第三部分 阅读理解（满分40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。

    It had been some time since Jack had seen the old man. In the rush of his busy life, Jack had little time to think about the past and often no time to spend with his wife and son.

   Over the phone, his mother told him: "Mr. Belter died. The funeral is Wednesday."

   Memories flashed through his mind.

   "Jack, did you hear me?"

   "Oh sorry, Mom. Yes, I heard you. It’s been so long since I thought of him." Jack said.

   "Well, he didn’t forget you. Every time I saw him he’d ask how you were doing. He’d reminisce (追忆) about the many days you spent with him," Mom told him.

   "I loved that old house he lived in," Jack said.

   "You know, Jack, after your father died, Mr. Belter stepped in to make sure you had a man’s influence," she said.

   "He spent a lot of time teaching me things he thought were important... Mom, I’ll be there for the funeral," he said.

   Jack caught the next flight to his hometown. Belter’s funeral was small and uneventful (平凡的). Most of his relatives had passed away.

   Later, Jack and his mom stopped by to see the old house next door one more time. Standing in the doorway, Jack paused for a moment.

   "What’s wrong, Jack?" his mom asked.

   "There was a small gold box that he kept locked on top of his desk. I must have asked him a thousand times what was inside. All he’d ever tell me was ‘the thing I value most''," Jack said.

   It was gone. He figured someone from the Belter family had taken it.

   "Now I’ll never know what was so valuable to him," Jack said.

   Back home, two weeks later Jack received a package. "From Mr. Harold Belter," it read. Inside were the gold box and an envelope.

   "Upon my death, please forward this box and its contents to Jack Bennett. It’s the thing I valued most in my life." A small key was taped  to the letter. Jack carefully unlocked the box. There inside he found a beautiful gold pocket watch. He unlatched (打开) the cover. Inside he found these words:

   "Jack, Thanks for your time! –Harold Belter."

   "The thing he valued most... was... my time."

   Jack held the watch for a few minutes, then called his office and cleared his appointments for the next two days. "Why?" Janet, his assistant asked.

   "I need some time to spend with my son," he said. "Oh, by the way, Janet... thanks for your time!"

56. Jack seemed to have forgotten Mr. Belter before his mother called because ______.

A. he was too busy with his work to think about Mr. Belter

B. he was too devoted to his family to think about Mr. Belter

C. they had been separated from each other for a long time

D. Mr. Belter was nobody in his life

57. Jack’s mother told him all of the following about Mr. Belter on the phone EXCEPT that ______.

A. Mr. Belter often asked how Jack was doing

B. Mr. Belter’s funeral would take place on Wednesday

C. Mr. Belter had asked for Jack’s mailing address

D. Mr. Belter had pleasant memories of their time together

58. What was Jack’s attitude towards Mr. Belter?

A. Admiring.      B. Grateful.      C. Disrespectful.       D. Dissatisfied.

59. Mr. Belter sent Jack his gold watch to ______.

A. let Jack know his secret           

B. tell him how important time is

C. remind him to spend more time with his family

D. show his appreciation for the time Jack had spent with him

Brian Walker chews pens. He bites them so hard that his boss has warned him to stop or buy his own. Kate’s weakness is more acceptable-she is unable to walk past a cake shop without overeating Sophin Cartier finds her cigarette habit a headache, while Alice’s thumb-sucking drives her boy friend crazy. Four people with very different habits, but they all share a common problem anxiety disorder or, in serious cases. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD).

From nail-biting to too much hand-washing, overeating and internet addiction（上瘾）,OCD is widespread in almost every workplace and countless home. “It is a relatively common form of nxiety,”says Dr. Mootee. “The main feature of OCD is the repetition of unwanted obsessive（过度的） thoughts such as worries that doors are left unlocked , gas or electrical appliances are left on.” In order to fight against the essay checking door locks and gas or electrical appliandces.

 Dr. Mootee says that repetitive washing, particularly of the hands, is the most common type of OCD.  She has treated many patients who wash their hands up to 30 times a day. The technique Mootee uses to treat people with OCD is called cognitive-behavioral therapy（认知行为疗法）.“It is based on the general idea that people have the ability to change the way they think and behave,”says Mootee.

But when does a habit become a problem? “It’s personal,”says Mootee.“Everyone has something unusual, but if you can’t put up with it, then it’s a problem and you need to do something to change it.”Mootee says many people resist for treatment because they fear they are“crazy”. But as people become more knowledgeable about these problems they will go and get help. The only way to cure is to conquer.

