第三部分：阅读理解(共两节，40分)
第一节：(共15小题；每小题2分，共30分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
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The sun shone in through the dining room window，lighting up the hardwood floor We had been talking there for nearly two hours．The phone of the“Nightline”rang yet again and Morrie asked his helper．Connie，to get it She had been taking down the callers’names in Morrie’s small black appointment book It was clear 1 was not the only one interested in visiting my old professor—the“Nightline”appearance had made him something of a big figure—but I was impressed with．perhaps even a bit envious of，all the friends that Morrie seemed to have
“You know．Mitch，now that I'm dying，I've become much more interesting to people．I’m
on the last great journey here——and people want me to tell them what to pack．”
The phone rang again．
“Morrie，can you talk?”Connie asked
“I’m visiting with my old friend now，”he announced．“Let them call back．”
I cannot tell you why he received me so warmly．I was hardly the promising student who had left him sixteen years earlier．Had it not been for“Nightline，”Morrie might have died without ever seeing me again．
What happened to me?
The eighties happened The nineties happened．Death and sickness and getting fat and going bald happened．I traded lots of dreams for a bigger paycheck，and I never even realized I was doing it Yet here was Morrie talking with the wonder of our college years，as if I'd Simply been on a long vacation
“Have you found someone to share your heart with?” he asked
“Are you at peace with yourself?”
“Are you trying to be as human as you can be?”
I felt ashamed，wanting to show I had been trying hard to work out such questions．What
happened to me? I once promised myself I would never work for money，that I would join the
Peace Corps，and that 1 would live in beautiful，inspirational places．
Instead, I had been in Detroit for ten years，at the same workplace，using the same bank，visiting the same barber I was thirty-seven，more mature than in college，tied to computers and modems and cell phones．I was no longer young，nor did I walk around in gray sweatshirts with
unlit cigarettes in my mouth．I did not have long discussions over egg salad sandwiches about the meaning of life．
My days were full，yet I remained，much of the time，unsatisfied  
What happened to me?
56．When did the author graduate from Morrie’s college?
A．In the eighties．                       B．In the nineties．
C．When he was sixteen                    D．When he was twenty-one．
57．What do we know about the“Nightline”?
A．Morrie started it by himself       B．It helped Morrie earn a fame．
C．The author helped Morrie start it． D．It was only operated at night．
58．What can we infer from the passage?
A．Both the author and Morrie liked travelling.
B．Morrie liked helping people pack things for their journeys.
C．The author envied Morrie’s friends the help they got from him.
D．The author earned a lot of money at the cost of his dreams.
59．What’s the author’s feeling when he writes this passage?
A．Regretful.    B．Enthusiastic.  C．Sympathetic.   D．Humorous.

第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出可以填入空白的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
It was getting dark and snow was coming down. Joe was driving home. He’d been unemployed since the factory  36  . Most of his friends had left, but he stayed on.  37  , he was born here.
Suddenly he saw a lady standing on the side of the road and  38  . She was worried. No one had stopped to  39  for the last hour. Joe knew  40   she felt and said, “My name is Joe and I’m here to help you.” All she had was a flat tyre,  41  for an old lady, that was bad enough. Joe changed the  42  , but he got dirty and his hands hurt. She wanted to pay Joe and said any  43  would have been all right. Joe never thought twice about the money and there were many people who had  44  him a hand in the past. He had lived his life that way. He told her that if she really wanted to pay him  45  , the next time if she saw someone who needed help, she could give that person the assistance that he  46  .
Later the lady went in a  47  decorated restaurant to eat in a hurry. The cashier(出纳员) was like the telephone of an out-of-work actor----it didn’t  48  much. However, the waitress, who was nearly eight months pregnant(怀孕的), brought a clean towel to her with a  49  smile. The old lady 50  Joe. After the waitress brought the change from a 100-dollar bill, she found the lady 51   and something written on a napkin, “ 52  once helped me out, the way I’m helping you.   53   you really want to pay him back, don’t let the chain of love  54  with you.”
That  55   the waitress gave her sleeping husband a soft kiss and whispered, “ Everything’s going to be all right, Joe.” 
36    A  opened     B  invited      C  refused     D  closed
37    A  In all     B  After all  C  For all      D  At all
38    A  pulled in   B  pulled out C  pulled up        D  pulled down
39    A  leave     B  stay      C  ask       D  help
40    A  how           B  what     C  when     D  that
41    A  however   B  but       C  and      D  so
42    A  car       B  seat      C  tyre      D  type
43    A  amount     B  money      C  time     D  change
44    A  got       B  won     C  given     D  awarded
45    A  off           B  out       C  down     D  back
46    A  asked          B  needed      C  gave     D  hoped
47    A  poorly     B  well     C  widely      D  narrowly
48    A  read     B  ring      C  cost      D  send
49    A  excited     B  satisfied    C  sweet     D  cold
50    A  thanked    B  thought     C  praised     D  remembered
51    A  gone     B  disappear  C  left       D  lost
52    A  Anyone    B  Everyone  C  Someone  D  Anybody
53    A  After     B  As        C  Though     D  If
54    A  keep     B  end      C  last       D  continue
55    A  day      B  night     C  morning   D  week

第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出可以填入空白的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

It was getting dark and snow was coming down. Joe was driving home. He’d been unemployed since the factory  36  . Most of his friends had left, but he stayed on.  37  , he was born here.

