PART THREE   READING COMPREHENSION (30%)
Directions: Read the following three passages．Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements．For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D．Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage
They say a cat has nine lives, and I think that possible since I am now living my third life and I’m not even a cat. My father died when I was 15, and we had a hard struggle to make a living. And my mother, who was seriously ill in her last years, died while still in her 60s. My sister married soon after, and I followed her example within the year.
This was when I began to enjoy my first life. I was very happy, in excellent health. I had a good job in San Jose and a beautiful home up the peninsula (半岛) in San Carlos. Life was a pleasant dream. Then the dream ended. I became afflicted (使苦恼) with a slowly progressive disease of the motor nerves, affecting first my right arm and leg, and then my other side. Thus began my second life...
In spite of my disease I still drove to and from work each day, with the aid of special equipment installed in my car. And I managed to keep my health and optimism (乐观), to a degree, because of 14 steps. Crazy? Not at all. Our home was an affair with 14 steps leading up from the garage to the kitchen door. Those steps were a standard measure of life. They were my yardstick, my challenge to continue living. I felt that if the day arrived when I was unable to lift one foot up one step and then drag the other painfully after it ---repeating the process 14 times, I would be through---I could then admit defeat and lie down and die.
Then on a dark night in August, 1971, I began my third life. It was raining when I started home that night; strong winds and slashing rain beat down on the car as I drove slowly down one of the less-traveled roads. Suddenly the steering wheel jerked (猝然一动). In the same instant I heard the bang of a blowout. It was impossible for me to change that tire! Utterly impossible!
I started the engine and thumped slowly along until I came to the dirt road, where I turned in and where I found lighted windows welcomed me to a house and pulled into the driveway and honked the horn.
The door opened and a little girl stood there. When she knew what happened to me, she went into the house and a moment later came out, followed by a man who called a cheerful greeting. I sat there comfortable and dry, and felt a bit sorry for the man and the little girl working so hard in the storm.
About an hour later, the man’s voice was heard, “This is a bad night for car trouble, but you’re all set now.” “Thanks,” I said. “How much do I owe you?” He shook his head, “Nothing. Cynthia told me you were a cripple. Glad to be of help. I know you’d do the same for me. There’s no charge, friend.” I held out a five-dollar bill, “No! I like to pay my way.” He made no effort to take it and the little girl stepped closer to the window and said quietly, “Grandpa can’t see it.”
56. “A cat has nine lives” here means ___________.
A. a cat can live nine times longer than any other animal  B .a cat can die ninth
C .a lucky man can not die easily                     D the writer will live nine times
57. What do you think of the man who helped change the tire?
A. Old, warm-hearted but pitiable             
B. Blind, but warm-hearted and happy
C. A blind old man that has nothing to do every day.
D. A poor old man that is always ready to help others.
58. How will the story be ended?
A. The writer paid the little girl but the old man did not accept.
B. The writer drove away with tears running down his cheek.
C. The writer stayed there, without knowing what to do and how to do it.
D. In the next few frozen seconds the writer felt the shame and astonishment he had never felt
before.
59. How do you understand the underlined sentence “I followed my sister’s example?”
A.  He listened to his sister carefully.
B  Mother told him that he must get the agreement from his sister for whatever he would do.
C  His sister got married. He, too.
D  His sister was a great woman.. He must learn from her.
60. The best title for this passage perhaps will be _____.
A.The Old Man and His Daughter              B. Heart Leaping Up
C.Never Lose Heart                        D. Good Will Be Rewarded Good

补全对话（共5小题; 每小题2分, 满分10分）

Brad:   I went to Adele’s open-air concert yesterday. She is really a great singer.

John:   You must have been so excited at the concert.

Brad:     1  

John:   Why was that?

Brad:   The concert was very crowded. We all stood because there were no seats.

John:     2  

Brad:   Unfortunately, right beside my left and my right were two “large” people. I am short and skinny and I was like the meat in between two pieces of bread! Just like a hamburger!

John:   Poor guy.    3  

Brad:   Actually, I did. They were shouting and screaming crazily while I was firmly stuck between them, with my feet off the ground! My shoulders were hurt!

John:     4  

Brad:   It’s all right. But what made me surprised was that after the concert, the two giants asked       me whether I’d like to grab a cup of coffee.

John:   Did you go with them?

Brad:     5  

John:   What did you have?

Brad:   Hamburgers.

