第二部分 阅读理解(共25小题。第一节每小题2分，第二节每小题1分；满分45分)

第一节 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。

For Senior 3 students, choosing which college to attend can be the most exciting and thrilling time in their entire school lives. This is also true for an American girl named Melanie in the film, College Road Trip, which was released in the US on March 7.

Melanie’s dad, James Porter, is the chief of police for a Chicago suburb. Incredibly worrying about her daughter’s security, he wants Melanie to attend nearby Northwestern University, where she’s already been accepted. But Melanie, 17, really wants to go to George-town in Washington, D.C., where she’s been wait-listed.

When she gets an unexpected interview, she decides to take a road trip with a few close female friends. Melanie believes it is her first step toward adulthood. But despite the fact that this trip is “ girls only”, James isn’t comfortable with the prospect of his little princess exploring the world without him. He wants to protect her.

James joins the girls and hopes he can convince her to go to Northwestern. While Melanie’s father only has the best of intentions, his presence leads to an endless series of comic encounters(遭遇).

After following their faulty GPS device deep into the backwoods, James and Melanie discover her little brother and his pet pig have been hiding in the spare tire compartment.（隔间）.

What should be a simple tire charge(充气) results in the expensive car rolling down a mountain, forcing them to hike to a nearby hotel. There the pig ruins an outdoor wedding reception after eating an entire bag of coffee beans.

All these disasters add spice to their trip while along the way a father and a daughter finally get the chance to really talk to each other.

The film explores the parent-child relationship in a comic way: The gap between how close James thinks he is to Melanie and how little he actually knows of her plans makes us laugh first and then think.

All parents, whether they have college students or not, can relate to the bittersweet realization that their kids are growing up. Like what Melanie and James have done in the film, we all can find the balance between staying connected and letting go.

1. The main purpose of the passage is to__________.

   A. introduce the newly-released film

   B. call on parents to learn to balance the relationship with their children

   C. tell a story which happened between an American girl and her father

   D. explore the difference in parent-child relationship between the west and the east.

2. What does the underlined word “ released” mean?

   A. set free    B. known    C. shown    D. developed

3. We can infer from the passage that_______.

   A. their car rolled down the mountain, ruining the wedding reception

   B. a hotel was destroyed by Melanie’s brother and his pet pig

   C. Melanie and her father got to understand each other better after so many encounters

   D. the girls had to give up their trip because of the incidents on the way

4. According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?

   A. It’s unclear whether Melanie could be accepted by North-western University.

   B. Northwestern University isn’t so famous as the university in Washington D.C.

   C. There is no hope that Melanie will be accepted by the university in Georgetown.

   D. Melanie’s father prefers her to stay not too far away from him.

New York State Governor David Paterson described the crash-landing of U.S. Airways Flight 1549 on a freezing river as “a miracle on the Hudson”. The miracle was the survival and safe rescue of all 155 passengers aboard the Airbus A320 that suffered bird hits on both its engines soon after take-off on January 16．The hero in this remarkable escape was the 57-year-old captain, Chesley Sullenberger. The former U.S. Air Force pilot showed extreme skill and presence of mind to manoeuvre--from an altitude of 900 metres--the aircraft over the milling crowds, over the buildings, over the George Washington Bridge, and on to the Hudson River, nose-up and at an angle that gave it the best chance. The pilot walked the plane twice after the crash to make sure all of the passengers and crew were safe.

"The left engine just blew. Flames were coming out of it and I was looking at it because I was sitting right there. And it just started smelling like gasoline. Everyone started, to be honest, to say prayers," a passenger told WNBC．

"We had to give it to the pilot man," the shaken passenger added．

"There were a couple of people who took charge and started yelling for everyone to calm down," Alberto Panero told CNN. "Once everyone realized we were going to be OK, they settled down."

Along the bank of the Hudson, eyewitnesses could not believe their eyes: A plane was flying impossibly low but steady as could be. It was as if the pilot was approaching a runway, not the icy winter waters of Manhattan’s Hudson River.

Ferry passengers who happened to be on the Hudson at the time of the crash jumped into action. “We just started taking people from the wing,” said Janis Krums who was riding on one of the first boats to arrive and rescue the passengers. “And we just started giving them clothes and keeping them warm. In less than six or seven minutes we just had five or six boats helping.”

1．What can be the best headline of the news?

    A．A Miracle on the Hudson               B．Heroics Follow an Aircrash

2．The passengers were calm at last because they knew ______.

    A．rescue workers were shouting to be heard

    B．everything seemed to be under control

    C．death, although horrible, had to be met

    D．The weather was quite favorable for the rescue.

