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, 从每题所给出的(A、B、C、D)四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
Many people have to work on the weekend. Some people do not mind. Other people think it is terrible.
One man thinks that working on the weekend can be dangerous. He is Graham Coates. Mr. Coates worked in an office in Brighton, England.
On Saturday, May 24, 1986, he went to the office to do some work. When he got in the elevator to go home, it stopped between floors. Mr. Coates could not get out of the elevator. He was trapped! He started to shout, but no one heard him. Then Mr. Coates remembered that it was a holiday in England. No one was going to come to work until Tuesday!
There was nothing for Mr. Coates to do. He had to wait until one his coworkers came to work and found him. With nothing to eat or drink, Mr. Coates ended up sleeping for most of the time.
Early on Tuesday morning, the vice president of the company came into work and found the elevator was not working. When the elevator was opened, Mr. Coates came out cold, weak, and tired. He had been in the elevator for sixty-two hours!
Now Mr. Coates says, “I only use elevators if they have telephones in them.”
56. Mr. Coates could not get out of the elevator because ______.
A. it was broken B. it was a weekend
C. it was a holiday D. it stopped on a wrong floor
57. What did he do in the elevator most of the time?
A. Shouted and screamed. B. Slept and waited.
C. Telephoned his boss. D. Ate and drank.
58. What is the best title for this story?
A. An Interesting Elevator B. A Busy Weekend
C. Elevator Safety D. Trapped in an Elevator
第二节完型填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
“If you want to see a thing well, reach out and touch it!” This 36 seem a strange thing to say, But 37 things can help you to 38 them better.
Your eyes can tell you that a glass ball is round. But by holding it 39 your hands, you can feel how smooth and cold the ball is. You can feel how 40 the ball is . The roundness, smoothness, 41 and heaviness are all parts of the ball. When you feel all these things about the 42 , you really see it.
You can feel surprisingly well, For example, your fingers can 43 the difference of coins in your pocket. You can feel a little 44 of water on the back of your hand.
You can even feel 45 . Have you ever wondered why some people like very 46 music? They must like to feel the sounds of music as to hear them.
All children soon learn what “Don’t touch!” means. They hear it often. 47 most of us keep right on touching things as we grow up. In stores, we touch things we want to 48 : food, clothing, tables and beds, To see something well, we 49 touch it.
There are ways of learning to see well by feeling. One way is to close your 50 and try to feel 51 , Feel the shoes on your feet, the clothes on your body, and the air. At first, 52 is not easy to feel these things, You are too 53 to them.
Most things on 54 in museums are just for looking. But today, “Do touch!” There you can feel the shape of a gun, the smooth silk of a dress, and the rough 55 of an old chair.
36. A. may B. must C. should D. will
37. A. doing B. seeing C. touching D. hearing
38. A. know B. see C. hear D. feel
39. A. in B. on C. with D. under
40. A. heavy B. light C. big D. small
41. A. lightness B. temperature C. warmth D. coldness
42. A. glass B. ball C. parts D. thing
43. A. understand B. say C. tell D. feel
44.A. drop B. piece C. block D. bit
45.A. noise B. songs C. voice D. sounds
46. A. quiet B. peaceful C. loud D. silent
47. A. Since B. Though C. Yet D. So
48. A. eat B. wear C. buy D. use
49. A. can B. shall C. might D. have to
50. A. door B. mouth C. window D. eyes
51. A. everything B. anything C. them D. nothing
52. A. that B. this C. those D. it
53. A. used B. interested C. excited D. moved
54. A. wall B. shelf C. show D. desk
55. A. paper B. cloth C. wood D. medal
．--- What about listening to the English program on the radio while learning English?
--Personally，___________．
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A．it’s up to you． |
B．it makes sense． |
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C．it’s a shame． |
D．it’s out of the question． |
A naval parade can provide a platform, _____ navies on behalf of different nations can communicate．
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A．in which |
B．through which |
C．where |
D．that |
He ________ the window of our classroom yesterday because he didn’t come to school．
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A．mustn’t have broken |
B．mightn’t have broken |
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C．shouldn’t have broken |
D．couldn’t have broken |
The prize of the game show is ＄30,000 and an all expenses _______ vacation to China．
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A．paying |
B．paid |
C．to be paid |
D．being paid |
