第三部分:阅读理解(共20小题,每小题2分,满分40分)

第一节:阅读下列短文,从A、B、C和D四个选项中,选出一个最佳选项。

The Pillow

       At the age of sixteen, I joined a volunteer group with my dad. I went on my first volunteer project in West Virginia. On the night we arrived, we discovered that “our family” was living in a trailer (拖车) that was in poor condition. A crew had been working on it for two weeks, but every time they finished one problem, another surfaced.

       We decided the only reasonable solution was to build a new house—something unusual but necessary under these circumstances. The family was overjoyed with their new house that was twenty by thirty feet with three bedrooms, a bath and a kitchen.

       On Tuesday of that week, while we ate lunch together, I asked the family’s three boys, Josh, Eric and Ryan, “What do you want for your new room?” Expecting toys and other gadgets that children usually ask for, we were astonished when Josh responded, “I just want a bed.”

       The boys had never slept in a bed! They were accustomed to plastic mats. That night we had a meeting and decided that beds would be the perfect gift. On Thursday night, a few adults in our group drove to the nearest city and bought beds and new bedding.

       When we saw the delivery truck coming, we told the family about the surprise. We could hardly contain ourselves. It was like watching excited children on Christmas morning.

       That afternoon, as we fitted the frames of the beds together, Eric ran into the house to watch us. Too dirty to enter his room, he observed with wide-eyed enthusiasm from the doorway.

       As my father slipped a pillowcase onto one of the pillows, Eric asked, “What is that?”

       “A pillow,” he replied.

       “What do you do with it?” Eric continued to ask.

“When you go to sleep, you put your head on it,” I answered softly. Tears came to my eyes as my father handed Eric the pillow.

       “Oh…that’s soft,” he said, hugging it tightly.

       Now, when my sister or I start to ask for something that seems urgent, my dad gently asks, “Do you have a pillow?”

We know exactly what he means.

41. The writer’s first volunteer project was ______.

       A. working on a poor trailer        B. helping a poor family

       C. donating beds and bedding       D. dealing with a housing problem

42. On hearing Josh’s answer, the writer was shocked because ______. 

   A. the family lived in a trailer       B. he expected to get some toys

   C. he didn’t know what a bed was        D. the boys had no bed to sleep in

43. From the passage, we can learn that Eric had never seen ______ before.

       A. a trailer     B. a truck      C. a pillow     D. a house

44. By saying “Do you have a pillow?”, the writer’s father means that ______.  

       A. what they want to get may be unnecessary     

B. they should not waste money on small things

       C. they should do more volunteer work for the poor  

D. what he will buy is not what they want but a pillow

II 英语知识运用(共两节,满分35分)

第一节 完形填空(共10小题;每小题2分,满分20分)

阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从21~30各题所给的A、B、C和D项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

As you move through life, you meet problems of all shapes and sizes. Some are hardly __21__ mentioning; while others are life-threatening or earth-shattering. Yet, they all have one thing in __22__. Each problem is merely the __23__ that hides a gift which has been custom designed to your specifications.

If you choose to __24__ yourself in your life with the wrapping paper, the bow, and the box, that's perfectly all right. You can cuss them and discuss them. You can admire all the subtleties(精妙) of their __25__. But, if you are worried by the problem — that is, the wrappings — you will never be able to receive the __26__that was prepared __27__ for you.

No matter what the problem is, the gift it __28__ has a peculiar quality. It cannot be delivered __29__ into your consciousness or your awareness. You must actively choose to __30__ it and to accept it as your own. Only you can remove the wrapping, and only you can remove the gift from the box.

21. A. busy                   B. worth         C. valuable                  D. worthy

22. A. common             B. general              C. ordinary                   D. brief

23. A. box                    B. tiger                 C. wrapping                  D. opportunity

24. A. teach                  B. enjoy                C. entertain                   D. hurt

25. A. appearance   B. wrapping           C. problem                   D. design

26. A. gift                    B. box                   C. bow                         D. paper

27. A. especially            B. perfectly           C. politely                    D. previously

28. A. gets                   B. carries              C. takes                        D. includes

29. A. happily        B. easily               C. freely                      D. directly

30. A. understand   B. realize              C. acknowledge             D. approach

第二节 回答问题(共3小题;每小题2分,满分6分)

阅读下面短文,根据第58至60小题的具体要求,简要回答问题,并将答案转写到答题卡上。

Healthy Diets

Instead of buying only fresh foods,Americans nowdays buy many more convenience foods.There are foods which are already partly or completely prepared .Many of them are frozen,such as frozen dinner,heat-and-serve French fries ,and frozen pizzas.There are also many canned (put in a can) convenience foods. such as ready-made spaghetti (意大利细条实心面),soups,stews (炖熟菜肴),and vegetables.

Convenience foods save time and trouble.They are popular with people who are busy or who don’t like to cook or wash dishes.But they ofen cost more than fresh ,unprepared foods and may contain artificial additives (a chemical added to the food).Also,many people feel they don’t taste as good as home cooked foods.

Health food and Co-ops

In the 1960s,a“back-to-the-earth”movement was started by young people in the United States.The movement was a reaction against the harmful effects of technology.From the movement came a new understanding of food and health.Many people now prefer natural and organic(chemical-free)foods to the prepared foods sold in health food stores and in food co-ops,which are small stores and where customers help manage the store .In co-ops,food is usually not packaged.Customers bring their own bags and jars and scoop(汲取) their food out of boxes or baskets.

58.What are the disadvantages of convenience foods?

59. Convenience foods are popular with people who ____________________________________

60.How do customers buy food from co-ops?

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