第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分,满分40分）
阅读下列短文,从每篇短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
No one knows where the phrase "Indian summer" got started, we are sure that the phrase was wellknown by the year 1778,because Crevecoeur, an American writer, described it like this:"a hard frost(霜冻)follows the autumn rains. This prepares the ground to receive the snows of winter. But before the snows come, the earth turns warm once again and there are a few days of smoke and mildness called Indian summer."
There is a story about Indian summer that goes back to the very first settlers of the New World. The first frost meant winter was coming. Snow would soon follow.
The Indians, seeing the settlers preparing for winter, told them not to hurry. The weather would turn warm again, mild breezes would blow and the sky would turn soft and smoky. And so it did. The sun became hotter,and a bright warm smoke flowed over the fields and woods. The settlers, remembering the words of the Indians, called this wonderful period Indian summer.
But the Indians have their own stories about this late period of warm weather. One of their stories is about a god called Shawondasee.
Shawondasee was a sad god because he had lost the love of a tall and beautiful Indian maiden. The sad and beautiful story caught the imagination of the American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. In 1855 he included the story of Shawondasee in his poem "The song of Hiawatha".
The story goes like this: God Shawondasee, fat and lazy, lived under the dreamy and never-ending southern sun. He sent birds and wild geese to the north, as well as melons and grapes. He smoked a big pipe, and as the smoke rises, it filled the sky with dreamy softness, gave a bright shine to the water and brought the tender Indian summer to the melancholy northland.
There is something about this period of warm weather that gives people a lift and makes them feel warm and happy before the long snows of winter come.
61.Which season does "Indian summer" refer to?
A. Early spring.       B. Late summer.         C. Mid-autumn.        D. Early winter.
62.Which of the following best describes the weather of this period of time?
A. Hot and humid.    B. Warm and mild.     C. Cool and bright.    D. Cold and smoky.
63.The Indians' explanation to this natural phenomenon is that God Shawondasee_______.
A. lived under the dreamy southern sun         B. took pity on the homeless settlers
C. smoked a lot because of his bad mood       D. lent his smoking pipe to the Indians
64.What is the meaning of the underlined word "melancholy"?
A. Sad and lonely.                  B. Dreamy and exciting.
C. Soft and musical.                D. Warm and happy.

第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分,满分40分）

 阅读下列短文,从每篇短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

No one knows where the phrase "Indian summer" got started, we are sure that the phrase was wellknown by the year 1778,because Crevecoeur, an American writer, described it like this:"a hard frost(霜冻)follows the autumn rains. This prepares the ground to receive the snows of winter. But before the snows come, the earth turns warm once again and there are a few days of smoke and mildness called Indian summer."

There is a story about Indian summer that goes back to the very first settlers of the New World. The first frost meant winter was coming. Snow would soon follow.

The Indians, seeing the settlers preparing for winter, told them not to hurry. The weather would turn warm again, mild breezes would blow and the sky would turn soft and smoky. And so it did. The sun became hotter,and a bright warm smoke flowed over the fields and woods. The settlers, remembering the words of the Indians, called this wonderful period Indian summer.

But the Indians have their own stories about this late period of warm weather. One of their stories is about a god called Shawondasee.

Shawondasee was a sad god because he had lost the love of a tall and beautiful Indian maiden. The sad and beautiful story caught the imagination of the American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. In 1855 he included the story of Shawondasee in his poem "The song of Hiawatha".

The story goes like this: God Shawondasee, fat and lazy, lived under the dreamy and never-ending southern sun. He sent birds and wild geese to the north, as well as melons and grapes. He smoked a big pipe, and as the smoke rises, it filled the sky with dreamy softness, gave a bright shine to the water and brought the tender Indian summer to the melancholy northland.

There is something about this period of warm weather that gives people a lift and makes them feel warm and happy before the long snows of winter come.

61.Which season does "Indian summer" refer to?

      A. Early spring.        B. Late summer.          C. Mid-autumn.         D. Early winter.

62.Which of the following best describes the weather of this period of time?

      A. Hot and humid.    B. Warm and mild.      C. Cool and bright.     D. Cold and smoky.

63.The Indians' explanation to this natural phenomenon is that God Shawondasee_______.

      A. lived under the dreamy southern sun          B. took pity on the homeless settlers

      C. smoked a lot because of his bad mood        D. lent his smoking pipe to the Indians

64.What is the meaning of the underlined word "melancholy"?

