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第二部分阅读理解(共两节,满分50分) 第一节:阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的...

 

第二部分阅读理解(共两节,满分50分)

第一节:阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并将答案写在答题卡上。(共20小题,每小题2分,满分40分)

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O. Henry was a pen name used by an American writer of short stories. His real name was William Sydney Porter. He was born in North Carolina in 1862. As a young boy he lived an exciting life. He did not go to school for very long, but he managed to teach himself everything he needed to know. When he was about 20 years old, O. Henry went to Texas, where he tried different jobs. He first worked on a newspaper, and then had a job in a bank, when some money went missing from the bank O. Henry was believed to have stolen it. Because of that, he was sent to prison. During the three years in prison, he learned to write short stories. After he got out of prison, he went to New York and continued writing. He wrote mostly about New York and the life of the poor there. People liked his stories, because simple as the tales were, they would finish with a sudden change at the end, to the reader’s surprise.

41. In which order did O. Henry do the following things?

a. Lived in New York.   b. Worked in a bank.        c. Travelled to Texas.

d. Was put in prison.    e. Had a newspaper job.      f. Learned to write stories.

A. e. c. f. b. d. a       B. e. b. d. c. a. f.        C. c. e. b. d. f. a    D. c. b. e. d. a f.

42. O. Henry went to prison because ___________.

A. people thought he had stolen money from the newspaper

B. people thought he had taken money that was not his

C. he wanted to write stories about prisoners

D. he broke the law by not using his own name

43. What do we know about O. Henry before he began writing?

A. He was very good at learning.                     B. He was not serious about his work.

C. He was devoted to the poor.                  D. He was well-educated.

44. Where did O. Henry get most material for his short stories?

A. His life inside the prison.                  B. The newspaper articles he wrote.

C. His exciting early life as a boy.       D. The city and people of New York.

 

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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,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并将答案写在答题卡上。

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But John 23  closer and screamed, “That home belongs to Fred Jones who works at the plant. He wouldn’t be 24  work yet, maybe there is something we could do. ” It has nothing to do with us, Mary 25 .

But John drove up and stopped and they were both horror-stricken to see the whole house in 26  . A woman on the lawn was screaming, “The children! Get the children!” John 27  her by the shoulder saying, “Get a hold of yourself and tell us where the children are!” “In the 28 ,” cried the woman, “down the hall and to the left. ”

In spite of Mary’s disagreement John 29  for the basement which was full of smoke and 30  hot. He found the door and two children. 31 he left he could hear some more sobbing. He 32  the two badly frightened children into 33  arms and started back asking how many more children were down there. They told him 34  more and Mary grasped his arm and screamed, “John! Don’t go back! It’s 35  ! That house will fall down any second. ”

36  he ran into the smoke-filled hallway and at last he found both children. As he climbed up the 37 stairs, the thought went through his mind that there was something strangely 38 about the little bodies next to him, and at last when they came out into the  39  and fresh air, he found that he had just  40 his own children.

The baby-sitter had left them at this home while she did some shopping.

21.A.direction       B.mistake          C.smoke       D.danger

22.A.plant        B. home           C.store           D.kitchen

23.A.ran          B.walked              C.rode        D. drove

24.A.off         B.at                C. to                D.on

25.A.whispered   B. disagreed          C.nodded        D.required

26.A.flames     B.pieces             C.ruins          D.silence

27.A.pushed      B.greeted           C. seized          D.stopped

28.A.hall       B.department         C.house          D. basement

29.A.went      B. rushed            C.asked           D.reached

30.A.heavily     B.terribly            C.partly           D.slightly

31.A. As       B.If                 C.Since            D.Unless

32.A.comforted  B.protected          C.recognized       D. delivered

33.A.cheering   B.freezing           C.suffering           D. waiting

34.A.many            B.several           C.two                 D.three

35.A.foolish     B. dangerous            C.practical           D.painful

36.A.But        B.So               C.Instead            D.Therefore

37.A.wide       B.dirty             C.final               D. endless

38.A.particular    B.familiar         C.interesting          D.fortunate

39.A.car         B.crowd            C. sunlight           D.arms

40.A. found     B.     rescued       C.lost               D.Missed

 

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A.break in

B.break out

C.break down

D.break up

 

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-I couldn’t feel ________ about it! I seemed to find an answer for all of the questions.

A.worse

B.worst

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18. Proud and self-satisfied, Jenny walked into the boss’s  office, _______ to leave the company immediately.

A.only to ask

B.being asked

C.only to be asked

D.Asking

 

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15.- What will the shop owner do next?

- He will have all these goods ordered ______ to the customers today.

A.to deliver

B.delivering

C.delivered

D.Deliver

 

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