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。

The host poured the tea into the cup and placed it on the small table in front of his guests, who were a father and daughter, and put the cover on the cup. Apparently thinking of something, he hurried into the inner room, leaving the thermos (热水瓶) on the table. His two guests heard a cupboard opening.

They remained sitting in the sitting room, the ten-year-old daughter looking at the flowers outside the window, the father just about to take his cup, when the crash came, right there in the sitting room. Something was hopelessly broken.

It was the thermos, which had fallen to the floor. The girl looked over her shoulder, shocked, staring. It was mysterious. Neither of them had touched it, not even a bit. True, it hadn't stood steadily when their host placed it on the table, but it hadn't fallen then.

The explosion caused the host to rush back. Gawking at the steaming floor, the host said "It doesn't matter! It doesn't matter!"

The father started to say something. Then he said softly, "Sorry, I touched it and it fell."

"It doesn't matter," the host said.

When they left the house, the daughter said, "Daddy, did you touch it?"

"No. But it stood so close to me. "

"But you didn't touch it. I saw your reflection in the window glass. "

The father laughed. "What then would you give as the cause of its fall?"

"The thermos fell by itself. The floor is not smooth. Daddy, why did you say that you …"

"That won't do, girl. It sounds more acceptable when I say I knocked it down. There are things which people accept less the more you defend them. The truer the story you tell, the less true it sounds. "

The daughter was lost in silence for a while. Then she said, "Can you explain it only in this way?"

"Only in this way," her father said.

56. Which statement is a possible theme of this story?

A. People rarely tell the truth.

B. You can't always make people believe the truth.

C. If you defend yourself, people will believe you.

D. People should take the blame for what they didn't do.

57. It can be inferred from the story that the father _______.

A. didn't know the host well                 B. felt satisfied that he didn't tell the truth

C. was sorry that he told the truth                    D. didn't think the host would believe the truth

58. From the story we know that the daughter ________.

A. thought her father should tell the truth        B. didn't know why the thermos fell

C. knocked over the thermos               D. strongly objected to her father's explanation

59. The underlined "gawking at" probably means _______.

A. staring at with anger                  B. looking at curiously

C. glancing at hopelessly                 D. looking at in a dull way

Research shows that humans switch from selfish to unselfish behaviour when they are watched. Do you?

A picture of a set of eyes on a computer screen can cause a change in the way people act. Even images of eyes on a charity donation, collection box encourage people to be unselfish, because people put more money in a collection box that has a picture of eyes on it than they do when a flower symbol is on the box.

Manfred Milinski from the Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology in Germany and Bettina Rockenbach of the University of Berlin, the authors of a new study, found that people act better when they are being watched because they feel they will be rewarded for good behaviour. Their report also referred to other research showing that this response of behaving well when watched is somehow coded into humans and people respond this way unconsciously, or without realizing it.

It is not just humans that act unselfishly when they are being watched. A fish called the grooming fish cleans other fish. When other fish are around, it is gentler. When no other fish are around, however, the grooming fish bites chunks from the fish it is supposed to be cleaning.

The researchers suggest that the best way to get people to behave in the correct way is to make them feel watched. This could be the reason for the success of a famous American army poster. On it was a picture of an elderly man staring fiercely and pointing, it appeared, to the person who was looking at the poster. Under the picture was the caption 'I Want You' It encouraged hundreds of thousands of young American men to join the army during the Second World War to fight the Germans and Japanese.

68. According to the report, why does a person behave better when he feels he is being watched?

A. He does not want to be shamed by others.

B. He needs to show he is a good person.

C. He desires others to like him more.

D. He feels he will receive some social reward.

69. What is the text mainly about?

A. It describes changed behaviour when observed.

      B. It details ways to control people's behaviour.

       C. It tells how to make people work harder.

      D. It discusses different advertising methods.

70.Where would the study described in the text most likely be found?

       A. In a newspaper.              

    B. In a scientific journal.

       C. In an advertising magazine.         

    D. In a science textbook.

阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。

A girl used to turn her cell phone off and put it by her photo on the desk every night before going to bed. This habit has been with her ever since she the cellphone.

The girl had a boyfriend .When they couldn’t ,they would either call or send messages to each other.They both liked the type of.

One night the boy really the girl. When he called her, however ,the girl’s cell phone was off because she was already. The next day , the boy asked the girl to her cell- phone on at night, because when he needed to reach her and could not, he would be

 From that day on ,the girl began a new. Her cell phone was never at night. Because she was afraid that she might not be able tothe phone ring in her sleep, she tried to very alert. As days went on, she became thinner and thinner. Slowly, a gap began tobetween them.

 The girl wanted to revive their relationship. One night, she called the boy. However , what she got was a sweet female : ”Sorry, the subscriber you dialed is power off.” The girl knew that her had just been turned off.

 After a long time, the girl had a new love. No matter how well they got along, the girl to get married . In the girl’s heart ,she always that boy’s words and the nightthat phone was power off.

One night, the girl fell ill. calling her parents, she dialed the new boy’s cell phone.The boy was already asleep but his cell phone was still .

Later the girl asked the boy, ”Why don’t you turn your cell phone off at night?”

 The boy answered “I’m afraid that if you need anything at night and aren’t able to find me, you will be worried ”.The girl finally the boy.

A.bought      B.used            C.had          D.left

A. meet       B.work           C.eat           D.rest

A.style       B.communication   C.emotion       D.habit

liked        B.missed           C.hated         D.needed

A.sleepy      B.tired             C.asleep        D.alone

A.remain     B.expose           C.leave         D.take

A.delighted   B.relieved          C.scared        D.worried

A.friend      B.habit             C.career        D.hobby

A.shut down  B.slowed down      C.broke  down  D.stepped down

A.see        B.feel             C.smell          D.hear

A.leave       B.take             C.stay          D.hold

A.form      B.fill              C.work          D.discount

A.person     B.voice            C.image         D.photo

A.phone     B.power           C.love           D.fan

A.pretended  B.agreed           C.decided        D.refused

A. realized   B.understood        C.remembered    D.appreciated

A.when      B.why             C.where         D.which

A.Apart from   B.As a result of     C.In place of      D.Instead of

A.on        B.off              C.away          D.in

A.left       B.married          C.visited         D.received

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