第二部分：阅读理解（本题有两小节，第一节共20小题，每小题2分；第二节共5小题，每小题2分；满分50分）

第一节：阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

The Pillow

         At the age of sixteen, I joined a volunteer group with my dad. I went on my first volunteer project in West Virginia. On the night we arrived, we discovered that “our family” was living in a trailer (拖车) that was in poor condition. A crew had been working on it for two weeks, but every time they finished one problem, another surfaced.

         We decided the only reasonable solution was to build a new house—something unusual but necessary under these circumstances. The family was overjoyed with their new house that was twenty by thirty feet with three bedrooms, a bath and a kitchen.

         On Tuesday of that week, while we ate lunch together, I asked the family’s three boys, Josh, Eric and Ryan, “What do you want for your new room?” Expecting toys and other gadgets that children usually ask for, we were astonished when Josh responded, “I just want a bed.”

         The boys had never slept in a bed! They were accustomed to plastic mats. That night we had a meeting and decided that beds would be the perfect gift. On Thursday night, a few adults in our group drove to the nearest city and bought beds and new bedding.

         When we saw the delivery truck coming, we told the family about the surprise. We could hardly contain ourselves. It was like watching excited children on Christmas morning.

         That afternoon, as we fitted the frames of the beds together, Eric ran into the house to watch us. Too dirty to enter his room, he observed with wide-eyed enthusiasm from the doorway.

         As my father slipped a pillowcase onto one of the pillows, Eric asked, “What is that?”

         “A pillow,” he replied.

         “What do you do with it?” Eric continued to ask.

“When you go to sleep, you put your head on it,” I answered softly. Tears came to my eyes as my father handed Eric the pillow.

         “Oh…that’s soft,” he said, hugging it tightly.

         Now, when my sister or I start to ask for something that seems urgent, my dad gently asks, “Do you have a pillow?”

We know exactly what he means.

1. The writer’s first volunteer project was ______.

         A. working on a poor trailer   B. helping a poor family

         C. donating beds and bedding          D. dealing with a housing problem

2. On hearing Josh’s answer, the writer was shocked because ______. 

   A. the family lived in a trailer           B. he expected to get some toys

   C. he didn’t know what a bed was           D. the boys had no bed to sleep in

3. From the passage, we can learn that Eric had never seen ______ before.

         A. a trailer       B. a truck         C. a pillow       D. a house

4. By saying “Do you have a pillow?”, the writer’s father means that ______.  

         A. what they want to get may be unnecessary       B. they should not waste money on small things

         C. they should do more volunteer work for the poor     D. what he will buy is not what they want but a pillow

根据每小题题后的汉语提示，以及句末括号内的英语单词完成句子，并将答案写在答题卡上的相应题号后。

1.This is the most instructive film              since I could remember. (see)

这是我懂事以来看过的最有教育意义的电影了。

2.Don't be too hard on yourself.            what you have is the key to happiness.(content)

不要对自己太苛刻，满足于你所拥有的是幸福的关键。

3.Calm down for a while,      the complicated problems very soon. (simplify)

冷静片刻你就会化繁为简了。

4.The generation gap      for parents ,to understand their children's opinions.  (make)

代沟使得父母很难理解孩子们的想法。

5.If you are unhappy with anything you have bought from us, we will gladly exchange your purchase, or give your money back,                    (prefer)

若您对从我们这买到的任何商品不满意，我们将乐意为您更换或退款，您愿意哪种都行。

6.A person with a severe mental health problem is              to have no close friends than the average. (likely)

有着严重心理疾病的人找不到知心朋友的可能性是普通人的四倍。

7.Charles                   then as I met him in the supermarket five minutes ago.(clean)

查理那时不可能在清理房间，因为我五分钟前才在超市碰到他。

8.It is not how much we do but how much love we put into what we do                      our work most. (benefit)

让我们的工作最受益的不是我们做多少，而是我们有多么热爱自己所做的事。

9.Seated in the studio                  , along with his two students, reoeiving the interview now．(be)

坐在录音棚里的是这位教授和他的两个学生，现正在接受采访。

10.The teacher was making every effort to clarify                  the students. (confuse)

这个老师正全力诠释让学生困惑的地方。

阅读理解

　　In November 1965, New York was blacked out by an electricity failure. The government officials promised that it would not happen again. Pessimists(悲观者) were certain that it would occur again within five years at the lastest. In July 1977, there was a repeat performance which produced different degrees of disorder throughout the city of 8,000,000 people. In 1965, the failure occurred in the cool autumn and at a time of peace and good situation. In 1977, the failure was much more serious because it came when the number of people out of work was large and the city was suffering from one of its worst heat waves.

