第三节：阅读理解（共25小题; 每小题2分, 满分50分）

It was 3:12 a. m. when nine-year-old Glenn Kreamer awoke to the smell of burning. Except for the crackling（爆裂声）of flames somewhere below there was not a sound in the two-storey house at Baldwin, Long Island.

With his father away on night duty at a local factory, Glenn was worried about the safety of his mother, his sister Karen, 14 and his 12-year-old brother Todd. He ran downstairs through the smoke filled house to push and pull at Karen and Todd until they sat up. Then he helped each one through the house to the safety of the garden. There, his sister and brother, taking short and quick breaths and coughing, collapsed on the lawn (草坪).

The nine-year-old raced back into the house and upstairs to his mother’s room. He found it impossible to woke her up. Mrs. Kreamer, a victim of the smoke, was unconscious, and there was nobody to help Glenn carry her to the garden. But the boy remained calm and, as a fireman said later, “acted with all the self-control of a trained adult.”

On the bedroom telephone, luckily still working, Glenn called his father and, leaving Mr. Kreamer to telephone the fire brigade and ambulance service, got on with the task of saving his mother.

First he filled a bucket with water from the bathroom and threw water over his mother and her bed. Then, with a wet cloth around his head he went back to the garden.

He could hear the fire engine coming up, but how would the firemen find his mother in the smoke-filled house where flames had almost swallowed up the ground floor?

Grasping firmly a ball of string from the garage, Glenn raced back into the house and dashed upstairs to his mother’s room. Tying one end of the string to her hand he ran back, laying out the string as he went, through the hall and back out into the garden.

Minutes later he was telling fire chief John Coughlan: “The string will lead you to mother.” Mrs. Kreamer was carried to safety as the flames were breaking through her bedroom floor.

1．Why did Glenn run downstairs first?

A．He wanted to find out what was happening.  

B．He was worried about his mother’s safety.

C．He wanted to save his sister and brother.    

D．He went to see if his father had come back from work.

2．How did Glenn help the firemen to save his mother?

A．By throwing water all over her and her bed.    

B．By carrying her to safety with his brother.

C．By pushing and pulling at her.              

D．By tying a string to her hand.

3．Who called the fire brigade and ambulance service?

A．Glenn.    B．Glenn’s father.     C．Glenn’s sister.    D．Glenn’s neighbor.

4．What did Glenn do to protect himself?

A．He put a wet cloth around his head.      B．He threw water all over himself.

C．He hid himself in the bathroom.         D．He rushed out to the lawn.

5．Glenn saved his family because___________.

A．his father had taught him to do so on the phone   

B．he had learned something about first aid

C．he had dealt with the emergency calmly and wisely 

D．he had followed his mother’s instruction

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
I was recently invited to dinner by a friend. During the meal, the manager of the restaurant came  16  and said that our meal was free. He stood there  17  at me and he seemed a little  18 to me but I couldn’t quite remember him.  19  I asked him if he knew me. He laughed and said I had probably  20  him, but that I’d changed his life. My friend was quite  21  and asked him how I’d done this.
He said that twelve years ago he   22  a stress（压力）management（管理）class that I was giving. I asked the group what their greatest  23  was and most of them, including him, said it was their bosses.
He said I listened   24  and then took a chair and placed it in the center of the room. I  25  on the chair for a few moments and then I   26  everyone to come and do the same. I wanted them to look at the room from up there. After everyone had done it, I asked the group to  27  how the room looked different when they changed their perspective（角度）.
Then I asked them to  28  their bosses. Was this the same person who had seen their good  29 and hired them? Did they remember how happy they were to be  30  for the job? But how did these wonderful people become terrible bosses?
He said I looked at him and asked if he had  31  said thank you to his boss for the  32  to earn a living. He answered he hadn’t. Then I asked him why he hadn’t tried being  33  to his boss.
He told us his  34  changed that night. He went back to work the next day with a thank-you card to his boss. He said I’d  35  him to look at life from different perspectives and express thanks.

My husband Ollie had retired from teaching and we were making plans to travel together to Florida. Then he was terribly ill and became very weak, hardly able to speak. Weeks passed and it became clear that Ollie was near death, but I prayed day and night that he could get better.

