阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。

A certain student passed all his school examinations and then went to a college to continue his studies. There he put his name 1 for a course in geography, but after the first lecture, he did not go to it 2 .The geography lecturer noticed that this student was always absent and thought that he had 3 to another course, so he was very 4 when he was the boy's name on the 5 of students who wanted to 6 the geography examination at the end of the year.

The lecturer had prepared a difficult examination paper, 7 followed his lecture very closely, and he was 8 to see 9 the boy's answers 10 the questions would be. He 11 that they would he very bad, but when he examined the paper 12 , he was able to find only one small mistake 13 it. As this surprised him very much, he went 14 the paper once again, but was 15 not able to find more 16 that one small mistake, so he 17 for the student to question him about his work.

When the student had come into the room and had sat down, the lecturer said to him, “I know that you came only to my first lecture and that you have been absent 18 all the others; but now I have examined your answer paper throughly and I have been able to find only one small mistake, I am 19 to know your explanation for that.”

“Oh, I am very sorry about that mistake, sir ”answered the student.“After the examination, I realized what I ought to have written. I 20 that mistake if I had not been confused(混淆)by your first lecture.”

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 Mr. Black and Mr. White were two very famous artists in the city. Their drawings were also very popular in the city. But they tried to see who could draw the best picture.

One day they asked an old man to be the judge. Mr. Black drew an apple tree. He put his picture in the field. Soon the birds came and tried to eat the apples. The old man saw it and said, “You have certainly won. Mr. White cannot draw so good a picture as yours. But we will go to see his picture.”

They went to Mr. White’s house. There were nothing but red beautiful curtains on the wall. The old man asked, “Where is your picture, Mr. White?” He said, “Lift the curtains, and you will find my picture.” The old man tried to lift the curtains but found that they were drawn there. They were Mr. White’s picture. The old man said, “Birds thought the apples were real. Men thought the curtains were real. So Mr. White won. His picture is the best one.”

1.Mr. Black drew       .

2.The old man thought Mr. Black’s picture was good because       .

3.Mr. White’s picture was       .

4.Which of the following statements is TRUE?

Dick lived in England. One day in January he said to his wife, "I'm going to fly to New York next week because I've got some work there." "Where are you going to stay there?" his wife asked. "I don't know yet." Dick answered. "Please send me your address from there in a telegram (电报)," his wife said. "All right," Dick answered.

 He flew to New York on January 31st and found a nice hotel in the center of the city. He put his things in his room and then he sent his wife a telegram. He put the address of his hotel in it.

 In the evening he didn't have any work, so he went to a cinema. He came out at nine o'clock and said, "Now I'm going back to my hotel and have a nice dinner."

 He found a taxi and the driver said, "Where do you want to go?" But Dick didn't remember the name and address of his hotel.

 "Which hotel are my things in?" he said, "And what am I going to do tonight?" But the driver of the taxi did not know. So Dick got out and went into a post office. There he sent his wife another telegram, and in it he wrote, "Please send me my address at this post office."

Dick flew to New York because ___.

A. he went there for a holiday

B. he had work there

C. he went there for sightseeing (观光)

D. his home was there

Why did his wife want a telegram from him?

A. Because she didn't know his address yet 

B. Because she wanted to go to New York, too

C. Because she might send him another telegram

D. Because she couldn't leave her husband by himself in New York

Who would send him the name and address of his hotel?

 A. The manager of his hotel.            B. The police office.

 C. The taxi driver.                     D. His wife.

Which of the following is not true?

 A. Dick stayed at a nice hotel in the center of the city.

 B. Dick didn't work on the first night of his arrival.

 C. Dick forgot to send his wife a telegram.

 D. Dick wanted to go back to his hotel in a taxi.

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，并在答题卡上将其涂黑．

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It was close to dusk．We came to a large，bowl-shaped nest in which we saw the gray head of a very small sea turtle popping out about half an inch out of the sand．Then we heard a rustling in the bushes behind us．A flesh-eating bird came near．

Our young guide wanted us to be quiet and watch the bird moving towards the young turtle’s

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The bird got closer and closer to the opening and began pecking at the young turtle’s head, trying to pull it out of the sands．

The young life was in danger．We were worried about it．One of us asked the guide，“Aren’t

you going to do something?”

