第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30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。

A

A big company wanted a clerk, so John went there. In the interview the director asked him a question.

“Who paid for your school?”

“My mother paid for it by washing clothes.”

Hearing this, the director asked John to show his hands. John showed a pair of hands that were perfect. The director said, “When you go back today, go and clean your mother’s hands, and then see me tomorrow morning.”

When John went back, he happily asked his mother to let him clean her hands. However, his tears fell as he cleaned his mother’s hands. It was the first time he noticed that there were too many bruises(伤痕) in his mother’s hands. After finishing the cleaning of his mother’s hands, John quietly washed all the remaining clothes for his mother. Next morning, John went to the director’ s office. The director noticed the tears in John’s eyes and asked, “Please tell me your feeling.”

John said, “Number 1, I know now what appreciation is. I would not be successful if my mother didn’t do these things. Number 2, by helping my mother, now I realize how difficult it is to get something done.” The director said, “This is what I want to be my clerk. You can get the job.”

21. John went to the big company to _________.

A. look for his mother???????? ? B. ask for a job????????

C. ask the director for help D. tell them something about his mum

22. John’s mother was a (n) __________.

A. office clerk?????????????B. director??????????C. clothes cleaner D. worker

23. From the underlined sentence, we learn _________.

A.??John tried his best to wash clothes for his mother

B.??John often helped his mother do the housework

C.??John hardly helped his mother wash clothes

D. John tried his best to do what he could to help his mother

24. John felt _________ when he cleaned his mother’s hands.

A. happy?????????????????? B. sad??????????????? C. angry D. Worried

B

As we know, there are differences between western culture and Chinese culture. We can see differences when we pay attention to the way words are used. Let’s look at the words about animals and plants. Most expressions in Chinese about dog, for example, “a homeless dog”, “a mad dog” and “a dog catching a mouse”, have negative meanings. But in western countries, dogs are thought to be honest and good friends of humans. In English, people use the dog to describe positive actions. For example, “You are a lucky dog” means you are a lucky person. And “every dog has its day” means each person has good luck sometimes. To describe a person’s serious illness, they say “sick as a dog”. The word “dog-tired” means very tired. However, Chinese love cats very much. But in western culture, “cat” is often used to describe a woman who is cruel.

The rose is regarded as a symbol of love in both China and some western countries. People think the rose means love, peace, courage and friendship. And the rose is the national flower of England, America and many other countries.

The words about plants and animals are used in positive or negative ways in different cultures. We can learn about many differences in cultures by comparing how some words used.

25. “Every dog has its day” means “_______”.

A. Everybody in the world is lucky B. Each person lives his own way of life

C. If one works hard, he’s sure to succeed D. Everybody has a time in life to be lucky

26. Western people usually use “cat” to refer to “_________”.

A. a tired person B. a brave man

C. an unkind woman D. a homeless person

27. In which country is the rose regarded as a symbol of love? ________

A. China B. England C. America D. All of above

28. What’s the best title for the passage?

A. Negative or Positive

B. Different Countries Have Different Culture

C. Rose Means the Same in Chinese and English

D. What Dog and Cat Mean in Chinese and English

C

You?may?have?known?several?kinds?of?police,?traffic?police ,and?street?police.?But

?have?you?ever?heard?of?energy-saving(节能)?policemen??

A?group?of?22?of?these?new?policemen?went?to?work?last?week?in?Beijing.?They?go?

around?the?city?to?see?the?use?of?energy?in?hotels,office?buildings,?shopping?centers?and?

other?public?places.?One?of?their?aims?is?to?make?sure?that?these?sites?have?set?their?air?

conditioning(空调)?no?cooler?than?26?℃.

They?also?set?up?a?special?phone?line?so?that?people?can?tell?them which?buildings

?fail?to?follow?the?rule.

“If?everyone?sets?their?air?conditioning?at?26?℃,?Beijing?will?save?400?million?kilowatt-hours?of?electricity?in?one?summer.?That’s?one-third?of?all?the?usage?of?the?city?in?

the?season,”?said?a?TV?advertisement. Other?Chinese?cities,?like?Wuhan?in?Hubei?

Province?and?Yang zhou?in?Jiangsu?Province,?are?going?to?follow?Beijing’s?steps?in?

setting?up?a?similar?police?team.

