四、阅读理解(本题有两节,共16小题,每小题2分,共32分)

第一节:阅读下列材料并做后面的题目。从所给的A, B, C, D四个选项中,选出最佳答案。

A

Have you seen big dogs in stores or restaurants and wondered why they were there? Those dogs might have been guide dogs.

People who are blind sometimes use guide dogs called seeing-eyes dogs. These special dogs help people get around. They help them do everyday things. Some people who have hearing problems have hearing-ear dogs. These dogs tell their owners when an alarm clock goes off or when the doorbell rings.

Guide dogs learn to wear something on their backs called a harness. Their owner holds onto it. The dogs learn what words such as “left” and “right” mean. They learn to never take their owner into traffic.

Each guide dog trains for months. Then, it spends one month working with its future owner. At that time ,the owner and dog get to know one another and train together!

Because guide dogs are trained, they are welcome almost anywhere. So, the next time you are out, don’t be surprised if you see a dog. It might just be a guide dog!

46. ______ use guide dogs.

A. People who want dogs to play with     B. Babies

C. Anyone wants to                                 D. People who cannot hear or cannot see

47. How long do guide dogs train?______

A. days           B. weeks                    C. months                     D. They don’t train

48. Guide dogs train with their owner for ______.

A. two days        B. one week               C. one month                D. one year

49. Guide dogs can go _______.

A. almost anywhere  B. only stores     C. anywhere but restaurants   D. only outside places

Hey, all you Muggles, witches, and wizards—are you ready for the grand finale of the Harry Potter series? J. K. Rowling announced on Thursday the title for book seven—Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Book seven in the Harry Potter series will pick up where book six, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, left off. With the last chapter of book seven, the magical adventures of Harry, Hermione, Ron, and friends will come to an end.

“I am alternately delighted and worried,” says Rowling on her official Web site. She made the announcement of the book title on the Web site. Rowling is currently busy putting the finishing touches on the book.  

“I’m now writing scenes that have been planned, in some cases, for a dozen years or even more,” says Rowling. Rowling adds that she has been working very hard on this final installment in the series. With the title now set, she assured fans that she will indeed finish this book. 

“I both want, and don’t want, to finish this book,” Rowling says.

It’s not too late to catch up on the rest of the series. You can also reread your favorite books while waiting for the last one. The publication date for book seven has not been set. To make the waiting a little easier, there’s always the next Harry Potter movie, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, which is scheduled for release in July 2007.

51. What’s the name of the last issue of the Harry Potter series?

        A.Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

        B.Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

        C.Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

        D.Harry Potter and J. K. Rowling

52. Muggles, Harry, Hermione and Ron could probably be _____.

        A.the best friends of J. K. Rowling       

         B.the characters of the Harry Potter series

        C.the fans of Harry Potter                      

         D.the publishers of the Harry Potter series

53. Which statement is true according to the passage?

        A.Harry Potter series will be published on the Website.

        B.Book Seven of Harry Potter series will be published before July 2007.

        C.Book Seven is being written as planned years ago.

        D.Harry Potter will come to the end of his life.

54. In the last paragraph, the writer _____.

        A.encourages readers to act out a play following the Harry Potter movies

        B.persuades readers into reading their favorite book rather than Harry Potter series

        C.states that seeing the Harry Potter movies is the best way to catch up the series

        D.advises readers to wait for the publication of Book Seven patiently

B

How does a place become a World Heritage Site ( 世界遗产 ) ? It takes a lot of people to decide.

1 )  If a country wants one of its places to be on the World Heritage List, it has to ask UNESCO. The place must be important and special. UNESCO put the Great Wall on the list in 1987 because, it said, it was a great part of Chinese culture and beautifully made to go with the land. When a country asks, it must also make a plan for taking care of the place.

2 )  The World Heritage Committee of UNESCO talks about different places and decides whether to put them on the list. The committee meets every June. Many experts help the committee to decide.

3 )  After a new place goes on the list, UNESCO gives money to help keep it looking good. If a place is in serious danger, it may be put on the list of World Heritage Sites in Danger. UNESCO gives special care and help to those places.

4 )  Countries have to give UNESCO regular reports about places on the list. If UNESCO thinks a country isn’t taking good enough care of a place, the site will be taken off the list.

41.  The passage implies that ________.

     A. becoming a world heritage site takes hard work.

     B. a place with beautiful scenery is often on the World Heritage List.

     C. a place which was taken good care of is often on the World Heritage List.

     D. the Great Wall became a World Heritage Site for its history.

42.  If a place successfully becomes a World Heritage Site, the country ________.

     A. can ask UNESCO for more money and help

     B. should continue to take special care of it

     C. won’t take trouble of caring for it

     D. will try to put it on the List of World Heritage Sites in Danger

43.  The purpose of putting a place on the World Heritage List is ________.

     A. to attract more tourists from other countries

     B. to get more money and help from other countries

     C. to have it taken better care of

     D. to make it known to other countries

Directions: Read the following passage. Complete the diagram by using the information from the passage.  Write NO MORE THAN 3 WORDS for each answer.

Can you play a musical instrument? Where did you learn to play it? If you were a pupil in a British school, you would most probably learn at school. Around 25% of British pupils learn an instrument. What’s more, of the 75% that don’t, 40% would like to. But what instruments do the pupils learn to play? Traditionally, school children learnt classical instruments, such as the piano or violin. This is still true today. Younger children often learn the recorder. As they get older, they start to play the violin or piano. In fact, nearly one out of five music students is learning the violin. The piano, or keyboard, is more popular with older children at secondary school. However, things are changing. More pupils than ever before are now learning the guitar. As many as 16% of pupils learning an instrument are strumming(弹奏)its strings.

British schools do not just offer lessons for instruments. All pupils learn music together as a class. These classes have been changing, too. In the past, the focus of classes was very much Western classical music. But the classes now cover a far wider range of styles, including folk music and world music. In a recent study by Keele University, 64% of boys and 70% of girls said they enjoyed music lessons as a class. They like singing and playing instruments and find the lessons fun.

Many schools have orchestras(管弦乐队)and put on concerts each term. It is also common for pupils themselves to form their own bands, copying their rock and pop heroes. In conclusion, music plays a big part in British schools. Pupils can study an instrument, play music together as a class and even take part in concerts and plays.

Title 71.___________ in British school

Ⅰ. Statistics for learning instruments

   ● Around 25% of British pupils 72. _____________.

   ● 40% of the 75% that 73._________ would like to.

   ● 74.______ learn the violin.      

● 64% learn the piano or keyboard. 

● 16% learn strumming instruments. 

Ⅱ. Music lessons

● Form → 75.________ learn music together as a class.      

   ● Attitude → the majority of the students said they 76. ___________ music lessons as a class.

   ● 77. ___________ → western classical music / folk music / world music

Ⅲ. Music 78. __________

   ● orchestras→79. ____________ concerts each term     

   ● bands→being commonly 80.___________by pupils themselves.

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