第三部分阅读理解
第一节词语配伍
从右栏所给选项中选出与左栏各项意义相符的选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
51. People look up new words in it.
52. People use it to keep off the rain.
53. People take it in the morning.
54. People wear it to get to know the time.
55. People read it for reports of the latest events.
A. camera
B. television
C. watch
D. umbrella
E. breakfast
F. dictionary
G. newspaper
第二节短文理解1
阅读下面短文，从A.(Right)、B.(Wrong)、C.(Doesn’t say)三个判断中选择一个正确选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Farmers do not like crows (乌鸦) because these birds eat newly-planted seeds (种子). Theyare afraid that they will not have anything left in autumn if the birds eat up all the seeds.
It is hard for farmers to get close enough to kill crows. Crows have very good eyes and good hearing. They are also very careful. While some are eating the newly-planted seeds, others sit on the tallest trees around the fields. "Caw-caw-caw," cries the first crow to see farmers coming. All the other "lookout" crows join in the crying and then, in no time at all, there is not a crow to be seen. Farmers have found several ways to kill crows. But it is good that there are still crows about. These birds are our friends. They pay for the seeds they eat by killing pests(害虫). One pest, for example, can eat up several plants in a few hours. With thousands of them at work in one night, we might find ourselves without food to eat. This is why we should not try to kill off the crow.
56. According to the writer, crows only bring troubles to farmers.
A. Right
B. Wrong
C. Doesn't say
57. It is not easy for farmers to kill crows.
A. Right
B. Wrong
C. Doesn't say
58. Farmers can get paid by killing pests.
A. Right
B. Wrong
C. Doesn't say
59. Up to now, no ways have been found to kill crows.
A. Right
B. Wrong
C. Doesn't say
60. Crows eat seeds and pests at night.
A. Right
B. Wrong
C. Doesn't say
第三节短文理解2
阅读下列短文，从A.、B.、C.三个选项中选择一个正确答案，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
请根据下面短文回答第61-65题：
Mara was going to stay with her friend Fanny for three days. A week before her trip, she called Fanny to tell her when the train would arrive. Fanny asked Mara to wait for her at the west entrance ( 入口 ) of the railway station.
The train arrived early. Mara didn't know the station very well and instead of going to the westentrance, she went out of the north entrance and waited for Fanny there.
Fanny checked at the information desk and found that the train had already arrived. She looked round near the west entrance of the station but couldn't see Mara anywhere. She began to think that Mara must have missed the train.
Mara waited at the north entrance, but she couldn't see Fanny. She decided that Fanny was not coming to meet her after all. So she walked across the road to the bus station and asked for the bus to Market Road, where Fanny lived.
You can imagine(想象 ) how surprised Fanny was when she arrived home and found Mara al-ready talking to her mother.
61. When did Mara tell Fanny about her train ride?
A. On the day of her trip.
B. A week before her trip.
C. Three days before her trip.
62. Why did Mara go out of the north entrance instead of the west entrance?
A. She didn't see Fanny at the west entrance.
B. She didn't know the station very well.
C. The north entrance was nearer.
63. Mara stopped waiting for Fanny at the station because________
A. she believed Fanny was not coming to meet her
B. she knew the way to Fanny's home
C. she thought Fanny was late
64. How did Mara get to Market Road after the train ride?
A. On foot.
B. By car.
C. By bus.
65. Where did Fanny meet Mara?
A. At Fanny's home.
B. At the north entrance.
C. At the information desk.
请根据下面短文回答第66—70题：
today we are sure that the mail will be sent every day to our door. But in the early days, noone could be sure about where--or when--the mail would arrive.
There is a stump (树桩) of a big tree in the state of Washington. It was once a "post office". Because people needed a place for the mail carrier(信使) to leave their letters, they found a tree at the cross of roads and cut it down ten feet from the ground. Then they hollowed it out and covered it with something. Inside, they put many boxes. Each box had a family's name on it. The mail carrier could leave letters there for everyone.
Even earlier, when there was no post services, people gave their letters to any traveler going in the right direction. Often they gave them to a traveling shoe maker. The traveler might stop in a small hotel and he would leave the letters there. But the letters stayed there until the person to re- ceive them happened to come by and stop at the hotel.today an airmail letter can travel across the world in much less time than that. And you knowthat your letter will go where you want it to go, and when.
66. What is the text about?
A. The uses of a mail box.
B. The early days of the mail.
C. The post service in Washington State.
67. Why did people cut down the tree?
A. to make it into a "post office".
B. to use it for building houses.
C. to build mail boxes.
68. What does "hollowed it out" mean in "Then they hollowed it out..."?
A. Made its inside empty.
B. Covered its stump up.
C. Cut it short.
69. Who often worked as a mail cartier when there was no post service?
A. A hotel owner.
B. A letter writer.
C. A shoe maker.
70. What do we know about the post service in the old days?
A. Hotels offered post service.
B. Letters were sent to the door.
C. When letters would arrive was not clear.
