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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、D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
Young people and older people do not always agree. They sometimes have different ideas about living, working and playing. But in one special program in New York State, adults and teenagers live together in a friendly way.
  Each summer 200 teenagers and 50 adults live together for eight weeks as members of a special work group. Everyone works several hours each day. They do so not just to keep busy but to find meaning and fun in work. Some teenagers work in the forests or on the farms near the village. Some learn to make things like tables and chairs and to build houses. The adults teach them these skills.
  There are several free hours each day. Weekends are free, too. During the free hours some of the teenagers learn photo-taking or drawing. Others sit around and talk or sing. Each teenager chooses his own way to pass his free time.
  When people live together, they should have rules. In this program the teenagers and the adults make the rules together. If someone breaks a rule, the problem goes before the whole group. They talk about it and ask, “Why did it happen? What should we do about it?”
  One of the teenagers has said something about it, “You have to stop thinking only about yourself. You learn how to think about the group.”
41. In one special program in New York State, young and older people_______.
 A. don’t work well together                                B. are friendly to each other
  C. teach each other new ways of building houses
 D. spend eight weeks together, working as farmers
42. All the members work some time every day mainly to________.
  A. lead a busy life                                           B. learn new skills of farming
 C. get used to the life on the farms                        D. find useful things and pleasure in work
43. Living together, ________.
  A. the teenagers don’t have to obey the rules
 B. the members have to obey the rules the adults make
  C. the members have no free time but on weekends
 D. the members should not break the rules they make together
44.The best title for the passage is________.
 A. The Rules of Living Together                 B. Life in New York State
 C. Teenagers and Adults Together          D. Free Hours in the Special Work Group 

小题1:B
小题2:D
小题3:D
小题4:A
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D
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