One of us was always in Ollie’s hospital room—either me, or our grown children, Bruce and Karen. One day, in his broken and weak speech, Ollie told Bruce, “Go home. You should be with Gwen.” Gwen was Bruce’s wife. They had been married for six years and lived hundreds of miles away. Gwen was about to have a baby. We felt an extra sadness, knowing Ollie would never see his first grandchild.

“I don’t want to leave you, Dad,” Bruce said. Ollie repeated, “You should be with Gwen.” Reluctantly, Bruce left. “When the baby comes,” he promised Ollie, “you will be the first to know.” A few days later, around 2 p.m., Ollie awoke from a sleep. He turned and looked at me. I sat close to hear his weak words. “The baby is coming now. It’s a boy,” he said. For a moment his eyes were filled with tears. Then he went back to sleep again. Not long after that, Karen ran into the room. “Bruce called,” she said, a smile lighting her face. “Gwen gave birth to a healthy baby boy around two o’ clock.”

Ollie smiled; he had been the first to know. That night, Ollie died in his sleep.

1.Ollie didn’t travel to Florida because________.

2.Why did Ollie want Bruce to be with Gwen?

3.The underlined word in Paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to_______.

4.What can we learn from the passage ?

第二节   完形填空(共20小题;每小题1分,满分20分)

阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从41~60各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。

One day, a poor boy who was trying to pay his way through school by selling goods from door to door found that he only had one dime(一角银币) left. He was hungry so he decided to     41     for a meal at the next house.

However, he lost his nerve     42    a lovely young woman opened the door. Instead of a meal he asked for a drink of water. She thought he looked    43    so she brought him a large glass of milk. He drank it    44   , and then asked, “How much do I owe you?”

“You don’t owe me anything,” she    45   . “Mother has taught me never to accept pay for a __46  .” He said, “Then I thank you from the bottom of my heart.” As Howard Kelly left that house, he not only felt    47   physically(体力), but it also increased his faith in God and human race. He was about to give up and quit before this point.

Years later the young woman became seriously ill. The local doctors were baffled（束手无策）. They finally sent her to the big city, where specialists can be called    48   to study her  disease. Dr. Howard Kelly, now    49  , was called in for the consultation(会诊). When he heard the name of the town she came from, a strange light   50   his eyes. Immediately, he     51     and went down through the hospital hall into her room.

    52   in his doctor’s gown(手术服) he went in to see her. He     53   her at once. He went back to the consultation room and     54    to do his best to save her life. From that day on, he gave   55__  attention to her case.

After a long struggle(努力) the battle(战斗) was won. Dr. Kelly    56    the business office to pass the  57   bill to him for approval(审批). He looked at it and then wrote something on the side. The bill was sent to her room. She was afraid to open it because she was    58    that it would take the rest of her life to pay it off. Finally she looked, and the note on the side of the bill caught her    59  . She read these words…

“Paid in full with a glass of milk.”

                                                                                    (Signed) Dr. Howard Kelly

Tears of    60    flooded her eyes as she prayed silently. “Thank you, God. Your love has spread through human hearts and hands.”

41．A．call                            B．beg                            C．make                        D．prepare

42．A．though                     B．while                         C．when                        D．unless

43．A．thirsty                      B．lazy                           C．tired                          D．hungry

44．A．steadily                    B．unexpectedly          C．slowly                       D．hurriedly

45．A．replied                      B．shook                        C．thought                  D．doubted

46．A．reward                     B．kindness                  C．hand                         D．value

47．A．stronger                  B．weaker                     C．normal                     D．proper

48．A．up                              B．in                               C．on                              D．for

49．A．rich                            B．poor                          C．determined             D．famous

50．A．fixed                          B．concerned               C．filled                          D．came

51．A．left                            B．raised                       C．got                            D．rose

52．A．Dressed                   B．Having                      C．Putting                     D．Worn

53．A．recognized              B．knew                         C．spared                      D．remembered

54．A．desired                     B．declared                  C．determined             D．refused

55．A．special                      B．ordinary                   C．normal                     D．no

56．A．ordered                    B．mistook                    C．requested              D．warned

57. A.  first                          B. last                              C. final                             D. latter

58．A．negative                  B．uncertain                 C．positive                    D．active

59．A．presentation          B．preference              C．attention                 D．arrangement

60．A．anger                        B．surprise                   C．sadness                   D．joy

One day, a poor boy who was trying to pay his way through school by selling goods door to door found that he only had one dime (一角硬币) left. He was hungry so he decided to beg for a meal at the next house.

