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1、1英语试题第三部分：阅读理解（共 20 小题，每小题 2 分，满分 40 分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中选出最佳答案。AGrand OpeningBentwood Truck MuseumSaturday, November 8, at 10:00 A. M.After eighteen months of hard work by more than 100 volunteers, the Bent wood Truck Museum is ready to open. The old factory on the corner of Palmer Street and Norma
2、n Drive had been scheduled to be destroyed. When Roger Haygood heard about the plans to tear down the building, he bought it so that he could store his collection of old trucks there. Then he had the idea of turning the building into a truck museum.During the past year and a half, the old building h
3、as been transformed into a treasure chest of memories. Instead of a dark and dull house, the building has become a cheery, bright home for all kinds of trucks from the past.The museum now houses 68 trucks, and we hope to have even more soon. There is a 1959 school bus, a 1942 bakery truck, and a 193
4、7 fire engine. Our oldest vehicle is a 1919 milk truck. Our newest vehicle is a 1966 tow truck.You can take a ride on a fire truck, a mail truck, or an ice cream truck. Rides are $ 2.00, but you can get a ticket for a free ride at any grocery store in Bentwood.Help us celebrate our grand opening by
5、bringing your family and friends! There is something to interest everyone who attends. The Bentwood Truck Museum is a special piece of our history.To get to Bentwood Truck Museum, take Route 29 (Kingston Highway) to Palmer Street.Go south on Palmer Street for one block and take a left onto Norman Dr
6、ive.You will see the museum building and the amusement park on your left.Parking is available across the street, on your right.256In which of the following can visitors take a ride?AA milk truck.BAn ice cream truck.CA bakery truck.DA school bus.57What is special about this museum?AIt is built on the
7、 ruins of an old building.BIt offers visitors free rides to the museum.CIt exhibits trucks dating back to 100 years ago.DIts transformed from an old factory by volunteers.58Whats the purpose of writing this passage?ATo introduce the old history of Bentwood Truck Museum.BTo persuade readers to attend
8、 the opening of the museum.CTo explain why Bentwood Truck Museum was set up.DTo call on the visitors to take a ride in old trucks.BOne of the qualities that most people admire in others is the willingness to admit ones mistakes. It is extremely hard sometimes to say a simple thing like “I was wrong
9、about that, ”and it is even harder to say, “I was wrong, and you were right about that. ”I had an experience recently with someone admitting to me that he had made a mistake fifteen years ago. He told me he had been the manager of a certain grocery store in the neighborhood where I grew up, and he a
10、sked me if I remembered the egg cartons （箱子）. Then he related an incident and I began to remember clearly the incident he was describing. I was about eight years old at the time, and I had gone into the store with my mother to do the 3weekly grocery shopping. On that particular day, I must have foun
11、d my way to the dairy food department where the incident took place. There must have been a special sale on eggs that day because there was an impressive display of eggs in dozen and half-dozen cartons. The cartons were stacked three or four feet high. I must have stopped in front of a display to ad
12、mire the stacks. Just then a woman came by pushing her grocery cart and knocked off the stacks of cartons. For some reason, I decided it was up to me to put the display back together, so I went to work. The Manager heard the noise and came rushing over to see what had happened. When he appeared, I w
13、as on my knees inspecting （examining）some of the cartons to see if any of the eggs were broken, but to him it looked as though I was the criminal. He severely scolded me and wanted me to pay for any broken eggs. I protested my innocence and tried to explain, but it did no good. Even though I quickly
14、 forgot all about the incident, obviously the manager did not. 59. The author was _ when he wrote this article. A. about 8 B. about 18 C. about 23 D. about 1560. Who was to blame for knocking off the stacks of cartons? A. The author. B. The manager. C. The woman. D. The authors mother. 61. When the
15、manager scolded him the author _. A. was frightened and cried B. tried to explain C. did not say anything D. felt the manager was right 62. It can be inferred that the author _. A. regrets arguing with the manager for what he didnt do B. would like to tell people never to be fooled by an egg sale C.
16、 has forgiven the manager for what he did to him fifteen years ago D. expects the woman to say sorry to him for the mistake she madeCThe first thing I do when I wake up is to make a mental list of all things I have to do that day. Im very organized! Then I get up and have my bath. Often my best matchmaking ideas come while Im in the bath. Sometimes I have a really good idea about who might be with whom.4Before I did matchmaking, I wa