　　In 1965, there was little stealing during the darkness, and fewer than 100 people were caught by the police. In 1977, hundereds of stores were broken into and stolen. They broke shopwindows and helped themselves to jewellery, clothes or television sets, nearly 400 people were sent to the police but far more disappeared into the darkness of the night. The number of the policemen at hand was far from enough and they were wisely stopped from using their guns against the mobs(暴徒)that were far more than them and that included armed men.

　　Hospitals had to treat hundreds of people cut by glass from shop windows. Banks and most businesses remained closed the next day. The blackout started at 9:33 p. m. when lightning hit and knocked out vital cables(关键的电缆). Many stores were thus caught by surprise.

　　The vast majority of New Yorkers, however, tried to help strangers, handed out candles, and tried to get through the dark world without traffic lights, refrigerators, water and electrical power. For 24 hours, New York realized how helpless it was without electricity.

1．Look at the 1st paragraph, who were right, the government officials or the pessimists?

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2．In what way was the blackout of 1977 different from that of 1965?

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A．There was much more disorder.

B．This time the electricity supply failed.

C．It was quite unexpected.

D．It came in the cool autumn.

3．Why did many persons manage to escape the police?

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A．The police could not see them in the darkness.

B．Many of them carried guns.

C．There were not enough policemen to catch them all.

D．They were hidden inside big buildings.

4．The 1997 New York electricity failure lasted ________.

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根据每小题题后的汉语提示，以及句末括号内的英语单词完成句子，并将答案写在答题卡上的相应题号后。
【小题1】This is the most instructive film              since I could remember. (see)
这是我懂事以来看过的最有教育意义的电影了。
【小题2】Don't be too hard on yourself.            what you have is the key to happiness.(content)
不要对自己太苛刻，满足于你所拥有的是幸福的关键。
【小题3】Calm down for a while,      the complicated problems very soon. (simplify)
冷静片刻你就会化繁为简了。
【小题4】The generation gap      for parents ,to understand their children's opinions.  (make)
代沟使得父母很难理解孩子们的想法。
【小题5】If you are unhappy with anything you have bought from us, we will gladly exchange your purchase, or give your money back,                    (prefer)
若您对从我们这买到的任何商品不满意，我们将乐意为您更换或退款，您愿意哪种都行。
【小题6】A person with a severe mental health problem is              to have no close friends than the average. (likely)
有着严重心理疾病的人找不到知心朋友的可能性是普通人的四倍。
【小题7】Charles                   then as I met him in the supermarket five minutes ago.(clean)
查理那时不可能在清理房间，因为我五分钟前才在超市碰到他。
【小题8】It is not how much we do but how much love we put into what we do                      our work most. (benefit)
让我们的工作最受益的不是我们做多少，而是我们有多么热爱自己所做的事。
【小题9】Seated in the studio                  , along with his two students, reoeiving the interview now．(be)
坐在录音棚里的是这位教授和他的两个学生，现正在接受采访。
【小题10】The teacher was making every effort to clarify                  the students. (confuse)
这个老师正全力诠释让学生困惑的地方。

四、阅读理解（本题有两节，共16小题，每小题2分，共32分）
第一节：阅读下列材料并做后面的题目。从所给的A, B, C, D四个选项中，选出最佳答案。
A
Have you seen big dogs in stores or restaurants and wondered why they were there? Those dogs might have been guide dogs.
People who are blind sometimes use guide dogs called seeing-eyes dogs. These special dogs help people get around. They help them do everyday things. Some people who have hearing problems have hearing-ear dogs. These dogs tell their owners when an alarm clock goes off or when the doorbell rings.
Guide dogs learn to wear something on their backs called a harness. Their owner holds onto it. The dogs learn what words such as “left” and “right” mean. They learn to never take their owner into traffic.
Each guide dog trains for months. Then, it spends one month working with its future owner. At that time ,the owner and dog get to know one another and train together!
Because guide dogs are trained, they are welcome almost anywhere. So, the next time you are out, don’t be surprised if you see a dog. It might just be a guide dog!
46. ______ use guide dogs.
A. People who want dogs to play with     B. Babies
C. Anyone wants to                                D. People who cannot hear or cannot see
47. How long do guide dogs train?______
A. days           B. weeks                    C. months                     D. They don’t train
48. Guide dogs train with their owner for ______.
A. two days        B. one week               C. one month                D. one year
49. Guide dogs can go _______.
A. almost anywhere  B. only stores     C. anywhere but restaurants   D. only outside places