However, when a lovely ? ? ? woman opened the door, he asked for a drink of water. She brought him a large glass of ? ? ? . He drank it slowly, and then asked, “How much do I ? ? ? you?”

“You don' t owe me anything,” she ? ? ? . “Mother has taught me never to accept pay for ? ? ? .”He said, “Then I thank you from the bottom of my heart.”? ? ? Howard Kelly left that house, he not only felt ? ? ? physically, but it also increased his faith in God and the human race. He was about to ? ? ? and quit before this point.

Years later the woman became seriously ill. The ? ? ? doctors could do nothing. They finally sent her to the big city, where specialists can be gathered to study her ? ? disease. Dr. Howard Kelly, now famous, was ? ? ? for the consultation(会诊). When he heard the name of the town she came from, a ? ? ?? light filled his eyes. Immediately, he rose and went down ? ? ? the hospital hall into her room.

Dressed in his doctor’s gown he went in to see her. He ? ? ? her at once. He went back to the consultation room and ? ? ? to do his best to save her life. From that day on, he gave special ? ? ? to her ease.

After a long struggle, the battle was won. Dr. Kelly ? ? ? the business office to pass the final bill to him for approval. He looked at it and then wrote ? ? on the side. The bill was sent to her room. She was ? ? ? to open it because she was sure that it would take the rest of her life to pay it off. ? ? ? she looked, and the note on the side of the bill caught her attention. She read these words:

“Paid in full with a glass of milk.”

??? (Signed) Dr. Howard Kelly

??? Tears of joy flooded her eyes as she prayed silently: “Thank you, God. Your love has spread through human hearts and hands.”

1.A. young???????? ????????????? B. old?????????? ????????????? C. rich?????????? ????????????? D. poor

2.A. water??????? ????????????? B. juice????????? C. milk????????? ????????????? D. coffee

3.A. pay?????????? ????????????? B. owe?????????? C. give?????????? ????????????? D. offer

4.A. thought??????? ????????????? B. laughed?????? ????????????? C. refused??????? ????????????? D. replied

5.A. a kindness???? ????????????? B. a poor man???? C. being rich?????? ????????????? D. such a thing

6.A. Before??????? B. As????????? ????????????? C. Until???????? ????????????? ????????????? D. Since

7.A. excited???? ????????????? ??? B. moved???????? C. strong???????? ????????????? D. happy

8.A. give up??? ????????????? ??? B. go on????????? C. keep up??????? ????????????? D. move on

9.A. famous??????? ????????????? B. experienced??? C. stupid??????? ????????????? ????????????? D. local

10.A. hopeless???? ????????????? B. rare??????? ????????????? C. violent??? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. painful

11.A. checked in???? ????????????? B. led in??????? ????????????? C. called in???? ????????????? ????????????? D. let in

12.A. pleasant????? ????????????? B. strange??????? C. familiar??????? ????????????? D. worried

13.A. into???????? ????????????? B. through?????? C. across????? ????????????? ????????????? D. along

14.A. realized???? ????????????? B. understood?? ????????????? C. sensed??????? ????????????? ????????????? D. recognized

15.A. determined??? ????????????? B. tried????? ???? C. begged????? ????????????? ????????????? D. won

16.A. charge??????? ????????????? B. love???????? ????????????? C. attention???? ????????????? ????????????? D. view

17.A. ordered????? ????????????? B. wanted????? ????????????? C. expected????? ????????????? ????????????? D. requested

18.A. anything?? ????????????? ????????????? B. everything???? C. something??? ????????????? ????????????? D. nothing

19.A. shy?????? ? ????????????? B. afraid?????? ????????????? C. thoughtful???? ????????????? ????????????? D. ashamed

20.A. Finally???? ????????????? B. Carefully? ????????????? ????????????? C. Immediately?? ????????????? ????????????? D. Gradually