第三部分: 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（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。
A woman whose sports car was stolen with her dog in it put up notices all over the area that made it clear getting back her pet was more important than her car．
“Whoever did this can keep my car．Please let Benjerman come home,” the notice said．
It is not known whether the thief showed any pity, but almost 30 hours after the 1 pm theft Friday, Atkins and Benjerman，a 12-year-old black retriever（猎犬），were reunited after police located them in Barrington．
“He’s hungry, he’s dirty, but he’s very happy to be home，”Atkins said．[来源:学&科&网]
The car was found at about 5 pm Saturday off Route 125 in a swampy area frequented by off-the-road cars and dirt bikes．However, the police couldn’t control Benjerman，and they had to call Atkins to come and get him．
Atkins said the thief cared for Benjerman a little by providing him with some dry cat food．She believed Benjerman ended up drinking some muddy water in the area．
She said they have been together for nearly 11 years after she took him back from a society shelter in Dallas, Texas．
Before Benjelman was found，Atkins and several friends put up notices all over the city and in Somersworth．They also contacted animal shelters，throughout southern New Hampshire and Massachusetts The notice stated there was a reward，and also that the dog needed medication．Any caller could remain anonymous（匿名的）．
Atkins had parked the car outside a hardware store with the keys inside and gone in to rent a carpet cleaner．
¨It was l0 minutes and I came out and my car was gone along with Benjerman in broad daylight，” Atkins said．The car thief threw Atkins’ wallet and other personal items out of the car before escaping from the scene．
56．Which of the following shows the correct order of what happened?
a．Notices were put up saying there was a reward．
b．Atkins saw Benjerman again．
c．Police found Atkins’ car．
d．Atkins took Benjerman back from a society shelter．
e．Atkins hired a carpet cleaner in a hardware store．
A．d,e,a, b,c            B．d,e,a,c,b   
C．e,a,d,b,c          D．e,a,c,d,b
57．We can infer from the passage     ．
A．the dog was treated extremely badly by the thief
B．car stolen accidents happen frequently nowadays
C．the dog was found because of the reward
D．the thief stole the car easily
58．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A．Benjerman was sent back immediately after Atkins put up the notices．
B．Atkins and her friends made a great effort to look for Benierman．
C．The thief gave the dog back but kept the sports car．
D．The dog was back at 1 pm on a Friday．

 第二部分阅读理解第一节（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 和D 中，选出最佳答案。

     In 1999, 11-year –old Kevin Stephan was a bat boy for his younger brother’s Little League team in Lancaster, New York. It was an early evening in late July. The sun slanting across the field, the game unfolding in baseball time, Kevin was standing on the grass away from the plate ,where another youngster was warming up. Swinging his bat back and forth, giving it all the power an elementary school kid could collect, the boy brought the bat back hard and hit Kevin square in the chest. His heart stopped.

When Kevin fell to the ground , the mother of one the players rushed out of the stands to his aid. Penny Brown hadn’t planned to be there that day, but at the last minute, her shift at the hospital had been changed , and she was given the night off.

Penny bent over the unconscious boy , his face already starting to turn blue, and applied CPR, breathing into his mouth and doing chest compressions(按压)

   And he came back.

   It was a good thing, for a good kid. Kevin wasn’t just a volunteer for his brother’s baseball team he was a Boy Scout(童子军) , learning various useful skills. Kevin later became a volunteer junior firefighter, learning some of the emergency first-aid techniques that had saved his life. He studied hard in school and was saving money for college by working  as a dishwasher in a local restaurant. He liked the people, but the work could be hard and pretty routine until the afternoon of January 27 2006.

   Kevin was working in the kitchen when he heard people screaming. He rushed into the main room and saw a woman there, her face turning blue ,her hands at her throat. She was choking.

   Quickly Kevin stepped behind her and wrapped his arms around her. Then using skills he’d learned in Scouts, he jerked inward and up ,once , twice, using the Heimlich maneuver. The food that was trapped in the woman’s throat was freed. The color began to return to her face.

  “ The food was stuck. I couldn’t breathe,” she said. She thought she was dying. “I was very frightened.”

  Guess who the woman was? Penny Brown.

1. How was Kevin seriously injured in 1999?

   A. His hear disease overtook him.

   B. He fought with a boy doing baseball warming up.

   C. A bat hit him unexpectedly in the chest.

   D. He swung his bat too fiercely and hurt himself. 

2. What does the underlined word “It” in Paragraph 5 refer to ?

  A. That Kevin was a bat boy. B. That Kevin got injured.

  C. That Kevin was a Boy Scout.

  D. That Kevin was successfully saved.

3. Which of the following is NOT true according to the text?

  A. In Scouts children can learn many practical skills.

  B. CPR can be used to treat one that has no heartbeat.

  C. Kevin dreamed of becoming a firefighter in the future.

  D. The Heimlich maneuver is an effective way to help those who choke.

第三部分:  阅读理解 (共两节，满分40分)

第一节 （共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

  In the United States, it is not usual to telephone someone early in the morning. If you telephone early in the day, while he is shaving or having breakfast, the time of the call shows that the matter is very important and requires immediate attention. So it is with the telephone calls made after 11:00 pm. If someone receives a call during sleeping hours, he may think that it’s a matter of life and death. The time chosen for the call communicates its importance.

In social life, time plays a very important part. In the USA guests tend to feel they are not highly regarded if the invitation to a dinner party reaches them only three or four days before the party date. But it is not true in all countries. In other areas of the world, it may be considered foolish to make an appointment too far in advance because plans which are made for a date more than a week away tend to be forgotten. The meaning of time is not the same in different cultures that treat time differently; being on time is valued highly in American life, for example. If people are not on time, they may be regarded as impolite or not fully responsible. In the USA no one would think of keeping a business friend for an hour; it would be too impolite. A person who is 5 minutes late is expected to make a shout apology. If he is less than 5 minutes late, he will say a few words of explanation, though perhaps he will not complete the sentence.

56. A call at midnight would mean_________.

A. the matter is less important   B. the matter is too difficult to handle

C. the matter requires immediate attention   D. it is a matter of life and death

57. According to the passage, time plays a very important part in_______.

A. everyday life       B. private life   C. getting along with others       D. business

58. In the passage, the author suggests that invitation cards should be sent________.

A. three or four days before the party date in all cultures

B. three or four days before the party date in some cultures

C. three or four days before the party date in the USA

D. at your chosen time