四、阅读理解(共19小题:每小题2分,满分38分)
第一节阅读下面三篇短文,根据短文内容,从所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。(共14小题;每小题2分,满分28分)
(1)
Chinese has been added to the graduation exam list by Sophie Scholl, an Italian high school and 29 students will take the test this year. This high school is mainly about language in northeastern Italy. It has become the first school in the country to list Chinese as a graduation exam subject. The Chinese course has been taught at this Italian school for 5 years, and 145 of its 910 students have chosen to study Chinese. Maria, director of the school, said Chinese will become a global (全球的) language in the future and they set up the course because many students had asked for it. "There were only a few schools in Italy which provided Chinese courses then, but now, Chinese courses have become an important part of our teaching plan," she said.
Robert is a student in this school. He is going to take the Chinese test this year. He said that Speaking Chinese is not so difficult, it was difficult for them to understand the same word in different sentences and read Chinese poets, but writing Chinese characters (汉字) is the most difficult part of learning the language. "Although learning Chinese is difficult for Italian students, when considering looking for better jobs abroad, China must be my top choice," he said
51. How many students will take the Chinese test this year according to the text?
A. 5
B. 29
C.145
D.910
52. Why have many Italian students chosen to study Chinese?
A. They think Chinese will become a global language in the future.
B. Learning Chinese is easy for Italian.
C. They want to travel to China.
D. Think they can find good jobs only in China.
53. What is the most difficult thing for Italian students to study Chinese?
A. Speaking Chinese.
B. Reading Chinese poets.
C. Understanding the same won in different sentences.
D. Writing Chinese characters.
54. Which of the following is not true according to the text?
A. Sophie Scholl is a high school mainly about Chinese.
B. Sophie Scholl has become Italy’s first school to list Chinese as a graduation exam subject.
C. Chinese courses have become an important part of their leaching plan.
D. There were only a few schools in Italy which provided Chinese courses then.
(2)
A poor farmer had a friend who was famous for the wonderful apples he grew.
One day, his friend gave the farmer a young apple tree and told him to take it home and plant it. The farmer was pleased with the gift, but when he got home, he did not know where lo plant it.
He was afraid that if he planted the tree near the road, strangers would steal the fruit. If he planted the tree in one of his fields, his neighbors would come al night and steal some of the apples. If he planted the tree near his house, his children would take the fruit.
Finally he planted the tree in his woods (树林) where no one could see it. But without sunlight and good soil, the tree soon died.
Later the friend asked the farmer why he had planted the tree in such a poor place. "What's the difference?” the farmer said angrily."If I had planted the tree near the road, strangers would have stolen the fruit. If I had planted the tree in one of my fields, my neighbors would have come at night and stolen some of the apples. If I had planted it near my house, my own children would have taken the fruit.”
"Yes," said the friend, "but at least someone could have enjoyed the fruit. Now you not only have robbed (抢夺) everyone of the fruit, but also you have destroyed (摧毁) a good apple tree!"
55. What did the farmer's friend give him one day?
A. An apple.
B. Some apples.
C. A young tree.
D. Some young trees.
56. Why didn't the farmer want to plant the tree in his field?
A. He thought strangers would steal the fruit.
B. He thought the tree would die.
C. He thought his children would take the fruit.
D. He thought his neighbors would steal the fruit.
57. Where did the farmer plant the young tree?
A. Near the road.
B. In his field.
C. In his woods.
D. Near the house.
58. Why did the young tree die in the end?
A. Strangers pulled out the tree.
B. His neighbors cut down the tree.
C. His children broke the tree.
D. There was less sunlight and poor soil.
59. What does the story tell us?
A. We should care about others' feelings.
B. We should learn to share beautiful things.
C. The young tree can provide apples for us when it grows up.
D. The young tree can grow up one day.
(3)
Beauly sleep is a real thing, researches have shown that people who have enough sleep look more attractive (有魅力的) to others.
A few bad nights is enough to make a person look "especially" more ugly, their sleep experiments show.
The researchers asked 25 university students to Join in their sleep experiment. They were asked to get a good night's sleep for two nights.
A week later, they were asked to sleep for only four hours every night for two nights in a row.
The researchers took make-up free (素颜) photos of the volunteers after both the good and the bad sleep.
Next, they asked 122 strangers to have a look at the photos and judge (评价) them on attractiveness, health, and sleepiness, as well as asking them: "How much would you like to make friends with this person in the picture?"
The strangers were good at judging if the person they were looking at was tired, and, if they were sleepy, their attractiveness score was low.
The strangers also said they wouldn't want to socialize with the tired students. The researchers say this is natural for people. An unhealthy-looking face makes people run away. In other words, people don't want to hang around with people who might be ill.
Dr. Brewer, an expert at the University of Liverpool said "Judgement of attractiveness is often unconscious (无意识的), hut we all do it, and we are able to judge on even son民 thing small like whether someone looks tired or unhealthy. This study is a good reminder of how important sleep is to us."
60. When did the researchers lake make-up free photos?
A. After two nights good sleep.
B. After two nights bad sleep.
C. Before the experiment.
D. After both two nights good sleep and two nights' had sleep.
61. The researchers asked the strangers to do the following except _______.
A. telling who looked healthier
B. telling who didn't have many friends
C. telling who missed a lot of sleep
D. telling who was attractive
62. What kind of friends did the strangers like to make?
A. The people who were tired.
B. The people who were sleepy.
C. The people who were unhealthy.
D. The people who were attractive and energetic.
63. What does the underlined word "socialize "mean in Chinese?
A.合伙
B.玩耍
C.交往
D.共事
64. According to the passage, which of the following is the best title?
A. Beauty sleep, More attractive
B. More sleep, More Friends
C. Less sleep, Fewer friends
D. No attractiveness, No friends
第二节 阅读还原(共5小题;每小题2分,满分10分)
阅读下面的短文,根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入文中空白处的最佳选项。(提示:每个选项只用一次,选项中有一项为多余选项)
When you speak, write a letter, or make a telephone, your words carry a message. People communicate with words. 65________ A smile on your face shows you are happy or friendly. Tears (眼泪) in your eyes tell others that you are sad. 66________ the teacher knows you want to say something or ask questions, You shake your head and people know you are saying "No". You nod and people know you are saying "Yes".
67 ________ For example, a sign at the bus stop helps you to know which bus to take. A sign on the door tells you where to go in or out. Have you ever thought that there are a lot of other signs around you and that you receive messages from them all the time? 68 _______ An artist can use his drawings to tell about the beautiful mountains, the blue seas and many other thing. A writer writes books to tell you about all the wonderful things in the world and also about people and their ideas. 69_________ They can help us lo know what is going on in the world and what other people are thinking about.
A. People can communicate in many other ways.
B. But do you know people also communicate without words?
C. If you make noise in class.
D. When you put up your hands in class.
E. Magazines, TV, radio and films all help us communicate with others.
F. Other things can also carry messages.
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