第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）

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。

WASHINGTON（AP）—Good news for dinosaur fans：There are probably a lot more of them waiting to be discovered．At least，their fossils are．

Peter Dodson of the University of Pennsylvania and Steve Wang of Swarthmore College estimate that 71 percent of all dinosaur genera（种类）—groups of dinosaur species—have yet to be discovered．

“It’s a safe bet that a child born today could expect a very fruitful career in dinosaur paleontology（古生物学），”Dodson said in a statement．

The estimate appears in Tuesday’s issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences．

Dodson—a professor of anatomy at Penn’s School of Veterinary Medicine and professor at Penn’s Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences—first estimated the potential number of dinosaur genera in 1990 and is revising that upward．

The estimates are based on the rates of discovery—about 10 to 20 annually—and the recent increase in finds of fossils in China，Mongolia and South America．

Dodson suggests that 1,850 genera will eventually be discovered．So far 527 genera have been found．

Fossilization itself is a rare event，they note，and as many as half of the dinosaur genera that ever existed may have left no remains．

“I would never suggest that this prediction．however statistically（统计上地）sound．is the final word on dinosaur diversity，“Dodson added．”My intention is to fuel the discussion using the facts at hand，and this is the best estimate we can make with the data available．”

56．The best title for the passage would be______________．

A．Much more dinosaur once lived on the earth

B．Good news for dinosaur fans

C．A very fruitful career in dinosaur paleontology

D．Dinosaurs remain to be discovered

57．Who made the first estimate about the possible number of dinosaur genera?

A．The author of the passage．           B．Steve Wang．

C．Peter Dodson．                                          D．Both B and C．

58．Which of the following statements is NOT mentioned in the passage?

A．The number of dinosaur fans is getting larger and larger．

B．More dinosaur fossils are expected to be found in future．

C．The estimate was based on plenty of facts of dinosaur paleontology．

D．Not all the dinosaur genera left their fossils．

59．It can be inferred from the text that______________．

A．dinosaurs will return to the world once again

B．about 3700 dinosaur genera once lived on the earth

C．only half of the dinosaur fossils have been found so far

D．all dinosaur fossils have been find in China．Mongolia and South America

60．The underlined sentence in the last paragraph most probably means____________．

A．Enough research work has been done on dinosaur diversity

B．it is probable that more information about dinosaur diversity will be found in future

C．the conclusion drawn by Dodson is not exactly right

D．Dodson will continue his research work on dinosaur diversity

.C【2011·河北邢台市一模】

Ted Turner, a strongly competitive and hardworking businessman, achieved high goals and great success by the time he was 43 years old. Ted turner is probably best known for his Cable News Network (CNN) and became the world’s best yachtsman（快艇手）when he won the America’s Cup in 1977. In 1982 Ted Turner was included in the first edition of the Forbes 400 list, naming him one of the 400 richest people in the United States. How did Ted Turner accomplish all of this at such a young age?

As a child, Ted Turner lived a very lonely life, often separated from his family. During World War II, Ed Turner, his father served in the Navy. Ed Turner left his 6-year-old son behind in a boarding school in Cincinnati, Ohio. When Ted Turner was in the fifth grade, his father sent him in an Army school. Even though Turner had friends at school, it didn’t make up for the absence of his parents and sister. He attended college off and on, because of taking part in sailboat racing, and became a member of the U.S. coast Goast Guard for a while. In his early twenties, Ted Turned became genera manager of one of his father’s branch offices-the Turner Advertising company in Macon, Georgia.

Two years later, when his father suddenly died, Ted Turner took over the company. He soon discovered that the he was more skilled than his father in managing the business.

After thinking about his father’s death, however, Ted Turner realized that is was dangerous to put too much emphasis on material possessions. Rather than devoting his energy only to building an empire, Ted Turner decided to change his life. He decided to use his hard-carned influence to serve the public. Worried about the environment, Ted Turner built the Better World Society in 1985. The purpose of this organization was to educate people about pollution, hunger, and the danger of destruction.

49．From the passage, we know        .

       A．Mr. Turner was a competitive athlete

       B．he became world famous for his Cable News Network

       C．he was ever a winner of the America’s Cup in 1982.

       D．MR. Ted was the 400th richest person in the United States

50．Which of the following statements is NOT mentioned in the text?

       A．He hoped to live up to his father’s expectations

       B．He was more skilled than his father in managing the business

       C．Ted Turner had a lonely childhood

       D．He devoted his energy to both his business and public service

51．Ted Turner did all the following except that          .

       A．he was separated from his family

       B．he served in the Navy

       C．he studied in a boarding school in Ohio

       D．he became involved in sailboat racing

52．What can we know from the last paragraph?

       A．Ted found out the cause of his father’s death

       B．Ted came to know the disadvantages of his career

       C．Ted decided to build the Better World Society to earn more money.

       D．Ted decided to educate people himself in the end

The deer was lucky that it just missed ____

1. A.
   catching
2. B.
   to be caught
3. C.
   being caught
4. D.
   to catch

These crosstalk artists often made the audience ________ them.

1. A.
   applauded
2. B.
   to applaud
3. C.
   applauds
4. D.
   applaud