第三部分：阅读理解，共两节，共40分。
第一节，阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 
After her parents separated, things at Tami’s house changed. Her mom, was busy working, and Tami became responsible for the house and making meals for herself and her younger sister. Though money was tight, they never went without. They had a nice home in a modest neighborhood. What Tami missed most of all, though, was family.
Tami spent the summer during her ninth grade year working at a park to earn exam spending money. Her job was to organize activities for the kids who spent their summer days at the park. The kids absolutely loved Tami. She was constantly going out of her way to do things for them. She would plan picnics, organize field trips and even buy ice cream for all of them, using her own money. She always did more than the job required, even if it did mean using her own money.
She got to know one little boy who lived in an apartment across the street from the park. His parents both worked at fast – food restaurants, and she knew that they didn’t have much money. The boy talked about his upcoming birthday and the fire truck he wanted so badly. He said he was going to be a fireman some day and needed the truck to practice. He told Tami more details about the truck than she knew a boy truck could have.
The boy’s birthday came and went. The next day when Tami saw the boy, she expected to see a shiny red truck in his arms. When he arrived empty – handed, she asked whether he had got the truck. The boy said no. His parents were going to get it for him later, when things were better. He seemed a little sad.
That week, Tami eased her paycheck and headed for the toy stores. She found the truck easily – after all, from his descriptions, she felt she knew it inside out. She used the money from her paycheck to buy the truck, and then had it wrapped in birthday paper.
56. What can we learn from the first paragraph?
A. They didn’t need worry too much about their living.
B. Tami’s sister became more responsible.
C. Tami began to earn money.  
D. Her mother changed her job.
57. Why did Tami buy the birthday present for the boy using her own money?
A. Because he was poorer than she.  
B. Because he was her best friend.
C. Because she wanted him to be a fireman.
D. because she wanted him to feel love around him.
58. What can we learn from the underlined sentence?
A. She knew how much money she would pay.
B. She knew she should check the toy truck inside out.
C. She was fully aware which toy truck the boy wanted.
D. She walked inside and then out of the toy store several times.
59. Which of the following could be the opening sentence of the next paragraph?
A. The next morning, Tami rode to the boy’s house and left the truck at the door.
B. When the boy showed up at the park that day, he was more excited than ever.
C. He showed off his new truck to Tami, and then played with it all day long.
D. That afternoon, the boy’s mom came to the park and walked over to Tami.

第三部分：阅读理解，共两节，共40分。

第一节，阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 

After her parents separated, things at Tami’s house changed. Her mom, was busy working, and Tami became responsible for the house and making meals for herself and her younger sister. Though money was tight, they never went without. They had a nice home in a modest neighborhood. What Tami missed most of all, though, was family.

Tami spent the summer during her ninth grade year working at a park to earn exam spending money. Her job was to organize activities for the kids who spent their summer days at the park. The kids absolutely loved Tami. She was constantly going out of her way to do things for them. She would plan picnics, organize field trips and even buy ice cream for all of them, using her own money. She always did more than the job required, even if it did mean using her own money.

She got to know one little boy who lived in an apartment across the street from the park. His parents both worked at fast – food restaurants, and she knew that they didn’t have much money. The boy talked about his upcoming birthday and the fire truck he wanted so badly. He said he was going to be a fireman some day and needed the truck to practice. He told Tami more details about the truck than she knew a boy truck could have.

The boy’s birthday came and went. The next day when Tami saw the boy, she expected to see a shiny red truck in his arms. When he arrived empty – handed, she asked whether he had got the truck. The boy said no. His parents were going to get it for him later, when things were better. He seemed a little sad.

That week, Tami eased her paycheck and headed for the toy stores. She found the truck easily – after all, from his descriptions, she felt she knew it inside out. She used the money from her paycheck to buy the truck, and then had it wrapped in birthday paper.

