III. 阅读理解（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）
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"As sure as you're alive now, Peter Rabbit, some day I will catch you," shouted Reddy Fox, as he put his black nose in the hole between the roots of the Big Hickory-tree which grows close to the Smiling Pool. "It is lucky for you that you were not one jump farther away from this hole."
Peter, safe inside that hole, didn't have a word to say, or, if he did, he didn't have breath enough to say it. It was quite true that if he had been one jump farther from that hole, Reddy Fox would have caught him. As it was, the hairs on Peter's funny white tail actually had tickled Reddy's back as Peter ran wildly through the root-bound entrance to that hole. It had been the narrowest escape Peter had had for a long, long time. You see, Reddy Fox had surprised Peter eating sweet clover (苜蓿) on the bank of the Smiling Pond, and it had been a lucky thing for Peter that that hole, dug long ago by Johnny Chuck's grandfather, had been right where it was. Also, it was a lucky thing that old Mr. Chuck had been wise enough to make the entrance between the roots of that tree in such a way that it could not be dug any larger.
Reddy Fox was too shrewd (机灵的) to waste any time trying to dig it larger. He knew there wasn't room enough for him to get between those roots. So, after trying to make Peter as uncomfortable as possible by telling him what he, Reddy, would do to him when he did catch him, Reddy walked across the Green Meadows. Peter remained where he was for a long time. When he was quite sure that it was safe to do so, he crawled out and hurried to the Old Orchard. He felt that that would be the safest place for him, because there were ever so many hiding places in the old stone wall along the edge of it.
56. Where is Peter Rabbit hiding?
A. On the bank of a pond                       B. In a hole      
C. In a tall tree                                             D. Behind a room
57. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE according to the story?
A. Reddy Fox might find rabbit hairs on him.
B. Old Mr. Chuck took advantage of the roots to dig the hole.
C. The hole could be made larger.
D. Reddy almost caught Peter this time.
58. Why did Peter Rabbit wait so long before leaving?
A. Because Reddy was trying to get him.   
B. Because it was cold outside.
C. Because his grandfather would help him dig a large hole.
D. Because the Old Orchard was not so safe as this hole.

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Steve was ten years old. He was a very good pupil, nor did he like doing his homework. When he did his homework, he always made a lot of mistake.

One day, his maths teacher went over Steve’s homework, see all his answers were right. He was very surprised instead being pleased. He asked Steve to explain what has happened, “ You have got all your answers correctly this time, Steve. Did anyone help you?”

As the matter of fact, Steve’s mother often helped him with her lessons. And that evening, she was not able to because she wasn’t in. So Steve answered, “ No, sir, my mother was busy last night, so I had to do the homework all for myself.”

A boy selling magazines walked up to a house people seldom visited. The house was old and the owner   36  came out. When he did come out he wouldn’t say hello to anybody   37  simply stared at them.
The boy knocked on the door and   38  . As he was ready to   39  away, the door slowly opened. “What do you want?” the old man said.
“Uh, sir, I’m selling these magazines and I was   40  if you’d like to buy one.” The old man   41  stared at the boy. The boy could see the inside of the house and   42  some dog figurines（小雕像）. “Do you   43  dogs?” the boy asked. “Yes, I do. They’re my family here and they’re all I have.” The boy felt sorry for the man, as he seemed to be very   44  . “I’ve a magazine here for collectors. It’s perfect for you. I also have one about dogs since you like dogs so much.” But the old man said, “I need   45  of the magazines, now goodbye.”
The boy was sad. He went home and then an idea   46  to him. He had a little dog figurine. He walked back to the old man’s house with the   47 . He knocked on the door again and this time the old man came right to the door. “Boy, I             48   I told you no magazines.”
“No, sir. I know that. I wanted to bring you a   49 . ” The boy handed him the figurine and the old man’s face   50 . “It’s a Golden Retriever. I have one at home. This one is   51  you.” The old man was   52 ; no one had ever shown him so much   53 . “Boy, you have a kind   54 . Thank you!” From that day on the old man  55  coming out of the house and talking with people.

_____ his father came back from work_____ his homework.

If there’s one memory Anna wanted to keep from her experiences during the Second World War, it was her son, Andrzej. Anna, 89, lost touch with him when she was forced to leave her native Poland and sent to a labor camp in Austria more than 60 years ago. Now, 64, Andrzej hugged his mother at the air port, who had been waiting for him.
Andrzej searched for his mother for more than 50 years, almost giving up. But his mother made the first phone call. Unluckily, he wrote down his mother’s phone number wrong and spent another month trying to reach her again. When he did, the two talked regularly on the phone for two months to break down the language barrier. Anna can hardly speak Polish over the years and Andrzej doesn’t speak English.
After the war, Anna could not find her son and went to Italy, finally ending up in Great Britain, the US, then Canada 45 years ago. She used the Internet to track her son, making phone calls with no luck. Meanwhile Andrzej contacted the Polish Red Cross last year to help in his search.
At last, they locate each other at the same time. Andrzej will spend a month with his mother in Britain.
【小题1】Andrzej was about _______ years old when his mother left him for Austria 60 years ago.