Ⅲ阅读(共两节，满分40分)   

第一节 阅读理解(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A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答

题卡上将该项涂黑。

                           The Diet Zone: A Dangerous Place

   Diet Coke, diet Pepsi, diet pills, no-fat diet, vegetable diet... We are surroundedby the word "diet" everywhere we look and listen. We have so easily been attractedby the promise and potential of diet products that we have stopped thinking aboutwhat diet products are doing to us. We are paying for products that harm us

psychologically and physically.

   Diet products significantly weakenus psychologically. On one level, we are not

allowing our brain to admit that our weight problems lie not in actually losing the

weight, but in controlling the consumption of fatty, high-calorie, unhealthy foods.

Diet products allow us to jump over the thinking stage and go straight for the scale

instead. All we have to do is to swallow or recognize the word "diet" in food labels.

   On another level, diet products have greater psychological effects. Every time wehave a zero-calorie drink, we are telling ourselves without our awareness that wedon't have to work to get results. Diet products make people believe that gain comes without pain, and that life can be without resistance and struggle.

   The danger of diet products lies not only in the psychological effects they have onus, but also in the physical harm that they cause. Diet foods can indirectly harm ourbodies because consuming them instead of healthy foods means we are preventing ourbodies from having basic nutrients (营养成分). Diet foods and diet pills contain zerocalorie only because the diet industry has created chemicals to produce these wonderproducts. Diet products, may not be nutritional, and the chemical that go into dietproducts are potentially dangerous.                                                                                                                                                                                          

   Now that we are aware of the effects that diet products have on us, it is time toseriously think about buying them. Losing weight lies in the power of minds, not inthe power of chemicals. Once we realize this, we will be much better able to resist

diet products, and therefore prevent the psychological harm that comes from using

them.

41. From Paragraph 1, we learn that__________.

  A. diet products fail to bring out people's potential

  B. people have difficulty in choosing diet products

  C. diet products are misleading people

  D. people are fed up with diet products

42. One psychological effect of diet products is that people tend to__________.

  A. try out a variety of diet foods

  B. hesitate before they enjoy diet foods.

  C. pay attention to their own eating habits

  D. watch their weight rather than their diet

43. In Paragraph 3, "gain comes without pain" probably means________.

  A. losing weight is effortless

  B. it costs a lot to lose weight

  C. diet products bring no pain

  D. diet products are free from calories                        ,

44. Diet products indirectly harm people physically because such products_________.

  A. are over-consumed

  B. lack basic nutrients

  C. are short of chemicals

  D. provide too much energy

45. Which of the following shows the structure of the passage?

 

Once we have________some knowledge, things do not become more difficult, but comprehensible.

A．required          B．acquired          C．inquired          D．inspired

 

Whenever the sun dropped and the blue sky came up, my father and I used to climb the mountain near my house. Walking together, my father and I used to have a lot of conversations through which I learned lessons from his experiences. He always told me, “ You should have goals(目标） like climbing the mountain.” Without the mountain- climbing that we both enjoyed, we couldn’t have enough time to spend together because my father was very busy. I really got a lot from the mountain-climbing. It gave me time to talk with my father and to be in deep thought as well as develop my patience.

Once we climbed a very high mountain. It was so challenging(挑战) for me because I was only ten years old. During the first few hours of climbing, I enjoyed the flowers and trees, and the bird’s singing. But as time passed, I got a pain （痛）in both of my legs. I wanted to give up climbing, but my father said to me, “You can always see a beautiful sky at the top of the mountain, but you can’t see it before reaching the top. Only there can you see all of the nice things, which is just like your life.”

At that time, I was too young to understand his words. But later after that, I got to know the meaning of hope in life. I found myself standing at the top of the mountain, and the sky was as clear as crystal.

1.According to the passage, which advantage that the writer got from climbing the mountain with his father isn’t mentioned?

A．Deep thought.

B．Exercise.

C．Patience.

D．Communication.

2.The underlined word “crystal” in the passage means _______.

A．岩石

B．火焰

C．水晶

D．寒冰

3.Which of the following is the closest in meaning to the underlined words in the second paragraph?

A．You will get all you need at the top of the mountain.

B．The sky is always as clear as crystal.

C．You can find life is full of nice things.

D．Never give up half-way.

4.We can infer(推断) from the last paragraph that _______.

A．the writer was very successful in his life

B．the writer reached the top of the mountain

C．though the writer was young, he could understand his father

D．the writer used to stop half-way when he climbed the mountain

5.The best title for this passage is ________.