As?one?of?the?fastest?developing?countries,?China?is?using?a?lot?of energy.?This?has

?a?great?effect?on?the?country’s?environment?and?limited?energy.From?1986?to?2005,?the?country?experienced?20?warm?winters?continuously.?Numbers?

show?that?Chinese?cities?have?to?spend?billions?of?yuan?solving(解决)?Environmental?

problems?every?year.

At?the?beginning?of?this?month,?China?made?its?first?action?plan?to fight pollution. It aims?to?reduce?energy?usage?by?20%?and?increase?renewable?energy?up?to?1%?from?7%?by?2010.

To?introduce?the?public?to?a?green?life,?last?week?Beijing?held?a?show?on?energy-saving?technology?and?productions.?Environment-friendly?machines,?such?as?a?vending?machine?that?helps?collect?used?bottles,?have?attracted?lots?of?attention.

“We?want?to?tell?people?that?there?are?certain?ways?to?protect?the?environment.?Each?of?us?can?find?effective?ways?to?do?it?in?our?daily?lives,”?said?Liu?Qianguang,?an?environmental?engineer?in?Beijing.

The?job?of?the?energy-saving?policemen?is?_________?.

?to?set?the?air?conditioning?cooler

B.?to?check?the?use?of?energy?in?public?places

C.?to?set?up?a?special?phone?line

D.?to?make?sure?that?more?energy?will?be?produced

30. Beijing?will?use____million?kilowatt-hours?electricity?in?one?summer.

?A.?1200????B.?800??????C.?40??????D.?133

31. According?to?Liu?Qianguang,?_________?.

A.?there?is?few?ways?to?protect?the?environment

B.it’s?difficult?to?find?good?ways?to?save?energy

C.?it’s?easy?for?one?to?do?something?good?for?the?environment

D.it’s?not?easy?for?one?to?do?something?good?for?the?environment

D

Sitting on a chair all day in school can make anyone want to move around. So, more and more teachers are letting students have a ball. By sitting on exercise balls instead of chairs, teachers find students' posture and attention improve.

Dottie Pownall, a fifth-grade teacher in West Virginia, the USA, has been using balls as chairs since December 2010. "The students love them", she says. Pownall took a survey of her students. She found that 80% of the students thought sitting on the balls helped them pay more attention to what they were learning.

The teacher, Pisa Witt, felt so strongly about the use of balls as chairs, she started Witt Fitt. This company encourages the use of the balls. And the company educates not only teachers but also students on how to use them. "Our products are used in 24 states, three provinces in Canada, Puerto Rico and Japan," says Witt. "Research shows that sitting on the balls makes them sit up straighter. You can slouch on a ball," says Witt, "but it feels awful." Because the students are moving, their blood increases. That carries more oxygen to the brain, so the kids have more energy and can focus longer.

"Besides, they're fun." says Pownall.

32. What will happen if a student sits on a chair all day in school? The student will _________.

A. pay more attention to his lessons B. be fun

C. like to move around D. sit up straighter

33. In how many countries are the balls used as the students' chairs?

A. Four. B. Three. C. Two. D. One.

34. Teachers choose balls instead of chairs because sitting on balls helps the kids____.

A. improve the students' posture and attention

B. slouch on the chairs

C. have fun

D. Both A and C are correct answers.

35. Which is better for kids to study in class, sitting on a chair or sitting on a ball?

A. Sitting on a chair. B. Sitting on a ball.

C. They are the same. D. We don't know.

第二节 (共5小题; 每小题2分, 满分10分)

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Once there was a very poor villager. He found it difficult even to support his family. 36 He walked about in the streets, but he did not get a job. One day, he met a rich businessman, who gave him the job of cleaning the office. The villager began his work and he even started reading and writing in his spare time.

One day, the businessman saw that the villager was writing something. He said, “You can also read and write! Your handwriting is very good.” 37 The villager began to do this job as best as he could.

Later, the businessman learnt that the villager was good at accounting, and he made him his shop accountant. The other accountants were very jealous of the villager’s abilities. They told the businessman that the villager had a small room where he hid the money stolen from him. 38

One day, they had their chance. They saw the villager going into ‘that’ room. 39 When they came back and opened the door, there was nothing in that room except an ordinary box.

The villager was ordered to open the box with his own hands. And there was only a pair of dirty shoes and some old clothes. 40 At the same time, he was so angry with the jealous accountants that he fired them at once. The villager was made the only accountant for his office.

A. He came to a big city hoping to find a job.

B. They closed the door behind him and ran to the bu