第三部分 阅读理解（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）

One day, four lawyers were riding their horses along a country road. There had been a rain. Water was dripping(滴) from the trees, and the grass was wet. They rode slowly, talking and laughing. Suddenly they heard some noises from the tree above them. “What is the matter?” asked the first lawyer. “Oh, it’s only some old birds!” said the second lawyer， “The storm made one of the babies fall out of the nest. It is too young to fly, and the mother bird is very worried.” “What a pity! It’ll die down there in the grass,” said the third lawyer. “It doesn’t matter. It’s only a bird,” said the second lawyer. Then they rode on, talking and laughing as before. But the fourth lawyer, whose name was Abraham Lincoln, stopped. He got down from his horse and took the little one in his big warm hands.

“Never mind, my little fellow,” said Mr. Lincoln， “I will put you back in your little nest.” He climbed up the tree and put the bird softly into their warm little home. A few minutes later, Mr. Lincoln joined them again. His shoes were covered with mud and he was wet. Then the other three laughed at him. They thought it was foolish for a strong man to do so much just for a young bird. “Gentlemen,” said Mr. Lincoln, “I could not sleep tonight if I had left the helpless bird in the grass.” Later Abraham Lincoln became very famous as a lawyer. He also became the president of America. He was one of the greatest American presidents.

1. The reason why the mother bird was worried was that ______.

A. there was a rain            B. the lawyers were under its tree

C. one of its babies fell out of the nest   D. it could not fly

2. We can learn about the other three lawyers from the passage that ______.

A. the second lawyer was kind

B. they were all cold-hearted

C. they did something to save the baby bird

D. the third lawyer put the bird into its nest

3. The underlined phrase “little fellow” in paragraph 2 means ______.

A. the mother bird  B. Lincoln’s little friends

C. the other three lawyers      D. the baby bird

4. From the passage we know Lincoln ______.

A. liked riding horses      

B. was very kind and loved birds and animals

C. liked being laughed at      

D. wanted to be the president of America then

Never _____ forget the days when _____ together with you.

A. shall I...I lived  B. shall I...did I live C. I shall...I lived  D. I shall...did I live 

______ she said this, she regretted it.

A. The time    B. The moment C. The hour    D. The day

He ______ English for six years by the time he takes his examination.

A. was studying        B. would have been studying

C. had been studying    D. will have been studying

What is the ______ news?

A. late  B. later  C. latest  D. latter

It is pleasant to play ______ game of ______ table tennis ______ summer afternoon.

A. a...the...on the       B. a...X...on a C. the...the...in the     D. the...X...in a

"Have a nice weekend!"

" _________."

A. The same to you     B. You do too  C. The same as you     D. You have it too 

I ______ all the bookshops in our town for the book I needed but I couldn't get one.

A. hunted  B. found   C. looked for   D. searched for

This event was rather unusual, ________?

A. is it   B. isn't it   C. was it   D. wasn't it 

Tom is good boy and _______ he is honest. He never tells a lie.

A. at all   B. in all       C. above all   D. after all