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第三部分：阅读理解（
30
分）
四、阅读下列短文，从
A
、
B
、
C
、
D
四个选
项中选择一个正确答案，并在答题
纸上写
出所选的字母符号。（每题
2
分
，共
20
分）
短文理解
1
An Extraordinary
Change or Direction
Molly
Wilson
had
been
a
dancer
and
a
mother for many years when she
decided
to sail round the world to
raise money
for charity.
As a child she had
trained as a
ballet
dancer,
but
at
15
she
had
grown
too tall for classical ballet, so she
became a member of a pop dance team.
She
got
married,
and
after
she
had
children she retired from show
business
to
bring
them
up.
They
grew
up,
and when
they were 18 they left home.
She
says,
“
When
I
decided
to
do
the
round- the
–
world race, my husband
thought I was bored because the
children had left home. He was also
worried because I had never sailed
before. I
was not
bored,
but I had
met
some
people
who
told
me
about
the
race.
They
had
taken
part
in
it,
but
they
had
only done one section, say, from New
Zealand to Australia. I wanted to do
the whole ten-month
journey.
”
Before
Molly
left
she
did
a
lot
of
training,
but it hadn
’
t prepared her
for the worst weather which they
experienced.
She
tells
one
story.
“
One
night
the
sea
was
very
rough
and
it
was
very cold.
I had gone downstairs when
a huge wave
smashed into the boat and
injured
two
men
on
the
deck.
One
of
the
men
couldn
’
t
move
because
he
had
broken
his
leg.
They
were
taken
to
hospital
by
helicopter. That was the
worst time.
”
By the end of October last year,
she
had
raised
more
than
50,000
pounds
for charity.
She
says,
“
Sometimes
I
ask
myself,
what
did
I
do?
How
did
I
do
it?
But
then
I
think,
it
’
s
the
same
as
being
a
dancer.
Before
I
left
on
the
trip,
I
had
trained
hard. I had got very fit and had
prepared myself completely. Then on
the trip I was simply a good team
member.
”
26.
What
does
the
word
“
extraordinary
”
mean in the title?
__
_B_
__
A. very
ordinary
B. very unusual and surprising
C. not special
D. extreme
27.
The
sentence
“
my
husband
thought
I
was
bored
“
in
Para.
4
meant
that
my
husband
thought I felt
__A_
_____.
A. dissatisfied because I had nothing
better to do at home
B.
annoyed because I had to wait long
for
my children to come back home
C. happy
because I could do something
I was
interested in instead of taking
care of
children
D.
sad
because
all
the
children
left
me
when they grow up
28.
The
word
“
section
”
in
Para.
4
most
probably means here
_
_C___
__
A. group
of people
B. part of the training
C. part of the route of sail
D. part of the job
29. Which
of the following is nearest
( closest)
in meaning to
“
rough
< br>”
in
the sentence
“
One night the sea was
very rough
”
in
Para. 5? __
_C_
_____
A. not exact
B. difficult
C. not smooth because of huge waves
D. pleasant
30. The last
paragraph suggests that
____
A___
___.
A. the qualities she needed for the
trip
were
the
same
as
those
for
a
dancer
B. many years of dancing had already
prepared her for the sail completely,
so
she
needn
’
t
do
anything
before
the
journey
C. she should be
kind to other team
members during the
trip
D.
she
should
not
forget
dancing
during
the trip
短文理解
2
In the last 500 years, nothing about
people
—
not their
clothes, ideas, or
languages
–
has changed as much as
what they eat. The original chocolate
drink was made from the seeds of the
cocoa tree by South American Indians.
The Spanish introduced it to the rest
of the world during the
1500
’
s. And
although it was very expensive, it
quickly became fashionable. In London
shops where chocolate drinks were
served
became
important
meeting
places.
Some still exist
today.
The
potato
is
also
from
the
New
World.
Around 1600, the Spanish brought it
from
Peru
to
Europe,
where
it
soon
was
widely
grown. Ireland became so
dependent
on
it
that
thousands
of
Irish
people starved when
the crop failed
during
the
“
Potato
Famine
”
of
1845-6,
and thousands more
were forced to
emigrate to America.
There are many other foods that have
traveled
from
South
America
to
the
Old
World.
But some others went in the
opposite
direction. Brazil is now the
World
’
s
largest
grower
of
coffee,
and
coffee
is
an
important
crop
in
Colombia
and other South
American countries.
But it is native to
Ethiopia. It is
first
made
into
a
drink
by
Arabs
during
the 1400
’
s.
According to an Arabic legend, coffee
was discovered when a goatherd named
Kaldi noticed that his goats were
attracted to the red berries on a
coffee bush. He tried one and
experienced
the
“
wide-
awake
”
feeling
that one-third of the
world
’
s
population now starts the day with.
31.
According
to
the
passage,
which
of
the
following has changed the most in
the
last 500 years? __
_A__
_
B. Potato ate D.
Coffee
32.
“
Some
”
in
“
Some still exist
today
”
refers to
__
_C__
______.
A.
some cocoa trees B. some shops
C. some
chocolate
drinks D. some
South
American Indians
33.
Thousands of Irish people starved
during the
“
Potato
Famine
”
because
__
_D__
_______.
A.
they
were
so
dependent
on
the
potato
that
they
refused
to
eat
anything
else.
B. they were forced to
emigrate to
America
C. the
weather conditions in Ireland
were not
suitable for growing the
potato
D. the potato harvest was bad
34. Coffee originally came from
__
_C__
_____.
B.