3．The underlined word “it” in the third paragraph refers to ________.

    A．the injured plane                             B．prayers    

    C．the situation                                      D．the Hudson River

4．Chesley Sullenberger, the captain, _______.

    A．checked the aircraft twice to ensure the passengers’ safety

    B．operated the plane in an uncontrolled way during touchdown

    C．escaped quickly and safely soon after the landing

    D．would be punished despite a most remarkable landing

5．Which of the following statements is true?

    A．Janis Krums was one of those on board the plane

    B．The plane landed on the Hudson because one of the engines got knocked out

    C．The rescue work seemed to be immediate and successful

    D．When interviewed the eyewitnesses expressed their disappointment about the crash.

Hello, Chicago. If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible, who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time, who still questions the power of our democracy(民主)，tonight is your answer.
……
I was never the likeliest candidate for this office. We didn’t start with much money or many endorsements. Our campaign was not hatched in the halls of Washington. It began in the backyards of Des Moines and the living rooms of Concord and the front porches of Charleston. It was built by working men and women who dug into what little savings they had to give $ 5 and $ 10 and $ 20 to the cause.
It grew strength from the young people who rejected the myth of their generation’s apathy(冷漠), who left their homes and their families for jobs that offered little pay and less sleep.
It drew strength from the not-so-young people who braved the bitter cold and scorching heat to knock on doors of perfect strangers, and from the millions of Americans who volunteered and organized and proved that more than two centuries later a government of the people, by the people, and for the people has not perished(消失)from the Earth.
This is your victory.
And I know you didn’t do this just to win an election. And I know you didn’t do it for me.
You did it because you understand the enormity of the task that lies ahead. For even as we celebrate tonight, we know the challenges that tomorrow will bring are the greatest of our lifetime—two wars, a planet in peril(危亡), the worst financial crisis in a century.
Even as we stand here tonight, we know there are brave Americans waking up in the deserts of Iraq and the mountains of Afghanistan to risk their lives for us.
……
The road ahead will be long. Our climb will be steep. We may not get there in one year or even in one term. But, America, I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there.
I promise you, we as a people will get there.
【小题1】 This passage is most probably taken from a (an)_______.

I used to watch her from my kitchen window. She seemed so small as she muscled her way through the crowd of boys on the playground. The school was across the street from our home and I would often watch the kids as they played during break. I remember the first day I saw her playing basketball. I watched in wonder as she ran circles around the other kids. She managed to shoot jump shots just over their heads and into the net. The boys always tried to stop her but no one could. I began to notice her at other times, basketball in hand, playing alone.

One day I asked her why she practiced so much. Without a moment of hesitation she said, “I want to go to college. The only way I can go is to get a scholarship. I am going to play college basketball. I want to be the best. My Daddy told me if the dream is big enough, the facts don’t count.” Well, I had to give it to her—she was determined. I watched her through those junior high years and into high school. Every week, she led her school team to victory.

One day in her senior year, I saw her sitting in the grass, head in her arms. I walked across the street and sat down in the cool grass beside her. Quietly I asked what was wrong. “Oh, nothing,” came a soft reply, “I am just too short.” The coach told her that at 5’5” she would probably never get to play for a top ranked team—much less offered a scholarship—so she should stop dreaming about college. She was heartbroken and I felt my own throat tighten as I sensed her disappointment. I asked her if she had talked to her dad about it yet. She told me that her father said those coaches were wrong. They just did not understand the power of a dream. He told her that if she truly wanted a scholarship and that nothing could stop her except one thing — her own attitude.

The next year, as she and her team went to the Northern California Championship game, she was offered a scholarship and on the college team. She was going to get the college education that she had dreamed of.

41．The author was probably the girl’s        .

A．neighbor                 B．friend                     C．mother              D．teacher

42．Why was the girl heartbroken?

A．She was considered too short to be a top player.

B．Her coach stopped her training because of her height.

C．She couldn’t be on a college basketball team.

D．She wouldn’t be admitted by an ideal college.

43．We can learn from the passage that        .

A．her family wouldn’t like to pay her college fee

B．her father forced her to play basketball in collage

C．being a top basketball player can win you a scholarship for college

D．she wouldn’t like to turn to his father for help when in difficulty

44．Which word can best describe her father?

A．Encouraging.          B．Optimistic.              C．Stubborn.               D．Cruel.

45．Which proverb best matches the story?

A．Practice makes perfect.

B．Rome was not built in a day.

C．Where there is a will, there is a way.

D．Pride comes before a fall.