阅读理解（共20小题，满分40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，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑

In the past, people who graduated from college felt proud of their academic（学业的）achievements and confident that their degree would help them to find a good job.

　　However, in the past four years the job market has changed greatly. This year’s college graduates are facing one of the worst job markets. For example, Ryan Stewart, a graduate of San Jose State University, got a degree in religious studies, but he has not gotten any job offers. He points out that many people already working are getting laid off and don’t have jobs, so it’s even harder for new college graduates to find jobs.

　　Four years ago, the future looked bright for his class of 2006. There were many high-tech(“dot com”) job opportunities, graduates received many job offers, and they were able to get jobs with high salaries and benefits such as health insurance and paid vacations. However, “Times have changed. It’s a new market,” according to an officer of the university.

　　The officer says students who do find jobs started preparing two years ago. They worked during summer vacations, they have had several short-time jobs, and they majored in fields that are still paying well, such as accounting or nursing.

　　Even teaching is not a secure profession now. Ryan Stewart wanted to be a teacher. But instead he will probably go back to school in order to become a college teacher. He thinks college teaching could be a good career even in a bad economy.

　　In conclusion, these days a college degree does not automatically lead to a good job with a high salary. Some students can only hope that the value of their degree will increase in the future.

1. What did a college degree mean to people in the past?

　　A. It was a proof of their professional skills.　　

B. It would guarantee their quick promotion（升职）.

　　C. It built up their confidence in the job market.　　

D. It would help them to start an academic career.

2. Why does Ryan Stewart want to be a college teacher?

　　A. Teaching jobs are well-paid.　　B. He majored in teaching in the university.

　　C. College teaching is less challenging than high-tech jobs.

　　D. College teaching career won’t be influenced by economy.

3.It can be concluded from the passage that _____.

　  A. the value of a college degree has decreased now　

B. new college graduates today can’t find any job

　  C. a college degree can still lead to a good job　　

D. graduates must prepare early to find jobs

A cat then? Usually if you disturbed a cat, it ran off and jumped, and you heard or noticed something else. By doing a lot of night work, you learned to notice these things, but now all riders noticed was the silence which had followed the rustling sound. So he acted cautiously. He did not flash his torch about the houses near the comer but walked on, and, a little way from the spot where he had heard the sound, stopped and bent his head, as if he was lighting a cigarette. A policeman who stopped to light a cigarette seemed the most unsuspicious policeman in the world.

There was still no sound. There were bushes in the garden of the house where Rider had first heard it and he knew that a man could hide there out of sight. But if he went back, it would ware any such man. So instead he stood and shone his torch at the window nearest him, and as if he had noticed something unusual, he walked towards it and opened the wooden gate, which made no sound at all. He reached the entrance and shone the torch on the keyhole of the front door and as he did so, the rustle came again, this time much more softly. He looked round quickly.

　　  1. What was Constable Rider doing on this very cold evening?

　　　　   A. He was looking for anything out of the ordinary.

　　    B. He was looking for something that had been lost.

　　　　   C. He was being careful not to disturb people.

　　　　   D. He was being careless in carrying on these duties.

　　  2. When he heard the rustling sound, he

　　　　   A. thought that it was probably caused by some animal

　　 B. knew that he had disturbed a cat

　　　　   C. thought that it was caused by the wind

　　　　   D. realized that he had turned a comer

　　  3. As he then heard no more sounds, Rider decided

　　　　   A. that he had been mistaken, and walked on

　　　　   B. that he might as well have a cigarette

　　　　   C. to flash his lamp on a window near the comer

　　　　  D. not to show that he had noticed anything

　　  4. Why did Constable Rider not go right back to the house on the comer?

　　　　   A. He had seen a man hiding there.

　　　　   B. He didn't want to use his torch.

　　　　   C. It would show that he had noticed something.

　　　　   D. There was still no sound from the garden.

阅读理解

　　Tokyo: Three snakes, whose poison could kill a person in ten minutes, are guarding a blue star sapphire (蓝宝石)worth nearly six hundred thousand dollars at a Japanese exhibition of jewels sent from an Indian museum.

　　“Normally it would be forbidden to let these poisonous snakes guard exhibiton objects, but it's different this time because the jewels are being exhibited at a hotel. ”a police official said.

　　Exhibition officials said that a person bitten (咬)by one of these snakes would need at least 80m1 of an anti-poison medicine to be saved. Medicine was being kept ready at a nearby hospital.

　　The star sapphire and other valuable jewels worth a total of one million dollars are on show behind glass. Hundreds of visitors came to see the special blue star sapphire and were surprised when they saw the sixty-centimetre-long brown guards.