He put his finger to his lips and said，“This is the way nature works．”

But we didn’t agree with him and spoke with one voice asking him to do something．So he had to go and pull the young turtle out of his hole and put it on its way towards the sea．

What happened next，however，caught everyone by surprise Soon after the young turtle was set free，lots of baby turtles—having received a wrong signal that it was safe—went out of the nest and began moving towards the sea．

Our foolishness became clear．Not only had the baby turtles come out under the mistaken impression that it was safe to do so，but their mad dash was taking place too early．The still-clear

light of dusk allowed no hiding from meat—eating birds．Within a short period of time，dozens of

baby turtles had been eaten by those birds．Our young guide quickly took a baseball cap and filled it with baby turtles．Walking into the water．he set them free．Then he wildly waved his hat to frighten off those birds．

When it was over，the joyful cries of dozens of well—fed birds rifled the air．Two of the birds stood silently on the beach hoping to catch a final，struggling baby turtle．All that could be heard was the sound of the waves beating against the sands．

Heads down，we walked slowly along the beach in the dusk．

56．At first, the guide would not help the young turtle out of the nest because____．

A．he wouldn’t mind others’business

B．he thought the young turtle liked to dash into the sea

C．he wanted the young turtles to take their own course

D．he thought the young turtle should have come out earlier

57．In fact，the first baby turtle worked as_______．

A．a clever spy to attract the birds outside B．one to get information outside the nest

C．a leader to come out first                        D．a brave guard to fight against the birds

58．From the last sentence of the passage, we know that _______．

A．they were sad because the young turtles were foolish

B．they felt very tired with the still—clear light shining

C．they came to know that their rush to help did more harm than good

D．they regretted not killing the meat—eating birds

59．According to the passage，which of the following statements may be true?

A．The young turtles were doomed (注定) to be eaten by those birds．

B．All the young turtles are eaten by dozens of birds．

C．The young turtles shouldn’t come out of their nest before it was dark．

D．The young turtles gathered to frighten off the birds．

III. 阅读理解（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）
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"As sure as you're alive now, Peter Rabbit, some day I will catch you," shouted Reddy Fox, as he put his black nose in the hole between the roots of the Big Hickory-tree which grows close to the Smiling Pool. "It is lucky for you that you were not one jump farther away from this hole."
Peter, safe inside that hole, didn't have a word to say, or, if he did, he didn't have breath enough to say it. It was quite true that if he had been one jump farther from that hole, Reddy Fox would have caught him. As it was, the hairs on Peter's funny white tail actually had tickled Reddy's back as Peter ran wildly through the root-bound entrance to that hole. It had been the narrowest escape Peter had had for a long, long time. You see, Reddy Fox had surprised Peter eating sweet clover (苜蓿) on the bank of the Smiling Pond, and it had been a lucky thing for Peter that that hole, dug long ago by Johnny Chuck's grandfather, had been right where it was. Also, it was a lucky thing that old Mr. Chuck had been wise enough to make the entrance between the roots of that tree in such a way that it could not be dug any larger.
Reddy Fox was too shrewd (机灵的) to waste any time trying to dig it larger. He knew there wasn't room enough for him to get between those roots. So, after trying to make Peter as uncomfortable as possible by telling him what he, Reddy, would do to him when he did catch him, Reddy walked across the Green Meadows. Peter remained where he was for a long time. When he was quite sure that it was safe to do so, he crawled out and hurried to the Old Orchard. He felt that that would be the safest place for him, because there were ever so many hiding places in the old stone wall along the edge of it.
56. Where is Peter Rabbit hiding?
A. On the bank of a pond                       B. In a hole      
C. In a tall tree                                             D. Behind a room
57. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE according to the story?
A. Reddy Fox might find rabbit hairs on him.
B. Old Mr. Chuck took advantage of the roots to dig the hole.
C. The hole could be made larger.
D. Reddy almost caught Peter this time.
58. Why did Peter Rabbit wait so long before leaving?
A. Because Reddy was trying to get him.   
B. Because it was cold outside.
C. Because his grandfather would help him dig a large hole.
D. Because the Old Orchard was not so safe as this hole.