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（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Andy rode slowly on his way to school, day-dreaming about the fishing trip that his father had promised him. He was so busy dreaming about all the fish he would catch that he was unaware of everything else around him.
He rode along until a strange around drew him to the present. He came to a stop and looked curiously up to the heavens. What he saw shocked him. A huge swarm of bees filled the sky like clack cloud and the buzzing mass towards him.
With no time to waste. Andy sped off in the opposite direction, riding furiously without knowing how to escape the swarm. With a rapidly beating heart and his legs pumping furiously, he sped down the rough road. As the bees came closer, his panic increased. Andy knew that he was sensitive to bee stings(蜇). The last sting had landed him in hospital—and that was only one bee sting! He had been forced to stay in bead for two whole days. Suddenly, his father’s words came to him. “When you are in a tight situation, don’t panic. Use your brain and think your ways out of it. ”
On a nearby hill, he could see smoke waving slowly skywards form the chimney of the Nelson family home. “Bees don’t like smoke,” he thought. “They couldn’t get into the house.”Andy raced towards the Nelson house, but the bees were gaining ground. Andy knew be could not reach the house in time. He estimated that the bees would catch up with him soon.
Suddenly, out of the corner of his eyes, he spotted a small dam used by Mr. Nelson to irrigate his vegetable garden. Off his bike and into the cool water he dived, disappearing below the surface and away from the savage insects. After holding his breath for as long as he could, Andy came up for air and noticed the bees have gone. Dragging himself out of the date, he struggled up the hilly slope and rang the doorbell. Mr Nelson took his inside and rang his mother.
“You’ll really need that fishing break to help you recover,”laughed his mother with relief. “Thank goodness you didn’t panic! But Andy did not hear her. He was dreaming once again of the fish he would catch tomorrow. ”
1. Why did Andy fail to notice the swarm of bees earlier?
A. He was riding to school.
B. He was listening to a strange sound.
C. He was going fishing with his father.
D. He was lost in the thought of the fishing trip.
2. Which of the following is NOT mentioned about the swarm of bees in the passage?
A. They crowded like a black cloud.
B. They shocked and terrified Andy.
C. They tried to attack Andy in a mass.
D. They made Andy stay in hospital for two days.
3. How did Andy avoid the bees in the end?
A. He asked Mr. Nelson in help.
B. He hid himself under the water.
C. He rushed into the Nelson house.
D. He rode off in the oppossnte ditcction.
4. Which of he tollowing can best describe Andy’s escape from the becs?
A. No pain no gains.
B. Once bitten, twice she
C. Where there is a will, there is a way.
D. In time of danger, one’s mind works fast.
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。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。
When Alice started to cycle home from Jenny’s house, she wasn’t nervous. She was certainly not afraid of the dark. 36 , it was only a 15,ncnule ride home. But halfway there, she began to wish that he hadn’t been so 37 .
As she rounded a sarp benu, it suddenly 38 cold－very cold. Alice’s breath became puffs of white cloud and her legs aso cale that it became hard to ride.
With her liart beating fast, she struggled so hard to move 39 that the didn’t hear the car which suddenly appeared beside her. She stopped by the road. The big black car also 40 ,Slowly, the passenger-window began to slide down. Alice held her breath. In the soft light inside the car, something 41 . Then, the light brightened and Alice was staring at a sweet, grey-haired old lady. “Hello, dear,”said the old lady. “I need 42 . I’m afraid I’m lost. I need to find the nearest airport. I must be there in the next five minutes.”
“Airport? You 43 are lost,”Alice said. “You need to go back five kilometers 44 you reach the”
T-junction.Turn left and 45 for about another 10 kilometers to the main highway.From there,just follow the 46 to the airport.But I’m afraid there’s no 47 you’ll get there in five minutes!”
“Thank you very much,dearn eplied the old lady.“Don’t worry-I’ll 48 it time.”
The 49 up and the started off.A little way ahead,it 50 and with hedlights filashing, it drove past Alice. But then, mething 51 happened.The car hegary changing flrst, its color 52 from black to silvey grew when, the wheels began disappearing, but the car to move forward, 53 just above the grolld. As the car 54 into the dark sky, the big red tail-lights grew larger and larger and glowed more and more brightly.With a faint whistling 55 ,the car was gone in seconds,leaving Alice shaking her head in disbelief…
36.A.However B.Besides C.Therefore D.Othrwise
37.A.brave B.excited C.eurious D.grew
38.A.fell B.around C.forward D.backward
40.A.arrived B.aopped C.stayed D.started
41.A.gathered B.opped C.stayed D.started
42.A.help B.exicult C.rest D.water
43.A.necess B.gas C.rest D.water
44.A.if B.until C.unless D.as
45.A.drive B.walk C.follow D.march
46.A.address B.sigms C.notiees D.guidance
47.A.doubt B.room C.time D.way
48.A.have it B.get it C.make it D.finishit
49.A.door B.window C.headlight D.wheel
50.A.passed B.rashed C.turned D.continued
51.A.strange B.entive C.imaginable D.horrible
52.A.developen B.apend C.spread D.ladea
53.A.rollin B.floating C.drawing D.flashing
54.A.pointed B.returned C.broke D.rose
55.A.tune B.voice C.sound D.tone
Last year the number of studects who graduated with a driving licence reached 200,000, a(n) ________of 40,000 per year.
A.average B.number C.amount D.quantity
Nowadays som hod tals refe to patients________name, not case number.
A.of B.as C.by D.with
.Not until he left his home________to know how important the family was for him.
A.did he begia B.ead he beans C.he began D.he has began
There were many talented actors out there just waiting________.
A.to discover B.to be discovered C.discovered D.being diseovered