56. What can we learn from the first paragraph?

A. They didn’t need worry too much about their living.

B. Tami’s sister became more responsible.

C. Tami began to earn money.   

D. Her mother changed her job.

57. Why did Tami buy the birthday present for the boy using her own money?

A. Because he was poorer than she.   

B. Because he was her best friend.

C. Because she wanted him to be a fireman.

D. because she wanted him to feel love around him.

58. What can we learn from the underlined sentence?

A. She knew how much money she would pay.

B. She knew she should check the toy truck inside out.

C. She was fully aware which toy truck the boy wanted.

D. She walked inside and then out of the toy store several times.

59. Which of the following could be the opening sentence of the next paragraph?

A. The next morning, Tami rode to the boy’s house and left the truck at the door.

B. When the boy showed up at the park that day, he was more excited than ever.

C. He showed off his new truck to Tami, and then played with it all day long.

D. That afternoon, the boy’s mom came to the park and walked over to Tami.

阅读下列文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳答案。

Amos Grundy and Sam Spangler had been playing checkers (棋子) together for about twenty-five years. They kept their scores of wins and losses carefully on yellow lined paper. You might call it sort of life time checker tournament (比赛). Sam was leading 5000 games to 0. He liked it that way because he liked to win. Amos kept trying and his motto was “Don't give up. You can't lose them all.”

    Now Game 5001 began pretty much like any other game. Sam and Amos sat in their regular chairs—Sam looking confident and unbeatable-Amos nervously rubbing his white rabbit's foot. Rain was banging(猛击) loudly on the windows and there was the rumble(隆隆)of thunder shaking overhead.

    Sam was playing the blacks. Amos was playing the reds. Neither man smoke. Sam moved. Amos moved. Sam moved. Amos moved. But Amos for once was making all the right moves.

    He double-jumped Sam.

    He triple()-jumped Sam.

    He made one king and another king.

    Amos played the game of his life and he won it! “Rats!” said Sam. He wasn't used to losing. After winning 5000 straight games a loss was pretty hard to take. He grumbled (三倍的) . “But I'm still 4999 games ahead of you, Amos.” “Maybe so.” said Amos, “but we've got 5000 games to go, I'm going to win this tournament!”

1．Amos has Lost 5000 games, ________.

    A. so he would give up

    B. so he wouldn't go on playing

    C. but he wouldn't be disappointed

    D. because he was so old

2．The reason why Amos won Game 5001 was ________.

    A. that it had begun pretty much like any other game

    B. that he happened to play the reds

    C. that Sam had thought to lose it

    D. that he had trade all the right moves

3．The final score was ________.

A. 5000 to 1　　　　　　　　    B. 5001 to 1

C. 4999 to 1　　　　　　　　    D. 5000 to 0

阅读理解

阅读下列文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳答案。

Amos Grundy and Sam Spangler had been playing checkers (棋子) together for about twenty-five years. They kept their scores of wins and losses carefully on yellow lined paper. You might call it sort of life time checker tournament (比赛). Sam was leading 5000 games to 0. He liked it that way because he liked to win. Amos kept trying and his motto was “Don't give up. You can't lose them all.”

    Now Game 5001 began pretty much like any other game. Sam and Amos sat in their regular chairs—Sam looking confident and unbeatable-Amos nervously rubbing his white rabbit's foot. Rain was banging(猛击) loudly on the windows and there was the rumble(隆隆)of thunder shaking overhead.

    Sam was playing the blacks. Amos was playing the reds. Neither man smoke. Sam moved. Amos moved. Sam moved. Amos moved. But Amos for once was making all the right moves.

    He double-jumped Sam.

    He triple()-jumped Sam.

    He made one king and another king.

    Amos played the game of his life and he won it! “Rats!” said Sam. He wasn't used to losing. After winning 5000 straight games a loss was pretty hard to take. He grumbled (三倍的) . “But I'm still 4999 games ahead of you, Amos.” “Maybe so.” said Amos, “but we've got 5000 games to go, I'm going to win this tournament!”

1．Amos has Lost 5000 games, ________.

    A. so he would give up

    B. so he wouldn't go on playing

    C. but he wouldn't be disappointed

    D. because he was so old

2．The reason why Amos won Game 5001 was ________.

    A. that it had begun pretty much like any other game

    B. that he happened to play the reds

    C. that Sam had thought to lose it

    D. that he had trade all the right moves

3．The final score was ________.

A. 5000 to 1　　　　　　　　    B. 5001 to 1

C. 4999 to 1　　　　　　　　    D. 5000 to 0