Suddenly he saw a lady standing on the side of the road and  38  . She was worried. No one had stopped to  39  for the last hour. Joe knew  40   she felt and said, “My name is Joe and I’m here to help you.” All she had was a flat tyre,  41  for an old lady, that was bad enough. Joe changed the  42  , but he got dirty and his hands hurt. She wanted to pay Joe and said any  43  would have been all right. Joe never thought twice about the money and there were many people who had  44  him a hand in the past. He had lived his life that way. He told her that if she really wanted to pay him  45  , the next time if she saw someone who needed help, she could give that person the assistance that he  46  .

Later the lady went in a  47  decorated restaurant to eat in a hurry. The cashier(出纳员) was like the telephone of an out-of-work actor----it didn’t  48  much. However, the waitress, who was nearly eight months pregnant(怀孕的), brought a clean towel to her with a  49  smile. The old lady 50  Joe. After the waitress brought the change from a 100-dollar bill, she found the lady 51   and something written on a napkin, “ 52  once helped me out, the way I’m helping you.   53   you really want to pay him back, don’t let the chain of love  54  with you.”

That  55   the waitress gave her sleeping husband a soft kiss and whispered, “ Everything’s going to be all right, Joe.” 

36    A  opened     B  invited      C  refused     D  closed

37    A  In all     B  After all  C  For all      D  At all

38    A  pulled in   B  pulled out C  pulled up        D  pulled down

39    A  leave     B  stay      C  ask       D  help

40    A  how           B  what     C  when     D  that

41    A  however   B  but       C  and      D  so

42    A  car       B  seat      C  tyre      D  type

43    A  amount     B  money      C  time     D  change

44    A  got       B  won     C  given     D  awarded

45    A  off           B  out       C  down     D  back

46    A  asked          B  needed      C  gave     D  hoped

47    A  poorly     B  well     C  widely      D  narrowly

48    A  read     B  ring      C  cost      D  send

49    A  excited     B  satisfied    C  sweet     D  cold

50    A  thanked    B  thought     C  praised     D  remembered

51    A  gone     B  disappear  C  left       D  lost

52    A  Anyone    B  Everyone  C  Someone  D  Anybody

53    A  After     B  As        C  Though     D  If

54    A  keep     B  end      C  last       D  continue

55    A  day      B  night     C  morning   D  week

第二节 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各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出可以填入空白的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

It was getting dark and snow was coming down. Joe was driving home. He’d been unemployed since the factory  36  . Most of his friends had left, but he stayed on.  37  , he was born here.

Suddenly he saw a lady standing on the side of the road and  38  . She was worried. No one had stopped to  39  for the last hour. Joe knew  40   she felt and said, “My name is Joe and I’m here to help you.” All she had was a flat tyre,  41  for an old lady, that was bad enough. Joe changed the  42  , but he got dirty and his hands hurt. She wanted to pay Joe and said any  43  would have been all right. Joe never thought twice about the money and there were many people who had  44  him a hand in the past. He had lived his life that way. He told her that if she really wanted to pay him  45  , the next time if she saw someone who needed help, she could give that person the assistance that he  46  .

Later the lady went in a  47  decorated restaurant to eat in a hurry. The cashier(出纳员) was like the telephone of an out-of-work actor----it didn’t  48  much. However, the waitress, who was nearly eight months pregnant(怀孕的), brought a clean towel to her with a  49  smile. The old lady 50  Joe. After the waitress brought the change from a 100-dollar bill, she found the lady 51   and something written on a napkin, “ 52  once helped me out, the way I’m helping you.   53   you really want to pay him back, don’t let the chain of love  54  with you.”

That  55   the waitress gave her sleeping husband a soft kiss and whispered, “ Everything’s going to be all right, Joe.” 

36    A  opened     B  invited      C  refused     D  closed

37    A  In all     B  After all  C  For all      D  At all

38    A  pulled in   B  pulled out C  pulled up        D  pulled down

39    A  leave     B  stay       C  ask        D  help

40    A  how            B  what      C  when     D  that

41    A  however   B  but        C  and       D  so

42    A  car        B  seat       C  tyre       D  type

43    A  amount     B  money      C  time      D  change

44    A  got        B  won      C  given     D  awarded

45    A  off             B  out        C  down     D  back

46    A  asked           B  needed      C  gave      D  hoped

47    A  poorly     B  well      C  widely      D  narrowly

48    A  read      B  ring       C  cost       D  send

49    A  excited     B  satisfied    C  sweet     D  cold

50    A  thanked    B  thought     C  praised     D  remembered

51    A  gone     B  disappear  C  left        D  lost

52    A  Anyone    B  Everyone  C  Someone  D  Anybody

53    A  After      B  As         C  Though     D  If

54    A  keep      B  end       C  last        D  continue

55    A  day       B  night     C  morning   D  week