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1、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（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AThere once was a very honest shopkeeper whose business was to provide goods to the local people. He would open his shop at 8:00 a.m. after having his breakfast and at 1:00 p.m. he would go for lunch. In the evening at 8:30
2、p.m. he closed his shop to complete his daily routine.However, to get time for lunch was really difficult because he didnt have anybody to help him at that time. Therefore, it was his daily practice that whichever customer was shopping at 1:00 p.m. would be asked to oversee (看管) the shop until the s
3、hopkeeper returned from lunch.One day, a group of four thieves planned to steal from his shop while he was gone for lunch. One of the thieves went at 1:00 p.m. to be the customer that would be asked tooversee the shop.The thief, pretending to be a customer, went in at 1:00 p.m. and started buying se
4、veral items. As planned, the shopkeeper asked the thief to sit on his chair for thirty minutes until he returned from lunch.Then, the other three thieves quickly came and told the pretended customer to help, but something had changed within him and he knew deeply in his heart that if he was given re
5、sponsibility for the shop, he should not perform any dishonest acts during that time. His friends did not agree. As the now honest man tried to stop them, they resisted (抵抗) and a fight started. And at the same time the shopkeeper returned and asked why there was a fight. The now honest man explaine
6、d the entire plan.The shopkeeper had been searching for an honest man who could take ownership of the shop and run it. The shopkeeper felt that he had found the right man.56. What is the problem for the shopkeeper? A. Nobody could prepare lunch for him every day. B. He had nobody to keep the shop wh
7、en he went for lunch. C. He was too busy to have lunch every day. D. He couldnt find a person to work at the shop.57. When the shopkeeper returned from lunch, he found _. A. everything in his shop was stolenB. the thief became the new owner of the shop C. there was a fight in his shop D. the thief h
8、elped his fellows steal things from his shop 58. Which of the following statements is TRUE? A. There was only one shop in the town where the local people could go shopping. B. The shopkeeper was too old to look after the shop himself. C. The shopkeeper finally found the right man to run the shop. D.
9、 The thief was one of the shopkeepers friends, so he changed his mind.59. From the passage, we can infer that _. A. once a thief, he will always be a thief B. an honest man will be responsible for his action C. you cant believe in a dishonest man forever D. trust can change a thief into an honest ma
10、nBEverybody hates rats. But in the earthquake capitals of the world Japan, Los Angeles, Turkey rats will soon be mans new best friends.What happens after an earthquake? We send in rescue dogs. Why? Because they can smell people. Dogs save lives. They help rescuers to find living people. But dogs are
11、 big and they cant get into small spaces. So now a new research project is using a smaller animal to save lives: the rat.How does it work? First , the rat is trained to smell people. When this happens, the rats brain gives a signal.This is sent to a small radio on its back, and then the rescuers fol
12、low the radio signals. When rats brain activity jumps, the rescuers know that someone is alive. The rat has smelled that person.Although there are already robots which can do this job, rats are better. Christian Linster at Cornell University, New York, says, “Robots noses dont work well when there a
13、re other smells around. Rats are good at that. ” Rats can also see in the dark. They are cheaper and quicker to train than dogs, and unlike robots, they dont need electricity!The “rat project” is not finished, but Julie Ryan of International Rescue Corps in Scotland says, “It would be fantastic. A r
14、at could get into spaces we couldnt get to, and a rat would get out if it wasnt safe.” Perhaps for the first time in history, people will he happy to see a rat in a building（but only after an earthquake, of course.）60In the world earthquake capitals, rats will become mans best friends because they c
15、an .Atake the place of mans rescue jobsBfind the position of people alive who are trapped in buildingsCserve as food for people alive who are trapped in buildingsDget into small spaces61From the third paragraph we know the rescuers can judge a person is alive by .Athe noise made by the rat Bthe rats unusual behaviourCthe signal sent by the radio on the rats backDthe smell given off by the person62In doing rescue jobs, Arats smell better than dogsBdogs dont need to be trained to smell peopleCrobots sense of smell can be affected by other smells around
