第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
阅读下面短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该       项涂黑。
Reina  wrote in her blog (博客）；“a few months ago I took my cat to the vet(兽医）because she was old and very sick . The vet injected her in the stomach and said she would die .She tried to stand but she couldn't .It took at least twenty minutes for her to die . I sat in the room with her and the vet came in a couple of times and finally he said she was gone . I will never forget how she died .Was she frightened ? What was wrong with the old way ?"
Dear Reina
My beloved cat Bugle was very sick with kidney (肾）failure and I took him to the vet . I stayed with him for 10 minutes , holding him in my arms and loving him as we always did ,and he look at me ,as if to say ,"It's ok ....I'm ready." After that the vet came in and injected him with the shot that would put him into a quiet sleep .All the while I held him and told him I loved him , then the vet said his heart stopped beating .They placed him in a little box and I took him home and buried him in the yard where we always run and played ,right under his favourite bush .I still cry myself to sleep ,even though I  am a grown man of 65 years of age ! That cat means everything to me .I have a little stone on his grave and it says ,"Bugle ,my beloved cat ,you were so smart and loving ,I shall miss you every   day for the rest of my life !"
I am sorry for your loss and I know you must feel.I hope this comforts you some .
Love COL Bright .
56  Why did Reina go to the vet ?
A To get some advice on pet care       B To give her cat some medical care
C TO have her cat's stomach examined  D To have her cat's life ended in Comfort
57.  It seemed that Bright treated his pet cat as ______
A a close neighbour B  a good helper  C a part of his family  D a new friend
58  According to the passage , we can learn that Reina and Bright ________
A both suffered pet loss B  both had an old sick pet cat
C are close friends    D have similar life experience
59  Bright replied to Reina in order to _______
A comfort her           B share his story 
C encourage her         D tell her to forget her past         

"Why did you go to the wrong class, Mr. Wang "

"Well, I forget _______ I was supposed to go to."

Mrs. Janes gave music lessons at a school. She had a good voice and enjoyed singing, except that some of her high tones sound like a gate that had forgotten to oil. Mrs. Janes knew her weakness well, and took every chance she could find to practise these high notes. As she lived in a small house, where she could not practise without disturbing the rest of the family, she usually went for long walks along the country roads whenever she had time and practised her high notes there. Whenever she heard a car or a person coming along the road, she stopped and waited until she could no longer be heard before she started practicing again, because she was a shy person.

One afternoon, a fast, opened car came up behind her so silently and so fast that she didn’t hear it until it was only a few yards from her. She was singing some of her highest and most difficult tones at that time and as the car passed; she saw an anxious expression came over the driver’s face. He stopped his car suddenly, jumped out and began to examine all his tyres carefully.

Mrs. Janes didn’t dare to tell him what the noise he had heard really was, so he got back into the car and drove off.

How did Mrs. Janes sing?

A. She sang well, but she didn’t practise singing hard.

B. She enjoyed singing, but she had a terrible voice.

C. She was a good singer, but she could not sing the high tones well.

D. She sang terribly, she was no singer at all.

Why did she go for long walks along the country roads?

A. Because she enjoyed the country’s fresh air.

B. Because she was afraid to disturb the rest of the family.

C. Because she lived in a small house far away.

D. Because she was afraid to practise the high tones.

Why did the driver stop his car suddenly and jump out of it?

A. Because he supposed something must have gone wrong with his car.

B. Because he was moved by the pretty voice of Mrs. Janes.

C. Because he wondered what had happened to Mrs. Janes.

D. Because he frightened by the terrible voice of Mrs. Janes.

Where did the noise come from?

A. From the small house.      B. From Mrs. Janes’ voice.

C. From the types.  D. From the engine.

To Chinese immigrants, in the mid-1800s, California was “The Land of the Golden Mountain.” In their homeland they had heard the words, “There’s gold in California.” They sailed 7,000miles to join the gold rush and strike it rich．Between 1849 and 1882, more than 30,000 Chinese came to California．Most were men．They had been farmers in China．They came here to be miners and laborers．They ended up doing many other jobs, too.

