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。

A

How to have fun in Chicago without spending a lot of money?

Sightseeing

★The Art Institute of Chicago has a fine collection of photos and paintings. The ticket is $10.00. But on Tuesdays you’ll get in free.

★The Sears Tower is the world’s third tallest building. By going to the 103rd floor, you can get a great view of the whole city! All for only $8.50.

Free show

★There are free concerts in Grant Park in summer. They are held from Wednesday to Saturday at 7:00 pm.

★Attend the taping of a TV show for free. The Oprah Winfrey Show and the Jenny Jones Show both offer tourists free tickets. For the Oprah Winfrey Show you’ll have to book tickets at least a month before.

Places to stay

★You can get a hotel for $100 to $300 a day. However, you can get a room in the dormitory

at Roosevelt University for $215 for a whole week! But you have to stay for 30 days to get this great rate(价格).

 (  ) 41. This passage tells us _________.

  A. Chicago is a big and beautiful city

  B. where we can see fine photos and paintings

  C. how to make a cheap trip in Chicago

  D. there are many free concerts in Chicago

(  ) 42. It will cost you ________ if you visit the Art Institute instead of the Sears Tower on Sundays.

A. more          B. less             C. a little           D. nothing

(  ) 43. You may go to _________ if you like to get a great view of the whole city.

A. the Art Institute                     B. the Sears Tower

C. Roosevelt University                    D. Grant Park

 (  ) 44. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?

A. It is free to go to the Art Institute on Tuesdays.

B. Free Grant Park concerts are held four nights a week in summer.

C. The Sears Tower is the world’s third tallest building.

D. You can get tickets to the Oprah Winfrey Show as soon as you arrive.

 

Many of us already know about several American superstitions(迷信). Having a black cat cross your path, walking under a ladder, and breaking a mirror are all bad luck. In addition to these, there are many other superstitions that are worth knowing. Understanding them will keep you safe from evil spirits—if you believe in such things—and impress your American friends when you mention them.

Like the superstitions in other cultures, American superstitions often involve the things important in daily life, such as health, numbers, and marriage. For example, have you ever had a cough that would not go away? According to one American superstition, you should take a piece of your hair and put it between two slices of buttered bread. Next, feed this hair sandwich to a dog and say, “Eat well, you hound, may you be sick and I be sound.”This will trick the evil spirits and help your cough. It will also raise some eyebrows if you try it.

In American superstitions, the number three is very important. Often, Americans will say, “All things come in threes.” Three is lucky because it represents the traditional family: mother, father, and child. Therefore, gifts, letters, and guests will often arrive at your home in groups of three. However, it is also possible for bad events, like accidents and funerals, to come in threes as well.

Another time people pay attention to superstitions is when they get married. During a wedding, brides must wear or carry“something old, something new, something borrowed, and something blue.”The old and borrowed things will bring luck to the person who gives them to the bride. The new and blue things will bring good fortune to the bride herself. The next time someone you know is getting married, be sure to recite this phrase.

As it would be unlucky to discuss one more superstition, we will wind things up here. Keep your fingers crossed, and stay lucky!

The passage is most probably entitled(命名)“        ”.

A．American’s Bad Luck                        B．Cross-culture and Superstitions

C．American Superstitions                 D．Daily Life in Superstitions

The underlined sentence in the second paragraph“It will also raise some eyebrows if you try it”means:        .

A．When you try it, the dog will raise its eyebrows

B．You will make some people surprised when you try this trick

C．Only if you raise your eyebrows can the trick work

D．You will believe in the trick after you try it

In American’s view, the number three is a(n)        number.

A．lucky                            B．unlucky                  C．special             D．ordinary

On the wedding, the bride often uses old and borrowed things so as to        .

A．save some money for the wedding

B．bring good luck to the people who give them to the bride

C．give the good luck to the bride herself

D．pass the bad luck to others

Task Reading:

下面是一篇应用文及其应用场合的信息，请阅读下列应用文和相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。

首先，请阅读下列A----E运动学校、中心或俱乐部的信息：其中有一项是多余选项。

A．Riding School: You can start horse-riding at any age. Choose private or group lessons any weekday between 9 am and 8:30 pm (3:30 pm on Saturdays). There are 10 kilometres of tracks and paths for leisurely rides across farmland and open country. You will need a riding hat.

B．Sailing Club: Our Young Sailor's Course leads to the Stage 1 Sailing qualification. You’ll learn how to sail safely and the course also covers sailing theory and first aid. Have fun with other course members afterwards in the clubroom. There are 10 weekly two-hour lessons (Tuesdays 6 pm ~ 8 pm).

C．Diving Centre: Our experienced instructors offer one-month courses in deep-sea diving for beginners. There are two evening lessons a week, in which you learn to breathe underwater and use the equipment safely. You only need a swimming costume and towel. Reduced rates for couples.

D．Tennis Club: Learn to play tennis in the heart of the city and have fun at our tennis weekends. Arrive on Friday evening, leam the basic rules on Saturday and play in a competition on Sunday. There's also a disco and swimming pool. White tennis clothes and a racket are required.

E. Watersports Club: We use a two-kilometre length of river for speedboat racing, and water-skiing. A beginners' course consists of ten 20-minute lessons. You will learn to handle boats safely and confidently, but must be able to swim. The club is in a convenient central position and is open daily from 9 am to 4 pm, with lessons all through the day.

