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1、第二部分 阅读理解(共两节,满分40分)第一节(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,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AShare with us!Would you like to have your writing published in this magazine?Then let us know! We pay for stories, anecdotes and jokes:Anecdotes and Jokes50Whats made you laugh recently? A funny sign? A collea
2、gues be haviour? Got a joke? Send it in for Laughter is the Best Medicine!Email: JSmart AnimalsUp to 100Send us a tale about the strange behaviour of unique pets or wildlife in up 300 words.Email: Power of LoveUp to 150Acts of generosity can change lives or just give you that warm feeling full of lo
3、ve. Share your moments 100500 words.Email: My Story350Do you have an inspiring or life-changing story to tell? Your story must be true, unpublished, original and 800-1000words.Email: For more information, please visit: http:/./share1. How much will the magazine pay for a joke to be published? A. 50
4、B. 100 C. 150 D.3502. If you want to share a story of your pets with the readers, you need to submit it to _. A. Anecdotes and Jokes B. Smart Animals C. Power of Love D. My Story3. A story showing peoples generosity should be emailed to the editor at _. A. B. C. A D. 4. An inspiring story sent to
5、the magazine should _. A. describe strange behaviour B. contain less than 800 words C. be real and original D. be published beforeB When the dog named Judy spotted the first sheep in her life, she did what comes naturally. The four-year-old dog set off racing after the sheep across several fields an
6、d, being a city animal, lost both her sheep and her sense of direction. Then she ran along the edge of cliff( 悬崖) and fell 100 feet, bouncing off a rock into the sea. Her owner Mike Holden panicked and celled the coastguard of Cornwall, who turned up in seconds . Six volunteers slid down the cliff w
7、ith the help of a rope but gave up all hope of finding her alive after a 90-minute search. Three days later, a hurricane hit the coast near Cornwall. Mr. Holden returned home from his holiday upset and convinced his pet was dead. He comforted himself with the thought she had died in the most beautif
8、ul part of the country. For the next two weeks, the Holdens were heartbroken . Then, one day, the phone rang and Steve Tregear, the coastguard of Cornwall, asked Holder if he would like his dog bark. A birdwatcher, armed with a telescope, found the pet sitting desperately on a rock. While he sounded
9、 the alarm, a student from Leeds climbed down the cliff to collect Judy. The dog had initially been knocked unconscious(失去知觉的)but had survived by drinking water from a fresh scream at the base of the cliff. She may have fed on the body of a sheep which had also fallen over the edge. “The dog was ver
10、y thin and hungry,” Steve Tregear said , “It was a very dog. She survived because of a plentiful supply of fresh water,” he added. It was ,as Mr. Holden admitted, “a minor miracle(奇迹)”. 5. The dog Jody fell down the cliff when she was _. A. rescuing her owner B. caught in a hurricane C. blocked by a
11、 rock D. running after a sheep6. Who spotted Judy after the accident? A. A birdwatcher B. A student from Leeds C. Six volunteer D. The coastguard of Cornwall7. What can we infer from the text? A. People like to travel with their pets. B. Judy was taken to the fields for hunting. C. Luck plays a vita
12、l role in Judys survival. D. Holden cared little where Judy was buried.8. Which of the following can be the best title for the text? A. Miracle of the Coastguard. B. Surviving a Hurricane. C. Dangers in the Wild D. Coming Back from the Dead.C Harvard University in the United States has been ranked a
13、s the university with the best “reputation(名誉)” in the world. The Times Higher Education magazine has listed 200 top universities all over the world based on how they are regarded by a group of international college teachers. That is to say the list measures how universities are regarded, rather tha
14、n how they actually performed.A subjective, word-of-mouth (口碑的) quality such as “reputation” has genuine economic (经济的) value for universities, said Simon Marginson, professor of higher education at the University of Melbourne in Australia.“Reputation is not just an impression, though it might be no
15、t as reliable as performance by objective indicators (客观指标),” said Prof Marginson.Based on the views of 13,000 college teachers around the world, it confirms the power of the big US universities, which dominate this list. Seven of the top 10 are US universities, headed by Harvard and Massachusetts Inst