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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，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑A“I would say, no matter what people tell you, anything can happen.“ Thats the message Internet singer Austin Mahone says at We Day, an event for young people in Canada.When he was 14，Austin and a fri
2、end began uploading pop songs to musical websites.“I was just doing it because we had nothing to do, living in a small town.“Id check different websites for the hottest songs, and Id record my own videos,“ he explains. “Thats how people began to find me online.“His videos got millions of hits and he
3、 signed with a record company. The result was the release of Austins first album, Junior Year. While it seems like a sudden rise for the teenager, Austin admits the early days were not always fun. He says a lot of people thought badly of him for posting his videos online. Yet this didnt put him off.
4、“I kept working hard. “And the hits on his videos kept coming.Austins achievement and spirit make him a perfect fit for the message of We Day. After all, Free the Children, the creator of the event, was founded to “enable youth to make changes.“ Even Austins unusual rise by way of the Internet fits
5、with the way Free The children works and raises money.Because of Austin, his four million followers will learn about Free the Children. While Austins presence certainly helps We Day, its good for him, too. Austin gets to show himself as someone who volunteers his time and talent for a worthy cause a
6、nd show that he cares about making the world a better place.21.Why did Austin put pop songs on musical websites?A. He was bored with his life there. B. To attract peoples attention.C. To help advertise the songs. D. His friend asked him to do so.来源:Zxxk.Com22.What does the underlined word “this“ in
7、Paragraph 3 refer to ?A. Austins sudden rise. B. Peoples dissatisfaction.C. The release of Junior Year. 来源:学科网D. Signing with a record company.23.What Austin did at We Day .A. was a win-win situationB. set an example for all the singersC. first made him become known to the publicD. led many young pe
8、ople to be volunteersBIt was dangerously cold. A few drivers slipping and sliding off the road and back on again had cut deep ruts（车辙）in the mud. And the ruts became frozen solid. The drum of our trucks aging engine worried us.Trees and bushes heavy with snow bent to form an icy tunnel. We inched al
9、ong the scary route as Howard grasped the steering wheel（方向盘）tightly, trying to keep the truck in the ruts. We were now riding through a nightmare with no going back. I kept praying the truck would not quit.However, the engines coughing grew worse. We came to a bumping stop. Hot tears ran down my fa
10、ce. We noticed a small house off in the distance. “I will go for help.“ Howards words ruined my common sense and panic took over. We would take the children we would walk to that house together!But the snow was deep, and our two children, asleep in the cab, were too heavy to carry. My husband convin
11、ced me to let him go alone. If no one was home or they didnt answer the door, he would come back and wed try to hike out to a main road. For now, it was safer in the truck. I wish I could say I have faith, but when he walked away, I was mad at the world.It seemed as if hours had passed before I hear
12、d a familiar voice and a kind laugh of another man as they approached in the snow. The older fellow invited us to go up to the house where his wife was waiting. Two wide-awake kids moved across the seat, ready for adventure. Their voices and laughter carried in the cold night air. When we finally go
13、t close, a cheerful woman opened the door. Warm air and the smell of hot buttered popcorn and chocolate drew us in.Relieved, my prayers were heard!24. What made the author worried after Howard left the truck?A. Her being locked in the truck.B. Howards failure to get the help.C. Childrens fear in the
14、 freezing night.D. The trucks sudden move in the frozen mud.25. What can we learn about the older couple from Paragraph 5?A. They were willing to offer help.B. They loved making friends with children.C. They enjoyed cooking in cold winter nights.D. They came across the Howards on the way home.26. Wh
15、at would be the best title of the passage?A. A Scary Night B. Mans PrayerC. A Truck Accident D. Gods AnswerCToday, many people use plants from other places to design their yards. Well, do they have any influence on animals living nearby? As we know, plants supply food for things like insects and pla
16、nt-eating animals. In turn, birds and meat-eating animals feed on these insects and plant-eating animals. It is easy to see how important plants are.Although foreign plants may look beautiful, they can cause problems when there are too many of them. I live in Virginia, USA, and sometimes see a plantcommonly known as Kudzu that seems to cover everything in the area, even climbing