请阅读下列运动爱好者的信息，然后匹配57---60 运动爱好者与拟加入的运动学校、中心或俱乐部：

57. Jack Anderson. Jack works in the city centre and wants to take up a sport that he can do regularly in his lunch hour. He enjoys activities which are fast and a bit dangerous.

58. Margaret Lillian. Margaret already plays golf at weekends. Now she has retired and wants to leam a new activity she can do in the countryside in the mornings.

59. Peter Florian. In six weeks' time, Peter is having a holiday on a Thailand island, where he plans to explore the ocean depths. He has a 9-to-5 job and wants to prepare for this holiday after work.

60. Alice Fingelhamm. Alice is 16. She wants to do an activity one evening a week and get a certificate at the end. She would also like to make new friends.

Paper three: Writing

 

Now, it’s time for some brief news items.

Teens Go Online

Some 13 million European children under 18 use the Internet for schoolwork, games and music according to research done by Nielsen’s “Net-rating”. The study covered Britain, Germany, France, Italy and Spain. Experts advesed parents to limit the time their kids on line and keep them away from chat rooms.

Chat to the magic Mum

British author J.K.Rowling, mother of magic boy Harry Potter, will do an Internet interview about her new bool”Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince”on June 26. Before the event, children are invited to send their questions about Harry to the website. The book will hit stores in the US and UK on June 21 and will arrive in China in August.

School Soldiers

Russian school students will have to do basic military training in their final year of school, the government has decided．The lesson will include learning to fire guns, marching drills and how to deal with a chemical, nuclear or biological attack. The activity is seen as part of a drive toward the education of their love for their country.

Is it hard for you to get up early and get ready for classes? Some students at Winter Park High School just roll our of bed in their pajamas(睡衣) and go to class in their own bedrooms. Of course, their teachers and classmates do not see them because all their class work is on the computer. The Florida High School, the state’s only online school, had 250 students who are taking classed at home by computer. Students in this first online program take classed in algebra(代数)， American government , chemistry, computer, economics, and web-page design. They also have to go to regular school to attend other classes.

66．In the first news item, which country is NOT covered in the research?

A．Britain.  B．France.  C．Sweden.        D．Spain.

67．Why will Russian school students have basic military training?

A．To get ready for a milirary parade.       B．To learn to protect themselves.

C．To gain some military knowledge.        D．To develop their love for the country.

68．About Florida High School, which of these facts is true?

A．Some of the students have to attend classed at home instead of in the school.

B．There are altogether 250 students who take classes in the classrooms.

C．As the state’s only online school, it has 250 students who take classes by computer.

D．Students can’t take classes in algebra, American government, chemistry, computer and so on.

69．The news from Florida can be given a title”        ” .

A．Get up Lage                  B．Online School 

C．Magical Computers           D．No Teachers

70．What is the second news item mainly about?

A．J.K.Rowling will have an Internet interview.

B．Children will meet Harry Potter’s mother.

C．The Harry Potter book will be available on the Internet.

D．The Harry Potter book will arrive in China in early June.

 

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

    阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21-40各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

     One student took a box of chicken to class．Another carried on a cell-phone  21  ,and still another whistled loudly every time the   22   turned his back．

     Reform school? No．College．

     More and more, professors say, they are coming across  23   students in their classrooms．Many of today’s young scholars arrive late, leave  24  , talk loud or take care of personal  25  such as paying bills during class．

     Why are the students behaving  26  _? “Because they can,” said a student of University of North Texas．“A lot of the time, the professors let them get away with it．”

     Some educators say it is time to bring politeness back to their classrooms—and even   27 taking some of the blame for bad behavior．They say that rude students are by no means the majority but that one of them can ruin an entire   28 ．

     People are   29 __when they learn that impolite behavior is becoming more and more common in   30  _ education, says Dr．Gerald Amanda, a counselor at City College of San Francisco．They   31 some high school students to misbehave, but think those who get to   32__  will behave more politely．

     Dr．Amanda believes that society in   33   has become more tolerant of rude behavior and 

34  ___ people in power, including professors, no longer  35 ___standards for  36 __．That leads to a growing imprudence（轻率行为）  37  some college students．“There’s a great   38    of bad behavior in the world around them, and young people see it and   39  _disrespect,” said Dr．Amanda,   40 ___that sometimes students “have no idea that they are being rude．”

A．line                B．conversation     C．message          D．picture

A．professor           B．student          C．president            D．classmate

A．hardworking     B．cheating         C．rude             D．selfish

A．late                B．early                C．noisily          D．quietly

A．felling         B．interest         C．computer         D．business

A．badly               B．well             C．politely         D．oneself

A．enjoy               B．hate             C．start                D．avoid

A．school          B．company          C．society          D．class

A．delighted           B．surprised            C．interested           D．encouraged

A．better              B．more             C．higher           D．younger

．A．expect         B．hope             C．forbid           D．wish

A．work                B．college          C．learning         D．knowledge

A．all             B．time             C．charge           D．general

A．why             B．how              C．whether          D．that

A．change          B．break                C．set              D．reach

A．teaching            B．politeness           C．thinking         D．progress

A．about               B．for              C．behind           D．among

A．deal                B．number           C．many             D．sum

A．prepare         B．grow             C．develop          D．improve

A．speaking            B．adding           C．warning          D．wishing