第三部分:阅读理解(共20小题;每小题2分,满分40分)
阅读下列短文, 从每题所给的四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
For thousands of years, people have seen things they didn’t understand in the sky. The United States Air Force first used the words “Unidentified Flying Object” to describe them. Today everyone uses the term UFO. When people see a UFO, it is usually no more than a weather balloon or an airplane. But the Center for UFO Studies goes on to receive hundreds of reports each year.
In 1947 a businessman and pilot, Kenneth Arnold, was flying near Mount Rainier, Washington when he saw nine shiny, round objects flying through the air. He told a newspaper reporter they looked like “pie plates skipping over water.” The reporter used the words “flying saucer（碟子）” in his story and today that is the popular name for UFOs.
The Center for UFO Studies lists three kinds of contacts with flying saucers. “Encounters（遭遇）of the first kind” are reports of unknown objects or lights in the sky. People have “Encounters of the second kind” when a UFO leaves burn marks or other signs on the ground. People report “Close encounters of the third kind” when they see aliens in or near a UFO.
56. Who used the term UFO first?
A. The United States Air force. B. The Center for UFO Studies.
C. Kenneth Arnold. D. A report.
57. The Center for UFO Studies _____.
A. usually sees no more than a weather balloon or an airplane every year
B. is a branch of the United States Air Force
C. receive hundreds of reports every year
D. used “pie plates skipping over water” to describe the UFO seen by the people first
58. Why did the newspaper reporter use the words “flying saucer” to describe the UFO that Kenneth Arnold said he saw?
A. Because the UFO that Kenneth Arnold saw was flat.
B. Because Kenneth Arnold told the newspaper that what he had seen in the sky was round.
C. Because Kenneth Arnold described what he has seen looked like a plate flying in the sky.
D. Because what Kenneth Arnold saw was pie plates flying in the air.
第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从短文后所给的四个选项（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。
Like most people , I was brought up to look upon life as a process of getting. It was not until in my late thirties that I made this important 36 :giving-away makes life so much more exciting. You need not worry if you 37 money.
This is how I 38 with giving-away. If an idea for improving the window display of a neighborhood store 39 to me, I step in and make the suggestion to the 40 .If an accident takes pace, the 41 of which I think the local police could use, I 42 him up and tell him about it, though I am mot in 43 here. One discovery I made about this world is to give 44 getting something back, though the 45 often comes in an unexpected form.
One Sunday morning the local post office delivered an important 46 letter to my home, though it was 47 to me at my office. I wrote the postmaster a note of 48 .More than a year later I needed a post-office box for a new business I was 49 .I was told at the window that there were 50 boxes left, and that my name would have to go on a long 51 list. As I was about to 52 , the postmaster appeared in the 53 . "Wasn't it you that wrote us that letter a year ago about delivering a special delivery to your home?" I said it was. "Well, you certainly are going to have a box in this post office 54 we make one for you. You don't know what a letter like that means to us. We usually get 55 but complaints."
36. A. decision B. research C. speech D. discovery
37. A. earn B. lack C. spend D. steal
38. A. experienced B. connected C. combined D. agreed
39. A. happens B. flashes C. sticks D. leads
40. A. postmaster B. headmaster C. storekeeper D. policeman
41. A. story B. damage C. challenge D. material
42. A. call B. hold C. break D. pick
43. A. need B. trouble C. common D. charge
44. A. within B. without C. for D. before
45. A. process B. goal C. return D. concern
46. A. curious B. immediate C. special D. heavy
47. A. realized B. addressed C. forgotten D. brought
48. A. invitation B. apology C. instruction D. appreciation
49. A. dealing B. providing C. operating D. starting
50. A. enough B. some C. no D. more
51. A. admitting B. relating C. examining D. waiting
52. A. leave B. shout C. guess D. conduct
53. A. window B. doorway C. library D. yard
54. A. in case B. now that C. even if D. as if
55. A. anything B. everything C. nothing D. something
We were reading _______ the lights were out.
A. as B. when C. while D. until
Henry must have stayed up last night, ________ he looks so tired and sleepy.
A. for B. as C. though D. since
It was __________ I went fishing in the open air yesterday.
A. such a nice weather B. so nice weather that
C. such nice weather that D. a nice weather so that
The Dragon Boat Festival______on the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar year.
A.falls B.gets C.bexomes D.turns