A．Reaching the Top of the Mountain

B．Standing at the Top of the Mountain

C．Conversations between Father and Son

D．How to Get to the Top of the Mountain

 

    While I studied at school，I felt a great difficulty in learning my Latin translations. I was always very  36  in using a dictionary，and   37   it most difficult，while to other boys it seemed no  38   .

    I formed an alliance(盟友) with a boy in the Sixth Grade. He was very clever and  39  read Latin as easily as English .My friend for his part was almost as  40  troubled by the English essays he had to write for the headmaster as I was  41  these Latin words. We agreed together that he should   42   me my Latin translations and that I should do his essays. The arrangement   43     wonderfully . The headmaster seemed quite  44  with my work，and I had more time to myself in the morning .On the other hand，once a week   45   I had to compose the essays of my friend. For several months no difficulty   46  ，but once we were nearly caught out.

    One afternoon，the headmaster  47  my friend to discuss one essay with him in a lively spirit. “I was interested in this   48   you make here. I think you might have gone further. Tell me   49   you had in your mind.” The headmaster continued in this  50  for some time to fear of my friend. However the headmaster，not wishing to  51  an occasion of praise into  52  of fault-finding，finally  53  him go. He came back to me like a man who had had a very narrow  54  and I made up my mind to make every effort to study my  55  .

36. A. quick          B. slow                 C. hard                 D. good

37. A .made              B. got                  C. found               D. left

38. A. trouble        B. difference                C. labor                       D. worry

39. A. might         B. would              C. should              D. could

40. A. very                  B. little                 C. much               D. few

41. A. for             B. by                    C. in                    D. to

42. A. change        B. take                 C. forgive             D. tell

43. A. worked       B. tried                 C. happened          D. developed

44. A. angry          B. satisfied           C. frightened         D. sad

45. A. or so                  B. or else              C. as usual           D. as far

46. A. became       B. seemed             C. lay                  D. appeared

47. A. called         B. taught              C. arranged                  D. sent

48. A. aim           B. goal                 C. point                D. opinion

49. A. why           B. how                 C. which               D. what

50. A. excitement          B. way                 C. meaning                  D. disappointment

51. A. turn           B. leave                C. grow                D. become

52. A. none                  B. one                         C. either               D. some

53. A. ordered       B. asked               C. took                 D. let

54. A. surprise       B. escape              C. hope                D. chance

55. A. reading       B. writing             C. translations       D. essays

America is a mobile society. Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon if situations change. Neither side feels hurt by this. Both may exchange Christmas greetings for a year or two, perhaps a few letters for a while—then no more. If the same two people meet again by chance, even years later, they pick up the friendship. This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand, because friendships between us develop more slowly but then may become lifelong feelings, extending(延伸) sometimes deeply into both families.

Americans are ready to receive us foreigners at their homes, share their holidays, and their home life. They will enjoy welcoming us and be pleased if we accept their hospitality(好客) easily.

Another difficult point for us Chinese to understand Americans is that although they include us warmly in their personal everyday lives, they don’t show their politeness to us if it requires a great deal of time. This is usually the opposite of the practice in our country where we may be generous with our time. Sometimes, we, as hosts, will appear at airports even in the middle of the night to meet a friend. We may take days off to act as guides to our foreign friends. The Americans, however, express their welcome usually at homes, but truly can not manage the time to do a great deal with a visitor outside their daily routine. They will probably expect us to get ourselves from the airport to our own hotel by bus. And they expect that we will phone them from there. Once we arrive at their homes, the welcome will be full, warm and real. We will find ourselves treated hospitably.

For the Americans, it is often considered more friendly to invite a friend to their homes than to go to restaurants, except for purely business matters. So accept their hospitality at home!

1.The writer of this passage must be ________.

A．an American       B．a Chinese          C．a professor        D．a student

2.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Friendships between Americans usually extend deeply into their families.

B．Friendships between Americans usually last for all their lives.

C．Americans always show their warmth even if they are very busy.

D．Americans will continue their friendships again even after a long break.

3.From the last two paragraphs we can learn that when we arrive in America to visit an American friend, we will probably be ________.

A．warmly welcomed at the airport            B．offered a ride to his/her home

C．treated hospitably at his/her home          D．treated to dinner in a restaurant

4.The underlined words “generous with our time” in Paragraph 3 probably mean ________.

A．strict with time                         B．willing to spend time

C．careful with time                        D．serious with time

5.A suitable title for this passage would probably be “________”.  

A．Americans’ and Chinese’s views of friendships  B．Americans’ hospitality

C．Friendships between Chinese              D．Friendships between Americans