Like many other immigrants, they did not plan to stay in America．They came because of their ties to their homeland and their families．They planned to return to China with their fortunes and help their families．

Only a few Chinese gold miners struck it rich．Most picked over the areas that had been mined already．But still, white miners resented the Chinese．Slowly, they drove the “yellow peril” from the mining camps．

By the end of the 1850s, many Chinese returned home．Those who stayed found other jobs.

Few women had come west in the gold rush．The Chinese saw a good business opportunity．They began doing the jobs women would have done．Many became house servants．Many more opened laundries.

The Chinese opened restaurants．Chop suey and show mein are popular Chinese-American dishes．The Chinese probably created these dishes to serve to the white miners.

Other Chinese became fishermen, farmers, and even cigar makers．

1.Why did Chinese go to America in the mid-1800s?

    A．Because they could find good jobs there．              

    B．Because they had found gold there．

    C．Because they could open laundries and restaurants there． 

    D．Because they heard there was gold there．

2.The underlined word “resented” mean “________”.

    A．liked          B．helped         C．hated          D．served

3.Which of the following was NOT mentioned in the passage?

    A．Some Chinese became drivers．  

    B．Many Chinese opened shops to help wash clothes.

    C．Many Chinese picked gold around the old mines.

    D．Many Chinese returned to China by the end of the 1850s.

4.Which should be the title of the passage?

    A．Early Chinese immigrants in America   

    B．Dream to strike it rich

    C．The difference between men and women 

    D．Gold miners in America

M When Paul was a boy growing up in Utah, he happened to live near a copper smelter(炼铜厂), and the chemicals that poured out had made a wasteland out of what used to be a beautiful forest. One day a young visitor looked at this wasteland and called it an awful area. Paul knocked him down. From then on, something happened inside him.

Years later Paul was back in the area, and he went to the smelter office. He asked if they had any plans or if they would let him try to bring the trees back.. The answer from that big industry was “No.”

Paul then went to college to study the science of plants. Unfortunately, his teachers said there weren't any birds or squirrels to spread the seeds. It would be a waste of his life to try to do it. Everyone knew that, he was told. Even if he was knowledgeable as he had expected, he wouldn’t get his idea accepted.

Paul later got married and had some kids. But his dream would not die. And then one night he did what he could with what he had. As Samuel Johnson wrote, “It is common to overlook what is near by keeping the eye fixed on something remote. Attainable good is often ignored by minds busied in wide ranges.” Under the cover of darkness, he went secretly into the wasteland and started planting.

And every week, he made his secret journey into the wasteland and planted trees and grass. For fifteen years he did this against the plain common sense. Slowly rabbits appeared. Later, as there was legal pressure to clean up the environment, the company actually hired Paul to do what he was already doing.

Now the place is fourteen thousand acres of trees and grass and bushes, and Paul has received almost every environmental award Utah has. It took him until his hair turned white, but he managed to keep that impossible vow he made to himself as a child.

When Paul was a boy, _____.

he had decided never to leave his hometown

the economy of Utah depended wholly on the copper smelter

no laws were made to protect the environment against pollution

he had determined to stop the copper smelter polluting the area

Why did Paul go to college to study the science of plants?

He wanted to find out the best way to save the area himself.

He was interested in planting trees since he was young.

He wanted to get more knowledgeable people to help him.

He thought his knowledge would make his advice more persuasive.

What does the underlined phrase “the plain common sense” probably refer to?

That it was impossible for trees to grow on the wasteland.

That his normal work and life would be greatly affected.

That no one would like to join him in the efforts.

That he had to keep everything he did secret.

The message of the passage is that _____.

action speaks louder than words

perseverance(持之以恒) will work wonders

God helps those who help themselves

many hands make light work