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1、第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分35分）第一节（共10小题，每小题2.5分，满分25分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并再答题纸上将该项涂黑。ASuddenly another thought went through Kates mind like an electric shock. An express train was due to go past about thirty minutes later. If it were not stopped, that long train, full of passengers, would fall in
2、to the stream. “Someone must go to the station and warn the station-master,” Kate thought. But who was to go? She would have to go herself. There was no one else.In wind and rain, she started on her difficult was. Soon she was at the bridge that crossed the Des Moines River, a bridge also built of w
3、ood, just like the bridge across Honey Creek. The storm had not washed this away, but there was no footpath across it. She would have to cross it by stepping from sleeper(枕木) to sleeper. With great care she began the dangerous crossing, sometimes on her hands and knees, hardly daring to look down be
4、tween the sleepers into the wild flood waters below. If she should slip, she would fall between the sleepers, into the rapidly flowing stream.At last -she never knew how long it had taken her she felt solid ground under her feet. But there was no time to rest. She still had to run more than half a m
5、ile and had only a few minutes left. Unless she reached the station before the express did, many, many lives would be lost.She did reach the station just as the train came into sight. Fortunately, the station-master was standing outside. “The bridge is down! Stop the train! Oh, please stop it!” Kate
6、 shouted breathlessly.The station-master went pale. He rushed into the station building and came back with a signal light. He waved the red light as the train came into the station. It was not a second too early.21. What did Kate decide to do?A. Stop the express train.B. Check the signal light.C. Me
7、et the passengers.D. Visit the station-master.22. Which of the following words best describes Kates journey?A. Fruitless.B. Boring.C. Well-planned.D. Ricky.23. Why did the station-master turn pale?A. He suddenly fell ill.B. He realized the danger.C. He discovered his mistake.D. He became over-excite
8、d.BThe Crowne Plaza Hotel in Copenhagen is offering a free meal to man guest who is able to produce electricity for the hotel on an exercise bile linked to a generator(发电机). The idea is to get people fit and reduce their carbon footprint. Guest will have to produce at least 10 watt hours of electric
9、ity roughly 15 minutes of cycling for someone of average fitness. Guests staying at Plaza Hotel will be given meal tickets worth $36 once they have produced 10 watt hours of electricity. The bicycles will have smart phones attached to the handlebars measuring how much power is being generated for th
10、e hotel.The plan, a world-first, will start on 19 April and run for a year. Only guest staying at the hotel will be able to take part. Frederikke Toemmergaard, hotel spokeswoman, said, “Many of our visitors are business people who enjoy going to the gym. There might be people who will cycle just to
11、get a free meal, but generally I dont think people will take advantage of our programme.”Copenhagen has a long-standing cycling tradition an 36% of locals cycle to work each day, one of the highest percentages in the world, according to the website visitcopenhagen.dk. US environmental website recen
12、tly voted Copenhagen the worlds best city for cyclists. “Because Copenhagen is strongly connected with cycling, we felt the bicycle would work well as symbol of the hotels green profile(形象).”If successful, the electric bicycle meal programme will be spread to all Crowne Plaza hotels in the UK, the h
13、otel said in a statement.24. What is the main purpose of the free meal programme?A. To promote the hotels green concept.B. To make the city known to the world.C. To attract people to the hotel restaurant.D. To get guests to stay longer at the hotel.25. How can a participant get a free meal?A. By bec
14、oming a professional cyclist.B. By cycling to produce some electricity.C. By linking a smart phone to a bicycle.D. By monitoring his or her carbon footprint.26. Who are most likely to enter for the programme?A. The poor local people.B. The environment activists.C. Health-conscious hotel guest.D. Vis
15、itors fond of Copenhagen food.27. According to paragraph 3, Copenhagen has one of the worlds _.A. best chain hotelsB. greenest natural environmentsC. longest bike pathsD. highest rates of people cycling to workCDigital technology-email and smart phones especially-have vastly improved workers ability
16、 to be productive outside of a traditional office. Even so, most whit-collar work still happens in an office. One reason is that, according to findings of a new survey(调查) of office workers conducted by Wakefield Research for the IT company Citrix, most bosses are doubtful about remote working. Half of the workers say their boss doesnt accept it, and only 35 pe