1．Using snakes at exhibitions of valuable objects is ________.

[　　]

A．quite normal

B．never allowed

C．often necessary

D．usually forbidden

2．The jewels were being shown in ________.

[　　]

A．an Indian hotel

B．an Indian museum

C．a Japanese hotel

D．a Japanese museum

3．Why were the snakes and jewels at the same exhibition?

[　　]

A．They were both special things from India.

B．The snakes were to keep the jewels safe.

C．The organizers wanted to do something unusual.

D．People liked to visit an exhibition guarded by snakes.

4．Many visitors came to the exhibition because ________.

[　　]

A．the snakes were on show

B．so many jewels were being exhibited

C．exhibition officials said it was special

D．they were interested in seeing a famous jewel

5．If the visitors were bitten by one of the poisonous snakes, he ________.

[　　]

A．would be saved by anti-poison medicine

B．would be dying soon

C．would feel nothing serious

D．would run away as soon as possible

There was a small boy living on a farm which seemed like so far away from everywhere. He needed to get up before sunrise every morning to start his everyday jobs and go out again later in the evening to do the same 　36　.

During sunrise he would 　37　a break and climb up the fence so that he could see the house with golden windows 　38　 the distance. He thought 　39　 great it would be to live there and his 　40　 would wander to imagine the modern equipment and electric devices that might 　41　 in the house. “If they could 　42　 the golden windows, they 　43　 have other nice things.” He then 　44　 himself, “Some day I will go there and see that wonderful place.”

Then one morning his father told him to stay at home and he would do the everyday jobs. 　45　 that this was his chance, he packed a sandwich and　46　 the field towards the house with golden windows.

He walked and walked. As the afternoon went on, he began to realize how he misjudged the long 　47　 and something else was very wrong. As he 　48　 the house, he saw no golden windows but instead a place in bad 　49　 of a painting surrounded by a broken-down fence. He went to the tattered (破烂的) door and 　50　. A small boy very 　51　 his age opened the door.

He asked him if he had seen the house with 　52　 windows. The boy said “Sure, I know” and 　53　 him to sit on the porch (门廊). As he sat there, he looked back from 　54　 he just came; the sunset 　55　 the windows of his house to gold there.

1.                A．homework      B．classes          C．cleaning D．ones

2.                A．take           B．give            C．do   D．start

3.                A．from           B．in             C．over     D．across

4.                A．much          B．even           C．very D．how

5.                A．feet           B．eyes           C．mind     D．heart

6.                A．sit             B．exist           C．stand     D．disappear

7.                A．change         B．share           C．provide   D．afford

8.                A．can’t         B．must           C．have to   D．need to

9.                A．promised       B．supported       C．pitied    D．encouraged

10.               A．Hearing        B．Imaging         C．Realizing   D．Ignoring

11.               A．crossed        B．found          C．planted   D．chose

12.               A．situation        B．thought         C．distance   D．opinion

13.               A．approached     B．considered      C．enjoyed   D．noticed

14.               A．case           B．memory        C．part D．need

15.               A．listened        B．knocked        C．waited    D．leaned

16.               A．satisfied with    B．familiar with     C．fond of    D．close to

17.               A．worn          B．golden         C．favorite   D．beautiful

18.               A．invited         B．persuaded      C．helped    D．managed

19.               A．when          B．why           C．where D．what

20.               A．made          B．drove          C．turned    D．put

There was a small boy living on a farm which seemed like so far away from everywhere. He needed to get up before sunrise every morning to start his everyday jobs and go out again later in the evening to do the same 　36　.
During sunrise he would 　37　a break and climb up the fence so that he could see the house with golden windows 　38　 the distance. He thought 　39　 great it would be to live there and his 　40　 would wander to imagine the modern equipment and electric devices that might 　41　 in the house. “If they could 　42　 the golden windows, they 　43　 have other nice things.” He then 　44　 himself, “Some day I will go there and see that wonderful place.”
Then one morning his father told him to stay at home and he would do the everyday jobs. 　45　 that this was his chance, he packed a sandwich and　46　 the field towards the house with golden windows.
He walked and walked. As the afternoon went on, he began to realize how he misjudged the long 　47　 and something else was very wrong. As he 　48　 the house, he saw no golden windows but instead a place in bad 　49　 of a painting surrounded by a broken-down fence. He went to the tattered (破烂的) door and 　50　. A small boy very 　51　 his age opened the door.
He asked him if he had seen the house with 　52　 windows. The boy said “Sure, I know” and 　53　 him to sit on the porch (门廊). As he sat there, he looked back from 　54　 he just came; the sunset 　55　 the windows of his house to gold there.