A. I am sorry to hear that.

B. Did you call the police?

C. I hope you didn’t get hurt.

D. Why not? We had a great dinner.

E. The hospital is not far from us.

F. To be honest, I didn’t feel very happy at first.

G. Tell me the rest of the story.

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。
Several years ago, while attending a communication course, I experienced a most unusual process．The instructor asked us to list __16__ in our past that we felt __17__ of, regretted, or incomplete about and read our lists aloud．
This seemed like a very __18__ process, but there' s always some __19__soul in the crowd who will volunteer．The instructor then __20__ that we find ways to __21__ people, or take some action to right any wrong doings．I was seriously wondering how this could ever __22__ my communication．
Then the man next to me raised his hand and volunteered this story: “Making my __23__, I remembered an incident from high school．1 grew up in a small town．There was a Sheriff __24__ of us kids liked．One night, my two buddies and 1 decided to play a __25__ on him．
After drinking a few beers, we climbed the tall water tank in the middle of the town, and wrote on the tank in bright red paint: Sheriff Brown is a s．o．b．（畜生）．The next day, almost the whole town saw our glorious __26__．Within two hours, Sheriff Brown had us in his office．My friends told the truth but I lied．No one __27__ found out．"
Nearly 20 years later．Sheriff Brown's name __28__ on my list．I didn't even know if he was still   29__．Last weekend, I dialed the information in my hometown and found there was a Roger Brown still listed．I tried his number．After a few __30__, 1 heard, "Hello?" I said, "Sheriff BroW?" Paused．"Yes．" "Well, this is Jimmy Calkins．"
"And I want you to know that I did it? "Paused．"I knew it!" he yelled back．We had a good laugh and a __31__ discussion．His closing words were: "Jimmy, I always felt bad for you __32__ your buddies got it off their chest, but you were carrying it __33__ all these years．I want to thank you for calling me for your sake．"
Jimmy inspired me to __34__ all the items on my list within two years, and I always remember what I learned from the course: It's never too late to __35  the past wrongdoings．
16．A．something      B．anything         C．somebody        D．anybody
17．A．ashamed       B．afraid          C．sure             D．proud
18．A．private         B．secret          C．interesting        D．funny
19．A．foolish         B．polite          C．simple           D．brave
20．A．expected       B．suggested       C．ordered          D．demanded
21．A．connect with    B．depend on       C．apologize to        D．get along with
22．A．improve        B．continue        C．realize           D．keep
23．A．notes          B．list            C．plan             D．stories
24．A．any           B．most           C．none            D．all
25．A．part           B．game           C．trick             D．record
26．A．view          B．sign           C．attention          D．remark
27．A．also           B．even           C．still             D．ever
28．A．appears'         B．considers        C．presents          D．remembers
29．A．angry          B．happy          C．doubtful         D．alive
30．A．words          B．rings          C．repeats           D．calls
31．A．cold                                          B．plain          C．nervous          D．lively[来源:Z*xx*k.Com]
32．A．in case                                        B．so long as      C．unless            D．because
33．A．around         B．out            C．on              D．away
34．A．build up        B．make up        C．clear up          D．give up
35．A．regret          B．forgive         C．right              D．punish

---I'm hungry, what's for the supper? ____

---I haven't, actually I've just made a large salad, but there's loaf of fresh bread if you want to.

A. Why is supper not ready now?

B. Let's go out for dinner.

C.I hope you've made plenty of chips.

D.We had a good dinner yesterday.

ONCE again, I was in new school.  36 was a girl in my class named Paris. That’s where the similarities  37  . I was tall and she was small. I was one of the   38  in the class while she was the youngest. I was awkward and shy. She wasn’t. I couldn’t stand her, considering her my  39  .

  40  she wanted to be friends.

       One day, she invited me   41   and I said yes I was too shocked to say no．42  no one had invited me over to play before．But this girl, who wore the   43   fashions, wanted to see me．She lived on the fourth floor in a two-room place with her mother, her stepfather, her two brothers and her sister- When we got to the room she shared with her sister, she took out a big case of Barbies which was my next   44 ．I would have thought she'd outgrown them．I had   45   played with them．But we sat on the floor of a walk-in cupboard laughing as we   46  crazy stories about the Barbies．That's when we found out that we both wanted to be   47  when we were older．We both had wild   48  ．

       We had a great day that afternoon．Our jaws （下巴） 49  from smiling so much．She showed me her   50  , which had mostly come from a designer clothing store （时装设计店） down the block．The woman who owned it used her as a   51  sometimes for her newspaper ads and gave her clothes in exchange．

       Paris had the whole   52   charmed．The bookstore owners lent her fashion magazines, the 53__ gave her free passes and the pizza place let her have free pieces．Soon I was   54  in her magic world．We slept over at each other's houses, spent every free moment together．My dark hair grew out and I learned to love being tall．

       Paris, my first real friend since childhood, helped me get through the   55   teenage years and taught me an amazing and very surprising thing about making friends: your "worst enemy" can turn out to be your best friend．

A．It           B．So          C．She        D．I

A．ended       B．started       C．came        D．began

A．youngest    B．shortest      C．oldest           D．tallest

A．enemy       B．friend        C．sister          D．rival

A．And        B．But         C．So             D．Or                  

A．off         B．up             C．over          D．in

A．However    B．Actually       C．Therefore      D．Besides

A．modem     B．new           C．late           D．latest

A．surprise      B．joy          C．delight         D．happiness    

A．once         B．ever          C．never         D．yet                

A．made for     B．made up         C．put up          D．made into             

A．writers       B．singers       C．dancers        D．designers

A．laugh      B．imaginations  C．behaviors       D．experience

A．harmed            B．ached               C．injured        D．wounded

A．books        B．paintings     C．food ．         D．outfits                 

A．writer      B．outfits          C．model          D．exchange

A．family     B．neighborhood  C．class           D．school

A．colleges    B．clothing stores  C．restaurant    D．movie theater

A．attracted     B．drawn        C．included     D．attached

A．tough         B．happy          C．colorful        D．rich