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, 然后从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
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In England, afternoon tea, taken between four o’clock and five o’clock is the most informal meal of the day. If you are a friend of the family, you may drop in for tea without an invitation or telling you are coming. Very often it is not served at table. The members and visitors take tea in the sitting-room. Each person has a cup and saucer(一套杯碟), a spoon and a small plate for bread-and-butter and cake. By the way, do not help yourself to cake first, but bread-and-butter first, then cake if there is any. Another piece of advice: do not put more than one piece of bread or cake at the same time.
56. In England, tea is usually taken _______.
A. early in the morning        B. shortly after lunch                    
C. between lunch and supper    D. any time in the afternoon
57. A typical（典型的） English tea consists of__________.
A. either tea or food   B. tea food and vegetable
C. both tea and food   D. the same thing as other meals
58. If you want to have tea in a friend’s home, __________.
A. it is important to wait for his invitation;
B. you must send him a message before you start out;
C. you call on him any time you think proper;
D. you should ask for his permission first.
59. Which of the following is not true according to the passage? __________.
A. Very often people can share a set of tea things;
B. Tea is often had in the sitting-room;
C. The things do not consist of cups and spoons only;
D. Cake is not always served at tea.

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　　As the plane took off from Gatwick, Mr and Mrs Malloy sat back with a sigh of 1 . They had thought they had 2 been able to get away on the holiday, their first holiday 3 , without the 4 , since their honeymoon. They had had to ask Mrs Malloy's mother to look after Freddie and George, their 5 ,while a neighbour had agreed to 6 Annabelle, their cat, for their two-week holiday. 7 there had been the problem of taking their 8 from work at the 9 time, all the trouble of getting their passport and 10 the last minute rush to pack (打包), get the children to their 11 and make sure the 12 was clear what Annabelle liked to eat. 13 they had wondered whether it was all worthwhile. But they were 14 on a plane heading for Spain.

　　Mrs Malloy was still a bit 15 about the thought of eating strange. 16 food, and had some real English tea and tins(罐头) in her bag 17 Mr Malloy wondered whether the few Spanish phrases he had 18 in six weeks of evening classes would be 19 to talk to the 20 ,and anxiously 21 his bilingual (双语的) phrase book.

　　Now everything was sure to be all right 22 they had read quite a few stories about the troubles people 23 abroad. They were quite sure troubles wouldn't 24 them. They just had to sit back and look forward to the good time in 25 .

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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, 然后从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

A

In England, afternoon tea, taken between four o’clock and five o’clock is the most informal meal of the day. If you are a friend of the family, you may drop in for tea without an invitation or telling you are coming. Very often it is not served at table. The members and visitors take tea in the sitting-room. Each person has a cup and saucer(一套杯碟), a spoon and a small plate for bread-and-butter and cake. By the way, do not help yourself to cake first, but bread-and-butter first, then cake if there is any. Another piece of advice: do not put more than one piece of bread or cake at the same time.

56. In England, tea is usually taken _______.

A. early in the morning        B. shortly after lunch                    

C. between lunch and supper    D. any time in the afternoon

57. A typical（典型的） English tea consists of__________.

A. either tea or food   B. tea food and vegetable

C. both tea and food   D. the same thing as other meals

58. If you want to have tea in a friend’s home, __________.

A. it is important to wait for his invitation;

B. you must send him a message before you start out;

C. you call on him any time you think proper;

D. you should ask for his permission first.

59. Which of the following is not true according to the passage? __________.

A. Very often people can share a set of tea things;

B. Tea is often had in the sitting-room;

C. The things do not consist of cups and spoons only;

D. Cake is not always served at tea.

In England, afternoon tea, taken between four o’clock and five o’clock is the most informal meal of the day. If you are a friend of the family, you may drop in for tea without an invitation or telling you are coming. Very often it is not served at table. The members and visitors take tea in the sitting-room. Each person has a cup and saucer(一套杯碟), a spoon and a small plate for bread-and-butter and cake. By the way, do not help yourself to cake first, but bread-and-butter first, then cake if there is any. Another piece of advice: do not put more than one piece of bread or cake at the same time.

1. In England, tea is usually taken _______.

A. early in the morning　　　 B. shortly after lunch　　　　　　　　　　

C. between lunch and supper　 D. any time in the afternoon

2. A typical（典型的） English tea consists of__________.

A. either tea or food　 B. tea food and vegetable

C. both tea and food　 D. the same thing as other meals

3. If you want to have tea in a friend’s home, __________.

A. it is important to wait for his invitation;

B. you must send him a message before you start out;

C. you call on him any time you think proper;

D. you should ask for his permission first.

4. Which of the following is not true according to the passage? __________.

A. Very often people can share a set of tea things;

B. Tea is often had in the sitting-room;

C. The things do not consist of cups and spoons only;

D. Cake is not always served at tea.

After living in the United States for quite a long time, I do not think about the cultural differences any more. Last month, my parents came to visit me. Their observations (观察) on the American lifestyle reminded me that cultural differences between living in China and America are actually everywhere.

When my parents came to America, they praised my house. Everyone had his/her own bedroom; there was a front yard, a backyard and a garage; there were many bathrooms – all convenient and comfortable. However, they were not used to the glass doors at the first floor. My mom, from southern China, was worried that someone would break open the glass doors. Though I said that nobody would do that, she was still worried about it.

When I brought them to eat in fast food restaurants, whether it was in McDonald’s or KFC, they saw that refilling drinks was for free. This concept (观念) of free refill was so new to them.

A Chinese friend told me a story. He and his American girlfriend ate at a restaurant. His girlfriend wanted to drink English tea. He was curious, so he tried some and found that it didn’t taste bad with milk and sugar in it. Adding more water to tea is free of course, so he drank more cups. His girlfriend found it embarrassing and explained to him that what he was doing was not exactly fair. If he wanted to drink more tea, he should buy another cup. My friend thought that Americans could take advantage of the free refills, but only a few of them did that. After staying in America for some time, he changed his habit.

51. We can infer that the writer _____.

　 A. doesn’t like American culture

　 B. has got used to her life in America

　 C. received an American education as a child

　 D. thinks American and Chinese cultures are the same

52. What made the writer’s parents worried?

　 A. That someone would break into the house.

　 B. That someone would be hurt by the glass doors.

　 C. That they wouldn’t have a bedroom of their own.

　 D. That they wouldn’t live comfortably in the house.

53. When eating at McDonald’s for the first time in America, the writer’s parents were probably surprised that _____.

　 A. there were so many choices

　 B. the prices for food were so low

　 C. they could refill drinks for free

　 D. they could get extra food for free

54. The American girl mentioned in the last paragraph thought that _____.

　 A. Americans like taking advantage of other people

　 B. her boyfriend wouldn’t like traditional English tea

　 C. drinking too much English tea harmed people’s health

　 D. her boyfriend shouldn’t take advantage of the free refills