1、阅读理解阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项ALast yearI took a sightseeing trip to Washington, DCI heard a voice say, “Can you help me?” When I turned around, I saw an elderly blind woman with her hand extendedImmediately, I pulled out all of my change and placed it on her hand without even looking at her
2、But the blind woman smiled and said, “I dont want your moneyI just need help finding the post office”In an instant, I realized what I had doneI acted with prejudiceI judged another person simply for what I assumed she had to beI hated what I saw in myselfThe thing I had forgotten about myself is tha
3、t I am an immigrantI left Honduras and arrived in the US at the age of 15I started my new life with two suitcases,my brother and sisterThrough the years, I have been a doorkeeper, cashier and pizza delivery driver among many other humble(卑微的)jobs, and eventually I became a network engineerIn my own
4、life, I have experienced prejudiceI remember a timeat the age of 17when I was a busboy, I heard a father tell his little boy that if he did not do well in school, he would end up like meBut now, living in my American middle-class lifestyle, it is too easy to forget my past, to forget who I am, where
5、 I have been ,and to lose sight of where I want to be goingThat blind woman on the streets cured me of my blindnessShe reminded me of my belief in humility(谦虚)By the way, I helped that lady to the post officeI hope to thank her for the priceless lesson56How did the writer give the blind woman money?
6、AIn a modest way BIn a polite way CIn an impatient wayDIn a painful way57According to the text, the writer_Astill lives a poor life Bwas busy with his workCwas born in Honduras Dwas a native of Washington DC58According to the text, the author most probably agrees that one should_Abe nice to the elde
7、rly and the disabledBtry to experience different kinds of cultureCtreat others equally with love and respectDthink about ones past as often as possible59What would be the best title of the text?AA priceless lesson BAn act of prejudice CA sightseeing trip DA humble momentBBeldon and Canfield are two
8、seashore towns, not far apartBoth towns have many hotels, and in summer the hotels are full of holiday-makers and other touristsLast August there was a fire at the Seabreeze Hotel in BeldonThe next day, this news appeared on page two of the towns newspaperThe Beldon Post:FIRE AT SEABREEZELate last n
9、ight firemen hurried to the Seabreeze Hotel and quickly put out a small fire in a bedroomThe hotel manager said that a cigarette started the fireWe say again to all our visitors： “Please dont smoke cigarettes in bed” This was Beldons first hotel fire for five years The Canfield Times gave the news i
10、n these words on page one： ANOTHER BELDON HOTEL CATCHES FIRELast night Beldon firemen arrived just too late to save clothing, bedclothes and some furniture at the Seabreeze HotelAn angry holiday-maker said, “An electric lamp probably started the fireThe bedroom lamps are very old at some of these ho
11、telsWhen I put my bedside light on, I heard a funny noise from the lamp” We are glad to tell our readers that this sort of adventure does not happen in CanfieldWhat are the facts, then? It is never easy to find out the exact truth about an accidentThere was a fire at the Seabreeze Hotel last August:
12、 that is one factDo we know anything else? Yes, we know that firemen went to the hotel Now what do you think of the rest of the “news” ?60Which of the following best gives the main idea of this text?ABeldon and Canfield are both good places for tourists in summerBA fire broke out at night in Seabree
13、ze Hotel last summerCIt was not easy to find out exact truth from newspapersDTwo newspapers gave reports on the same matter61Which of the following are probably facts? aThe fire broke out in a bedroom at the hotelbA cigarette started the firecAn old lamp started the firedThe fire broke out at nighte
14、There has never been a fire in CanfieldAb and cBa and dCc and eDa and c62The Canfield Times used the headline like this in order to make its readers think _ Ahotels in Beldon often catch fireBhotels in Beldon dont often catch fireCthis was the second fire at the Seabreeze HotelDBeldon was a good pla
15、ce except that hotels there are not quite safe63The Canfield newspaper gave a report just the opposite to the Beldon Post by saying that _ Athe bedroom lamps were very old at the Seabreeze HotelBthe bedroom lights made funny noise when the fire took placeCthe firemen failed to save clothing, bedclot
16、hes and other thingsDsuch accidents never happened in Canfield for the past 5 yearsCWhy must we pay taxes? The answer is that the government needs money for many things, for example to pay its soldiers, sailors and airmen, to build roads, bridges, offices, schools, etc and to buy goods from abroad;
17、and only the people of the country can supply the moneyOne of the most important taxes is income-tax which a person pays according to the amount of his income-taxWhether he is a businessman, a doctor, a lawyer, a shopkeeper, a miner, or anything elseThis is called a “direct” tax, because it is paid
