第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题，每题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。
WHAT can help you make a fortune in the future? Graduating from a top university might not be enough．A new study from the University of Essex in Britain has shown that the more friends you have in school, the more money you'll earn later．
The idea that popularity could have a serious influence on one's earning potential shouldn't come as too much of a surprise．The researchers noted that if you want to get ahead in life, social skills and networking are easily as powerful as talent and hard work．
"If a person has lots of friends, it means that he or she has the ability to get along with others in all kinds of different situations," said Xu Yanchun, 17, from Nantou High School in Shenzhen, who totally agreed with the recent finding．" Also, friends always help each other．They not only create wider social circles for you but lift your mood when you are occasionally in low spirits," said Xu．She believed that all this helps you “earn a higher salary”．
Maybe that's why some people think the younger generations are in the age of Friendalholism （交友狂症）?A woman even complained that the networking website Facebook's 5,000-friend limit was too low for her large reserve of social contacts．
But what does a friend mean? Should friends be regarded as a form of currency?
" Call me uncool, but I think of a friend as an actual person with whom I have an actual history and whom I enjoy actually seeing．It seems, however, ．that this is no longer the definition of ' friend'," said Meghan Daum, who works with The Los Angeles Times in the US．
Daum dislikes the idea that quantity trumps quality in the age of friendaholism．She thought the idea of friendship, at least among the growing population of Internet social networkers, was to get as many of not-really -friends as possible．For example, a friend might be someone you might know personally but who could just as easily be the friend of a friend of some other Facebook friend you don't actually know．Although she agreed that social ties grease （润滑） the wheels of life, she also warned, "Too bad one thing money can't buy is a real friend．"
56．What can friends do in the eyes of Xu Yanchun?
A．They can help you with your schoolwork．
B．They teach you how to make more money．
C．They introduce their friends to you．
D．They help you to get rid of sadness and cheer up．
57．What will be needed if you are to achieve success according to the researchers?
A．Social skills, friends, good mood and fortune．
B．Social skills, talent, hard work and the facebook．
C．Social skills, networking, potential and fortune．
D．Social skills, networking, talent and hard work．
58．We learn that Meghan Daum's attitude towards friends-is somewhat____．
A．up-to-date B．traditional C．confused D．optimistic
59．What does the word "trumps" in the last paragragh mean?
A．is worse than B．is equal to C．is better than D．is similar to
第二节 完型填空（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，并在答题卡上涂黑。
"Daddy" Bruce Randolph was around five-feet-eight and slightly built．At the age of sixty-one, he 36 Daddy Bruce's Barbecue Restaurant in the "Five Points" area, a 37 section of Denver．There is debate about 38 his ribs（排骨） were the best in town but no debate on the man himself．He fed people - not just his 39 , but the poor and the homeless．Every Thanksgiving, Daddy and his son began 40 for the crowds of the homeless．He wanted them to have a great 41 on the one day this country celebrates Thanksgiving．
In the 42 years of his project, he paid for everything out-of-pocket．But as time went by, the 43 sky-rocketed as the crowds grew．That's when Daddy's admirers, athletes, politicians, policemen 44 others stepped in to 45 ．They donated tons of turkeys, potatoes and ribs and even donated their 46 to stand beside the old man and volunteered to cook and 47 .
It seemed there was an endless 48 of food to feed the crowds．No one ever walked away
49 from Daddy Bruce．It was Daddy who started the whole thing and managed it 50
a few year ago when he edged toward ninety．He had become too 51 to work anymore．He was one of die few people who lived to see a city street 52 in his honor—“Bruce Randolph Boulevard"．A couple of years later．Daddy Bruce died．When asked why he 53 to feed the thousands of poor and hungry people for over twenty-five years, his 54 was simple, "You can't beat love．If you give just one thing, you get more things 55 ．That’s why I do it．"
36．A．built B．opened C．passed D．sold
37．A．poor B．rich C．beautiful D．lonely
38．A．what B．why C．where D．whether
39．A．customers B．admirers C．friends D．volunteers
40．A．cooking B．looking C．caring D．waiting
41．A．holiday B．surprise C．dinner D．thank
42．A．early B．later C．past D．recent
43．A．prices B．foods C．customers D．costs
44．A．as soon as B．as many as C．as far as D．as well as
45．A．pay B．buy C．interview D．help
46．A．money B．time C．dinner D．food
47．A．serve B．pay C．eat D．share
48．A．supply B．hope C．exchange D．production
49．A．happy B．angry C．thankful D．hungry
50．A．before B．after C．until D．since
51．A．long B．old C．hopeless D．discouraged
52．A．named B．remembered C．built D．praised
53．A．helped B．supported C．expected D．volunteered
54．A．question B．love C．reply D．plan
55．A．away B．back C．out D．down
—Can I look at the menu for a few more minutes before I decide?
—Of course．____, sir．
A．Take your time B．It doesn't matter
C．Enjoy yourself D．Make yourself at home
—Do you regret paying twenty dollars for the dictionary?
—No．I ____ twice as much for it．
A．gladly paid B．should gladly pay
C．would gladly have paid D．had gladly paid
I am wondering ____ he expects will win the gold medal in Men's Single．
A．whom B．who C．which D．what
The witness who appeared in court ____ to speak out the truth instead of covering it up．
A．encouraged B．has been encouraging
C．was encouraging D．had been encouraged
