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24. A. before B. ago C. since D. after
25. A. met B. had met C. meet D. has meet 第三部分: 阅读理解( 30分)
四、 阅读下列短文, 从A、 B、 C、 D四个选项中选择一个正确答案, 并在答题纸上写出所选的字母符号。( 每题2分, 共20分) 短文理解1
An Extraordinary Change or Direction
Molly Wilson had been a dancer and a mother for many years when she decided to sail round the world to raise money for charity.
As a child she had trained as a ballet dancer, but at 15 she had grown too tall for classical ballet, so she became a member of a pop dance team.
She got married, and after she had children she retired from show business to bring them up. They grew up, and when they were 18 they left home.
She says, ”When I decided to do the round- the – world race, my husband thought I was bored because the children had left home. He was also worried because I had never sailed before. I was not bored, but I had met some people who told me about the race. They had taken
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part in it, but they had only done one section, say, from New Zealand to Australia. I wanted to do the whole ten-month journey.”
Before Molly left she did a lot of training, but it hadn’t prepared her for the worst weather which they experienced. She tells one story. ”One night the sea was very rough and it was very cold. I had gone downstairs when a huge wave smashed into the boat and injured two men on the deck. One of the men couldn’t move because he had broken his leg. They were taken to hospital by helicopter. That was the worst time.”
By the end of October last year, she had raised more than 50,000 pounds for charity.
She says, ” Sometimes I ask myself, what did I do? How did I do it? But then I think, it’s the same as being a dancer. Before I left on the trip, I had trained hard. I had got very fit and had prepared myself completely. Then on the trip I was simply a good team member.” 26. What does the word ”extraordinary” mean in the title? ___B___ A. very ordinary
B. very unusual and surprising C. not special D. extreme
27. The sentence ” my husband thought I was bored ” in Para. 4 meant
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that my husband thought I felt __B______.
A. dissatisfied because I had nothing better to do at home
B. annoyed because I had to wait long for my children to come back home
C. happy because I could do something I was interested in instead of taking care of children
D. sad because all the children left me when they grow up
28. The word ”section” in Para. 4 most probably means here __C_____ A. group of people B. part of the training C. part of the route of sail D. part of the job
29. Which of the following is nearest ( closest) in meaning to ”rough” in the sentence ”One night the sea was very rough” in Para. 5? ___C______ A. not exact B. difficult
C. not smooth because of huge waves D. pleasant
30. The last paragraph suggests that ____A______.
A. the qualities she needed for the trip were the same as those for
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a dancer
B. many years of dancing had already prepared her for the sail completely, so she needn’t do anything before the journey C. she should be kind to other team members during the trip D. she should not forget dancing during the trip
短文理解 2
In the last 500 years, nothing about people—not their clothes, ideas, or languages – has changed as much as what they eat. The original chocolate drink was made from the seeds of the cocoa tree by South American Indians. The Spanish introduced it to the rest of the world during the 1500’s. And although it was very expensive, it quickly became fashionable. In London shops where chocolate drinks were served became important meeting places. Some still exist today. The potato is also from the New World. Around 1600, the Spanish brought it from Peru to Europe, where it soon was widely grown. Ireland became so dependent on it that thousands of Irish people starved when the crop failed during the ”Potato Famine” of 1845-6, and thousands more were forced to emigrate to America.
There are many other foods that have traveled from South America to the Old World. But some others went in the opposite direction. Brazil is now the World’s largest grower of coffee, and coffee is an
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important crop in Colombia and other South American countries. But it is native to Ethiopia. It is first made into a drink by Arabs during the 1400’s.
According to an Arabic legend, coffee was discovered when a goatherd named Kaldi noticed that his goats were attracted to the red berries on a coffee bush. He tried one and experienced the ”wide-awake” feeling that one-third of the world’s population now starts the day with.
31. According to the passage, which of the following has changed the most in the last 500 years? ___A___
A. Food C. Potato B. Chocolate D. Coffee 32. ”Some” in ”Some still exist today” refers to ___C________. A. some cocoa trees C. some shops
B. some chocolate drinks D. some South American Indians
33. Thousands of Irish people starved during the ”Potato Famine” because ___C_________.
A. they were so dependent on the potato that they refused to eat anything else.
B. they were forced to emigrate to America
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