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1、第三局部：阅读理解30分四、阅读以下短文，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选择一个正确答案，并在答题纸上写出所选的字母符号。每题2分，共20分短文理解1 An Extraordinary Change or Direction Molly Wilson had been a dancer and a mother for many years when she decided to sail round the world to raise money for charity. As a child she had trained as a ballet dancer, but at 15 she
2、had grown too tall for classical ballet, so she became a member of a pop dance team. She got married, and after she had children she retired from show business to bring them up. They grew up, and when they were 18 they left home. She says, “When I decided to do the round- the world race, my husband
3、thought I was bored because the children had left home. He was also worried because I had never sailed before. I was not bored, but I had met some people who told me about the race. They had taken part in it, but they had only done one section, say, from New Zealand to Australia. I wanted to do the
4、whole ten-month journey. Before Molly left she did a lot of training, but it hadnt prepared her for the worst weather which they experienced. She tells one story. “One night the sea was very rough and it was very cold. I had gone downstairs when a huge wave smashed into the boat and injured two men
5、on the deck. One of the men couldnt move because he had broken his leg. They were taken to hospital by helicopter. That was the worst time. By the end of October last year, she had raised more than 50,000 pounds for charity. She says, “ Sometimes I ask myself, what did I do? How did I do it? But the
6、n I think, its the same as being a dancer. Before I left on the trip, I had trained hard. I had got very fit and had prepared myself completely. Then on the trip I was simply a good team member.26. What does the word “extraordinary mean in the title? _B_A. very ordinaryB. very unusual and surprising
7、C. not specialD. extreme27. The sentence “ my husband thought I was bored “ in Para. 4 meant that my husband thought I felt _A_.A. dissatisfied because I had nothing better to do at homeB. annoyed because I had to wait long for my children to come back homeC. happy because I could do something I was
8、 interested in instead of taking care of childrenD. sad because all the children left me when they grow up28. The word “section in Para. 4 most probably means here _C_A. group of peopleB. part of the trainingC. part of the route of sailD. part of the job29. Which of the following is nearest ( closes
9、t) in meaning to “rough in the sentence “One night the sea was very rough in Para. 5? _C_A. not exactB. difficultC. not smooth because of huge wavesD. pleasant30. The last paragraph suggests that _A_.A. the qualities she needed for the trip were the same as those for a dancerB. many years of dancing
10、 had already prepared her for the sail completely, so she neednt do anything before the journeyC. she should be kind to other team members during the tripD. she should not forget dancing during the trip短文理解 2In the last 500 years, nothing about peoplenot their clothes, ideas, or languages has change
11、d as much as what they eat. The original chocolate drink was made from the seeds of the cocoa tree by South American Indians. The Spanish introduced it to the rest of the world during the 1500s. And although it was very expensive, it quickly became fashionable. In London shops where chocolate drinks
12、 were served became important meeting places. Some still exist today.The potato is also from the New World. Around 1600, the Spanish brought it from Peru to Europe, where it soon was widely grown. Ireland became so dependent on it that thousands of Irish people starved when the crop failed during th
13、e “Potato Famine of 1845-6, and thousands more were forced to emigrate to America.There are many other foods that have traveled from South America to the Old World. But some others went in the opposite direction. Brazil is now the Worlds largest grower of coffee, and coffee is an important crop in C
14、olombia and other South American countries. But it is native to Ethiopia. It is first made into a drink by Arabs during the 1400s.According to an Arabic legend, coffee was discovered when a goatherd named Kaldi noticed that his goats were attracted to the red berries on a coffee bush. He tried one a
15、nd experienced the “wide-awake feeling that one-third of the worlds population now starts the day with.31. According to the passage, which of the following has changed the most in the last 500 years? _A_A.FoodB. Potato C.ChocolateD. Coffee32. “Some in “Some still exist today refers to _C_.A. some co
16、coa treesB. some shopsC. some chocolate drinks D. some South American Indians33. Thousands of Irish people starved during the “Potato Famine because _D_.A. they were so dependent on the potato that they refused to eat anything else.B. they were forced to emigrate to AmericaC. the weather conditions in Ireland were not suit