      A. Sad and lonely.                   B. Dreamy and exciting.

      C. Soft and musical.                 D. Warm and happy.

完形填空（共15题，每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，掌握大意，然后从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳答案，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A long time ago, in a small house in Scotland, two friends lived together. Their names were John and Bobby.
John and Bobby were not  16   , and they had few things except friends,    17    they were happy. They lit a warm fire when it was cold outside. They had food to eat when they were hungry. They were  never     18     because they had each other.
John and Bobby     19     to take long walks together. After their     20     John usually cooked the dinner. John and Bobby ate the dinner and then     21    in front of the fire. They had a(n)     22     but happy life.
Then John developed a(n)     23     disease and died in the spring of 1858. He was  24     in a grave (坟墓). After that, Bobby stood at John’s grave and shouted. “Come on, Bobby,” John’s     25     said. “It’s time to go home.” Bobby went home, but later he returned to the grave. He     26     near it. He stayed there all night.
Bobby stayed at the grave site the next day, and the day after another. For the next 14 years, Bobby never left the    27    . When the weather was cold, he slept in a small house near the grave. When it was     28    , he slept on the ground near John’s grave.
29    , in 1872, Bobby died, too. John’s friends buried him in a     30     grave near John’s. Why was Bobby’s grave so little? Bobby, John’s best friend, was a dog.
16. A. rich                  B. lucky          C. beautiful      D. funny 
17. A. and               B. or         C. but             D. so
18. A. lonely           B. alone         C. worried                D. separate
19. A. failed   B. competed  C. imagined         D. liked
20. A. work           B. rest     C. run                 D. walk
21. A. sang                B. talked          C. sat    D. studied
22. A. hard                 B. sad          C. easy         D. simple
23. A. serious  B. unhealthy   C. big     D. sick
24. A. put                   B. escaped       C. stored         D. buried
25. A. friends B. children  C. parents   D. brothers
26. A. got up    B. turned down         C. sat down D. put up
27. A. garage   B. grave         C. home          D. town
28. A. cool                  B. warm        C. wet                D. rainy
29. A. Luckily    B. Quickly        C. Finally   D. Interestingly
30. A. large     B. small    C. firm     D. weak

完形填空（共15题，每小题1分，满分15分）

阅读下面短文，掌握大意，然后从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳答案，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A long time ago, in a small house in Scotland, two friends lived together. Their names were John and Bobby.

John and Bobby were not  16   , and they had few things except friends,    17    they were happy. They lit a warm fire when it was cold outside. They had food to eat when they were hungry. They were  never     18     because they had each other.

John and Bobby     19     to take long walks together. After their     20     John usually cooked the dinner. John and Bobby ate the dinner and then     21    in front of the fire. They had a(n)     22     but happy life.

Then John developed a(n)     23     disease and died in the spring of 1858. He was  24     in a grave (坟墓). After that, Bobby stood at John’s grave and shouted. “Come on, Bobby,” John’s     25     said. “It’s time to go home.” Bobby went home, but later he returned to the grave. He     26     near it. He stayed there all night.

Bobby stayed at the grave site the next day, and the day after another. For the next 14 years, Bobby never left the    27    . When the weather was cold, he slept in a small house near the grave. When it was     28    , he slept on the ground near John’s grave.

29    , in 1872, Bobby died, too. John’s friends buried him in a     30     grave near John’s. Why was Bobby’s grave so little? Bobby, John’s best friend, was a dog.

16. A. rich                  B. lucky          C. beautiful      D. funny 

17. A. and               B. or         C. but             D. so

18. A. lonely           B. alone         C. worried                D. separate

19. A. failed   B. competed  C. imagined         D. liked

20. A. work           B. rest     C. run                 D. walk

21. A. sang                B. talked          C. sat    D. studied

22. A. hard                 B. sad          C. easy         D. simple

23. A. serious  B. unhealthy   C. big     D. sick

24. A. put                   B. escaped       C. stored         D. buried

25. A. friends B. children  C. parents   D. brothers

26. A. got up    B. turned down         C. sat down D. put up

27. A. garage   B. grave         C. home          D. town

28. A. cool                  B. warm        C. wet                D. rainy

29. A. Luckily    B. Quickly        C. Finally   D. Interestingly

30. A. large     B. small    C. firm     D. weak

完形填空（共15题，每小题1分，满分15分）

阅读下面短文，掌握大意，然后从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳答案，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

  A long time ago, in a small house in Scotland, two friends lived together. Their names were John and Bobby.

John and Bobby were not  16   , and they had few things except friends,    17    they were happy. They lit a warm fire when it was cold outside. They had food to eat when they were hungry. They were  never     18     because they had each other.

    John and Bobby     19     to take long walks together. After their     20     John usually cooked the dinner. John and Bobby ate the dinner and then     21    in front of the fire. They had a(n)     22     but happy life.

Then John developed a(n)     23     disease and died in the spring of 1858. He was  24     in a grave (坟墓). After that, Bobby stood at John’s grave and shouted. “Come on, Bobby,” John’s     25     said. “It’s time to go home.” Bobby went home, but later he returned to the grave. He     26     near it. He stayed there all night.

Bobby stayed at the grave site the next day, and the day after another. For the next 14 years, Bobby never left the    27    . When the weather was cold, he slept in a small house near the grave. When it was     28    , he slept on the ground near John’s grave.

    29    , in 1872, Bobby died, too. John’s friends buried him in a     30     grave near John’s. Why was Bobby’s grave so little? Bobby, John’s best friend, was a dog.

16. A. rich                  B. lucky           C. beautiful      D. funny 

17. A. and                B. or           C. but              D. so

18. A. lonely            B. alone          C. worried                D. separate

19. A. failed   B. competed  C. imagined          D. liked

20. A. work            B. rest     C. run                 D. walk

21. A. sang                B. talked          C. sat     D. studied

22. A. hard                 B. sad           C. easy          D. simple

23. A. serious  B. unhealthy   C. big     D. sick

24. A. put                   B. escaped       C. stored          D. buried

25. A. friends B. children  C. parents    D. brothers

26. A. got up    B. turned down          C. sat down D. put up

27. A. garage   B. grave          C. home            D. town

28. A. cool                  B. warm         C. wet                D. rainy

29. A. Luckily    B. Quickly        C. Finally   D. Interestingly

30. A. large     B. small    C. firm      D. weak