18、in money direct to the governmentAnother tax is paid on goods such as watches, jewellery, new clothes, tobacco, wine, etc, when they are brought into a country, such a tax is paid as part of the price of these goods if they are later sold in shopsWe call it “indirect” tax, because it is paid indirec
19、tly through the shopkeeperPeople usually complain about having to pay taxes, but they forget that the money is spent on the things that they and their families needWe need policemen to catch thieves, to see that men obey the laws, to direct traffic, etc, and they must be paid what they earn; childre
20、n need education and there must be schools and teachers; we want our streets to be kept clean, and the wages of men who do this kind of work have to be paidAbove all, the country must always be ready to defend itself against attacking enemies, and we cannot have an army without paying for itTaxes, t
21、herefore, cannot be avoidedWe buy our own food and clothes and pay for our own amusements, but there are several things that the State finds the money for, and that are necessary for us if our society is to continueSo we have no real cause to complain when we are asked to supply money to be spent fo
22、r the good of ourselves and for our fellow-citizens64Indirect tax means _ Atax that one pays direct to the government Btax that is not paid directly to the governmentCtax that is paid as an extra amount added to the price of certain goods DBoth B and C65Which of the following is right? ATaxes are pa
23、id to the sellers BIncome-tax is an indirect taxCThe tax on new clothes is paid in money direct to the governmentDTax is amount of money that you have to pay to the government so that it can pay for public services66People have no real reason to complain about having to pay taxes because _Asome shop
24、keepers are very richBthey need money to buy goods from abroadCtheir children need educationDthe money is spent on the things that they and their families need67“Taxes cannot be avoided” means _ Apeople have to pay taxes to the government Byou do not have to pay tax on some goods Csoldiers do not ha
25、ve to pay taxes Dall goods have to be taxedDSTAGEKeep it in the air: The Chaoyang Theater is one of the Beijing theaters to present acrobatics(杂技 ) all year roundTop acrobatic artists invited from all over the country perform for Chinese and foreign touristsThe program contains trick cycling, leapin
26、g through hoops and Chinese magic tricksSome of the artists have won prizes in international competitionsTime: 715 pmDailyPlace: 36, Dongsanhuan Beilu, Chaoyang DistrictTel: 65072421, 65071818Use your head: Green Hat is a new drama given by a group of young Chinese actorsIts a rewrite of American wr
27、iter Nathaniel Hawthornes famous novel The Scarlet Letter It describes the heroines great courage in finding the true love against the public disagreementTime: 715 pmuntil March 5, except MondaysPlace: China Childrens TheaterTel: 66037255, 66037265Mix and match: Story of Puppets tells of a fairy, Zi
28、xia, who looks for true love in the human worldAfter watching a puppet play Peony Pavilion, she thinks there must be true love in reality, so she uses magic to turn the puppet characters into humans, wanting to fall in love with the puppet heroBut things dont go as she plannedLi Liuyi, the director
29、of the play has made several successful attempts to present different traditional operas in one playThis time he combines Peking Opera, Kunqu Opera, Pingju Opera along with a band, using the structure of modern dramaTime: 7 30 pmuntil March 10, except MondaysPlace: Small Playhouse of Beijing Peoples
30、 Art TheaterTel: 65250123Peking Opera: The Beijing Peking Opera Troupe will give two performances at the Changan Grand TheaterEach performance includes two classical excerpts(选段)One is Wenxi(a play focusing on singing and dancing); the other is Wuxi (a play full of acrobatic dancing)The first night
31、will be The Crossroad and Presenting a Pearl of the Rainbow BridgeAnd the second night will see the performance of The Goddess of Heaven Scatters Flowers and Havoc in HeavenTime: 730 pmFebruary 27, 28Place:Changan Grand TheaterTel: 8653104368We can learn from the text that_ Astory of puppets is a pl
32、ay held in China Childrens Theater Bthe artists who have won prizes will perform magic tricks Con March 5 there will be two plays for us to choose Dthe artists in the Beijing Peking Opera Troupe are from all over the country69If a tourist wants to see a performance on March 15, he can call_to book a
33、 ticket A86531043 B65250123 C66037255 D6507181870According to the text, which of the following statements is true? AThe director of the Story of Puppets combines different operas in it BGreen Hat is based on a famous novel acted by some American artists CTop Acrobatic artists will present their perf
34、ormances around our country DThe Beijing Peking Opera Troupe will give two performances with the same excerptsEIs early childhood education really necessary? Early childhood education primarily focuses on learning through playing to develop the childs physical, sensory, communicational and social de