68.If a person suffers from OCD, be is likely to keep doing any of the following EXCEPT   .

  A. chewing pens           B. hurting himself

C. sucking fingers          D. biting nails

69.According to the passage, a person suffering from OCD    .

  A. reduces his/her anxiety by taking drugs

B. gets into unwanted habits to relieve stress

C. has unwanted thoughts about habits

D. has unwanted thoughts because of illness

70. Dr. Mootee’s treating lechnique is based on the idea that    .

   A. every one has something different

B. people can put up with their problems

C. people can chat their way of thinking and action

D. people tend to repeat their obsessive actions

71. By saying “The only way to cure is to conquer.” Dr. Mootee suggests that an OCD sufferer   .

   A. has to be an extraordinary person

B. must cure his illness by himself

C. must overcome many physical illnesses

D. should have a right attitude towards the problem

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1. 5分，满分30分）

　　阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

When Dunstan Cass left the cottage, Silas Marner was only a hundred meters away. He was

walking home from the village, where he had   36   to buy what he needed   37    his next day’s work. His legs were tired, but he felt almost happy. He was looking forward to  38  , when he would bring out his gold．Tonight he had an extra reason to hurry home. He was going to eat hot meat, which was   39   for him. And it would   40   him nothing, because someone had given him a piece of meat as a present. He left it   41   over the fire. The door key was needed to hold it safe in place, but Cass was not at all   42  about leaving his gold in the cottage with the door

  43  . He could not imagine that a thief would   44    his way through the mist, rain and darkness to the little cottage by the quarry ( 采石场 ).

   When he reached his cottage and opened the door, he did not notice   45     anything was different. He   46   is wet coat, and pushed the meat   47    he fire.   48   he was warm again, he began to think about his gold . It seemed a long time to wait until after super, when he usually brought out coins to look at.   49     he decided to bring out his gold immediately, while the meat was still cooking.

   But when he   50    he floorboards near the loom, and saw the   51   hole, he did not understand   52  . His heart beat violently as his trembling hands felt all round the hole. There was    53    !he put his hands to his head and tried to think . Had he put his gold in a different place, and forgotten about it? He   54    every corner of this small cottage, until he could not pretend to himself any more. He had to accept the truth----his gold had been  55   !

36．A．arrived          B．been          C．left           D．gone

37．A．to              B．in                  C．for           D．with

38．A．holiday      B．old           C．supper-time    D．meat

39．A．ordinary     B．unusual             C．normal        D．common

40．A．pay                 B．spend               C．take           D．cost

41．A．boiling              B．cooking             C．smoking       D．making

42．A．interesting           B．worried             C．interested       D．worrying

43．A．unlocked      B．uncovered           C．discovered     D．locked

44．A．go          B．lead               C．find           D．lose

45．A．whether        B．that                C．because      D．as

46．A．turned off          B．threw into          C．threw off            D．got off

47．A．away from          B．farther on           C．on to        D．closer to

48．A．As soon as          B．As well as          C．No sooner     D．As long as

49．A．But                B．As                 C．So                 D．For

50．A．took down          B．took after      C．took over            D．took up

51．A．dark               B．empty       C．small        D．deep

52．A．at last              B．at once          C．at most              D．at least

53．A．everything           B．something           C．nothing      D．anything

54．A．search              B．search for            C．looked into   D．found

55．A．gone                B．missed              C．lost           D．stolen

— Is he said ____ his car lost?

— Yes. He was so foolish ____ leave his car ____.

A. that…that…unlock  

B. to have had…as to…unlocked

C. to have…to…unlock

D. to have…for him to…unlocked

阅读下面短文，根据以下要求：1）汉语提示；2）首字母提示；3）语境提示，在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词，并将该词完整地写在相对应的横线上。所填单词要求意义准确、拼写正确。
It’s believed that you can quite easily improve your ability to remember
things through practice and exercise. But e_____ if you are successful,    
there are times ______ your memory seems to play tricks on you.        
Sometimes you remember things ______ really did not happen. Take           
one morning last week as an ______. I got up and found that I had          
l      the front door unlocked all night, yet I clearly remember          
locking it ______(仔细地) the night before. Memory “tricks” work the     
other way as well. Once in a while you remember ______ doing something 
and then find out that you d______. One day last month I was sitting           
in a barber shop w______ for my turn to get a haircut, and suddenly I          
______(意识到) that I actually got a haircut two days before.