第部分 阅读理解(共两节，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和D)中，选出最佳选项。
A
Greg Evans started to study film at Ryerson University, but had a change of heart and switched to social work at George Brown College in second year. Yet the college recognized only one of Evans' generalinterest credits from Ryerson, and also made him take English all over again although he had passed it at university.
“So I spent time and money taking a course I had already taken before, which took up time I could have been working another shift every week，” complained Evans. “The system really needs to change.”Evans was part of a chorus of Ontario students Monday cheering a new $ 73.7 million fiveyear plan to help students switch from college to university, and vice versa.
After years of urging from students, Queen's Park unveiled a new Credit Transfer Innovation Fund to provide student advisers, an interactive website and orientation programs to help students move back and forth between the more handson courses of community college to the often broader academic focus of a university degree. “We hear horror stories about students who can't get recognition from one institution for a very similar course at another, and in one case I believe the same professor was teaching them both，” noted Milloy after announcing the new fund.
Individual colleges and universities have hammered out nearly 500 mutual deals to honor each other's credits in certain courses, but the province wants more, especially between clusters of postsecondary institutions. It will require each school to set targets for more credittransfer agreements, and link these increases to provincial funding.
More than 4,000 college graduates transfer(转学) to university in Ontario every yeartwice as many as eight years ago, noted Justin Fox, president of the College Student Alliance. Yet Ontario universities and colleges have been cautious about transferring credits, in part to avoid duplicating each other's courses, noted Bonnie Patterson, president of the Council of Ontario Universities, who welcomed the increased flexibility.
21.What happened when Greg Evans switched to social work at George Brown
College?
A.He was considered to be unqualified for social work.
B.His previous credits were not all recognized.
C.He wasn't able to get enough credits.
D.His English didn't reach the required standard.
22. With the new $73.7 million fiveyear plan, students can________.
A.get enough money to go to university
B.switch between colleges and universities
C.get enough generalinterest credits
D.have a wise choice of courses
.According to Paragraph 3, Milloy believes ________.
A.it is time that the system was changed
B.the same professor can't teach in different schools
C.students should focus on their chosen courses
D.the students' stories are horrible
.Ontario universities and colleges have been cautious about transferring credits
partly to________.
A.avoid accepting unqualified studentsB.keep their similar courses
C.prevent courses from becoming similarD.attract famous professors
B
Late that afternoon I took the train back to Sydney. There I found another surprise waiting for me. My room had been given to somebody else and they had no room for me. Harkin had known my travel plans and had arranged everything; how could he have booked the room only for three days? There was nothing to be done but to find another hotel. The waiters were happy to find me a new hotel, and when I said that I was happy to stay at the Airport, thinking it might be cheaper than staying in the city, they suggested the Holiday Inn at the airport. There was one small matter: the room rate was $300 per night. The best hotel in Katoomba had wanted only$145. I asked if there were anything cheaper they might suggest but they warned that most hotels would already be full by this time.
The hotel was far from the train station, so I'd best take a taxi, at $25. On the way to the Holiday Inn, we passed a hotel just two blocks from the Holiday Inn that advertised a room rate of $104. At the desk I asked if their room rate could go down a lot. “No, this is a 4star hotel，”the waiter told me. “In that case，” I replied, “I'll just walk the two blocks to the cheap hotel.”But she warned me that they were probably full and that if I didn't take the room, it might not be available if I came back. Finally，I decided to take the room.
The room itself was big, but the air conditioning couldn't keep up with the Australian heat. I couldn't get to sleep until about 1：00 am.
25.Why did the writer have to look for another hotel?
A.He didn't book early.B.Harkin made a mistake.
C.He was short of money.D.He wasn't well received.
.How did the writer feel when hearing the room rate at the Holiday Inn?
A.Nervous. B.Happy.C.Surprised. D.Relaxed.
.What was the weather like at that moment?
A.Cool. B.Warm. C.Cold. D.Hot.
.Why did the writer take a room in the Holiday Inn finally?
A.It's a 4star hotel.B.It' s around the station.
C.It was midnight then.D.The room was in great demand.
C
BIG storms. High waves. Technical failures. Loneliness. After battling hard times and danger for over nine months, British teenager Mike Perham made history last month as the youngest person to sail solo (单独地) around the world.
The 17yearold made the record after he cleared the Panama Canal (巴拿马运河) and then sailed through the Caribbean and home across the Atlantic.
Mike is only three months younger than Zac Sunderland，the 17yearold Amencan boy who had taken the crown as the youngest solo aroundtheworld sailor in July.
The two youngsters met in Cape Town in South Africa as they crossed the globe in different directions. Mike insisted they were not rivals (竞争对手). “ No. It's two teenagers going out there, living their dream and having the adventure of a lifetime，” he said.
Mike may he young, but he is no stranger to sailing adventures. He picked up the hobby at age 6 when his father took him out in a small boat on a local lake. Father and son sailed separate boats across the Atlantic when Mike was 14, making him the youngest person to cross that ocean solo. That record gave him the taste for this even greater challenge.
On the recent journey, the scariest moment for Mike came when his sailboat was hit by storms in the southern Indian Ocean.
“We were picked up by what felt like a 60foot wave and throw down on our side at 90 degrees，” he said.
It felt like I was going right over. Stuff was flying around and I just thought‘Oh，no'.
At other times, he had to dive into the Pacific and fix problems. He tied himself to the boat, jumped into the water and went to work with a knife in 30second dives underneath the boat to cut a rope away.
Mike said he felt proud that he made his dream come true.“You've got to have confidence in yourself that you will make it，” he said.
29.What's the main idea of the passage?
A.A British teenager became the youngest person to sail solo around the world.
B.How a British teenager developed his sailing hobby.
C.A British teenager's brave experience.
D.A British teenager' s confidence.
.Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A.Mike Perham crossed the Panama Canal.
B.Mike and Zac took the crown as the youngest solo aroundtheworld sailor at
the same age.
C.The two youngsters crossed the globe in different directions.
D.Mike was never frightened during the sailing.
31.What does the underlined word “taste” in the fifth paragraph mean?
A.Savor. B.Preference.C.Experience. D.Ability.