35、velopment Early childhood education has become a concern of the government, who pushes poor children to be formally trained before they are old enough for KindergartenThere are good reasons for the government to push early childhood educationStudies have shown that orphaned children who did not rece
36、ive good care and education become developmentally delayed causing failure in school, and even in lifeFurther studies show that poor children who take part in Head Start programs are more prepared for school, less likely to end up in Special Education classes, and are less likely to receive public h
37、elp or go to jailThere are also negative parts to putting a child in formal education programs too earlyTime Magazine online explains that “the younger the child the less his chances of catching up with first-grade work” I have personally witnessed many children of my generation who went to Head Sta
38、rt programs become frustrated and bored with school before they finished high schoolYet parents have been sure that the earlier the child starts school, the better off he or she is, so they push to start children earlierActually while early formal education of poor children does show great gains in
39、the early elementary years, studies also show that this head start is really a “false start”, as the gains are lost in middle and high school yearsIt seems that environment is a bigger factor on lifes success than early educationHead Start programs have not achieved its original goal in closing the
40、achievement gap in poor and middle school childrenPerhaps it is time to find other ways to close that gap71The purpose of the government valuing the early childhood education is _Ato develop the childrens communicationAto give orphaned children good care and educationCto get the children prepared fo
41、r the kindergartenDto train the children formally and regularly72According to the studies, which of the following is True?AChildren with good early education may have a rich lifeBThe orphaned children are usually unhappy in their lifeCChildren without early education can do well at schoolDHead Start
42、 programs are helpful to the poor children73“the younger the child the less his chances of catching up with first-grade work” suggests that _Athe early childhood education is helpless to the childs gradeBit is good for the young children to receive early educationCthe early education can help the ch
43、ildren follow the gradeDthe younger the children are, the cleverer they will be 74 The authors attitude toward the early childhood education is _Apuzzling Bobjective Cindifferent Dapproving75The main idea of the last passage is that _Athe early childhood education is very necessaryBHead Start progra
44、ms have helped the children a lotCenvironment is the most important to lifes successDbetter ways should be found to help the poor children55D 根据Rose的故事我们可以得出：实现自己的梦想，再晚也不为过。所以D项late最合适。56C 细节题。依据第一段倒数第二句中without even looking at her知道作者当时很不耐烦。57C 细节题。依据第三段前两句中I am an immigrantI left Honduras and arri
45、ved in the US知道答案。58C 推断题。作者反省自己不应该对弱势群体抱有偏见，而应该用爱和尊重平等地对待他人。59A 推断题。那位盲人让我丢掉对弱势群体的偏见，继续坚持谦虚待人的人生信条，这是非常珍贵的教训。60C 主旨题。从主题句It is never easy to find out the exact truth about an accident可得出答案。61B 细节题。根据There was a fire at the Seabreeze Hotel last August及两张报纸都报道了火灾是在晚上发生的，故可以确定的事实只有两项a和 d。而其他选项都只是两份报纸的
46、片面之辞，是真是假，我们无法得知，因此答案为B。62A 推断题。ANOTHER BELDON HOTEL CATCHES FIRE中ANOTHER是个关键词，它暗示了Beldon宾馆频繁发生的火灾。63C 细节题。The Canfield Times 报道说Last night Beldon firemen arrived just too late to save clothing, bedclothes and some furniture at the Seabreeze Hotel，而The Beldon Post则说消防队员及时把这场小火扑灭了，（没有造成损失），两者报道相反。可此题
47、答案为C。64D推断题。根据文章第 2 段：这种税款不是直接交给政府，而是以商品价格的形式由商店老板代收代交，从而可推知此题答案为 D。65D 推断题。根据文章第 1 段第 2 句 for example to pay its soldiers, sailors and airmen, to build roads, bridges, offices, schools, etc and to buy goods from abroad 可推知此题答案为 D。66D 推断题。根据文章第 3 段第 1 句 the money is spent on the things that they and
48、 their families need 可推知此题答案为 D。67A 推断题。根据文章倒数第 2 段的分析，可推知此题答案为 A。68C 细节题。Story of Puppets是在北京人民艺术剧院演出而不是在中国儿童剧院，故A不正确；由广告一可知参加演出的一些演员获过奖，而不是在这些节目由获过奖的人演出，故选项B不正确；广告四并未提及京剧演出者来自全国各地，故选项D不正确；由广告二、广告三可知这两个剧院在三月五号有演出，故有两个剧可选择。69D 细节题。在March 15继续举行演出的只有广告一中所提到的杂技节目，因为演出是每天(Daily)晚上(715 pm)。70A 判断题。由广告三可
49、知Story of Puppets将融合京剧（Peking Opera）, 昆曲（Kunqu Opera），评剧（Pingju Opera）等，故A选项正确。71C细节题。根据第一段“Early childhood education has become a concern of the government, who pushes poor children to be formally trained before they are old enough for kindergarten”可知政府重视早教是为了让孩子们为入学做好准备。72D 判断题。根据第二段“Further studi
50、es show that poor children who take part in Head Start programs are more prepared for school, less likely to end up in Special Education classes, and are less likely to receive public help or go to jail”可知Head Start programs对孩子们有帮助。73A 细节题。根据第三段“There are also negative parts to putting a child in fo
51、rmal education programs too early”“I have personally witnessed many children of my generation who went to Head Start programs become frustrated and bored with school before they finished high school”上下文可知早教对孩子的成绩没什么帮助。74B 判断题。从全文来看，作者一直客观地引用他人的研究来介绍早教的利弊，所以B“客观的”是正确答案。A“令人费解”，C“不关心的”，D“赞成”都不正确。75D 主旨题。通过对早教利弊的分析，在最后一段指出“Perhaps it is time to find other ways to close that gap”所以要寻找更好的方法帮助孩子进步。