四、考查阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30 分）

阅读下面的短文，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。

Dear Florence,

We arrived in India last week, and the voyage was the worst experience of my entire life. I’m lucky to be alive!

The first part of the journey was terrible, because the ship hit bad weather almost as soon as we left Liverpool. But much, much worse was to come. Later, we were involved in a collision with another boat and we had to abandon ship!

We had been at sea for about two weeks and we were in the Mediterranean. There is now a canal between the Mediterranean and the Red Sea called the Suez Canal, which opened last year. Our boat stopped at Port Said, the Egyptian port at the entrance to the canal. I remember looking through the porthole of my cabin and wishing that I could go ashore and visit this fascinating place, but mummy had ordered that I was to stay in the cabin because I was feeling ill. “you must stay here for at least another two days.” I remember her saying. How wrong she would turn out to be! The ship left the port and headed towards the canal . I was alone in the cabin and I watched the port disappear into the distance. Suddenly there was a loud bang, followed by the most awful crunching（嘎吱的）sound, and the ship shook and turned slightly on its side.

There was an eerie silence for a moment, then people started shouting. Mummy came running into the cabin and told me that we had collided with another boat. She took my hand and we ran along the deck towards the lifeboats. There was a lot of shouting and people were running everywhere, but the crew were all acting calmly, helping people into the lifeboats and telling people not to panic.

Well, clearly we survived, as did all the passengers and crew of the ship. The other boat wasn’t so lucky. It sank and several lives were lost.

I will write about the rest of the journey soon. Please give my love to Aunt Claire and Uncle Eric.

Your loving cousin,

Jane

56．When was the letter written?

       A．Before the author went to India.     B．In the mid – 19th century.

       C．When the author arrived in Egypt.  D．Just after the author arrived in India.

57．Why was the journey to India such a bad experience for the author?

       A．She was sick when it started and nearly died in Egypt.

       B．Her ship left England in bad weather and crashed into another ship near the Suez Canal.

       C．She was seasick when her ship sank.

       D．She was alone when her ship hit another boat and she got sick.

58．The author’s mother didn’t allow her to go ashore and visit the port city, Said because       .

       A．she was homesick at that time B．she didn’t feel very well then

       C．she could meet some danger ashore D．she could see the city through the porthole on board

59．The underlined phrase “eerie silence” in the sixth paragraph means          .

      A．pleasant calm silence       B．long peaceful silence

       C．sudden long silence  D．strange uncomfortable silence

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
After graduation from a medical school, I began to take a job in a small hospital's emergency department．As the  36 member of the group, I had to work on Christmas Eve．
At 9 pm, the ambulance  37 a man in his 60s who was having a heart attack．My patient was   38 , but I did my best．Eventually he  39  the night．
The following year, still the newest member, I got Christmas Eve  40 again．At 9 pm sharp, I was told there was a  41  in the hall who wanted to speak with me．
When I approached them, the man  42 himself as Levin and said, "you probably don't ' 43 me, but last Christmas Eve you saved my life．Thank you for the year you gave me．"He and his wife hugged me and handed me a small  44 and left, I was more than a little surprised and  45   ．
The following year a new doctor joined the group  46  I volunteered for the shift because I wanted to see if the Levins would  47 ．
I  48  the door．Once again, at   49 9 pm, the Levins appeared．We   50 and Levin said he'd come to see me every Christmas Eve, and that   51  he didn't come, I would know it just wasn't his year．
The last year I saw him, he brought me a crystal bell engraved （雕刻） with a single word: Friendship．Levin   52  the next year．Now, my family, friends and I   53 that bell every Christmas Eve at exactly 9 pm and  54  to the man who didn't forget to bring me good   55 ．

【小题4】

A．survived B．spent C．won． D．managed

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55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。

It is generally accepted that the experiences of the child in his first years largely determine his character and later personality. Every experience  36  the child something and the effects(效果) are  37  .“Upbringing”（培养） normally refers to the treatment and training of the child in the  38  .This is closely connected with the treatment and training of the  39  in school, which is usually distinguished（区别）by the term “40 ” . In a society such as ours , both  41  and teachers are responsible for the chances provided for the development of the child ,  42  upbringing and education depend on each other.

