第三部分 阅读技能（共三节，满分35分）

第一节 阅读理解（共12小题；每小题2分，满分24分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Animals are natural resources that people have wasted all through our history.

Animals have been killed for their fur and feathers, for food, for sport, and simply because they were in the way. Thousands of kinds of animals have disappeared from the world forever. Hundreds more are on the danger list today. About 170 kinds in the United States alone are considered in danger.

Why should people care? Because we need animals. And because once they are gone, there will never be any more.

Animals are more than just beautiful and interesting. They are more than just a source of food. The most important is that every animal has its place in the balance of nature. Destroying one kind of animal can create many problems.

For example, when farmers killed large numbers of hawks(老鹰), the farmers stores of corn and grain were destroyed by rats and mice. Why? Because hawks eat rats and mice. With no hawks to keep down their numbers, the rats and mice multiplied(繁殖) quickly.

Luckily, some people are working to help save the animals. Some groups raise money to let people know about the problem. And they try to get the governments to pass laws protecting animals in danger.

Quite a few countries have passed laws. These laws forbid the killing of any animals or plants on the danger list. Slowly, the number of some animals in danger is growing.

41. Animals are important to us mainly because ______.

       A. they give us a source of food                         B. they are beautiful and lovely

       C. they keep the balance of nature                      D. they give us a lot of pleasure

42. What has happened to the animals on the earth?

       A. Hundreds of kinds of animals have disappeared forever.

       B. Many kinds of animals have died out.

       C. About 170 kinds of animals have disappeared forever.

       D. All kinds of animals are in danger.

43. Which of the following is NOT true?

       A. People care much about animals because they need them.

       B. Once a certain kind of animals is gone forever, there will never be any more.

       C. Killing all rats and mice may cause some problems.

       D. People must not kill any animals.

44. What can we infer from the fact that quite a few countries have passed laws protecting animals  

   in danger?

       A. Every person will know the importance of protecting wild animals.

       B. Animals in danger will not be killed any more.

       C. The number of some animals in danger will increase.

       D. Animals in danger will be kept away from people.       

 The construction of the gym caused much noise,        it difficult for people nearby to sleep.

       A. made          B. to make              C. making              D. having made

NEW YORK---One in five U.S. workers regularly attends after-work drinks with coworkers, where the most common mishaps range from badmouthing another worker to drinking too much, according to a study released on Tuesday.

    Most workers attend so-called happy hours to bond with colleagues, although 15 percent go to hear the latest office gossip and 13 percent go because they feel necessary, said the survey conducted for CareerBuilder. com, an online job site. As to what happens when the after-work drinks flow, 16 percent reported bad-mouthing a colleague, 10 percent shared a secret about a colleague and 8 percent said they drank too much and acted unprofessionally. Five percent said they had shared a secret about the company, and 4 percent confessed to singing karaoke. While 21 percent of those who attended said happy hours were good for networking, 85 percent said attending had not helped them get closer to someone higher up or get a better position. An equal number of men and women said they attended happy hours with co-workers, with younger workers aged 25 to 34 most likely and workers over 55 least likely to attend. Overall, 21 percent of workers attend happy hours with co-workers and; of those nearly a quarter go at least once a month.

   The survey was conducted online by Harris Interactive on behalf of CareerBuilder. com among 6,987 full-time employees between February 11 and March 13. Harris Interactive said the results had a sampling error of plus or minus 1.2 percentage points.

56. Harris Interactive made the survey to find out            .

     A. how U.S. workers spend their after-work time         

    B. what U.S. workers do at after-work drinks

     C. the relationships between U.S. workers        

    D. who are most likely to attend after-work drinks

57.         of workers who attend after-work drinks speak ill of a colleague. 

      A. 4 percent       B. 8 percent      C. 16 percent      D. 10 percent

58. According to the passage, most of those surveyed believed attending after-work drinks             .

A.benefited them a lot                B. could provide information  

C.only made them relaxed             D. was of no help to them

59. We can learn from the text that                 .

    A. workers over 55 don’t like to attend happy hours at all

    B. about 75% of  workers go more than once a month  

    C. 10.5% of male workers attend happy hours with co-workers

    D. about 700 workers surveyed shared a secret about a co-worker

60. After the survey, it can be inferred that                     .

     A. all the workers oppose after-work drinks

      B. the workers may change their attitudes towards after-work drinks   

    C. all the workers support after-work drinks

      D. all the workers are suggested going to attend after-work drinks

第二节  （共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Why do some people have many friends while others do not? ___71___ However, it is not so. Let’s look at two psychological experiments which will give you the key to happy interpersonal relations.

