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1、第I卷第二部分:阅读理解(共两节20小题，每小题2分，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，D中，选出最佳选项。 AMa Donghan and Ma Dongxin, 23, both postgraduates, are called the “Tsinghua twin sisters xueba (study overlords)” on Renren, a popular Chinese social networking service website for students. The post about them
2、 has received tens of thousands of views.“Someone called me a study god, but I think it refers to people with great talent who can get good scores with little effort,” said Ma Donghan, a doctoral candidate at the Department of Precision Instruments and Mechanology.“Study overlord is more appropriate
3、 because it means that you work hard with a clear purpose. You have to manage your life well.”Ma Donghan, who had the top average grades in her class at school for three years in a row and scored over 95 in many subjects, said that she first began to make a daily study schedule during the second sem
4、ester at university. She found it hard to adapt to university life and faced difficulties she had not expected. “I felt I had too many things to do, and that I couldnt do everything well,” she said.So Ma Donghan learned how to mange time from her sister and designed a detailed schedule for herself.
5、Besides listing her assignments every day, she also wrote down her state of mind after completing them.The twin sisters won Tsighua Universitys special scholarship in 2011, which is awarded to only five students a year. Ma Donghan recalled that she explained her schedule during the oral exam to show
6、 her learning method. “I didnt expect it would cause such a stir,” she said.Lots of xchools and departments invited Ma Donghan to talk about her leaning experience. But after several talks she realized that what she can do for others is limited. “You need to rely on yourself,” she said.The twin sist
7、ers both decided to stay at Tsinghua University to pursue their PhD degrees. “Everyone has different values. Some prefer a relaxed life, but I enjoy hard work,” Ma Donghand said. “Im happy.21. Which of the followings is TRUE according to the passage?A. Ma Donghan and Ma dongxin can get good scores w
8、ith little effort.B. Ma Donghan began to make a daily schedule as soon as entering university.C. Ma Donghan and Ma Dongxin are popular on Renren.D. The twins are among the 5hree students to win the special scholarship.22. Whats the purpose of this passage?A. To advise students to use the learning ex
9、perience of the twins.B. To tell us something about “Tsinghua twin sister xueba”.C. To show the advantages girls have in college study.D. To introduce the twins experience from high school to college.23. We can infer from the passage that .A. The twins will leave college after getting their masters
10、degree.B. Ma Donghan enjoys the relaxing university life.C. Ma Dongxins learning method is better than her sisters.D. The twins often help each other in their studies.24. Which words can best describe the twin sisters?A. generous and warm-hearted B. talented and brave C. perseverant and stubbomD. mo
11、dest and hard-workingBWinters are long and unforgiving in North Dakota. The winter of 1996 was especially terrible. It was a difficult time in my own life, too. A neck injury had kept me flat in bed for nearly a year. I was finally allowed up for short periods in March. “Just in time for Easter,” my
12、 husband, Dick, said. But how could I feel the joy when the snow was four feet deep and I had months of painful physical treatment ahead?I was doing the dishes on day, feeling hopeless when there was a tap against. The glass. It was a branch of the troublesome cottonwood.Back in the fall of 1979, it
13、 was a new subdivision then, an eight-foot stick. The people whod briefly occupied the house before us had placed the pipe from the pump next to it. The earth was so wet. That the poor thing had fallen down, most of its bare root system pointing skyward, blowing hopelessly back and forth in the cold
14、 wind. Dick decided to pull it out one day, but I protested.“Look at how hard its trying!” I said, pointing to the way it strongly kept hold of the earth. “It deserves a chance.”Dick borrowed some tools. We packed dry soil around the tree and put up some posts into the ground, making it stand uprigh
15、t. That winter was surprisingly warm. In the spring my “rescue stick” put forth a few leaves, then with lots of branches. The year after that, we were able to remove the posts. By the 1990s that little stick was a giant, towering over the house.Every year, its long, loose red catkins (柔荑花序，柳絮) fell
16、all over our yard. In the fall, long after every other tree had dropped its leaves, the cottonwood held them, until the weight of the snow brought them down. When spring came, not only did we have the catkins to clean up, but a yard full of wet leaves.Now the tapping at the window continued, louder as the wind picked up, almost as though to tell me to look up. At last, I did. I caught my breath.
