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,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑.

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       Amiya Olden could have been a poster child for a reading crisis that affects nearly 2 million Michigan residents older than 1 6:They read below a sixth-grade level,which makes it difficult to find jobs and to improve their lives.Among them,Amiya is one.

       Amiya Olden remembers well the day she graduated from Denby High school.She handed her diploma to her mother,who read it to her.“Then when someone asked me to read it,I could remember the things she read,and I knew what I had to say,”recalled Amiya Olden.“When we would go out to restaurants with my aunts,and that is when I really would get upset.1 would see words on the menu but I couldn’t read! ”

       But don‘t feel sorry for her. She changed her life by reaching a point where she’d read enough.Two summers ago,she took charge of her life when she walked into Pro Literacy Detroit to improve her reading.Nineteen months ago,she was reading at a second-grade level;now at a fifth-grade level.

       Olden now splits her days between her classes at Pro Literacy and the library,where she checks out books and reads them.She says she hopes her improved reading skills will help her find a good job.

       And she has advice for others,who have trouble reading.

       “Don’t give up on it,”she said.“Even though it can be challenging and you might get frustrated sometimes,practice does help.If you really want to be able to go somewhere,go out to a restaurant and you have to read signs and things like that,you want to know what you want to eat and where you want to go...If you want to succeed in life and grow,you have to read.More  important,you have to feel confident that you can.”

56.Amiya' mother read the diploma to her so that_________.

       A.she could encourage her daughter to improve her reading

       B.her daughter could remember the content of the diploma

       C.they both could remember the particular moment

       D.she could show off before her daughter

57.Amiya attends Pro Literacy Detroit to __________.

       A.get another diploma                 B.improve her reading level

       C.find a good job in the training center     D.be a poster child for the reading crisis

58.From the passage we can see in Michigan__________.

       A.many people can’t find good jobs due to poor reading

       B.the job market pays too much attention to reading

       C.most students can’t graduate from high school

       D.the reading crisis affects only poor people

59.Which of the following is true of Amiya?

       A.She is 16 years old now.

       B.A good job has been offered to her.

       C.She is an adviser for those with reading difficulty.

       D.Most of her time is divided between her classes and the library.

60.With the study at Pro Literacy,Amiya is now             

       A.puzzled        B.discouraged          C.confident             D.1earned

I love charity(慈善) shops and so do lots of other people in Britain because you find quite a few of them on every high street. The charity shop is a British institution, selling everything from clothes to electric goods, all at very good prices. You can get things you won't find in the shops anymore. The thing I like best about them is that your money is going to a good cause and not into the pockets of profit-driven companies, and you are not damaging the planet, but finding a new home for unwanted goods.

The first charity shop was opened in 1947 by Oxfam. The famous charity's appeal to aid postwar Greece had been so successful it had been flooded with donations(捐赠物). They decided to set up a shop to sell some of these donations to raise money for that appeal. Now there are over 7,000 charity shops in the UK. My favourite charity shop in my hometown is the Red Cross shop, where I always find children's books, all 10 or 20 pence each.

Most of the people working in the charity shops are volunteers, although there is often a manager who gets paid. Over 90% of the goods in the charity shops are donated by the public. Every morning you see bags of unwanted items outside the front of shops, although they don't encourage this, rather ask people to bring things in when the shop is open.

The shops have very low running costs: all profits go to charity work. Charity shops raise more than £110 million a year, funding(资助)medical research, overseas aid, supporting sick and poor children, homeless and disabled people, and much more. What better place to spend your money? You get something special for a very good price and a good moral sense. You provide funds to a good cause and tread lightly on the environment.

The author loves the charity shop mainly because of _______.

   A. its convenient location

   B. its great variety of goods

   C. its spirit of goodwill

   D. its nice shopping environment

The first charity shop in the UK was set up to ____.

   A. sell cheap products

   B. deal with unwanted things

   C. raise money for patients

   D. help a foreign country

Which of the following is TRUE about charity shops?

   A. The operating costs are very low.

   B. The staff are usually well paid.

   C. 90% of the donations are second-hand.

   D. They are open twenty-four hours a day.

Which of the following may be the best title for the passage?

   A. What to Buy a Charity Shops.

   B. Charity Shop: Its Origin & Development.

   C. Charity Shop: Where You Buy to Donate.

   D. The Public's Concern about Charity Shops.

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