that sleepless night I replayed the moment those black gloves came up to the car window. How long did the whole thing last? Three minutes, five, eight? No matter how many hours of my life I may spend reliving it, I know there is no way to prepare for the next time --- no intelligent response to a gun. The fat cop was right. There’s only luck. The next time I might end up dead.

And I’m sure there will be a next time. It can happen anywhere, anytime, to anyone. Security is an illusion(幻觉); there is no safety in locks or in guns. Guns make some people feel safe and some people feel strong, but they’re fooling themselves.

1. When the writer saw the gun pointing against the car window, ______.

A. she felt very annoyed              B. she lost consciousness

C. she felt very much nervous          D. she lost the power of thinking

2.What most possibly drove the two gunmen away?

A. Jeremy’s fighting                B. The author’s screaming

C. Their neighbour’s brave action      D. The police’s arrival

3.When the author called for help, the neighbors didn’t come out immediately because ______

A. they were much too frightened

B. they were busy preparing dinners

C. they needed time to find baseball bats

D. they thought someone was playing a trick

4.The author was happy to see the neighbors go because ______.

A. she hated to listen to their empty talk

B. she did not want to become an object of pity

C. she was angered by their being late to come to her help

D. she wanted to be left alone with Jeremy to get over the shock

5.The police were rather angry because ______.

A. the author was not hurt and gave a false alarm

B. they thought it was a case of little importance

C. the author and Jeremy could not tell the police anything

D. the gunmen had already fled when they arrived on the scene

6.What the author wants to tell us is that______.

A. neighbors are not helpful in moments of difficulty

B. the police are not reliable when one is in trouble

C. security is impossible as long as people can have guns

D. preventing robbers entering your house is the best choice

阅读理解

　　A warm, dusty wind was blowing over the harbor (海港) from the south．Where it stopped, it left a thin layer of fine African sand, a bit of unwanted Africa, and also unwanted by France．

　　Clive stood with Dick, a racing driver, in the ship, watching the cares being taken from the land． Some of the cars were already in the ship．

　　‘ I hope this wind will have changed by the time we get there,’ the driver said, staring up at the cream-colored sky． ‘These conditions wouldn’t be any good for racing．’

　　‘Don’t worry,’ Clive said with a smile． ‘It’ll hardly trouble us, since Argentina is about 7,000 miles away．’

　　Surprise came over the driver’s face． ‘Is that so? We should leave it behind then, shouldn’t we?’

　　They talked for a while about Argentina． Clive was going on business, but Dick was to take part in a motor-race． It was his first important event outside Europe．He mentioned the date of the race-December 30, and added, ‘I’ve never raced in cold winter before．’

　　Their conversation was then turned to the young driver．He was an engineer, twenty-six years old． Motor-racing was his great love, and he was recently driving a car made in France． He spoke well enough, so Clive thought he must have had a good education．However, something seemed to have gone wrong- or was different these days． Here he was, going to Argentina, but without much idea where the country was． When he spoke of a cousin of his, who worked in South Africa- ‘Is there any chance of this ship calling there ?’ Clive realized that the young man had no map of the world in his mind．

　　He had plans to race in South Africa and in Japan． To him, they were places on the earth, and probably that was all． Clive was interested because the man seemed cheerfully unconscious of his lack of knowledge． What was worse, he even thought everyone else was as foolish as him．

　　Dust blew into their faces． “This wind from Africa…’ but he did not go on． Was there any point of his saying so? To the young man, it might have been the same as a wind from China． Were there many people, he wondered, who did not know where they were going, or even where they were?

1．Clive and Dick were on the ship because they ______．

[　　]

A．were leaving for South America

B．wanted to see a French motor-race

C．tried to stay away from a dust storm

D．had gone there to get the motor-cars

2．Clive was puzzled when the driver spoke about the weather conditions because ______．

[　　]

A．the weather didn’t look like changing

B．the driver couldn’t race that day

C．the driver thought conditions would be the same in Argentina

D．the long distance to Argentina had surprised the man

3．_________ made Clive try to find out more of the young driver．

[　　]

A．It was his interest in people with exciting jobs that

B．The young man’s idea that the race would be run in winter

C．His wish to make a friend for the long trip

D．His wish to make the young driver feel less worried

4．What seemed to have gone wrong was that ______．

[　　]

A．an engineer should waster time racing

B．people started on long journeys without any maps

C．the young man’s education was far from perfect

D．the young man was on the wrong ship for South America

5．Clive and Dick were not the same kind of people because ______．

[　　]

A．the driver was much younger than Clive

B．their jobs were different

C．Clive knew his way about the world, but the young man didn’t

D．the wind worried Dick, but it didn’t trouble Clive

第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，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。（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
A
I knew something was wrong when I woke up on April 7th, 2008. My morn was cooking eggs. She never cooked eggs on a school morning. I dragged myself out of bed to see what terrible thing had happened. "Nothing's wrong; I just feel like cooking," was the lie I was told.
I got on the school bus just in time to realize that Melissa wasn't there. When I got to school and found out that Melissa still wasn't there, I pretended to be sick so I could go home and call her. When I called, I was surprised at how weak her voice sounded. Toward the end of the conversation, she went into a series of coughing fits and hung up the phone. Later that night I got the call that changed my life forever. Melissa had terminal (晚期的) cancer and was given a year to live.
Melissa started chemotherapy (化疗) and soon lost her hair. Lots of kids made fun of her, but I stuck by her. Melissa's cancer deteriorated. The doctors said she could go anytime. She was then given one wish. Her wish was to go to the park with me. The doctors wouldn't let us go alone, so her mother agreed to stay in her car down the street.
On April 3rd, 2009, we set off for the park. We went on the swings first and I gently pushed her. After a few minutes, she said with great difficulty, "You walked in when the rest of the world walked out... You're my best friend and I love you." "I know," I said as I hugged her. Her breathing slowed until it faded, and she was gone.
I attended the funeral against my will. As I said goodbye to my dear friend for the final time, I repeated those words she had said to me, "I love you." As I said those words, I knew that she felt the same way up in heaven. She would be looking down on me somehow knowing that would help me go on. Now I realize that a real friend walks in when the rest of the world walks out.
41．In the first paragraph, the author mentioned that      .
A．he liked eating eggs very much
B．his mother often told lies to him
C．he found it hard to get up early every morning
D．it was unusual for his mother to cook eggs that morning
42．Melissa didn't go to school that day because she      .
A．pretended to be sick
B．was terribly ill
C．went to the park with her mother
D．wouldn't go to school with her hair gone
43．What do we know about the author from the passage?
A．He lived next door to Melissa.
B．He missed the school bus that morning.
C．He asked for sick leave that day.
D．He was absent-minded in class without Melissa that day.
44．The author writes the passage mainly to tell us      .
A．what a real friend means
B．how one of his dear friends died
C．how a good friendship is developed
D．how hard it is to say goodbye to a dear friend