The first experiment is called the “Hawthorne effect” after Hawthorne, Illinois(伊利诺斯[美国州名]), where the experiment took place. A group of psychologists examined the work patterns of two groups of workers in the Western Electric Company. ____72_____. The psychologists changed the working conditions for one group twice but left the other group alone. They were surprised to find that productivity increased on both occasions and in both groups. They concluded that the increase in productivity came from the attention given to the workers by the management. It had increased their motivation and so they had worked harder. In other words, if you take an interest in others, they will want to please you and you will have good relations with them.

___73___. After Martin Luther King, Jr was killed in 1960s, a teacher, Jane Elliott, living in an all- white town decided to help her class of young children understand why the Civil Rights Movement had been necessary in America.

She divided the class into two groups: one with blue eyes and other with brown eyes. Other eye colors such as hazel or green were excluded from his exercise. Then she told the class that brown-eyed people were cleverer than blue-eyed ones because of an agent(化学作用) for brown color found in their blood. Blue-eyed people were stupid, lazy and not to be trusted. Jane Elliott did not need to say any more. The brown-eyed students quickly got used to their new role as the leaders of the class. The blue-eyed students became quiet and withdrawn. Then she discovered something very interesting. Four poor brown-eyed readers began to read fluently in a way they had never done before. ___74___. So if you want to be successful and happy, take an interest in others whether they are your classmates or workmates. Congratulate them on their success and sympathize with them in their troubles. ___75___.

A. Before the experiment the management talked to both groups of workers and explained that they wanted to find the best working environment for them.

B. Remember that the way you treat others will decide their attitude and behavior to you.

C. The second experiment shows what happens to personal relations if you are rude to or ignore others.

D. The ones who have more friends usually are those who care about others.

E. Jane Elliott had shown that the way people are treated affects not only their behavior but also their confidence and their performance.

F. You may even imagine that this ability was something they were born with because it seems so effortless to them.

G. The second experiment tells us what teachers said had a great effect on the students.

 It’s quite obvious that the aging population in China will cause _____ heavy pressure

on _____whole society in the future.  

A. a; /                  B. /; /                         C. a; the                      D. the; a

---Does the young man standing there ______the company?

---No. The company is _____his father.

A.be in possession of;  in the possession of

B.possess;  in the possession of

C.take possession of;  in possession of

D.possess;  in possession of

With more forests being destroyed, huge quantities of good earth_______________each year.

A. is washing away  B. is being washed away  C. are washing away  D. are being washed

-- Everyone says you are a good student. You never fall asleep in class, do you?

---_______.

A. No, I didn’t     B. Yes, I did    C. Yes, never      D. Yes, sometimes

 Ted couldn’t remember the exact date of the storm, but he knew it was ______ Sunday, because everybody was at ______ church.

A. /; the          B. a; /            C. /; a            D. the; a

第二节：完形填空（共20小题，每题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。   

I became lame(瘸的) in both legs in my childhood. I can’t stand   36   the support of two sticks. Only in my wheelchair can I “   37   ”.

I still remember the first day at school. When appeared at the door,   39   in the classroom stared at me in   40   . My face turned   41   . I couldn’t help   42   back. It was the   43   and sympathy in their eyes that   44   me doing so , I went shyly towards an unoccupied (空的) seat.

Being lame, I didn’t dare to   45   in front of my classmates. I was afraid that I might be   46   at. In those days I was very sad to see others walking   47   .

One day, a few students came up to me and asked me to go outside. I was really  48  . They encouraged me with a(n)  49  smile and   50   me in my wheelchair from place to place. I was   51   to them for giving me a chance to see the   52   of our lovely school with my own eyes.

After that we often read, played and talked together. My friends are always   53   to help me. It made me   54   I am handicapped (残疾的).

Once they asked me, “What is the most beautiful thing in our school?” Without hesitation I said, “It is the    55    .”

36. A. with      B. without     C. under     D. on

37. A. walk      B. run         C. sit       D. stand

38. A. school    B. wheelchair  C. home      D. hospital

39. A. he        B. she         C. everyone  D. nobody

40. A. thought   B. interest    C. anger     D. surprise

41. A. red       B. brown       C. white     D. black

42. A. entering  B. hiding      C. coming    D. turning

43. A. feeling   B. kindness    C. sorrow    D. pain

44. A. made      B. stopped     C. kept      D. let

45. A. walk      B. study       C. practice  D. speak

46. A. laughed   B. smiled      C. stared    D. looked

47. A. quickly   B. slowly      C. happily   D. shyly

48. A. brave     B. sad         C. hurt      D. excited

49. A. honest    B. friendly    C. luckily   D. handsome

50. A. pushed    B. placed      C. drew      D. pulled

51. A. satisfied   B. sorry     C. loyal     D. thankful

52. A. signs     B. sights      C. buildings D. students

53. A. ready     B. smart       C. wise      D. unwilling

54. A. forget    B. remember    C. imagine   D. think

55. A.teachers   B.schoolyard   C.classmates D.friendship