Colombia
C.
Ethiopia
D.
Arabia
35.
The
Arabic
legend
is
used
to
prove
that _
__D__
_____.
A.
coffee
was
first
discovered
by
Kaldi
B.
coffee was first discovered by
Kaldi
’
s goats
C.
coffee
was
first
discovered
in
South
American
countries
D. coffee drinks were first
made by
Arabs
第三部分：阅读理解（
30
分）
四、阅读下
列短文，从
A
、
B
、
C
、
D
四个选
项中选择一个正确答案，并在答题纸上写
出所选的字母符
号。（每题
2
分，共
20
分）
短文理解
1
PAT the Dog
Did you know
there are some very
special dogs doing
good work in our
hospital
wards?
These
are
PAT
(
Pets
As
Therapy) dogs. Doctors
and nurses are
recognizing the benefits
of pets more
and
more
–
particularly
for
children,
people with mental illnesses and
elderly people who are separated from
their own pets or have had to give up
their pets.
Stroking
and
playing
with
a
pet
is
a calming experience and something to
look
forward
to.
One
hospital
reported
that a man with a
mental illness, who
hadn
’
t
spoken
for
years,
first
stroked
and
played
with
a
visiting
dog
and
then
started talking to it.
Today, around 4,500 dogs and 50
cats
and
their
volunteer
owners
are
at
work in
the UK bringing comfort and
pleasure to
over 100,000 people in
hospital.
There are many other
“
working
dogs
”
. There are
guard dogs, police
dogs, hunting dogs
and dogs for the
blind.
Disabled
people
benefit
greatly.
Take the case of Alan Smythe, who has
to visit hospital every month. Some
things
are
difficult
for
him
because
he
is in
a wheelchair. But his life has
altered
dramatically
since
he
got
a
god,
Tess, from the charity
“
Dogs for the
Disabled
”
.
“
She helps me to get
dressed,
and
she
brings
me
my
socks
and
shoes.
She fetches the newspaper from
the
shop, and she passes me the phone
when
it
rings.
I
feel
so
much
better
too.
It
’
s
like
having
a
really
good
friend.
She comes with me to
hospital. Once,
she saved
my
life. I
am
a
diabetic
and
one day my
blood sugar level dropped,
and when I
was going into a coma she
went next
door and she alerted my
neighbour. He
gave me an insulin
injection.
”
26.
Which
of
the
following
statement
is
TRUE
according to the passage?
__
_B__
_______
A. All the dogs are allowed into the
hospitals to visit the patients.
B.
Only
some
special
dogs
can
help
the
patients
feel better.
C.
Doctors
and
nurses
doubt
if
pets
can
bring comfort to the patients.
D. Doctors and nurses are aware pets
will
bring
benefits
to
all
the
patients.
27.
Pets are particularly beneficial
to the
following EXCEPT
__
__C__
______.
A. children
B. people with
mental illness
C. the elderly people
who live alone
D.
the
elderly
people
who
have
to
live
apart from their pets
28. The first sentence of Para. 2
suggests
___
_D___
_____.
A.
touching and playing with a pet
makes
people nervous and anxious
B. pets can
make people become quiet
and attentive
C.
people
feel
uncomfortable
when
they
touch and play with a
pet
D.
people
feel
relaxed
and
hopeful
when
they
touch and play with a pet
29.
The
dog
helps
Alan
do
the
following
EXCEPT
__
__D_
______.
A.
She helps her get dressed
B.
She
accompanies
her
to
the
hospital
C. She gets the
newspaper for her
D. She picks up the
phone for her
30.
The
sentence
“
when
I
was
going
to
a
comma
”
means
that
__
__C__
_____.
A. when I got hungry
B. when
I felt asleep
C. when I became
unconscious
D. when I fell down on the
floor
短文理解
2
A funny thing happened on the way
to
the communication revolution: we
stopped talking to each other.
I was walking in the park with a
friend recently, and his mobile phone
rang, interrupting our conversation.
There we were, walking and talking on
a beautiful sunny day and
–
poof! I
was cut
off as if I had become absent
from the
conversation.
The part was filled
with people
talking
on
their
cell
phones.
They
were
passing
people
without
looking
at
them,
saying
hello,
noticing
their
babies
or
stopping to pat their dogs. It seems
that
the
limitless
electronic
voice
is
preferred to human contact.
The telephone used to connect you
to
the
absent.
Now
it
makes
people
feel
absent. Recently I was
in a car with
three friends. The driver
hushed the
rest
of
us
because
he
could
not
hear
the
person on the other end
of his cell
phone. There we were, four
friends
driving down the high way,
unable to
talk
to
each
other
because
of
the
small
thing designed to make
communication
easier.
Why is it that the more connected
we
get, the more disconnected I feel?
Every advance in communications
technology is a setback to the
closeness of human interaction. With
e-mail and instant message over the
Internet, we can now communicate
without seeing or talking to one
another.
With
voice
mail,
you
can
make
entire
conversations without ever
reaching
anyone. If my mom has a
question, I
just leave the answer on
her machine.
As almost every contact between
human beings gets automatic, the
emotional distance index goes up.
Pumping gas at the station? Why say
good-morning
to
the
assistant
when
you
can
swipe
your
credit
card
at
the
pump
and save yourself the
bother of human
contact?
Making
a
deposit
at
the
bank?
Why talk to the
clerk who
lives in the
neighborhood
when
you
can
put
your
card
into the ATM?
More
and
more,
I
find
myself
hiding
behind e-mail to do a
job meant for
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