第三部分 阅读（共两节，满分40分）

第一节 阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳答案。

We’ve talked about snails (蜗牛) and their slow move. But much of the time snails don’t move at all. They are in their shells (壳) —sleeping.

Hot sun will dry out a snail’s body. So at the least sign of hot sun, a snail draws its body into his shell. A snail will die in a heavy rain. So when it rains, a snail does the same thing, too. A snail can sleep for as long as it needs to. It spends all  the winter months in its shell, asleep.

In the spring the snail wakes up. Its body, about three inches long, comes out from the shell. When hungry, the snail  looks for food. Its eyes, at the end of the top feelers (触角), are very weak. But its sense (感觉) of smell is very strong. It helps the snail to find food and the new greens.

A snail’s mouth is no bigger than the point of a pin (大头针). Yet it has 256,000 teeth! The teeth are very small, and you can’t see them. If you put a snail in a hard paper box, it will eat its way out! And if a snail wears out its teeth, it will grow new ones.

51. A snail _________.

A. moves more slowly at night        B. has thousands of  feet

C. doesn’t move at all                     D. sleeps much of the time

52. In the sentence “A snail draws its body into its shell”,  the word “draw” means _____.

A. to make with a pencil    B. to push      C. to pul     D. to move away

53. From the story, we know _________.

A. a snail’s shell is very thin               B. a snail can’t see well

C. a snail’s nose is quite short             D. a snail’s body changes                                     in different seasons

54. A snail goes to sleep when _____.

A. it feels hungry      B. it is put into a paper box  C. spring is coming   D. it rains heavily

55. Which of the following is wrong?

A. In winter the snail doesn’t eat or move. 

B. A snail doesn’t like living under the sun.

C. The snail’s teeth can’t be worn out.      

D. The snail’s nose helps to find food.

To us it seems so natural to put up an umbrella to keep the water off when it rains, But actually the umbrella was not invented as protection against the rain, Its first use was as a shade against the sun!

Nobody knows who first invented it, but the umbrella was used in very ancient times . Probably the first to use it were the Chinese in the 11th century B C.

We know that the umbrella was used in ancient Egypt and Babylon as a sunshade. And there was a strange thing connected with its use: it became a symbol of honor. In the Far East in ancient times, the umbrella was allowed to be used only by those in high office.

In Europe, the Greeks were the first to use the umbrella as a sunshade. And the umbrella was in commonly used in ancient Greece. But it is believed that the first persons in Europe to use the umbrella as protection against the rain were the ancient Romans.

During the Middle Ages, the use of the umbrella practically disappeared. Then it appeared again in Italy in the late sixteenth century. And again it was considered as a symbol of power. By 1680, the umbrella appeared in France and later in England.

By the eighteenth century, the umbrella was used against rain throughout most of Europe.

Umbrellas have hot changed much in style during all this time, though they have become much lighter in weight. It wasn’t until the twentieth century that women’s umbrellas began to be made , in a whole variety of colors.

1.According to this passage, the umbrella was probably first invented in ancient_______.

      A．China          B．Egypt   C．Greece       D．Rome

2.Which of the following statements is not true about the umbrella?

   A．No one exactly knows who the inventor of the umbrella was

   B．The umbrella was first invented to be used as protection against the sun.

   C．The umbrella changed much in style in the eighteenth century

   D．In Europe, the Greeks were the first to use the umbrella as a sunshade.

 3.A strange feature of the umbrella’s use is that it was used as__________.

   A．protection against rain          B．a shade against the sun  

   C．a symbol of honor and power      D．women’s decoration (装饰)

4.In Europe, the umbrella was first used against the rain_______________.

   A.during the Middle Ages   B.by the 18^th   C.in Rome    D.in Greece

5.This passage talks mainly about_______________.

A．when and how the umbrella was invented

B．why the umbrella was so popular in Europe

C．the development of the umbrella    

D．The history and use of the umbrella

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第二节短文改错（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）

此题要求改正所给句子中的错误，按下列情况改正：

该行多一个词：把多的词用斜线（\^*）划掉，在该行写出该词，也用斜线划掉。

该行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧^*），在该行写出该加的词。

该行错一个词：在错词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

A boy and his father were having walk in the                                 76. __________

country when it suddenly began to rain very hardly.                   77. __________

They do not have their umbrellas with them, and there                   78. __________

had nowhere to hide themselves from the rain, so                      79. __________

he soon got wet. While they were walking home through                       80. __________

the rain, the boy was thinking for a long time. Then at                 81. __________

last he turned to his father and said to him, “Why did                82. __________

it rain, father? It isn’t nice, isn’t it?” “No, it isn’t very                 83. __________

nice, but it’s much useful, Tom!” answered his father.                 84. __________

“It rains to make the fruits and the vegetables to grow for us.”               85. __________

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第二节短文改错（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
此题要求改正所给句子中的错误，按下列情况改正：
该行多一个词：把多的词用斜线（\^*）划掉，在该行写出该词，也用斜线划掉。
该行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧^*），在该行写出该加的词。
该行错一个词：在错词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。
A boy and his father were having walk in the                                 76. __________
country when it suddenly began to rain very hardly.                   77. __________
They do not have their umbrellas with them, and there                   78. __________
had nowhere to hide themselves from the rain, so                      79. __________
he soon got wet. While they were walking home through                       80. __________
the rain, the boy was thinking for a long time. Then at                 81. __________
last he turned to his father and said to him, “Why did                82. __________
it rain, father? It isn’t nice, isn’t it?” “No, it isn’t very                 83. __________
nice, but it’s much useful, Tom!” answered his father.                 84. __________
“It rains to make the fruits and the vegetables to grow for us.”               85. __________

根据对话内容，从对话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。)

 ▲请按说明将此题的答案涂在答题卡上

（E涂为AB,  F涂为AC, G涂为AD）

--- We have to meet the others at 8:30 at the reserve, don’t we?

--- __________

--- Do you know how to get there?

--- ________ It will take us about two hours to get there by bus.

--- __________

--- It’s an area that protects lots of different animals.

--- ________

--- I’m not really sure. I know there are many different kinds of birds there and I’m going to take my camera with me.

--- That’s a good idea. What clothes are you going to wear?

--- Well. I will wear my strong shoes and take my raincoat with me in case it rains.

--- _________