The ideas and practices of child upbringing are  43  from culture. Generally , the more rural the group , the  44  unchangeable the customs of child upbringing . In more technologically developed societies, childhood and adolescence(青春期) are likely to  45  a long time, resulting in more  46  for education and greater variety in  47  development.

Early upbringing in the home is natrually 48  both by the cultural pattem of the group and by the parents’  49  and their aims . And the character of the child depends not only on upbringing and education but also on his or her  50  abilities . There are wide differences of intelligence and character even in children of the  51  family.

Parents can find out what is normal in  52  ，mental and social development , by  53  to some of the many books  54  on scientific knowledge in these areas , or by  55  notes with friends and relatives who have children.

第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
请阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的A, B, C，D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项的标号涂黑。
It was one of the hottest days of the dry season. We had not seen rain in almost a month. The crops were 【小题1】  .The rivers were long gone back into the 【小题2】  .If we didn’t see some rain soon, we would lose everything. It was on this day that I learned the true 【小题3】  of sharing and 【小题4】  the only miracle I had seen with my own eyes.
I was in the kitchen making lunch when I saw my six-year-old son, Billy, walking toward the woods. Minutes after he 【小题5】  into the woods, he came running out again, toward the house.
I went back to make sandwiches, 【小题6】  that what he had been doing was completed. Moments later, 【小题7】  ,he was once again toward the woods. This 【小题8】  went on for an hour—walked 【小题9】  to the woods, and ran back to the house.
【小题10】 I couldn’t take it any longer, so I went out of the house quietly and 【小题11】  him on his journey. As I leaned into spy on him. I saw the most  【小题12】  sight. Several large deer were in front of him. Billy walked right up to them. And I saw a tiny young deer lying on the ground 【小题13】  suffering from dehydrateion (脱水) and heat exhaustion, lifting its head with 【小题14】  effort to drink up the water in my beautiful boy’s 【小题15】  .
When the water was 【小题16】  ,Billy jumped up to run back to the house. I followed him back to a tap that we had 【小题17】  .Billy opened it all the way up and a small trickle(细流) began to creep out. When he stood up and began to  【小题18】  ,I was there in front of him. His little eyes were just filled with tears.
“I’m not 【小题19】  ,”was all he said.
As the tears that rolled down his face began to hit the ground,they were suddenly 【小题20】  by other drops…more drops…and more.
All I can say is that the rain that came that day saved our farm, just like one little boy saved deer.
【小题21】.

II. 语言知识及应用（共两节，满分35分）
第一节：完形填空（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21～30各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A proud father has named his son after a computer software term. Jon Blake Cusack, from Michigan, told local newspapers the US traditional way of adding “Junior” after a boy’s name was too   21  .
So, when his son was born last week, he decided on the name Jon Blake Cusack 2.0, as if he were a __22__ upgrade. Mr. Cusack admitted that it took months to   23   his wife, Jamie, to accept the idea. Mrs. Cusack said she asked several friends whether they can accept this name or not. All the men, she said, felt the name was __24   . However, her women friends did not think so. “I think the women ___25__ like it,” she said.
Mr. Cusack told the local newspaper he got the   26   from a film called The Legend of l900, in which an abandoned baby is given the name 1900 to remember the year of its   27  . “I thought if they could do this. Why can’t we?” After little Jon 2.0 was born, Mr. Cusack even sent a celebratory e-mail to the family and friends designed to look as if he and his wife had   28   a new software.
“I wrote things like there are a lot of new features from Version 1.0 with   29   features from Jamie”, he said. And he is already planning for his son’s future. “If he has a   30  , he could name it 3.0,” he said.
21. A. ordinary                B. usual                  C. normal                    D. common
22. A. software                    B. program                  C. machine                   D. computer
23. A. advise                B. suggest           C. persuade                  D. ask
24. A. cool                          B. bad                   C. out-of-date           D. strange
25. A. take up                     B. add up                        C. end up                     D. get up
26. A. plan                      B. opinion             C. thought                 D. idea
27. A. growth               B. birth               C. name                   D. time
28. A. created              B. founded               C. discovered                  D. found
29. A. newer                B. common            C. additional            D. scarce
30. A. son                        B. child                    C. friend                   D. daughter