“Hey, Betsy?”
“Yeah,” I said, taking pleasure in the new 30 of my old name.
16. A. down B. near C. close D. back
17. A. kind B. patient C. Helpful D. confident
18. A. grandmother B. moth er C. aunt D. cousin
19. A. subject B. speech C. message D. sign
20. A. dead B. boring C. unknown D. strict
21. A. simple B. proper C. stupid D. funny
22. A. natural B. past C. only D. second
23. A. Whoever B. Whatever C. That D. Anybody
24. A. position B. name C. title D. call
25. A. worked out B. turned out C. carried out D. tried out
26. A. answer B. follow C. confirm D. raise
27. A. alive B. wise C. silent D. lost
28. A. Until B. before C. When D. Unless
29. A. politer B. safer C. sadder D. riskie r
30. A. pronunciation B. announcement C. voice D. sound
三、阅读理解(共15小题；每小题2分，计30分)
阅读下列内容，从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
A
Think of the animal world. and a group of colorful wild animals will spring to mind: a parrot's rainbow feathers or the showy scales of sea fish. But, many mammals(哺乳动物) on the planet come in only two colors: black and white. Spend some time exploring what science has discovered about these animals' appearances, and you' ll see that basic black and white isn't so basic at all.
long-haired animals to biting flies that carry disease, but the coats
31. According to the passage, which of the following sentences is TRUE?
A. The panda's white parts help it hide against snow.
B. Both white spots and white stripes help skunks kill their victims.
C. Zebras with wider stripes are less attractive to flies.
D. Scientists have already known all the secrets about the stripes.
32. What does the underlined word "vulnerable" mean?
A. Being easily landed.
B. Being easily attracted.
C. Being easily discovered.
D. Being easily attacked.
33. Which could be the best title of the passage?
A. Why Animal Stripes Come in Different Shapes
B. Why So Many Animals Wear Black-and-White Coats
C. How Wild Animals Protect Themselves from Enemies
D. How Black and White Become Basic Colors in Animal World
B
I saved the grain carefully and finally had enough to plant. I built a wall around my garden to keep the wild goats away.
Then when my crop bore its fruit, the birds discovered it. The birds were not afraid of my dog at all. I shot them but as soon as I walked away. they returned. At last, I killed some birds and
hung them among the crop, hoping they would serve as the scarecrow s, which turned out to be successful. By harvest time. I had nearly two bushels of rice and two and a half bushels of wheat.
With my new grain to store, I found a new problem. The fine grain ran through my baskets. It took me nearly two months to form and dry two ugly pots- one for rice and one for wheat.
Next I formed a clay oven and made some other tools from hard wood and cloth to bake bread. I made and baked bread in my oven. I spent the third year on the island in farming and baking.
Soon after that. I began to think of my days sailing in a tidy boat with Xury. I wished to have a boat and explore the island by sea.
I tried to turn over the ship's boat that I had seen washed up, but failed. I was still determined to have a boat. So I chose a strong tree and spent weeks cutting it down. Then it took me months to turn it from tree to boat.
When it was time to launch, I realized I had made my boat too far from the nearest stream. The boat was far too heavy for me to move. I tried bringing the water to the boat instead of the boat to the water. I soon saw it would take me twenty years of constant labor.
I celebrated my fourth year on the island with two boats, but I was no closer to a sea journey.
----Taken from The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
34. Paragraph 2 mainly tells us .
A. how much rice and wheat I harvested
B. how many tools I made to bake bread
C. how I protected my crop from the birds
D. how I kept the wild goats away from my crop
35. What does "a new problem" in Paragraph 3 refer to?
A. How to plant grain.
B. How to make pots.
C. How to store grain.
D. How to fix the baskets.
36. By the last sentence "I was no closer to a sea journey", the writer means .
A. I was getting closer and closer to the sea
B. I was getting farther and farther from the sea
C. it was possible for me to have a sea journey in my boats
D. it was still impossible for me to explore the island by sea
37. What can we infer(推断) from the passage?
A. I managed to turn over the ships boat.
B. I spent months bringing the boat to the nearest stream.
C. I tried to solve the problems with my courage and wisdom.