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。
We have two daughters: Kristen is seven years old and Kelly is four. Last Sunday evening, we invited some people home for dinner. I dressed them nicely for the party, and told them that their job was to join Mommy in answering the door when the bell rang. Mommy would introduce them to the guests, and then they would take the guests' coats upstairs and put them on the bed in the second bedroom.
The guests arrived. I introduced my two daughters to each of them. The adults were nice and kind and said how lucky we were to have such good kids.
Each of the guests made a particular fuss over Kelly, the younger one, admiring her dress, her hair and her smile. They said she was a remarkable girl to be carrying coats upstairs at her age.
I thought to myself that we adults usually make a big "to do" over the younger one because she's the one who seems more easily hurt. We do it with the best of intentions.
But we seldom think of how it might affect the other child. I was a little worried that Kristen would feel she was being outshined. I was about to serve dinner when I realized that she had been missing for twenty minutes. I ran upstairs and found her in the bedroom, crying.
I said, "What are you doing, my dear?"
She turned to me with a sad expression and said, "Mommy, why don't people like me the way they like my sister? Is it because I 'm not pretty? Is that why they don't say nice things about me as much?"
I tried to explain to her, kissing and hugging her to make her feel better.
Now, whenever I visit a friend's home, I make it a point to speak to the elder child first.
1. The underlined expression ' make a big "to do" over' (Paragraph 4) means ______.
A. show much concern about B. have a special effect on
C. list jobs to be done for D. do good things for
2. The guests praised Kelly for carrying coats upstairs because of her ______.
A. beautiful hair B. pretty clothes C. lovely smile D. young age
3. Kristen felt sad and cried because ______.
A. the guest gave her more coats to carry
B. she didn't look as pretty as Kelly
C. the guests praised her sister more than her
D. her mother didn't introduce her to the guests
4. We can conclude from the passage that ______.
A. parents should pay more attention to the elder children
B. the younger children are usually more easily hurt
C. people usually like the younger children more
D. adults should treat children equally
第二节 完形填空 (共20小题，每题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中，选出最佳选项。
Learn and Earn
Charlie and Jackie joined a wholesale company (批发公司) together just after graduation. They both worked very hard.
After several years, the boss made Jackie sales manager but Charlie 36 a salesman. One day Charlie could not 37 it any more. He handed in his resignation letter (辞职信) to the boss and complained（抱怨） that the boss did not 38 hard-working employees（雇员）, but only raised those who tried to please him. He thought that it was really 39 .
The boss knew that Charlie had spared no 40 for the company all these years, but in order to help Charlie to realize the 41 between him and Jackie, the boss asked Charlie to do the 42 . "Go and find out if there is anyone selling watermelons(西瓜) in the market." Charlie went, returned and 43 said, "Yes." The boss asked, "How much per kg?" Charlie went back to the market to ask and returned to 44 , "$ 12 per kg."
The boss told Charlie that he would ask Jackie the 45 question. Jackie went, returned and said, "Boss, only one person selling watermelons. $ 12 per kg, $ 100 for 10 kg. He has a 46 of 340 melons. On the table are 58 melons, and every melon weighs about 15 kg, 47 from the South two days ago. They are fresh, red, and of good 48 ."
Charlie was 49 and he realized the difference between himself and Jackie. He decided not to 50 but to learn from Jackie.
My dear friends, you know, a more 51 person is more observant, thinks more and understands in 52 . For the same matter, he sees several years ahead, 53 you see only tomorrow. The difference between a year and a day is 365 times, so how could you 54 ?
Think: how far have you seen ahead in your life? How 55 are you?
36.A. made B. became C. remained D. kept
37.A. take B. do C. get D. put
38.A. enjoy B. meet C. repay D. value
39.A. unusual B. unfair C. careless D. selfless
40.A. rest B. trouble C. effect D. effort
41.A. competition B. relationship C. difference D. distance
42.A. following B. finding C. shopping D. searching
43.A. still B. again C. even D. only
44.A. offer B. answer C. remind D. repeat
45.A. difficult B. familiar C. same D. simple
46.A. total B. lot C. pile D. number
47.A. taken B. come C. bought D. heard
48.A. value B. quality C. condition D. shape
49.A. struck B. moved C. puzzled D. encouraged
50.A. stay B. stop C. work D. leave
51.A. important B. intelligent C. successful D. hardworking
52.A. time B. depth C. need D. common
53.A. while B. though C. unless D. since
54.A. see B. think C. know D. win
55.A. hopeful B. thoughtful C. helpful D. meaningful
Will you see to ______________ that my birds are looked after well while I'm away?
A. them B. yourself C. it D. me
. — Will you go to Tom's birthday party tomorrow?
— No, _____________ invited to.
A. if B. until C. when D. even though
I don't think I'll need any money but I'll bring some _______________.
A. at last B. in case C. once again D. in time
. — She shouldn't have done that sort of thing.
— Whatever she did was reasonable, ________ to what you did.
Besides, it's none of your business. Get down to ____ your lessons.
A. comparing; doing B. comparing; do C. compared; doing D. compared; do
