第三部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）
第一节 选择题（共17小题；每小题2分，满分34分）
阅读下列短文，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
2. 26-meter-tall Yao Ming made his NBA debut （初次登台） on October 23, 2002 and got 6 points for the Houston Rockets in the game. The next day, he got 13 points in another game.
Most people think that Yao Ming is a born basketball player. But Yao said, “When you watch it on TV, it looks very easy. But when you are playing in the NBA, it is really not so easy. ” He said that joining the Houston Rockets was a new start and a new challenge. “I hope that through very hard work I can make everyone happy and help the Rockets win more games,” he said
Yao Ming speaks some English. Both he and his teammates can understand each other. They don't think there is a language problem. While Yao Ming faces this new challenge, the people of Houston have shown great interest in him and they hope Yao Ming will bring new energy （活力） to the Rockets. The team has started having lessons to learn more about China, and many people who work for the Rockets have learned to speak some Chinese.
1. Yao Ming got 13 points on October _____, 2002.
A. 22 B. 23 C. 24 D. 26
2. Yao Ming said that _____.
A. playing in the NBA was difficult B. it’s hard watching NBA games on TV
C. he was not an NBA star at all D. it was rather boring to play basketball
3. From the passage we can know that Yao Ming ________.
A. will work hard for his team
B. made the highest score in his first NBA game
C. can't understand his teammates
D. teaches the Rockets workers Chinese himself
4. The passage is probably ______.
A. an ad B. a notice C. a news report D. a diary
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、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
There was a woman in Detroit, 36 had two sons. She was worried 37 them, especially 38 younger one, Ben, because he was not doing well in school. Boys in his class 39 jokes on him because he seemed so 40 . The mother 41 that she would herself get her sons to do 42 in school. She told them to go to the Detroit Public Library to 43 a book a week and do a book report for her.
One day, in Ben’s 44, the teacher held up a rock(岩石)and asked if anyone 45 it. Ben put up his hand and the teacher let him 46. “Why did Ben raise his hand?” all of his 47 whispered (低声耳语) and wondered. “He 48 said anything. What could he possibly want to say?”
Well, Ben not only 49 the rock, but also said a lot about it. He 50 other rocks in its groups and even knew 51 the teacher had found it. The teacher and the students were 52 .Ben had learned all this from doing one of his book 53.
Ben later went on to the 54 of his class. When he finished high school, he went to Yale University and 55 became one of the best doctors in the United States.
36. A. which B. who C. that D. whom
37. A. on B. with C. about D. in
38. A. the B. an C. a D. /
39. A. played B. spoke C. got D. showed
40. A. clever B. hard C. slow D. quick
41. A. seemed B. decided C. answered D. told
42. A. well B. bad C. right D. good
43. A. see B. find C. read D. buy
44. A. class B. room C. office D. lab
45. A. told B. knew C. wrote D. said
46. A. think B. leave C. ask D. answer
47. A. classmates B. students C. teacher D. mother
48. A. always B. ever C. sometimes D. never
49. A. found B. played C. knew D. heard
50. A. said B. told C. called D. named
51. A. whether B. what C. where D. why
52. A. afraid B. surprised C. worried D. unhappy
53. A. pictures B. exercises C. shops D. reports
54. A. top B. end C. back D. front
55. A. at first B. at the end C. at last D. now
You’d better not phone the manager between 7and 8 tomorrow evening; he _______an
important meeting then.
A. will have B. would have
C. will be having D. will have had
. Seeing the ______ flood, she was _____ to take the boat.
A. scaring, scaring B. scared, scared
C. scaring, scared D. scared, scaring
He _____ more than 5,000 English words when he entered the university at the age of 15.
A. has learned B. would have learned
C. learned D. had learned
Jenny ought to stop work .She has a headache because she ______ too long.
A. read B. is reading
C. had read D. has been reading
