60. What does the last paragraph mainly discuss?

A．How Donohue protected Alcindor from the press

B．How Alcindor disliked meeting reporters

C．Why the press followed Alcindor closely

D．Why the public wanted Alcindor badly

答案　 57.C　 58.D　 59.C　 60.A

Passage 27

(05·福建A篇)

Paul Zindel’s death on March 27,2003 ended the brilliant life of a famous writer.

Not only did Paul Zindel win a Pulitzer Prize as well as an Obie Prize for his 1970 play The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds, but be was one of the earliest writers in the field of contemporary(当代的) literature for young adults(成人). The Pigman, published in 1968, is still one of the most well-known and widely-taught novels in the genre. The American Library Association has named it one of the 100 Best of the Best Books for Young Adults published between 1967 and 1992, and Zindel’s autobiography, The Pigman and Me, was among the 100 Best of the Best Books published for teenagers during the last part of the twentieth century. Six of Zindel’s books, in fact, have been voted the Best Books for Young Adults, and most of his recent horror books-such as The Doom Stone and Rats-have been chosen as Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers. Clearly, he was a writer who knew how to interest contemporary children. Recognizing that, the American Library Association in 2002 honored Paul Zindel with the Margaret A. Edwards Prize for his lifetime achievements, and later that same year he was presented with the ALAN Prize for his contributions to Young Adult Literature. With his passing, young readers, teachers, and librarians have lost a great friend.

59. Why did some rival coaches take their teams away from the floor before Power warmed up?

A．Their teams refused to play Power　 B．Their teams feared to see Alcindor

C．Their teams would lose courage　　　 D．Their teams would lose interest

58. Which of the following best describes Donohue as a young coach?

A．serious, popular and slow　　　 B．tall, skillful and successful

C．kind, powerful and undefeated 　　 D．well-known, strict and experienced

57. Many schools offered Alcindor scholarships because_________.

A．he was young　　 B．he was hardworking

C．he was tall for his age 　　 D．he was skillful at playing basketball

59. It takes you about one and a half hours________.

　　 A. to get to the Jane Austen Centre in Gay Street

　　 B. to buy Jane Austen related books, cards and gifts

　　 C. to find a guide to take you to the Centre

D. to look around the city of Bath on foot

答案　 56.A　 57.C　 58.A　 59.D　

Passage 26

(05·浙江E篇)

When Lew Alcindor was 13, and obviously still growing, a group of schools began offering him scholarships (奖学金) . The Alcindors decided to send their only child to Power Memorial Academy, a small school on Manhattan’s West Side.

At Power, Alcindor came under the control of Coach Jack Donohue, a strict young man who already gained his fame as one of the best coaches in the city. Donohue brought Alcindor along slowly. As a first-year student, the boy was not able to do much but wave his long skinny arms and shoot a basket now and then. But by the second year, when he was 15 years old and nearly 7 feet tall, Alcindor was quick and skillful enough to make the high school All-American team and to lead Power to an undefeated season.

From then on he simply got better. Some rival coaches (对方教练)used to take their teams quickly away from the floor before Power warmed up so that their players would not see him any sooner than they had to. Wearing size 16D shoes and sucking a lollipop (棒棒糖), Alcindor would loosen up by starting his leaping lay-ups (擦板球). Then he would casually shoot the ball with either hand, to the delight of the fans.

When reporters and photographers began to follow Alcindor closely, Donohue protected his boy firmly. He simply ordered Lew to talk to no member of the press, and this suited Lew fine. He was not comfortable talking to grown-ups, perhaps because he towered over them. Discouraged photographers began following him in secret as though he were an easily-frightened giraffe. Once after ducking into a subway to escape, Alcindor told a friend that it was all becoming like policemen and robbers. “People want you not for yourself,” Donohue warned him, “but because you’re a basketball player. Don’t forget that.”

58.The author writes this passage in order to________.

A. attract readers to visit the city of Bath

B. ask readers to buy Austen's books

C. tell readers about Jane Austen's experience

D. give a brief introduction to the Jane Austen Society

57. What can we learn about Bath from the passage?

　　 A. Bath has greatly changed since Jane Austen's death.

　　 B. The city has changed as much as Jane Austen knew it.

　　 C. Bath remains almost the same as in Jane Austen's time.

　　 D. No changes have taken place in Bath since Jane Austen's time.

56. Jane Austen paid two long visits to Bath________.

　　 A. in her early twenties　　　　　　　　　 B. in her early teens

　　 C. in her late twenties　　　　　　　　　　 D. in her late teens

63. In her later life , Elizabeth Taylor devoted herself to　　　　　　 .

A. doing business and helping others

B. turning herself into a legend

C. collecting money for the poor

D. going about research and education work

答案　 60.A　 61.C　 62.B　 63.A

Passage 25

(05·江苏A篇)

Jane Austen, a famous English writer, was born at Steventon, Hampshire, on December 16,

1775, and died on July 18, 1817. She began writing early in life, although the prejudices of her times forced her to have her books published anonymously ( 匿名 ).

　　　 But Jane Austen is perhaps the best known and best loved of Bath's many famous local people and visitors. She paid two long visits here during the last five years of the eighteenth century and from 1801 to 1806, Bath was her home. Her deep knowledge of the city is fully seen in two of her novels, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion, which are largely set in Bath. The city is still very much as Jane Austen knew it, keeping in its streets and public buildings the well-ordered world that she described so well in her novels. Now the pleasure of learning Jane Austen's Bath can be enhanced (增强)by visiting the Jane Austen Centre in Gay Street. Here, in a Georgian town house in the heart of the city, you can find out more about Bath in Jane Austen's time and the importance of Bath in her life and work.

The Centre has been set up with the help and guidance of members of the Jane Austen Society. After your visit to the Centre, you can look round the attractive shop, which offers a huge collection of Jane Austen related books, cards and many specially designed gifts. Jane Austen quizzes are offered to keep the children busy.

　　 You can also have walking tours of Jane Austen's Bath, which is a great way to find out more

about Jane Austen and discover the wonderful Georgian city of Bath. The tour lasts about one and a half hours. The experienced guides will take you to the places where Jane lived, walked and

shopped.

62. Taylor became Best Actress at the age of　　　　　 .

A. 12　　　　 B. 28　　　　　　　　　 C. 31　　　　　 D. 34